In Sermon Illustrations: "Faith In God"

The Gods Had Given Me Almost Everything. But I ...

Contributed by Donnie Martin on Sep 14, 2003

The gods had given me almost everything. But I let myself be lured into long spells of senseless and sensual ease...Tired of being on the heights, I deliberately went to the depths in search for new sensation. What the paradox was to me in the sphere of thought, perversity became to me in the ...read more

Tags: Faith General

Denomination: Baptist

Citation: N.t. Wright In For All God's Worth. ...

Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Feb 27, 2004

Citation: N.T. Wright in For All God’s Worth. Christianity Today, Vol. 41, no. 12.] We live in a world full of people struggling to be, or at least to appear, strong in order not to be weak; and we ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 12:9-10

Tags: Faith, Humility

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Nobody Is Exempt. David, A Man After God's Own ...

Contributed by Thomas Cash on Jan 27, 2005

Nobody is exempt. David, a man after God’s own heart, succumbed to temptation after reveling in his success. Build the right hedges of protection around you. (Refer to excerpt from "Hedges" by Jerry Jenkins) "One of the major causes of marital breakups in the Christian community is the lack of ...read more

Tags: Marriage Faithfulness

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The More We Know Of God, The More Unreservedly We ...  PRO

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Mar 10, 2002

The more we know of God, the more unreservedly we will trust him; the greater our progress in theology, the simpler and more ...read more

Tags: Faith General

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Let God Be Sovereign In Your Affairs. Crown Him ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Let God be sovereign in your affairs. Crown Him Dictatorthen He ...read more

Tags: Faith General

He Who Walks With God Will Tell You Plainly, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"He who walks with God will tell you plainly, God does not ordinarily shout to make Himself heard. As Elijah ...read more

Tags: Faith General

How God Fulfils His Promises In Our Life?

Contributed by Samuel M on Sep 24, 2025

Every true promise of God passes through the stage of death before its fulfilled. The stage of death- is where we lose all hope, and the fulfilment of the promise looks impossible. The mere thought of the promise becomes burdensome. Sometimes we will forget the fact that we have such a wonderful ...read more

Tags: Faith, Hope

Working For Food

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 10, 2011

WORKING FOR FOOD I like the story of the rich executive who announced to his church one morning that he was going to give up all he owned so that he had to depend on his faith in God for everything he needed. He sold everything, gave it to the poor, and moved into a rented home down on the bad ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:19-34

Tags: Prayer Of Faith

Faith Struggles: 9 Of 10 Adults Say Faith Is Very ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Faith Struggles: 9 of 10 adults say faith is very important to them, and 3 out of 4 adults who consider themselves to be Christian say they would like to improve aspects of their faith life. According to a new Barna Group survey 48% of adults who deem themselves Christian rated themselves above ...read more

Tags: Faith General

On Little Yellow Flower! (11.04.05--Faith That ...  PRO

Contributed by Mark Brunner on Nov 2, 2005

On Little Yellow Flower! (11.04.05--Faith That Flies!--John 6:18-19) Now is the time of year when most of the flowers in my wife’s flower beds have wilted and sagged. The frost has struck more than once, making even the hardier mums droop a bit. The time of blossoming has passed for most of the ...read more

Scripture: John 6:18-19

Tags: Faith General, Devoted, Doubt

Denomination: Lutheran

A Little Over 75 Years Ago A Little Known ...  PRO

Contributed by Lou Nicholes on Oct 12, 2004

A little over 75 years ago a little known American inventor, born of Russian descent named Vladimir Kosma Zworykin began to work for the Westinghouse Electric Corporation. Over the next few years Mr. Zworykin worked on an idea called an iconoscope and a kinescope. The kinescope would eventually ...read more

Scripture: Mark 4:30-41

Tags: Faith General, Examples Of Faith

Denomination: Baptist

Charles Hard Townes, 89, And Columbia University ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Charles Hard Townes, 89, and Columbia University physicist, has been awarded this year’s Templeton Prize for progress or discoveries about spiritual reality. He notes, “I don’t think that science is complete at all. We don’t understand everything and one can see, within science itself, there are ...read more

Tags: Faith General

Relying On God Has To Begin All Over Again Every ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006

"Relying on God has to begin all over again every day as if nothing yet had ...read more

Tags: Faith General

God Our Father Has Made All Things Depend On ...  PRO

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jul 24, 2002

God our Father has made all things depend on faith so that whoever has faith will have everything, and whoever does not ...read more

Tags: Faith General

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

God Our Father Has Made All Things Depend On ...  PRO

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000

God our Father has made all things depend on faith so that whoever has faith will have everything, and whoever does not have ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 11:3

Tags: Faith General

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

God Our Father Has Made All Things Depend On ...  PRO

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Mar 30, 2002

God our Father has made all things depend on faith so that whoever has faith will have everything, and whoever does not have ...read more

Tags: Faith General

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

When You Decide Gods Way Shall Be Your Way, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"When you decide Gods way shall be your way, immediately you begin to walk. You stop worrying about whether you will ...read more

Tags: Faith General

Rev. Billy Graham Stated, "In Times Like This, We ...

Contributed by Clarence Clough on Dec 4, 2008

Rev. Billy Graham stated, "In times like this, we realize how weak and inadequate we are, and our greatest need is to turn in repentance and faith to the God of all mercy and the Father of all Comfort. If ever there ...read more

Tags: Apologetics God

Denomination: Church Of God

Children's Faith

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 11, 2025

"Children’s Letters to God" series, actual authentic letters written by kids to God: "Dear God, I read the Bible. What does ’begat’ mean? Nobody will tell me. Love, Alison." "Dear God, did you mean for the giraffe to look like that or was it an accident?" - ...read more

Scripture: Mark 11:1-11, Matthew 18:3

Tags: Childlike Faith, Questions

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Faith: A Living, Daring Confidence

Contributed by Gregg Bitter on Nov 16, 2009

FAITH: A LIVING, DARING CONFIDENCE "Faith is a living, daring confidence in God’s grace, so sure and certain that the believer would stake his life on it a thousand times. This knowledge of and confidence in God’s grace makes men glad and bold and happy in dealing with God and with all creatures. ...read more

Tags: Faith

Denomination: Lutheran