In Sermon Illustrations: "Do Not Fear"

Consecrated To Do God's Will

Contributed by Richard Tow on Jul 25, 2017

Years ago a young girl entered a little Presbyterian Church out of curiosity. There she heard the gospel for the first time and was converted. She later heard God’s call on her life to go to China as a missionary. She was the only daughter of a multi-millionaire. She was socially prominent and ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 16:24

Tags: Sacrifice, Consecrated Life

Denomination: Charismatic

Do You Believe?

Contributed by Steve Kinnard on Feb 13, 2019

DO YOU BELIEVE? That the bible is the inspired word of God That God created the everything in 6 days That God rested on day 7 That God created man and put him in the garden of Eden (a perfect Place) That God took a rib from Adam and made Eve to be a helper and companion to Adam That Satan entered ...read more

Scripture: John 11:25-26

Tags: Faith, Believe

Denomination: Pentecostal

Get Up And Do It

Contributed by Roy Fowler on Nov 15, 2020

Mother Teresa – So many leaders have the idea that to lead greatly you have to focus on everyone. Mother Teresa took a different approach. She saw the poor. The hurt. The dying. And she knew something had to be done. When you know that there’s that many hurting people out there, you might think ...read more

Scripture: Judges 4:1-9

Tags: When God Speaks, Get Up And Do It

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Do It Again, Lord!

Contributed by Garris Hudson on Dec 2, 2020

There’s a story of a group of college students who went to visit the home of John Wesley, founder of the Methodist church. They noticed there were indentions on the floor of his room where he knelt to pray each day. After the tour, the class loaded on their bus. When the teacher counted, there was ...read more

Scripture: 2 Chronicles 7:14

Tags: Prayer, Revival, Billy Graham, Evangelism, Holy Spirit, America  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

How Are You Doing?

Contributed by Martin Spoelstra on Jul 2, 2021

There's a story about a little girl who came home from school one day, and her mother met her at the door: Hi! How was school today? How are you doing? With the honesty of little people, the girl replied, Oh, not so well, mommy. My tummy hurts! Mothers know everything, and this mommy had ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 16:5-6

Tags: Joke, Child Misunderstanding

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Do Not Love The World

Contributed by Ken Mckinley on Jan 7, 2025

Now imagine this with me for a second. Let’s say you have a pillow and let’s say the family dog got ahold of that pillow and used it for a litter box… so you took it out and put it in the dumpster, and a family of rats moved into it and used it for a bed. And just before the day the trash truck ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 2:15

Tags: Love Of Jesus, Desire, Love Of The World

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Somebody Else  PRO

Contributed by Richard White on Sep 25, 2002

There was a clever young guy named Somebody Else There was nothing this can’t do He is busy from morning till late at night Substituting for you You’re asked to do this or do that And what is your ready reply Get Somebody Else to do that job He’ll do it much better than I SO much to do in this ...read more

Tags: Evangelism Fear Of

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

It's What You Do—not When You Do It

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006

IT’S WHAT YOU DO--NOT WHEN YOU DO IT Ted Williams, at age 42, slammed a home run in his last official time at bat. Mickey Mantle, age 20, hit 23 home runs his first full year in the major leagues. Golda Meir was 71 when she became Prime Minister of Israel. William Pitt II was 24 when he ...read more

Tags: God In The Hardships

How Do You Do That? I Have A Perfect ...

Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Dec 1, 2006

How do you do that? I have a perfect illustration from my favorite book next to the Bible THE JOURNEY HOME by Orthodox Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein. I’ve shared excerpts from his book with you in the past. Although it is classified as fiction, it is based on authentic events and a genuine friendship ...read more

Tags: Alcohol, Joy, Love, Peace

Denomination: Methodist

What You Want To Do, You Do. The Rest Is Just ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"What you want to do, you do. The rest ...read more

Tags: Action

What You Will Do Matters. All You Need Is To Do ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

What you will do matters. All you ...read more

Tags: Action

The Believing We Do Something When We Do Nothing ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

The believing we do something when we do nothing is the ...read more

Tags: Addiction

Do Things You Dont Like To Do; Bear Down That ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Do things you dont like to do; bear down that much harder on what you hate doing. Itll make you a lot ...read more

Tags: Endurance

It Is Not Only What We Do, But Also What We Do ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"It is not only what we do, but also what we do not do, for ...read more

Tags: Christian Love

Once Conform, Once Do What Others Do Because ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Once conform, once do what others do because they do it, and a kind of lethargy steals over ...read more

Tags: Church General

We Do Not Need Very Much And We Do Not Need That ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

We do not need very much and we do not need ...read more

Tags: Miscellaneous

Never Mind What Others Do; Do Better Than ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Never mind what others do; do better than yourself, beat your own record from day ...read more

Tags: Workplace Success

You Do Not Succeed Because You Do Not Know What ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"You do not succeed because you do not know what you want, or you don't ...read more

Tags: Workplace Success

Are We Ready To Do What God Designed Us To Do?

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 26, 2004

Are we ready to do what God designed us to do? Some of you may remember back in January I showed you this cordless drill that I had as a gift from my Mother for Christmas. As with gifts that God gives us, I mentioned, at the time, that it would be no point in me having this gift if I didn’t use it. ...read more

Tags: Doing God's Will, Knowing God's Will

What Do I Do When I Am Rejected?

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jan 17, 2022

REJECTED, TRY AGAIN SORRY CHARLIE? REMEMBER THE STARKIST TUNA MASCOT? CHARLIE IS THE MOST FAMOUS … TOUGH LUCK, BRO… JUST GET OVER IT… REJECTED? WE CAN HELP CHEER ON OTHERS THAT HAVE BEEN REJECTED. CARMELO ANTONY, third player picked in the NBA DRAFT,. He played 17 years and became one ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:11, Philippians 2:3

Tags: Rejection, Try Again, Persist

Denomination: Assembly Of God