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?Sermon Illustrations (P~R)?(A Compilation)

TABLE OF CONTENTS
|P |
|PAIN |
|PANTHEISM |
|PARACHURCH |
|PARALYSIS |
|PARDON |
|PARENTING |
|PASSION |
|PAST, living in |
|PAST, overcoming |
|PASTORING |
|PATIENCE |
|PATRIOTISM |
|PAUL |
|PEACE |
|PEACE, of God |
|PEACEMAKERS |
|PEER PRESSURE |
|PENTECOST |
|PEOPLE |
|PERFECTION |
|PERFECTIONISM |
|PERMANENCE |
|PERSECUTION |
|PERSEVERANCE |
|PERSISTENCE |
|PERSPECTIVE |
|PERSUASION |
|PESSIMISM |
|PETER, the apostle |
|PETS |
|PHARISAISM |
|PHILOSOPHY |
|PICNIC |
|PLANNING |
|PLEASING GOD |
|PLEASURE |
|PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE |
|PLURALISM |
|PNEUMATOLOGY |
|POISON |
|POLITICIAN |
|POLITICS |
|POLYCARP |
|POLYGAMY |
|POOR |
|POPULARITY |
|PORNOGRAPHY |
|POSITIVE |
|POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT |
|POSITIVE THINKING |
|POSSESSIONS |
|POSSIBILITIES |
|POTATO |
|POTENTIAL |
|POVERTY |
|POWER |
|POWER evangelism |
|PRACTICE |
|PRAGMATISM |
|PRAISE |
|PRAYER |
|PRAYER, answered |
|PRAYER, unanswered |
|PRAYERLESSNESS |
|PRAYERS |
|PRAYERS, children's |
|PREACHING |
|PRECAUTION |
|PRECISE |
|PREDESTINATION |
|PREDICTION |
|PREJUDICE |
|PREMARITAL SEX |
|PREMONITION |
|PREPARATION |
|PRESENT |
|PRESERVATION |
|PRESIDENT |
|PRESSURE |
|PRESUMPTION |
|PRETENSE |
|PREVENTION |
|PRIDE |
|PRINCIPLE |
|PRIORITIES |
|PRISON |
|PRIVATE |
|PRIZE |
|PROBLEMS |
|PROBLEM SOLVING |
|PROCESS |
|PROCRASTINATION |
|PROFIT |
|PROGRESS, cf. growth |
|PROMISE |
|PROMISES, God's |
|PROMOTION |
|PROOF |
|PROPHECY |
|PROPHECY, gift of |
|PROPHET |
|PROPHET, false |
|PROPITIATION |
|PROPOSAL, marriage |
|PROSPERITY |
|PROSPERITY THEOLOGY |
|PROTECTION |
|PROVERB |
|PROVIDENCE OF GOD |
|PROVISION |
|PSYCHIATRY |
|PSYCHOLOGY |
|PUNCTUALITY |
|PUNISHMENT |
|PURGATORY |
|PURITY |
|PURPOSE |
|PURPOSE STATEMENT |
|Q |
|QUALIFICATION |
|QUALITY |
|QUARREL |
|QUESTIONABLE |
|QUESTIONS |
|QUICK THINKING |
|QUIET TIME |
|QUITTING |
|R |
|RACE |
|RAIN |
|RANDOM |
|RAPTURE |
|RATIONALIZE |
|REACTION |
|REALISM |
|REALITY |
|REBELLION |
|REBUKE |
|RECIPROCITY |
|RECOGNITION |
|RECOMMENDATION |
|RECONCILIATION |
|RECRUITMENT |
|REDEMPTION |
|REFINE |
|REFORMATION |
|REGENERATION |
|REGRET |
|REINCARNATION |
|REJECTION |
|RELATIONSHIPS |
|RELATIVISM |
|RELAX |
|RELIABLE |
|RELIEF |
|RELIGION |
|RELIGION AND HEALTH |
|RELIGION, empty |
|RELIGION, irrelevance of |
|RELIGIONS OR UNIVERSALISM |
|REMEMBER |
|REMORSE |
|RENEWAL |
|REPENTANCE |
|REPETITION |
|REPLY |
|REPUTATION |
|RESEARCH |
|RESENTMENT |
|RESOLUTION |
|RESOLUTIONS |
|RESOLVE |
|RESOURCES |
|RESPECT |
|RESPONSIBILITY |
|REST |
|RESTING IN CHRIST |
|RESTITUTION |
|RESTLESS |
|RESTORATION |
|RESTRAINT |
|RESULTS |
|RESURRECTION |
|RETALIATION |
|RETIREMENT |
|RETREAT |
|REUNION |
|REVELATION |
|REVELATION, general |
|REVENGE |
|REVIVAL |
|REWARDS |
|RICH, becoming |
|RICHES IN CHRIST |
|RIGHT |
|RIGHT, being in the |
|RIGHTEOUSNESS |
|RIGHTS |
|RISK |
|RIVALRY |
|ROB PETER TO PAY PAUL |
|ROCK AND ROLL |
|ROGERS, Will |
|ROUSSEAU |
|ROUTINE |
|RULES |
|RUMOR |
|RUSHMORE |
|RUT |


PAIN

We can rest contentedly in our sins and in our stupidities, and everyone
who has watched gluttons shoveling down the most exquisite foods as if they
did not know what they were eating, will admit that we can ignore even
pleasure. But pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in
our pleasures, speaks in our consciences, but shouts in our pains. It is
his megaphone to rouse a deaf world.
C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain.
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I heard Professor Bruce Waltke describe a Christian's response to pain this
way: We once rescued a wren from the claws of our cat. Thought its wing was
broken, the frightened bird struggled to escape my loving hands. Contrast
this with my daughter's recent trip to the doctor. Her strep throat meant a
shot was necessary. Frightened, she cried, "No, Daddy. No, Daddy, No,
Daddy." But all the while she gripped me tightly around the neck. Pain
ought to make us more like a sick child than a hurt bird.
Dan Foster.
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Though thou with clouds of anger do disguise
Thy face; yet through that mask I know those eyes,
Which, though they turn away sometimes,
They never will despise.
John Donne, "A Hymn to Christ".
[pic]
Everything difficult indicates something more than our theory of life yet
embraces.
George MacDonald.
[pic]
Dr. Paul W. Brand, the noted leprosy expert who was chief of the
rehabilitation branch of the Leprosarium in Carville, Lousiana, had a
frightening experience one night when he tho