In Sermon Illustrations: "Value Of Life"

Don't Expect To Enjoy Life If You Keep Your Milk ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Don't expect to enjoy life if you keep your milk of human ...read more

Tags: Christian Love

Oh, Would I Were A Boy Again, When Life Seemed ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Oh, would I were a boy again, When life seemed formed of sunny years And all the heart knew then of ...read more

Tags: Children

Its A Funny Thing You Work All Your Life Toward ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Its a funny thing you work all your life toward a certain goal and them ...read more

Tags: Goals

If You're Bored With Life You Don't Get Up ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

If you're bored with life you don't get up every morning with a burning desire to do ...read more

Tags: Goals

If I Had My Life To Live Again, I'd Make The ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If I had my life to live again, I'd make the same ...read more

Tags: Mistakes

Don't Let Life Discourage You; Everyone Who Got ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Don't let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had ...read more

Tags: Emotions

I Have Wandered All My Life, And I Have Also ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I have wandered all my life, and I have also traveled; the diference between the two being this, that we wander for ...read more

Tags: Enjoyment

If I Had My Life To Live Over, I Would Try To ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If I had my life to live over, I would try to make more mistakes. I would relax. I would climb more mountains and swim more rivers. I would pick more daisies. I ...read more

Tags: Disciplines Silence

As I Go Along Through Life, I See More And More ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"As I go along through life, I see more and more that honesty in word, thought and work means success. It spells a life ...read more

Tags: Workplace Success

63 Year-Old Man Went To School His Whole Life But ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 30, 2009

63 year-old Man Went to School His Whole Life but Never Worked Richard DeHaan shares this illustration: "I read about a man in New York City who died at the age of 63 without ever having had a job. He spent his entire adult life in college. He had acquired so many academic degrees that they looked ...read more

Scripture: James 1:22-25

Tags: Learning

Annie Dillard: "I Had Been My Whole Life A Bell, ...

Contributed by Tim Hinrichs on Apr 26, 2012

Annie Dillard: "I had been my whole life a bell, and did not realize it ...read more

Tags: Gifts General

Denomination: Lutheran

I Don't Believe In An After Life, Although I Am ...

Contributed by Deborah Guptill on Jun 19, 2007

I don’t believe in an after life, although I am bringing a change of ...read more

Tags: Death

Denomination: Wesleyan

Ever Had A Time When You Felt All Alone In Life, ...

Contributed by Don Hawks on Jun 26, 2007

Ever had a time when you felt all alone in life, didn’t know which way to turn? Do you ever have a point in your life where you felt so overwhelmed and frustrated that you just didn’t know what to do? You might be like a guy who went alone on a vacation up in the mountains and he was walking ...read more

Denomination: Methodist

Kurt Cobain Ended His Life About 13 Years Ago ...

Contributed by Paul Carlson on Feb 16, 2009

Kurt Cobain ended his life about 13 years ago (4/1994); filled with bitterness and anger. He was the founder and lead singer of the group "Nirvana." His violent suicide prompted a lot of questions. "Why? He had it all a great career, dedicated fans, plenty of money, a beautiful wife and a 19 month ...read more

Tags: Sin Bondage To

Denomination: Baptist

Unsung Heroes-These Men Of Damascus Saved Saul’s Life!

Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Oct 22, 2021

Text, Acts 9:23-25, KJV: 23 And after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to kill him: 24 But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him. 25 Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall in a basket. Thoughts: ...read more

Scripture: Acts 9:23-25, 2 Corinthians 11:32-33

Tags: Persecution, Saul Of Tarsus, Unsung Heroes

Denomination: Baptist

Your Light And Life Can Make A Difference - Teddy Stallard Story

Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on Nov 19, 2025

Miss Thompson taught Teddy Stallard in the fourth grade. He was A slow, ... unkempt student, ... a loner ...shunned by his classmates. The previous year his mother died, ... and what little motivation for school ... he may have once had ...was now gone. Miss Thompson ... did not particularly ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 25:1-13

Tags: Oil, Mother, Light, Lamp

Denomination: Anglican

Moses Wrote,

Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Apr 16, 2009

Moses wrote, “…The man and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame.” (Genesis 2:25) A Biblical marriage destroys thoughts of self-consciousness, they defeat shame, there is no fear of ridicule, no hang-ups, they can choose to avoid embarrassments and with Christ leading the marriage ...read more

Tags: Marriage Commitment, Marriage Intimacy

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

We Need To Look At Storms And Painful Scenarios ...  PRO

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Oct 1, 2002

We need to look at storms and painful scenarios in a different light. Possibly God’s light? Wirt helps us to see through a difference lens in his book Jesus Man of Joy.Sherwood Wirt has this to say about the positive side of pain: Pain does have this positive value. It will bring to halt our ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life, God In The Hardships

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

It¡¦s So Easy To Criticize What Others Are Doing. ...  PRO

Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Aug 20, 2001

It¡¦s so easy to criticize what others are doing. If you look diligently enough you can find something wrong with everything. A farmer¡¦s neighbor was so negative, criticizing everything and anything. The farmer bought a new plow, the neighbor said it would rust soon. The farmer remarked how it ...read more

Tags: Friend, Hardship Of Life

Denomination: United Methodist

God Is More Concerned With Our Character Than ...  PRO

Contributed by James Kelley on Feb 11, 2002

God is more concerned with our character ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life, Character

Denomination: Baptist