In Sermon Illustrations: "All Have Gifts"

Quality Of Management Is All-Important. After ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Quality of management is all-important. After all, what is a company but people? If the people have character, ...read more

Tags: Leadership General

Adam Was But Human This Explains It All. He ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Adam was but human this explains it all. He did not want the apple for the apples sake, he wanted it only because it was forbidden. The mistake was in not ...read more

Tags: Sin Fall Of Man

All Our Progress Is An Unfolding Like The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"All our progress is an unfolding like the vegetable bud. You have first an instinct, then an opinion, then a knowledge, as the plant has root, bud and fruit. Trust ...read more

Tags: Human Life

Twas The Month After Christmas, And All ...  PRO

Contributed by Bill Prater on Jan 3, 2001

‘Twas the month after Christmas, and all through the house, nothing would fit me, not even a blouse. The cookies I’d nibbled, the fudge I did taste, all the holiday parties had gone to my waist. When I got on the scales there arose such a number! When I walked to the store (less a walk than a ...read more

Tags: New Year's Day, Pentecost, Christian Disciplines

Denomination: Baptist

It All Boils Down To One Thing

Contributed by James Snyder on Nov 23, 2024

Of all the things I have learned, one has made a difference in my life. I hear stories about how married couples are unhappy. Today, something must be wrong with you if you haven't been divorced and remarried five times. I always figure that the person who has been married five times ...read more

Scripture: Amos 3:3

Tags: Marriage, Relationships

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

Of All The Things I Dislike, There Is Nothing ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Of all the things I dislike, there is nothing so abhorrent to me as a spoilt child. I have pinched several, and never had the slightest qualm of conscience afterwards; and though ...read more

Tags: Children

The Seed, Or Germ, Of All Successful Effort Is ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The seed, or germ, of all successful effort is in a trained imagination. If you cant picture your goal, you wont have the courage to start. Your imagination is working with you or against you ...read more

Tags: Thought

There Are High Spots In All Of Our Lives And ...  PRO

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Sep 13, 2012

"There are high spots in all of our lives and most of them have come through encouragement from someone else. I don’t care how great, how famous or how successful a man or ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 4:32

Tags: Encouragement

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

All Of God: The Silent Drill Team

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2009

ALL OF GOD: THE SILENT DRILL TEAM There are few things of human engineering that are more beautiful to watch than the marching of the Marine Corps Silent Drill Team. To see them move in perfect sync is astounding as they pivot on a dime, all in unison or in perfect order, as they loft their ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 104:1-35, Psalm 104:5-30

Tags: Descriptions Of God

Getting Down On All Fours And Imitating A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Getting down on all fours and imitating a rhinoceros stops babies from crying... Usually it makes the kid laugh. Sometimes it sends him into shock. Either way it quiets him down...Keep it up until the kid is a teenager and ...read more

Tags: Baby Dedication

The Lost Art Of Saying Thank You

Contributed by Glynda Lomax on Dec 27, 2014

“Gratefulness is the key to a happy life that we hold in our hands, because if we are not grateful, then no matter how much we have we will not be happy - because we will always want to have something else or something more.” - David Steindl-Rast Everyone likes to feel appreciated. I remember a ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 3:17

Tags: Thanks, Unthankfulness, Gifts

Denomination: Charismatic

What A Friend We Have In Jesus  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008

WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE IN JESUS One time a rabbi, a priest and a Christian minister were talking about how each of them celebrated Christmas. The minister and priest said that they give thanks for all of God's blessings and on Christmas morning they open their gifts. "We do it a little ...read more

Tags: Christmas

We Have An Anchor...  PRO

Contributed by Mark Johns on Jun 15, 2002

We have an anchor that keeps the soul Steadfast and sure while the billows roll, Fastened to the Rock which cannot ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 6:19

Tags: Descriptions Of God

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

In Christ We Have  PRO

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000

In Christ We Have: A love that can never be fathomed A life that can never die A righteousness that can never be tarnished A peace that can never be understood A rest that can never be disturbed A joy that can never be diminished A hope that can never be disappointed A glory that can never ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 9:11, Romans 5:1

Tags: Lordship Of Christ, Jesus Christ

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

I Have A Treasure  PRO

Contributed by Bruce Howell on Nov 20, 2002

I have a treasure which I prize, Its like I cannot find; There’s nothing like it on th earth, ‘Tis this–a quiet mind. But ‘tis not that I’m stupified, Or senseless, dull, or blind; ‘Tis God’s own peace within my heart That forms my quiet mind. I found this treasure at the Cross; ...read more

Tags: God Brings Hope

Denomination: Wesleyan

You Have To Stoop  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 9, 2002

YOU HAVE TO STOOP The announcement went first to the shepherds. They didn't ask God if he was sure he knew what he was doing. Had the angel gone to the theologians, they would have first consulted their commentaries. Had he gone to the elite, they would have looked around to see if anyone ...read more

Tags: Birth Of Jesus, Christmas

There Is A Legend That The Devil Was Having A ...  PRO

Contributed by Melvin Shelton on Aug 20, 2003

There is a legend that the devil was having a yard sale. People were buying articles such as lying, cheating. etc. An article was on the end of the table that had a sign not for sale. What is this item that is not for sale, people ask. The devil said I use this a lot of times and found it to be ...read more

Tags: Emotions

Denomination: Baptist

Children, Not Knowing That They Are Having An ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Children, not knowing that they are having an easy time, have a good many hard times. Growing and learning and obeying the rules of their elders, or ...read more

Tags: Children

It Is Respectable To Have No Illusions, And ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"It is respectable to have no illusions, and safe, and ...read more

Tags: Supernatural

You Have To Get In

Contributed by Jim Kane on Feb 27, 2010

YOU HAVE TO GET IN A trapeze artist once supposedly boasted that he could take a person seated in a wheelbarrow across a tightrope many hundreds of feet up between two tall buildings. "Who thinks I can do it?" he asked a crowd who had gathered to watch. One man raised his ...read more

Tags: Faith

Denomination: Church Of God