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1 Sermon Illustrations on Possibilities Latent

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Latent possibilities refer to the unrealized potential within individuals or situations, poised to be activated through faith and effort. Christian preaching often illustrates this with images of seeds waiting to sprout or talents entrusted awaiting use, highlighting God's call to awaken and fulfill what is dormant (1 Corinthians 4:7). This theme encourages believers to recognize and act upon the gifts and opportunities God has placed within them.

Possibilities, Latent

Unused potential remains real and majestic, awaiting rational energy to be realized.

The diamond unworn is still a diamond. And the power unused is not therefore less real, or less majestic. What men do, is by no means the measure of what they might do, if they used with a rational energy their powers.

— RICHARD S. STORRS

from Cyclopedia of Illustrations for Public Speakers · Robert Scott and William C. Stiles

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