In Sermon Illustrations: "Child Misunderstanding"

I've Been Reading A Book By Francine Rivers ...

Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Mar 30, 2010

I've been reading a book by Francine Rivers lately about an old woman called Leota who loves the Lord and has an amazing impact upon the lives of other people in her life, yet is rejected and hated by her own daughter, Eleanor. Throughout the book there seems to be NO HOPE for this estranged ...read more

Tags: Miracles Of Jesus, Confidence In Prayer

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

An Angel Passed In His Onward Flight, With A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"An angel passed in his onward flight, With a seed of love and truth and light, And cried, O where shall the seed be sown -- That it yield most fruit when fully grown? The Saviour heard and ...read more

Tags: Children

Attending A Wedding For The First Time A Little ...

Contributed by Charles Wallis on Feb 21, 2008

Attending a wedding for the first time a little girl whispered to her mother, "Why is the bride dressed in white?" Because white is the colour of happiness and today is the happiest day of her life." The child ...read more

Denomination: Pentecostal

True Parenthood Is Self-Destructive. The Wise ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"True parenthood is self-destructive. The wise parent is one who effectively does himself out of his job as parent. The silver cord must be broken. It must not be broken too abruptly, but it ...read more

Tags: Parenting

Laughter  PRO

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Mar 28, 2002

The average child laughs 400 times a day, the average adult laughs 15 times a day. What happens in life that adults lose their laughter? Do we quit laughing ...read more

Tags: Joy, Children

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Henry Ward Beecher Said, "I Think That The Most ...  PRO

Contributed by Bruce Howell on Apr 6, 2004

Henry Ward Beecher said, “I think that the most wonderful book that could be written would be a book in which an angel should write all the thoughts that pass through a faithful ...read more

Tags: Mother's Day

Denomination: Wesleyan

Did You Know That We Spend Roughly 68 Times More ...

Contributed by Richard Tow on Sep 22, 2005

Did you know that we spend roughly 68 times more money caring for the average felon than on a church’s ministry to a spiritually hungry child. From George Barna, Transforming ...read more

Tags: Children

Denomination: Charismatic

Kids Are Say Some Of The Greatest Things. One ...

Contributed by Mark Eberly on Aug 25, 2008

Kids are say some of the greatest things. One child complained to his grandpa, "I don't get it. Every time mom says that she can't take anymore and is worn ...read more

Tags: Mother's Day

Denomination: Church Of God

O Thou, The Father Of Us All, Whose Many ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"O thou, the Father of us all, Whose many mansions wait, To whose dream welcome each must come A child, at Heavens gate; In that fair house not made with hands Whenever splendor ...read more

Tags: Dreams

Ben Hooper

Contributed by David Swanger on Jan 19, 2024

In Rising Above the Crowd, Brian Habour tells the story of Ben Hooper. When Ben was born in the foothills of East Tennessee, little boys and girls like Ben who were born to unwed mothers were ostracized and treated terribly. By the time he was three years old, the other children would scarcely play ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:9

Tags: Christian, Encouragement

Bill And Gloria Gaither Have Written Many ...  PRO

Contributed by Timothy Smith on Oct 12, 2002

Bill and Gloria Gaither have written many wonderful Christian songs. One that Gloria wrote in the late 1960’s came while she was expecting a child. The couple was going through some terrible problems. Bill had been seriously sick, their music had been attacked as not being spiritual. On new years ...read more

Tags: God In The Hardships, Spiritual Pride, Prayer Hardship, Human Body

Denomination: Christian Church

Sometimes A Costume Is Just A Costume  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 21, 2002

SOMETIMES A COSTUME IS JUST A COSTUME Who am I this time? That’s the question millions of kids and adults ask themselves in anticipation of Halloween each year. Their answer can say a lot about what’s going on within them, many experts say. In other words, think of Halloween as the ultimate ...read more

Tags: Supernatural, Gifts General

For When They Shall Say, Peace And Safety; Then ...  PRO

Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Nov 24, 2003

For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. 1 Thessalonians 5:3 Babies arrive at their own schedule. I learned that when our firstborn (Jennifer) came. Elizabeth had gone into labor and I ...read more

Tags: Second Coming

Denomination: United Methodist

I Read One Psychologists Theory That Said, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"I read one psychologists theory that said, Never strike a child in anger. When should I strike him? When he is kissing me on my birthday? When he is recuperating from the ...read more

Tags: Children

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

A Premature Baby Thought To Be Stillborn Was ...

Contributed by Josh Hunt on Apr 22, 2012

A premature baby thought to be stillborn was found by her mother, alive, after 12 hours in a morgue in northern Argentina. Analia Bouter was only six months pregnant when she went into labor and gave birth to a baby girl she'd planned to name Liliana Abigail or Luciana Abigail. The baby was to be ...read more

Scripture: John 11:1-37

Tags: Mothers

Denomination: Baptist

Working Mothers Miss An Average Of 8.5 Days Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 9, 2006

Working mothers miss an average of 8.5 days of work per year due to child-care problems, fathers average 5 days. Worker absenteeism is down 7% this year from last.. ...read more

Tags: Children

Ladies Waiting: According To The Centers For ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

Ladies Waiting: According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the average age at which American women are having their first child has climbed to an all-time high of 25.1—up ...read more

Tags: Parenting

Attending A Wedding For The First Time, A Little ...  PRO

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jul 24, 2006

Attending a wedding for the first time, a little girl whispered to her mother, "Why is the bride dressed in white?" ? "Because white is the color of happiness, and today is the happiest day of her life." The child thought about this for ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 2:18-24

Tags: Marriage, Marriage General, Relationships, Men And Women

Denomination: Independent/Bible

God Loves The Unlovely... (Perhaps The Only ...

Contributed by David Butcher on Dec 8, 2006

God loves the unlovely... (Perhaps the only human comparison is the continued love of child/parent in the face of cruelty etc. - Fred West’s daughter. Fred West, together with his wife Rose, was a ...read more

Denomination: Pentecostal