In Sermon Illustrations: "Encourage Others"

We Cannot As Christians Easily Classify ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"We cannot as Christians easily classify ourselves [or others] as either a success or failure. There is a mixture of both in us all. In fact, it is only as we understand failure and accept it that we discover the secret of ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

The Beauty Of Human Life Consists In The Fact ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The beauty of human life consists in the fact that, as we review our last New Years resolutions, we find we have fulfilled one-third of them, left unfilled ...read more

Tags: New Year's Day

Friendship Arises Out Of Mere Companionship ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Friendship arises out of mere Companionship when two or more of the companions discover that they have in common some insight or interest or even taste which the others do not share and which, till ...read more

Tags: Compassion

Touch Is A Powerful Thing. It Is A Fact That ...

Contributed by Jim Kane on May 18, 2009

Touch is a powerful thing. It is a fact that holding newborns help them to thrive and live. God uses our appropriate touches to touch the lives of others. How are your hands, how are our ...read more

Tags: Church Body Of Christ

Denomination: Church Of God

Look What We Did!

Contributed by Perry Greene on Nov 23, 2011

LOOK WHAT WE DID! The mouse and the elephant walked across the swinging bridge. Of course, the bridge shook and swayed under the elephant’s weight. When they reached the other side, they looked ...read more

Tags: Pride

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Two Guys Are Barreling Down A Hill. All Of A ...

Contributed by Samuel Fulkerson on Aug 23, 2012

Two guys are barreling down a hill. All of a sudden the brakes give out. The guy driving says, "Oh No! The brakes gave out! What are we gonna do!?" The other ...read more

Tags: Humor

Denomination: Pentecostal

Interactive Worship (Praying For One Another)

Contributed by Mark Eberly on Feb 12, 2008

Interactive Worship (praying for one another) At this point a chair is brought out called the mercy seat and people take turns sitting in the chair as others gather around to "lay hands on" and pray for. (sorry this is not really a ...read more

Denomination: Church Of God

Faith And Works Should Travel Side-By-Side, Step ...

Contributed by Tony Abram on Jun 7, 2008

Faith and works should travel side-by-side, step answering to step, like the legs of men walking. First faith, and then works; and then faith again, and then works again--until you can scarcely ...read more

Tags: Promises Of God

Some Choices Carry Greater Consequences Than ...

Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Sep 22, 2008

Some choices carry greater consequences than others. A student nurse came into the hospital room to give her 79-year-old patient a shot. She asked him, ...read more

Tags: Sin Wages Of

Denomination: United Methodist

Character Vs Reputation

Contributed by Garris Hudson on Feb 2, 2023

"Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation. Your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are. " - ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 2:12-14

Tags: Witness, Discipleship, Character, Example, Reputation  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Patriotic Testimony - Sgt. York, Christian Soldier

Contributed by Garris Hudson on May 23, 2016

SERGEANT YORK the Christian Soldier If someone remembers the name Sergeant York, they remark by saying, “That’s the movie starring Gary Cooper, right?” Who is this hillbilly from Tennessee? This is where our story begins. In December 1887, in the hills of Pall Mall, Tennessee, Alvin York was ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:16

Tags: Testimony, Christian Soldiers, War Heroes, July 4th

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Samuel Johnson, The 18th Century Poet And ...  PRO

Contributed by Jim Luthy on Jul 19, 2001

Samuel Johnson, the 18th century poet and essayist, summarized the cause of estrangement this way: "The friendship which is to be practiced or expected by common mortals, must take its rise from mutual ...read more

Tags: Friendship New Friends

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Heretics Are To Be Converted By An Example Of ...  PRO

Contributed by Curtis Kittrell on Jun 13, 2002

“Heretics are to be converted by an example of humility and other virtues far more readily than by any external display or verbal battles. So let us arm ourselves with devout prayers and set off showing ...read more

Tags: Sharing Your Faith, Apologetics General, Humility

Denomination: Pentecostal

Is It Burning?  PRO

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Aug 7, 2002

IS IT BURNING? It is easy to determine when something is aflame. It ignites other material. Any fire that does not spread will eventually go out. A church without evangelism is a contradiction in terms, just as a fire that does not burn ...read more

Tags: Great Commission, Evangelism How To, Church Purpose Of

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Two Shoe Salesman Were Sent To Africa. One Sent A ...  PRO

Contributed by Ed Wood on Feb 7, 2003

Two shoe salesman were sent to Africa. One sent a telegram home that said: “Get me home, nobody here wears shoes.” The other salesman’s telegram said: “Send ...read more

Tags: Evangelism Urgency

Denomination: Baptist

Spam Will Cost The World $50 Billion In Lost ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Spam will cost the world $50 billion in lost productivity and other expenses this year, according to a new Ferris Research study. More than a third of that, or $17 billion will be wasted by ...read more

Tags: Workplace

It Is An Indiscreet And Troublesome Ambition ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

It is an indiscreet and troublesome ambition that cares so much about fame; about what the world says of us; to be always looking in the faces of others for approval; to be always anxious about the effect of what ...read more

Tags: Finding Fulfillment

We Get Our Moral Bearings By Looking At God. We ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"We get our moral bearings by looking at God. We must begin with God. We are right when, and only when, we stand in a right position relative to God, and we are ...read more

Tags: God The Father

In All Things Preserve Integrity; And The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"In all things preserve integrity; and the consciousness of thine own uprightness will alleviate the toil of business; soften the hardness of ill-success and disappointments, and give thee an humble confidence before God, when the ...read more

Tags: Leadership General

I Desire So To Conduct The Affairs Of This ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I desire so to conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end, when I come to lay down the reins of power, I have lost every other friend on earth, I shall have at ...read more

Tags: Compassion