In Sermon Illustrations: "Made Us Sit Together"

Jesus . . . Wants Us To See That The Neighbor ...  PRO

Contributed by Steve Hereford on Oct 25, 2001

"Jesus . . . wants us to see that the neighbor next door or the people sitting next to us on a plane or in a classroom are not interruptions to our schedule. They are there by divine appointment. Jesus wants us to see their needs, their loneliness, their longings, and ...read more

Tags: Evangelism How To, Sharing Your Faith

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Christ Makes Us More, Not Less

Contributed by David Hodgin on Jun 24, 2009

CHRIST MAKES US MORE, NOT LESS The Major League record for homeruns is held by the Aaron brothers. Henry and Tommie combined hit more homeruns than any other combination of brothers in baseball history. Together they hit 768 homeruns. Henry hit 755 of them and Tommie added 13. Even though one ...read more

Tags: Basics Of Christianity

Elton Trueblood Wrote, "It Used To Be That ...  PRO

Contributed by Melvin Newland on Feb 26, 2001

Elton Trueblood wrote, "It used to be that Christianity was a revolutionary faith that turned the world upside down. But today Christians sit in Sunday morning church services looking at their watches, wondering what time dinner will be served, or thinking about the ...read more

Tags: Church Purpose Of, Book Of Revelation, Evangelism How To

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

There Is The Enemy!

Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jan 4, 2021

Stedman illustrates this point noting that "As the Battle of Trafalgar was about to begin, Admiral Nelson came across two officers of his own flagship who were arguing hotly and about to take sword to each other. Nelson stepped between them and said, "Stop." Then, pointing to the ...read more

Tags: Unity, Body Of Christ, Working Together, Division, Church  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Meditate On The Lord.

Contributed by Roy Fowler on Sep 18, 2021

Where I was Pastoring at the time I got 5th Sunday off. I had a favorite fishing hole. The water wasn’t very deep so I could wade in the water. That was fun for me. It had big trees that hung over the water and the sun would shine through them and made it look beautiful. It was great, this river ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 1:1-6

Tags: Life Is Rough, God Teaches To Smooth Us

Denomination: Independent/Bible

God Loves Us The Way We Are But He Loves Us Too ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2002

God loves us the way we are but He loves us too much to leave us that way. ...read more

Tags: Faith General, Growth In Christ, Holiness

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

God Loves Us The Way We Are But He Loves Us Too ...

Contributed by Bruce Howell on Aug 18, 2005

God loves us the way we are but He loves us too much to leave us ...read more

Tags: God's Sovereign Will

Denomination: Wesleyan

May Those Who Love Us, Love Us; And Those Who ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2006

“May those who love us, love us; and those who don’t love us, may God turn their hearts; and if He doesn’t turn their hearts, may he turn their ankles so ...read more

Tags: Friendship New Friends

Some Books Leave Us Free And Some Books Make Us ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

Some books leave us free and some ...read more

Tags: Books And Literature

Give Us, O Give Us, The Man Who Sings At His ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Give us, O give us, the man who sings at his work Be his occupation what it may, he is equal to any of those who follow the same pursuit in silent sullenness. He will do more in the same time he will do it better, he will ...read more

Tags: Workplace

Duty Makes Us Do Things Well, But Love Makes Us ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Duty makes us do things well, but love makes us do ...read more

Tags: Christian Love

An Angry Messiah Made His Point: Don't Go Making ...

Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Jun 6, 2003

An angry Messiah made his point: don’t go making money off of religion, or God will make hay of you (2). (2) Max Lucado, No Wonder They Call Him ...read more

Tags: Money

Denomination: Pentecostal

F. B. Meyer Called On A Poor Woman Who Made Her ...

Contributed by Stephen Wright on Sep 18, 2005

F. B. Meyer called on a poor woman who made her living by taking in washing. When he arrived, she was hanging some clothes on a line. He commended her on how clean and white they looked. Thanking him for the compliment, she invited him in for tea. Time slipped by as they talked about the Lord. ...read more

Tags: Repentance, Salvation

Denomination: Baptist

Do You Think You're The Only One That's Made ...

Contributed by Bobby Scobey on May 1, 2007

Do you think you’re the only one that’s made mistakes? Hardly. Imagine if you had been the president of a Michigan bank who advised Henry Ford’s lawyer not to invest in the new motor company, assuring him, "The horse is here to stay, but the automobile is only a novelty." Or there was ...read more

Denomination: Pentecostal

A Few Years Ago I Was Made Aware Of How Much We ...

Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Dec 20, 2007

A few years ago I was made aware of how much we all depend upon light in our lives, it was brought home to me one winters night, when a power cut hit Wigston it plummeted the whole area into darkness. I was in the middle of preparing sermon notes at the time and I couldn’t see a thing, the ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 9:1-2

Tags: Confidence

Denomination: Baptist

The Light Racing To Save Us

Contributed by Paul Barreca on Mar 31, 2013

THE LIGHT RACING TO SAVE US One of the most tragic stories of WW2 involves the tale of the survivors of the sunken USS Indianapolis. The ship went down in the last days of the war and the survivors remained unaccounted for five days. Many were in the water for that time with nothing more than a ...read more

Tags: Salvation

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Seven Things That Unite Us As Believers

Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Aug 2, 2023

Have you ever worked at a job where you felt a strong bond with your co-workers? Perhaps you were united by a sense of mission, or by a respect for your boss, or by the belief that a prosperous company will benefit everyone financially. The more points of agreement among members of a group, the ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:1-13, Philippians 2:1-11

Tags: Fellowship, Church, Unity, One, Undivided, Division  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Perhaps The Economy Can Teach Us ...

Contributed by Charles Wallis on Dec 22, 2008

Perhaps the economy can teach us something… Tom Ehrich “Economy puts Christ back into Christmas” “so a lifestyle built on credit-funded excess doesn’t look like adult behavior. Large houses look different now. So do large wardrobes, large travel budgets, large parties. The question many are ...read more

Tags: Money

Denomination: Pentecostal

God Uses Tragedy To Draw Couple To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on May 28, 2010

God Uses Tragedy to Draw Couple To Himself Cathy’s story: A few years ago a woman and a man who were living together started coming to the church I pastor. She had gotten pregnant and was expecting. Though they weren’t saved, they were beginning to seek the Lord. I was much in prayer for them. When ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 21:21-22

Tags: Tragedy, God's Sovereign Will