based on 10 ratings
| 3,415 views
IT IS WELL
“H. G. Spafford was a businessman in Chicago. He was a dedicated Christian. [There were times in his life when the wisdom he followed was earthly, unspiritual, and subject to the enemy’s schemes]. He had some serious financial reversals, and during the time of readjustment, he lost
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
United Methodist
Contributed by Joe Bertone on Aug 1, 2012
based on 2 ratings
| 6,646 views
WELL DONE
One mentally challenged young man I heard said, “In this life God places us in His oven. In here it is hot and it hurts. No one likes being in the oven but when life is over, and the bell dings, God takes
...read more
Scripture:
Tags:
Denomination:
Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by David Selleck on Oct 26, 2006
In Mike’s book he tells the story of Carl.
It was little league and Carl was at bat. It was the last inning, two outs the bases were loaded, and depending on how Carl did, it would decide the winner and the loser of the game...!
Carl came from a large family and they were there the mother and
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Methodist
DYING WELL
Willimon states this, "Despite the quest for wellness, risk-assessment analysis, and good works of Ralph Nader, nobody has created a way to make life last forever. You and I will die. So we might as well get on
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Perry Greene on Oct 1, 2012
based on 4 ratings
| 2,284 views
WELL SAID
A woman, who was a terrible cook, gave a preacher a pie to take home to his family. After tasting the pie, they simply threw the rest in the trash, unable to eat it.
The next Sunday, the woman asked the preacher, "How did you like my
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Daniel Becker on Sep 15, 2001
based on 68 ratings
| 3,746 views
“It is the duty of nations as well as of men to own their dependence upon the overruling power of God; to confess their sins and transgressions in humble sorrow, yet with assured hope that genuine repentance will lead to mercy and pardon; and to recognize the sublime truth, announced in the Holy
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Presbyterian/Reformed
based on 3 ratings
| 4,087 views
It Is Well With My Soul
When peace, like a river, attendeth my way,
When sorrows like sea billows roll;
Whatever my lot, Thou has taught me to say,
It is well, it is well, with my soul.
Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come,
Let this blest assurance control,
That Christ has
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
*other
Contributed by Thomas Cash on Mar 1, 2010
based on 4 ratings
| 2,304 views
IT IS WELL WITH MY SOUL
Horatio Gates Spafford, a 43-year-old Chicago Businessman, suffered financial disaster in the great Chicago fire of 1871. He and his wife were still grieving over the death of their son shortly before the fire, and he realized they needed to get away for a vacation. Knowing
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Jul 14, 2010
LOOKING WELL AHEAD
I once did this driving course called an anti-skid driving course. One of the really valuable learnings that I got out of it was that when you drive, you should drive with your eyes looking well ahead maybe a couple of hundred metres ahead, not on the car just in front of you,
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Salvation Army
Contributed by Gordon Curley on Mar 6, 2011
based on 1 rating
| 1,919 views
VOTE TO GET WELL
Mrs Fisher, the primary school teacher, was at home recovering from surgery. She heard the letter box bang on the door, then her husband entered the room bringing in the post. One of the letters was a get well card from her 2nd year class
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Brethren
WORSHIP AND THE WOMAN AT THE WELL
The Nelson Study Bible states:
"By mentioning the two different worship sites, the woman was perhaps trying to shift the conversation away from the subject of her own sins to theological questions. Or perhaps she realized that she was a sinner (v. 18), and knew
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Lonnie Erwin on Oct 12, 2007
Illustration: Benjamin Franklin once said :
By their fruits ye shall know them.
-- Matthew 7:20
Well done is better than well said.
-- As quoted in Bob Phillips, Phillips’ Book of Great Thoughts &
...read more
Denomination:
Baptist
Sermon Central