Sermon Illustrations
Free Sermon Illustrations for Preaching :

In Sermon Illustrations: "Believe In Yourself"

showing 1,461-1,480 of 6,205
Filter Results
Close Filters

Scripture

Rating

Date

Denominations

  • Show more

Category

  • Try PRO

    Confident Preaching

    Try PRO free and preach with confidence when people need it most.
    Free to start now
  • Godly Sorrow Results In A Willingness To Change. ...

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Jul 1, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,846 views

    Godly sorrow results in a willingness to change. Worldly sorrow results in hanging on to the sin. Worldly sorrow sees the sin as precious, as something you know is wrong yet you find yourself desperately trying to figure out some fool proof way to keep it close to you. Video Clip: Lord of the ...read more

  • After Hearing And Reading All The Health Warnings ...  PRO

    Contributed by Bob Joyce on Sep 6, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,456 views

    After hearing and reading all the health warnings the media consistently blesses us with, someone wrote this tongue-in-cheek observation. "Brace yourself. Somewhere, they’re plotting the scare of the week. Air is polluted; water is too. Fish that swim in it are not good for you. Fresh fruits and ...read more

  • My Attempt To Help Bring Clarity And ...  PRO

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Sep 20, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,234 views

    My attempt to help bring clarity and understanding to the commandments may be out done by “The Hillbilly’s Ten Commandments.” These are the simple down home interpretation of the Ten Commandments as posted on the wall at Cross Trails Church in Louisville, KY. (1) Just one God (2) Put nothin’ ...read more

  • Xxxchurch Was Founded By Craig Gross, With ...

    Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Jan 2, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,403 views

    XXXChurch was founded by Craig Gross, with help. They have a website at XXXchurch.com. The guys who run it are Christians, and they pioneered a ministry to reach people who are caught in pornography – not just who buy it and view it, but the people who are running the industry. For a few years ...read more

  • Woman Took Her Husband To The Doctor's Office. ...

    Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Mar 31, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,610 views

    Woman took her husband to the doctor’s office. After his checkup the doctor said, ‘Your husband is suffering from a very serious illness’. The husband was hard of hearing and said, ‘What did he say?’ ‘He says you are sick’. The doctored continued, ‘But there is hope. You just need to reduce his ...read more

  • Mere Human Reason

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Sep 17, 2008
     | 2,305 views

    Martin Luther said to Erasmus: "Mere human reason can never comprehend how God is good and merciful; and therefore you make yourself a god of your own fancy, who hardens nobody, condemns nobody, pities everybody. You cannot comprehend how a just God can condemn those who are born in sin, and ...read more

  • A Pardon Must Be Accepted  PRO

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Dec 31, 2008
    based on 10 ratings
     | 3,656 views

    A PARDON MUST BE ACCEPTED About the year 1830, a man named George Wilson killed a government employee who caught him in the act of robbing the mails. He was tried and sentenced to be hanged. However, President Andrew Jackson sent him a pardon. But Wilson did a strange thing. He refused to accept ...read more

  • Two Irishmen, Pat And Mike, Had Narrowly Escaped ...

    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Feb 25, 2009
     | 2,220 views

    Two Irishmen, Pat and Mike, had narrowly escaped death on a sinking ship. They were floundering around in icy ocean waters on a couple of planks. Pat was addicted to the grossest profanity, so he thought he ought to repent of it, so the Lord would come to their rescue. Mike thought Pat’s theology ...read more

  • God-Fanatics

    Contributed by David Moore on May 26, 2010
     | 1,377 views

    GOD-FANATICS Did you know that an online survey of 20 000 football fans revealed that 51% said they would starve themselves for a week if that would bring victory in the upcoming World Cup to their national squad. More than 40% offered to give up dating for a year, 7% said they would gladly give ...read more

  • A Young Girl Got Saved In A Powerful Revival That ...

    Contributed by Steven Spence on Jul 20, 2010
     | 1,726 views

    A YOUNG GIRL GOT SAVED IN A POWERFUL REVIVAL THAT WAS BEING HELD AT HER CHURCH. AND THAT AFTERNOON SHE WAS RUNNING THROUGH THE HOUSE SINGING AND DANCING AND JUST FULL OF JOY. WHEN HER GRANDFATHER STOPPED HER. AND SAID... “YOU OUGHT TO BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELF. YOU JUST JOINED THE CHURCH AND ...read more

  • Holding Confirmed Tickets

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 31, 2010
     | 2,018 views

    HOLDING CONFIRMED TICKETS Sometime when you're in an airport, observe the difference between passengers who hold confirmed tickets and those who are on standby. The ones with confirmed tickets read newspapers, chat with their friends or sleep. The ones on standby hang around the ticket ...read more

  • Pursuit Of Happiness

    Contributed by Larry Hinkle on Dec 12, 2019
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,984 views

    A disgruntled early American once complained to Ben Franklin, “so where is all this happiness that the Constitution was supposed to guarantee me?” Franklin is said to have responded, “The Constitution only guarantees the American people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it ...read more

  • Judgement And Mercy - 2 Sides Of The Same Coin

    Contributed by John Bright on Apr 27, 2021
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,315 views

    Mercy and Judgement are two sides of the same coin – We often put different parts of God’s character (attributes) into conflict. If we declare God as merciful, can He still bring righteous judgement? Let me share an example to help you understand the connection between mercy and judgment. If you ...read more

  • Marriage Insight

    Contributed by Dr. Fred W. Penney on Nov 15, 2021
     | 1,183 views

    Destructive to marriage is the self fulfillment ethic that assumes marriage and the family are primarily institutions of personal fulfillment, necessary for us to become whole or happy. The assumption is that there is someone just right for us to marry and that if we look closely enough we will ...read more

  • The Spirit Produces One Fruit, Not Nine Fruits. ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
     | 3,873 views

    "The Spirit produces one fruit, not nine fruits. The fruit, however, has nine facets or qualities. If a believer is walking in the Spirit, he will possess all nine of these qualities. The source of ...read more

  • Stand Up, On This Thanksgiving Day, Stand Upon ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
     | 2,596 views

    "Stand up, on this Thanksgiving Day, stand upon your feet. Believe in man. Soberly and with clear eyes, believe in your own time and place. There is not, and there ...read more

  • Life Of Pi

    Contributed by Paul Barreca on Mar 28, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,380 views

    LIFE OF PI The movie "Life of Pi" is a deeply religious film. The story opens with a discussion between a writer and a man from India who shares a fascinating story. The man has come to Pi because a friend told him that "Pi has a story that will make you believe in God." Pi tells the story of ...read more

  • Quote From Discipleship Journal Russ Johnston ...

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Mar 15, 2006
     | 2,053 views

    1. Quote from Discipleship Journal Russ Johnston “Faith That Works” May 1981, “Most of us believe God can move mountains. But how many of us believe he will? There’s a world of difference. We believe God can work mightily on our behalf, but we really aren’t sure he will. In Hebrews 11:6 we learn ...read more

  • It Is That Kind Of Faith Which Would Lead A Man ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 17, 2007
     | 841 views

    "It is that kind of faith which would lead a man to take a bottle of medicine from his medicine cabinet. Looking at the instructions on it, he says, ’I’m sure they’re correct. I have all confidence in the source of the medicine. I know who wrote these directions. I believe everything about it. I ...read more

  • Belief In Life After Death, Like The Existence Of ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,863 views

    Belief In Life After Death, like the existence of God, is widely embraced by American adults. According to a new Barna Research poll 81% believe in an afterlife of some sort. Another 9% say they are not certain. Just 10% contend there is no form of life after death. 79% agree, “Every person has a ...read more