In Sermon Illustrations: "Godly Thoughts"

In Great Matters Men Show Themselves As They Wish ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006

In great matters men show themselves as they wish to be seen, in small matter, as they are. Gamaliel Bradford, quoted in New Dictionary ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

Our Success Or Our Failure Is The Result Of Our ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

Our success or our failure is the result of our mental condition our thoughts about people and about ourselves our ...read more

Tags: Attitude General

Oh, To Be Only Half As Wonderful As My Child ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Oh, to be only half as wonderful as my child thought I was when he was small, and only half as ...read more

Tags: Children

There Is No Man So Good, Who, Were He To Submit ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"There is no man so good, who, were he to submit all his thoughts and actions to the laws, would not ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 3:22-29

Tags: Law

Life Is A Game Of Boomerangs

Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 28, 2011

LIFE IS A GAME OF BOOMERANGS Florence Shinn: "The game of life is the game of boomerangs. Our thoughts, deeds and words return to ...read more

Tags: Principles

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Mystery

Contributed by Roy Fowler on Jun 19, 2020

Paul talks about a Mystery hidden in God. Let me tell you about a great mystery story: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Senior, was a doctor. As such he was very interested in the use of ether. In order to know how his patients felt under its influence, he once had a dose administered to himself. As he was ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 1:26-27

Tags: Mystery Hidden, Mystery Found

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Mystery

Contributed by Roy Fowler on Sep 13, 2020

Paul talks about a Mystery hidden in God. Let me tell you about a great mystery story: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Senior, was a doctor. As such he was very interested in the use of ether. In order to know how his patients felt under its influence, he once had a dose administered to himself. As he was ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 1:26-27

Tags: Mystery, Mystery Found

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Brad Pitt ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on May 1, 2010

Brad Pitt Interview Interview with the actor, Brad Pitt, in Parade magazine. Pitt grew up in Springfield, MO, the oldest of three children in a conservative, Southern Baptist family. His mother was a school counselor; his father ran a trucking company. "My dad made sure our needs were met," he ...read more

Scripture: John 17:17

Tags: Bible Truth, True Gospel

[008] Message From A Poem - A Tale Of The Fish’s Tails

Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Jun 1, 2024

[008] MESSAGE FROM A POEM - A TALE OF THE FISH’S TAILS “Take the line of least resistance; go with the flow; jellyfish that drift; leave me out of it; I see both sides; don’t involve me; I don’t want to know!” The world is full of compromise and it gets worse. We can expect no less from this ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:1-2, 1 Corinthians 16:13, Galatians 5:1, Ephesians 6:11, Ephesians 6:13-14  (view more)  (view less)

Tags: Stand Firm, Fish Tails, Opposing, Compromise, Resist, Fish  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

[085]. A Message From A Poem – For All Christians - The Three Ps

Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Apr 21, 2025

[085]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – FOR ALL CHRISTIANS - THE THREE Ps There are 9 poems in this Trilogy series. This poem is part of a Trilogy - three sets of three. The first set is addressed to MEN, the second to ALL CHRISTIANS and the third is SPECIFIC. This is the first one in the second set ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 47:5-7, Galatians 5:22-23, Romans 12:11-12, Psalm 57:7-9

Tags: Vital Links, Praise, Prayer, Patience, Poetry, Poems  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Someone Has Said, "Worry Is A Thin Stream Of ...

Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Nov 24, 2007

Someone has said, “Worry is a thin stream of fear that trickles through the mind, which, if encouraged, will cut a channel so wide ...read more

Denomination: Other

There Is Nothing More Remarkable In The Life Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"There is nothing more remarkable in the life of Socrates than that he found time in his old age to learn to dance and play on ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

You Can Say Any Foolish Thing To A Dog, And The ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"You can say any foolish thing to a dog, and the dog will give you a look that says, Wow, youre ...read more

Tags: Family

It Is Dangerous To Base Our Salvation Experience ...  PRO

Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Jun 26, 2006

It is dangerous to base our salvation experience entirely upon feeling. Knowing that, and acting upon it, are still sometimes strangers. Like the psychiatrist who took on a very disturbed man as a patient. The man thought he was dead. No matter what techniques the doctor tried, the man still ...read more

Tags: Assurance Of Salvation

Denomination: United Methodist

Drive-Thru Fellowship  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 21, 2014

DRIVE-THRU FELLOWSHIP This week I read a story about a pastor traveling with a Brazilian seminary student. Along the way the pastor asked the student if he would like to stop for a cup of coffee. The student said, "I would be honored." So he swung into a Starbucks, went through the drive-thru. ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:42-47

Tags: Fellowship, Sharing Life

If You Read History, You'll Find That The ...  PRO

Contributed by Don Hawks on Apr 13, 2002

“If you read history, you’ll find that the Christians who did most for the present world were those who thought ...read more

Tags: Heaven, Christian Disciplines

Denomination: Methodist

Boy Confessing : Bless Me Father For I Have ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 13, 2004

BOY CONFESSING : Bless me Father for I have sinned... Father, I had bad thoughts... PRIEST : Did you entertain them? BOY : No Father... ...read more

Tags: Temptation Resisting

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

I Never Liked The Atmosphere Of ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"I never liked the atmosphere of Washington...[T]he leaders were spending most of their time, thought and energy in trying to get into ...read more

Tags: America

All Noise Is Waste. So Cultivate Quietness In ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"All noise is waste. So cultivate quietness in your speech, in your thoughts, in your emotions. Speak habitually low. Wait attention and ...read more

Tags: Disciplines Silence