In Sermon Illustrations: "Feelings" showing 741-760 of 3,057

Definition Of Leadership  PRO

Contributed by John Shearhart on Feb 11, 2006

Definition of Leadership There are lots of ideas of what leadership is. 1 : the office or position of a leader 2 : capacity to lead 3 : the act or an instance of leading - Merriam Webster "The art of leadership...consists in consolidating the attention of the people against a single adversary ...read more

Tags: Leadership General

Near The End Of His Life, Jean-Paul Sartre Told ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006

Near the end of his life, Jean-Paul Sartre told Pierre Victor: "I do not feel that I am the product of chance, a speck of dust in the universe, but someone who was expected, prepared, prefigured. In short, a being whom only a Creator could put here; and this idea of a creating hand refers to God. ...read more

Tags: Doubt

I Also Thank God As Does Joseph Bayly In Psalms ...

Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Nov 18, 2006

I also thank God as does Joseph Bayly in PSALMS OF MY LIFE in these words: Thank You God that You see armies march a sparrow fall hear atom’s blast a baby’s cry smell volcano’s flow a man’s sweat feel contour of mountains a little lump taste ocean’ salt my ...read more

Tags: Communication General

Denomination: Methodist

The Sensitivity Argument That Any Reference To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The sensitivity argument that any reference to Christmas at all might make someone feel bad is responsible for the spread of the anti-Christmas campaign from religious symbols to the purely secular and harmless trappings of the season, including red poinsettias, red-and-green cookies, holiday ...read more

Tags: Christmas

Story: I Heard A Story About A Missionary Who ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Story: I heard a story about a missionary who was trying to stir up interest to get people to go to a foreign country to preach the gospel. At the end of the service a woman, dragging a little boy behind her, told the missionary, "I just feel like God is calling me to be a missionary." "He is, ...read more

Tags: Evangelism How To

Several Years Ago As I Was Coming Home From ...

Contributed by Elizabeth Stutler on Jul 14, 2007

Several years ago as I was coming home from Wesley Seminary at the end of four very long weeks, I felt a bubbling of energy within myself. I felt like I was waiting on a precipice about to jump into a new life. Energy was being sparked within me. I was ready to follow Christ wherever I was led ...read more

Denomination: Methodist

This Afternoon As We Were Eating Lunch I Began To ...

Contributed by Donny Granberry on Jul 27, 2007

This afternoon as we were eating lunch I began to hear a sound. I began to hear thunder and feel the effects of it. I did not see it, not did I see the effects of it yet. I was inside the restaurant, but I knew it was coming by the sound I was hearing. As we went outside it was not raining, nor was ...read more

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Engaged Consumers A Brand With Strong Customer ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2008

Engaged Consumers A brand with strong customer engagement has customers who promote the brand, come back in the future, go out of their way to do business with the company, and feel strongly for a brand, claims a study by PeopleMetrics. Overall, companies with more engaged customers outperformed ...read more

Tags: Business And Marketplace

Who Is Ed Hochuli? He Is A Veteran Nfl Referee ...  PRO

Contributed by Charles Wallis on Sep 17, 2008

Who is Ed Hochuli? He is a veteran NFL referee who made a terrible call in a Chargers - Broncos game. Instead of hiding or covering up his mistake, he fully admitted it and apologized. Matthew J. Darnell on Yahoo Sports said, "It's hard to hate a guy who knows he screwed up and feels bad ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 32:5-6

Tags: Confession Of Sin

Denomination: Pentecostal

Charles Spurgeon Said, "...on The Ground Of L...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 9, 2008

Charles Spurgeon said, "...On the ground of law, if he would deserve eternal life as a reward, he must be as good as GOD, and keep the commandments to perfection. There the rugged way of works was set before him; not that he might attempt to win eternal life, but that he might perceive his own ...read more

Tags: Salvation

In The Worst Of Times, God Has A People And He ...

Contributed by Charles Wallis on Oct 28, 2008

In the worst of times, God has a people and He does incredible things. In 1974, the Arab oil embargo caused many people to wait in line for gas. Watergate shook the United States. Times were not good. Country singer Merle Haggard sang a song “If we make it through December.” The same year, ...read more

Tags: Trials And Difficulties

Denomination: Pentecostal

John Mcarthur Said, "We Live In A Culture That ...

Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 3, 2009

John McArthur said, “We live in a culture that has elevated pride to the status of a virtue. Self-esteem, positive feelings, and personal dignity are what our society encourages people to seek. “At the same time, moral responsibility is being replaced by victimism, which teaches people to blame ...read more

Tags: Dead To Sin

Denomination: Pentecostal

No Christianity Without The Cross  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009

NO CHRISTIANITY WITHOUT THE CROSS Dr. H. Richard Neibuhr condemns cross-less Christianity, or the evangelical "feel good" seeker-sensitive churches, who refuse to display or talk about the cross. With biting criticism he writes, "Such beliefs as a God without wrath, bringing men without sin into a ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 2:20

Tags: Cross

Luther On Fear  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009

LUTHER ON FEAR Martin Luther made this interesting observation in his Table Talk: "God and the devil take opposite tactics in regard to fear. The Lord first allows us to become afraid, that he might relieve our fears and comfort us. The devil, on the other hand, first makes us feel secure in our ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 27:1

Tags: Fear And Worry

Theodore Roosevelt's Thoughts On Family

Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 22, 2009

Theodore Roosevelt’s Thoughts on Family Theodore Roosevelt said in 1917, "No other success in life--not being president, or being wealthy, or going to college, or writing a book, or anything else--comes up to the success of the man or woman who can feel that they have done their duty and that ...read more

Tags: Family

Skunks And Evangelists

Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Jun 7, 2010

SKUNKS AND EVANGELISTS Don Posterski is an Albertan-born Canadian, living in Ontario. He served as a pastor but is more widely known for his writings and research. One of his books is called "True to You – Living our Faith in our Multi-minded World." He speaks of "emerging cultural etiquette." ...read more

Tags: Evangelism Fear Of

Denomination: Salvation Army

The Heart In Scripture

Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Jan 10, 2012

THE HEART IN SCRIPTURE Heart is used in Scripture as the most comprehensive term for the authentic person. It is the part of our being where we desire, deliberate, and decide. It has been described as "the place of conscious and decisive spiritual activity," "the comprehensive term for a person as ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 12:12, Romans 10:9

Tags: Heart

Denomination: *other

Why Einstein Was So Brilliant

Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on May 19, 2016

WHY EINSTEIN WAS SO BRILLIANT "As a child I received instruction both in the Bible and in the Talmud. I am a Jew, but I am enthralled by the luminous figure of the Nazarene.... ..No one can read the Gospels without feeling the actual presence of Jesus. His personality pulsates in every word. No ...read more

Scripture: John 1:1-17

Tags: Jesus, Wisdom, Atheism, History

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Leadership

Contributed by Dr. Fred W. Penney on Jul 14, 2020

“I firmly determined that my mannerisms and speech in public would always reflect the cheerful certainty of victory – that any pessimism and discouragement I might ever feel would be reserved for my pillow... I adopted a policy of circulating through the whole force to the full limit imposed by ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 9:24-27

Tags: Leadership, Discipline, Character

Denomination: Pentecostal

3 Feet From My Miracle?

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Feb 18, 2021

Napoleon Hill in Think and Grow Rich talked about a gold miner that was three feet from finding gold. The story says a young man dug and dug and never found gold. The Colorado gold mine was a big frustration so after many months he quit. The first minner that quit was only three feet from striking ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 4:13

Tags: Quitters, Almost

Denomination: Assembly Of God