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Honestly Praying Our Complaints, Laments and Even Our Anger
Matt Woodley | Preaching Today Requires paid account
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Matthew Woodley shares from his conversation/confrontation with a Jewish friend how God can handle our honest prayers, be they inspired by complaint, lament, or anger.
Proverbs 27:17; Galatians 2:11-14
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Lament, Prayer, Anger, God's Will
Early Church Leader Helps Younger Christian Overcome Anger
Matt Woodley | Preaching Today Requires paid account
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Matthew Woodley tells a story of the fourth-century desert father Sisoes, who helped a young man forgo vengeance with a paradoxical prayer - illustrating Proverbs 15:1; Matthew 5:21-26; Titus 3:2, and other scriptures.
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Forgiveness, Prayer, Repentance, Anger
Doctor Urges Pause Points Before Surgery
Matt Woodley | Preaching Today Requires paid account
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"Pause points," says a famous surgeon, reduce risk and danger in the operating room—and Matthew Woodley says they can become a simple spiritual discipline too, illustrating Psalm 25:8-9, Psalm 32:8, Proverbs 3:6, and similar passages.
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Discernment, Spirituals, Discipline, Prayer
Study Finds that We Can't See Money on Trees
Matt Woodley | Preaching Today Requires paid account
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This illustration presents a study showing that people don't notice money hanging in a tree, which demonstrates our need for "the focused attention." It is appropriate for 1 Corinthians 16:13, 1 Peter 5:8, and Matthew 13:19.
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Awareness Of God, Prayer, Silence, God's Oneness
Jewish Story about Resting on God's Heart
Matt Woodley | Preaching Today Requires paid account
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A sermon illustration of an old Jewish story that illuminates the transformative power of hearing the heartbeat of a wise teacher and/or God himself. Appropriate for topics like spiritual discipline, rest, and hearing God's voice.
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Prayer, Listening To God, Spirituals, Discipline
Quietude, Duck Syndrome, and more
Matt Woodley | Preaching Today Requires paid account
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This is a series of stories from the news illustrating several themes including sabbath, gospel, prayer, evangelism, temptation, service and courage.
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Sabbath, Courage, Gospel, Prayer
Where was God in the Philippines?
Paul Pastor | Preaching Today Requires paid account
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This sermon illustration explore news relating to a typhoon in the Philippines, a terrorist complaint department, and other events, revealing preaching angles related to suffering, idolatry, prayer, and kindness.
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Suffering, Prayer, Idolatry, Kindness