In Sermon Illustrations: "Direction Of Life"

Character Is Something Each One Of Us Must ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Character is something each one of us must build for himself, out of the laws of God and nature, the examples of others, and most of all out of the trials and errors of daily life. Character is the total of ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

The News On An Ordinary Day [is] A Strange ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The news on an ordinary day [is] a strange assembly that swoops down on ones life like cousins from Oslo one has never seen before, will never see again, and ...read more

Tags: Culture

But Total Freedom Is Never What One Imagines ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"But total freedom is never what one imagines and, in fact, hardly exists. It comes as a shock in life to learn that we usually only exchange one set of restrictions for another. The ...read more

Tags: Political Freedom

At Each New Year It Is Common To Make New ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"At each New Year it is common to make new resolutions, but in the life of the individual, each day is the beginning of a New Year, if he will only make it so. A mere date on the calendar is no more a ...read more

Tags: New Year's Day

The Ability To Form Friendships, To Make People ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The ability to form friendships, to make people believe in you and trust you is one of the few absolutely fundamental qualities of success.The young man who can make friends quickly ...read more

Tags: Compassion

And So Came Middle-Age, For I Have Discovered ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"And so came middle-age, for I have discovered that middle-age is not a question of years. It is that moment in life when one realizes that one has exchanged, by a series of subtle shifts and substitutes, the vague ...read more

Tags: Aging

To Fulfill A Dream, To Be Allowed To Sweat Over ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"To fulfill a dream, to be allowed to sweat over lonely labor, to be given the money to create, is the meat and potatoes of life. The money is the gravy. As everyone else, I love to dunk my crust in it. ...read more

Tags: Money

The Morning Is The Gate Of The Day, And Should ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The morning is the gate of the day, and should be well-guarded with prayer. The morning is one end of the thread on which the day's actions are strung, and should be well-knotted with devotion. If we felt ...read more

Tags: Morning

I Know The Morningi Am Acquainted With It And I ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I know the morningI am acquainted with it and I love it. I love it fresh and sweet as it isa daily new creation, breaking forth and calling all that have life and breath and ...read more

Tags: Morning

No Friend Or Anything Else Shall Ever Come First ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

No friend or anything else shall ever come first in my life. I have resolved that the Lord Jesus Christ shall have all of me. I care not what the future ...read more

Tags: Church General

A Hundred Times Every Day I Remind Myself That ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life depends on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give ...read more

Tags: Poverty

Mark How Fleeting And Paltry Is The Estate Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Mark how fleeting and paltry is the estate of man: yesterday in embryo, tomorrow a mummy or ashes. So for the hairs breadth of time assigned to thee live rationally, and part with life cheerfully, as drops the ...read more

Tags: Time

The Longer I Live, The More I Begin To Grasp ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The longer I live, the more I begin to grasp that our choice in life is never between pain and no pain. It is rather a choice between enduring it and using it. And God, in His ...read more

Tags: Truth

Sin As Your Secret Lover

Contributed by John Bright on Apr 8, 2021

“Sanctified people still sin. However, the difference is that in the life of a sanctified person, sin becomes your permanent enemy and no longer your secret lover!” Dr. Timothy Tennent “The Call to ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 1:8-10

Tags: Sin, Santification

Denomination: Methodist

Seeking God

Contributed by Samuel M on Feb 18, 2025

Seeking God is a life-giving living experience similar to a boat crossing earthly waters and entering divine waters, where we behold the glory of God, are swept up in God's ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 42:1

Tags: Faith, Hope

David's Demons

Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Nov 16, 2010

DAVID'S DEMONS Many years ago I worked in an organisation called SCILS - Sunshine Coast Independent Living Skills. We worked with people who had mild to moderate intellectual disabilities. David (not his real name) was helped to find a place to rent in the community. He had been in danger of ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 12:43-45

Tags: Demons

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Bearing Our Cross

Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Apr 7, 2015

A "Natural" Rope a dope... Cross bearing is an indispensable part of a Christian’s life, so that work of moulding a person into a Christ-like image which begins at the point of re-generation is completed in all respects (2 Cor 3:18) by the time of Rapture or one’s departure from the Earthly ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 3:18

Tags: Tithing, Trials And Difficulties, Bearing, Discerning

Denomination: *other

Faith

Contributed by John Hardwick on Aug 1, 2015

Faith, as a mustard seed, is when it’s raining enough to need the windshield wipers once a minute, but not enough to set it on auto. “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not ...read more

Scripture: John 3:16

Tags: Faith, Amazing Love

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Do You Remember The Incredible Hulk? If You Do ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 29, 2001

Do you remember the Incredible Hulk? If you do you either remember the big green monster from the comics or the television show. Dr. Banner had a serious problem. In an experiment he had unleashed a terrible monster. In times of stress he would turn into this huge raging monster. One of the ...read more

Tags: Sin Bondage To, Christian Disciplines, Anger

James Dobson, New Man, October, ...  PRO

Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Aug 9, 2002

[illustration, James Dobson, New Man, October, 1994, p. 36.] This is an exert from an article that James Dobson wrote in 1994 about Stephen Hawking, whom I believe has since died… Stephen Hawking is an astrophysicist at Cambridge University and perhaps the most intelligent man on earth. He has ...read more

Tags: Fulfillment, Contentment

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational