In Sermon Illustrations: "Trials Mature Us"

I Am Not Where I Need To Be, But Thank God I Am ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2002

I am not where I need to be, but thank God I am not where I used to ...read more

Tags: Growth In Christ, Character

There Are 70,000 African American Churches In The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006

There are 70,000 African American churches in the U.S. (Foster Letter ...read more

Tags: Church General

Ethel Barrett

Contributed by Raymond Smith on Dec 30, 2006

Ethel Barrett "We would worry less about what others think of us if we ...read more

Denomination: Pentecostal

In '06 The National Norm For The Number Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007

In ’06 the national norm for the number of children per U.S. household is ...read more

There Are 35.2 Million Foreign-Born People In The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007

There are 35.2 million foreign-born people in the U.S., about 12% of the ...read more

I Solved My Drinking Problem. I Joined ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"I solved my drinking problem. I joined Alcoholics Anonymous. I still drink, ...read more

Tags: Addiction

What We Have Done For Ourselves Alone Dies With ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us. What we have done for others and the ...read more

Tags: Death

Christ Is No Moses, No Exactor, No Giver Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Christ is no Moses, no exactor, no giver of laws, but a giver of grace, a Savior; he is infinite mercy and ...read more

Tags: Grace

The Very Purpose Of Existence Is To Reconcile ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we hold of ourselves with the appalling ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

The Purpose Of Life Is Not To Be Happy. It Is ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some ...read more

Tags: Christian Values, Ralph Waldo Emerson

Courage Is The Most Important Of All The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Courage is the most important of all the virtues. Because if you havent courage, you may not have an ...read more

Tags: Endurance

To Say That Man Is Made Up Of Certain Chemical ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

To say that man is made up of certain chemical elements is a satisfactory description only for those ...read more

Tags: Creation

How Thoughtful Of Mother Nature By The Time We ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"How thoughtful of Mother Nature By the time we reach the sitting around state of life, she ...read more

Tags: Creation

I Think, At A Childs Birth, If A Mother Could ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I think, at a childs birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful ...read more

Tags: Curiosity

Some Day People Will Learn That Material Things ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Some day people will learn that material things do not bring happiness, that they are of little use in making ...read more

Tags: Finding Fulfillment

We Are Always Looking To The Future; The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"We are always looking to the future; the present does not satisfy us. Our ideal, ...read more

Tags: God's Sovereign Will

As We Grow Older, We Flatter Ourselves We Are ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"As we grow older, we flatter ourselves we are leaving our vices, whereas it is ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

A Friendship That Makes The Least Noise Is Very ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

A friendship that makes the least noise is very often the most useful; for which reason I prefer ...read more

Tags: Compassion

How Is It That We Remember The Least Triviality ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"How is it that we remember the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not remember how often we ...read more

Tags: Memories

Jumping At Several Small Opportunities May Get ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Jumping at several small opportunities may get us there more quickly than waiting ...read more

Tags: Opportunity