SHORT SHOT ON ACCOMPLISHMENTS What struggling, and scratching, and shifting, and lying, and cheating is practiced every day by mammon worshipers in their eagerness to make money. What a comparison between the successful and the…
Sermon Illustrations
WHO ASKS FOR MONEY? Sometimes you hear people say, "The church is always asking for money." That statement is profoundly untrue. It is the world which is always asking for money, not the church. When…
CHANGING MODELS A doctor is talking to his car mechanic, "Do you realize that your hourly rate is over twice what we get paid for medical care?" "Yeah, but think of it this way, Doc;…
Excuses | Gratitude | Greed | Identity | Money | Perspective | Promises | Rewards | Success | Thanks
THANK EVERYONE A man who had lost everything at the gaming tables in Las Vegas begged a dime from another patron to use the men's room whose stall cost ten cents to use. But when…
COST OF A UNIVERSITY A lady in a faded gingham dress and old overcoat and her husband, wearing a simple, homespun, threadbare wool suit, stepped off the train in Boston one winter's day and timidly…
HOE, HOE, HOE FOR DOUGH A homeless man approached a deacon of a church and asked, "Could you spare a few dollars? I'm hungry and need to buy food for my family." The deacon thought…
TIPS FOR TIPS A police officer had a perfect hiding place for watching for speeders. But one day, everyone was driving under the speed limit. After a few inquisitive minutes, the officer found the problem.…
PERCEPTIONS ON MONEY When it comes to money, there is no way to win. When you pursue it, you are seen as materialistic. If you don't get it, you are seen as a loser. If…
POSSESSIONS & TREASURES You possess a job . . . you treasure your family. You possess a house . . . you treasure your home. You possess a bank account . . . You treasure…
And then there are those things that we will NEVER understand. Things like these Okay, who stopped payment on my reality check? Source Unknown
THINGS YOU NEVER HEAR IN CHURCH 1. Hey! It's my turn to sin in the front pew. 2. I was so enthralled, I never noticed that your sermon was twenty minutes longer than usual. 3.…
DO IT YOURSELF TAXES Doing your own taxes is really just like a do-it-yourself mugging. From Charles Lowery
MARRIAGE & SPENDING A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend. A successful woman is one who can find such a man.
MISSING THE CIRCUS Once when I was a teenager, my father and I were standing in line to buy tickets for the circus. Finally, there was only one family between us and the ticket counter.…
OVER-GENDER-ALIZED PURCHASES A man will pay $2 for a $1 item he needs. A woman will pay $1 for a $2 item that she doesn't need.
WHY MEN ARE GLAD THEY ARE MEN Phone conversations are over in thirty seconds flat. You know stuff about military tanks. A five-day vacation requires only one suitcase. You can open all your own jars.…
I WANT TO BE SIX YEARS OLD To Whom It May Concern, I hereby officially tender my resignation as an adult. I have decided I would like to accept the responsibilities of a six-year-old again.…
BILL OF NO RIGHTS The following was written by State Representative Mitchell Kaye from Cobb County, Georgia: We, the sensible people of the United States, in an attempt to help everyone get along, restore some…
TODAY I woke up early today, excited over all I get to do before the clock strikes midnight. I have responsibilities to fulfill today. I am important. My job is to choose what kind of…
A CHALLENGE TO GOD A cartoon appeared in a New York City newspaper picturing the Titanic leaving port. The ship was renamed "The United States Economy. The caption above it read: "Not even God can…
