Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 27, 2008
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NOT MY JOB
The names in this story have been changed out of respect for their privacy. Julie W told her family's story in a magazine article.
[My daughter], Allison, came home for the weekend. She opened the door, didn't speak, and dropped her duffel bag. Smudges of mascara circled her eyes. I
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Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jul 1, 2011
THE JOB OF A COACH
For 29 years Tom Landry was the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys. He was also a strong Christian and for many years was on the board of Dallas Theological Seminary. When asked to explain his philosophy of coaching, he said that the job of a coach is
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Contributed by Mike Dubose on May 7, 2008
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THANKLESS JOB
I read about a stay-at-home mom who went to a PTA meeting one night. While she was gone, her husband and oldest daughter decided they would clean the kitchen for mom and surprise her when she got home.
Well, they washed all the dishes, put away the pots and pans, cleaned the
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Methodist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2009
THE CONDUCTOR’S JOB
In a symphony orchestra, a violinist will not go around checking what a trombonist is playing, nor will an oboist worry about whether a trumpeter will come in on time. That is the business of the conductor. These people play their parts and the conductor puts it all together.
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Contributed by Chris Jordan on Apr 26, 2008
JOB'S REPENTANCE
"Job repented, not of any past sins that might have caused his (trouble), but of his mistrust of God in the midst of it. Ultimately, God never answered Job’s questions. Job never actually found out why all of this loss and horror had occurred. It was as if the answer to Job’s
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 22, 2003
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An accountant answered an advertisement for a job with a large firm.
-At the end of the interview, the interviewer has one last question:
-What is three times seven?”
-The accountant replied, “Twenty-two.”
-Outside he realized he had given the wrong answer and concluded he had lost the job.
-But
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 26, 2001
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Coach Tom Landry once said:
"The job of a football coach is to make men do what they don’t want to do, in order to
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 23, 2002
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THE MOST IMPORTANT JOB
One pastor, Thomas Elliff, decided to spend his entire morning in prayer – no coffee break, no telephone, no meetings – just prayer. He writes, “At noon I opened the door to my study. I discovered a stranger waiting to visit for just a moment. “Pastor,” he said, “You
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2004
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“Who’s Job is it?”
This is a story about four people
EVERYBODY, SOMEBODY, ANYBODY, and NOBODY.
There was an important job to be done and
EVERYBODY thought SOMEBODY would do it.
ANYBODY could have done it, but NOBODY did it.
SOMEBODY got angry about this because it was EVERYBODY’S job.
EVERYBODY
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 7, 2006
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"Evangelism is not a professional job for a few trained men, but is instead the unrelenting responsibility of every person who
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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The job is to ask questions it always was and to ask them as inexorably as I can. And to face the absence of
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Contributed by Brian Harvison on Apr 11, 2008
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The job of the church is not to impact the church, but to impact the world.
It’s like a huddle in a football game.
67,000 people don’t pay $50.00 a ticket to watch the World champion Giants huddle.
What if you went to a Giants game and for 2 ½ hours you watched 11 men stand in a circle and
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Baptist
Contributed by Rick Pendleton on Apr 8, 2009
The job of any public speaker is four-fold…
1. Have something worth saying
2. Say it in a way that gets their attention
3. Say it in a
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Baptist
Contributed by Paul Barreca on Jan 26, 2013
WHAT'S YOUR DREAM JOB?
What would be your dream job?
According to http://www.the-top-tens.com/lists/top-ten-dream-jobs.asp here are some dream jobs indicated by a recent survey:
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Jet Pilot
Inventor
Pro-Athlete
Race Car Driver
Video Game Tester
Chocolate Taste tester
Hit Man
Pro
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Aug 12, 2012
WHERE WILL OUR JOBS GO?
Futurist Thomas Frey blogs, "People are seriously worried. I've been in a number of conversations recently where people are very worried about our coming era of automation where fewer and fewer jobs will be left for people to do.
A few months ago I predicted that over 2
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Sep 1, 2010
EVER FEEL LIKE JOB?
I have been speaking with a friend on the internet of late who has been saying that GOD IS HARD TO FIND. What do you do when you come to God and all you get is SILENCE, and it feels like He has completely ABANDONED YOU? Have you ever felt like God doesn't care about you because
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
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THE JOB'S TOO SMALL
There was a missionary in China whose talents and abilities were so outstanding that one of the American companies tried to hire him. They offered him an attractive job with a salary to match, but he turned it down. He told them that God had sent him to China as a missionary.
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Independent/Bible