In Sermon Illustrations: "Forgetting Others"

War

Contributed by Steve Kinnard on Feb 15, 2019

WAR My life fell apart in the summer of ‘68. One minute I was the happiest man in the world then wham! It was all over. My countenance changed from a look of total contentment into one filled with agony and anguish. Here I was living in total rapture, married to the woman of my dreams. It’s hard ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:10-18

Tags: Battle, War

Denomination: Pentecostal

Breathtaking

Contributed by Todd Catteau on Nov 19, 2019

I recently had a conversation with a woman who is a double lung transplant recipient. The transplant took place over 20 years ago and I had known part of her story, but there was a detail she included in this retelling that stopped me in my tracks. She gave some facts about the disease, when she ...read more

Tags: Thanksgiving, Thanks, Grateful, Gratefulness, Blessings  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Not Hearing And Hearing From God!

Contributed by Paul Clemente on Nov 14, 2022

Genesis 8:1-18 Devotional v1: Can God forget things? Why or why not? – God IS Omniscient (all knowing), otherwise, He would not be God! The Hebrew word for “remember" is zakar = to remember, to recall, bring to mind! v1-3: How did God stop the flooding? – stopped rain from the sky, closed ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 8:1-18

Tags: Fear, Wisdom, Obedience, God's Word, Actions  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Seeking God

Contributed by Richard L. Brown on Aug 6, 2023

“Seeking God” Isaiah 55: 1-9 08/06/23 When my grandson Isaiah was three years old, he had a problem of wandering off and hiding. One day my daughter Maeghan and my wife Becky were shopping at a local mall and of course, he slipped off. All of a sudden, they realized he was missing. They ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 55:1-9, Luke 11:9, Jeremiah 29:13, Deuteronomy 4:29-31

Tags: Seeking God, Obeying God

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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

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

Children Whose Parents Read To Them Become Better ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Children Whose Parents Read to them become better readers and perform better in school. Other family activities, such as telling stories and singing songs, also encourage children’s acquisition ...read more

Tags: Children

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, Humility, Apologetics General

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: Evangelism How To, Great Commission, 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

Our Mission Of Partnering With The Lord To Help ...

Contributed by Jim Kane on Jan 7, 2008

Our mission of partnering with the Lord to help others come to Christ and be changed through a personal salvation experience must include praise to God for who He is because out of who He is, His ...read more

Denomination: Church Of God

J. Vernon Mcgee Said That False Philosophy Is ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008

J. Vernon McGee said that false philosophy is like a blind man looking in a dark room for a black cat that isn’t there. In other words, there is no real hope in false ...read more

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

Exemption From Mistake Is Not The Privilege Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Exemption from mistake is not the privilege of mortals; but when our mistakes are involuntary, we owe each other every candid consideration; and the man who, on discovering his errors, acknowledges and corrects ...read more

Tags: Mistakes

Set The Course Of Your Lives By The Three ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Set the course of your lives by the three stars sincerity, courage, unselfishness. From these flow a host of other virtues.... He who follows them and does not seek success, will attain the highest type of ...read more

Tags: Workplace Success

The Perfect Bond

Contributed by John Rollyson on Mar 27, 2009

The Great philosopher Plato: "Two things cannot be held together without a third; they must have some bond of union. And the fairest bond is that which most completely fuses and is fused into the things which ...read more

Tags: God's Love

Denomination: Baptist

As We Prepare For Communion This Morning, Let Us ...

Contributed by Jim Kane on May 18, 2009

As we prepare for communion this morning, let us do so by confessing to God that we have not always looked at others with eyes of forgiveness but unforgiveness, not always with eyes of hope and promise but fear and gloom, and not ...read more

Tags: Communion, Lord's Supper

Denomination: Church Of God