In Sermon Illustrations: "Making Room for God"

Making Lemonade

Contributed by Perry Greene on Jan 13, 2012

MAKING LEMONADE Charles Goodyear went to jail for a contempt of court citation. Imprisoned, he went to work in the kitchen and worked on an idea in which he developed the method for vulcanizing rubber. Martin Luther was forced to stay in Wartburg Castle and his lemonade was his translation of the ...read more

Tags: Trials And Difficulties

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Making It Worse

Contributed by Davon Huss on Apr 21, 2009

MAKING IT WORSE One Sunday morning during announcements, the preacher said, "I need to make a correction to an announcement from last week’s bulletin. It read: The church will host an evening of fine dining, super entertainment, and gracious hostility. It should have read: The church will host ...read more

Tags: Forgiveness General

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Make Your Decision, Make It Yours, And Live And ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Make your decision, make it yours, and live ...read more

Tags: Leadership General

When You Make A Mistake, Make Amends ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"When you make a mistake, make amends immediately. Its easier to eat ...read more

Tags: Mistakes

Sin Is Like Quicksand: Your Own Efforts Only Make ...  PRO

Contributed by Brian Mavis on May 10, 2001

Sin is like quicksand: Your own efforts only make you sink deeper. Only an outside hand can ...read more

Tags: Sin Bondage To, God's Forgiveness, God The Father

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Encourage: Plant A Tree

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Mar 6, 2024

There was a man that looked around the barren community where he lived. The man wanted to do something to help the lifeless areas around his community. The man decided there was nothing he could do to help his neighbors. He prayed and asked God to help him help his family and his friends to bring ...read more

Scripture: Jude 1:22, Ezekiel 11:19

Tags: Make A Difference, Encourage, Help

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Making Service A Joy

Contributed by David Parks on Sep 2, 2011

MAKING SERVICE A JOY An amusing story was told to me by the manager of a New York hotel. The great Paderewski occupied a suite there a number of years ago during one of his seasons at Carnegie Hall. It was the master’s custom to practice for a couple of hours every morning on the magnificent ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 4:9-11

Tags: Servanthood

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

I Am Sitting In The Smallest Room In My House. I ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

I am sitting in the smallest room in my house. I have your review in front of ...read more

Tags: Books And Literature

To Get His Teenage Son To Clean His Room, One ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"To get his teenage son to clean his room, one father just throws the keys to the ...read more

Tags: Children

Conscience Takes Up More Room Than All The Rest ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Conscience takes up more room than all the rest of ...read more

Tags: Character

Kory Wilcoxon- Gary, Who Was In His 50s, Was ...

Contributed by Davon Huss on Apr 25, 2016

Kory Wilcoxon- Gary, who was in his 50s, was mentally disabled, and had the mental capacity of a six- or seven-year-old. He also had one of the worst singing voices I’ve ever heard. His singing was slurred and never close to the right key. And he didn’t have the social development to recognize his ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 95:1-2

Tags: Make A Joyful Noise, Singing

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

To Forbid Us Anything Is To Make Us Have A Mind ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

To forbid us anything is to make us have ...read more

Tags: Sin Separates From God

God Knows I Tried! (10.25.05--Making It!--Genesis ...

Contributed by Mark Brunner on Oct 21, 2005

God Knows I Tried! (10.25.05--Making It!--Genesis 31:1-2) Success is a measure of looking down and not looking up. It all about winning and losing. For me that winning and losing began when I left college over thirty years ago. I had spent four years and a lot of money along with thousands of ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 31:1-2

Tags: Peace, Christian Disciplines

Denomination: Lutheran

One Man Said, "God, Why Did You Make Women So ...  PRO

Contributed by Timothy Smith on Dec 11, 2002

One man said, "God, why did you make women so soft and beautiful?" God said, "So you’d love them." Then the man asked, "Then, God, why did you make women so illogical and emotional?" God said, ...read more

Tags: Sin Fall Of Man

Denomination: Christian Church

One Man Said, "God, Why Did You Make Women So ...  PRO

Contributed by Timothy Smith on Dec 18, 2004

One man said, "God, why did you make women so soft and beautiful?" God said, "So you’d love them." Then the man asked, "Then, God, why did you make women so ...read more

Tags: Marriage Obligations

Denomination: Christian Church

Content Makes Poor Men Rich; Discontent Makes ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Content makes poor men rich; discontent ...read more

Tags: Peace

You Don't Make The Poor Richer By Making The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

You don't make the poor richer by making ...read more

Tags: Money

We Either Make Ourselves Miserable, Or We Make ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The ...read more

Tags: Strength

When You Have To Make A Choice And Dont Make ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"When you have to make a choice and dont make it, that is ...read more

Tags: Truth

What Makes A Christian

Contributed by Clark Tanner on Sep 28, 2009

WHAT MAKES A CHRISTIAN "The true Christian desires less and less of the things and comforts and pursuits and goals of this world, and desires more and more the things that are eternal, that are pleasing to God, that are divine in nature. What do you witness in the people around you who claim to be ...read more

Tags: Basics Of Christianity

Denomination: Orthodox