WHY TAKE IT WITH YOU? Determined to "take it all with him" when he died, a very wealthy man prayed until finally the Lord gave in to his prayer request. There was one condition: He…
Sermon Illustrations
STANDARD OR QUALITY Standard of living is not the same as quality of life. Gary K. Odle, First Baptist Church of Falun, Falun, Wisconsin
MONEY SAYS GOOD-BYE While the husband is balancing the checkbook, he turns to his wife and says, "You know the old saying 'money talks'? Well, ours just said, 'So long!'" Polston in McCall's
ALL WE NEED We really only need five things on this earth. Some food, some sun, some work, some fun, and someone.
CHILDREN START WITH LABOR A mother was considering her plight in life: I guess if it was going to be easy, it would not have started with something the doctor called "labor."
IT CAN BE DONE The man who misses all the fun Is he who says, "It can't be done." In solemn pride he stands aloof And greets each venture with reproof. Had he the power…
MORE OF THE SAME If you always do what you always did, you'll always get what you always got. Source unknown
THE WAY THE GOLDEN RULE WORKS As a young boy in elementary school, I had a rubber knife -- this was before the days of plastic. This knife was a dagger type of knife with…
Eighty-five percent of those who come to Christ can point to someone who has been praying for them.
Prayer is the soul of a man stirred to plead with God for men." E. M. Bounds
"Prayer is a lifelong school." David Bruce+
"If you stop praying for me, my lips will turn to clay." Billy Graham+
PURPOSE FOR MUSCLES One night on the "Merv Griffin Show", Merv interviewed some body builders. Merv was standing there, looking at these guys who had muscles on their muscles, and he asked a powerful question:…
WEALTHY POOR MAN EPHESIANS 1:3 The man who had lived a life of drunkenness on skid-row for many years in Chicago came to the mission that night. He heard the message, ate the meal and…
FARADAY'S ASSURANCE As Michael Faraday, scientific genius of his day, was nearing the end of his life, a friend asked, "What are your speculations now?" "Speculations?" Faraday replied in astonishment. "I have none. I know…
SAVED OR LOST A businessman got really upset when his wife came home from church and said, "I was saved tonight." The husband protested, "Don't say that to me! It's all right with me if…
PRAYER CONQUERS GOD'S HEART Prayer is the only thing that "conquers" God. But Christ has willed that prayer never be used for evil. All the power He has conferred on prayer is for the cause…
MR S. POTATO HEAD A woman was in a grocery store parking lot waiting in the car for the person she had come with to make some purchases. She saw an elderly woman in another…
SUN OR MOON The teacher asked his class: "Which is more important to us --the moon or the sun?" One of the students answered, "The moon." The teacher asked why the moon was more important…
HEMINGWAY'S POSSESSIONS A New Year tradition practiced by Ernest Hemingway was to give away an item of value. His reasoning was simple: If he could give it away, then he owned it; if he could…
