OUR EYES LOOK FORWARD Our eyes are placed in front because it is more important to look ahead than back. Submitted Michael W. Malone.
Sermon Illustrations
DOING WHAT YOU SAY People may doubt what you say, but they will believe what you do. Submitted Michael W. Malone.
WHEN TO CLOSE YOUR MOUTH There are two times you should keep your mouth shut -- when swimming and when angry. Submitted Michael W. Malone.
LIVING IS WORTH DYING FOR The only thing worth dying for is living. Submitted Michael W. Malone.
SUCCESSFUL ADVICE The best way to be successful is to follow advice you give others. Submitted Michael W. Malone.
HE CARES FOR YOU A construction crew was building a new road through a rural area. The crew was knocking down trees as it went along. The superintendent noticed that one tree had a bird's…
THE HIGHER WE RISE Our spirituality can be compared to an airplane ride -- the higher we rise, the smaller things on earth become. From The Bible Friend, October, 1978
WHAT REALLY COUNTS Colin Morris former president of the United Church in Zambia who now serves as pastor of City Temple in London tells how God opened his eyes in a moment of truth. He…
UNGRATEFUL BIPED In Notes from Underground, Dostoevsky says of man, "If he is not stupid, he is monstrously ungrateful! Phenomenally ungrateful. In fact, I believe that the best definition of man is: the ungrateful biped."…
THANKSGIVING CONSPIRACY Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not a coincidence. -- Erma Bombeck
LIFE IS A GIFT The key to contentment is to realize life is a gift -- not a right. Source unknown
COMPUTERIZED BLESSINGS Then there was the man who said, "I mix religion with science. I count my blessings on a computer!"
TIME TO APPRECIATE One woman prayed, "Dear Jesus, please teach me to appreciate what I have before time forces me to appreciate what I had." From Michael Jackson, Willmar, Minnesota
THANKSGIVING DAY HISTORY Thanksgiving observances have been around ever since men and women have felt a need to give thanks. In America, the formal observance originated with the Plymouth colonists upon their arrival at the…
THE FIRST THANKSGIVING On June 20, 1676, the governing council of Charlestown, Massachusetts, held a meeting to determine how best to express thanks for the good fortune that had allowed their community to become securely…
PERSPECTIVE ON LIFE We need to have the traveler's perspective on life. We are using things in this world -- our bodies, jobs, houses, etc. -- like we use a hotel room. We use the…
MEASURE OF GIVING God can give Himself to us only in the measure in which we give ourselves to him. Source unknown
SOURCE OF RICHES A man is rich according to what he is, not what he has. -- Henry Ward Beecher
WHERE THERE IS Where there is doubt: faith, where there is despair: hope, where there is darkness: light and where there is sadness: joy. -- St. Francis of Assisi
FORCED THANKSGIVING The family received a Thanksgiving Day card with a painting of a Pilgrim family as they were walking toward the church. The mother was showing her children the nice card and explained that…
