In Sermon Illustrations: "Faith To Believe"

There Is A Story Told About A Faithful Old Deacon ...

Contributed by Christian Cheong on Aug 31, 2009

There is a story told about a faithful old deacon whose oft repeated prayer expression was, "O Lord, touch the unsaved with Thy finger." One prayer meeting night he was leading in prayer when as he intoned this petition, as he so often did, he abruptly stopped praying. Supposing he had been ...read more

Tags: Servanthood

Denomination: Independent/Bible

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

Faith Is Acting As Though A Thing Is So, When It ...

Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 11, 2010

"Faith is acting as though a thing is so, when it is not, in order for it ...read more

Scripture: 2 Thessalonians 2:1-15

Tags: Faith

Denomination: Baptist

Faith Does Things Differently, But It Gets Them ...

Contributed by Charles Wallis on Aug 3, 2010

FAITH DOES THINGS DIFFERENTLY, BUT IT GETS THEM DONE Attorney Mike Hanson, 45, started hiking the Appalachian trail in March, from Georgia to Maine, 2179 miles, unassisted with just a pair of walking sticks and a GPS, averaging nine miles per day, fighting the flu and a sore ankle. He will finish ...read more

Tags: Faith

Denomination: Pentecostal

What Can Be Proved Requires No Faith To Accept. ...

Contributed by David Tack on Nov 24, 2011

"What can be proved requires no faith to accept. Faith rests upon the character of God, not upon the demonstrations of laboratory or logic...To try to find a common ground between the message of the cross and man's fallen reason is to try the impossible, and if persisted in must result in an ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 11:1

Tags: Faith

Denomination: Baptist

Of A Sister In Faith Losing Her Valuable Purse ...

Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Dec 22, 2011

Of a Sister in faith losing her valuable purse and then miraculously recovering it. Two years ago, the ladies of our Church went to buy some gifts in a busy market for Church widows and orphans during Christmas time. Mission accomplished, when they returned to the Church, one Sister in faith found ...read more

Tags: Miracles Of Jesus

Denomination: *other

Let Our Faith Be In God And Not In The Things Of This World.

Contributed by Greg Burcham on Sep 2, 2016

“Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.” Revelation 3:20 NKJV What a beautiful verse! Jesus declares His desire to be your Savior and friend. This verse comes at the end of Christ’s rebuke of ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 3:20

Tags: Laodicea, Open Door, God Cares For You

Denomination: Baptist

John White States, "Faith In The Invisible God ...

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Oct 17, 2007

John White states, "Faith in the invisible God can be demonstrated by power over material things, either power to manipulate them or power to escape enslavement to them. If someone’s life is controlled by material ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Andrew Murray ; "Faith Is The Eye With Which We ...

Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Oct 17, 2007

Andrew Murray ; “Faith is the eye with which we can see God in all, which makes every part of it the transparent ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Though Batttle Scarred She Kept The Faith And ...

Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Feb 6, 2008

though batttle scarred she kept the faith and never would give in a teacher and a preacher a great soldier to the end a thousand lives were touched by her, a spirit always strong today she walks in glory another saint has now moved on there is no doubt that she was called her gifts came shining ...read more

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Everett Ferguson (Early Christians Speak -- Faith ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008

Everett Ferguson (Early Christians Speak -- Faith and Life in the First Three Centuries, Revised Edition (Abilene, Texas: Abilene Christian University Press, 1981, 1987) - The sharing of food by the wealthier with the poorer was an important means of charity. The host provided food for those chosen ...read more

Holman Defines Faith: Trusting Commitment Of One ...

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Apr 18, 2007

Holman defines FAITH: Trusting commitment of one person to another, particularly of a person to God. Faith is the central concept of Christianity. ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Take Courage And Have Faith, God Is With Us, Is ...

Contributed by Richard Francis on May 19, 2007

Take courage and have faith, God is with us, is in control, he might shake the nations and bring disasters, but God is God, the silver is his, the gold is his and all the glory is his, rejoice and trust. Remember God loves us and whatever we do that will not change, he is there arms wide open ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Faith In God Makes Great Optimists. Over In ...

Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 11, 2007

Faith in God makes great optimists. Over in Burma, Judson was lying in a foul jail with 32 lbs. of chains on his ankles, his feet bound to a bamboo pole. A fellow prisoner said, “Dr. Judson, what about the prospect of the conversion of the heathen?” with a sneer on his face. His ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Martin Luther Wrote: " Faith . . . Honors Him ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Martin Luther wrote: " Faith . . . honors him whom it trusts with the most reverent and highest regard since it considers him truthful and trustworthy. There is no other honor equal to the estimate of truthfulness and righteousness with which we honor him whom we trust. . . . On the other hand, ...read more

Tags: Easter Resurrection

Don't Let The Good Christian Life Of The Past ...

Contributed by Brian Matherlee on Jul 14, 2008

Don't let the good Christian life of the past interfere with the new work God wants to do in your life. Missionary John Hyde went to India a little over a hundred years ago. John felt a strong calling to the nation of India and began to spend hours in an attempt to learn the local language. Then ...read more

Tags: Holy Spirit In Believers

Denomination: Wesleyan

You Shall Receive Power After...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 31, 2008

YOU SHALL RECEIVE POWER AFTER... Missionary John Hyde went to India a little over a hundred years ago. John felt a strong calling to the nation of India and began to spend hours in an attempt to learn the local language. Then the day came. It was in 1892 that he boarded a steamer in New York bound ...read more

Tags: Holy Spirit In Believers

Sharing Our Faith: According To A New Study From ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

Sharing Our Faith: According to a new study from the Barna Research Group, there are nearly 50 million born again adults who shared their faith in Christ with non-believers during the past year. That constitutes 60% of the born again adult population, which itself represents 38% of all adults. The ...read more

Tags: Evangelism How To

George Müller's Faith Story

Contributed by Jm Raja Lawrence on Jan 8, 2025

George Müller's story is one of the most remarkable demonstrations of living by faith in modern Christian history. Let me elaborate on this powerful testimony of walking in faith as Jesus did: In 1835, Müller began his orphanage work in Bristol, England, during the harsh conditions of ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 2:5-6, 1 Corinthians 13:1-13, 1 John 4:19-21, John 13:34-35, Ephesians 5:1-2, John 14:31, John 5:19, Philippians 2:8, Hebrews 5:8-9, John 8:29, John 13:14-15, Philippians 2:3-7, Matthew 23:11-12, Mark 10:45, Philippians 2:5-8, Matthew 11:29, John 13:12-15, Matthew 14:29-31, Mark 11:22-24, Romans 1:17, Acts 10:38, Galatians 5:16, John 14:12  (view more)  (view less)

Tags: Disciples, Church Members, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Power, Divine Love, Christian Living, Daily Christian Walk, Daily Christian Practice, Practical Theology, Biblical Ethics, Spiritual Seekers, Christ Like Character, Sacrificial Service, Personal Transformation, Biblical Obedience, Following Christ's Example, Humble Leadership, Christian Believers, Christian Service, Spiritual Disciplines, Biblical Faith, Spiritual Transformation, Christian Discipleship, Character Development  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Of A Famous Person Being Filled And ...

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Aug 8, 2012

Illustration of a famous person being filled and empowered with the Holy Spirit from Evangelist John Rice's book called, How Great Soul Winners Were Filled with the Holy Spirit published in 1949. He wrote this book to show how its the Holy Spirit's power which empowered the great men of faith of ...read more

Tags: Holy Spirit In Believers

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational