In Sermon Illustrations: "divine help"

Faith, However, Is A Divine Work In Us Which ...

Contributed by Gregg Bitter on Nov 1, 2009

"Faith, however, is a divine work in us which changes us and makes us to be born anew of God" (Luther’s Works ...read more

Tags: Faith

Denomination: Lutheran

Abraham Kuyper: "Among The Divine Works Of Art ...

Contributed by Davon Huss on Feb 13, 2012

Abraham Kuyper: "Among the divine works of art produced by the Holy Spirit, the Sacred Scripture stands first. It may seem incredible that the printed pages of a book should excel His spiritual work in human hearts, yet we assign to the Sacred Scripture the most conspicuous place without ...read more

Tags: Bible Influence

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Divine Words Grow Together With The One Who ...

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Sep 1, 2012

"The divine words grow together with the one who reads them." ...read more

Tags: Bible Truth

Denomination: Catholic

Help Me To Realize That It Was Not The Healthy ...  PRO

Contributed by David Yarbrough on May 7, 2001

Help me to realize that it was not the healthy who reached out to you. They bunched up in crowds, but it was those who suffered greatly who reached out to grasp you. It was the people in the streets, not in the sitting rooms of society that groped for your garment. It was needy people. People ...read more

Tags: God's Provision, Disciplines General, Disciplines Meditation

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Does It Really Help To Worry  PRO

Contributed by Kevin Taylor on Oct 2, 2002

DOES IT REALLY HELP TO WORRY:) 40% of all things that we worry about never come to pass. 30% of all our worries involve past decisions that cannot be changed. 12% focus on criticism from others who spoke because they felt inferior. 10% are related to our health, which gets worse when we ...read more

Scripture: John 11:1-19

Tags: Guilt, God Brings Hope, Peace

A Helpful Acrostic About Faith

Contributed by Spencer Cunnah on Dec 14, 2006

A helpful acrostic about faith: F orsaking A ...read more

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Charity Is Injurious Unless It Helps The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to ...read more

Tags: Forgiveness General

There Is No Philosophy Which Will Help Man To ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"There is no philosophy which will help man to succeed when he is always doubting his ability to do so, and thus attracting failure. No matter how hard you work for success, if your thought is saturated with fear of failure, it ...read more

Tags: Doubt

A Lobbyist Is A Person That Is Supposed To Help ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"A Lobbyist is a person that is supposed to help a Politician to make up his mind, ...read more

Tags: Politics

George Washington Helps Exhausted ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 28, 2009

George Washington Helps Exhausted Soldiers He could have others serve Him while he was on earth, but he said, The “Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve” (Mark 10:45) What did the God of the universe who was fully in control of all things do? John 13:4-5 – ‘he got up from the meal, ...read more

Scripture: Mark 10:42-45

Tags: Servanthood

You Did Need Help.

Contributed by Jason Miller on Mar 29, 2010

"YOU DID NEED HELP." A man went to a convention where George Washington Carver was going to be speaking and giving presentations. When he arrived at the hotel, he saw a black man standing there and said, "Here, boy, help me carry my bags." On the elevator the man bragged about his ...read more

Tags: Character

Denomination: Mennonite

Questions Help You Learn...?

Contributed by Sermon Central on May 31, 2010

QUESTIONS HELP YOU LEARN...? A father and his small son were out walking one day when the lad asked how electricity could go through the wires stretched between the telephone poles. "I don't know," said his father. "I never knew much about electricity." A few blocks farther on, the boy asked ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 4:1-2

Tags: Children

The Parental Challenge Of Helping Teenagers

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 30, 2010

The Parental Challenge of Helping Teenagers Face Their World And I wanna share a story with you. It’s a traumatic one and one that actually happened. I did a funeral about four or five years ago and in this funeral it was really bizarre, because as the high schoolers came in about a third of them ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 2:11-12

Tags: Death, Parenting

Who Needs Your Help?

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 17, 2011

WHO NEEDS YOUR HELP? Of the 2,000 passengers on the Titanic, 1517 were lost. At the time the Titanic went down, another ship, the California was only 30 miles away. The Titanic’s operator frantically sent out SOS repeatedly; but the wireless set on the California was closed because there was only ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 28:18-20

Tags: Evangelism Urgency

Helping People Go Home

Contributed by Tim Smith on Feb 11, 2015

The conductor of a railroad was on his last day before retiring. As he was going through the cars punching tickets, he came to the third car and there was a man who had ridden that car through the years with the conductor. He stopped him by grabbing his shirt sleeve and said, “Hey Jim, how do you ...read more

Scripture: John 14:1-18

Tags: Evangelism, Death, Salvation, Going Home

Denomination: Methodist

Getting Help From Above.

Contributed by Eduardo Quintana on Oct 4, 2015

I’ll never forget the day I became a dad. My wife and I had registered to adopt a child with our state’s Division of Youth and Family Services through BCFS. Then one day we got a call from them saying there was someone special they’d like us to meet. A baby still at the hospital was needing a ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 43:4, Isaiah 43:1-7

Tags: Fatherhood, Dads

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Help Us Start Anew

Contributed by Herman Abrahams on Aug 31, 2007

Forgive us, Lord, for failures past, Then help us start anew With strength and courage to obey And closely follow ...read more

Denomination: Charismatic

His Never Failing Help

Contributed by Donnie Martin on Dec 31, 2008

HIS NEVER FAILING HELP While walking along the shores of the Dead Sea one day, a man lost his balance and fell into the water at a point where it was rather deep. Never having learned to swim, he was panic-stricken. In desperation he began to thrash about with his arms and legs, fearing he would ...read more

Tags: God Brings Hope

Denomination: Baptist

I Will, With God's Help

Contributed by Anne Benefield on Mar 5, 2009

I WILL, WITH GOD'S HELP I read a marvelous story remembered by Reverend Mary Moore Roberson. She writes: "Some years ago, I served on the lay staff of my home parish under the supervision of the priest charged with pastoral care. Barbara took to appearing, first at the door to his office and ...read more

Tags: Mercy

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

St. Gregory: "The Divine Words Grow Together ...

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Mar 3, 2012

St. Gregory: "The divine words grow together with the ...read more

Tags: Bible Influence

Denomination: Catholic