In Sermon Illustrations: "I Am"

What Is Needed For Joy?

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 22, 2011

WHAT IS NEEDED FOR JOY? Max Lucado tells the following story about Robert Reed: "I have everything I need for joy!" Robert Reed said. His hands are twisted and his feet are useless. He can't bathe himself. He can't feed himself. He can't brush his teeth, comb his hair, or put on his underwear. ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 5:22-24

Tags: Joy

Steven Curtis Chapman: Still Blessing His Name

Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 19, 2011

STEVEN CURTIS CHAPMAN: STILL BLESSING HIS NAME On May 17, 2008, Christian recording artist Steven Curtis Chapman and his family suffered a devastating loss. Their five-year-old adopted daughter, Maria Sue, was struck and killed when Chapman's seventeen-year-old son was backing his SUV out of the ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 5:10-11

Tags: God In The Hardships

Lucado On Thankfulness

Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Nov 23, 2011

LUCADO ON THANKFULNESS Max Lucado tells about living as an American in Brazil. One day, as he was walking along the street on his way to the University to teach a class, he felt a tug on his pants leg. Turning around, he saw a little boy about 5 or 6 years old with dark beady eyes and a dirty ...read more

Tags: Thanksgiving Holiday

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Just As When A Man And Woman Fall In Love, So ...  PRO

Contributed by Brian Harvison on Apr 18, 2008

Just as when a man and woman fall in love, so also new believers rejoice at their new found forgiveness. You know how it is when you first get married. The newness of it makes it so exciting. An 80-year-old couple was having problems remembering those good times, though they were having problems ...read more

Tags: Evolution, Marriage, Commitment, Reminder, Age, Elderly, Senior, Memorial, New Year, Memory  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Baptist

Let Me Share With You The Story Of A Lesser Known ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 2, 2008

Let me share with you the story of a lesser known man, Rev. John Perkins. According to Philip Yancey in his book "Soul Survivor", John Perkins, a black minister in the South "lived through the worst nightmares of the civil rights movement"(Philip Yancey, Soul Survivor, p 31). Perkins started a ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 13:24-43, Matthew 13:14-40

Tags: Hatred

Fix The Dishwasher

Contributed by Roy Fowler on Sep 13, 2020

A Mother and her son were talking. His mother lived for nearly 94 years. One day around her 90th year she said something like, "If I had known I would live this long, I would have fixed the dishwasher." It had stopped working. So there it sat quietly waiting to be fixed. She thought it ...read more

Scripture: James 5:7, Isaiah 64:4, Exodus 14:15

Tags: Fix Our Problem, Now Is The Time

Denomination: Independent/Bible

A Good Man Wants To Get Into Heaven

Contributed by Martin Spoelstra on Jul 21, 2024

I was recently at the gym having a conversation with someone I just met. Within a matter of 10 minutes, I realized that this man was a better man than me. He had volunteered in more countries than I could count in 10 minutes of our conversation. He was a teacher, he served the poor in many ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 2:8-9, John 3:16, Romans 3:23

Tags: Grace, Justification, Good Works, Works Righteousness

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Power Of Forgiveness

Contributed by John Bright on Mar 10, 2025

Our sins, transgressions, and iniquities can manifest in our physical bodies. In Matthew 9:2, Jesus tells a paralyzed man, "Your sins are forgiven. Take up your bed and go." He got up! In 30+ years of ministry, I have seen plenty of folks receive healing from physical problems caused ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 9:2, Ephesians 4:32

Tags: Forgiveness, Healing

Denomination: Methodist

Someone Once Asked Paul Harvey, The Journalist ...  PRO

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 9, 2001

Someone once asked Paul Harvey, the journalist and radio commentator, to reveal the secret of his success. "I get up when I fall down," said ...read more

Tags: Endurance, Leadership General

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Someone Once Asked Paul Harvey, The Journalist ...

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000

Someone once asked Paul Harvey, the journalist and radio commentator, to reveal the secret of his success. "I get up when I fall down," said ...read more

Tags: God In The Hardships, Endurance

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Cool Water

Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 4, 2003

A. "Cool Water" - Sons of the Pioneers "All day I face the barren waste Without the taste of water, cool water. Old Dan and I with throats burned dry ...read more

Tags: Finding Fulfillment

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

In Fact, Most Christians Today Perceive God Like ...  PRO

Contributed by Mike Hamilton on May 1, 2003

In fact, most Christians today perceive God like one person noted: God is a lot like our pastor. I don’t see him through the ...read more

Tags: God The Father

Denomination: Baptist

A Cartoon By Joe Mckeever...  PRO

Contributed by Aaron Householder on Sep 30, 2004

A cartoon by Joe McKeever... A smiling woman greeting a surprised pastor as she leaves church says, "All my life I heard pastors say they were ...read more

Tags: Sin General

Denomination: Baptist

Do You Ever Feel Like Robert Orben Who Said, ...  PRO

Contributed by Pat Cook on Nov 15, 2004

Do you ever feel like Robert Orben who said, “Sometimes I get the feeling the whole world is against me, but deep down I know that’s not ...read more

Tags: Disappointment, Emotions

Denomination: Baptist

Passed Years Seem Safe Ones, Vanquished Ones, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Passed years seem safe ones, vanquished ones, while the future lies in a cloud, formidable from a distance. The cloud clears as you enter it. I have ...read more

Tags: God's Sovereign Will

If A Friend Of Minegave A Feast, And Did Not ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If a friend of minegave a feast, and did not invite me to it, I should not mind a bitBut ifa friend of mine had a sorrow and refused to allow ...read more

Tags: Compassion

Holy Ghost Fire  PRO

Contributed by Hugh Laing on Jan 19, 2010

HOLY GHOST FIRE This may be a cliche, but I still get a lift out of saying it... "I believe that today the world is going to hellfire because the church ...read more

Tags: Holy Spirit In Believers

Denomination: Baptist

Nothing Occurs To God

Contributed by Darin Stambaugh on Feb 26, 2011

NOTHING OCCURS TO GOD Has it ever occurred to you that nothing has ever occurred to God? He has never said, "Huh, I never thought of ...read more

Tags: God's Omniscience

Denomination: Foursquare

John Balca Was One Of The Early Apostolic ...  PRO

Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Feb 8, 2006

-John Balca was one of the early Apostolic pioneer missionaries in Eastern Europe. He was particularly focused in the country of Yugoslavia in the 1930-1950’s. In his autobiography, he writes of the many difficulties that God helped him to overcome in the establishing of an Apostolic church in ...read more

Tags: God In The Hardships

Denomination: Pentecostal

Worthy To Suffer For ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2009

WORTHY TO SUFFER FOR HIM John Balca was one of the early pioneer missionaries in Eastern Europe. He was particularly focused on the country of Yugoslavia in the 1930-1950’s. In his autobiography, he writes of the many difficulties that God helped him to overcome in the establishing of an Apostolic ...read more

Scripture: Luke 22:52

Tags: Persecution