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  • An Honest Day's Work  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 26, 2002
    based on 16 ratings
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    AN HONEST DAY'S WORK The USS Astoria (C-34) was the first U.S. cruiser to engage the Japanese during the Battle of Savo Island, a night action fought 8-9 August 1942. Although she scored two hits on the Imperial flagship Chokai, the Astoria was badly damaged and sank shortly after noon, 9 ...read more

  • A New Work Schedule  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 2, 2002
    based on 9 ratings
     | 2,184 views

    A NEW WORK SCHEDULE A union shop steward is addressing a union meeting... "Comrades. We have agreed on a new deal with the management. We will no longer work four days a week." "Hooray!", goes the crowd. "We will finish work at 4 PM, not 5 PM." "Hooray!", goes the crowd, again. "We will ...read more

  • I Work For Him

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on Jun 11, 2003
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    John Kenneth Gailbraith, in his autobiography, A Life In Our Times, illustrates the devotion of Emily Gloria Wilson, his family's housekeeper. It had been a wearying day, and I asked Emily to hold all telephone calls while I had a nap. Shortly thereafter the phone rang. Lyndon Johnson was ...read more

  • Value In Work, Or Motherhood?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 1, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
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    VALUE IN WORK, OR MOTHERHOOD? In a May 2005 report, USA Today says mothers enjoy their work as mothers, but they would like to feel more valued. 1 in 5 mother’s who took the survey say they feel less valued by society since becoming a mother. The survey was conducted by the University of ...read more

  • Work In God's Kingdom  PRO

    Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Jan 23, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
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    WORK IN GOD’S KINGDOM John Stott tells a joke against his vocation: a clefgyman is the last person in the world to write about work. For, as everybody knows, he has not done an honest day’s work in his life. As the old saying goes, he is ‘six days invisible and one day incomprehensible!’ The ...read more

  • Accidents In The Work Zone

    Contributed by Doane Brubaker on Mar 30, 2007
     | 1,628 views

    A news story out of St. Louis last year began… "He was a loving father and loved his grandkids," Linda Heath never imagined Wednesday would mark the first time she referred to her husband of 31 years in the past tense.” On April 26, 2006 Henry Heath was killed while directing traffic in a ...read more

  • Christianity Is Not Devotion To Work, Or To A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
    based on 1 rating
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    "Christianity is not devotion to work, or to a cause, or a doctrine, but devotion to a ...read more

  • The Fruit Of The Spirit Is Not The Work Of The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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    The fruit of the Spirit is not the work of the believer. It is the work of Christ in his soul... That is being done in him and through him by the Lord Himself. It may be noted that the apple grows on the apple tree; the orchard owner does not ...read more

  • Work For The Night Is Coming

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    Work for the Night is Coming (Anna Coghill) Work, for the night is coming, Work through the morning hours; Work while the dew is sparkling, Work ’mid springing flowers; Work when the day grows brighter, Work in the glowing sun; Work, for the night is coming, When man’s work is done. Work, for the ...read more

  • Works Of Thy Hands

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on May 29, 2008
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    WORKS OF THY HANDS How about a cheetah? The smallest of the big cats, it has amazing speed and stealth, while lacking climbing skills. It is the fastest land animal reaching speeds between 70 and 75 mph in short bursts covering distances up to 500 yards. The cheetah can accelerate from 0-68 mph in ...read more

  • Working During Pregnancy

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2008
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    WORKING DURING PREGNANCY Women are more likely to work during pregnancy than they were 30 to 40 years ago. They also are returning to work more rapidly after having their first child; 64% are back at work within a year vs. 17% in the 60s. 66% of women who had their first child between 2001 and ...read more

  • Messiah's Glorious Works

    Contributed by Chris Jordan on Sep 11, 2008
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    QUOTE ON DANIEL'S SEVENTIETH WEEK: "The first coming of our Lord is spoken of in (Daniel 9:24-27) as ordained to be before the seventy weeks were finished, and the city (Jerusalem) should be destroyed; and so it was even as the prophet had spoken… Jesus Christ our Lord, the Messiah, came exactly ...read more

  • Very Hard Work

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
    based on 1 rating
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    VERY HARD WORK A favorite book for children is Frog And Toad Together by Arnold Lobel. Frog had a garden that Toad admired, and he wanted one too. So Frog told him: "It is very nice, but it was hard work." When he gave Toad some flower seeds, Toad quickly ran home and planted them. "Now seeds," ...read more

  • There Is Time For Work. And There Is Time For ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    There is time for work. And there is time for love. That ...read more

  • It Was Not The Matter Of The Work, But The Mind ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    "It was not the matter of the work, but the mind that went into it, that countedand the man who was not content to do small ...read more

  • I Was Working In A Hospital In The ...

    Contributed by Randall Mitchell, Sr. on Jun 1, 2007
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    ILLUSTRATION: I was working in a hospital in the Facility Safety Department as the night supervisor. I received a call from the E.R. nurse that they needed someone to watch a patient in one of the rooms. The man wanted to leave because, as he said, "I just have a scratch." The man couldn’t see ...read more

  • Works Vs. Fruit  PRO

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Mar 15, 2009
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    WORKS VS. FRUIT A machine in a factory works and turns out a product, but it could never manufacture "fruit." Fruit must grow out of life, and, in the case of the believer, it is the life of the Spirit (Gal. 5:25). When you think of "works," you think of effort, labor, strain, and toil; when you ...read more

  • Hard Work Is Worth It

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2009
    based on 1 rating
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    HARD WORK IS WORTH IT The story is told of a nursery worker about to plant a number of young saplings, some straight and some crooked, thus reasoned with himself – "These straight saplings will no doubt grow up to be fine trees without much attention on my part; but I will see if, by proper ...read more

  • Work Completed In Due ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 28, 2009
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    WORK COMPLETED IN DUE SEASON Adoniram Judson clearly was appointed by the Holy Spirit to minister the Word of God to the heathen. He reached Calcutta in the summer of 1812, ready to preach the Gospel, however was given orders to get out. He was saddened and could not understand how an effectual ...read more

  • All That Work For What?

    Contributed by Tim White on Jun 19, 2009
     | 1,102 views

    ALL THAT WORK FOR WHAT? In November 1975, 75 convicts started digging a secret tunnel designed to bring them up at the other side of the wall of Saltillo Prison in northern Mexico. On April 18, 1976, guided by pure genius, they tunneled up into the nearby courtroom in which many of them ...read more