In Sermon Illustrations: "First Great Awakening"

I Am An Old Man And Have Known A Great Many ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

I Am An Old Man And Have Known A Great Many ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most ...read more

Tags: Endurance

When God Would Accomplish A Great Task, He Does ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"When God would accomplish a great task, He does not resort to the spectacular, nor does He send legions of soldiers. He puts His plan in a ...read more

Tags: Christmas

I Like To Listen. I Have Learned A Great Deal ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. ...read more

Tags: Leadership Listening

We Can Do No Great Things Only Small Things ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

We can do no great things only small things ...read more

Tags: Christian Love

Im Loyal To A Fault. Ive Got A Great Many Faults ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Im loyal to a fault. Ive got a great many faults and Im loyal ...read more

Tags: Marriage General

He Who Waits To Do A Great Deal Of Good At Once ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything. Life is made up of little things. True greatness ...read more

Tags: Fear And Worry

He Is Truly Great In Power Who Has Power Over ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

He is truly great in power who has ...read more

Tags: Power

During One Of His Great Campaigns, D L Moody Was ...  PRO

Contributed by Jonathan Campbell on May 20, 2011

During one of his great campaigns, D L Moody was approached by a man who had been to a number of the services and who, although convicted of his need for Christ, had kept on postponing a decision. Now the last night had come. The appeal was over, the people were going home, the work crew was busy ...read more

Scripture: John 19:30

Tags: Salvation, Justification

The Late Great Dr. E. K. Bailey Used To Say, ...

Contributed by Spencer Miller on Apr 23, 2013

The late great Dr. E. K. Bailey used to say, "Faith is acting like it is so, even if it ...read more

Tags: Faith

Denomination: Baptist

[105]. A Message From A Poem – Godliness With Contentment Is Great Gain

Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Jun 8, 2025

[105]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – GODLINESS WITH CONTENTMENT IS GREAT GAIN This is a one off for me in this particular style. I had in mind to write a song and got this far. The lyrics are not a problem, just the tunes. This poem would be a song for more than one singer as I see the parts in the ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:5-7, 1 Timothy 6:11, Hebrews 13:5, 2 Corinthians 12:10

Tags: Christian Poems, Godliness, Contentment, Gain, Materialism, Difficulty, Christian Poetry  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

[158]. A Message From A Poem – Gathered At The Great White Throne

Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Aug 9, 2025

[158]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – GATHERED AT THE GREAT WHITE THRONE This poem was written in conjunction with a series of articles I was doing on the Great White Throne and the Judgement Seat of Christ found on SermonCentral. We ought not be flippant about the judgements to come for both are very ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 9:27, Revelation 20:12, Revelation 20:11

Tags: Judgment, Great White Throne, Judgment Seat Of Christ, Be Saved Now, Christian Poems, Judged According To Deeds, All Will Be Judged  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Jesus Ministered In The Marketplace More Than Anywhere Else.

Contributed by Garris Hudson on Apr 4, 2022

Christ met unbelievers where they were. And He met them most often in the marketplace, not in a place of worship. He realized what many Christians today still don't seem to understand. Cultivators have to get out in the field. According to one count, the Gospels record 132 contacts that ...read more

Tags: Great Supper, Church, Gospel, Parables, Witnessing, Great Commission, Marketplace, Evangelism  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

[337]. A Message From A Poem - What My Saviour’s Done (Version 2)

Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Apr 18, 2026

[337]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM - WHAT MY SAVIOUR’S DONE (Version 2) This is short poem. The end of each line has an AABB etc. rhyme. The title is simple. {{Mark 5:19-20 and He did not let him, but He said to him, “Go home to your people and report to them WHAT GREAT THINGS THE LORD HAS DONE ...read more

Scripture: Mark 5:19-20

Tags: Salvation, Great Things, Christian Poems

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

At Approximately 3:20 On The Morning Of March ...  PRO

Contributed by John Hamby on Jul 15, 2002

“At approximately 3:20 on the morning of March 13, 1964, twenty-eight-year-old …(Kitty) Genovese was returning to her home in a nice middle-class area of Queens, NY…. She parked her ….(car) in a nearby parking lot, turned-off the lights and started the walk to her second floor apartment some 35 ...read more

Tags: Compassion, Great Commission, Evangelism Urgency

Denomination: Baptist

[216]. A Message From A Poem - Place The Lord Always In Your Focus

Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Oct 3, 2025

[216]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM - PLACE THE LORD ALWAYS IN YOUR FOCUS Placing the Lord always in your focus means having Him as THE priority in your life. So often we ask Jesus to share our priorities but it must not be like that. We have many priorities over our lifetimes. Sometimes work must ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 2:20, Matthew 22:37, Matthew 6:33

Tags: Priorities, Focus, First, Priority, Christian Poems, Jesus Is Number 1  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

We Must First Be Made Good Before We Can Do Good; ...  PRO

Contributed by Bruce Smith on Mar 13, 2002

We must first be made good before we can do good; we must first be made just, before our works can please God. When we are justified by faith in Christ, ...read more

Scripture: James 2:14-26

Tags: Cross Agony, God's Forgiveness

Denomination: Pentecostal

I Study My Bible Like I Gather Apples. First, I ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006

I study my Bible like I gather apples. First, I shake the whole tree that the ripest may fall. Then I shake each limb, and when I have shaken each limb, I shake each branch and every twig. Then I look under every leaf. I search the Bible as a whole like shaking the whole tree. Then I shake every ...read more

Tags: Bible Study

When You First Met "J.e.", You Could Tell He Was ...  PRO

Contributed by Bruce Willis on Dec 29, 2006

When you first met “J.E.”, you could tell he was a very angry man. In fact, at age 54 he’d been an angry person for many years. In a Bible study that night, many questions had been raised in his mind. Talking with the leader afterward, J.E. said, “I asked Jesus to be my Savior when I was 9 years ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 1:1-7, Romans 12:1-3

Tags: Mind

Denomination: Baptist

The Great Preacher F.b. Meyer Once Asked D.l. ...  PRO

Contributed by Clyde Grimes on Dec 28, 2002

The great preacher F.B. Meyer once asked D.L. Moody, “What is the secret of your success?” Moody replied, “For many years I have never given an address without the consciousness that the Lord may come before I have finished.” This may ...read more

Tags: Evangelism Urgency

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance