FREE CHEESE AND MOUSE TRAPS Are you looking for some free government handouts? There is always free cheese in a mouse trap, but you have never seen a happy mouse there.
Sermon Illustrations
MONEY SHOULD BE EARNED The darkest hour in the history of any young man is when he sits down to study how to get money without honestly earning it. By Horace Greeley
MINDING ONE'S OWN BUSINESS Here are a couple of reasons why some people do not mind their own business: They may not have minds and they may not have any business.
GETTING ALONG The only way to get along with some people, is to get along without them.
REPEATING GOSSIP We hate to repeat gossip, but what else can you do with it?
GRAINS OF WISDOM A wise woman puts a grain of sugar into everything she says to a man and takes a grain of salt with everything he says to her.
FINDING FRIENDS I set out to find a friend, but couldn't find one; I set out to be a friend, and friends were everywhere.
THE BEAUTY REMAINS The French painter Renoir (Ren - wah) continued his painting, even when he experienced excruciating pain from rheumatoid arthritis. When asked why he continued to torture himself in this way, his answer…
MULTIPLE MALADIES A little girl was riding along on her bike when she bumped her head on the low hanging branch of a tree. She runs into the house hollering, "Mom! Mom, Joey hurt me!"…
HONESTY OR HOSTILITY "Honesty" without compassion and understanding is not honesty, but subtle hostility. Rose N. Franzblau, M.D. in New York Post
EDUCATIONAL FAILURE There is no better education, than one's own failures. There is a true story about a project manager at IBM who lost the company ten million dollars. Dejectedly, he walked into the president's…
NAME YOUR BOSS The folks in the Cincinnati Zoo are giving workers a chance to celebrate Boss Day by likening their boss to an animal for a five dollar nomination fee. "It struck me one…
MIRROR MAGIC The royal palace in Tehran, Iran is breathtakingly beautiful! When one steps into the palace, that person is surrounded with millions of pieces of glittering, sparkling glass. It appears as if the domed…
A QUESTION FOR GOD "Sometimes I would like to ask God why he allows poverty, famine and injustice when he could do something about it. "Well -- why don't you ask him?" "Because I'm afraid…
MAINTAINING UNDEFEATED SEASONS In the game of life, it's a good idea to have a few early losses, which relieve you of the pressure of trying to maintain an undefeated season. Bill Vaughn
AN IRONIC FALL A story was recently reported about a woman who learned that her husband had been unfaithful to her. She was so upset about this that she decided to take her own life.…
HUNGER KILLS The worse earthquake in modern history killed 242,000 people in China in 1976. Hunger kills that many every seven days. Each year an estimated 13 - 18 million people die as a result…
AUTHENTIC MANHOOD God wants men to be free. Free to demonstrate toughness when a situation or relationship demands it. Free to display grit, strength, commitment, and decisiveness under the Holy Spirit's direction. God also wants…
HEALING SORROWS Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal. Thomas Moore
PASSION FOR GREATNESS Ancient Greek sculptors were in the habit of tearing the nails from their thumbs in order that they might detect with the quick of their flesh even a minute rough spot. If…
