IRONY Millions long for immortality who do not know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon. Susan Ertz, Bits & Pieces
Sermon Illustrations
EXHILIRATION is that feeling you get just after a great idea hits you, and before you realize what's wrong with it.
TROUBLE The cynic says: "Don't bother telling people your troubles. Half of them don't care, and the other half figure you probably had it coming."
WISE The best substitute for being wise is being sixteen.
CHURCH MEMBERS Church members are like automobiles . . . they start missing before they quit.
GIVING You can give without loving, but you can't love without giving.
SAVED God did not save you to be a sensation; He saved you to be a servant.
COLLEGE EDUCATION Sending a youngster to college these days is very educational. It teaches parents how to do without a lot of things.
MOTIVATION TO PUSH US The Lord gives us friends to push us to our potential -- and enemies to push us beyond it. Jim Vorsas, Saratoga
ADVICE He who builds according to every man's advice will have a crooked house. Danish proverb, Reader's Digest
HOW BAD WAS IT? A woman described a nerve- racking ordeal: "It was like being trapped for four hours in a stuck elevator with a team of Jehovah's Witnesses." From Campbell's Notebook, Vol. V, No.…
UNDERSTAND HOW IT REALLY WORKS The biggest mistake you can make is to believe that you are working for someone else.
CLEAR CONSCIENCE It's easy enough to have a clear conscience-all it takes is a fuzzy memory.
PERSPECTIVE WITH KIDS Don't be annoyed when your children ask impossible questions. Be proud that they think you know the answers.
BLESSINGS One discouraged salesman to another: "What I need is a blessing that ISN'T in disquise."
MATURITY is the ability to do a job whether or not you are supervised, to carry money without spending it and to bear an injustice without wanting to get even. Ann Landers
IF YOU WANT TO PERSUADE You cannot antagonize and persuade at the same time.
GOING UP TOGETHER You can't help a man uphill without getting closer to the top yourself.
WISDOM is the intelligence that keeps you from getting into situations that require -- wisdom. Funny, Funny World
HOME is the place where you can say whatever you want to. No one will be listening to you anyway. On The Upbeat