In Sermon Illustrations: "Changed Life"

O Lord, That Lends Me Life, Lend Me A Heart ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"O Lord, that lends me life, lend me a heart replete ...read more

Tags: Prayer How To

If You Succeed In Life, You Must Do So In Spite ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If you succeed in life, you must do so in spite of the efforts of others to pull you down. There is nothing in the idea that people are willing to help those who help themselves. People are willing to help a man who can't help himself, but as soon as a man is able ...read more

Tags: Workplace Success

I Owe My Success In Life To Having Always Been A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

I owe my success in life to having always been a quarter ...read more

Tags: Workplace Success

Success Is All It's Cracked Up To Be. Life Gets ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Success is all it's cracked up to be. Life gets better, the work ...read more

Tags: Workplace Success

I Would Rather Live In A World Where My Life Is ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so ...read more

Tags: Worldliness

Our Life Is What Our Thoughts Make It. A Man ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Our life is what our thoughts make it. A man will find that as he alters his thoughts toward things and other people, ...read more

Tags: Thought

In All My Life There Had Never Been, Until I ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"In all my life there had never been, until I was near to middle age, either the necessity or the desire to think. Really to think is not a simple thing. It cannot easily be taught, and ...read more

Tags: Thought

During A Very Busy Life I Have Often Been ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"During a very busy life I have often been asked, How did you manage to do it all? The answer is simple: ...read more

Tags: Time

Lord, How The Day Passes Its Like A Life So ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Lord, how the day passes Its like a life so quickly when we dont watch ...read more

Tags: Present

The Bread Of Life Comes From Two Tables–the Ambo ...

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jun 13, 2009

The Bread of life comes from two tables–the ambo and the altar–the Word and the Sacrament. The word of God, read and proclaimed by the Church in the ...read more

Tags: Lord's Supper

Denomination: Catholic

Mark 8:35 For Whoever Wants To Save His Life A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 5, 2009

Mark 8:35 For whoever wants to save his life a will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me and for the gospel will save it. (NIV) Now, Jesus is not talking about the cost of our salvation here, because that is free! Romans 6:23 says, “The FREE gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our ...read more

Scripture: Mark 8:34-38

Tags: Discipleship, Risk

Wife Of Pastor E.v. Hill Risks Life To Protect ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 6, 2009

Wife of Pastor E.V. Hill Risks Life to Protect Husband from Car Bomb Pastor E. V. Hill was talking about the racial violence in downtown Watts, in the Los Angeles area. He is as a Baptist Preacher and was caught up in that kind of tension. There was another of the black pastors who had already been ...read more

Scripture: John 15:13

Tags: Heroism

I Have Tried Fasting A Few Times In My Life And ...

Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Dec 23, 2009

I have tried fasting a few times in my life and always found it helpful. Once, after a fast for a week or so, I was so hungry for food that I went out and bought a pizza. I was sick that night. Not a good idea to introduce pizza to a starving stomach too quickly. Are you hungry enough? I was ...read more

Tags: Righteousness

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Mother Sheep Sacrifices Her Life To Save Her Lamb ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2010

Mother Sheep Sacrifices Her Life to Save Her Lamb from a Tiger William Faulkner tells the story of a mother sheep who had warned her little ones, “Do not go near the river, for a bad tiger lives there, and he will kill and eat you.” One lamb kept toying with the thought that the grass near the ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 53:6

Tags: Sacrifices

I Wish I Could Live Life Over Again

Contributed by Chuck Sligh on Jun 14, 2011

I WISH I COULD LIVE LIFE OVER AGAIN I remember when I was an assistant pastor in TN visiting a man who had lived his whole life in sin and selfishness. He finally came to the Lord in his sixties. When he was diagnosed with cancer, I went to visit him at his home shortly before his death. The day ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

Denomination: Baptist

Thomas Jefferson Wrote, "God Who Gave Us Life ...

Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Jun 4, 2012

Thomas Jefferson wrote, "God who gave us life gave us liberty. And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are the gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with His wrath? ...read more

Tags: America

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

D.l. Moody, "A Holy Life Will Make The Deepest ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

D.L. Moody, “A holy life will make the deepest impression. Lighthouses blow ...read more

Tags: Faith

Lord Byron, Who Early In His Life Wasted Himself ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Lord Byron, who early in his life wasted himself on the pursuit of pleasure, wrote a year before his death: MY days are in the yellow leaves; The flowers and the fruits of love ...read more

Tags: God's Provision

When Things In Your Life Seem Almost Too Much To ...

Contributed by Fran Van Hoven on Jun 30, 2007

When things in your life seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in a day are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar... and the wine...:A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, wordlessly, he picked up a very large and ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:15-17

Tags: Busy, 24 Hours, Time, Not Enough Time

Denomination: Assembly Of God

All He Ever Really Wanted In Life Was More. He ...

Contributed by Darren Mccormick on Feb 26, 2008

All he ever really wanted in life was more. He wanted more money, so he parlayed inherited wealth into a billion-dollar pile of assets. He wanted more fame, so he broke into the Hollywood scene and soon became a filmmaker and star. He wanted more sensual pleasures, so he paid handsome sums to ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ