Sermon Jazzers      from Voicings Publications Each day SearchGodsWord.org and Voicing Publications posts for our users a fresh Sermon Jazzer illustration handpicked for usage with the "Sunday Sermon".   Today's Sermon Jazzer deals with the subject of 'life'. Click here to preview today's "Sunday Sermon." The path of life which Jesus trod was one of service. If you will walk this same pathway of service, you will find that life holds blessings for you beyond any you have ever dreamed of having. If you want to know whether or not you are really walking the path of service, ask yourself this question, "Is my life like a brush pile or a tree?" In contrasting your life in this way, remember, first, that the brush pile is a heap of cut and broken branches. From a distance it may look like a tree, but its branches have no communion with a living stem, and they are in a process of decay. The tree, however, is still alive, and its branches are vitally related to one another. Jesus said, "I am the vine, you are the branches..." (Jn. 15:5) Give your life the purpose of service, and you will have communion with the living stem of Christ. You will walk the path He walked. --Fischer, W.L., "The Nature of Our Creation" (Adapted). Voicings Publications, Inc. Copyright, 2001. All rights reserved. Reproduction in any form is strictly prohibited.   Each week two new illustrations are posted from the "Handbook of Pulpit Humor: 101 Humorous Sermon Illustrations. Illustration #1 deals with the subject of 'body language and tennis'. A much-overweight, out-of-shape man decided to take up tennis ... He took several lessons from a pro. He also read several self-help books which advised him to "think positively" and "develop a winning attitude." A friend asked him how his tennis play was going. He replied, "When my opponent hits the ball to me, my brain immediately barks out a command to my body: 'Race up to the net and slam a blistering shot to a far corner of the court. Then immediately jump back into position and return the next volley to the other far corner of the court.' Then my body says, 'Who, me?'" The Handbook of Pulpit Humor: 101 Humorous Sermon Illustrations. From The Editors of Sunday Sermons. Copyright, 1999. All rights reserved. Reproduction in any form is strictly prohibited. Illustration #2 deals with the subjects of 'pride, beauty, confession, guilt and imagination'. After hearing a sermon on "pride," a woman approached the preacher with a tale of confession. "I feel guilty," she said. "This morning, before coming to Church, I committed the sin of pride. I sat for an hour in front of my mirror admiring my beauty." To which the preacher replied, "My dear woman, that wasn't pride, that was imagination." The Handbook of Pulpit Humor: 101 Humorous Sermon Illustrations. From The Editors of Sunday Sermons. Copyright, 1999. All rights reserved. Reproduction in any form is strictly prohibited.