In Sermon Illustrations: "Go Ahead"

God, Who Foresaw Your Tribulation, Has Specially ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2006

“God, who foresaw your tribulation, has specially armed you to go through it, not without pain ...read more

Tags: God In The Hardships

Every Evening I Turn My Worries Over To God. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2006

“Every evening I turn my worries over to God. He’s going to be up all night ...read more

Tags: Guilt

Get The Word Out. You Can Have The Most ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Get the word out. You can have the most wonderful product in the world, but if people dont know about ...read more

Tags: Business And Marketplace

Someone Asked The Speaker At A Church ...  PRO

Contributed by Robert Leroe on Jul 5, 2002

Someone asked the speaker at a church conference, “Can you smoke and still go to heaven?” The speaker answered, ...read more

Tags: Smoking, Addiction, Giving Yourself, Heaven

Denomination: Congregational

Robert Tuttle Says, "The Holy Spirit Takes The ...  PRO

Contributed by Timothy Grayless on Feb 15, 2003

Robert Tuttle says, “The Holy Spirit takes the initiative in the drama of rescue” if we let God go ...read more

Tags: Evangelism Urgency, Holy Spirit In Believers

Denomination: Methodist

Story: Martin Luther Is Reputed To Have Said ...

Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Nov 25, 2004

Story: Martin Luther is reputed to have said that even if he knew Christ was going to return ...read more

Tags: Second Coming

Denomination: Anglican

If The Holy Spirit Were Taken Away From Us, 95 ...

Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Nov 3, 2007

“If the Holy Spirit were taken away from us, 95 percent of what we do in our churches ...read more

Denomination: Salvation Army

God Is Not Concerned With Your Past But He Is ...

Contributed by James Lee on Jan 8, 2009

God is not concerned with your past but He is concerned with your future. It’s not where you’ve been ...read more

Tags: Salvation

Denomination: Baptist

In Teaching The Book Of Revelaton, People Get ...

Contributed by Tim White on Feb 19, 2009

In teaching the Book of Revelaton, people get bored early with the terminology, theories and background. “When are you going to get to ...read more

Tags: Revelation

Denomination: Baptist

There Is Little Good In Filling Churches With ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"There is little good in filling churches with people who go out exactly the same as they come in; the call of the Church is ...read more

Tags: Church General

Golf Asks Something Of A Man. It Makes One ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Golf asks something of a man. It makes one loathe mediocrity. It seems to say, If you are going to keep ...read more

Tags: Sports

Look Not Sorrowfully Into The Past; It Comes ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Look not sorrowfully into the past; it comes not back again. Wisely improve they present; it is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy ...read more

Tags: God's Sovereign Will

I Have A Theory About The Human Mind. A Brain ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I have a theory about the human mind. A brain is a lot like a computer. It will only take so many facts, and ...read more

Tags: Thought

Marriage Should, I Think, Always Be A Little ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Marriage should, I think, always be a little bit hard and new and strange. It should be breaking your shell and ...read more

Tags: Marriage General

The Percentage Of Mistakes In Quick Decisions ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The percentage of mistakes in quick decisions is no greater than in long-drawn-out vacillations, and the effect of decisiveness ...read more

Tags: Mistakes

I Make No Secret Of The Fact That I Would Rather ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

I make no secret of the fact that I would rather lie on a sofa than sweep beneath it. But you have to be ...read more

Tags: Character

To Make Money, Buy Some Good Stock, Hold It ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"To make money, buy some good stock, hold it until it goes up and then sell it. If ...read more

Tags: Gifts Giving

We May Change But God Never ...

Contributed by Tony Abram on Jul 18, 2009

We may change but God never changes. He is not the great I was, or the great I am going ...read more

Tags: Truth, Truth Of Christ

One Day In The South Pacific, A Navy Ship Saw ...  PRO

Contributed by Kenneth Burisek on Apr 12, 2005

One day in the South Pacific, a navy ship saw smoke coming from one of three huts on an uncharted island. Upon arriving at the shore they were met by a shipwreck survivor. He said, "I’m so glad you’re here! I’ve been alone on this island for more than five years!" The captain replied, "If ...read more

Tags: Church Practices

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Perhaps You Are Like Charley Brown  PRO

Contributed by Larry Jacobs on Jul 18, 2005

PERHAPS YOU ARE LIKE CHARLEY BROWN: In a peanuts comic strip showed a conversation between Lucy and Charlie Brown. Lucy said that life is like a deck chair. Some place it so they can see where they are going; some place it so they can see where they have been; and some place it so they ...read more

Tags: Church Body Of Christ, Church Purpose Of

Denomination: Baptist