POOR WITHOUT DREAMS A poor person is not one with no money, but one with no dream.
Sermon Illustrations
INSULTS ARE NOT FREE If we come to view ourselves as working for an external reward, we will no longer find the activity worth doing in its own right.There is an old joke that illustrates…
THE MISER OF MARSEILLES There is a legend about how, years ago, there was an old man who used to walk the streets of that seaport town whom they called "The Miser of Marseilles." He…
O.J. SIMPSON AND THE GREENER GRASS I sit in my house and sometimes I get so lonely it's unbelievable life has been so good to me. I've got a great wife, good kids, money, my…
BUILDING THE TOWER It is true, according to scripture, that a person is to count the cost in order to build a tower. It is also true that if you do not pay the cost,…
GETTING ALL THE VOTES Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich by promising to protect each from the other. -- Oscar Ameringer
PETER PAYS PAUL A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul. -- George Bernard Shaw
TWO ROADS TO WEALTH Choose your journey; there are two roads to wealth. One road requires an increase in your level of money and possessions. The other road simply requires a decrease in your level…
WHO HAS WHAT The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little. --…
UNCONDITIONAL WORTH When we are born into an earthly family, we are given a name, all the provisions of food, clothing, and shelter to sustain us, and perhaps we are even made the beneficiaries of…
NO CUT CONTRACT Whether you are a sports nut or a sports not, I'd like to present you with the outrageous case of Danny Manning. Danny is a fine young man with two bum knees…
NO EAT, NO PAY There was a little boy with a quarter to give during a Sunday offering. This Sunday, however, happened to be communion Sunday and as the elements were being passed, the boy's…
LOOKING IN ALL THE WRONG PLACES A story from the Middle East tells of a king who was very wealthy by worldly standards. But this material wealth was not enough; he earnestly desired spiritual wealth…
SEAT BELTS & DRIVER'S LICENSES A car headed out of Calgary was stopped by a Canadian Mountie. He told the driver: "Congratulations, you have just won a $100 prize for the 100th car passing through…
A NEGATIVE VIEW OF SOCIALISM The urge to distribute wealth equally, and still more the belief that it can be brought about by political action, is the most dangerous of all popular emotions. It is…
GAMBLING GROWTH Gaming is such a pleasant name for gambling. But regardless of what it is called, it's a boon to the economy! And here is yet more proof: A few years ago, prior to…
HEART TREASURES Some say, dedicate the heart and the money will follow; but our Lord put it the other way around. "Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also." If your treasure is…
THOSE PRETTY PICTURES An old woman was living in Scotland in the most abject poverty. She had never had the advantage of education and had never traveled outside the borders of her own little township.…
LOTTERY WINNERS IN TROUBLE After winning the big prize in their state lottery, a young couple suddenly found they had more money than they knew what to do with -- $300,000 a year... In their…
ONE MORE WORD A young soldier, serving overseas, was writing a letter to his fiancee. He had written only a few lines when he decided to express his great love for her more emphatically. "I'll…
