In Sermon Illustrations: "I Am With You Always"

Liberals Always Claim To Know Exactly What To Do ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Liberals always claim to know exactly what to do as soon as it's too lateLiberals are the only known species whose powers of reasoning ...read more

Tags: Politics

A Man Always Has Two Reasons For Doing Anything: ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

A man always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason. Let us...always reveal with utmost ...read more

Tags: Thought

Strong Men Can Always Afford To Be Gentle. Only ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Strong men can always afford to be gentle. Only the weak are intent on ...read more

Tags: Strength

Success Doesn't Always Go To The Head. Sometimes ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Success doesn't always go to the head. Sometimes it ...read more

Tags: Workplace Success

We Can Always Square Away For A Fresh Start, No ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"We can always square away for a fresh start, no matter what the past has been. Its today that is the paramount ...read more

Tags: Present

One Man Was Always Worrying. He Worried About His ...  PRO

Contributed by Gerald Cornelius on Mar 27, 2001

One man was always worrying. He worried about his children, his job, his wife, his health. One day a friend of this man noted that he was extremely calm and peaceful. "Why are you so calm?, he asked. "You always worry about every-thing. What happened?" The former worrier replied, "I just hired a ...read more

Scripture: Acts 9:10-18

Tags: God Brings Hope, Guilt, Peace

Denomination: Baptist

A Little Boy Always Went Next Door To Play Even ...  PRO

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Sep 11, 2006

A little boy always went next door to play even though his mom had warned him against doing so. This worried his mom so badly that she asked him why he was so disobedient. He replied that Satan tempted him so bad and he did not know what to do. ? ? His mom then advised him to say ’get ...read more

Tags: Disciplines General

Denomination: Independent/Bible

I ...

Contributed by Elijah Stepp on May 11, 2008

Illustration: (From Speaker’s Sourcebook II by Glenn Ven Eckeren) Perhaps you heard about the church that planned to have the “No Excuse” Sunday Service…. Their advertisement for their “No Excuse Sunday” read as follows…. Cots will be placed in the foyer for those who say "Sunday is my only day ...read more

Tags: Worship General

Denomination: Independent/Bible

At About 3:20 A.m. On March 13, 1964, Kitty ...  PRO

Contributed by Mary Lewis on May 10, 2001

At about 3:20 a.m. on March 13, 1964, Kitty Genovese, a 28-year-old manager of a bar in Queens, New York, returned to her quiet residential neighborhood, parked her car in a lot adjacent to her apartment building, and began to walk the 30 yards through the lot to her door. Noticing a man at the ...read more

Tags: Christian Love, Forgiveness General

Denomination: Baptist

[331]. A Message From A Poem - We Need The Lord Always

Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Apr 8, 2026

[331]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM - WE NEED THE LORD ALWAYS In the past, maybe 150 years ago, divers who dived for pearls in clams, would have a tube for air going from a boat on the surface and it was operated by a pump. I think the tube might have been made from rubber. There was no such thing ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 10:22-23, Hebrews 4:16, James 4:8

Tags: Walk, Faithfulness, Needy, Need, Draw Near To God, Walk With The Lord, Christian Poems, Closer Than A Brother, Pearl Divers  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

I Read, I Study, I Examine, I Listen, I ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I read, I study, I examine, I listen, I reflect, and out of all this I try to form an idea into which I ...read more

Tags: Thought

Woke Up At 4am One Morning And Could Only Think ...

Contributed by Paul Wallace on Jul 17, 2008

Woke up at 4am one morning and could only think of one possible person to pray for. I did and went back to sleep. I asked them about it. They said they were thinking of ...read more

Tags: Prayer How To

Denomination: Wesleyan

[216]. A Message From A Poem - Place The Lord Always In Your Focus

Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Oct 3, 2025

[216]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM - PLACE THE LORD ALWAYS IN YOUR FOCUS Placing the Lord always in your focus means having Him as THE priority in your life. So often we ask Jesus to share our priorities but it must not be like that. We have many priorities over our lifetimes. Sometimes work must ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 2:20, Matthew 22:37, Matthew 6:33

Tags: Priorities, Focus, First, Priority, Christian Poems, Jesus Is Number 1  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Are You ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 7, 2009

ARE YOU SERIOUS? Mr. Merv Grazinski of Oklahoma City purchased a brand new 32-foot Winnebago motor home. On his first trip home, having driven onto the freeway, he set the cruise control at 70 mph and calmly left the drivers seat to go into the back and make himself a cup of coffee. Not ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:18

Tags: Christian Values

You Told Me You Wanted To Be My Friend But Every ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

You told me you wanted to be my friend but every time I try to tell you what is on my heart you interrupt and tell me what you think about what I havent told you yet. I am looking ...read more

Tags: Compassion

I ...

Contributed by Paul Carlson on Jan 25, 2010

ILLUSTRATION How many of us had to be taught how to talk back to your parents? How may of us had to be taught how to cheat on a test or our tax return? How many of us had to be taught how to lie? How many of us had to be taught how to be selfish? Just as all of us don’t need to be taught how to ...read more

Tags: Sin General

Denomination: Baptist

You Say You Will Never Forget Where You Were When ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 21, 2002

You say you will never forget where you were when you heard the news On September 11, 2001. Neither will I. I was on the 110th floor in a smoke filled room with a man who called his wife to say "Good-Bye." I held his fingers steady as he dialed. I gave him the peace to say, "Honey, I am not ...read more

Tags: Promises Of God, Hardship Of Life, God's Provision

We’re Not Always Headed In The Direction We Think We Are

Contributed by Glynda Lomax on May 30, 2022

Once while living in Dallas, I witnessed to someone I worked with who proceeded to tell me they believed they just needed to be a good person to go to Heaven. Though I explained what the Bible says about being saved, they rejected my witness and went on with their life. It was clear to me they were ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 1:17, Proverbs 3:6

Tags: Deception, Truth, Right Path, Wrong Doctrine

Denomination: Charismatic

Do You Understand That You Represent Jesus To ...  PRO

Contributed by Robbie Phillips on Feb 5, 2004

“Do you understand that you represent Jesus to me? Do you know, do you understand that when you treat me with gentleness, it raises the question in my mind that maybe He is gentle, too. Maybe He isn’t someone who laughs when I am hurt. Do you know, do you understand that when you listen to my ...read more

Tags: What Is Evangelism?, Evangelism How To

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

You Know, If You Want To Dabble In Fiction, You ...  PRO

Contributed by David Smith on Dec 5, 2005

You know, if you want to dabble in fiction, you can do some great things with a door. When I was a high school missionary kid living in Singapore, we all got to take a tour once on the U.S.S. Nimitz. And I now have a sci-fi film in my collection, about a time-travel portal that opens up and ...read more

Tags: Narnia

Denomination: Adventist