In Sermon Illustrations: "Poverty"

Obesity Or Poverty  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 25, 2002

OBESITY OR POVERTY A February 2002 issue of National Geographic says the Worldwatch Institute has issued its annual State of the World report. Almost every global environmental indicator has worsened over the last ten years and the gap between rich and poor has gotten wider. Over 1 billion ...read more

Tags: Compassion, Giving General, Poverty

Poverty Perspective  PRO

Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 16, 2007

Poverty Perspective In Hollywood there is an exclusive school attended by children of movie stars, producers, and directors. Asked to write a composition on the subject of poverty, one little girl started her literary piece: "Once there was a poor little girl. Her father was poor, her mother was ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

True Poverty

Contributed by Anne Benefield on Mar 5, 2009

TRUE POVERTY The second theme in our passage is to strengthen and support the weak and the suffering. My friend at the Gazette also mentioned visiting his daughter in Kenya when she was a Peace Corp volunteer out in the desert areas in the western part of the country. He said that trip had ...read more

Tags: Poverty

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Spirit Of Poverty

Contributed by Charles Jones on Jun 30, 2012

THE SPIRIT OF POVERTY If: You justify your lack and make excuses. You are afraid to give under the direction of the Holy Spirit. You govern your finances with a lack of trust and don't believe God is your source. Your are suspicious that those around you may take your money. When things ...read more

Tags: Poverty

Denomination: Pentecostal

Poverty Because Of Unbelief  PRO

Contributed by Christian Cheong on Aug 21, 2005

POVERTY BECAUSE OF UNBELIEF On the corner of Park Row and Beekman Street, New York City, where Horace Greeley’s Statue now stands, stood a man offering $20 gold pieces for $1 each. All day he kept up loudly announcing his wares, but of the thousands that passed him, most paid no attention and ...read more

Tags: Doubt

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Poverty Is No Disgrace To A Man, But It Is ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Poverty is no disgrace to a man, but it is ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

War On Poverty Fails

Contributed by T D on Dec 28, 2010

WAR ON POVERTY FAILS I don't think any of us would consider ourselves to be wealthy when it comes to the top level of money makers in the USA, and while we clearly are not as well off as we were a year ago, our level of wealth and possibilities of being able to make a living far surpasses most of ...read more

Tags: Giving General

Denomination: Evangelical Free

Poverty In The World Today

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 3, 2024

According the zippia.com, the median average household income for the world is slightly under $3,000. That means if your family has an income of more than $3,000 per year, you are richer than half the people in the world! The average annual income in Burundi is $220. In Afghanistan, it is $390. ...read more

Scripture: Leviticus 23:22, Deuteronomy 24:14-15, Proverbs 13:23, Proverbs 14:21, Proverbs 17:5, Matthew 26:11, Luke 6:20, Luke 4:18, James 2:1-7  (view more)  (view less)

Tags: Unfortunate, Third World, Relative Poverty, Extreme Poverty, Missions, Poverty, Generosity, Poor, Destitute  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Independent/Bible

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

Poverty, To Be Picturesque, Should Be Rural. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Poverty, to be picturesque, should be rural. Suburban misery is as ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

Gratitude Is Riches. Complaining Is Poverty. ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Gratitude is riches. Complaining is poverty. Instead of complaining about whats ...read more

Tags: Joy

We Think Sometimes That Poverty Is Only Being ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty. We must ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

Poverty Rises: The Total Percentage Of People In ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

Poverty Rises: The total percentage of people in the U.S. in poverty increased to 12.4% (34.8 million) from 12.1% in ’01 according to the Census ...read more

Tags: Poverty

Better To Be Content With Poverty Than To Die A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Better to be content with poverty than to die a ...read more

Tags: Peace

Money Is Better Than Poverty, If Only For ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Money is better than poverty, if only for ...read more

Tags: Money

Poverty Is A Virtue Greatly Overrated By Those ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Poverty is a virtue greatly overrated by those who no ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

Money Is Better Than Poverty, If Only For ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006

Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons. Woody Allen (b. 1935), U.S. filmmaker. “The ...read more

Tags: Money

The War On Poverty Created A Great New ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

The war on poverty created a great new upper-middle class of bureaucrats that found they had a fine career as long as they could keep ...read more

Tags: Workplace

One Of The Deepest Forms Of Poverty A Person Can ...

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Mar 13, 2010

One of the deepest forms of poverty a person can experience is isolation. If we look closely at other kinds of poverty, including material forms, we see that they are born from isolation, from not being loved or from difficulties in being able to love. Poverty is often ...read more

Tags: Poverty

Denomination: Catholic

In An Article In Time Magazine On Global Poverty, ...  PRO

Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on May 28, 2002

In an article in Time Magazine on global poverty, specifically on the efforts of rock star Bono of the group U2, March 4, 2002: The model for a new approach is Jubilee 2000, which campaigned with great success to reduce developing world debt. Jubilee 2000 was based in Europe, not the U.S., and ...read more

Tags: Poverty, Compassion, Giving General

Denomination: Baptist