In Sermon Illustrations: "extreme poverty" showing 141-160 of 721

Marriage Helps A New Report Based On Census 2000 ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

Marriage Helps A new report based on Census 2000 data shows children of all races and ethnic groups who live in homes with married parents – as opposed to single or cohabiting parents -- are less likely to live in poverty. 80% to 95% of children, depending on race, who lived with ...read more

Tags: Children

Contentment Is Natural Wealth; Luxury Is ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Contentment is natural wealth; luxury is ...read more

Tags: Peace

Borrowed Thoughts, Like Borrowed Money, Only ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Borrowed thoughts, like borrowed money, only show the ...read more

Tags: Thought

Debt Is The Secret Foe Of Thriftthe Debt Habit ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Debt is the secret foe of thriftThe debt habit is the ...read more

Tags: Money

A Propensity To Hope And Joy Is Real Riches; One ...

Contributed by David Insell on Jul 26, 2003

A propensity to hope and joy is real riches; one to fear and ...read more

Tags: Faith, Fear And Worry

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

It's Pretty Hard To Tell What Does Bring ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

It's pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and ...read more

Tags: Joy

Speaking Of Church Attendance, Have You Ever ...

Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Apr 4, 2005

Speaking of church attendance, have you ever heard Murphy’s Law for Preachers: Law # 1: If the weather is extremely bad, church attendance will be down. Law #2: If the weather is extremely good church attendance will be down. Law #3: If the ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 122:1

Tags: Church Practices

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Scheme Of Things

Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 21, 2010

SCHEME OF THINGS The divine "scheme of things," as Christianity understands it, is at once extremely elastic and extremely rigid. It is elastic, in that it includes a large measure of liberty for the creature; it is rigid in that it includes the proviso that, however created beings choose to ...read more

Tags: Discipleship

Denomination: Brethren

Prayer Is The Language Of A Man Burdened With A ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Prayer is the language of a man burdened with a sense of need. It is the voice of the beggar, conscious of his ...read more

Tags: Prayer How To

The Man With A Toothache Thinks Everyone Happy ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The man with a toothache thinks everyone happy whose teeth are sound. The poverty-stricken man makes ...read more

Tags: Joy

Success Is The Product Of Character. The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Success is the product of character. The development of your character is in your own hands, and poverty plus honest ambition is ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

37.5% Of Young Families With Children Are Living ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

37.5% of young families with children are living on or near poverty incomes, compared with 14% of all families. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Money

One Fourth Of The U.s. Labor Force (28 Million ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

One fourth of the U.S. labor force (28 million Americans) earns less than the federal poverty level. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Money

American Households Spend About $240 A Year On ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

American households spend about $240 a year on fast food, and typically only $5 a year helping children in poverty. ...read more

Tags: Giving General

Riches Not Only Afford Matter For Strife, And ...

Contributed by Thomas Black on Jan 28, 2005

"Riches not only afford matter for strife, and are the things most commonly striven about... [but] Poverty and labor, wants and wanderings, could not ...read more

Tags: Money

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Perseverance Gives Power To Weakness, And Opens ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Perseverance gives power to weakness, and opens to poverty the world's wealth. It spreads fertility over the barren landscape, and bids the choicest fruits and flowers ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 35:6-7

Tags: Desert, Endurance

I Think Thats How Chicago Got Started. A Bunch ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I think thats how Chicago got started. A bunch of people in New York said, Gee, Im enjoying the crime and the poverty, ...read more

Tags: Government

Blessings ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 21, 2008

BLESSINGS UNKNOWN A man who had been a drunkard in the slums of Chicago for many years came to a mission one night. He heard the message, ate the meal, and went to bed. That was his last night on earth. He died poverty-stricken and friendless, never to see another day. What he did not know was ...read more

Tags: Evangelism Urgency

Quietude, Which Some Men Cannot Abide Because It ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2006

Quietude, which some men cannot abide because it reveals their inward poverty, is as a palace of cedar to the wise, for along its hallowed courts the King ...read more

Tags: Prayer How To

I Am For Doing Good To The Poor, But I Differ ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I am for doing good to the poor, but I differ in opinion of the means. I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life