In Sermon Illustrations: "Gods Work"

The Carpenter Or Plumber Or Painter, The ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The carpenter or plumber or painter, the butcher or baker or candlestick maker who would naturally prosper is he who does ...read more

Tags: Competition

Set Goalshigh Goals For You And Your ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Set goalshigh goals for you and your organization. When your organization has a goal to shoot for, you create teamwork, ...read more

Tags: Goals

Saying We Should Keep The Two-Party System ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Saying we should keep the two-party system simply because it is working is like saying the Titanic voyage was a success ...read more

Tags: Government

There Is Of Course Something Wrong With A Man ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"There is of course something wrong with a man who is only partly humorous, or is only humorous at times, for humor ought to be a yeast, ...read more

Tags: Humor

It Usually Takes A Hundred Years To Make A Law, ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"It usually takes a hundred years to make a law, and then, after it has done its work, it usually takes ...read more

Tags: Law

Put Your Morning Devotions Into Your Personal ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Put your morning devotions into your personal grooming. You would not go out to work with a dirty face. Why start the ...read more

Tags: Possession

Modern Liberalism Seems To Have Forgotten The ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Modern liberalism seems to have forgotten the fact that if America hadnt paid the price, blood, sweat and hard work and the financial ...read more

Tags: Politics

Leaders Arent Born, They Are Made. And They Are ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Leaders arent born, they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And thats the price well ...read more

Tags: Gifts Leadership

The Toughest Thing About Success Is That You've ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success. Talent is only a starting point in this ...read more

Tags: Workplace Success

What Is Success? I Think It Is A Mixture Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"What is success? I think it is a mixture of having a flair for the thing you are doing; knowing that it is not enough, that you have got to ...read more

Tags: Workplace Success

I Believe, To Be Successful, That You Have To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I believe, to be successful, that you have to work at least half a day it doesn't make any difference which half, ...read more

Tags: Workplace Success

There Is No Security, No Safety, In The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"There is no security, no safety, in the appeasement of evil. It must be the core of Western policy that there be no sanctuary for terror. And to sustain such a ...read more

Tags: Satan

When It Comes To Dreams And Visions You Have To ...

Contributed by Charles Jones on Oct 21, 2008

When it comes to dreams and visions you have to be like Nehemiah and say, "I ain't got time to ...read more

Tags: Dreams

Denomination: Pentecostal

Phillip Keller Visited A Potter In Pakistan A...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 13, 2009

Phillip Keller visited a potter in Pakistan and gained the most understanding ever of the meaning found in "Your will be done in earth as it is in heaven." The words of the prophet came to mind: "Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause you to hear my words" (Jer. 18:2). ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:10

Tags: Lord's Prayer

Hudson Taylor Learns About ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 10, 2010

Hudson Taylor Learns About Giving One wonderful testimony of faith from church history is that of Hudson Taylor, the first missionary to the interior of China (in the mid-1800s). He was a great evangelist because he learn “to move man, through God, by prayer alone.” To prepare for the loneliness ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:16

Tags: Giving Yourself

Traditional Family Comeback A Myth: Headlines ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

Traditional Family Comeback A Myth: Headlines claiming women are leaving the workforce to become full-time moms have periodically appeared during recent years, but hard data just doesn’t back it up. The traditional family, with Mom at home full-time while Dad works shrank from 43% in ’80 to 27% in ...read more

Tags: Parenting

I ...

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jan 5, 2010

Illustration: While I was helping to clean the church, I encountered a 12 year-old boy who was working out his court sentence for theft by doing community service. He asked me what bad thing I had done to be working there. “Why son, I didn’t do anything wrong. I’m just helping out the church. What ...read more

Tags: Servanthood

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Baptized Cucumbers  PRO

Contributed by Thomas Donelan on Oct 12, 2010

BAPTIZED CUCUMBERS What is this (a cucumber), and what is this (a pickle?) No, it is a baptized Cucumber! A few thoughts on this: 1. When those cucumbers are put in that pickling jar and covered with the pickling juice and sealed, they do not get any more juice, they are heated and stored for ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 28:19-20

Tags: Holy Spirit Baptism

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

John Piper: Your Heart Has To Get Bigger  PRO

Contributed by Bret Toman on Oct 31, 2012

JOHN PIPER: YOUR HEART HAS TO GET BIGGER "Little hearts give little lusts big power. Big hearts give little lusts little power because they look little! When you SEE the magnitude of your treasure, your soul swells to get around it and you MOCK pornography as a POWERLESS thrill! That’s the way it ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 119:104

Tags: Sin Deceptive

Denomination: Baptist

Model Building Class  PRO

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Aug 21, 2003

Illustration of my Model Building Class. I had an interesting week this week teaching a model building class. I had a bunch of students ranging in age from 9-13. I became a little frustrated with some of them this week when they refused to follow directions and as a result they where always ...read more

Tags: Commitment To Christ, Becoming A Christian, Repentance

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational