In Sermon Illustrations: "Pain Medication"

Finding Your Fulfillment

Contributed by Donny Granberry on Oct 16, 2009

FINDING YOUR FULFILLMENT Dr. Clarke, the ENT that I use, his father was a Veterinarian and wanted him to become a Physician. He did not want to go to school for that many years so he got a degree as a Chemical Engineer. After a few years, he discovered that the plan he chose was not offering him ...read more

Tags: Church Purpose Of

Denomination: Assembly Of God

There Is No Calm Like That When Storm Is Done, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"There is no calm like that when storm is done, There is no pleasure keen as pains release, There is no joy that lies so deep as ...read more

Tags: Peace

The Gratification Of Curiosity Rather Frees Us ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The gratification of curiosity rather frees us from uneasiness than confers pleasure. We are more pained by ignorance than delighted by ...read more

Tags: Curiosity

Oh, Would I Were A Boy Again, When Life Seemed ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Oh, would I were a boy again, When life seemed formed of sunny years And all the heart knew then of ...read more

Tags: Children

Wilkerson States, "Perhaps The Greatest ...

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Dec 31, 2006

Wilkerson states, “Perhaps the greatest hindrance to honest confrontation is the ‘Fear of Man’ rather than the ‘Fear of God’. We are afraid of the ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Thread In Your Eye

Contributed by Ovidiu Radulescu on Oct 14, 2008

The Thread in Your Eye I awoke one morning with a terrible pain in my eye. I had no idea why it hurt, but I could not do what needed to be done that day with that kind of pain in my eye. I went to the Optometrist who spent a great deal of time examining my eye. Then he reached in with a swab and ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 7:3

Tags: Judgment

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

This Week On The Today Show (November 2009) There ...

Contributed by Bob Marcaurelle on Dec 7, 2009

This week on the Today Show (November 2009) there was a young mother whose face had been disfigured in a plane crash and she was in the midst of many needed operations. Her little girl was asked how it all affected her and she said, “Mommy is nicer now.” This mother had received the blessing nobody ...read more

Tags: Suffering Joy In

Denomination: Baptist

42% Of Evangelicals Believe People Suffering ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007

42% of evangelicals believe people suffering great pain without hope of improvement have a moral right to end ...read more

In The Actual Tribulations And Circumstances Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"in the actual tribulations and circumstances of the moment, pain works for us an eternal hope. We have all had the experience that it is only in the days ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

Undone And Redone! (09.01.05--Sickness!--Psalm ...

Contributed by Mark Brunner on Aug 30, 2005

Undone and Redone! (09.01.05--Sickness!--Psalm 38:21) Recently I had a crown installed on one of my molars. In the process of doing the work, the dentist created a space between the new crown and a nearby tooth that hadn’t existed before. Now, every time I chewed on that side of my mouth, the food ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 38:21

Tags: Hardship Of Life

Denomination: Lutheran

Pearl

Contributed by Bala Samson on Jun 23, 2020

From where do you get pearls? Have you wondered? Do they grow on trees? Can they be found under earth? No…no… Pearls come from a living sea creature: the oyster. Rare, gorgeous round jewels that are not found under the sea, inside the oysters. How is the pearl produced inside the pearl? A ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 13:45

Tags: Transformation, Seeking, Pearls

Denomination: Pentecostal

Senator Mark Hatfield Writes Of Touring Calcutta ...  PRO

Contributed by Kevin Weeks on Dec 18, 2001

Senator Mark Hatfield writes of touring Calcutta with Mother Teresa and visiting the “House of Dying.” It was a home where sick children are cared for in their last days and where the poor line up by the hundreds to receive medical attention. Hatfield was watching Mother Teresa and her companions ...read more

Tags: Giving General, Christian Disciplines, Compassion

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Forbes Magazine (Feb. 12, 1996, P. 28) Once ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Forbes Magazine (Feb. 12, 1996, p. 28) once reported these names that showed up on police blotters: Sentenced for assault in St. Joseph, MO - Jesse James; cited for speeding in Parma, Ohio - Maelia A. Earhart; and jailed in Des Moines, Iowa, was Shannon Cooper, who police said went out bar-hopping, ...read more

Tags: God's Omnipotence

Good Doctrine, Good Practice  PRO

Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 10, 2010

GOOD DOCTRINE, GOOD PRACTICE There were two doctors with the same name who lived a few doors apart. One was a Christian and a lay preacher, the other had made no profession of faith. One night a rather sick person, who was also a Christian and wanting help from a fellow believer, knocked ...read more

Tags: Preaching

Denomination: Brethren

Miracle Story

Contributed by Dr. Nicholas M. Muteti on Jun 20, 2011

MIRACLE STORY Many years ago in Kenya, a parent of one of my students came to me and told me what God did for their family. His daughter was born with serious physical problems. Doctors said that she will not be able to give birth her entire life. Her father and mother began to pray fervently for ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 121:1-8

Tags: God Brings Hope

Denomination: Baptist

Some Of You Know Helen Schaaf. I Shared With The ...

Contributed by Paul Carlson on Feb 16, 2009

Some of you know Helen Schaaf. I shared with the church her current physical struggles a few weeks ago. She had debilitating back pain that was making walking excruciatingly painful; finally, her doctor diagnosed a treatment for her. She had an injection in her spine so that she could walk ...read more

Tags: Suffering Joy In

Denomination: Baptist

Crucufixion

Contributed by Tim Smith on Feb 11, 2015

David Smith writes about crucifixion. They would take the upright beam and place it in a hole in the ground and fix it steadfast. And then they would take the victim and lay his hands on the cross beam, driving spikes into his quivering flesh and with a rope would hook it onto the cross beam and ...read more

Scripture: Luke 23:33-38

Tags: Crucifixion, Death On A Cross

Denomination: Methodist

William Cullen Bryant: Truth

Contributed by Harold Orndorff on May 25, 2004

As William Cullen Bryant has written: Truth crushed to earth shall rise again, the eternal years of God are hers; but error, wounded, ...read more

Tags: Truth, Truth Absolute

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Sometimes Writing Feels Like Pulling Teeth, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Sometimes writing feels like pulling teeth, except the pain isnt localized in the mouth; its much more pervasive. Its ...read more

Tags: Books And Literature

M ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 6, 2008

Materialism Matthew Sleeth is a medical doctor who wrote a provocative book called "Serve God Save the Planet." Dr. Sleeth was a former emergency room doctor and chief of medical staff at a prominent hospital in the northeast. He writes about a colleague named Todd. I think Todd represents the ...read more

Tags: Materialism