In Sermon Illustrations: "Joy In Salvation" showing 201-220 of 3,169

A. Do You See Your Salvation And Even The Living ...

Contributed by Rickey Bennett on Aug 16, 2009

a. Do you see your salvation and even the living out your salvation (which the Bible calls sanctification) a miracle or something else? b. I’ll ask a series of 21 questions in which you may respond accordingly. i. Is your salvation a mirage or a miracle? (It’s a Miracle)-unreal ii. Is your ...read more

Tags: Miracles, Miracles General

Denomination: *other

Joe Bloggs Dream - A New Zealand Poem About Salvation

Contributed by John Gullick on Jul 28, 2016

This amazing poem about an imaginary conversion is powerful - it uses New Zealand rural terminology. You need to understand that if you are using it in New York It is called Joe Bloggs dream. It goes like this. Joe Bloggs was just an average bloke, He never went to church. He wasn’t the religious ...read more

Scripture: John 3:16-17

Tags: Conversion

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Salvation Depends Upon Christ's Work For Us.

Contributed by Tony Abram on Apr 4, 2021

B. Salvation depends upon Christ's work for us, while rewards depend upon our works ...read more

Scripture: Acts 16:31

Tags: Salvation, Works

B) Albert Ackley Series Of Evangelistic Meeting, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

B) Albert Ackley series of Evangelistic meeting, when young Jewish man asked “Why should I worship a dead Jew?” … Ackley searched it out, and would resolve “He lives I tell you, he is not dead…I can prove it by my own experience: "I serve a risen Savior, He’s in the world today; I know that he is ...read more

Tags: Joy

Birth Involves Pain, Sometimes A Lot. A Mother ...

Contributed by Charles Wallis on Dec 15, 2009

Birth involves pain, sometimes a lot. A mother will often cry tears in pain during birth. But soon after the baby is born and she holds her baby to herself, her tears of pain become tears of joy. ...read more

Tags: Salvation

Denomination: Pentecostal

Is There A Doctor?

Contributed by Perry Greene on Nov 29, 2011

IS THERE A DOCTOR? I heard on the news of a woman who was on an overseas flight. She called flight attendant over to her and told her she was having a heart attack. The flight attendant asked, "Is there a doctor on board?" At that point, 67 heart doctors stood up. They were all headed to a ...read more

Tags: Salvation

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Remember With Me If You Can When Your Last Child ...

Contributed by Paul Carlson on Feb 17, 2009

Remember with me if you can when your last child was born. For my wife and me it was in Hoffman Estates Medical Center, on October 17, 1986 at 1:58 a.m. We entered the hospital on a cool dark evening with great expectation about what was soon to occur. Birth pains gradually came in shorter and ...read more

Tags: Salvation

Denomination: Baptist

If Joy Is Our Product, We Are Free To Find New, ...  PRO

Contributed by Terry Cavanaugh on Mar 20, 2002

If Joy is our product, we are free to find new, creative ways to serve and encourage one another. When the stock market plummeted on Black Monday, panic and desperation were everywhere. Ben and Jerry were on the sidewalks of Wall ...read more

Tags: Joy

Denomination: Methodist

Joy Hard Won, Citation: Joni Eareckson Tada, ...  PRO

Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Oct 30, 2003

[Joy Hard Won, Citation: Joni Eareckson Tada, "Joy Hard Won," Decision (March 2000), p.12, used by permission] In Decision, Joni Eareckson Tada writes: Honesty is always the best policy, but especially when you’re surrounded by a crowd of women in a restroom during a break at a Christian women’s ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 18:1-30

Tags: God Brings Hope

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Someone Once Said "Joy Is Like The Hidden Note ...  PRO

Contributed by Jeff Simms on Jan 2, 2005

Someone once said “Joy is like the hidden note in the glass. Joy is tuning in to what God is doing around you, seeing the world through his eyes, picking up on his delight in us as his children. Anyone can find happiness for a while. . . Happiness depends on what is happening to you. Joy is ...read more

Tags: Emotions

Denomination: Baptist

Filled To The Brim! (07.05.05--Joy Every ...  PRO

Contributed by Mark Brunner on Jul 4, 2005

Filled To The Brim! (07.05.05--Joy Every Day--Ecclesiastes 5:1-9) When I was younger I remember being moved on more than one occasion, either by laziness or a predisposition to want to do something more “rewarding” on a Sunday morning, to prompt my dad with this question: “Why do we have to go to ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 5:1-9

Tags: Worship Purpose, Worship Benefits

Denomination: Lutheran

The Time Is Now! (07.07.05--Joy Every ...

Contributed by Mark Brunner on Jul 5, 2005

The Time Is Now! (07.07.05--Joy Every Day--Ecclesiastes 7:13-14) I stood in front of the used book shelf for what seemed like the longest time holding two books. The one, an anthology in nearly new condition seemed too good to pass up. Even though it contained much of the same material that ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 7:13-14

Tags: Poverty, Human Body

Denomination: Lutheran

When We Speak Of Joy, We Do Not Speak Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"When we speak of joy, we do not speak of something we are after, but of something that will come to ...read more

Tags: Joy

Joy Is The Great Note All Through The Bible. We ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Joy is the great note all through the Bible. We have the notion of joy that arises from good spirits or good health, but the miracle of the joy of God has nothing to do with a man's life or his circumstances or the condition he is in. Jesus does not come to a ...read more

Tags: Joy

Real Joy Comes Not From Ease Or Riches Or From ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Real joy comes not from ease or riches or from the praise of men, but from ...read more

Tags: Joy

Joy Descends Gently Upon Us Like The Evening ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Joy descends gently upon us like the evening dew, and does not ...read more

Tags: Joy

He Who Takes Pains To Foster Joy Accomplishes A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"He who takes pains to foster joy accomplishes a work as profitable for humanity as he who builds bridges, ...read more

Tags: Joy

May You Have Joy In The Mad Rush Of Preparation; ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

May you have joy in the mad rush of preparation; May you know peace in the tiny margins of time around the busy days; May you have star-shine in clear night skies for looking at; May you have silence now and then; ...read more

Tags: Christmas

My Joy In Friends, Those Sacred People, Is My ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"My joy in friends, those sacred people, is ...read more

Tags: Compassion

Friends My Soul With Joy Remember How Like ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Friends my soul with joy remember How like quivering flames they start When I fan the living ...read more

Tags: Compassion