In Sermon Illustrations: "Everyday Life"

How Can We Be A Friend To The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2008

How Can We Be A Friend To The Suffering? 1. We can be there for them. 2. We can feel their pain. 3. We can encourage them. 4. We can listen more than we talk. 5. We can be honest: I don’t know… don’t try to explain everything. 6. We can look beyond their faults and look to their needs. 7. We can ...read more

Tags: Ot Characters

How A Pastor Loved His Enemy

Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Feb 2, 2023

In The Grace of Giving, Stephen Olford tells of a Baptist pastor during the American Revolution, Peter Miller, who lived in Ephrata, Pennsylvania, and enjoyed the friendship of George Washington. In Ephrata also lived Michael Wittman, an evil-minded sort who did all he could to oppose and ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 5:19-23

Tags: Love, Forgiveness, Hate, Pastors, Churches, Enemies, Division  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Don't Pass Up 200 Pennies To Pick Up A Dollar Bill

Contributed by Rev. Dr. David T. Williamson on Jun 15, 2024

Don't pass up 200 pennies to pick up a dollar bill. In other words, it's the little things in life that happen along the way that can add up. It's the little things in life that make a big difference! Generosity means being willing to give of yourself, even when not asked, and small ...read more

Scripture: Luke 16:10, Zechariah 4:10

Tags: Giving, Finances, Generosity

Denomination: Baptist

Rick Warren States, "You Cannot Fulfill God's ...

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jun 1, 2004

Rick Warren states, “You cannot fulfill God’s purposes for your life while ...read more

Tags: Sharing Your Faith

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Billie Hanks Once Said, "You Will Win No More ...

Contributed by Gene Gregory on Nov 29, 2004

Billie Hanks once said, “You will win no more people and exert no more influence for the Savior ...read more

Tags: Love Of The Disciples, Call Of The Disciples

Denomination: Baptist

According To A Recent Gallup Poll, 73% Of ...  PRO

Contributed by James Kelley on Jul 24, 2001

According to a recent Gallup poll, 73% of Americans, under age 45, believe that life spent with the same ...read more

Tags: Marriage Commitment, Romantic Love, Divorce

Denomination: Baptist

Books Are The Compasses And Telescopes And ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

Books are the compasses and telescopes and sextants and charts which other men have prepared to help us ...read more

Tags: Books And Literature

A Little Library, Growing Larger Every Year, Is ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"A little library, growing larger every year, is an honorable part of a mans possessions. A library is not a luxury. It ...read more

Tags: Books And Literature

Every Writer Must Acknowledge, And Be Able To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Every writer must acknowledge, and be able to handle the unalterable fact that he has, in effect, given himself a ...read more

Tags: Books And Literature

Those Who Are Serious About Living A Pure And ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

Those who are serious about living a pure and effective life before the Lord will find more strength ...read more

Tags: Family

Bureaucracies Are Designed To Perform Public ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Bureaucracies are designed to perform public business. But as soon as a bureaucracy is established, it develops an autonomous spiritual ...read more

Tags: Workplace

No One Who Has Ever Brought Up A Child Can Doubt ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

No one who has ever brought up a child can doubt for a moment that love is literally the ...read more

Tags: Children

A Little Child Is Certain About His Parents, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"A little child is certain about his parents, but uncertain about everything else, therefore it lives a ...read more

Tags: Children

Who Is Wise And Understanding Among You? Let ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good life, by deeds done in the ...read more

Tags: Wisdom

Sincerity Is No Test Of Truth, No Evidence Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Sincerity is no test of truth, no evidence of correctness of conduct. You may take poison, sincerely believing it the ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

I Exhort You Also To Take Part In The Great ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat of life, and greater ...read more

Tags: Dealing With Conflicts

Education Was The Road To Freedom And ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Education was the road to freedom and independence. It was the promise of possibilities beyond the cramped oppressive worlds of segregation and ...read more

Tags: Culture

There Comes A Time In Every Rightly Constructed ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

There comes a time in every rightly constructed boys life when he has a raging urge to go ...read more

Tags: Children

You Can't Do Anything About The Length Of Your ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"You can't do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something ...read more

Tags: Learning

Nothing Will Sustain You More Potently Than The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Nothing will sustain you more potently than the power to recognize in your humdrum routine, as perhaps it may ...read more

Tags: Learning