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Suffering/Trials Sermon Illustrations
| Illustration Title | Illustration Author | |
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| A Song in the Heart | Our Daily Bread, Monday, May 23 | |
| A Touch of Wonder | Source unknown | |
| Afflictions Sanctified by the Word | Olney Hymns, William Cowper, from Cowper's Poems, Sheldon & Company, New York | |
| ALS Syndrome | James Dobson, New Man, October, 1994, p. 36 | |
| Annie Johnson Flint Song Writer | Our Daily Bread, March-May, 1996, p. for March 30 | |
| Answered Prayers | V. Raymond Edman, But God!, (Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids; 1962), p. 103 | |
| Are You Okay? | Reader's Digest, July, 1994, p. 64 | |
| Attention-Getter | Keith L. Brooks, Essential Themes, (Moody Press, Chicago; 1974), pp. 92-93 | |
| Be Not Terrified by Adversity | Minutes a Day, Vol. 24, Christopher Books, quoted in Bits & Pieces, March 2, 1995, pp. 14-16 | |
| Called to Suffer | Robert Murray McCheyne | |
| Choose God's Will | Oswald Chambers | |
| Counted Worthy | V. Raymond Edman, But God!, (Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids; 1962), p. 131 | |
| Cradles of Eminence | Holy Sweat, Tim Hansel, 1987, Word Books Publisher, p. 134 | |
| Deep Roots | Our Daily Bread | |
| Eagle's Nest | Today in the Word, June 11, 1989 | |
| Elizabeth Prentiss's Story | Tom White, "Living Testimonies," The Voice of the Martyrs, July, 1998, p. 2 | |
| Forgive Me When I Whine | Source unknown | |
| Four I Will's | Source unknown | |
| God Hath Not Promised | Source unknown | |
| Gold | Source unknown | |
| Good Timber | Douglas Malloch, quoted in Resource, Sept./Oct., 1992, p. 7 | |
| He Becomes the Light in the Darkness | Our Daily Bread, August 19, 1997 | |
| He Never Fails | Source unknown | |
| His Billows (Psalm 42:7) | - Annie Johnson FlintV. Raymond Edman, But God!, (Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids; 1962), p. 142 | |
| How American's Deal with Suffering | Gary Inrig, A Call to Excellence, (Victor Books, a division of SP Publ., Wheaton, Ill; 1985), p. 119 | |
| How Lucky Can I Be? | Today in the Word, March 19, 1995 | |
| How Satan Brings Sickness and Suffering | C. Peter Wagner, How to Have a Healing Ministry Without Making Your Church Sick!, (Regal Books, Ventura, CA; 1988), pp. 109-110 | |
| Hymn Writer, George Neumark | Our Daily Bread, Friday, May 8 | |
| In Ordinary Times We Get Along Suprisingly Well | Dorothy Sayers, Christian Letters to a Post-Christian World | |
| It Was Your House | Source unknown | |
| It's Better Higher Up | Our Daily Bread | |
| Lift Your Empty Hands to Me | Author unknown | |
| Many Unanswered Questions | Our Daily Bread, December 7 | |
| Missionary Going Through Great Trials | Oasis Books, Logan, Utah | |
| Morals of the Story | Source unknown | |
| My Web of Life | Source unknown | |
| No Scar? | From TOWARD JERUSALEM by Amy Carmichael. Used by permission of the publishers, Society for Promotion of Christian Knowledge, London | |
| Nontranscendent Religious Options | A. J. Conyers, The Eclipse of Heaven, (InterVarsity Press, Downers Grove, Illinois), p. 66 | |
| Oh Lord, Let Me Be a Potato | Guideposts | |
| Once I Heard a Song | H.G.B., Our Daily Bread, Friday, February 6 | |
| Out of the Darkness | Source unknown | |
| Pass Through the Fire | Tim Hansel, You Gotta Keep Dancin,' David C. Cook, 1985, p. 87 | |
| Passing Through | V. Raymond Edman, But God!, (Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids; 1962), p. 77 | |
| Peace Perfect Peace | Bishop E. H. Bickersteth | |
| Problems | Source unknown | |
| Quote | Quoted in Herlooms, quoted in Reflections, Christianity Today, June 16, 1997, p. 45 | |
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| Reasons for Human Suffering? | The Billy Graham Christian Worker's Handbook, (Minneapolis: World Wide Publ., 1984), pp. 223-225 | |
| Response to an Insurance Company | Source unknown | |
| Ruined Handkerchief | Today in the Word, May, 1989 | |
| Sakharov's Memoirs | Today in the Word, Moody Bible Institute, January, 1991, p. 34 | |
| Shaping the Stone | Our Daily Bread | |
| Sometimes the Struggle Is What We Need | Beth Landers | |
| Story of the Three Trees | Source unknown | |
| Suffering and Adversity | Source unknown | |
| Suffering for Christ | From the Book of 750 Bible and Gospel Studies, 1909, George W. Noble, Chicago | |
| Suffering Gets our Attention | Yancey, Where is God When it Hurts?, p. 58, | |
| Surgery Better than Retardation | Today in the Word, March 16, 1993 | |
| Thank God for Your Thorns | Our Daily Bread, Thursday, April 14 | |
| Thank You for My Hurting | Miracles of Courage, Monica Dickens, 1985 | |
| The Acid Test | Our Daily Bread, January 28, 1997 | |
| The Bells of Heaven | Focus on the Family, September, 1993, p. 3 | |
| The Father Knows Best | Source Unknown | |
| The Greatest Blessing | Our Daily Bread, Thursday, February 21 | |
| The Things God Has Planned | Source unknown | |
| The Vine and the Oak | Today in the Word, April, 1989, p. 17 | |
| The Wax Was Softened | Source unknown | |
| Things You Don't Want to Hear During Surgery | Source unknown | |
| Tribulation | From The Problem of Pain; used by permission of William Collins Sons and Co., Ltd. quoted in Daily Walk, May 16/17, 1992 | |
| Trust | Author unknown | |
| Unless You Repent You Shall Perish | Morning Glory, January 21, 1994 | |
| Until You Know the Whole Story | In the Eye of the Storm by Max Lucado, Word Publishing, 1991, pp. 144-147 | |
| Victor Frankl | Source unknown | |
| We Are Chosen | Wycliffe Handbook of Preaching & Preachers, W. Wiersbe, p. 223When William Sangster was told he was dying of progressive muscular atrophy, he made four resolutions and faithfully kept them: | |
| We are Not God's, We are Creatures | J. I. Packer, Hot Tub Religion, (Living Books, Tyndale House Publ., Inc., Wheaton, Ill; 1987), pp. 19-21 | |
| We Saw Your Smoke Signal | John Yates, Falls Church, Virginia, quoted in Leadership, Winter Quarter, 1992, p. 57 | |
| Weaving | Source unknown | |
| Welcome Cross | Olney Hymns, William Cowper, from Cowper's Poems, Sheldon & Company, New York | |
| What Became of the Twelve Disciples? | Source unknown | |
| What Problems and Determination Will Do | Source unknown | |
| Where Would You Be If You Could Read or Write | Bits and Pieces, June 24, 1993, p. 23 | |
| Why Me? | Dr. Dale Turner, quoted in MSC Health Action News, Vol. XVII, No. 11, Nov./Dec., 1997, p. 1 | |
| Why? | Today in the Word, April 18, 1992 | |
| Wounded Bird | Our Daily Bread | |
| You Need Not Fear | Source unknown | |
| A Happy Home Was Restored | Source Unknown | |
| Be Not Terrified by Adversity | Three Minutes a Day, Vol. 24, Christopher Books, quoted in Bits & Pieces, March 2, 1995, pp. 14-16 | |
| Blessings of the Gospel | Martin Luther, quoted in Closer Walk, July, 1988, p. 9 | |
| Cast Your Burden on the Lord | ||
| Command to be Filled | Robert Schmidgall | |
| Conquering Mount Everest | Doing Your Part, Gene Getz, Regal, 1984, pp. 152-3 | |
| Counted Worthy | #NAME? | |
| Finding Men for Christ | altered from Finding Men for Christ by George Dempster, (London: Hodder & Stroughton, 1935). Quoted in Prodigals and Those Who Love Them, Ruth Bell Graham, 1991, Focus on the Family Publishing, pp. 85-94 | |
| God Has Promised Strength for the Day | Source Unknown | |
| Good News and Bad News | Source Unknown | |
| Good Timber | Douglas Malloch, quoted in Resource, Sept./Oct., 1992, p. 7 | |
| Grace | Father Loves You by James Packer, Harold Shaw Publishers, 1986, p. for March 20 | |
| Grenade Exploded in His Face | The Gift of Honor, Gary Smalley & John Trent, Ph.D., pp. 56-58 | |
| He Brought Me Here | Andrew Murray, quoted in Though the Mountains Shake, by Amy Carmichael, p. 12 | |
| He Never Fails | J. S. Baxter, in Explore The Book | |
| His Billows | Flint V. Raymond Edman, But God!, (Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids; 1962), p. 142 | |
| Hit a Deer In a Race | Source Unknown | |
| How Lucky Can I Be | Today in the Word, March 19, 1995 | |
| How You Can Tell When It's Going to be a Rotten Day | Author Unknown | |
| Hush Child, God Ain't Dead | James DeLoach, associate pastor of the Second Baptist Church of Houston, quoted in When God Was Taken Captive, W. Aldrich, Multnomah, 1989, p. 24 | |
| I Humbly Bless God | Richard Baxter in Reliquiae Baxterianae; or Narrative of His Life and Times, I, 21. Quoted in Christianity Today, March 9, 1992, p. 45 | |
| I'll Wait Till I Get Home | Our Daily Bread, December 7 | |
| It Is Well With My Soul | Today in the Word, July, 1989, p. 27 | |
| Keep Your Mouth Shut | Source Unknown | |
| Legend of a King and a Heavy Stone | Our Daily Bread, April 9, 1998 | |
| Let in the Light of Heaven | Today in the Word, September, 1989, p. 16 | |
| Life of Bethoven | Swindoll, Charles, "Hand Me Another Brick," pp. 190-191 | |
| Missionary Family Going Through Great Trial | Oasis Books, Logan, Utah | |
| My Life Is But a Weaving | Source Unknown | |
| My Prayer | Source Unknown | |
| Never Able to Sing Again | Our Daily Bread, January 15 | |
| Our Daily Bread, Friday, May 8No Scar? | From TOWARD JERUSALEM by Amy Carmichael. Used by permission of the publishers, Society for Promotion of Christian Knowledge, London | |
| Out of the Darkness | #NAME? | |
| Passing Through | - Annie Johnson Flint |
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| Press On | Christine Dallman, The Quiet Hour, December, 1997-February, 1998, p. 80 | |
| Pressed | Source Unknown | |
| Quick Children Run | Swindoll, The Quest for Character, Multnomah, p. 192 | |
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| Sir Walter Scott Paid Off His Debts | Bits & Pieces, August 20, 1992, Papp. 16-18 | |
| Smoke Signal | John Yates, Falls Church, Virginia, quoted in Leadership, Winter Quarter, 1992, p. 57 | |
| Sprinkler Hose | Reader's Digest, March, 1993, p. 123 | |
| Strength Grows Only By Exertion | Craig Brian Larson | |
| Stumbling Blocks or Stepping Stones | Source Unknown | |
| Sucked In, Washed Up, and Blown Over | In the Eye of the Storm by Max Lucado, Word Publishing, 1991, p. 11 | |
| Thanked God He Could Do the Work Over Again | Source Unknown | |
| The Answered Prayers | - Annie Johnson Flint |
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| The Greatest Blessing | Our Daily Bread, Thursday, February 21 | |
| The Hills Look Higher Than They Are | Douglas Malloch | |
| The Lord Directs to Put Your Security In Him | Source Unknown | |
| The More Iron Is worked the More It Is Worth | Our Daily Bread, February 23 | |
| The Stones and Bumps We Step On | Source Unknown | |
| Three Trees | Source Unknown | |
| Tribulation | From The Problem of Pain; used by permission of William Collins Sons and Co., Ltd. quoted in Daily Walk, May 16/17, 1992 | |
| Trouble | Source Unknown | |
| Water In the Middle of the Bed | Reader's Digest, March, 1993, p. 123 | |
| We Must Encounter Adversity | Thomas a' Kempis, The Imitation of Christ | |
| Welcome Cross | Olney Hymns, William Cowper, from Cowper's Poems, Sheldon & Company, New York | |
| What a Friend We Have In Jesus | Source Unknown | |
| When God Want's to Make a Man | &md;Author Unknown | |
| When Things Go Wrong | Bruce Carlson, Funny Times (November &ls;95), Cleveland Heights, Ohio, Quoted in Reader's Digest | |
| Wisdom of Trusting God Through Trial | Our Daily Bread, January 3, 1995 | |
| Working the Gold | #NAME? | |
| You'll Just Have to Trust God for the Rest | Source Unknown | |
| Trials | The New Unger's Bible Handbook, Merrill F. Unger, Revised by Gary N. Larson, Moody Press, Chicago, 1984, p. 419 |
