In Sermon Illustrations: "Possession" showing 121-140 of 747

Billy Graham ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008

Billy Graham said: “We are rich in the things that perish, but poor in the things of the spirit. We are rich in gadgets, but poor in faith. We are rich in goods, but poor in grace. We are rich in know-how, but poor in character. We are rich in words, but poor in deeds.” Jesus said that our ...read more

Tags: Money

Make Wisdom Your Provision For The Journey From ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Make wisdom your provision for the journey from youth to old age, for it is a more certain ...read more

Tags: Wisdom

A Little Library, Growing Larger Every Year, Is ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"A little library, growing larger every year, is an honorable part of a mans possessions. A library is not a luxury. It ...read more

Tags: Books And Literature

Women Have Served All These Centuries As ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Women have served all these centuries as looking-glasses, possessing the magic powers of reflecting the ...read more

Tags: Men And Women

There Is Not Much Danger That Real Talent Or ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long; even if it is, the consciousness of ...read more

Tags: Human Life

Richard Foster (1985,p.13) Noted: "The Demon In ...  PRO

Contributed by Andrew Chan on May 2, 2002

Richard Foster (1985,p.13) noted: “The demon in money is greed. Nothing can destroy human ...read more

Tags: Envy, Money

Denomination: Evangelical Free

Before We Set Our Hearts Too Much On Anything, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Before we set our hearts too much on anything, let us examine how happy are ...read more

Tags: Addiction

I Consider My Ability To Arouse Enthusiasm Among ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among men the greatest asset I possess. The way to develop the best that is in ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

Anger Is The Most Impotent Passion That ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Anger is the most impotent passion that accompanies the mind of man; ithurts the man who is possessed by it more ...read more

Tags: Anger

My God How Little Do My Countrymen Know What ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"My God How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and ...read more

Tags: God's Provision

Where An Excess Of Power Prevails, Property Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Where an excess of power prevails, property of no sort is duly respected. No man is safe in his opinions, his ...read more

Tags: Power

We Succeed In Enterprises Which Demand The ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in those ...read more

Tags: Competition

I Have Held Many Things In My Hand And Lost ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I have held many things in my hand and lost them all, but whatever I have placed in Gods ...read more

Tags: God's Provision

The Last Word Is The Most Dangerous Of Infernal ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The last word is the most dangerous of infernal machines, and husband and wife should no more fight to get it than they would ...read more

Tags: Marriage General

I Have Usually Proceeded On The Principle That ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

I have usually proceeded on the principle that persons who possess sense enough to earn money have ...read more

Tags: Giving General

Envy, Good And Bad

Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Nov 3, 2008

John Stott writes, "Not all envy is tainted with selfishness, because it is not always either a grudging discontent or a sinful covetousness. At base, envy is the desire to have for oneself something possessed by another. And whether envy is good or evil depends on the nature of the something ...read more

Tags: Envy

Denomination: Baptist

John Bevere Puts It Into Perspective. "The ...

Contributed by Chuck Morley on Sep 30, 2004

John Bevere puts it into perspective. "The deceived take comfort in a knowledge of a God they simply do not possess." ...read more

Tags: Discipleship

Denomination: Pentecostal

Every Man Is Prompted By The Love Of Himself To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Every man is prompted by the love of himself to imagine that he possesses some qualities superior, either in kind or degree, to those ...read more

Tags: Self

Freedom From Fear And Injustice And Oppression ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Freedom from fear and injustice and oppression will be ours only in the measure that men who value such freedom are ready to sustain its possession to ...read more

Tags: Political Freedom

Journalism Is The Art Of Collecting Varying ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Journalism is the art of collecting varying kinds of information (commonly called news) which a few people possess and of transmitting it to a much larger ...read more

Tags: News