A man sought advice from a marriage counselor. He said to him, “I hate my wife. She is making my life miserable. I want a divorce and, more than that, I want to make things…
Sermon Illustrations
“Therefore, you are to be perfect, as your Heavenly Father is perfect” (Matthew 5:49). The story is told of a chance meeting between two men who had been college classmates. They went to a nearby…
“…the only man who could reach perfection would be someone who never said anything wrong — he would be able to control every part of himself” (James 3:2). For many years Alice had been a…
“He had made the water wine” (John 4:46). Asked to name her favorite Bible story, little six-year-old Juliet said it was the story of Jesus changing water into wine at the marriage feast in Cana.…
“There is a season for everything...a time for planting, a time for uprooting what has planted” (Ecclesiastes 3:1,2) The late Clarence W. Cranford often told the story of a wife’s correspondence with her husband who…
“My dear people, we are already the children of God” (I John 3:2). It has been said that we live in a time that holds the happiness of the individual paramount. That is to say,…
”Woman, you have great faith! Your wish will come to pass” (Matthew 15:28). A New Jersey-based priest tells of a beautiful scene he once witnessed while driving along a busy thruway: I was driving along…
“To love is to live according to His commandments: this is the commandment which you have heard since the beginning, to live a life of love” (2 John 1:6). Love is not just looking at…
“For the mouth speaks out of that which fills the heart” (Matthew 12:34). Several days after undergoing major surgery, the patient’s stitches had to be removed. He recalls that he felt a little squeamish about…
In a light-hearted play called “The Curious Savage,” one of the characters, named “Fairy May,” is feeling mighty low because, as she says, “No one has said they love me this live-long day.” To which…
“For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son ” (John 3:16) It is no secret what God can do. What He’s done for others, He can do for you. There is…
The Apostle Paul’s great hymn of love in First Corinthians is a description of Christian love, for it is a description of Jesus Christ. It begins, “Love is patient and kind, love is not jealous…
“We love because He first loved us” (I Jn. 4:19). This has been called the most radical thought that has ever entered the mind of man. When you look around and see all the people…
“You are God’s chosen race, His saints; He loves you, and you should be clothed in sincere compassion, in kindness and humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with one another, forgive each other as soon as…
“The day dawns and the morning star arises in your hearts” (II Peter 1:10). We rejoice in these words of “Love” by Robert G. Ingersoll: Love is the Morning and the Evening Star. It shines…
“... a time for embracing” (Ecclesiatses 3:5). In a book called “Ragman and other Cries of Faith,” a pastor tells the story of the final illness of a parishioner named Joselyn. He says that during…
“The bearer of gossip lets out secrets; have nothing to do with chatterers” (Proverbs 20:19). When a Jack and Jill or Bill and Margie fall in love, sooner or later some gossipers are bound to…
“My dear people, since God has loved us so much, we too should love one another” (I John 4:11). In a book called “The Grand Essentials,” the author says... I believe that when life has…
“And the child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom, and the favor of God was upon Him.” (Luke 2:40). A wise old woman, who had little formal education, taught her granddaughter to memorize this…
“He has given us of His Spirit” (I John 4:13). These lines have been adapted from a poem by a Mexican mystic: Alone we are only a spark, but in the Spirit of Love we…