In Sermon Illustrations: "God Strives"

The Secret Garden Is A Fascinating Children's ...

Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Jun 20, 2009

The Secret Garden is a fascinating children’s classic. It is the story of a British child, Mary Lennox, who lived in India but is orphaned because of her parents’ death due to a cholera breakout. They send her to England to live with her only surviving relative, her uncle who is still mourning the ...read more

Tags: Love For God, Love God

Denomination: Salvation Army

Humphery The Whale

Contributed by Clarence Eisberg on Sep 6, 2017

Remember Humphrey the humpback whale? Humphrey became a national celebrity in 1985 when he made his way into the San Francisco Bay and headed up the Sacramento River into fresh water which, of course, could have been fatal for him. Each evening a large local television audience would tune in for ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 1:15-19

Tags: God Is Personal, God Communicates

Denomination: Lutheran

In A Sermon, Juan Carlos Ortiz Spoke Of A ...  PRO

Contributed by Mark Beaird on Nov 6, 2000

In a sermon, Juan Carlos Ortiz spoke of a conversation with a circus trapeze artist. The performer admitted the net underneath was there to keep them from breaking their necks, but added, "The net also keeps us from falling. Imagine there is no net. We would be so nervous that we would be more ...read more

Tags: Promise, Promises Of God, God's Provision, God, God Brings Hope  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Pentecostal

Daddy, Tell Me About The Facts Of Life.

Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Apr 18, 2017

Corrie Ten Boom’s father was being pursued by German authorities for housing Jews, which was a punishable crime under Hitler. He had to hurry away from the home one evening after packing his bag for a long, unknown trip to hide away. At the train station and in the middle of a highly tense ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:28

Tags: Father In Heaven, Will Of God, Where Is God, Father God, Waiting On God  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Looking Back, Looking Forward  PRO

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jul 28, 2002

LOOKING BACK, LOOKING FORWARD Hudson Taylor founder of China Inland Mission) used to hang in his home a plaque with two Hebrew Words on it: EBENEZER & JEHOVAH JIREH. The first word means ‘Hitherto hath the Lord helped us’ and the second, ‘The Lord will see to it or provide.’ One looked back while ...read more

Tags: Promises Of God, Faithfulness, God's Promises, God's Provision

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Good Pilots Do What It Takes To Get Their Passengers Home.

Contributed by Martin Spoelstra on Jul 9, 2018

A good pilot does what it takes to get his passengers home. A good example of this, is the story of a flight when the attendant told everyone to take their seats because of impending turbulence. It was a rowdy flight; the folks weren’t quick to respond; so she warned them again. “The flight is ...read more

Scripture: Acts 9:3-11

Tags: Listening To God, Hearing From God, Gods Voice

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Parable Of The Big Plane

Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Feb 16, 2020

A boy asked his father, “Dad, what is the size of God? How big is He?” The Father looked up at the sky and saw a little plane In the far distance and asked his son, “What is the Size of the plane in the sky?” The boy replied, “It is really small. I can hardly see it in the sky." Then, the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:1-12

Tags: Worship, God, Beatitudes, Seeing God, Greatness Of God  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Today I Am A Horse, Dear God, Did You Have To ...  PRO

Contributed by Tim Zingale on Dec 12, 2000

"Today I am a horse, Dear God, did you have to make my poor old horse lose his shoe just before the Sabbath? That wasn't nice. It's enough you pick on me, Tevye, bless me with 5 daughters, a life of poverty. What have You got against my horse? Sometimes I think when things are too quiet up there, ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 5:19

Tags: Finding Fulfillment, Human Body, Peace

Denomination: Lutheran

H.g. Wells: "Until A Man Has Found God, He ...  PRO

Contributed by Dennis Clark on Apr 12, 2001

H.G. Wells: "Until a man has found God, he begins at no ...read more

Scripture: John 1:1-5

Tags: Fulfillment, God Brings Purpose, Apologetics God

Denomination: Baptist

My Goal Is God Himself...at Any Cost, Dear Lord, ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2002

My Goal is God Himself...at any cost, dear Lord, by any ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:13-21

Tags: Call Of The Disciples, Growth In Christ

We Don't Seem To Want To Worship A God Who's Too ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2002

We don’t seem to want to worship a God who’s too big, too authoritative. We seem more comfortable with a deity who’s ...read more

Tags: God's Sovereign Will, Emotions, Descriptions Of God

God Loves Us The Way We Are But He Loves Us Too ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2002

God loves us the way we are but He loves us too much to leave us that way. ...read more

Tags: Faith General, Growth In Christ, Holiness

I Stand In Awe Of God Because Of What He Has Done ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 28, 2002

I stand in awe of God because of what he has done through his creation. Only a rookie who knows nothing about science would say science takes away from faith. If you really study science it will bring you closer to God. James Tour, professor at Rice University’s Dept. of Chemistry ...read more

Did You Know You Can Now Send An Email To God? An ...  PRO

Contributed by Robert Leroe on Jul 6, 2002

Did you know you can now send an email to God? An Israeli internet company (www.virtual.co.il) has announced that they will take email prayers to the Western Wall in Jerusalem. Customarily people write prayers and place them in cracks of the wall. I did so when I visited Israel some years ago. But ...read more

Tags: Prayer Adoration

Denomination: Congregational

Eugene Peterson Writes, "If We Don't Want God, Or ...  PRO

Contributed by Robert Leroe on Sep 22, 2002

Eugene Peterson writes, “If we don’t want God, or don’t want Him very near, we can hardly be expected to be very ...read more

Tags: Heaven

Denomination: Congregational

God Has Promised You Won't Starve. He Is Going ...  PRO

Contributed by David Dykes on Mar 31, 2003

God has promised you won’t starve. He is going to meet your needs. He never promised to meet your wants or your luxuries, but He will meet your needs. And the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 19:1-33

Tags: God's Provision

Denomination: Baptist

God's Algebra!" Romans 8:9-17 Key Verse(S) ...  PRO

Contributed by Mark Brunner on May 25, 2005

“God’s Algebra!” Romans 8:9-17 Key verse(s) 16:“The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children.” One of the unchangeable and mysterious laws of mathematics is that whenever you multiply a positive number by a negative number you will always get a negative number. I ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:9-17

Tags: Wait, Promises Of God, God's Love, God's Omniscience, Perseverance, Patience  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Lutheran

God Loves Us The Way We Are But He Loves Us Too ...

Contributed by Bruce Howell on Aug 18, 2005

God loves us the way we are but He loves us too much to leave us ...read more

Tags: God's Sovereign Will

Denomination: Wesleyan

I Used To Ask God If He Would Come And Help Me. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005

I used to ask God if He would come and help me. Then I asked if I could come and help Him. Finally I ended by asking God to do ...read more

Tags: Christian Love

I Want To Know How God Created This World. I Am ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2006

“I want to know how God created this world. I am not interested in this or that phenomenon, in the spectrum of this or that element. I want to know His ...read more

Tags: Evangelism The Lost