In Sermon Illustrations: "Than Ksgiving"

The Future Is A Great Land; A Man Cannot Go ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The future is a great land; a man cannot go around it in a day; he cannot measure it with a bound; he cannot bind its harvests into a single ...read more

Tags: God's Sovereign Will

Nearing Seventy I Eat Better, Sleep Sounder, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Nearing seventy I eat better, sleep sounder, feel more alive than I did at thirty. Maybe it's because I have ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

Difficult Times Have Helped Me To Understand ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Difficult times have helped me to understand better than before how infinitely rich and beautiful life is in every way and that so many things that one ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

Cato Learned Greek At Eighty; Sophocles Wrote ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Cato learned Greek at eighty; Sophocles Wrote his grand Oedipus, and Simonides Bore off the price for verse from his compeers, When ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

Christmas Eve Was A Night Of Song That Wrapped ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Christmas Eve was a night of song that wrapped itself about you like a shawl. But it warmed more than your body. It warmed your heart ... ...read more

Tags: Christmas

A Republic Will Avoid War Unless The Avoidance ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"A republic will avoid war unless the avoidance might create conditions that are worse than warfare itself. Sometimes, the dispositions of those who choose ...read more

Tags: War

Your Love Is Your Own Private Possession, But ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Your love is your own private possession, but marriage is more than something personal it is a status, an officeit is marriage, and not merely your love for each ...read more

Tags: Marriage General

The Important Thing Is That Children Should Grow ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The important thing is that children should grow up with parents who believe that there are some ways of life which for us today are better than others and that these ...read more

Tags: Parenting

From: 'the Passing Of Arthur' By Alfred Tennyson

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001

More things are wrought by prayer Than this world dreams of. Wherefore, let thy voice rise like a fountain for me night and day From: The Idylls of ...read more

Tags: Prayer General, Prayer Adoration

Through Hardship  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2002

THROUGH HARDSHIP God does not lead His children around hardship, but leads them straight through hardship. But He leads! And amidst the hardship, He is ...read more

Tags: Promises Of God, God's Omniscience, God In The Hardships

People Are Always More Encouraged When We Share ...  PRO

Contributed by Jim Kane on Apr 27, 2003

“People are always more encouraged when we share how God’s grace helped us in weakness than when we brag about our ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 14:1

Tags: Gifts Encouragement, Joy

Denomination: Church Of God

The Nation's 23 Million Teens Spend Nearly 4100 ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006

The nation’s 23 million teens spend nearly 4100 billion annually—that’s more than $4,000 each. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Money

Married Men Who Are Fired Have An 18% Higher ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

Married men who are fired have an 18% higher chance than the norm of being divorced with the next 3 months versus 13% for women. ...read more

Tags: Divorce

18- To 34-Year-Old U.s. Males Are Watching Less ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006

18- to 34-year-old U.S. males are watching less TV and spending more time playing video games than before. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Entertainment

Daily North Americans Average 4 Hours And 24 ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Daily North Americans average 4 hours and 24 minutes viewing TV, 1 hour and 21 minutes more than the world average. ...read more

Tags: Television And Movies

40% Of Seniors Take 5 Or More Prescription Drugs ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

40% of seniors take 5 or more prescription drugs weekly, 12% take more than 10, plus vitamins, herbs and OTC pills. ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

It Is Always Easier To Fight For One's Principles ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 7, 2006

It is always easier to fight for one’s principles than to live up to them. Alfred Adler (1870–1937), Austrian psychiatrist. Quoted in Phyllis ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

An Illustration Of Born Again. A Volkswagon ...

Contributed by Arliss Beavers on Dec 29, 2007

An illustration of Born Again. A Volkswagon wants to become a Cadillac, and learns that it takes more than a mere emblem change to do so. It taks a trip to the refiners ...read more

Denomination: Church Of God

Adlai Stevenson Wrote Of Eleanor Roosevelt "She ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 2, 2008

Adlai Stevenson wrote of Eleanor Roosevelt “She would rather light candles than curse the darkness, and her glow has warmed the ...read more

The Strong Man Meets His Crisis With The Most ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The strong man meets his crisis with the most practical tools at hand. They may not be the best tools but they are available, which is all-important. He ...read more

Tags: Dealing With Conflicts