In Sermon Illustrations: "Suffer"

Cirrhosis Of The Giver  PRO

Contributed by Jonathan Campbell on Jun 23, 2011

CIRRHOSIS OF THE GIVER Many in our day seem to be afflicted with that terrible disease known as Cirrhosis of the Giver. This terrible malady renders the afflicted person’s hand incapable of moving from the wallet to the offering plate. The only known cure is to remove the sufferer from the Lord’s ...read more

Scripture: Mark 12:41-44

Tags: Tithes

A Bar Of Steel

Contributed by Clint Meade on Jun 3, 2007

A bar of steel is worth just a few dollars. When it is forged into a set of wrenches, it is worth approximately $100. If that same bar of steel is made into many needles, it can be worth several hundred dollars. If it is made into fine surgical instruments, it is worth thousands of dollars. If ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

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

We Live In An Age When To Be Young And ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

We live in an age when to be young and indifferent can no longer be synonymous. We must prepare for the coming hour. The claims of the Future are represented by suffering ...read more

Tags: Children

One Must Learn To Love, And Go Through A Great ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"One must learn to love, and go through a great deal of suffering to get it, like any knight of the grail, and the journey is ...read more

Tags: Christian Love

Don't Hurt Yourself

Contributed by Bret Toman on Jan 4, 2011

James McDonald has a couple of sayings I like: "Choose to sin, choose to suffer." "When God says ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:11

Tags: Sin Exposed

Denomination: Baptist

Vance Havener Said, "You Have Not Really Learned ...  PRO

Contributed by Greg Yount on Nov 30, 2001

Vance Havener said, “You have not really learned a commandment until you have obeyed it.... The church suffers today from ...read more

Tags: Growth In Christ, Kingdom Of God, Faith

Denomination: Baptist

If We Could Read The Secret History Of Our ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001

If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man’s life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all ...read more

Tags: Forgiveness For Others, Compassion, Grace

C.s Lewis Who Said That "God Whisper To Us In Our ...

Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jun 29, 2006

C.S Lewis who said that "God whisper to us in our pleasures talks to us in our conscience and shouts to us in our ...read more

Tags: God The Father

Denomination: Baptist

With Patient Mind They Path Of Duty Run; God ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"With patient mind they path of duty run; God nothing does, nor suffers to be done, But thou thyself wouldst do, if thou ...read more

Tags: Peace

Heartwarming  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2011

HEARTWARMING Vance Havner put it best when he wrote, "We need a heart warming...The early Christians did not need a shot in the arm every Sunday to keep them going. They knew Jesus and they upset the world and worried the devil and gave wicked rulers insomnia and started something the jails ...read more

Tags: Heart

Packer On God's Impassivity

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Aug 22, 2011

PACKER ON GOD'S IMPASSIVITY J.I. Packer does an excellent job defining the doctrine of God's impassivity: "This means, not that God is...unfeeling..., but that no created beings can inflict pain, suffering and distress on him at their own will. In so far as God enters into suffering and ...read more

Tags: God In The Hardships

Denomination: Independent/Bible

I Have Heard Evangelist David Ring Speak ...  PRO

Contributed by Bill Butsko on Jul 9, 2006

I have heard Evangelist David Ring speak numerous times. David is a shining example of an individual suffering from a human weakness, a thorn if you will, but with God’s help used that weakness to preach the Gospel. David was born October 28, 1953 and suffered from cerebral palsy. David said ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 12:7-10

Tags: God In The Hardships

Denomination: Christian Church

Bishop Asbury Was A Circuit-Riding, Methodist ...  PRO

Contributed by Myron Loss on Jun 9, 2006

Bishop Asbury was a circuit-riding, Methodist preacher who lit gospel fires all across the American frontier, and who was no stranger to hardship and suffering. Asbury suffered from one chronic ailment after another, so much so that one biographer calls him a "Job of old on horseback." Migraine ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

Denomination: Independent/Bible

E. There Is A Sylvie Dosrosiers Play That Ran On ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

E. THERE IS A SYLVIE DOSROSIERS PLAY THAT RAN ON BROADWAY IN 1995 ENTITLED, "THE LONG SILENCE" THAT SAYS IT ALL, “AT THE END OF TIME, WHERE BILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE SCATTERED ON A GREAT PLAIN BEFORE GOD’S THRONE. MOST SHRANK FROM THE BRILLIANT LIGHT BEFORE THEM, BUT SOME GROUPS NEAR THE FRONT TALKED ...read more

Tags: Promises Of God

May 5, 2004 "You Can Walk Boy!" John 16: 19-24 ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on May 4, 2004

May 5, 2004 “You Can Walk Boy!” John 16: 19-24 Key verse(s): 21 “‘A woman giving birth to a child has pain because her time has come; but when her baby is born she forgets the anguish because of her joy that a child is born into the world.’” Why do Christians have to suffer? If I had ...read more

Scripture: Romans 5:1-11

Tags: Hardship Of Life

Edward Mckendree Bounds, 19th Century American ...

Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on May 23, 2005

Edward McKendree Bounds, 19th century American prayer prophet said: “Satan has suffered so much by good praying that all ...read more

Tags: Prayer Adoration, Prayer How To

Denomination: Salvation Army

Peace Does Not Dwell In Outward Things, But ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Peace does not dwell in outward things, but within the soul; we may preserve it in the midst of the bitterest pain, if our will remains firm and submissive. Peace in this life ...read more

Tags: Peace

By Friendship You Mean The Greatest Love, The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"By friendship you mean the greatest love, the greatest usefulness, the most open communication, the noblest sufferings, the severest truth, the heartiest counsel, and the ...read more

Tags: Compassion

[163]. A Message From A Poem – Joy For Sorrow - Care In Hurt

Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Aug 14, 2025

[163]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – JOY FOR SORROW - CARE IN HURT The title of this poem has two contrasts – sorrow turning to joy, and hurt adopting care. This poem was written 27 years ago and since that time much has changed in the world for the followers of the Lord. Persecution has increased ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 13:5-6, 2 Corinthians 6:4-5

Tags: Hurting One, South Africa, The Holy Spirit, Martyred, Suffering Christians, World Press, Comforr, Joy, Africa, Sorrow, Iran, Sudan, Nigeria, Lord, Persecution, Evil, Comfort  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational