Sermon Illustration Library

Encouragement

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• Best Worker I Ever Hired
  • Date Added: March 1, 2006
  • Excerpt: I try not to be biased, but I had my doubts about hiring Stevie. His placement counselor assured me that…
• Choices
  • Date Added: April 5, 2006
  • Excerpt: John is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is always in a good mood and always has something positive…
• Honest Beggar
  • Date Added: February 5, 2008
  • Excerpt: Willis and Margaret sauntered down the streets of Baguio, enjoying a short reprieve from the intense…
• How do you treat others?
  • Date Added: March 14, 2006
  • Excerpt: During my second month of college, our professor gave us a pop quiz. I was a conscientious student and…
• Inasmuch
  • Date Added: March 9, 2006
  • Excerpt: Ruth went to her mailbox and there was only one letter. She picked it up and looked at it before opening…
• Night Watch
  • Date Added: March 1, 2006
  • Excerpt: A nurse took the tired, anxious serviceman to the bedside. "Your son is here," she said to the old man.…
• On Happiness
  • Date Added: March 9, 2007
  • Excerpt: Do the math: count your blessings. Laugh every day, it's like inner jogging.…
• Qualification
  • Date Added: March 7, 2006
  • Excerpt: God doesn't call the qualified; He qualifies the called.…
• The Master's Card
  • Date Added: February 27, 2006
  • Excerpt: Total Love and Acceptance Purchased with This Card This Master Card will get you all the love you could…
• The Masters Vessel
  • Date Added: May 10, 2006
  • Excerpt: The Master was searching for a vessel to use. On the shelf there were many, which one would he choose…
• The Teacup
  • Date Added: April 5, 2006
  • Excerpt: There was a couple who used to go England to shop in a beautiful antique store. This trip was to celebrate…
• The Trip Was Worth It
  • Date Added: January 12, 2007
  • Excerpt: A boy, just about to enter his teens, sat contentedly in the coach of a train traveling through the dry…
• True Promise
  • Date Added: March 31, 2006
  • Excerpt: "How long will you be poring over that newspaper? Will you come here right away and make your darling…
• What's Your Fragarence?
  • Date Added: June 20, 2006
  • Excerpt: What's your fragrance? And I'm not talking about Old Spice, or Secret deodorant -- strong-enough-for-a-man-but-made-for-a-woman…
• When the Wind Blows
  • Date Added: April 14, 2006
  • Excerpt: Years ago a farmer owned land along the Atlantic seacoast. He constantly advertised for hired hands.…
• When You Thought I Wasn't Looking
  • Date Added: July 25, 2007
  • Excerpt: When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you hang my first painting on the refrigerator, and I immediately…
• Who Packs Your Parachute?
  • Date Added: May 14, 2006
  • Excerpt: Charles Plumb was a US Navy jet pilot in Vietnam. After 75 combat missions, his plane was destroyed by…
• Who You Are Does Make a Difference
  • Date Added: February 27, 2006
  • Excerpt: A teacher in New York decided to honor each of her Seniors in high school by telling them the difference…

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