In Sermon Illustrations: "Heart's Desires" showing 1,441-1,460 of 5,210

A Boy Is A Magical Creature You Can Lock Him ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"A boy is a magical creature you can lock him out of your workshop, but you can't ...read more

Tags: Children

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

I Think I Would Rather Possess Eyes That Know ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I think I would rather possess eyes that know no sight, ears that know no sound, hands that know no ...read more

Tags: Christian Love

The Ability To Relate And To Connect, Sometimes ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The ability to relate and to connect, sometimes in odd and yet striking fashion, lies at the very heart of the creative use of ...read more

Tags: Learning

Some Of You May Remember That In My Early Days I ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Some of you may remember that in my early days I was a sort of a bleeding heart liberal. Then I ...read more

Tags: Politics

Tis The Business Of Little Minds To Shrink, But ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, ...read more

Tags: Principles

I Am Much Afraid That Schools Will Prove To Be ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I am much afraid that schools will prove to be the great gates of hell unless they diligently labor in explaining the Holy ...read more

Tags: School

Solitude Is A Silent Storm That Breaks Down All ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Solitude is a silent storm that breaks down all our dead branches; yet it sends our living roots deeper into ...read more

Tags: Suffering Loneliness

Leadership Is Much More An Art, A Belief, A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Leadership is much more an art, a belief, a condition of the heart, than a set of things to do. The visible signs of artful ...read more

Tags: Gifts Leadership

Jesus, Thy Boundless Love To ...

Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jan 19, 2010

Jesus, thy boundless love to me No thought can reach, no tongue declare; Then [bend] my wayward heart to ...read more

Tags: Lordship Of Christ, Love Of Jesus

Denomination: Baptist

The Impossible

Contributed by Robert Leroe on May 14, 2013

Madeline L’Engle writes, "If Mary had the courage to take the impossible into her body, can we not have the ...read more

Tags: Mary Jesus Mother

Denomination: Congregational

Born, And ...

Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008

Born, And Born-again The birth of a baby is a wonderful thing! Doctors, nurses and parents regularly speak of the miracle of the birth of a child. News of a child’s birth is often reported by newspaper and radio, especially in rural areas. Exciting as it is, however, no natural birth of ...read more

Scripture: John 3:7

Tags: Salvation

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Our Creator Would Never Have Made Such Lovely ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Our Creator would never have made such lovely days, and have given us the deep hearts to enjoy them, ...read more

Tags: Death

The Ability To Relate And To Connect, Sometimes ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"The ability to relate and to connect, sometimes in odd and yet in striking fashion, lies at the very heart of any creative use of the ...read more

Tags: Art

Our Heavenly Father, So Far From Ever ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Our Heavenly Father, so far from ever overlooking us, is only waiting to find our hearts open, to pour ...read more

Tags: Grace

Modern Corporations Should Be Communities, Not ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Modern corporations should be communities, not battlefields. At their heart lie covenants between executives and employees that rest on shared commitment to ideas, to ...read more

Tags: Business And Marketplace

Not Only Must A Good Work Be Something Which Is ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Not only must a good work be something which is commanded by God in His Word and come from a purified heart, but ...read more

Tags: Christian Love

Our Prayers Are Like A Child's Art, God Doesn't ...

Contributed by John Browning on Aug 6, 2007

Our prayers are like a child’s art, God doesn’t judge our words, but He sees the heart behind the ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Ian Redpath Says, "Why Is It That We Believe So ...

Contributed by James Tidwell on Sep 28, 2008

Ian Redpath says, "Why is it that we believe so much and experience so little? Why is it that our heads ...read more

Tags: Experience

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

When The Gospel Invites Men To Forgiveness, It ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"When the gospel invites men to forgiveness, it never invites them to a light-hearted place where sin is condoned. It ...read more

Tags: Forgiveness General