In Sermon Illustrations: "Live In Victory"

He Who Hopes To Avoid All Failure And Misfortune ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

He who hopes to avoid all failure and misfortune is trying to live in a fairyland; the wise man readily accepts failures as a part of life and builds ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

I Will Not Forget Thatthere Are Men And Women ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I will not forget thatthere are men and women who live in quiet desperation while their retirement savings erode, their health care costs skyrocket and the economy threatens ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

No Loss Of Flood And Lightning, No Destruction ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"No loss of flood and lightning, no destruction of cities and temples by hostile forces of nature, has deprived man of so many noble lives and ...read more

Tags: Racism

Dont Forget That You Are, Or Ought To Be, Your ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Dont forget that you are, or ought to be, your childrens ideal of all that is perfection, and that it is your duty to live up to those ideals in every ...read more

Tags: Parenting

Write Only What You Love, And Love What You ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Write only what you love, and love what you write. The key word is love. You have to get up in the morning and write ...read more

Tags: Books And Literature

None Of Us Knows What The Next Change Is Going ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"None of us knows what the next change is going to be, what unexpected opportunity is just around the corner, waiting a few months or a ...read more

Tags: Change

Drop Thy Still Dews Of Quietness, Till All Our ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Drop thy still dews of quietness, Till all our strivings cease; Take from our souls the strain and stress, And let our ...read more

Tags: Peace

Flashlights Are Powerful But Has Limited Life. ...

Contributed by Jose Imperial on Jan 4, 2008

Flashlights are powerful but has limited life. Independent light are powerful only at the beginning but fail in the long run. Most dangerous people in the church are ...read more

Tags: Arminianism

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

I Love What Richard Foster Says In His Book ...

Contributed by Mark Eberly on Mar 17, 2008

I love what Richard Foster says in his book Streams of Living Water about the prayer-filled life. It is “the steady ...read more

Denomination: Church Of God

The Successful Person Is One Who Is Able To Take ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The successful person is one who is able to take his talents and invest them in the business of living in a manner that leads to the accomplishment of a full life of serviceThe ...read more

Tags: Workplace Success

My Love For The Real Life Of Words Increased ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"My love for the real life of words increased until I knew that I must live with them and in them, always. I knew, in fact, that I ...read more

Tags: Words

C.t. Studd

Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Oct 25, 2025

CT Studd is reputed once to have said Some people love to live Within the sound of chapel 🔔 I'd rather ...read more

Scripture: John 3:16

Tags: Hell, Yard

Denomination: Anglican

I Am A Soldier  PRO

Contributed by Dr. C. David White on May 26, 2002

I am a soldier in the army of my God. The Lord Jesus Christ is my commanding officer. The Holy Bible is my code of conduct, Faith, prayer and the Word are my weapons of warfare. I have been taught by the Holy Spirit-- trained by experience, tried by adversity and tested by fire. I am a ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 8:4-6, 2 Timothy 2:3-4, 1 Thessalonians 4:15-18

Tags: Disciplines General, Call Of The Disciples

Denomination: Baptist

When Things Are Just Working Out! ...  PRO

Contributed by Mark Brunner on Oct 24, 2005

When Things Are Just Working Out! (10.26.05--Making It!--Judges 18:27) IF life is going well and I am in all things successful, does that me that God is pleased with me? That’s a good question! If I am successful in the things that I do, does that necessarily mean that God is behind that success? ...read more

Scripture: Judges 18:27

Tags: Joy, Christian Disciplines

Denomination: Lutheran

Football Player Given Second Chance By Coach ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 10, 2009

Football Player Given Second Chance by Coach After Running the Wrong Way “Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah the second time….” The words “the second time” underscore God’s determination to get his message to the Ninevites and to use Jonah in the process. In other words, Jonah quickly found out ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 3:1-5

Tags: Sports

I Am Not But I Shall Be

Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Aug 22, 2021

Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. (1 John 3:2) The one thing about getting older is that you get to look back on more things each year and have more to ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 3:2

Tags: Forgiveness, Change, Transformation, Failure

Denomination: Baptist

I Can't... The Giant Defines Me?

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Aug 26, 2021

Jeremiah 32:27 Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me? FACE YOUR UNCONQUERABLE LIMITATIONS. YOU CAN BE AN AGENT OF CHANGE IF YOU WANT TO… From 1886 to 1954 track and field had HIT THE WALL, SPLAT… SPLATTING IS A TERM IN LONG DISTANCE RUNNING. ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 32:27, Philippians 4:13

Tags: Opportunities, I Can't

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Did Haman Use Wood From Noah's Ark To Build His Gallows?

Contributed by Garris Hudson on Aug 28, 2023

We read in the Bible how, at the end of the Great Flood, the Ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat (which some identify as the Armenian Highlands). Since the Torah doesn’t ascribe any intrinsic holiness to Noah’s Ark, it is not at all surprising that once Noah left it, there isn’t any real ...read more

Tags: Miracles, Haman, Purim, Jewish Tradition, Gallows, Archeaology, Israel, Ark, Noah  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

167]. A Message From A Poem – Lazarus Is Dead – But Alive

Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Aug 15, 2025

[167]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – LAZARUS IS DEAD – BUT ALIVE Here we have a short poem based on the story in John 11 that happened at Bethany. I don’t think there is anything profound in the poem. It is a factual account of the raising of Lazarus, brother of Mary and Martha. {{John 11:43-44 ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:6-8, John 11:43-44

Tags: Death, Resurrection, Lazarus, Lazarus Come Forth, Resurrection Of The Body, Christian Poems, Jesus Raises The Dead  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

A Quarter Of British Couples Claim That Snoring ...

Contributed by Jason Cole on May 20, 2005

A quarter of British couples claim that snoring is ruining their love lives and 10% say the problem is so bad they may divorce. About 80% of couples say they ...read more

Tags: Divorce

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ