Sermon Illustrations
Free Sermon Illustrations for Preaching :

In Sermon Illustrations: "Growing Old"

showing 1,061-1,080 of 6,968
Filter Results
Close Filters

Scripture

Rating

Date

Denominations

  • Show more

Category

  • Try PRO

    Confident Preaching

    Try PRO free and preach with confidence when people need it most.
    Free to start now
  • Broken Heart

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Feb 11, 2015
     | 7,092 views

    In Fox’s Book of Martyrs, there is the story of a 26 year old mother named Perpetua. The early church was growing dramatically and she came to faith in Jesus. The Roman government was trying to get her to renounce her faith but she refused. They threw her in prison. Her father came and begged her ...read more

  • A Mother Was Having A Hard Time Getting Her Son ...

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Apr 17, 2008
     | 3,192 views

    A mother was having a hard time getting her son to leave for school one morning. "Nobody likes me at school," said the son. "The teachers don't and the kids don't. The superintendent wants to transfer me, the bus drivers hate me, the school board wants me to drop out, and the custodians have it in ...read more

  • Too Big For God

    Contributed by Scott Epperson on Jan 1, 2007
     | 2,086 views

    TO BIG FOR GOD Remember when you first came to God compelled by the Holy Ghost you were found in sin and conceived by grace and mercy. Remember your first breath of the life everything look so much brighter and you had hope and faith in nothing else but in Christ. I remember the feeling of the ...read more

  • Those Of You Who Have Worked With Tobacco Crops ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,439 views

    Those of you who have worked with tobacco crops know that tobacco plants have what are called suckers that grow on the stalk above each leaf. Although they invariably grow back, the farmer must remove these growths. When the plants are big enough, the farmer sprays a chemical that stops the growth ...read more

  • The Most Beautiful Discovery True Friends Make ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 688 views

    The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow ...read more

  • Discipleship Is Like The Generation Gap Between ...  PRO

    Contributed by Byron Maynard on Apr 22, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,289 views

    "Discipleship is like the generation gap between parents and children: We often tell kids to grow up. They can’t grow up. They need mentoring. They can’t grow up because they’ve never been there before. We as parents, have been there. The goal is not for them to grow up but for us to become ...read more

  • What Is A Child?

    Contributed by Rick Pendleton on May 22, 2008
     | 1,536 views

    What is a Child? Someone defined a child as an angel whose wings grow shorter ...read more

  • The Most Popular Exotic Fish Dived For Is The ...

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Nov 28, 2006
     | 1,327 views

    The most popular exotic fish dived for is the shark. Did you know that a shark can be kept in fish tanks and they will only grow in proportion to their surroundings so a fully mature shark can be as small as 6 inches yet that same shark in the open waters ...read more

  • Beyond Our Daily Bread  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 5, 2003
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,053 views

    BEYOND OUR DAILY BREAD Author Jeanne Zornes writes: As a new Christian, I presumed Jesus’ main job was taking care of me. He led to me a job, roommates to share apartment costs, and a car that ran. But after a while my tastes got fussier. Like the Israelites waking up to manna every morning, I ...read more

  • Childhood Reminders

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Nov 7, 2011
     | 2,033 views

    CHILDHOOD REMINDERS When I first came to Wichita Falls, Joe and Eloise were living over on Hursh, and I remember going to call on them one day. The front door cradled a lovely stained-glass window. When I asked about it, Joe said, "It’s from the old church in Vernon." Every time he entered and ...read more

  • 25 Years Ago A Baby Was Born In A Hospital. He ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ed Wood on Jun 23, 2005
    based on 2 ratings
     | 8,090 views

    25 years ago a baby was born in a hospital. He weighed only a few pounds. He had to be pampered and coddled to enable him to live. Now he is 6’2" tall and weighs 200 pounds. There is a vast difference in the baby and the man. Yet the life he now has is the same life he had 25 years ago. Our ...read more

  • The Associated Press Carried An Interesting ...  PRO

    Contributed by Ed Wood on Feb 7, 2003
    based on 38 ratings
     | 1,944 views

    The Associated Press carried an interesting story about a group of post office customers who succeeded in speeding up some slow-moving service. One man said, “It was like watching grass grow.” There were 26 patrons jammed into two lines. They realized they weren’t getting enough attention, so a ...read more

  • Bertoldo De Giovanni Is A Name Even The Most ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 21, 2005
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,960 views

    Bertoldo de Giovanni is a name even the most enthusiastic lover of art is unlikely to recognize. He was the pupil of Donatello, the greatest sculptor of his time, and he was the teacher of Michelangelo, the greatest sculptor of all time. Michelangelo was only 14 years old when he came to Bertoldo, ...read more

  • My Wife Carolyn And I Were Walking In A Park One ...

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on May 11, 2010
     | 1,165 views

    My wife Carolyn and I were walking in a park one morning when we spotted a mother squirrel scurrying along a power line with her baby in her mouth. She delivered the little squirrel to a new nest she had built in a tree. Then she ran back across the wire to fetch another baby from the old nest and ...read more

  • There Is No Royal Road To Anything. One Thing ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 1,265 views

    "There is no royal road to anything. One thing at a time, all things in succession. That which grows fast, withers as ...read more

  • Bitter Or Better  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,829 views

    BITTER OR BETTER Dr. Jim Moore, pastor of St. Luke’s UMC in Houston wrote a book entitled "You Can Grow Bitter or You Can Grow Better". He writes that he got the idea for the title from a young woman who once came to him in a most tragic moment in her life. She had tears in her eyes and her ...read more

  • The Great Violinist, Niccolo Paganini Willed His ...

    Contributed by Jason Miller on Mar 29, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,772 views

    The great violinist, Niccolo Paganini willed his marvelous violin to city of Genoa on condition that it must never be played. The wood of such an instrument, while used and handled, wears only slightly, but set aside, it begins to decay. Paganini’s lovely violin has today become worm-eaten and ...read more

  • Very Hard Work

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,416 views

    VERY HARD WORK A favorite book for children is Frog And Toad Together by Arnold Lobel. Frog had a garden that Toad admired, and he wanted one too. So Frog told him: "It is very nice, but it was hard work." When he gave Toad some flower seeds, Toad quickly ran home and planted them. "Now seeds," ...read more

  • Born Again Tree

    Contributed by Erik Stadler on Jan 6, 2011
     | 7,542 views

    BORN AGAIN TREE Back when I was growing up we had a tree in our back yard. And is often the case after a storm the tree’s trunk cracked and blew down. There wasn’t anything we could do to save that tree. So my father borrowed a chain saw and cut down the tree right at the bottom so that all ...read more

  • Young Christian Was Attempting To Get Into The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Oct 12, 2007
    based on 33 ratings
     | 5,243 views

    Young Christian was attempting to get into the peach growing business. He had worked hard and invested everything he had in a peach orchard which had blossomed beautifully, but then came a frost, and it destroyed his entire crop. He did not go to church the next Sunday nor the next. So his pastor ...read more