In Sermon Illustrations: "Gospel Power"

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

9 Characteristics Of Revivals In The Bible

Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jan 31, 2022

In his book Revival Fire, Geoff Waugh lists nine similarities among Biblical revivals: They occurred in times of moral darkness & national depression. Each began in the heart of a consecrated servant of God who became the energizing power behind it. Each revival rested on the Word ...read more

Scripture: 2 Chronicles 7:14

Tags: Holy Spirit, Revival, Last Days, Old Testament, New Testament, Church  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Welsh Revival Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 2, 2009

Welsh Revival of 1904-1905 Modern world history also records times of revival due to the hearing of God’s Word undergirded with prayer. The little nation Wales once become known as “The Land of Revival.” It has its own unique spiritual heroes such as Saint David of the Celtic Church – William ...read more

Scripture: Acts 6:4-7

Tags: Revival

Fred Smith Notes, "When God Selects Our Service, ...  PRO

Contributed by Dana Chau on Sep 7, 2001

Fred Smith notes, "When God selects our service, He sends the power. When we volunteer, we keep control, ...read more

Tags: Knowing God's Will, Christian Disciplines, Faith

Denomination: *other

Andrew Fletcher In 1709 Once Said, "Give Me The ...

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jul 19, 2002

Andrew Fletcher in 1709 once said, “Give me the making of the songs of a nation and I care not who makes the laws.” Music has a ...read more

Tags: Communication General

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

I Have Discovered That If The Bible Is Taught ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

I have discovered that if the Bible is taught the way it should be that it will be like a powerful magnet drawing youth unto the Lord Jesus ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

While Modern Technology Has Given People ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"While modern technology has given people powerful new communication tools, it apparently can do nothing to alter the fact ...read more

Tags: Communication General

Any Kind Of Knowledge Gives A Certain Amount Of ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Any kind of knowledge gives a certain amount of power. A knowledge of details has served in many a crisis. A knowledge of details has often ...read more

Tags: Promises Of God

A Man Can Never Be The Same After Hearing Gods ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"A man can never be the same after hearing Gods truth spoken in the power of Gods Holy Spirit; he will either obey and ...read more

Tags: God The Father

Hope And Despair Are Both Projections Of The ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Hope and despair are both projections of the imagination. Despair all too readily embraces the ills it perceives. Hope imagines the good that can be ...read more

Tags: Thought

Today, Much Of The Church Has Gone In For ...  PRO

Contributed by Kerry Tilley on Aug 29, 2002

Today, much of the church has gone in for theatrics, running a showboat instead of a lifeboat; staging a performance instead of living an experience; having a “form ...read more

Tags: Church Practices, Worship Definition

Denomination: Assembly Of God

If You Want To Be Used Of God, If You Want To ...  PRO

Contributed by Nelson Emeonu on Nov 14, 2005

“If you want to be used of God, if you want to heal the wounds of humankind, God’s power must be upon you continually ...read more

Tags: Christian Disciplines

Denomination: Anglican

I Share Einstein's Affirmation That Anyone Who Is ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2006

I share Einstein’s affirmation that anyone who is not lost on the rapturous awe at the power and glory of the mind behind the universe "is as ...read more

Tags: Creation

When God Thought Of Mother, He Must Have ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"When God thought of mother, he must have laughed with satisfaction and framed it quickly so rich, so deep, so divine, so full of ...read more

Tags: Parenting

But If We Are To Be Told By A Foreign ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"But if we are to be told by a foreign power...what we shall do, and what we shall not do, we have independence yet to seek, ...read more

Tags: Political Freedom

Men No Longer Attempt To Rule By The Sword, But ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Men no longer attempt to rule by the sword, but they find in money a weapon as sharp and more effective; and having lost none of the old lust for power, they seek ...read more

Tags: Money

Everyone Has A Vocation By Which He Earns His ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Everyone has a vocation by which he earns his living, but he also has a vocation in an older sense of the word the vocation ...read more

Tags: Pastors

We Dont Need Limousine Liberals Telling Farmers ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"We dont need limousine liberals telling farmers how to farm, builders how to build, and everybody else how to live their lives. That ...read more

Tags: Politics

I Share Einstein's Affirmation That Anyone Who ...

Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jul 17, 2009

"I share Einstein’s affirmation that anyone who is not lost in rapturous awe at the power and glory of the mind behind the universe ’is as ...read more

Tags: God's Omnipotence

Denomination: Baptist

Fasting Is Not Just About Giving Up Food, It Is ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Fasting is not just about giving up food, it is an attitude of repentance, of obedience and of humility before God. The best analogy for a fast that I know is something that happened to me while I was at work. I work as a police officer and one day, my sergeant asked a colleague and my self to go ...read more

Tags: Victory, Troubles, Triumph, Trial, Miracles Of Jesus  (view more)  (view less)