In Sermon Illustrations: "Look Up"

How Can You Praise When You Feel Down? Look Back ...

Contributed by Michael West on Sep 29, 2008

How can you praise when you feel down? Look back to where you have been and recall the blessings and miracles, recall what God has already done in your life and through your life. Then put on the garment of praise for those things and in a short period of time of praising and giving thanks ...read more

Tags: Worship Benefits

Denomination: Independent/Bible

We Can't Look Back At What We Have Done. We ...

Contributed by Bill Burress on Dec 25, 2008

We can’t look back at what we have done. We must look ...read more

Tags: Obedience

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

When I Was Growing Up In L.a. (Lower Alabama) We ...  PRO

Contributed by David Dykes on Oct 9, 2006

When I was growing up in L.A. (Lower Alabama) we usually had four or five dogs and cats to claim as our pets. By virtue of being the oldest child, my older sister, Judy, demanded the right to name all our pets. (First-born siblings can be control-freaks as the rest of us know). We had a dog that ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 2:17

Tags: Basics Of Christianity

Denomination: Baptist

Entitlement With God

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on May 20, 2025

A Jewish woman is walking on the beach with her little grandson. Suddenly a huge wave sweeps the boy out to sea. Desperate, the woman looks up to heaven and says, “God, please rescue my grandson, my only grandson, the light of my life!” Miraculously, the next big wave deposits ...read more

Scripture: Leviticus 25:1-24, Deuteronomy 25:1-18, Isaiah 61:1-3, 2 Chronicles 36:20-21, Matthew 20:1-16, Matthew 3:9-10  (view more)  (view less)

Tags: False Hope, Owed, Abraham, Privilege, Entitlement, Assumptions  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Not Loving The World

Contributed by Glynda Lomax on Jul 30, 2021

It was very late Wed. Night of last week. I had only just finally gotten to relax after working on sermons all day and helping my friends a little with their move. So my plan was, while I was working some more on my sermons, to listen to a documentary about John Foxe, the author of Foxes Book of ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 2:15, Romans 12:2

Tags: Obedience, Taking Up Your Cross, Not Loving The World

Denomination: Charismatic

It's Better Higher Up! (08.31.05--Sickness!--John ...

Contributed by Mark Brunner on Aug 30, 2005

It’s Better Higher Up! (08.31.05--Sickness!--John 16:32) Webley our oldest dachshund has a thing about long walks. Simply, he doesn’t like them very much. Webley is eight and getting up there in years. Anything over a mile or so can be grueling for him. And, because of this the pads of his paws ...read more

Scripture: John 16:32

Tags: Hardship Of Life

Denomination: Lutheran

Purity

Contributed by Davon Huss on May 1, 2015

A mother was concerned when she heard that her son had a live in girlfriend. She went to his house. Her son was the only one home. The son said, “It’s not what you think, Mom. She needed a place to stay. She has her bedroom and I have mine.” The son then showed his mother the guest bedroom ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:1-8

Tags: Cohabitation, Shacking Up, Sexual Purity, Living Together

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

There Are Two Kinds Of Statistics, The Kind You ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"There are two kinds of statistics, the kind you look up and ...read more

Tags: Statistics

Oscar Wilde: "We Are All In The Gutter. But ...

Contributed by Dave Browning on Dec 22, 2008

Oscar Wilde: "We are all in the gutter. But some of us are ...read more

Tags: Change

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

There Is More Gold In One Star Than In All The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

There is more gold in one star than in all the dust ...read more

Tags: Creation

He Is No Fool Who Gives Up What He Cannot Keep, ...  PRO

Contributed by Dan Erickson on Nov 22, 2000

"He is no fool who gives up what he cannot keep, to gain what he ...read more

Tags: Christian Disciplines, Giving General

Denomination: Baptist

He Is No Fool Who Gives Up What He Cannot Keep ...  PRO

Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Aug 6, 2001

"He is no fool who gives up what he cannot keep to gain that which he ...read more

Tags: Call Of The Disciples, Discipleship

Denomination: Anglican

C.s. Lewis Observed, "You Can Shut Him Up For A ...  PRO

Contributed by Mark Hensley on Aug 30, 2001

C.S. Lewis observed, "You can shut Him up for a fool, you can spit at Him and kill Him as a demon; or you can fall at His feet and call Him Lord and God. But let us not come up with any patronizing nonsense about His being a great human teacher. He has not left ...read more

Tags: Jesus Teachings, Apologetics Jesus, Trinity

Denomination: Baptist

He Didn't Lift Us Up To Let Us Down  PRO

Contributed by Jim Kane on Apr 23, 2002

HE DIDN'T LIFT US UP TO LET US DOWN The Christian group the Imperials recorded one of my favorite songs over 20 years ago. It is called, “He Didn’t Lift Us Up To Let Us Down.” “He didn’t bring us this far to leave us. He didn’t teach us to swim to let us drown. He didn’t build His home in us ...read more

Tags: God's Provision, Faith

Denomination: Church Of God

Wal-Mart Rang Up More Than $288 Billion In Sales ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Wal-Mart rang up more than $288 billion in sales last year. Compare that to #2 Target with $46.84 billion. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Money

Men Now Make Up 29% Of All Spa Goers, According ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Men now make up 29% of all spa goers, according to the International Spa Association. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Men And Women

Hold Up An Empty Glass. Ask, "Do You Know How To ...  PRO

Contributed by Danny Rogers on Nov 29, 2006

Hold up an empty glass. Ask, “Do you know how to get the air out of this glass?” We cannot suck the air out. The answer is simple. Take a pitcher of water and fill the glass. Explain: Now the air is gone. The victory in the Christian life is not ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:18, Romans 8:9

Denomination: Baptist

Children Under Age 18 Made Up 26% Of The U.s. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007

Children under age 18 made up 26% of the U.S. population in ‘00. By ‘20, that number will drop to 24%. At the end of the baby boom in ‘64, kids made up ...read more

From The Moment I Picked Up Your Book Until I ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

From the moment I picked up your book until I laid it down I was convulsed with ...read more

Tags: Books And Literature

No One Who Has Ever Brought Up A Child Can Doubt ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

No one who has ever brought up a child can doubt for a moment that love is literally the ...read more

Tags: Children