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  • Spiritual Breakthrough.

    Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Feb 14, 2014
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    During the week I have been looking at a book by John Larsson where he called Spiritual breakthrough where he talks about Samuel Logan Brengle. In his recalling Brengle, Larsson talks of how at the age of twenty-five, Brengle was at a seminary training to be a minister but he was troubled. He ...read more

  • Spiritual Leadership

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Sep 9, 2007
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     | 3,035 views

    Spiritual Leadership Samuel Logan Brengle said: Spiritual leadership is not won by promotion, but by prayers and tears. It is attained by much heart-searching and humbling before God; by self-surrender, a courageous sacrifice of every idol, a bold, uncompromising, and uncomplaining embracing of ...read more

  • Spiritually Dry

    Contributed by Glenn Newton on Jan 24, 2008
     | 1,898 views

    How to know if you are getting Spiritually dry a. When there is no desire for Bible study and prayer. b. When spiritual conversation embarrasses you. c. When you rationalize sin. d. When you quote scripture and attend services, but it doesn’t make a difference in your life e. When money dominates ...read more

  • Spiritual Fruit

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Jan 27, 2008
     | 3,659 views

    Spiritual Fruit I have something in my treasure chest that you will recognize today. This small limb is from a very specific tree in my back yard. Do you know what kind of tree it is? Try and guess. This limb is from an apple tree. Every year this APPLE tree gives Vickie and me a lot of ...read more

  • Spiritual Events

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Mar 9, 2008
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    Spiritual Events When I was a Sophomore in college I was taking a shortcut on a country road to avoid heavy traffic on the freeway. I was traveling at about fifty miles an hour or so. This road was a beautiful drive meandering through vineyards, orchards and ranches, it ambled over rolling hills, ...read more

  • Spiritual Manna

    Contributed by Paul Dietz on Sep 20, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,789 views

    Spiritual Manna How many can remember the story of the children of Israel gathering Manna every morning accept on the Sabbath to find the sustenance needed to make their spiritual journey from Egypt to the Land of Promise? We are told that they first of all began to murmur among themselves about ...read more

  • Spiritual Perfection

    Contributed by Ferdinand Funk on Sep 29, 2008
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    Spiritual Perfection A man once came up to C. H. Spurgeon, the great English preacher, at a Christian retreat, and said that he had reached a state of spiritual perfection. Without a word Spurgeon picked up a pitcher of ice-cold water and poured it on the man's head. When the man became angry ...read more

  • Spiritual Millionaires

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Feb 5, 2009
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    SPIRITUAL MILLIONAIRES Obeying the law justifies no one, Jew or Gentile, because no one obeys the law. There is no one righteous, not even one, Romans 3:10 says. Therefore, the law can only condemn us, not declare us righteous. For example, the law is very clear: "Do not write a check for more ...read more

  • Spiritual Maturity

    Contributed by Barry O Johnson on Feb 5, 2024
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    1 Timothy 3:6 - "Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil." Recently, a father sat down with his four-year-old son and asked him if he would like the $10 in his right hand or the two Oreo cookies in his left hand. His son immediately chose ...read more

  • Seek Spiritual Advice From Spiritually Mature Christians

    Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on Aug 7, 2023
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    Seek Spiritual Advice from Spiritually mature Christians. Albert Einstein ... had difficulty speaking until he was four years old ... and did not read ... until he was seven. Beethovens music teacher said: .... As a composer, ... he is hopeless. When Thomas Edison was a young boy, ... his ...read more

  • The Spiritual Odd Couple  PRO

    Contributed by Joel Pankow on May 1, 2002
    based on 19 ratings
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    THE SPIRITUAL ODD COUPLE Often times we stand in awe of the fact that our Savior Jesus Christ was born into this sinful world and took on human flesh - born in a cattle stall! What a filthy place for God to be born! In the same way, then, shouldn’t we stand in awe at what the Holy Spirit ...read more

  • Unused Spiritual Resources  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Sep 12, 2003
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    Unused Spiritual Resources During Superbowl XXXVII, FedEx ran a commercial that spoofed the 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 the bedraggled Hanks in the movie, the FedEx employee in the ...read more

  • Soil And Spiritual Seasons  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on May 19, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,913 views

    SOIL AND SPIRITUAL SEASONS Jesus says these people resemble the soil next to the path which in Palestine could look like decent soil but only an inch deep. Because the soil has settled there maybe blown by the wind or pushed there by the run off from the rain, it can be very fertile. People are ...read more

  • Cicadas: Spiritually Dead

    Contributed by Richard Tow on Sep 16, 2009
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    CICADAS: SPIRITUALLY DEAD I grew up in West Texas and there were a lot of Cicada insects. They’re not technically locusts but we called them that. During the hot summer days the loud, shrill sound that the males made would fill the air. You would usually see them in the trees. At times you would ...read more

  • Battle Dress For Spiritual ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 26, 2009
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    Battle Dress for Spiritual Warfare Marine recruits were each issued a service bag filled with clothing, in addition to a rifle, a cartridge belt, a bayonet, and a heavy steel helmet. Since those just arriving on base did not know how to care for themselves, recruits were also issued basic supplies ...read more

  • How Spiritual Are You

    Contributed by Hugh Laing on Jan 19, 2010
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    HOW SPIRITUAL ARE YOU Tell me how much time you spend alone with God...I will tell you how spiritual you are..and I mean really alone. Not how many meetings you go to...not how many gifts or talents you have...not how many sermons you preach...not how many records you’ve recorded or produced...not ...read more

  • Spiritual Near-Sightedness  PRO

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jan 25, 2010
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,656 views

    Spiritual Near-Sightedness One of my favorite riddles is this one Q: What did the near-sighted porcupine say when it backed into a cactus? A: Pardon me, honey! If you are near-sighted, you see objects that are near, but distant objects are blurry or unclear. To put is simply, you are equipped to ...read more

  • When Their Lives Are Spiritually ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on May 24, 2010
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    When Their Lives Are Spiritually Frigid As a musician was tuning his instrument prior to a concert, he held it for a few seconds before a flaming fireplace. Asked why he did this, he replied, “I can’t seem to get any music out of it when it’s cold.” In a similar way, God’s children cannot produce ...read more

  • What Is Spiritual Maturity?

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Dec 29, 2010
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    WHAT IS SPIRITUAL MATURITY? In our Pueblo group we asked how we could define spiritual maturity? Someone said, "Being spiritually mature probably means you don't try to figure out whether the people around you are spiritually mature or not." Someone else said, "It's all I can do to figure ...read more

  • The Danger Of Spiritual Procrastination  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 24, 2011
    based on 11 ratings
     | 8,039 views

    THE DANGER OF SPIRITUAL PROCRASTINATION There is a fable which tells of three apprentice devils who were coming to this earth to finish their apprenticeship. They were talking to Satan, the chief of the devils, about their plans to tempt and to ruin men. The first said, "I will tell them that ...read more