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One Man's Life Provides A Dramatic Answer To The ...  PRO

Contributed by James Dunn on Mar 12, 2002

One man’s life provides a dramatic answer to the question, can God indeed bring positives out of troubled times? This young man’s name is David, and he is an awesome picture of God’s using difficulties for good. For years he viewed trials as something that affected only his external world, and any ...read more

Scripture: 2 Samuel 2:6, 2 Samuel 6:6

Tags: Growth In Christ, Hardship Of Life

Denomination: Baptist

Never Despair Of A Child. The One You Weep The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

Never despair of a child. The one you weep the most for at the mercy-seat may fill ...read more

Tags: Children

Trouble Is The Next Best Thing To Enjoyment. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Trouble is the next best thing to enjoyment. There is no fate in the world so horrible as to have no ...read more

Tags: Endurance

From The Brain And The Brain Alone Arise Our ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"From the brain and the brain alone arise our pleasures, joys, laughter and jests, as well ...read more

Tags: Thought

How The Devil Was Conquered  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 9, 2002

HOW THE DEVIL WAS CONQUERED Saint Augustine said, “The devil was conquered by his own trophy of victory. The devil jumped for joy, when he seduced he first man and cast him down to death. By seducing the first man, he slew him; by slaying the last man [Christ], he lost the first from his ...read more

Expectation Vs Experience little Israel Eh...

Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Nov 28, 2015

Expectation vs Experience Little Israel eh…Boy, it packs a punch in the spiritual realm!!! Do not we owe it a Saviour, Salvation and Scriptures!!! Add to this fact that one of it’s cities (Jerusalem) would be the future World capital and at once, there is a ring of sanctity about this Nation. Even ...read more

Scripture: Romans 14:17

Tags: Symbol, Selection, Supremacy, Sign

Denomination: *other

A Missionary Had Arrived In A Small Chinese Town. ...

Contributed by Paul Wallace on Feb 20, 2008

A missionary had arrived in a small Chinese town. After she arrived, she soon noticed that a gang of bandits had just destroyed the little town and everything in it. Then a native Christian, showed the missionary the ruins of his home; a burnt roof and structure, and furniture, all turned to ashes. ...read more

Denomination: Wesleyan

A Missionary Had Arrived In A Small Chinese Town. ...

Contributed by Paul Wallace on Feb 20, 2008

A missionary had arrived in a small Chinese town. After she arrived, she soon noticed that a gang of bandits had just destroyed the little town and everything in it. Then a native Christian, showed the missionary the ruins of his home; a burnt roof and structure, and furniture, all turned to ashes. ...read more

Denomination: Wesleyan

New Partner In Law Firm Encouraged With Words, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 5, 2009

New Partner In Law Firm Encouraged with Words, "You’re One of Us" [YOU’RE ONE OF US] A new partner in the law firm was discouraged. The senior partners had set extremely high standards and had coached him carefully. He did well in some minor trials, but he lost his first big case. The partners ...read more

Tags: Encouragement

Charles Colson Who Was Put Into Jail For His Part ...

Contributed by Guy De Swardt on Apr 1, 2010

Charles Colson who was put into jail for his part in the Watergate scandal in America so many years ago now, subsequently found Jesus in prison and today he heads up an international ministry to people in prisons all around the world. He writes in his book Who Speaks for God? …about a man by the ...read more

Tags: Sermon On The Mount, Depravity Of Man

Denomination: Baptist

Persecution

Contributed by Clarence Eisberg on Aug 4, 2022

John Stott has pointed out that “persecution is simply the clash between two irreconcilable value-systems.” That clash is what we are seeing now, and it is ultimately between those who believe, trust, and love the God of the Bible and those who do not. The changes afoot today represent a ...read more

Tags: Cultural Warfare, Persecution Of Christians

Denomination: Lutheran

Tricia Mccary Rhodes Stated, "When He Delivers Us ...  PRO

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Mar 27, 2002

TRICIA MCCARY RHODES stated, ”When He delivers us from sin’s dark cell, an amazing thing happens: Our eyes are unveiled to see what we were created for, what we’ve longed for without knowing it. “For God, who said, ‘Let light shine out of darkness,’ made his light shine in our hearts to give us the ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:6

Tags: Faith General

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Video Illustration: City Slickers- Right Atfter ...  PRO

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Feb 11, 2003

Video Illustration: City Slickers- Right atfter he is gored by the bull and they talk about it on the plane. It’s right after the scene of New York which says 1 year later. It’s his birthday and he is depressed and worried. Mitch has become a worry wart and it’s draining the joy out of his ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:25-34

Tags: Guilt

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

God's Sunlight

Contributed by Roy Fowler on Aug 28, 2021

How is it that the sunlight gives us such joy? Why does this radiance when it falls on the earth fill us with the joy of living? The whole sky is blue, the fields are green, the houses all white, and our enchanted eyes drink in those bright colors which bring delight to our souls. And then there ...read more

Scripture: James 1:17-27

Tags: Feeling God's Present, Not Feeling God's Presents

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Little Children Are The Most Lovely Flowers This ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

Little children are the most lovely flowers this side of Eden; they bring with them into this hapless world the aroma and ...read more

Tags: Children

Only The Soul That Knows The Mighty Grief Can ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Only the soul that knows the mighty grief can know the mighty rapture. Sorrows come to stretch ...read more

Tags: Disappointment

Laugh A Bit And Sing A Song, Where They Are ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Laugh a bit and sing a song, Where they are there's nothing wrong; Joy will dance the whole world ...read more

Tags: Humor

Free Will, Though It Makes Evil Possible, Is ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Free will, though it makes evil possible, is also the only thing that makes possible any love ...read more

Tags: Political Freedom

The Real Friend Is He Or She Who Can Share All ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The real friend is he or she who can share all our sorrows and double our joys. Radiate ...read more

Tags: Compassion

You Pray In Your Distress And In Your Need; ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

You pray in your distress and in your need; would that you might pray also in the fullness of your ...read more

Tags: Prayer How To