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  • Steering By Mother's Light

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 6, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,461 views

    STEERING BY MOTHER'S LIGHT To illustrate the great influence of a Godly mother, let me tell you the story of Susannah Prentice. This story goes back to 1950. Susannah and her husband, Miles, lived in a 2-story house located on the coast of Maine. Miles and Susannah had 2 sons and a daughter. ...read more

  • His Yoke Is Light

    Contributed by Norman Lawrence on Jan 14, 2013
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     | 4,799 views

    HIS YOKE IS LIGHT Mark Guy Pearse preached a sermon on Christ's invitation to the weary and heavy-laden. I had finished my sermon when a good man came to me and said "I wish I had known what you were going to preach about. I could have told you something." "Well, my friend," I said, "may I have ...read more

  • A Light For My Path

    Contributed by Casey Sabella on Jan 28, 2016
     | 5,244 views

    Psalm 118:105: Your Word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path. (NLT) While in India on a brief missions trip, I was summoned to a the home of an official who was sick. He wanted me to agree with him in prayer. On the way, we traveled along a river in the dead of night. We carried ...read more

  • Is Your Light Shining

    Contributed by Steve Kinnard on Feb 15, 2019
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     | 5,043 views

    IS YOUR LIGHT SHINING? Many years a missionary employed a Chinese scholar to translate the New Testament into the Chinese language. The scholar was a Confucian and had never heard of Christianity until the missionary had hired him. The scholar was a painstaking person and wanted to produce a ...read more

  • Living In Light Of Eternity

    Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jan 8, 2021
     | 2,287 views

    Over the triple doorways of the Cathedral of Milan there are three inscriptions spanning the splendid arches. Over one is carved a beautiful wreath of roses, and underneath is the legend, “All that which pleases is but for a moment.” Over the other is sculptured a cross, and there are the ...read more

  • A Light In Dark Places

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008
     | 6,581 views

    A LIGHT IN DARK PLACES A young girl once consulted with her minister. "I cannot stick it out any longer. I am the only Christian in the factory where I work. I get nothing but taunts and sneers. It is more than I can stand. I am going to resign." "Will you tell me," asked the minister, "where ...read more

  • Little By Little Light

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Apr 22, 2008
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     | 2,994 views

    LITTLE BY LITTLE LIGHT In verses 4-5, John says, "In him was life, and that life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it." Have you ever been driving on a two-lane highway at night and the car coming toward you doesn't dim their lights? ...read more

  • God Lights The Way

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Apr 22, 2008
     | 2,666 views

    GOD LIGHTS THE WAY My brother-in-law has a friend named Pedro. The first time Pedro ever read the Bible, was when he was in prison. But once he "saw the light," he couldn't get enough of it. He read the entire Bible through in a matter of weeks. He would hold the Bible kind-of under the table ...read more

  • We Need Light

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on May 29, 2008
     | 2,108 views

    WE NEED LIGHT Do you realize there is a physical disorder caused by lack of light? It is called Seasonal Affective Disorder (S.A.D.) and it effects 1 in 5 of us. It is caused by lack of exposure to sunlight, which in turn alters a person’s brain chemistry. During the fall and winter months when ...read more

  • A Little Light Is Enough

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 21, 2008
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    A LITTLE LIGHT IS ENOUGH There is the story of a boy who was walking with his father along a lonely road at night, carrying a lantern. He told his father he was afraid, because the lantern showed such a little way ahead. The father answered, “That is so, but if you walk straight on, you will find ...read more

  • Light In Dark Places

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 11, 2008
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    Light in Dark Places A young girl once consulted with her minister. "I cannot stick it out any longer. I am the only Christian in the factory where I work. I get nothing but taunts and sneers. It is more than I can stand. I am going to resign." "Will you tell me," asked the minister, "where ...read more

  • Christmas Lights In March

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Dec 14, 2008
     | 2,313 views

    CHRISTMAS LIGHTS IN MARCH Robert Russell, pastor and author, tells a story of how about twenty years ago there was a house near the entrance of his subdivision that kept their Christmas lights burning long after the season was past. They burned through January. Even through the first of February ...read more

  • Keeping The Lights Burning

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
     | 2,464 views

    KEEPING THE LIGHTS BURNING Robert Russell, pastor and author, tells a story of how about twenty years ago there was a house near the entrance of his subdivision that kept their Christmas lights burning long after the season was past. They burned through January. Even through the first of February ...read more

  • Light Or Go Blind

    Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Jan 26, 2009
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     | 3,186 views

    LIGHT OR GO BLIND A man was driving through a mining region one Sunday when he noticed a large number of mules in an open field. When he inquired about this unusual sight, he was told that the work animals had been brought up from the dark passages below to preserve their ...read more

  • Better Than A Light

    Contributed by Dave Kinney on Mar 15, 2009
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    BETTER THAN A LIGHT It was Christmas Eve 1946, King George the Sixth, reined over Great Britain. They had been bombed; they were broke and barren of any hope of the future. That Christmas Eve night he got on the radio to make an address to his nation. These were that last known words he spoke to ...read more

  • Deprived Of God's Light

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009
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    DEPRIVED OF GOD’S LIGHT I was reading in one of the CIA espionage or spy books I love to read, and the writer was discussing the strange effects we suffer when we are deprived of sunlight during the winter months. Drs. Michael Terman and Jamie Rifkin wrote: "During the cold war with Russia, B-52 ...read more

  • The Purpose Of Good Lighting

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jun 1, 2009
     | 2,340 views

    THE PURPOSE OF GOOD LIGHTING To convince the people of Philadelphia of the advantage of street lighting, Benjamin Franklin decided to show his neighbors be placing one in front of his house. He purchased an attractive lantern, polished the glass, and placed it on an extended pole in front of his ...read more

  • Letting The Light Shine ...

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Aug 15, 2009
     | 3,601 views

    “Letting the Light Shine Through” A small child was taken to a cathedral. She sat watching the sunshine through the windows. She asked her mother, “What are these people on the windows?” “They are saints,” was the answer. Then the child said, ‘Now I know what saints ...read more

  • Out Of The Shade And Into The Light

    Contributed by Todd Catteau on Feb 6, 2025
     | 106 views

    It’s been cold outside! Last week I walked into the office and commented that it's not fair that we have to suffer through the hot Texas summers AND these sub-freezing temperatures. But here in Texas the snow and ice quickly melt away—except not in some places. On my commute to church there ...read more

  • Christ Declared That He Was The Light Of The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 1,839 views

    Christ declared that He was the light of the world. Religion must scatter that Light or fail in the ...read more