In Sermon Illustrations: "Losing Heart"

5 Weeks Or Five Years?

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jul 9, 2022

5 WEEKS OR FIVE YEARS? IN THE FAR EAST THERE IS THE CHINESE BAMBOO TREE? The farmer has to plant a seed in soft ground, water and nurture the ground every day for five years. The farmer can’t see anything. The neighbors might say: WHAT ARE YOU DOING? How long have you been working the ground? ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 42:5, Genesis 14:14

Tags: Wait, Patience, Time

Denomination: Assembly Of God

The Journey Of A Black Artist

Contributed by Jessie Manuel on Dec 30, 2024

Consider the journey of a fictional Afro American artist named Maya, who grew up in a neighborhood plagued by inequity. Her early life was fraught with challenges—families losing homes, schools underfunded, and dreams foiled by systemic barriers. However, Maya found solace in art, a channel ...read more

Scripture: Joel 2:25

Tags: Hope, Faithfulness, Restoration

Denomination: Methodist

Karl Loved To Follow His Dad Around. From An ...  PRO

Contributed by Johnny Creasong on Apr 15, 2004

Karl loved to follow his dad around. From an early age, Hirschel always found young Karl at his heels. The shelves of books in Hirschel’s Law study fascinated young Karl and the lad quizzed His dad to annoyance. The book Hirschel seemed to love the most was the Torah, the Hebrew Book of Law. ...read more

Tags: Parenting

Denomination: Church Of God

On Little Yellow Flower! (11.04.05--Faith That ...  PRO

Contributed by Mark Brunner on Nov 2, 2005

On Little Yellow Flower! (11.04.05--Faith That Flies!--John 6:18-19) Now is the time of year when most of the flowers in my wife’s flower beds have wilted and sagged. The frost has struck more than once, making even the hardier mums droop a bit. The time of blossoming has passed for most of the ...read more

Scripture: John 6:18-19

Tags: Faith General, Devoted, Doubt

Denomination: Lutheran

On Martin Luther  PRO

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jan 7, 2009

ON MARTIN LUTHER Church history illustrates that if a church quits being renewed and refreshed every day then they slide into apathy -- this leads toward man made religion and deadness. In essence the people of God lose their anointing and their transformational power to see lives changed. The ...read more

Tags: Church Growth

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Miss Bettye And Her All-Night Prayer Kitchen  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 1, 2010

MISS BETTYE AND HER ALL-NIGHT PRAYER KITCHEN Just this last September (2009), the Chicago Tribune ran a story about Bettye Tucker, a Christian cook who works the night shift at Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago. She has been doing her job for 43 years -- 28 of them on the night shift. On ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:14-16

Tags: Christian Witness

Consider The Following ...

Contributed by Ricki Lee Brooks on May 10, 2010

Consider the following exchange… “That’s easy for you to say; you’ve never been through what I’m dealing with!” “Yes, I think you’re right. Certainly, I do not know just how you feel. In fact, no one has ever experienced the exact same thing you are going through. No one ever will. No one, of ...read more

Tags: Dealing With Conflicts

The Disease Of "Me"

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 8, 2011

THE DISEASE OF "ME" Basketball coach Pat Riley in his book The Winner Within tells about the 1980 World Championship Los Angeles Lakers. They won the NBA Championship that year, and they were recognized as the best basketball team in the world. They began their 1980-1981 season considered likely ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 16:18

Tags: Pride

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

Proud People Vs Broken People

Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Nov 20, 2022

Proud people focus on the failures of others. Broken people are overwhelmed with a sense of their own spiritual need. Proud people have a critical, fault-finding spirit; they look at everyone else’s faults with a microscope but their own with a telescope. Broken people are compassionate; they can ...read more

Scripture: Luke 9:23, Galatians 2:20

Tags: Brokenness, Humility, Revival, Repentance, Pride  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Creativity Is Freedom To See Things As Always ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Creativity is freedom to see things as always fresh and new, to enter each dawn with a ...read more

Tags: Art

Hold Fast To The Bible As The Anchor Of Your ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

Hold fast to the Bible as the anchor of your liberty; write its precepts in your hearts ...read more

Tags: Bible Influence

Never Despair Of A Child. The One You Weep The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

Never despair of a child. The one you weep the most for at the mercy-seat may fill ...read more

Tags: Children

Spread Abroad The Name Of Jesus In Humility And ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Spread abroad the name of Jesus in humility and with a meek heart; show him your feebleness, ...read more

Tags: Christian Love

Eleanor Doon Said, "You Cannot Kindle A Fire In ...

Contributed by Mark Eberly on Feb 19, 2009

Eleanor Doon said, “You cannot kindle a fire in any other heart until it ...read more

Tags: Love For God

Denomination: Church Of God

None But God Can Satisfy The Longings Of The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"None but God can satisfy the longings of the immortal soul; as the heart was made ...read more

Tags: God The Father

May You Have The Gladness Of Christmas Which Is ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

May you have the gladness of Christmas which is hope; the spirit of Christmas which is peace; the ...read more

Tags: Christmas

Every House Where Love Abides And Friendship Is ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Every house where love abides And friendship is a guest, Is surely home, and home, sweet ...read more

Tags: Home

We Must Alter Our Lives In Order To Alter Our ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"We must alter our lives in order to alter our hearts, for it is impossible to ...read more

Tags: Learning

In The Sweetness Of Friendship Let There Be ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the ...read more

Tags: Compassion