In Sermon Illustrations: "Sense Of Humor"

Of All The Joys Of Life...there Is Nothing More ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Of all the joys of life...there is nothing more great, more refreshing, more beneficial in the widest sense of the word ...read more

Tags: Worldliness

As We Read The School Reports Upon Our ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"As we read the school reports upon our children, we realize with a sense of relief that can rise to delight thatthank ...read more

Tags: Parenting

What Is Success? I Think It Is A Mixture Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"What is success? I think it is a mixture of having a flair for the thing you are doing; knowing that it is not enough, that you have got to ...read more

Tags: Workplace Success

Never Give In, Never Give In, Never, Never, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never; in nothing, great or small, large or petty; never give in ...read more

Tags: Endurance

The Most Intense Conflicts, If Overcome, Leave ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The most intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and their conflagration ...read more

Tags: Dealing With Conflicts

Unless Comedy Touches Me As Well As Amuses Me, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Unless comedy touches me as well as amuses me, it leaves me with a sense of having wasted my evening. I go to the theatre to be moved to ...read more

Tags: Friendship General

Guys, Let Me Give You An Example Of Selfless And ...  PRO

Contributed by Rick Stacy on May 21, 2002

Guys, Let me give you an example of selfless and sacrificial love in today’s terms. Are you ready? Give your wife the remote control… Now ladies: Do not undervalue that action… It is a significant sacrifice for a guy! Several years ago my wife and vacationed in a time-share condo in Florida with ...read more

Tags: Marriage Commitment, Marriage Obligations

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

A Couple Years Ago, Someone Emailed Me A Series ...

Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Nov 17, 2006

A couple years ago, someone Emailed me a series of photos from a hunting trip in NM. The trip was on mule back, along with dogs, and there was a mountain lion stalking the hunting party. At some point, it attacked, and a mule proceeded to beat the stuffings out of that cougar. That was pretty ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Biblical Stories From Children  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 14, 2009

BIBLICAL STORIES FROM CHILDREN The church is meant to supplement what is done in the home. We have a tough job in this department, don’t we? I came across some true statements that kids made in a Sunday School class: "Moses led the Hebrews to the Red Sea, where they made unleavened bread, ...read more

Scripture: Deuteronomy 6:7-9

Tags: Children, Ten Commandments

The Gas Prank

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 1, 2010

THE GAS PRANK According to a story in the Grand Rapids Press, the owner of a small foreign car had begun to irritate his friends by bragging incessantly about his gas mileage. So they decided on a way to get some humor out of his tireless boasting, as well as bring it to an end. Every day, one of ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 9:23-24

Tags: Boasting

Helen Adams Keller Who Had No Eyes To See These ...  PRO

Contributed by Michael Gibney on Aug 7, 2002

Helen Adams Keller who had no eyes to see these earthly things of life states, “It gives me a deep, comforting sense that "things seen ...read more

Tags: Heaven, Kingdom Of God

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

As Dallas Willard Observes: "In Fasting, We ...

Contributed by Daniel Devilder on Oct 24, 2006

As Dallas Willard observes: “In fasting, we learn how to suffer happily as we feast on God. [Fasters . . .] will have a constant sense of their ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Everyone Has A Vocation By Which He Earns His ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Everyone has a vocation by which he earns his living, but he also has a vocation in an older sense of the word the vocation ...read more

Tags: Pastors

Wonder Is The Very Essence Of Life. Beware ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"wonder is the very essence of life. Beware always of losing the wonderThe only evidence of salvation or sanctification is that the sense of wonder is developing, not at ...read more

Tags: Wonder

It Is Because Of The Hasty And Superficial ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006

"It is because of the hasty and superficial conversation with God that the sense of sin is so weak and that no motives have power to help you to ...read more

Tags: Prayer Adoration

I Sit Here All Day Trying To Persuade People To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

I sit here all day trying to persuade people to do the things they ought to have the sense to do without my persuading them. ...read more

Tags: Government

I Say That You Develop By Stretching Out Your ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I say that you develop by stretching out your youthfulness, that the trick is life is to die youngas late as possible. In other words, to remain young in the ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

I Read, I Study, I Examine, I Listen, I ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I read, I study, I examine, I listen, I reflect, and out of all this I try to form an idea into which I ...read more

Tags: Thought

Wayne Gretzge Was Asked How He Scored So Many ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Wayne Gretzge was asked how he scored so many goals…he replied, “I go where the puck is going to be.” He in a ...read more

Tags: Sin Deceptive

What Strikes Me About Joseph Is That He Appears ...

Contributed by Jim Kane on Sep 24, 2007

What strikes me about Joseph is that he appears to never lose his sense of who’s he is, God’s, ...read more

Tags: Creation, Patriarchs Joseph

Denomination: Church Of God