Plan for: Thanksgiving | Advent | Christmas

Sermon Illustrations
Free Sermon Illustrations for Preaching :

In Sermon Illustrations: "filling" showing 841-860 of 1,801

Filter Results
Close Filters

Scripture

Rating

Date

Denominations

  • Show more

Category

  • Try PRO

    Confident Preaching

    Try PRO free and preach with confidence when people need it most.
    Free to start now
  • God Picks The Unlovable Ones

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 15, 2011
     | 5,604 views

    GOD PICKS THE UNLOVABLE ONES Anne Lamott described a time when a fellow church member told about adopting her son through an organization called A.S.K. -- Adopt Special Kids. Part of the adoption process included filling out a questionnaire checking "yes" or "no" for one's willingness to adopt ...read more

  • God's Word Described  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 14, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,594 views

    GOD’S WORD DESCRIBED An unknown writer said, "This Book is the mind of God, the state of man, the way of salvation, the doom of sinners, and the happiness of believers. Its doctrines are holy, its precepts are binding; its histories are true, and its decisions are immutable. Read it to be wise, ...read more

  • Light In The Darkness

    Contributed by David Simpson on Jan 15, 2013
     | 11,100 views

    LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS Have you ever been in on one of those guided tours of any of a number of caves around our country ... like Ruby Falls, or Carlsbad Caverns or another one. Our family went to the Carlsbad Caves in New Mexico years ago. And as they do in so many places, they’ll turn out the ...read more

  • A Comfortable Emptiness!

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Jun 2, 2005
     | 4,103 views

    A Comfortable Emptiness! On a faded scroll framed in mahogany and hung in the hallway of an old farmhouse I chanced many years ago to read what then, in my youth, seemed important but now many years later is ingrained in my heart as one of the most profound and impacting statements I have ever ...read more

  • Hide From The Toil

    Contributed by James Pless on May 22, 2006
     | 1,750 views

    hide from the toil 12438. One Day I Dream One day as I was fast asleep I had this stirring dream; I was caught up to be with God. With angels it did seem. And while up there, I met God’s saints From many parts of the earth. Now some were great and famous men, And some of humble birth. I ...read more

  • If Tomorrow Starts Without Me  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 3, 2002
    based on 33 ratings
     | 5,029 views

    IF TOMORROW STARTS WITHOUT ME If tomorrow starts without me, And I’m not there to see; If the sun should rise and find your eyes All filled with tears for me; I wish so much you wouldn’t cry The way you did today, While thinking of the many things, We didn’t get to say. I know how much you love ...read more

  • Shortly After The Turn Of The Century, Japan ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 22, 2004
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,562 views

    Shortly after the turn of the century, Japan invaded, conquered, and occupied Korea. One group singled out for concentrated oppression was the Christians. When the Japanese army overpowered Korea one of the first things they did was board up evangelical churches and eject most foreign missionaries. ...read more

  • Our Family Pet, Happy The Saint Bernard, Really ...

    Contributed by Chris Surber on Feb 8, 2008
     | 1,034 views

    Our family pet, Happy the Saint Bernard, really doesn’t eat as much food as one might think she would for such a large dog but just because she doesn’t eat as much food as one might think doesn’t mean she does not have good taste! Happy is not such a big fan of dry dog food. If you fill her bowl ...read more

  • There Was A Man Who Did Not Know What Was Wrong. ...  PRO

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Jun 22, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,520 views

    There was a man who did not know what was wrong. He seemed to fail at everything he attempted. His parents had been wealthy, so he had inherited a considerable amount of money. However, he failed everything he tried on his own. Now he was almost broke, and his wife was leaving him because (as she ...read more

  • This Baby Is For You

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2011
     | 4,096 views

    THIS BABY IS FOR YOU Pastor and author Richard Foster writes about genuine, joyous giving. "Giving with a glad and generous heart has a way of rooting out the tough old miser within us. Just the very act of letting go of money or some other treasure does something great within us."1 Such genuine, ...read more

  • Blessings In The Messes

    Contributed by Todd Catteau on May 27, 2015
     | 6,355 views

    Sometimes life is a mess! As I sit in my own office you can barely see the top of my desk and just about every available flat surface is cluttered with some books or papers of some sort! Sermons to preach, classes to teach, meetings to prepare for, schedules to keep - my office sometimes ...read more

  • Daddy Hands  PRO

    Contributed by Lyn King on Jun 15, 2002
    based on 12 ratings
     | 3,389 views

    Daddy Hands Susan Fabncke I awoke in the night to find my husband, Marty, gently rocking our baby son, Noah. I stood for a moment in the doorway, watching this amazing man with whom I was so blessed to share my life, lovingly stroke Noah’s fat pink cheeks in an effort to comfort him. I felt in my ...read more

  • What Would Life Be Without Mistakes?

    Contributed by James Snyder on Oct 9, 2021
     | 1,459 views

    Let me be clear from the beginning. I have made a lot of mistakes during my life. I have made mistakes that I don’t even know about to this day. Even the ones I do know about, I cannot remember very clearly. Mistakes are a part of life. Unfortunately, some people believe they live their whole life ...read more

  • I Will Fight No More Forever

    Contributed by Larry Brincefield on Jul 1, 2005
     | 2,788 views

    In 1877 Chief Joseph, leader of the Nez Perce Indians… Surrendered to the American Army… There was a movie made in 1975 about Chief Joseph and his battle to remain free… It was entitled, “I will fight no more forever”…. As a teenager in the 70s, I remember this movie… The speech that he gave when ...read more

  • Jimmy Stewart Shared The Story About The Filming ...  PRO

    Contributed by Lee Johnson on Dec 9, 2005
    based on 8 ratings
     | 2,376 views

    Jimmy Stewart shared the story about the filming of the movie, It’s a Wonderful Life. “It’s hard to explain. I, for one, had things happen to me during the filming that never happened in any other picture I’ve made. In one scene, for example, George Bailey is faced with unjust criminal charges ...read more

  • Mega Church Growth Slows: A New Study By Scott ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,899 views

    Mega Church Growth Slows: A new study by Scott Thumma, Hartford Seminary, indicates that after 20 years of rapid growth, churches of more than 2000 members, growth has markedly slowed. There are approximately 500 such mega churches in the U.S. and nearly all have a conservative theological ...read more

  • I Read A Story This Week (By Bishop Tom Wright) ...

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Aug 11, 2006
     | 1,517 views

    I read a story this week (by Bishop Tom Wright) about a Father who was preparing to go away on business for several weeks. He was anxious to make sure that his wife would be looked after during his time away and so he had a quiet word with his eldest son who was about 9 years old at the time. ...read more

  • Oil Lamps Once Played A Major Role In The Early ...

    Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Sep 7, 2006
     | 1,646 views

    Oil lamps once played a major role in the early days of colonial America. The vast majority of homes in those days had a lamp that usually had a glass reservoir with a wick and chimney. The company that manufactured the lamp would give specific instructions concerning its care. -From the ...read more

  • There's No Reason We Can't Set Out To Show Love ...

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Sep 7, 2006
     | 1,058 views

    There’s no reason we can’t set out to show love in everything we do. Now, notice that I did not say “feel” love. If you and I wait until we feel love for others, we will wind up loving only those who make us feel loved. I did not say that we are to feel love but rather that we are to show love. ...read more

  • Wayne Cordeiro Tells Of A Receptionist From His ...  PRO

    Contributed by Daniel Devilder on Dec 1, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,957 views

    Wayne Cordeiro tells of a receptionist from his church who has found a “little slice of heaven on earth” around God’s people: He found out she worked her “day job” six days a week, and volunteered to be a receptionist at the church building her one day off. He says: “Why do you come here and do ...read more

  • Previous
  • 1
  • 2
  • 41
  • 42
  • 43
  • 44
  • 45
  • 90
  • 91
  • Next