Assembly Of God Sermon Illustrations, Free Preaching Ideas for Assembly Of God Sermons

Root Bound

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on May 27, 2026

| 73 views

CONCLUSION: Many years ago I was in Illinois and was in a discussion with my father-in-law. He told me about this huge apple orchard. There were 10,000 trees, 5,000 red, and 5,000 yellow apple trees. I asked to go visit it. When we got there the owner had a hand drill and was drilling several holes ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 7:16

Tags: Fruit, Try Harder

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Sowing Seeds

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on May 13, 2026

| 69 views

Philippians 4:8 (MSG) Summing it all up, friends, I'd say you'll do best by filling your minds and meditating on things true, noble, reputable, authentic, compelling, gracious—the best, not the worst; the beautiful, not the ugly; things to praise, not things to curse. Conclusion: Many ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 4:8

Tags: Reaping, Sowing Seeds

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Dog's Bad Breath And God's Love

Contributed by Sam Adair on Apr 22, 2026

| 99 views

“Rowdy’s Breath and God’s Love” ?I want to tell you about my dog, Rowdy. Now, I love this dog. But let me be honest with you—Rowdy’s breath is terrible. Like, really bad. Yet every day, when I get home, Rowdy runs to me full of joy. His tail is wagging, his eyes are bright, and he can’t wait to see ...read more

Scripture: Romans 5:8, Ephesians 2:8-9

Tags: Sin, God's Love

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Communication Improvement

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Apr 22, 2026

| 63 views

FROZEN COMMUNICATION LINES BREED DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILIES. DYSFUNTIONAL FAMILIES BREED SICK SOCIETIES AND WEAK CHURCHES. LET US LOOK AT HOW DO WE GAIN UNDERSTAND. HOW DO WE LEARN FROM COMMUNICATION SKILLS? ** We assume learn comes from “WORDS.” Sure this is true. Let us look at the facts: • *7% of ...read more

Scripture: James 1:19

Tags: Communication, Grow

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Lay Aside

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Apr 17, 2026

| 67 views

Psalm 107:20 He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions. When I was in high school our basketball coach noticed his best player was a little bit lazy. The coach made this player wear 10 pound weights on each foot. All week long this player carried the extra ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 120:7

Tags: Weight, Lay Aside

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Duckswaddle?

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Apr 3, 2026

| 127 views

Hear a lesson: THERE WAS A GROUP OF DUCKS THAT LOVED THE LORD, THEY LOVED THEIR DUCK CHURCH AND THEY LOVED THEIR DUCK PASTOR. The ducks waddled to church three times a week. Their duck preacher had heard from the Lord and the duck preacher had a revelation. So the duck preacher preached ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 4:9, Galatians 6:9

Tags: Heavy, More, Fly High

Denomination: Assembly Of God

I Want To Build A Bridge

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Mar 28, 2026

| 113 views

I WANT TO BUILD A BRIDGE! The parents had died and left the farm to their two sons. The farm was divided by a creek. There was deep, hard feelings between the two brothers. They had not spoken to each other in several years. They went to the same church but they would not talk or even look at each ...read more

Scripture: John 15:14, Matthew 1:23

Tags: Bridge, Build

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Wolfing Down Yourself

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Mar 6, 2026

| 95 views

***WOLFING DOWN THE PAIN By F. Buechner OF THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS RESENTMENT AND ANGER ARE POSSIBLY THE MOST FUN. TO LICK YOUR WOUNDS, TO SMACK YOUR LIPS OVER GRIEVANCES LONG PAST, TO ROLL OVER YOUR TONGUE THE PROSPECT OF BITTER CONFRONTATION STILL TO COME. TO SAVOR TO THE LAST TOOTHSOME MORSEL THE ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 4:3-7, John 15:11

Tags: Hurt, Unforgiveness

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Your Last Meal?

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Feb 14, 2026

| 156 views

WHAT MEAL WOULD YOU ORDER IF YOU KNEW IT WAS YOUR LAST? WHAT TALE ARE YOU TELLING? SEVERAL YEARS AGO I WAS WITH A 38 YEAR OLD MAN ON DEATH ROW. At midnight we would take a walk to the death chamber. He was given his last request what to eat. He had ordered 2 REUBEN SANDWICHES AND CURLY FRIES. He ...read more

Scripture: James 4:14-15, Psalm 90:9-10

Tags: Death, Last Meal

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Susan Boyle Story

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jan 26, 2026

| 206 views

ARE WE FACING A STUMBLING BLOCK OR A STEPPING STONE? Do we allow problems and obstacles to define how we feel and what we accomplish? Ever heard of a lady named Susan Boyles? Many defined her by her handicaps. At birth Susan's brain was without oxygen for 5 minutes. Her family refused to become ...read more

Scripture: Deuteronomy 6:6-7, Proverbs 13:22

Tags: Obstacles, Opportunities

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Building Bridges

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jan 8, 2026

| 157 views

WILL ALLEN DROMGOOLE, 1860 TO 1934. She wrote over 7,500 poems and 5,000 essays. Her works are recorded in 13 books. My Dad, Wade M. Hughes (1931) committed this poem to memory and would often use it when speaking to leaders. I love this poem. ***THE BRIDGE BUILDER AN OLD MAN, GOING DOWN A LONE ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 12:6-12, Philippians 4:11-13

Tags: Bridge, Build

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Why The Grasshoppers?

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jan 3, 2026

| 190 views

THERE WAS A SUCCESSFUL CORN FARMER THAT LEARNS ABOUT THE VALLEY. In the mid-west there was a very successful corn farmer. He grew many acres of corn and made his living by selling corn. One spring he plowed, fertilized and planted hundreds of acres of corn. Later that year a swarm of millions of ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 23:1-5

Tags: Restoration, Valleys

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Be Faithful

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jan 1, 2026

| 288 views

DO WE UNDERSTAND FAITHFULNESS? Have you heard RHONDA VINCENT’S STORY OF FAITHFULNESS? Rhonda and her family were under contract at SILVER DOLLAR CITY TO DO 5—ONE HOUR MUSIC PROGRAMS A DAY. One day it was raining real hard. No one was in the crowd. No one, but the contract was for 5 shows. Rhonda ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 16:2

Tags: Faithfulness, Choices

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Why Be So Negative?

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Dec 12, 2025

| 173 views

NEGATIVE: One young boy stood holding on to the poles behind me. He was a smart young man. During the trip the young boy talked how stupid his teachers were. The conversation turned about how bad the principal and the office staff was. Then he told me how our best Sunday School teacher was ignorant ...read more

Scripture: Jude 1:22

Tags: Negative, Attitude

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Love Loves To Give

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Dec 6, 2025

| 221 views

My first love was my MOM. For Mother’s Day, I worked for a few dollars and we went to Western Auto. They had three little handkerchiefs and a little pearl necklace in a fancy box. I knew I loved my Mom and I wanted to give her a token of my love. The fancy little box was more than I had. I told the ...read more

Scripture: John 3:16

Tags: Love, Give

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Corrie Ten Boom

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Nov 28, 2025

| 174 views

Corrie Ten Boom was a Jew that worked with the underground resistance against Hilter. 6 million died. Corrie, her dad Caspar and sister, BETSY were arrested. They were taken into captivity by the Germans in the Jewish Death Camps. Corrie and her sister were captives. In her book THE HIDING PLACE, ...read more

Scripture: Job 42:10, Matthew 11:28-30

Tags: Faith, Plan, Trust

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Spirit Of Gradualism

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Oct 10, 2025

| 168 views

I lived in Lee County, Virginia and we would travel 68 from our house through Cumberland Gap, Tennessee to Middlesboro, Ky. We traveled through the national park. Linda and I would see a ground hog. The ground hog would stand on his hind legs to watch the traffic go by. We developed a love watching ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 4:3, Revelation 3:14-19

Tags: Gradual, Slow

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Scarecrow?

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Sep 17, 2025

| 1,519 views

I had a dream. In the dream I saw some huge power lines. There were thousands of birds sitting on the power lines. Some of the birds were falling off the power lines. The birds were weak. Actually I could see some fell to their death due to starvation. The picture opened wider and I could ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 1:7, Genesis 3:8

Tags: Fear, Worry

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Failure/ Success

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Sep 13, 2025

| 1,041 views

DO YOU WANT TO HEAR ABOUT A FAILURE, A BASKET CASE? Let us look at a man experience in failure. 1. At 14 dropped out of school. 2. He got a job working on a farm. The work was hard labor. He hated the farm work. 3. He lied about his age and at 16 he joined the ARMY. He could stand the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 19:26, 2 Chronicles 16:9

Tags: Faith, Effort

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Prayer

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Sep 9, 2025

| 1,082 views

I read where a family bought a PRAYER BOOK for their son. Each night the boy would read a prayer before going to sleep. He was faithful to read a prayer. One night the boy was tired. He turned the light off and crawled into bed. He remember the prayer book. That night he called out to God: ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 2:1, Matthew 21:13

Tags: Faith, Prayer

Denomination: Assembly Of God

In Sermon Illustrations:

Scripture

Rating

Date

Denominations

Category

Popular Preaching Resources

Confident Preaching

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on May 27, 2026

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on May 13, 2026

Contributed by Sam Adair on Apr 22, 2026

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Apr 22, 2026

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Apr 17, 2026

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Apr 3, 2026

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Mar 28, 2026

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Mar 6, 2026

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Feb 14, 2026

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jan 26, 2026

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jan 8, 2026

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jan 3, 2026

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jan 1, 2026

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Dec 12, 2025

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Dec 6, 2025

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Nov 28, 2025

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Oct 10, 2025

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Sep 17, 2025

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Sep 13, 2025

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Sep 9, 2025