In Sermon Illustrations: "If we disconnect" showing 61-80 of 15,998

We Are Not Meant To Live In Darkness. We Were ...

Contributed by Mark Eberly on Oct 14, 2008

We are not meant to live in darkness. We were created to live in the light—in God’s light. I worked with a young lady several years ago whose boyfriend surrendered to the darkness. He blew his brains out with a shotgun just as she entered their bedroom. It was devastating. I knew the guy. ...read more

Tags: Salvation

Denomination: Church Of God

We Carve What We Already See

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 31, 2008

WE CARVE WHAT WE ALREADY SEE I heard the story once of a great Cherokee wood carver. He took logs and sat them on a stump outside his back door and sat in front of that log sometimes for hours just staring at it. Finally, he would pick up his carving tools and start carving the most beautiful of ...read more

Tags: God The Father

Not Only Are We The Freest Of Kings, We Are Also ...

Contributed by Tony Abram on Jan 29, 2009

Not only are we the freest of kings, we are also priests forever, which is far more excellent than being kings, for as priests we are worthy to appear before God to pray for ...read more

Tags: Strength

In Ordinary Life We Hardly Realize That We ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"In ordinary life we hardly realize that we receive a great deal more than we give, and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich. It is very easy to overestimate the ...read more

Tags: Joy

Sincerity Is To Speak As We Think, To Do As We ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Sincerity is to speak as we think, to do as we profess, to perform what we promise, and really to be ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

If We Are To Love Others As We Love Ourselves, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If we are to love others as we love ourselves, then we must learn to love the little self which so often needs to be forgiven for doing the things we do not ...read more

Tags: Forgiveness General

The Moment We Want To Believe Something, We ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it, and become ...read more

Tags: Dealing With Conflicts

It Is A Great Moment When We Realize That We ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"It is a great moment when we realize that we have the power to trample on certain moods. Moods never ...read more

Tags: Emotions

We Are Born Helpless. As Soon As We Are Fully ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"We are born helpless. As soon as we are fully conscious we discover loneliness. We need others physically, emotionally, intellectually; we need ...read more

Tags: Disappointment

We Are Free, Not Because We Have Freedom, But ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"We are free, not because we have freedom, but ...read more

Tags: Political Freedom

If We Are Forced To Fight, We Must Have The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If we are forced to fight, we must have the means and the determination to prevail or we will not have ...read more

Tags: Political Freedom

Are We Our Brother's Keeper? We Certainly Are ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Are we our Brother's Keeper? We certainly are If we had no regard for others' feelings or fortune, we would grow cold and indifferent to life itself. Bound up with selfishness, ...read more

Tags: Friendship New Friends

When We Think Of The Atonement We Are Apt To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

When we think of the atonement we are apt to think only of what man gains. We must remember what it cost God and what ...read more

Tags: God's Forgiveness

If We Keep Well And Cheerful We Are Always ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If we keep well and cheerful we are always young, and at last die in youth, even ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

We Must Not Suppose That Even If We Succeeded ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"We must not suppose that even if we succeeded in making everyone nice we should have saved their souls. A world of nice people, content in their own niceness, looking no further, turned away from God, would be just as desperately in need of salvation as a miserable world and might even be more ...read more

Tags: Cross Agony

That Which We Are, We Are All The While ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"That which we are, we are all the while teaching, not ...read more

Tags: Leadership General

We Love Life, Not Because We Are Used To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"We love life, not because we are used to living, but because ...read more

Tags: Learning

If We Are To Love Others As We Love Ourselves, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If we are to love others as we love ourselves, then we must learn to love the little self which so often needs to be forgiven for doing the things we do not ...read more

Tags: Christian Love

The Riches We Impart Are The Only Wealth We ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The riches we impart are the only wealth we ...read more

Tags: Money

If We Will Be Quiet And Ready Enough, We Shall ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation ...read more

Tags: Emotions