In Sermon Illustrations: "Limiting God"

God Is The Friend Of Silence. See How Nature ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"God is the friend of silence. See how nature trees, flowers, grass grows in silence; see the stars, the moon, ...read more

Tags: Suffering Loneliness

A Baby Is God's Opinion That Life Should Go ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

A baby is God's opinion that life should go on...Never will a time come when the most marvelous recent ...read more

Tags: Baby Dedication

Serving God Is Doing Good To Man. But Praying Is ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Serving God is doing good to man. But praying is thought an easier service and is ...read more

Tags: Servanthood

God Grant Me The Serenity To Delegate Tasks ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"God grant me the serenity to delegate tasks when necessary, the courage to say no, and the ...read more

Tags: Gifts Discernment

God Did Not Abolish The Fact Of Evil: He ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

God did not abolish the fact of evil: He transformed it. He did not stop the ...read more

Tags: Satan

The Educator Becomes Gods Mind At Work To Help ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The educator becomes Gods mind at work to help grow the best possible plants in Gods garden. He exists to prepare the soil, to sow the ...read more

Tags: Learning

God Washes The Eyes By Tears Until They Can ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

God washes the eyes by tears until they can behold the invisible land ...read more

Tags: Emotions

I Feel As If God Had, By Giving The Sabbath, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I feel as if God had, by giving the Sabbath, given fifty-two ...read more

Tags: Commandments Sabbath

Let's Not Drag God's Standard Of Truth Down To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Let's not drag God's standard of truth down to our ...read more

Tags: Truth

Next To God We Are Indebted To Women, First For ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Next to God we are indebted to women, first for life itself, and then ...read more

Tags: Women

If In His Gifts And Benefits [god] Were More ...

Contributed by Larry Wilson on Jul 31, 2010

If in his gifts and benefits [God] were more sparing and close-handed, we should learn to be thankful. The greater God's gifts and ...read more

Tags: Gratitude

Denomination: Baptist

How God Protected David Brainerd During ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 30, 2010

How God Protected David Brainerd During Missionary Work American history tells of missionary saints who interceded for those of this land too. In answer to the question, "What can be done to revive the work of God where it has decayed?" John Wesley once said, "Let every preacher read carefully ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 5:6-10

Tags: Missions

God Answers Prayer In World War I ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 23, 2010

God Answers Prayer in World War I Battle An officer in the first World War gives this account of God’s willing and ability to save men from shot and shell when they will pray. A German machine gun crew had their gun trained on an angle of our trenches where troops frequently passed back and forth, ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 15:29

Tags: Prayer Answered

God Leads His Dear Children Along

Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 12, 2010

GOD LEADS HIS DEAR CHILDREN ALONG Haldor Lillenas, founder of a noted music-publishing company, made his way to the United States from Scandinavia. His first years in this country were hard, but a kind lady befriended him and taught him the English language. More importantly, perhaps, she told ...read more

Tags: God's Sovereign Will

Denomination: *other

Who Would Serve God Without Heaven?

Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Jan 3, 2011

WHO WOULD SERVE GOD WITHOUT HEAVEN? Consider this statement from Paris Reidhead: "Lord Jesus, I’m going to obey you and love you and serve you and do what you want me to do as long as I live even if I go to hell at the end of the road because you are worthy to be loved, obeyed and served." Do we ...read more

Tags: Servanthood

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Bennie Demerchant: God In Our Desperate Places

Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 22, 2011

BENNIE DEMERCHANT: GOD IN OUR DESPERATE PLACES Brother Bennie Demerchant tells the story of an incredibly desperate place in his book Full Throttle in the chapter called "Extinguished Candles." The work in Brazil had been very productive with churches being established and converts being won. But ...read more

Scripture: Romans 15:13

Tags: God Brings Hope

Have Plenty Of Courage. God Is Stronger Than The ...

Contributed by Davon Huss on Apr 4, 2011

Have plenty of courage. God is stronger than the devil. We are on the winning ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 28:1

Tags: Affliction

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

C.s. Lewis: "The Point Is Not That God Will ...

Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jul 3, 2011

C.S. Lewis: "The point is not that God will refuse you admission to his eternal world if you have not got certain qualities of character; the point is that if people have not got at least the beginnings of those qualities ...read more

Tags: Character

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

When We Are Led By God Into Situations That We ...

Contributed by William L. Vincent on Aug 23, 2011

When we are led by God into situations that we cannot handle, we can be sure that he is going to show up and show out. If God presents us with a challenge bigger than we are, you can be sure he is prepared to invest in us the resources necessary to meet that ...read more

Tags: Change

Denomination: Orthodox

Dependence Upon God Makes Heroes Of Ordinary ...

Contributed by Matthew Bullen on Sep 12, 2011

Dependence upon God makes heroes of ordinary people like you and ...read more

Tags: Trust

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational