In Sermon Illustrations: "Looking Ahead"

What Does Your Family Portrait Look Like?

Contributed by Brian Harvison on Nov 12, 2008

WHAT DOES YOUR FAMILY PORTRAIT LOOK LIKE? Looking at a family portrait, can you easily determine if the family is a happy, joyful family? The answer is no, we are all far to good actors in those photographs. If we were to take a true family portrait, the kids would have their hands around each ...read more

Tags: Christian Witness

Denomination: Baptist

During The Long War Years A Boy Looked Frequently ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008

During the long war years a boy looked frequently at a picture of his daddy on the table. His father had left for Europe when the boy was a young infant. After several years the boy had forgotten him as a person but he would often look at the picture and say, "If only my ...read more

Tags: Christmas

Life Grows Wondrously Beautiful When We Look At ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Life grows wondrously beautiful when we look at is as simple, when we can brush aside trivial cares, sorrows, worries and failures.Simplicity is a mental soil where ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

When Nothing Seems To Help, I Go And Look At A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"When nothing seems to help, I go and look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred and first blow it will split in two, and ...read more

Tags: Endurance

When We Ask For Advice, We Are Usually Looking ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"When we ask for advice, we are usually looking ...read more

Tags: Wisdom

Bad Weather Always Looks Much Worse Through A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Bad weather always looks much worse ...read more

Tags: Creation

When Decisions Have To Be Made, Dont Look Back ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"When decisions have to be made, dont look back and wonder what I would have done. Look up, and the light will come to do ...read more

Tags: Becoming A Christian

When I Was 40 And Looking At 60, It Seemed Like ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"When I was 40 and looking at 60, it seemed like a thousand years away. But 62 feels like a week and a half away from 80. I must now get on with ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

Anyone Who Has Ever Looked Into The Glazed Eyes ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will ...read more

Tags: War

I'm Looking For People Who Have The Infinite ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

I'm looking for people who have the infinite capacity to not ...read more

Tags: Leadership General

Never Look Down To Test The Ground Before Taking ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step; only he who keeps his eye fixed on the ...read more

Tags: Leadership General

What Counts Most, As I Look Back Over The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"What counts most, as I look back over the years, are not my accomplishments but rather the friends who worked with me as partners in these accomplishmentsThe quality and quantity of these accomplishments are fuzzy and ...read more

Tags: Compassion

What Does Love Look Like? It Has The Hands To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear ...read more

Tags: Christian Love

Luck Generally Comes To Those Who Look After ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Luck generally comes to those who look after it; and my notion is that it taps, once in a lifetime, at everybodys door, but ...read more

Tags: Supernatural

Let Us Not Look Back In Anger, Nor Forward In ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but ...read more

Tags: Miscellaneous

Farming Looks Mighty Easy When Your Plow Is A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil and youre a thousand ...read more

Tags: Food

Take A Look At Those Two Open Hands Of Yours. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Take a look at those two open hands of yours. They are tools with which to serve, make friends, and reach out for the best of life. Open hands ...read more

Tags: Human Body

If You Look Anything Like Your Passport Photo, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If you look anything like your passport photo, you're not ...read more

Tags: Enjoyment

The Past Always Looks Better Than It Was; Its ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The past always looks better than it was; its only pleasant ...read more

Tags: Memories

Its A Terrible Thing To Look Over Your Shoulder ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Its a terrible thing to look over your shoulder when you are trying to ...read more

Tags: Gifts Leadership