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Poverty Is A Way Of Living And Thinking, And ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Poverty is a way of living and thinking, and not just a ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

Not To Engage In The Pursuit Of Ideas Is To Live ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Not to engage in the pursuit of ideas is to live like ants ...read more

Tags: Thought

Living Is Strife And Torment, Disappointment ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Living is strife and torment, disappointment and love and sacrifice, golden sunsets and black storms. I said that some time ago, ...read more

Tags: Learning

Its Not As Important To Make A Living As It Is ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Its not as important to make a living as it ...read more

Tags: Learning

Beauty. It Lives In The Eye Of The Beholder But ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Beauty. It lives in the eye of the beholder but vacations in the ...read more

Tags: Romantic Love

The Tragedy Of Many Lives Is Not That Our ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The tragedy of many lives is not that our talents are few, but that too frequently we do not use the ones entrusted to us. We pray for bigger opportunities but do ...read more

Tags: Opportunity

To Live In The Presence Of Great Truths And ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"To live in the presence of great truths and eternal laws, to be led by permanent idealsthat is what keeps a man patient when the world ignores him, ...read more

Tags: Emotions

There Is No Monotony In Living To Him Who ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"There is no monotony in living to him who walkswith open and perceptive eyes. The monotony of life, if life is ...read more

Tags: Emotions

Patriotism Is A Lively Sense Of Collective ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Patriotism is a lively sense of collective ...read more

Tags: Patriotism

It Is Easy In The World To Live After The ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd ...read more

Tags: Suffering Loneliness

Live What You Believe  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2009

LIVE WHAT YOU BELIEVE After the collapse of the Berlin Wall in 1989, no person in all of East Germany was more despised than the former Communist dictator Erich Honniker. He had been stripped of all his offices. Even the Communist Party rejected him. Kicked out of his villa, the new government ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 7:13-14

Tags: Christian Love

Vacant Homes, Vacant Lives  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 9, 2011

VACANT HOMES, VACANT LIVES TIFTON, GA — The most interesting thing about Tifton is an abandoned Victorian house filled with thousands of bats. Tift County declared the once-elegant house in the town’s historic district off limits after a bat specialist said that maybe 20,000 bats had moved in, ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 119:11, Psalm 119:11-16, Luke 11:1-13, Galatians 5:22-23, Psalm 84:1-12, John 2:13-23, Luke 7:36-50, John 1:46-56, James 2:14-26, Luke 11:24-26, Matthew 12:43-45, Matthew 12:44-45  (view more)  (view less)

Tags: Bible Influence

Our Lives Are Like A...

Contributed by Chuck Sligh on Jun 14, 2011

OUR LIVES ARE LIKE A... Listen to what the Bible compares our lives to, and as you do, notice that the central theme of each comparison is the idea of the BREVITY of our lives upon this earth: * First, our lives are compared to A VAPOR (James 4:1) - Think about the vapor from a teapot. It is ...read more

Tags: Death

Denomination: Baptist

Live In A Way That Glorifies God  PRO

Contributed by Mark Stepherson on Jul 19, 2011

Live in a Way That Glorifies God Dan Blocker was my favorite character, Hoss, on the TV series Bonanza. When he died unexpectedly, Hoss died. The producers knew they could not replace him. The story was that woman was caught in a flood. Hoss held her above the water with one hand and held a ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 10:31, Matthew 5:16, 1 Peter 2:12

Tags: Glory

Denomination: Baptist

Giving The Poor A Reason To Live

Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 9, 2011

GIVING THE POOR A REASON TO LIVE So let's humble ourselves before each other and experience His grace. It's the way to true glory and dignity even if we find ourselves down and out. That's what Abbe Pierre discovered when he founded the Emmaus Communities in 1949. The Emmaus Communities today ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 1:11-17, Galatians 5:13-15

Tags: Servanthood

Where Adam Used To Live

Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Apr 18, 2017

Adam and his two sons, Cain and Abel, were out hunting one day when Adam turned and started staring at something beautiful afar off. It was the Garden of Eden. Then Adam broke down and starting weeping. The boys didn’t understand. Finally, Abel asked his father, "Dad, why are you crying over ...read more

Scripture: Romans 5:12

Tags: Marriage, Sin, Adam And Eve, Garden Of Eden

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

There Was A Man Living In The Hills Of Arkansas ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

There was a man living in the hills of Arkansas who was brought to Christ. He was known as “Mr. Moonshine” because of the many LIQUOR STILLS that he had hidden away back in the HILLS. After becoming a Christian, his life CHANGED dramatically. He DESTROYED all of his STILLS and POURED out all of ...read more

Tags: Joy

What You Can Live ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008

WHAT YOU CAN LIVE WITHOUT Jules Verne, the famous author of "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea", also wrote another book entitled "The Mysterious Island." The story is about five men who manage to escape from a Civil War prison camp by highjacking a hot-air balloon. Once aloft, they very quickly ...read more

Tags: Materialism

Victoriously Living Over The Flesh  PRO

Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008

Victoriously Living Over the Flesh Romans 8:12-14, "Therefore, brothers, we have an obligation--but it is not to the sinful nature, to live according to it. For if you live according to the sinful nature, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live, ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:12-14

Tags: Holiness

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

We Are Living Life, Liberty And The ...

Contributed by Brian Harvison on Aug 16, 2008

We are living Life, Liberty and the Pursuit But sometimes we are pursuing the wrong things in the wrong direction. Did you hear the story about the elderly lady that had heard on the news about a car driving the wrong way on the interstate She was so worried that her husband was in danger that she ...read more

Tags: Repentance

Denomination: Baptist