In Sermon Illustrations: "Making Room For God"

Make For Yourselves Nests Of Pleasant Thoughts. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Make for yourselves nests of pleasant thoughts. None of us yet know, for none of us have been taught in early youth, what fairy palaces we may build ...read more

Tags: Thought

This Coming To Know Christ Is What Makes ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"This coming to know Christ is what makes Christian truth redemptive truth, the truth that ...read more

Tags: Truth

Little Things Make The Difference. Everyone Is ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Little things make the difference. Everyone is well prepared in the big things, but only the ...read more

Tags: Competition

Words Are The Coins Making Up The Currency Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Words are the coins making up the currency of sentences, and there are ...read more

Tags: Words

The Executive Exists To Make Sensible Exceptions ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The executive exists to make sensible exceptions ...read more

Tags: Workplace

What Really Makes People Satisfied With Their ...

Contributed by Paul Fritz on May 21, 2004

What really makes people satisfied with their lives? Amazingly, the secret may lie in a person’s ability to handle life’s blows without blame or bitterness. These are the conclusions of a study of 173 men who have been followed since they graduated from Harvard University in the early 1940s. The ...read more

Tags: Emotions

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Pride Is The Only Disease That Makes Everyone ...

Contributed by Mary Lewis on May 7, 2009

Pride is the only disease that makes everyone sick but ...read more

Tags: Pride

Denomination: Baptist

How To Make Someone A Soul-Winner  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2009

HOW TO MAKE SOMEONE A SOUL-WINNER General William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army, once told his students, "If I had my choice, I wouldn’t send you to school, I’d send you to Hell for five minutes, and you’d come back real soul ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 28:19-20

Tags: Evangelism How To

Ask Questions Before Making Decisions

Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jun 22, 2010

ASK QUESTIONS BEFORE MAKING DECISIONS Author Bobb Biehl said he decided about twenty years ago to make a hobby of asking questions. He began collecting them and included an entire chapter of questions in his book, Increasing Your Leadership Confidence, in the chapter "Decision-Making." He urged ...read more

Tags: Wisdom

Denomination: Pentecostal

Anxiety Is Love's Greatest Killer. It Makes ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 13, 2010

Anxiety is love’s greatest killer. It makes others feel as you might then a drowning man holds on to you. You want to save him, but you know he ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 4:6-7

Tags: Anxiety

What Makes Jerusalem So Great?

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 8, 2010

WHAT MAKES JERUSALEM SO GREAT? "Archaeologists and historians have long wondered why Jerusalem should have been established where it was, and why it should have become great. It enjoys none of the physical features which favored the advancement and prosperity of other important cities in the ...read more

Tags: Israel

Denomination: Independent/Bible

The Durer Brothers: No One Makes It Alone

Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 23, 2011

THE DURER BROTHERS: NO ONE MAKES IT ALONE Back in the fifteenth century, in a tiny village near Nuremberg, lived a family with eighteen children. Eighteen! In order merely to keep food on the table for this big family, the father and head of the household, a goldsmith by profession, worked almost ...read more

Scripture: John 15:12-13

Tags: Giving Yourself

Making Your Life Count For Something

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2011

MAKING YOUR LIFE COUNT FOR SOMETHING Many years ago at a Presbyterian retreat center near Asheville, NC, the annual summer conference was being held. An elderly man with a neatly clipped white goatee and resonant voice rose to speak. He explained that he was a medical doctor and he had a story to ...read more

Scripture: Luke 14:25-33

Tags: Missions

You Can Make Him Drink

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 12, 2011

YOU CAN MAKE HIM DRINK Howard Hendricks, one of my professors at Dallas Theological Seminary, sometimes talked about his days when he was a student at the same seminary. In one of those stories, he tells about the time he was invited to preach in west Texas. "You've all heard of Nowhere? Well," ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 4:1-5

Tags: Evangelism How To

It Is Said Of Repentance, "It Makes A Person ...

Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Dec 27, 2011

It is said of repentance, "It makes a person allergic to what he was addicted, and ...read more

Tags: Repentance

Denomination: *other

Muller: Scriptures Make Me Happy

Contributed by Mark Tonkery on Jan 27, 2012

MULLER: SCRIPTURES MAKE ME HAPPY George Muller, who established many orphanages throughout England in the 1800’s, once said... "I believe that the one chief reason that I have been kept in happy useful service is that I have been a lover of Holy Scripture. It has been my habit to read the Bible ...read more

Tags: Bible Study

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Edison Couldn't Make Life

Contributed by Josh Hunt on Mar 15, 2012

EDISON COULDN'T MAKE LIFE Are you extremely proud of your lifetime accomplishments? It was on November 21 of 1877 that Thomas Edison announced to the world that he had invented the phonograph. Edison's accomplishments are often forgotten. In his Menlo Park, New Jersey fix-it shop he designed the ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 9:23-24

Tags: Pride

Denomination: Baptist

Martin Luther Makes A Very Important ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Martin Luther makes a very important observation. He says that in Matthew 6:11, daily bread doesn’t just refer to food. It is a symbol for all the things we need for the preservation of our lives: ...read more

Tags: Prayer How To

The Decisions We Make Should Reflect The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

The decisions we make should reflect the relationship we have we the forgiver. Imagine that you are a stamp collector, and that over the years you have collected a large number of very valuable stamps. Now imagine your house on fire. You are inside with your dog, your faithful companion for the ...read more

Tags: Easter Resurrection

Pornography Is Harmful Because It Makes Sex ...

Contributed by John Harvey on Aug 5, 2007

“Pornography is harmful because it makes sex trivial, uninteresting ...read more

Denomination: Baptist