In Sermon Illustrations: "Trials Of Life"

Reward For Doing Right: Joseph Told Israel Of His ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2008

Reward for Doing Right: Joseph told Israel of his brother’s evil doings. He was faithful to reveal rather than conceal the matter. Certainly it took a great deal of courage to do what he did. The exercising of that courage showed forth faithfulness. He also was faithful to his job requirements. ...read more

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Reward For Doing Right: Joseph Told Israel Of His ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008

Reward for Doing Right: Joseph told Israel of his brother’s evil doings. He was faithful to reveal rather than conceal the matter. Certainly it took a great deal of courage to do what he did. The exercising of that courage showed forth faithfulness. He also was faithful to his job requirements. ...read more

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[047]. A Message From A Poem – Christians Who Are And Who Are Not

Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Mar 6, 2025

[047]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – CHRISTIANS WHO ARE AND CHRISTIANS WHO ARE NOT The main idea in this poem is the contrast between Christians in places of persecution who are committed and real, and the many Christians of the West who are lax and non-committed, who are asleep. It is a shame this ...read more

Scripture: Romans 13:11-12, Romans 15:26-28

Tags: Persecution, Support, Sleep, Awake, Voice Of The Martyrs, True Christians  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

[283]. A Message From A Poem – The Lord, Our Hope, Our Joy, Our End

Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Jan 31, 2026

[283]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – THE LORD, OUR HOPE, OUR JOY, OUR END This is another of my earliest poems. This poem is a personal testimony to a time when I was walking in the valley of the shadow. STANZA 1 – All dark nights break forth into sunshine and my dark night looks forward to the Lord ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 6:2, Psalm 23:4-5, 2 Corinthians 12:2-4

Tags: Christian Poetry, Christian Poems, Joy, Sorrow, Dark Night, Blessings, Burdens, Valley Of The Shadow, Heaven  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

There Was A Lady Named Danni Stampley From ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

There was a lady named Danni Stampley from Luann’s home church who had been trained as a Baptist missionary. She felt the call to be a missionary the very night she accepted Jesus as her Lord and Savior; she was a teenager at the time. After high school and college, she spent several years in a ...read more

Tags: Sin Deceptive

The Treasury Of Bible Illustration Notes This: ...

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jul 14, 2007

The Treasury of Bible Illustration notes this: The First and Hardest Lesson - “All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten,” says Robert Fulgham’s popular essay and book. In truth, one of life’s most important and hardest lessons comes to us long before kindergarten. This lesson is painful ...read more

Tags: Growth In Christ

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

For You To Be Free You Will Have To Make A ...

Contributed by J. Brad Campbell on Nov 6, 2006

For you to be free you will have to make a decisive life changing decision ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

To Acquire The Habit Of Reading Is To Construct ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from ...read more

Tags: Books And Literature

The Vintage Of Wisdom Is To Know That Rest Is ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The vintage of wisdom is to know that rest is rust and that the real life is ...read more

Tags: Wisdom

There Is No Event Or Circumstance That Can Occur ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

There is no event or circumstance that can occur in the life of any Christian that ...read more

Tags: Joy

Knowledge, In Truth, Is The Great Sun In The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Knowledge, in truth, is the great sun in the firmament. Life and power are ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 50:1

Tags: Promises Of God

Every Man Is His Own Captain On The Voyage Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Every man is his own captain on the voyage of life; if ...read more

Tags: Learning

Men Honor Property Above All Else; It Has The ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Men honor property above all else; it has the greatest ...read more

Tags: Property

Truth Is The Secret Of Eloquence And Of Virtue, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Truth is the secret of eloquence and of virtue, the basis of moral authority; it is the ...read more

Tags: Truth

Next To God We Are Indebted To Women, First For ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Next to God we are indebted to women, first for life itself, and then ...read more

Tags: Women

God Is Ready To Assume Full Responsibility For ...

Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jan 4, 2010

“God is ready to assume full responsibility for the life wholly yielded ...read more

Tags: Sanctification

Denomination: Baptist

One Person Once Wrote: "For The Christian, Death ...

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Feb 27, 2012

One person once wrote: "For the Christian, death is not a period but a ...read more

Tags: Death

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Choose A Job You Love And You Will Never Have To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Choose a job you love and you will never have to work ...read more

Tags: Workplace

When You Get To The Well Of Prosperity Ordained ...

Contributed by Bode Ayodele on Sep 5, 2007

When you get to the well of prosperity ordained for your life ...read more

Denomination: Pentecostal

Ordinary People

Contributed by Mark Hiehle on Feb 6, 2008

God uses ordinary people and He calls them in the midst of the ...read more

Denomination: Nazarene