... good, and if America ever ceases to be good, America will ... cease to be great!" Alexis de ...
2. A Little Privacy Please
Mark 6:30-56
Illustration
Charles Swindoll
... were the first activities to cease?" A: "The most complex activities ... : We would first of all cease to reproduce our ideas, and ...
3. A Touch of the Master's Hand
Luke 13:10-17
Illustration
... caroling angel sings. The music ceased and the auctioneer With a ...
4. Do Not Let Him Find You Sleeping
Luke 12:32-40; Mark 13:1-37
Illustration
Brett Blair
... 's own words: "Immediately I ceased weeping and began most earnestly ...
5. The Irresistible Influence Of The Holy Spirit
Acts 2:1-41
Illustration
James W. Moore
... more blunt, until it finally ceased to strike and gave up ...
6. True Communication
Acts 2:1-41
Illustration
Will Willimon
... therefore strongly urge you to cease such activity in the interest ...
7. The Messiah Is Among You
Matthew 10: 24-39
Illustration
William White
... tears. After the tears had ceased to flow and all was ...
8. Have Faith Anyway
Matthew 15:21-28
Illustration
David E. Leininger
... his family. Finally the stories ceased. His eyes dropped to the ...
9. A Time to Remember
John 6:16-24
Illustration
Brett Blair
... . Suddenly, he wrote, I had "ceased to feel mediocre, accidental and ...
10. I Shall Be Alive When You Are Gone
John 6:56-69
Illustration
W.B. Hinson
... shall be alive when you cease running toward the sea; and ...
11. But Not Yet
John 14:23-29
Illustration
David Zersen
... read, take and read." I ceased weeping, and immediately began to ...
12. Leave the Trouble in God's Hands
Luke 10:38-42
Illustration
... , and before the bells had ceased ringing, vanished.
13. Looking Past Oneself
Luke 16:1-15
Illustration
Maxie Dunnam
... . When silver is added, you cease to see others. You only ...
14. Dreaming to a New Future
Matthew 4:12-22
Illustration
Keith Wagner
... in society because it has ceased to dream. By leaving the ...
15. Lovejoy's Martyrdom
Illustration
Brett Blair & Paul Simon
... is meant that I should cease from my duty, I cannot ...
16. Rocks or Cathedrals: What Do You See?
John 1:43-51
Illustration
Jeffrey K. London
"A pile of rocks ceases to be a pile a ...
17. A Little Silver
Lk 12:13-21; 16:19-31
Illustration
Michael P. Green
... the silver added than you cease to see others, but you ...
18. The Larger Perspective
Illustration
Editor James S. Hewett
... be alive when you have ceased your running to the sea ...
19. The Freedom to Sing
Mark 10:17-31
Illustration
Gerry Pierse
... place. During all this, he ceased to sing. Then one day ... he realized that he had ceased to sing because of the ...
20. Building Moral Communities
Illustration
Georgia Anne Geyer
... America is good. If America ceases to be good, she will ...
21. Nothing More to Say
John 20:19-23
Illustration
A certain medieval monk announced he would be preaching next Sunday evening on "The Love of God." As the shadows fell and the light ceased to come in through the cathedral windows, the congregation gathered. In the darkness of the altar, the monk lighted a candle and carried it to the crucifix. First of all, he illumined the crown of thorns, next, the two wounded hands, then the marks of the spear wound. In the hush that fell, he blew out the candle and left the chancel. There was nothing else to say.
22. Misleading Questions
Luke 20:27-38
Illustration
Brett Blair
... since the institution of marriage ceases to exist with the advent ...
23. Life Shrinks
Illustration
John Killinger
... have accepted these views and ceased to challenge them, life shrinks ...
24. One Little Rose
Illustration
I would rather have one little rose from the garden of a friend Than have the choicest flowers when my stay on earth must end. I would rather have a pleasant word in kindness said to me Than flattery when my heart is still and life has ceased to be. I would rather have a loving smile from friends I know are true Than tears shed around my casket when the world I bid adieu. Bring me all your flowers today whether pink or white or red, I’d rather have one blossom now than a truckload when I’m dead.
25. Sheep Know Their Shepherd
John 10:11-18
Illustration
... to say that "it never ceased to amaze him, growing up ...
26. Rewards
Matthew 10:40-42
Illustration
Thomas a Kempis
... all labor and trouble will cease. Labor faithfully in My vineyard ...
27. The Life Is in the Seed
Matthew 13:1-23
Illustration
Leonard Sweet
... truth sank in, the opossum ceased his yelling and began to ...
28. A Day to Day Activity
Matthew 16: 21-28
Illustration
... this way: It has never ceased to amaze me that we ...
29. Breaking the Rules
Mark 1:40-45
Illustration
Charles Swindoll
... hand up signaling him to cease talking. Then, in these words ...
30. The Ride of Your Life
Mark 4:35-41
Illustration
Leonard Sweet
... still might be: "Shut up! Cease and desist. Down boys." The ...
31. 365 ‘Fear Nots’
John 6:1-21
Illustration
Donald B. Strobe
... fears, That bids our sorrows cease; Tis music in the sinner ...
32. Creeds and Deeds - Sermon Starter
Mark 7:1-23
Illustration
Brett Blair
... eat without washing. The Pharisees cease upon this ceremonial oversight and ...
33. The Senseless Rejection of Common Sense
Mark 10:1-12
Illustration
Brett Blair
It has never ceased to amaze me the senseless ...
34. God and Creation Are Always One
John 17:20-26
Illustration
Anthony Jewiss
... our cousin planet had actually ceased to exist several millions of ...
35. Christ Sets Us Free of All Chains
Luke 19:1-10
Illustration
King Duncan
... with his problem. The pain ceased and the ankle soon healed ...
36. Stop Speculating!
Luke 21:5-19; 1 Thess 3:11
Illustration
Gary L. Carver
... the Lord that they had ceased to do any work and ...
37. When the World Is Against You
Illustration
Staff
Athanasius, early bishop of Alexandria, stoutly opposed the teachings of Arius, who declared that Christ was not the eternal Son of God, but a subordinate being. Hounded through five exiles, he was finally summoned before emperor Theodosius, who demanded he cease his opposition to Arius. The emperor reproved him and asked, "Do you not realize that all the world is against you?" Athanasius quickly answered, "Then I am against the world."
38. Accepted in Heaven
Mt 21:33-46
Illustration
Brett Blair & Rick Thompson
... followed, 'I want you to cease making plans for yourself, and ...
39. The End of the Gladiator Games
Mark 7:24-37
Illustration
Robert Salzgeber
... say no, all gladiatorial games ceased.
40. Plutarch's Consolatory Letter to His Wife
Illustration
Editor James S. Hewett
... there danger that, if we cease to mourn, we shall forget ...
41. Praise and Thanksgiving
Illustration
Alice Williams Brotherton
Heap high the board with plenteous cheer And gather to the feast And toast the sturdy pilgrim band Whose courage never ceased. Give praise to that All-Gracious One By whom their steps were led; And thanks unto the harvest's Lord Who sends our daily bread. Note: Alice Williams Brotherton was an American author of poetry, essays, reviews, children's stories, and lyrics. Many of her poems were set to music in the United States and in England.
42. Getting Rid of the Rodent
Matthew 6:25-34
Illustration
Clovis G. Chappell
... thousand feet up. The gnawing ceased. The rat was dead. He ...
43. The Man of No Sorrows
Illustration
John Bishop
... gradually became more selfish. Sympathy ceased to exist; the very word ...
44. Illustrations for Lent Easter Old Testament Texts
Isaiah 42:10-17, Isaiah 42:18-25
Illustration
Jon L. Joyce
... toward our waywardness will eventually cease to overlook unatoned sin and ...
45. The Obligation to Love
1 Corinthians 13:1-13
Illustration
Cecil G. Osborne
... love, because when we cease loving, we cease being human. Ralph W ...
46. Good Fruit
Illustration
Michael P. Green
One year the peaches were especially abundant. The fruit was big and juicy, and it was one of the best crops in memory. While harvesting the crop, a picker noticed a limb that had fallen from a tree. Its fruit was rotten and shriveled. Because the limb was detached from the tree, it was no longer producing the good fruit that it should. The same is true of the Christian who ceases to abide in Christ—he ceases to produce good fruit.
47. Democracy in Action
Illustration
Adali E. Stevenson
... work of self-government never ceases.
48. FROM SOAP TO CERTAINTY
Illustration
John H. Krahn
... . With Jesus Christ, our lives cease being daily soap operas and ...
49. !!!
Illustration
John H. Krahn
... church is born. It had ceased to be an expectant enclave ...
50. An Invasion of Privacy
John 20:24-31, John 20:19-23
Illustration
William G. Carter
... to cause this practice to cease." When the pastor phoned to ...