In Sermon Illustrations: "Blessed Life"

For You To Be Free You Will Have To Make A ...

Contributed by J. Brad Campbell on Nov 6, 2006

For you to be free you will have to make a decisive life changing decision ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

To Acquire The Habit Of Reading Is To Construct ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from ...read more

Tags: Books And Literature

The Vintage Of Wisdom Is To Know That Rest Is ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The vintage of wisdom is to know that rest is rust and that the real life is ...read more

Tags: Wisdom

Ordinary People

Contributed by Mark Hiehle on Feb 6, 2008

God uses ordinary people and He calls them in the midst of the ...read more

Denomination: Nazarene

Choose A Job You Love And You Will Never Have To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Choose a job you love and you will never have to work ...read more

Tags: Workplace

There Is No Event Or Circumstance That Can Occur ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

There is no event or circumstance that can occur in the life of any Christian that ...read more

Tags: Joy

Knowledge, In Truth, Is The Great Sun In The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Knowledge, in truth, is the great sun in the firmament. Life and power are ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 50:1

Tags: Promises Of God

Every Man Is His Own Captain On The Voyage Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Every man is his own captain on the voyage of life; if ...read more

Tags: Learning

Men Honor Property Above All Else; It Has The ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Men honor property above all else; it has the greatest ...read more

Tags: Property

Truth Is The Secret Of Eloquence And Of Virtue, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Truth is the secret of eloquence and of virtue, the basis of moral authority; it is the ...read more

Tags: Truth

Next To God We Are Indebted To Women, First For ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Next to God we are indebted to women, first for life itself, and then ...read more

Tags: Women

C. Keener, "The Only Conversions That Count In ...

Contributed by Mark Eberly on May 4, 2009

C. Keener, "The only conversions that count in the kingdom are those confirmed ...read more

Tags: Discipleship

Denomination: Church Of God

God Is Ready To Assume Full Responsibility For ...

Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jan 4, 2010

“God is ready to assume full responsibility for the life wholly yielded ...read more

Tags: Sanctification

Denomination: Baptist

One Person Once Wrote: "For The Christian, Death ...

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Feb 27, 2012

One person once wrote: "For the Christian, death is not a period but a ...read more

Tags: Death

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Building A Relationship With God (Running The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 19, 2009

Building a Relationship with God (Running the Race) It was the summer before my Senior year at Jamestown College. I had taken up riding my bike several times a week and had gotten up to riding 10-20 miles in a single go. Needless to say… I was feeling pretty good about myself. So when school ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 9:24-27

Tags: Sports

Junk Is A Matter Of Personal Definition

Contributed by James Snyder on Oct 10, 2020

I thought I had everything organized and in order. It just shows how useless my thinking is these days. There are many piles in my office and on my desk, and I know what is in each pile. Everything is organized to my specifications. My rule is: if I can't find something, I don't need it. ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 16:3

Tags: Work, Humor, Planning, Office Space

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

The Noted Author, John Killinger, Tells A ...

Contributed by Charles R. Swindoll on Oct 10, 2004

The noted author, John Killinger, tells a powerful story about a man who is all-alone in a hotel room in Canada. The man is in a state of deep depression. He is so depressed that he can’t even bring himself to go downstairs to the restaurant to eat. He is a powerful man usually the chairman of a ...read more

Tags: Repentance, Salvation, Confession Of Sin

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Dreams

Contributed by Glynda Lomax on Dec 27, 2014

“There are many ways of breaking a heart. Stories were full of hearts being broken by love, but what really broke a heart was taking away its dream - whatever that dream might be.” - Pearl S. Buck Everybody has a dream. What’s your dream? What was your dream when you were young and full of ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 34:18

Tags: Adversity, Brokenhearted, Broken Dream

Denomination: Charismatic

Oxygen And Bread  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 5, 2003

OXYGEN AND BREAD In his best selling book called, “Into Thin Air,” Jon Krakauer relates the hazards that plagued some climbers as they attempted to reach the summit of Mount Everest. Andy Harris, one of the expedition leaders stayed at the peak too long and on his descent, he became in dire need ...read more

Scripture: John 6:24-35

Tags: Jesus Teachings, Christian Values

John 14:6 – "Jesus Told Him, ‘i Am The Way, The ...  PRO

Contributed by Scott Weber on Mar 14, 2006

John 14:6 – “Jesus told him, ‘I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.’” This is so hard for prideful people to accept. Elaine Pagels (author of The Templar Revelation: Secret Guardians of the True Identity of Christ) says she had an epiphany while ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 2:8-14

Tags: False Teaching

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ