In Sermon Illustrations: "Helpfulness"

On 21 February A German Newspaper -- Badische ...  PRO

Contributed by Paul Kallan on Feb 22, 2003

On 21 February a German Newspaper -- Badische Zeitung -- carried a story of a group of people in Freiburg who started a social help initiative to help the retired people who suffer from extreme sense of loneliness. This group organises for such people memory training, various games, ...read more

Tags: Sharing Your Faith

Denomination: Catholic

Author Bobb Biehl Said He Decided About Twenty ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Author Bobb Biehl said he decided about twenty years ago to make a hobby of asking questions. Questions help us to focus. He began collecting them, and included an entire chapter of questions in his book, Increasing Your Leadership Confidence. Six that would help us are those Rudyard Kipling ...read more

Tags: New Year's Day

According To Research Done By George Barna, 75% ...

Contributed by Gene Gregory on Feb 27, 2008

According to research done by George Barna, 75% of Christians believe the Bible teaches that God helps those who help themselves. It doesn’t. More than ½ of the people describing themselves as Christians believe that Satan is not a living entity, but just symbolic: and that a person can earn his ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

We Might Be Considered Mia ‘missing In ...

Contributed by Brian Harvison on May 29, 2008

We might be considered MIA ‘Missing in Action’ There are 2,539 men included on the Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial in Washington DC with the status of Missing in Action Some of these men will never return, possibly some will Many Christians are MIA Wallowing in a sin filled life Thinking that nobody ...read more

Tags: Miscellaneous

Denomination: Baptist

The Difference Between A Friend And An ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006

The difference between a friend and an acquaintance is that a friend helps; an acquaintance merely ...read more

Tags: Friendship General

My Books Are My Tools, And The Greater Their ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"My books are my tools, and the greater their variety and perfection, the greater ...read more

Tags: Books And Literature

Flowers Always Make People Better, Happier, And ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, ...read more

Tags: Creation

The Most Terrifying Words In The English ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The most terrifying words in the English language are: Im from the ...read more

Tags: Government

A True Friend Doesn't Sympathize With Your ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

A true friend doesn't sympathize with your weakness he helps ...read more

Tags: Compassion

Marrying For Love May Be A Bit Risky, But It Is ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Marrying for love may be a bit risky, but it is so honest that God ...read more

Tags: Marriage General

Shut Out All Your Past Except That Which Will ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Shut out all your past except that which will help you ...read more

Tags: Memories

Successful Living Is Nothing If Not, With God's ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Successful living is nothing if not, with God's help, an endless journey in ...read more

Tags: Workplace Success

Anyway  PRO

Contributed by Dan Cormie on Oct 18, 2002

Quote. (John Maxwell) Do It Anyway! People are unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered. – Love them anyway! If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives. – Do good anyway! If you are successful you will win false friends and true enemies. – Succeed anyway! The good you do ...read more

Tags: Leadership General

Denomination: Mennonite

As A Very Young Man, My Mother Sent Me This Poem ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

AS A VERY YOUNG MAN, MY MOTHER SENT ME THIS POEM WHICH SHE CLIPPED FROM THE SUNDAY PAPER AND I HOPE IT EFFECTS YOU, AS IT HAS ME FOR SOME FORTY YEARS NOW: "LORD, HELP ME TO LIVE FROM DAY TO DAY IN SUCH A SELF-FORGETFUL WAY THAT EVEN WHEN I KNEEL TO PRAY MY PRAYER SHALL BE FOR OTHERS. HELP ME IN ...read more

Tags: Heaven

Why Should I Let You In?

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Why should I let you in? I was reading the other day. Three men died and went to heaven. Saint Peter asked each of them, ‘Why should I let you in?’ The first man said, ‘I was a Christian policeman, and I helped a lot of people be safe.’ Peter said to him, ‘Come on in.’ Saint Peter asked the next ...read more

Tags: Evangelism How To

Hard Places Cannot Be Mended

Contributed by Sean Harder on Sep 30, 2010

HARD PLACES CANNOT BE MENDED How many of you have read the Pilgrim’s Progress? This is a classic allegory of the Christian journey. The main character, Christian, is on a journey from the city of Destruction to the Celestial City, and along the way him and all the other pilgrims come across ...read more

Tags: Trials And Difficulties

Most Bitter Of All Afflictions

Contributed by David Fox on Nov 19, 2001

Charles Spurgeon writes, “It is the most bitter of all afflictions to be led to fear that ...read more

Tags: Fear And Worry, Faith, Descriptions Of God

Denomination: Pentecostal

Good Morning. This Is God, I Will Be Handling ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Good morning. This is God, I will be handling all your problems today. I ...read more

Tags: God The Father

All The Other Pleasures Of Life Seem To Wear ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"All the other pleasures of life seem to wear out, but the pleasure of helping ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

Good Food From The Good Shepherd

Contributed by Rick Crandall on Sep 28, 2025

GOOD FOOD FROM THE GOOD SHEPHERD This is David's message to us in Psalm 37:1-3, where the KJV says: 1. Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. 2. For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb. 3. Trust in ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 37:1-11

Tags: Rest, Hardships, Cares, Cast Your Cares, Horrible Times, Evil, Trust, Suffering, Righteousness, Rejoice, Shelter, Pain, Peace  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Baptist