In Sermon Illustrations: "Real friend" showing 201-220 of 5,673

How Can We Be A Friend To The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008

How Can We Be A Friend To The Suffering? 1. We can be there for them. 2. We can feel their pain. 3. We can encourage them. 4. We can listen more than we talk. 5. We can be honest: I don’t know… don’t try to explain everything. 6. We can look beyond their faults and look to their needs. 7. We ...read more

Tags: Ot Characters

For There Is No Friend Like A Sister In Calm Or ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

For there is no friend like a sister In calm ...read more

Tags: Family

When Men Are Friends, There Is No Need Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"When men are friends, there is no need of justice; but when they are just, ...read more

Tags: Compassion

To Owe An Obligation To A Worthy Friend Is ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

To owe an obligation to a worthy ...read more

Tags: Compassion

Though A Friend Be But The Duplicate Of A Man's ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Though a friend be but the duplicate of a man's self, yet there may often happen secrets to one, that may not be convenient to divulge to the other. If they be such as the disclosure of them to a friend shall not only not benefit him, but shall bring grief upon him, I cannot think it an act of ...read more

Tags: Compassion

Be Slow In Choosing A Friend, Slower In ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Be slow in choosing a friend, slower ...read more

Tags: Compassion

Trust Today's Friends As If They Might Be ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Trust today's friends as if they might be ...read more

Tags: Compassion

Two Persons Will Not Be Friends Long If They ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Two persons will not be friends long if they cannot forgive each ...read more

Tags: Compassion

Friends Are Not Primarily Absorbed In Each ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Friends are not primarily absorbed in each other. It is when we are doing things together that friendship springs up painting, sailing ships, praying, philosophizing, fighting shoulder to shoulder. Friends look in the ...read more

Tags: Compassion

Have Friends, Not For The Sake Of Receiving, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Have friends, not for the sake of ...read more

Tags: Compassion

Good Friends Are Good For Your ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Good friends are good for ...read more

Tags: Compassion

A Friend Is An Extension Of Yourself Without ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

A friend is an extension of yourself without which ...read more

Tags: Compassion

The Loss Of A Friend Is Like That Of A Limb; ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The loss of a friend is like that of a limb; time may heal the anguish of the wound, ...read more

Tags: Compassion

If A Friend Of Minegave A Feast, And Did Not ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If a friend of minegave a feast, and did not invite me to it, I should not mind a bitBut ifa friend of mine had a sorrow and refused to allow ...read more

Tags: Compassion

After The Friendship Of God, A Friends ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"After the friendship of God, a friends affection is the ...read more

Tags: Compassion

The Trouble With Our Liberal Friends Is Not That ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The trouble with our liberal friends is not that theyre ignorant. Its just that ...read more

Tags: Politics

A Friend Of Mine Was Comfortable As The Senior ...

Contributed by Dr. Mark Eckart on Jul 6, 2009

A friend of mine was comfortable as the senior pastor in a local church in the Midwest. The church paid well, took great care of his family, and he was positioned to advance in his denominational movement. However, one night he attended a camp service and was listening to a missionary speaker and ...read more

Tags: Missions, Sacrifices

Denomination: Holiness

Married People Need Friends

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Sep 26, 2011

MARRIED PEOPLE NEED FRIENDS The University of Chicago conducted a study where they found that couples that stayed together through adversity had friends who wanted them to stay together and who had a low opinion of divorce. By contrast, married people who spend time with divorced and bitter people ...read more

Tags: Marriage Struggle

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

My Friend Will Find Me

Contributed by Sermon Central on May 16, 2012

MY FRIEND WILL FIND ME Sam was a great bird dog. If he pointed to a clump of bushes, there surely was a bird in there. He was much more than just a bird dog. Often we’d share together lazy lunches in an abandoned apple orchard, and the snooze that followed. Late one afternoon, Sam and I became ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 4:7-9

Tags: Trust

Mark Twain: An Enemy And A Friend

Contributed by Sermon Central on May 2, 2013

AN ENEMY AND A FRIEND Mark Twain, "It takes your enemy and your friend working together to hurt you to the heart; the one to slander you and the other to get the news to ...read more

Scripture: James 3:1-12

Tags: Tongue