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Bobby Earls • Illustration • • 11 views • unknown
Leave Judging to the Judge Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the counsels of the hearts. 1 Corinthians 4:5a Recommended Reading Matthew 7:1-6 In a 1993 Christianity Today article (April 5, p. 17), Stephen…
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An atheist organization is blasting the U.S. Postal Service for its plan to honor Mother Teresa with a commemorative stamp, saying it violates postal regulations against honoring "individuals whose principal achievements are associated with religious undertakings." The Freedom from Religion Foundation…
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November 25, 2002 Bonnie entered our lives like a whirlwind. Gary, a friend of Ryan, my oldest son, moved in with us in the winter of 1997. A Brit by birth he spoke with an English accent and a sparkle in his eyes. But that sparkle glistened when he spoke of Bonnie. Finally, we met her. What a smile!…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 1,107 views
GRATITUDE/THANKSGIVING Gratitude springs out of our faith. We can only be grateful when we know that we do not deserve our blessings and we did not create them. And to some degree, gratitude is a suspension of cynicism—a faith in the person doing the good deed. As gratitude relates to our relationship…
John Leffler • Illustration • • 2,124 views
Dan Rather, CBS anchor, once asked Mother Teresa what she said during her prayers. She answered, "I listen." So Rather turned the question and asked, "Well then, what does God say?" To that Mother Teresa smiled with confidence and answered, "He listens." Source: Sermon Central Newsletter, Source: Just…
Jarred Edgecombe • Illustration • • 746 views
Jesus has a very special love for you. [But] as for me- The silence and the emptiness is so great that I look and do not see,-Listen and do not hear. -MOTHER TERESA TO THE REV. MICHAEL VAN DER PEET, SEPTEMBER 1979 Her Agony BY DAVID VAN BIEMA TIME September 3.2007 ON December 11, 1979, MOTHER Teresa,…
John Leffler • Illustration • • 20 views
Dan Rather, CBS anchor, once asked Mother Teresa what she said during her prayers. She answered, "I listen." So Rather turned the question and asked, "Well then, what does God say?" To that Mother Teresa smiled with confidence and answered, "He listens." Source: Sermon Central Newsletter \ Source: Just…
Jeff Brown • Illustration • • 6 views
The Virgin Bride 6 Then I heard what seemed to be the voice of a great multitude, like the roar of many waters and like the sound of mighty peals of thunder, crying out, “Hallelujah! For the Lord our God, the Almighty reigns. 7 Let us rejoice and exult and give him the glory, for the marriage of the…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 67 views
MOTHERS None of us could put a value on what our mother has taught us or for the nurture that she's provided for us. But Salary.com recently rated her monetary worth based upon the top ten jobs in a stay-a-home-Mom's job description. They valued her contribution to the family to be $134,121.00 annually.…
Jerrie W. Barber • Illustration • • 2 views
“I know God will not give me anything I can’t handle. Sometimes, I just wish He didn’t trust me so much.” – Mother Teresa Nashville Tennessean
Phillip Rector • Illustration • • 3 views
Mother Teresa once said, "We need to find God, and He can't be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature — trees, flowers, grass — grows in silence; see the stars, the moon, and the sun, see how they move in silence. We need silence to be able to touch souls."
Dr Tim Ford • Illustration • • 6 views
See speech by Mother Teresa before Bill Clinton in C Swindoll, Paul p283.
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 27 views
GIVING Officials at the Louisiana Baptist Convention are used to receiving donations, but a recent gift was unexpected and extraordinary. A group of twenty men from the Island of Sumatra sent a gift of $854 to help those hit hard by Hurricane Katrina. The men experienced the tragedy of natural disaster…
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The promise of love. The immediate setting of the command is important; Jesus is about to leave the disciples. (John 13.31-35) Here is the consolation for a community soon to be bereft of the tangible presence of its Lord - loving each other, in reflection of his love for them. 'No one has ever seen…
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POWER WORDS # 5: KINDNESS When business consultant Peter Drucker wrote that "manners are the lubricant of an organization," he was talking about KINDNESS. When best selling author Og Mandino declared that "a smile remains the most inexpensive gift I can bestow on anyone," he was talking about KINDNESS.…
Clay Spencer • Illustration • • 63 views
Getting Your Life Back Books: The Imitation of Christ, Thomas a Kempis The Ladder of Divine Ascent by John climacus Interior Castle by Teresa of Avila The Ascent of Mount Carmel by John of the Cross Spiritual formation is rooted in the virtues. Choosing virtue is choosing to submit our will to God and…
Kevin Owsley • Illustration • • 8 views
REFLECTIONS Classic and contemporary excerpts. | WEPLACEPI GIVE . /WE A CALL NEXT YEAR' | Nomads on the Jericho Road God does not want Christians to be nomads, hermits, or recluses. ... In the light of this truth it might be good if we gave up singing one of the old spirituals: On the Jericho Road,…
Kevin Owsley • Illustration • • 7 views
For Your Sermon Illustration File Illustrations for Preaching by Clyde W. Chesnutt* Much of the following material is copyrighted and is presented here for oral communication only. Permission for reprinting must be secured from the publisher of the periodical from which the illustration is excerpted.…
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17 Reasons to Keep Your Morale Up When Numbers Are Down One of the biggest emotional struggles in ministry through the years has involved numbers. If our attendance averages year-to-date were higher than the previous year’s, we feel encouraged. But if they slipped below the previous year’s levels, a…
Kevin Owsley • Illustration • • 20 views
parables, etc. ". . . he did not speak to them without a parable" Jesus Mark 4:34 RS.V. — a monthly resource letter for pastors/teachers/speakers Volume 7, Number 3 May / 1987 SACRIFICE The Anacostia section of Washington, D.C. sits on a bluff overlooking the capital city. Just across the river from…
Kevin Owsley • Illustration • • 12 views
IF-SBS' the pastor's story file a resource file for pastors/teachers/speakers THEME: Joy / Happiness / Unhappiness Number 27 (Volume 3, Number 3) — January / 1987 SCATTERED JOY AT PLEASANT INNS ALONG THE WAY The settled happiness and security which we all desire, God withholds from us by the very nature…
Kevin Owsley • Illustration • • 46 views
parables, etc. ".. . he did not speak to them without a parable" Jesus Mark 4:34 R.S.V. monthly resource letter for pastors/teachers/speakers Volume 6, Number 3 May / 1986 HOPE Several years ago a school teacher assigned to visit children in a large city hospital received a routine call requesting that…