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  • Our "In Jesus" Voice

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Nov 28, 2011
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    OUR "IN JESUS" VOICE I'm always intrigued by the phrase some parents and care-givers use with children: "Now children, we need to use our 'indoor' voices." What Ephesians 4 is saying is that when in the church (not the building) we need to use our "in Jesus" voices. Those voices need to lift up, ...read more

  • Salvation Swing

    Contributed by Jason Bonnicksen on Dec 6, 2011
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    SALVATION SWING I remember back, as though it was yesterday, when my daughters were just little tykes. There was a great playground just down the hill from our seminary apartment where the girls would climb, slide and swing. Day after day they’d ask, "Mom, Dad, can we go to the park and swing?" ...read more

  • The Story Of The Gipper

    Contributed by Charlie Roberts on Feb 2, 2012
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    THE STORY OF THE GIPPER It was halftime of the 1928 Army vs. Notre Dame Game that legendary head coach Knute Rockne gave his "win one for the Gipper" speech to his beleaguered players. Notre Dame was having one of its worst seasons on record and Rockne was trying to salvage what he could of the ...read more

  • Count Your Many Blessings  PRO

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Feb 16, 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 ...read more

  • Singing Your Resolution

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Aug 27, 2012
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    A while back I got discouraged, I got frustrated. Things were not going the way that I had planned. I was tired. I was tired of solving problems and dealing with people. You ever get like that? I didn’t know what to do. I still remember walking up down the road to my house, tears streaming down ...read more

  • There Are High Spots In All Of Our Lives And ...  PRO

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Sep 13, 2012
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    "There are high spots in all of our lives and most of them have come through encouragement from someone else. I don’t care how great, how famous or how successful a man or ...read more

  • Henry Ford: The Bang On The Table  PRO

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Nov 26, 2012
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    HENRY FORD: THE BANG ON THE TABLE In 1896, Henry Ford attended a company event where Thomas Edison (the great inventor) was the guest of honour. His friend introduced him to Edison as "the man trying to make a car that runs on gasoline." Edison asked young Henry Ford a host of questions and when ...read more

  • John Maxwell, A Famous Author And Writer Of Many ...

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Dec 25, 2012
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    John Maxwell, a famous author and writer of many books on leadership, shared that once he was visiting his parents and needed to make a conference call. He needed a quiet place and his father let him use his office. As he sat at his desk, he noticed a card next to the phone with these words ...read more

  • There Is A Big Difference Between Batting ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008
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    There is a big difference between batting practice and playing ball. It is common for pro-ball players to describe the overwhelming power of the of the sound of thousands cheering them on. In a sense our life is the game and the cloud of witnesses, heroes, our audience cheering ...read more

  • Valued

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008
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    VALUED David Neeleman, JetBlue Airways CEO, meets 95% of new employees on their first work day. From day one he demonstrates he values them. He also sets aside one day each week to travel on JetBlue flights, where he serves beverages and cleans planes. In '02, JetBlue wanted to hire 2,000 team ...read more

  • We All Set Examples For Others To Follow. I Can ...  PRO

    Contributed by Tom Shepard on Apr 22, 2008
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    We all set examples for others to follow. I can remember growing up and putting on my dad’s shoes and shirt and walking around the house when I was little. Of course the clothes were too big for me. But I can remember how much I wanted to be grown up and be like my father. Do any of you remember ...read more

  • La Campana Al Gato? — The Bell On The Cat?

    Contributed by Fernando Ocampo on Jun 3, 2008
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    (ENGLISH TRANSLATION FOLLOWS) Había una vez una colonia de ratones que vivía en una cómoda casa. Cierto día apareció un gato viviendo en el mismo lugar que los ratones. Lo cual les causo un gran problema, pues el gato los perseguía a toda hora de día y de noche. Así que los ratones vivían siempre ...read more

  • A Group Of Infantry Soldiers Were Going Through ...

    Contributed by Robert Leroe on Jul 7, 2008
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    A group of infantry soldiers were going through Airborne School at Fort Benning Georgia. As they prepared for their first jump, the jumpmaster explained that when the green light went on, everyone was to stand up, hook up, jump out, count to four and the chutes would open. If that failed, they ...read more

  • A Sisyphean Task (Sisyphus)

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 21, 2008
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    A SISYPHEAN TASK (Sisyphus) In Greek mythology, Sisyphus was a brilliant rascal who sometimes played tricks on the gods to get what he wanted. He even used trickery to avoid death. Finally the gods had enough and condemned Sisyphus to eternal hard labor -- his punishment: rolling a boulder up a ...read more

  • Being Wanted  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
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    BEING WANTED I heard of a story this week that really moved me deep. It’s a story of a black girl who had cleft palate (bungi). She was the butt of jokes and was very unhappy. They called her names – ugly names that just drove her deeper into despair. Most people made no attention to her except ...read more

  • When Running The 2001 London Marathon, I Made ...

    Contributed by Gary Birch on Jul 25, 2008
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    When running the 2001 London Marathon, I made sure I had my name on the front of my shirt so as many people as possible would be shouting my ...read more

  • Pastor Dave Kinney Said, "From God's Fixed Place ...

    Contributed by Dave Kinney on Jul 26, 2008
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    Pastor Dave Kinney said, "From God's fixed place in heaven He can powerfully fix anything broken in the human heart, and because God still reigns, ...read more

  • Just Stay In The Race

    Contributed by Rick Bezanson on Jul 29, 2008
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    JUST STAY IN THE RACE Charlton Heston had to learn how to drive a chariot with four horses for his part in the movie Ben Hur. After many weeks of chariot lessons he told the director, "I think I can drive the chariot all right, but I'm not at all sure I can actually win ...read more

  • 60% Of Gen-Y Members (Born Roughly Between ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2008
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    60% of Gen-Y members (born roughly between 1980-1994) want to hear from their managers at work at least once a ...read more

  • Who's Side

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 31, 2008
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    WHO'S SIDE During WWII a parade of well-trained soldiers was marching through downtown. The soldiers were trained and now preparing to leave for war. As they marched by one old lady's house she was so proud of the men. She grabbed her broom stick, placed it on her shoulder and started marching ...read more