In Sermon Illustrations: "Free To Serve"

Leave Behind The Past, Reach For The Future

Contributed by Saumiman Saud on Feb 18, 2025

LEAVE BEHIND THE PAST, REACH FOR THE FUTURE Heavenly Father, I thank You for giving me the opportunity to enter a new year. May I love and serve You diligently, Father. In Jesus' name I pray, Amen. Philippians 3:13-14 "Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:13-14

Tags: Future, Past

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Real Authority  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2002

Real authority is the power to serve.” ...read more

Tags: Christian Disciplines, Leadership General

Agriculture, Manufacturers, Commerce And ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Agriculture, manufacturers, commerce and navigation, the four pillars of our prosperity, are most ...read more

Tags: Business And Marketplace

Everyone Needs A Warm Personal Enemy Or Two To ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Everyone needs a warm personal enemy or two to keep him free from rust in the ...read more

Tags: Miscellaneous

The Will Of The People Is The Only Legitimate ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government, and to protect its free ...read more

Tags: Government

Notice Satan’s Version Of Grace - It Had An ...  PRO

Contributed by Joel Pankow on Mar 1, 2001

notice Satan’s version of grace - it had an IF clause attached to it. [[This reminds me of the many ploys out there today - get 400 dollars of free merchandise - IF you sign up for MSN for three years. No money down - no interest for 12 months - you can own a new car NOW! But all you have to do ...read more

Scripture: Mark 1:12-15, Matthew 4:1-11, Mark 4:26-34

Tags: Money, Sin Deceptive, Temptation Of Christ

Denomination: Lutheran

Nothing In Life Creates More Deep Seated ...  PRO

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Apr 27, 2002

Nothing in life creates more deep seated anxieties than the false assumption that life should be ...read more

Tags: Guilt, Peace

Denomination: Assembly Of God

The Very Reason For The First Amendment Is To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"The very reason for the First Amendment is to make the people of this country free to think, speak, write and worship as ...read more

Tags: America

The Mutual Confidence On Which All Else Depends ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The mutual confidence on which all else depends can be maintained only by an open mind and a ...read more

Tags: Confidence

Liberty Is The Hardest Test That One Can Inflict ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Liberty is the hardest test that one can inflict on a people. To know how to be free is not given ...read more

Tags: Political Freedom

If You Think Health Care Is Expensive Now, Wait ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what ...read more

Tags: Human Body

There Is Danger From All Men. The Only Maxim Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with ...read more

Tags: Power

The Great Omission In American Life Is ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The great omission in American life is solitude. . . that zone of time and space, free from the outside pressures, ...read more

Tags: Suffering Loneliness

Auto Body Repair Ministry--I Have A Friend Back ...

Contributed by Peter Loughman on Feb 9, 2010

- AUTO BODY REPAIR MINISTRY--I have a friend back home, Michael. Michael is without a doubt a man with a call from Jesus Christ into ministry. Michael ministry is owning and running an auto body repair shop. Running an auto body repair shop may sound like the farthest thing there is from a church, ...read more

Tags: Workplace

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Our Contest Is Not Only Whether We Ourselves ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Our contest is not only whether we ourselves shall be free, but whether there shall be left to mankind an asylum on ...read more

Tags: Political Freedom

Under God We Are Determined That Wheresoever, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Under God we are determined that wheresoever, whensoever, or howsoever we shall be called to ...read more

Tags: Political Freedom

Our Contest Is Not Only Whether We Ourselves ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Our contest is not only whether we ourselves shall be free, but whether there shall be left to mankind an asylum on ...read more

Tags: Political Freedom

Make Me A Captive, Lord, And Then I Shall Be ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Make me a captive, Lord, And then I shall be free. Force me to render up my ...read more

Tags: Competition

Nothing Liberates Our Greatness Like The Desire ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Nothing liberates our greatness like the desire to help, ...read more

Tags: Servanthood

At A Presbyterian Church In Omaha. People ...  PRO

Contributed by Scott Bradford on Nov 15, 2002

"...at a Presbyterian church in Omaha. People were given helium filled balloons and told to release them at some point in the service when they felt like expressing the joy in their hearts. Since they were Presbyterians, they weren’t free to say "Hallelujah, Praise the Lord." All through the ...read more

Tags: Emotions, Joy

Denomination: United Methodist