Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2008
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COUNTING ON THEM
The wise farmer can usually depend on expected timetables of seedtime and harvest. Not so in the spiritual life. One of the greatest frustrations in the Christian ministry, and principal cause for "weariness in well doing" is the inability to calculate the spiritual outcome of
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Contributed by Dana Chau on Dec 1, 2002
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I tried counting backwards, I tried counting sheep.
The leftovers beckoned-- the dark meat and white,
But I fought the temptation with all of my might.
Tossing and turning with anticipation,
The thought of a snack became infatuation.
So, I raced to the kitchen, flung open the door
And gazed at
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*other
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight it's the
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Ashamed when it counted the most
My two sisters, when they were somewhat younger, liked to play the piano and took lessons for some time. I like music, too, but not all the practicing that went along with it!
We found out there was going to be a “recital” where all of the students in their
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Baptist
Contributed by Paul Wallace on Oct 27, 2008
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Stand Up and Be Counted
Some years ago Premier Khrushchev was speaking before the Supreme Soviet and was severely critical of the late Premier Stalin. While he was speaking someone from the audience sent up a note: "What were you doing when Stalin committed all these atrocities?"
Khrushchev
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Denomination:
Wesleyan
Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 11, 2013
THE ONLY OPINION THAT COUNTS
During a famous battle between baseball's Babes, Babe Pinelli was the plate umpire and Babe Ruth the batter. Pinelli called the legendary slugger out on strikes. Ruth would have none of it. "There's 40,000 people here who know that last one was a ball, tomato head."
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Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Jim Kane on Feb 27, 2010
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According to "Character Counts!" to be responsible is to
* Do what you are supposed to do
* Persevere: keep on trying!
* Always do your best
* Use self-control
* Be self-disciplined
* Think before
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Denomination:
Church Of God
Contributed by John Perry on Apr 17, 2010
COUNTING "THE LOST"
We have a national missing persons register in Australia. 35,000 people are reported missing each year in Australia - one person every 15 minutes! 95% of those are found w/i a short period of time. But there are still currently 1,600 long term
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Denomination:
Pentecostal
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 23, 2011
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THE RELATIONSHIP IS WHAT COUNTS
Wayne Cordeiro, a preacher in Honolulu, HI writes:
Some time ago some wonderful people in our church gave Anna, my wife, and me a dinner certificate to a nice restaurant for $100. We thought, Wow, a hundred bucks. Let's go for it.
We found a free evening. We
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Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Feb 15, 2012
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COUNT YOUR MANY BLESSINGS
While on a short-term missions trip, Pastor Jack Hinton was leading worship at a leper colony on the island of Tobago. A woman who had been facing away from the pulpit turned around.
"It was the most hideous face I had ever seen," Hinton said. "The woman's nose and ears
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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"Teaching kids to count is fine, but teaching them
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
"I used to count sheep, but they made such a racket with their baaing that it kept me awake. Now I count
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
"People who count their chickens before they are hatched, act very wisely, because chickens run about so absurdly that
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Contributed by Paul Fritz on Aug 18, 2002
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The Order of the Mustard Seed founded by Count Zinzendorf had three guiding principles, namely:
1. Be kind to all people. 2. Seek their
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Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational