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  • Blessed Are The Poor In Spirit  PRO

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,902 views

    Blessed Are the Poor In Spirit Seldom in history have so few words been spoken with so much meaning. The Beatitudes of our Lord are powerful, holding before believers and unbelievers alike a descriptive picture of the true disciple of Christ. The Beatitudes cover the glorious hope and are a ...read more

  • Blessed Are The Poor In Spirit

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Feb 9, 2012
     | 4,368 views

    BLESSED ARE THE POOR IN SPIRIT "Those poor in spirit are called "blessed" by Jesus, not because they are in a meritorious condition, but because, precisely in spite of and in the midst of their ever so deplorable condition, the rule of the heavens has moved redemptively upon and through them by ...read more

  • Blessed Are The Poor In Spirit' Means: ‘blessed ...  PRO

    Contributed by Curtis Kittrell on Apr 23, 2002
    based on 6 ratings
     | 4,850 views

    “‘Blessed are the poor in spirit’ means: ‘Blessed is the man who has realized his own utter helplessness, and who has put his whole trust in God.’ If a man has realized his own utter helplessness, and has put his whole trust in God, there will enter into his life two things which are opposite sides ...read more

  • Poor Chippie

    Contributed by Todd Catteau on Dec 19, 2008
     | 2,772 views

    Poor Chippie A Galveston housewife had a pet parakeet named Chippie. The woman, however, made some terrible mistakes with Chippie. There are just some things that you don't do with parakeets! While vacuuming the carpet one day, she decided to clean out of the bottom of Chippie's cage with her ...read more

  • Baksheesh

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 27, 2018
     | 3,051 views

    Donald Barhhouse says, “One of the first words learned by the traveler in India is “baksheesh.” Multitudes of begars hold out their hands and say this one word. Preaching through an interpreter, I had occasion to speak of salvation as the gift of God. I emphasized the word. It is a gift. I ...read more

  • Spurgeon's Poor Sermon

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Mar 14, 2012
     | 3,672 views

    SPURGEON'S POOR SERMON Mr. Spurgeon once preached what in his judgment was one of his poorest sermons. He stammered and floundered, and when he got through felt that it had been a complete failure. He was greatly humiliated, and when he got home he fell on his knees and said, "Lord, God, thou ...read more

  • Rich And Poor

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Aug 9, 2007
     | 2,293 views

    Bill Graham said: “We are rich in the things that perish, but poor in the things of the spirit. We are rich in gadgets, but poor in faith. We are rich in goods, but poor in grace. We are rich in ...read more

  • Rich And Poor  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,367 views

    Billy Graham said: “We are rich in the things that perish, but poor in the things of the spirit. We are rich in gadgets, but poor in faith. We are rich in goods, but poor in grace. We are rich in know-how, but poor in character. We are rich in words, but poor in deeds.” Jesus said that our life ...read more

  • Poor Preachers

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 3,039 views

    Poor Preachers There was a Baptist preacher who just finished his sermon for the day and proceeded toward the back of the church for his usual greetings and handshaking. After shaking a few hands he came upon the seven year old son of one of the Deacons. "Good morning, young man," the preacher ...read more

  • Poor Foundation

    Contributed by Troy Borst on Sep 17, 2008
     | 5,032 views

    Poor Foundation The most famous poor foundation in the world is the Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy. The tower began to sink after construction progressed to the third floor in 1178. Scientists travel yearly to measure the building's slow descent. They report that the 179-foot tower moves about ...read more

  • Poor Sudanese ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 13, 2009
     | 2,145 views

    POOR SUDANESE CHILD There is a Pulitzer Prize-winning photo taken in 1994 during the Sudan famine. The picture depicts a famine-stricken child crawling towards a United Nations food camp, located a kilometer away. The vulture is waiting for the child to die, so that it can eat it. This picture ...read more

  • Rich Or Poor?

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jan 3, 2013
     | 2,336 views

    RICH OR POOR? "There are people so poor that the only thing they have is money." -- Unknown "He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according ...read more

  • Bono On The Poor

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 8, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,961 views

    Bono, lead singer of U2, said this: "Look, whatever thoughts you have about God, who God is or if God exists--most will agree that God has a special place ...read more

  • Supporting The Poor  PRO

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 8, 2013
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,195 views

    SUPPORTING THE POOR In a 1998 article in Christian History magazine, Rodney Stark said: "In a world lacking social services, Christians were their brothers' keepers. At the end of the second century AD, Tertullian wrote that while pagan temples spend their donations "on feasts and drinking ...read more

  • Voice Of The Poor

    Contributed by Rev. Duraimony Dickson on Jul 9, 2021
     | 1,184 views

    Sometimes in our lives, we wonder when God will send the angels to come and save us. There was a story last week that was published by a lot of magazines and daily newspapers. Stanislaus Lourduswamy, popularly known as Stan Swamy, was an Indian Roman Catholic priest, a member of the Jesuit order. ...read more

  • The Spirit Of Christ Is The Spirit Of Missions, ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,254 views

    "The Spirit of Christ is the spirit of missions, and the nearer we get to Him the more ...read more

  • The Spirit Of God Is Always The Spirit Of ...

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Apr 17, 2008
     | 2,136 views

    The Spirit of God is always the spirit of liberty; the spirit that is not of God is the spirit of bondage, the spirit of oppression and depression. The Spirit of God convicts vividly and tensely, but He is always the Spirit of liberty. God who made the birds never made birdcages; it is men who make ...read more

  • There Was Once A School For Poor And ...  PRO

    Contributed by John Cuddeford on Nov 1, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,341 views

    There was once a school for poor and underprivileged boys. In it there was a rule that, if certain things took place, the offender was to receive so many blows from a cane. One day a very poor boy broke this rule. He was called and stripped to receive his punishment. He had had little to eat, and ...read more

  • Poor Man's Philanthropist  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 11, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,364 views

    POOR MAN'S PHILANTHROPIST In 2005, when Thomas Cannon died of colon cancer in a hospital in Richmond, Virginia, he was 79. Thomas described himself a "poor man's philanthropist." When Thomas was three years old, his father died. Once Thomas' mother remarried, the family of six lived in a ...read more

  • Poor I-Sight

    Contributed by Josh Hunt on Jan 23, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,645 views

    POOR I-SIGHT We suffer from poor I-sight. Not eyesight, a matter of distorted vision that lenses can correct, but I-sight. Poor I-sight blurs your view, not of the world, but of yourself. Some see self too highly. Maybe it's the PhD or pedigree. A tattoo can do it; so can a new truck or the Nobel ...read more