In Sermon Illustrations: "Pray Without Ceasing"

No University In The World Has Ever Risen To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"No university in the world has ever risen to greatness without a correspondingly great library... When this is no longer true, ...read more

Tags: Books And Literature

Make It A Point To Do Something Every Day That ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Make it a point to do something every day that you dont want to do. This is the golden rule for acquiring the ...read more

Tags: Discipleship

Good Sense Travels On The Well-Worn Paths; ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Good sense travels on the well-worn paths; genius never. And that is why the crowd, not altogether without reason, is ...read more

Tags: Thought

There Are Those Who Will Frown Upon Those Who ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"There are those who will frown upon those who set ambitious goals, and yet without goals there can be no achievement, and with ...read more

Tags: Success, Goals, Confidence, Achievement

Look Not Sorrowfully Into The Past; It Comes ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Look not sorrowfully into the past; it comes not back again. Wisely improve they present; it is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy ...read more

Tags: God's Sovereign Will

Tyranny Seldom Announces Itself. ... In Fact, A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Tyranny seldom announces itself. ... In fact, a tyranny may exist without an individual tyrant. A whole government, even a ...read more

Tags: Government

Journalism Has Other Rewards. Youll Comfort The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Journalism has other rewards. Youll comfort the afflicted. Youll afflict the comfortable. Youll ask impolite questions of ...read more

Tags: News

There Is No Road Too Long To The Man Who ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

There is no road too long to the man who advances deliberately and without undue haste; there are no honors too distant to the man ...read more

Tags: Value, Preparation, Priorities

Jesus, Thy Boundless Love To ...

Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jan 19, 2010

Jesus, thy boundless love to me No thought can reach, no tongue declare; Then [bend] my wayward heart to ...read more

Tags: Lordship Of Christ, Love Of Jesus

Denomination: Baptist

Importance Of Heritage

Contributed by Curtis Emerson on Jun 8, 2010

IMPORTANCE OF HERITAGE Even Karl Marx, the father of modern communism, has been credited to have said, "a people ...read more

Tags: Independence Day

Denomination: Lutheran

We Have Been Taught, And Many Of Us Believe, That ...

Contributed by Warren Lamb on Aug 29, 2007

We have been taught, and many of us believe, that you can become and can call yourself a Christian ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

86% Of Non-Church Attenders Say They Can Have A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2008

86% of non-church attenders say they can have a good relationship with God without belonging to a ...read more

Tags: Evangelism The Lost

Hope In The Sewer  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2002

HOPE IN THE SEWER In a cramped space around a Kiev sewer, 15 children ragged and stinky have spent the night crowded together for warmth. They rouse now only because they have a chance to eat. They are rejected and hungry, but not without hope. Two American women, Jane Hyatt and Barbara ...read more

Tags: Christian Love, Compassion

God Promised Peace To Those Whom His Favor Rests. ...  PRO

Contributed by Dana Chau on Dec 23, 2002

God promised peace to those whom His favor rests. Let me close with the words from a hymn that Annie Johnson Flint wrote: "What God Hath Promised" God hath not promised skies always blue, Flower strewn pathways all our lives through; God hath not promised sun without rain, Joy without sorrow, ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 4:2-9, Galatians 6:8-9

Tags: God Brings Hope, Peace, Promises Of God

Denomination: *other

I Refuse To Be Discouraged  PRO

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Sep 1, 2001

To Think About:   I Refuse to be Discouraged. I refuse to be discouraged, To be sad, or to cry; I refuse to be downhearted, and here’s the reason why . . . I have a God who’s mighty, Who’s sovereign and supreme; I have a God who loves me, and I am on His team. He is all wise and powerful, Jesus ...read more

Scripture: Judges 6:11-30

Tags: Endurance

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Belief In Life After Death, Like The Existence Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

Belief In Life After Death, like the existence of God, is widely embraced by American adults. According to a new Barna Research poll 81% believe in an afterlife of some sort. Another 9% say they are not certain. Just 10% contend there is no form of life after death. 79% agree, “Every person has a ...read more

Tags: Heaven

Are You A Christian?

Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on May 7, 2009

ARE YOU A CHRISTIAN? Two men met on a plane and one man asked the other, "Are you a Christian?" "Yes I am." "Wonderful! Are you Protestant, Catholic, or Orthodox?" "I’m a Protestant." "That’s great. So am I. Are you Calvinist or Arminian in your theology?" "I’m happy to say that I’m a staunch ...read more

Tags: Unity

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 Man Who Adds The Life Of Books To The Actual ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

The man who adds the life of books to the actual life of everyday lives the life of his whole race. The man without ...read more

Tags: Books And Literature

Books Are A Delightful Society. If You Go Into ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Books are a delightful society. If you go into a room filled with books, even without taking them down from their shelves, ...read more

Tags: Books And Literature