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Only The Flexibly Creative Person Can Really ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Only the flexibly creative person can really manage the future, only the one who can face novelty ...read more

Tags: God's Sovereign Will

How Narrow Our Souls Become When Absorbed In Any ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

How narrow our souls become when absorbed in any present good or ill It is only the thought of ...read more

Tags: God's Sovereign Will

A Friend Is Someone Who Understands Your Past, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"A friend is someone who understands your past, believes in your future, and accepts ...read more

Tags: Compassion

By The Time Children Are Five, Their Parents ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"By the time children are five, their parents will have done at least half of all that can ever be done to ...read more

Tags: Parenting

Unrealized Dreams

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 3, 2024

The Soybean Car,” a concept developed by Henry Ford -- is an example of an unrealized dream. The car was intended to run on hemp fuel. According to Wikipedia, “The soybean car was a concept car built with agricultural plastic. The New York Times in 1941 states the car body and fenders were made ...read more

Scripture: James 4:14-15

Tags: Uncertainty, Unrealized Dreams, Presumption, Future, Goals, God's Will, Humility, Dreams, Assumption  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Nothing Takes God By Surprise. He Knows The ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2002

Nothing takes God by surprise. He knows the future and can therefore guide us through its ...read more

Tags: Holy Spirit In Believers, God's Omniscience

America, Which Has The Most Glorious Present ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"America, which has the most glorious present still existing in the world today, hardly stops to enjoy it, in ...read more

Tags: Present

I Heard The Story Of A Little Boy Who Had ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

I heard the story of a little boy who had misbehaved and was sent to his room. After a while the little boy came out and informed his mother that he had thought about what he had done and that he had said a prayer. The mother said, “That’s wonderful. If you ask God for forgiveness and to help you ...read more

Tags: Prayer How To

God Is Not Concerned With Your Past But He Is ...

Contributed by James Lee on Jan 8, 2009

God is not concerned with your past but He is concerned with your future. It’s not where you’ve been ...read more

Tags: Salvation

Denomination: Baptist

We Will Look Back On Print Media The Way We Look ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

We will look back on print media the way we look back on travel by horse or the wind-powered shipas ...read more

Tags: Entertainment

Family Faces Are Magic Mirrors. Looking At ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Family faces are magic mirrors. Looking at people who belong to us, we see the past, present and future. ...read more

Tags: Family

Look Not Sorrowfully Into The Past; It Comes ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Look not sorrowfully into the past; it comes not back again. Wisely improve they present; it is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy ...read more

Tags: God's Sovereign Will

Mistakes Of The Tongue Have Destroyed More ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Mistakes of the tongue have destroyed more people, ruined more marriages, and cost more businessmen their jobs and ...read more

Tags: Mistakes

Mistakes Of The Tongue Have Destroyed More ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Mistakes of the tongue have destroyed more people, ruined more marriages, and cost more businessmen their jobs and ...read more

Scripture: James 1:26, James 3:8, Philippians 2:9-11

Tags: Tongue, Tame The Tongue

There Is A Direct Relationship Between What I ...

Contributed by Clark Tanner on May 9, 2004

“There is a direct relationship between what I believe about the future and how I live in the present.” - Alistair ...read more

Tags: Faith

Denomination: Orthodox

Let The Past Sleep, But Let It Sleep On The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Let the past sleep, but let it sleep on the bosom of Christ, and go out into the irresistible future with HimNever let the ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

I Can Feel Guilty About The Past, Apprehensive ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I can feel guilty about the past, apprehensive about the future, but only in the present can I act. The ability to be in the ...read more

Tags: Present

In 1858 The Illinois Legislature Sent Stephen A. ...

Contributed by Mark Brunner on Mar 20, 2006

In 1858 the Illinois legislature sent Stephen A. Douglas to the U.S. Senate instead of Abraham Lincoln, although Lincoln had won the popular vote. (In those days the Illinois legislature elected its federal senators and not the voters.) The future president was stunned by the outcome but took it ...read more

Scripture: Judges 11:1-2, Judges 7:1-30

Tags: Promises Of God

Denomination: Lutheran

The Reformation Was Preceded By The Discovery ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"The reformation was preceded by the discovery of America, as if the Almighty graciously meant to open a sanctuary to the persecuted in future years, ...read more

Tags: America

If A Man Carefully Examines His Thoughts He Will ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

If a man carefully examines his thoughts he will be surprised to find how much he lives in the future. His well-being is always ...read more

Tags: God's Sovereign Will