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  • Marathon Finishers

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 11, 2011
    based on 1 rating
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    MARATHON FINISHERS Charlie Engle, Ray Zahab, and Kevin Lin know endurance better than most. For 111 days, they ran the equivalent of two marathons a day in order to cross the entire Sahara Desert on foot. They touched the waters at Senegal and then made their way through Mauritania, Mali, Niger, ...read more

  • In 1915, Colonel T. E. Lawrence Was Traveling ...

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Mar 15, 2006
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    In 1915, Colonel T. E. Lawrence was traveling across the desert with some Arabs. Things were desperate. The food was almost gone, and the water was down to its last few drops. Their hoods over their heads to shelter them from the wind which was like a flame, and which was full of the stinging ...read more

  • The Air War  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 24, 2002
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,988 views

    THE AIR WAR It was said of Desert Storm, “the air war won the ground war.” The fervent, faithful praying of a few in a well-developed prayer center can win the ground war for the troops of Christians going out into their places of work and ...read more

  • Stranded On An Island

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Oct 17, 2022
     | 1,013 views

    A shipwrecked mariner spent years on a deserted island, completely alone. Then one morning he sees a ship offshore and a smaller vessel pulling out towards him. When the boat grounded on the beach, the officer in charge handed the marooned sailor a bundle of newspapers and told ...read more

  • The Resources We Need

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on May 28, 2003
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    THE RESOURCES WE NEED Federal Express, a speedy postal delivery company, once ran a commercial similar to movie Castaway, in which Tom Hanks played a FedEx worker whose company plane went down, stranding him on a desert island for years. Looking like Tom Hanks in the movie, the FedEx employee ...read more

  • Temptation Doesn't Always End In Failure

    Contributed by Brad Henry on Sep 7, 2011
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    TEMPTATION DOESN'T ALWAYS END IN FAILURE The same Spirit that came down from heaven like a dove now led Jesus into the desert so He could be tempted by Satan. Why? Have you ever felt that you have been unjustly persecuted? Have you ever felt passed over, left behind, cast away or just can't seem ...read more

  • The Century Plant

    Contributed by Johnny A. Palmer Jr. on Feb 10, 2012
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    THE CENTURY PLANT Abraham has now reached the Century mark! He is 100 years old and Sarah is 90. A common sight in America's Southwest desert is the century plant. It's unique. The century plant (Agave Americana) thrives in rocky, mountainous, desert sites. It has dramatic, splayed leaves that ...read more

  • A Young Man Wrote This To His Girlfriend. ...  PRO

    Contributed by John Walls on Jan 31, 2001
    based on 220 ratings
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    A young man wrote this to his girlfriend. “Sweetheart, if this world was as hot as the Sahara desert, I would crawl on my knees through the burning sand to come to you. If the world would be like the Atlantic Ocean, I would swim through shark infested waters to come to you. I would ...read more

  • If It Don't Rain  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Oct 1, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 1,586 views

    If It Don’t Rain I would climb the highest mountain Swim the deepest ocean too I would crawl the hottest desert I’d do anything for you I would leap the tallest building I’d bear any trial or pain There’s no ...read more

  • A Lesson In Hope

    Contributed by Thomas Clawser on Apr 1, 2017
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    They still tell the story at William and Mary College of daffy, magnificent President Ewell. For a century and a half, this prestigious Virginia school had been a leader among American universities. Then came the Civil War. In the hard days of reconstruction that followed, William and Mary went ...read more

  • The Good Ship Commerce Under Captain Riley And ...

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Jan 13, 2007
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    The good ship Commerce under Captain Riley and his 11-man crew Wrecked on the north coast of Africa in 1815. They were alone on the edge of the largest desert in the world – the Sahara. They were men without hope. Desert nomads came upon them and they thought they were saved, But they turned ...read more

  • It Is Like The Man Who Was ...  PRO

    Contributed by Toby Powers on Mar 15, 2006
    based on 19 ratings
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    ILLUSTRATION: It is like the man who was stranded all alone on the deserted island who was rescued. His rescuers asked him what the three structures were that he had built on the island. Three buildings seemed perplexing for just one man. He said one was his house, one ...read more

  • Moses Was Old And Shepherd Of Sheep On The ...

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Sep 25, 2006
     | 2,318 views

    Moses was old and shepherd of sheep on the backside of the desert. He failed at age 40 with his talent, rank and money to deliver his people. He tried to do it in his own strength. How God moves in at age 80 in to his life, not in the palace but in a humble job. God does ...read more

  • A Few Years Ago, The World Press Review Carried ...  PRO

    Contributed by Gene Barron on Mar 1, 2001
    based on 141 ratings
     | 2,102 views

    A few years ago, the World Press Review carried a quotation from the National Concord of Lagos, Nigeria. That paper reported that twenty-six lakes have been found beneath the Sahara desert. The American space shuttle “Columbia” determined by echoes it received that there are miles and miles of ...read more

  • If It Don't Rain  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 16, 2002
    based on 71 ratings
     | 2,410 views

    If It Don’t Rain I would climb the highest mountain Swim the deepest ocean too I would crawl the hottest desert I’d do anything for you I would leap the tallest building I’d bear any trial or pain There’s no limit to my love And ...read more

  • Success Is To Be Measured Not So Much By The ...

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 12, 2010
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    "Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles that one has overcome while trying to succeed." -- Booker T. Washington (1856–1915), Educator, as quoted in Bits & Pieces, Vol. T/No. 17, p. 5 "Many men owe the grandeur of their lives to ...read more

  • What Would Have Happened Had Moses Tried To ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 8, 2005
    based on 8 ratings
     | 2,355 views

    What would have happened had Moses tried to figure out what was needed to accomplish God’s command? One of the biggest arithmetical miracles in the world was required in the desert. Moses led the people of Israel into the desert….Now what was he going to do with them? They had to be fed, and ...read more

  • To Be Had For The Asking

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Jul 28, 2009
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    TO BE HAD FOR THE ASKING A few days after the Civil War had been officially ended a man was riding along a road in West Virginia. Suddenly a soldier, clad in a dirty and tattered Confederate uniform, sprang out of a thicket, seized the horses’ bridle, and with twitching face demanded, "Give me ...read more

  • The Security Of A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 3, 2012
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    THE SECURITY OF A FORTRESS Deep in the Arabian desert is a small fortress. It stands on the edge of the desert. It was at this place that Thomas Lawrence, also known as “Lawrence of Arabia”, used to seek shelter. Though it wasn’t a beautiful place, it was a great place because of its security. It ...read more

  • A Man Who Had Hitchhiked From Coast To Coast And ...  PRO

    Contributed by R. Darrel Davis on Sep 17, 2004
    based on 4 ratings
     | 15,365 views

    A man who had hitchhiked from coast to coast and had walked many miles in the process was asked what he had found the most difficult to endure. To the surprise of his questioner it was not the steep mountains or the dazzling sun or the scorching desert heat that had troubled him, but, in the words ...read more