In Sermon Illustrations: "Life In Jesus"

We Can Move Forward, When Jesus Is With Us Every ...

Contributed by Phillip Williams Jr. on Jul 14, 2006

We can move forward, when Jesus is with us ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

He [jesus] Became What We Are That He Might Make ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

He [Jesus] became what we are that He might ...read more

Tags: Jesus Christ

Youll Never Realize Jesus Is All You Need Until ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

Youll never realize Jesus is all you need until ...read more

Tags: Jesus Christ

Two Solemn Farewells We Find Our Lord Jesus ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Two solemn farewells we find our Lord Jesus giving to his church, and his parting word at both of them is very encouraging; one was here [in Matthew 28], when he closed up his personal converse with them, and then his parting word was, Lo, I am with you always; I leave you, and yet ...read more

Tags: Gifts Encouragement

You'll Never Know That Jesus Is All You Need ...

Contributed by Donnie Martin on Aug 20, 2009

“You’ll never know that Jesus is all you need until He’s all ...read more

Tags: Jesus, Trials And Difficulties

Denomination: Baptist

Wm Barclay Once Said, "Jesus Did Not Say You Are ...

Contributed by John Perry on Feb 8, 2010

Wm Barclay once said, "Jesus did not say you are the light of the church. He said ...read more

Tags: Church Purpose Of

Denomination: Pentecostal

Jesus’ Mission We're Told In Luke 19:10 Is ...

Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Mar 28, 2010

Jesus’ mission we're told in Luke 19:10 is to “Seek and save what was lost.” Lost doesn’t mean “damned or doomed,” says William Barclay. In the New Testament it simply means to save people in the wrong place. Barclay continues that “a thing is lost when it has got out of its own place into the ...read more

Tags: Salvation, Lost

Denomination: Salvation Army

I Sure Wish Jesus Could Have Been There!

Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jan 28, 2014

I SURE WISH JESUS COULD HAVE BEEN THERE! A church had a special concert and the worship center was packed. The congregation had one of their greatest times of worship ever! Later that evening, a young mother from the church was putting her little boy to bed. He had enjoyed the concert so much ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 33:1-20

Tags: Jesus, Children, Prayer, Presence Of God

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Jesus Gives Pony Rides When You Miss Church!

Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Dec 31, 2021

It was Palm Sunday but because of a sore throat, 5-year-old Annie stayed home from church with her mother. When the rest of the family returned home, they were carrying palm branches. Annie asked them what they were for. “People held them over Jesus’ head as he rode by on a colt,” her father ...read more

Tags: Children, Humor, Palm Sunday, Children's Stories

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Jesus Didn't Just Sit Around The Synagogue All ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Jesus didn’t just sit around the synagogue all day. Jesus didn’t just hang around the temple courtyard all the time. Instead Jesus went out where the people were. He didn’t isolate himself alone on a mountain top. Although he certainly did retreat there from time to time for prayer and refreshment. ...read more

Tags: Call Of The Disciples

Ct Stud "If Jesus Christ Be God And Died For Me ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

CT STUD "IF Jesus Christ be God and died for me then no sacrifice is to ...read more

Tags: Worship Benefits

One Preacher Noted: "If We Had Witnessed Jesus' ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

One preacher noted: “If we had witnessed Jesus’ struggle that night, we might have said, ‘If He is so broken up when ALL He is doing is praying, what will He do when He faces a real crisis? Why can’t He approach this ordeal with the calm confidence of His 3 sleeping friends?’ Yet when the test came ...read more

Tags: God In The Hardships

Even If Jesus Doesn't Come Back For Another 100 ...

Contributed by Torri Evans on Sep 16, 2007

Even if Jesus doesn’t come back for another 100 years, tomorrow ...read more

Denomination: Pentecostal

When You Deify Work, You Apostatize From Jesus ...

Contributed by Paul Steffens on Dec 11, 2007

"When you deify work, you apostatize from Jesus ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 2:1-5

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

It's One Thing To Talk To Our Kids About Jesus; ...

Contributed by Stephen Evoy on Jan 4, 2008

It’s one thing to talk to our kids about Jesus; it’s another thing to talk like Jesus in front of our kids. The fact of the matter is: our kids might stop ...read more

Denomination: Free Methodist

Your Unsaved Friends Want You To Talk About Jesus!

Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Mar 19, 2023

73% of Christians believed it was their responsibility to share their faith. Yet only 52% of them had actually shared their faith at least once with someone in the last year. Millennials were the only age group where the percentage of those evangelizing was increasing. Only 29% of ...read more

Scripture: Romans 3:23

Tags: Evangelism, Unchurched, Roman Road, Sin, Salvation, Cross, Justification, Witnessing, Lost  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

[106]. A Poem Message – Golgotha – With Jesus In The Midst (Easter Poem)

Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Jun 8, 2025

[106]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – GOLGOTHA – WITH JESUS IN THE MIDST Easter Poem This poem is an Easter poem constructed around the events played out at Golgotha. I called it Golgotha (the place of the skull) and not Calvary in the title because of this reason – The word Calvary occurs in the ...read more

Scripture: John 19:17-18, Matthew 27:33-34

Tags: Place Of The Skull, Christian Poetry, Christian Poems, Easter Poem, Calvary, Golgotha, Lamb Of God, Three Crosses, Jesus Crucified  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

[153]. A Message From A Poem – Jesus Christ Is Lord And King

Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Aug 3, 2025

[153]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – JESUS CHRIST IS LORD AND KING There are 22 letters in the Hebrew alphabet, and the writers of the Psalms, and Jeremiah, made use of what we call “Alphabetic Poems”. That is where you begin each new paragraph with successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet. I think ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 2:9-11, John 20:20, Matthew 27:37, Matthew 2:2

Tags: Jesus Is Lord, Jesus Is King, Christian Poetry, Christian Poems, Lord, King  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

[160]. A Message From A Poem – Jesus So Loved Me

Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Aug 9, 2025

[160]. A MESSAGE FROM A POEM – JESUS SO LOVED ME We have here a poem that covers some of the great and important aspect of the gospel. The Lord died for my sins. We ask why the innocent One has to die for the guilty. Jesus is the Substitute and love was behind that. {{1 Corinthians 15:3 “I ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:3, Romans 1:21, 2 Corinthians 5:6-8

Tags: Christian Poems, Christ The Sacrifice, Sin, Heaven, Guilty, Substitute, Substitutionary Atonement, Christian Poetry, Love, Jesus  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

What God Can Do For Us  PRO

Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Apr 22, 2008

WHAT GOD CAN DO FOR US A young pastor in another church told about an experience he had with a family who tended to be the "Easter and Christmas" variety of church attendees. A young woman in the family became critically ill. The prognosis was bad. In fact, doctors expected she might die within ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ