In Sermon Illustrations: "Changed Lives"

This Past Week I Was Getting My Oil Changed And ...  PRO

Contributed by Mark Connelly on Jul 31, 2003

This past week I was getting my oil changed and I had a chance to present the gospel to the guy in the waiting room with me. For me, waiting rooms are the best places for evangelism because the people are sitting there with nothing to do. The oil change waiting room has been particularly fruitful ...read more

Tags: Sharing My Testimony, Evangelism How To

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Soldier Explains How Song Sung By Enemy Changed ...  PRO

Contributed by Brad Bailey on Aug 9, 2004

SOLDIER EXPLAINS HOW SONG SUNG BY ENEMY CHANGED HIM One Christmas Eve, Ira D. Sankey was traveling by steamboat up the Delaware River. Asked to sing, Mr. Sankey sang the "Shepherd Song." After the song was ended, a man with a rough, weatherbeaten face came up to Mr. Sankey and said: "Did you ...read more

Tags: Forgiveness For Others

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Why Pastors Change: A New Ellison Research Study ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Why Pastors Change: A new Ellison Research study finds the average American minister has held a paid job in ministry for 19 years and has spent an average of 15.6 of those years as a senior pastor. Typically he or she has been the senior pastor at 3 different churches. 20% change jobs due to a ...read more

Tags: Church General

If You Want To Change The World, Pick Up Your ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"If you want to change the world, pick ...read more

Tags: Books And Literature

A Wise Man Will Change His Mind. A Fool Never ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

A wise man will change his mind. A ...read more

Tags: Wisdom

I Want To Share A Story That Has Changed The Way ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

I want to share a story that has changed the way I view compassion. If I was a Hollywood film producer, I would make a movie out of it. It is a true story about a man named Bulus Tsetu. He and his family felt the call of God to start a Bible school in Nigeria, Africa. So after they had been there ...read more

Tags: Forgiveness General

Other Things May Change Us, But We Start And ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Other things may change us, but we start and ...read more

Tags: Family

In Youth We Want To Change The World; In Old Age ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

In youth we want to change the world; in old age we ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

Why Does A Woman Work Ten Years To Change A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Why does a woman work ten years to change a man, and then complain that ...read more

Tags: Men And Women

A Fanatic Is One Who Cant Change His Mind And ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

A fanatic is one who cant change his mind and wont ...read more

Tags: Cults

Its In Changing The Way People Work That I Think ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Its in changing the way people work that I think the answers to ...read more

Tags: Productivity

As We Fall In Love With Jesus, Our Hearts Change ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

As we fall in love with Jesus, our hearts change and we WANT to keep His commandments. Paul calls this the “obedience of faith” (Romans 1:5) Tim Keller puts it this way: "Religion is — I obey ...read more

Tags: Bible Influence

[068]. A Message From A Poem – Established Now And Changed

Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Mar 28, 2025

[068]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – ESTABLISHED NOW AND CHANGED This poem is made up of couplets and each couplet is a contrast. What we were, to what God has made us to become. For example, in the first stanza, a member of the world system, but now, a member of the Body of Christ. The last two ...read more

Scripture: Romans 16:25

Tags: Poetry, Poem, Established, Changed, Rhyming Couplets  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Company Changes Cake Mix Recipe That Was Too Easy ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 29, 2009

Company Changes Cake Mix Recipe That Was too Easy in order to Increase Sales Years ago a cake mix company put together a cake mix that was a big flop. The instructions said all you had to do was add water and bake. The company couldn’t understand why it didn’t sell, until their research discovered ...read more

Scripture: 2 Kings 5:1-15

Tags: Business, Business And Marketplace

We Learn An Impt Lesson About Change In General ...

Contributed by John Perry on May 11, 2010

We learn an impt lesson about change in General Stonewall Jackson's famous valley campaign. Jackson's army found itself on one side of a river when it needed to be on the other side. After telling his engineers to plan and build a bridge so the army could cross, he called his wagon master in to ...read more

Tags: Action

Denomination: Pentecostal

Our Destiny Changes With Our Thoughts; We Shall ...

Contributed by Jeremy Lane on May 15, 2010

Our destiny changes with our thoughts; we shall become what we wish to become, do what we wish to do, when our habitual thoughts ...read more

Tags: Leadership General

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Maybe We Should Change The Marital Vows To Pledge ...

Contributed by Allan Kircher on Jan 16, 2012

Maybe we should change the marital vows to pledge ...read more

Tags: Money

Denomination: Baptist

Little Things Can Change The Direction Of Big Things

Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 13, 2014

Tim George gave the example of two warships that had the largest full-load displacement in the world: U.S. Navy aircraft carriers. The USS Nimitz and Dwight D. Eisenhower each weigh about 91,000 tons. They are over 1,000 feet long and can travel over 30 knots per hour, powered by engines that can ...read more

Scripture: James 3:1-12

Tags: Ship, Tongue

If We Dont Change, We Dont Grow. If We Dont ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If we dont change, we dont grow. If we dont grow, we are not really living. Growth demands a ...read more

Tags: Growth In Christ

Jack Jones Wrote: "Putting A Hog In The Living ...  PRO

Contributed by Evie Megginson on May 24, 2004

Jack Jones wrote: "Putting a hog in the living room will not change the hog’s nature, but it will damage the living room. A lost man’s nature will not be changed by placing his name on the church roll, but the church will suffer by his being a member. Every Christian should be a church member; in ...read more

Tags: Apologetics General

Denomination: Baptist