In Sermon Illustrations: "Gone"

A Printed Speech Is Like A Dried Flower: The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"A printed speech is like a dried flower: the substance, indeed, is there, but the color has ...read more

Tags: Communication Speech

If You Would Not Be Forgotten As Soon As You ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are gone, either write things worth ...read more

Tags: Books And Literature

What I Admire Most About Columbus Is Not His ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

What I admire most about Columbus is not his having discovered a world but his having gone to search ...read more

Tags: Discovery

The Human Scene Is Crowded With The People Who ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The human scene is crowded with the people who have gone as far as theyre going simply ...read more

Tags: Goals

I Will Forget The Happenings Of The Day That Is ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I will forget the happenings of the day that is gone, where they were good or bad, and greet the new sun with confidence ...read more

Tags: Present

A Woman Became Worried About Her Husband Who Went ...  PRO

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Dec 3, 2001

A woman became worried about her husband who went to sea with the navy. Just as the man got ready to sail his wife handed a prayer request to her Pastor which stated: "George Bowen’s wife requests prayer for her husband’s safety who has gone to sea. Instead of conveying the true message the Pastor ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Never Satisfied, More!

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Feb 23, 2024

REMEMBER THE STORY ABOUT THE DOG AND HIS BONE? There was a real smart dog that had searched and searched for just the right bone. After several hours the dog found a real big wonderful bone. He picked the good bone up and started home with his prized bone. On the way home the dog had to pass over a ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:18

Tags: Comparison, Satisfied

Denomination: Assembly Of God

If Children Knew, Oh, If They Only Knew Their ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"If children knew, oh, if they only knew their power It is something absolutely glorious in its immensity. But they do not ...read more

Tags: Children

Men Do With Opportunities As Children Do At The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Men do with opportunities as children do at the seashore; they fill their little hands with sand, and then let the grains ...read more

Tags: Opportunity

The Bridge Of Grace Will Bear Your Weight, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 8, 2006

"The bridge of grace will bear your weight, brother. Thousands of big sinners have gone across that bridge, yea, tens of thousands have gone over it. I can hear their trampings now as they traverse the great arches of the bridge of salvation. They come by the thousands, by their myriads, err since ...read more

Tags: Sin General

How You Spend Your Time Is More Important Than ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"How you spend your time is more important than how you spend your money. Money mistakes can be ...read more

Tags: Time

Break New Ground For God

Contributed by Ronnie Knight on Jun 14, 2010

BREAK NEW GROUND FOR GOD od has called us to go. Are you going? I challenge you to dare to go where no man has gone before. Charles Haddon Surgeon said it best when he said, "The most successful servants of god have been those who have not built upon the foundation of others, but have ventured ...read more

Tags: Evangelism How To

Denomination: Baptist

Desperation

Contributed by Steve Kinnard on Feb 19, 2019

DESPERATION While walking down the road of life we often reach a place of desperation, a place where all hope is gone and ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 14:28-30

Tags: Deliverance, Desperation

Denomination: Pentecostal

Sometimes I Lie Awake At Night, And I Ask, ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001

"Sometimes I lie awake at night, and I ask, ’Where have I gone wrong?’ Then a voice says to me, ’This is going to ...read more

Tags: God's Omniscience, Descriptions Of God

A Woman Overheard The Church Custodian Talking To ...

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on May 25, 2010

A woman overheard the church custodian talking to a deacon. She thought he was talking about the pastor, but was actually talking about the furnace: ...read more

Tags: Pastor, Zeal

Denomination: Independent/Bible

The Usual Suspects Movie  PRO

Contributed by Alexier Mayes on Aug 22, 2015

In the 1995 movie ’The Usual Suspects’ the character Verbal utters these thoughtful words ’ The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:10-20, Luke 4:1-13

Tags: Satan Is Real, Reality Of Satan, Devil's Deception, Beware Of The Devil

Denomination: Anglican

Southern Baptist Leader, Carl Bates, Said, "We ...  PRO

Contributed by Bob Marcaurelle on Nov 19, 2005

Southern Baptist Leader, Carl Bates, said, "We are so well manned and eqipted in our churches that the Holy Spirit could leave and it ...read more

Tags: Trinity

Denomination: Baptist

A British Publication Once Offered A Prize For ...

Contributed by John Shearhart on May 19, 2006

A British publication once offered a prize for the best definition of a friend. The winning definition read: "A friend is the one who comes in when the whole ...read more

Tags: Friendship New Friends

I Have Dreamed In My Life, Dreams That Have ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I have dreamed in my life, dreams that have stayed with me ever after, and changed my ideas; they have gone through and through me, like wine ...read more

Tags: Dreams

I Would Rather Try To Persuade A Man To Go ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I would rather try to persuade a man to go along, because once I have persuaded him, he will stick. If I scare him, he will just stay ...read more

Tags: Temptation General