In Sermon Illustrations: "All Powerful God"

God's Word Has Power

Contributed by Sermon Central on May 3, 2011

GOD'S WORD HAS POWER In an interview about his book The Folly of Prayer (IVP, 2009), author and pastor Matt Woodley shared a story about his friend Theresa. She had married the man of her dreams, but soon after that dropped into the pit of a deep depression. Everything went dark in her mind and ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:26-27

Tags: Bible Influence

Power Of The Translated Word Of God  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 6, 2010

POWER OF THE TRANSLATED WORD OF GOD This is a strategy still used today, because it works and this is how it is still used today: A friend of mine, Bill, was a bible translator for Wycliff Bible Translators in some very remote mountains in Bolivia. Bill was on the second Wycliff team. The first ...read more

Scripture: Acts 12:24, Acts 12:1-25

Tags: Bible Influence

God You Are Our Commander And In This War We Know ...

Contributed by Michael West on Oct 2, 2008

God you are our Commander and in this war we know You are engaged in setting prisoners free, liberating captives, Lead us on O Lord of Hosts, train us for warfare Lord of the Armies of heaven so that we may be at Your side in this battle and all others. Cause us to shout the victory and take back ...read more

Tags: Power

Denomination: Independent/Bible

God's Tnt

Contributed by Silas Eke on Mar 1, 2015

Once the great Evangelist Billy Graham sent his New Testament to a book-binder and instructed him to write on the edge of the book “The New Testament”; the book-binder after binding the New Testament felt that the edge was too little to contain the full words “The New Testament” so he wrote “TNT”. ...read more

Scripture: Romans 1:16-17

Tags: Bible, Power Of God, Gospel Power, Tnt

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

There Is Tremendous Power In The Word Of God. ...  PRO

Contributed by Evie Megginson on Jun 19, 2004

There is tremendous power in the Word of God. This truth is illustrated in a story told by C. H. Spurgeon. Out of curiosity, an agnostic who belonged to what was known as the "Hell-fire Club" attended a service where George Whitefield was preaching. At the next meeting of the club, the young man ...read more

Tags: Bible Influence

Denomination: Baptist

The Power Of Love

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

The Power of Love Newspaper columnist and Minister George Crane tell of a wife who came into his office full of hatred toward her husband. “I do not only want to get rid of him; I want to get even. Before I divorce him, I want to hurt him as much as he has me.” Dr Crane suggested an ingenious ...read more

Tags: God's Provision

We Have The Power Of God Within Us. Most Of It ...

Contributed by Michael West on Oct 2, 2008

We have the power of God within us. Most of it is just a prayer away. But we sell ourselves ...read more

Tags: Power

Denomination: Independent/Bible

The Power Of Hope

Contributed by Gary Birch on Dec 6, 2009

THE POWER OF HOPE I read that a few years ago some researchers performed an experiment to see the affect hope has on those undergoing hardship. Two sets of laboratory rats were placed in separate tubs of water. The researchers left one set in the water, and found that within an hour they had all ...read more

Tags: God Brings Hope

No Faith, No Power

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 13, 2009

NO FAITH, NO POWER One night at dinner a man, who had spent many summers in Maine, fascinated his companions by telling of his experiences in a little town named Flagstaff. The town was to be flooded as part of a large lake for which a dam was being built. In the months before it was to be ...read more

Tags: God Brings Hope

No Faith, No Power

Contributed by Ken Pell on Jun 5, 2011

NO FAITH, NO POWER When I was growing up in Oklahoma, there was a lake my family and I frequented a lot called Keystone Lake. Keystone was not a natural lake; prior to its creation in 1962, there were towns located there, one of which gives the lake its name. The town was to be flooded to make a ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 1:3

Tags: God Brings Hope

Denomination: Nazarene

We Have A Big God, Let's Start Praying Big ...

Contributed by Angel Caballero on Jun 5, 2009

We have a big God, let’s start praying big prayers. Let’s start believing that good ...read more

Tags: Power

Denomination: Church Of God

The Power Of Hope

Contributed by Scott Bradford on Nov 30, 2010

THE POWER OF HOPE When 18 year old Heidi was thrown from a car and suffered a head injury it was a real miracle that she recovered and was soon in rehab at Crystus Santa Rosa. She was learning to walk again through rehab and therapy and a young 16 year old girl named Ashley was brought to Crystus ...read more

Tags: God Brings Hope

Denomination: United Methodist

The Power Of Silence

Contributed by Michael Deutsch on Jun 4, 2016

They say silence is golden – but is it possible that too much silence is not such a good thing? There’s a room in the United States that’s so quiet it becomes unbearable after a short time. The longest anyone has survived in the ‘anechoic chamber’ at Orfield Laboratories in South Minneapolis is ...read more

Scripture: John 10:4-5

Tags: Silence, Listening To God

Denomination: Baptist

The Power Of A Cause

Contributed by Donny Granberry on Jan 9, 2009

THE POWER OF A CAUSE On April 21, 1845 a Texas Army, who had been running from the Mexican Army since the defeat of the Alamo, came upon the Mexican Army led by Santa Anna just a few miles from here at Lynch’s Ferry, now called Lynchburg Ferry. General Sam Houston ordered that Vince’s Bridge be ...read more

Tags: God Brings Purpose

Denomination: Assembly Of God

God Of All Comfort

Contributed by Bradley Kellum on Aug 25, 2009

GOD OF ALL COMFORT I remember one time, when I was around 10 years old, I went to summer camp with my church for the first time. This was the longest I had been away from home. I remember the first few nights being so homesick. I cried for my mom and dad. I missed them so much and all I wanted to ...read more

Tags: Comfort

Denomination: Baptist

Grace Is A Force A Power That We All Need To ...

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Oct 26, 2008

Grace is a force a power that we all need to experience and to tap because it has power: Grace has the power to transform a life filled with sorrow to a life filled with joy. Grace has the power to deliver one from them self. Grace has the power to bring love into a loveless life. Grace has the ...read more

Tags: Grace

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Revival Is The People Of God Living In The Power ...  PRO

Contributed by John Shearhart on May 24, 2006

“Revival is the people of God living in the power of an ungrieved, unquenched Spirit.” - James A. Stewart “Revival is the church falling in ...read more

Tags: Church General

Power, And All The Perks That Goes With It, Comes ...

Contributed by Jim Kane on Nov 10, 2005

Power, and all the perks that goes with it, comes and goes. I am reminded of this in a humorous way in the autobiography of Colin Powell who related an incident that takes place the day after he retires from active duty as Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. ‘I woke up the next morning without ...read more

Tags: Leadership General

Denomination: Church Of God

All Power, Even The Most Despotic, Rests ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"All power, even the most despotic, rests ...read more

Tags: Truth Absolute

Without The Power Of The Holy Spirit, All Human ...

Contributed by Dean Courtier on Mar 18, 2010

"Without the power of the Holy Spirit, all human efforts, methods and plans are as futile as attempting to propel a boat by puffing at ...read more

Tags: Holy Spirit In Believers

Denomination: Pentecostal