In Sermon Illustrations: "Mission Work"

When It Comes To Dreams And Visions You Have To ...

Contributed by Charles Jones on Oct 21, 2008

When it comes to dreams and visions you have to be like Nehemiah and say, "I ain't got time to ...read more

Tags: Dreams

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Carpenter Or Plumber Or Painter, The ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The carpenter or plumber or painter, the butcher or baker or candlestick maker who would naturally prosper is he who does ...read more

Tags: Competition

Set Goalshigh Goals For You And Your ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Set goalshigh goals for you and your organization. When your organization has a goal to shoot for, you create teamwork, ...read more

Tags: Goals

What We Dont Need To Know For Achievement, We ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"What we dont need to know for achievement, we need to know for our pleasure. Knowing how things work is the basis for ...read more

Tags: Promises Of God

Saying We Should Keep The Two-Party System ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Saying we should keep the two-party system simply because it is working is like saying the Titanic voyage was a success ...read more

Tags: Government

There Is Of Course Something Wrong With A Man ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"There is of course something wrong with a man who is only partly humorous, or is only humorous at times, for humor ought to be a yeast, ...read more

Tags: Humor

It Usually Takes A Hundred Years To Make A Law, ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"It usually takes a hundred years to make a law, and then, after it has done its work, it usually takes ...read more

Tags: Law

Put Your Morning Devotions Into Your Personal ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Put your morning devotions into your personal grooming. You would not go out to work with a dirty face. Why start the ...read more

Tags: Possession

Modern Liberalism Seems To Have Forgotten The ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Modern liberalism seems to have forgotten the fact that if America hadnt paid the price, blood, sweat and hard work and the financial ...read more

Tags: Politics

Leaders Arent Born, They Are Made. And They Are ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Leaders arent born, they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And thats the price well ...read more

Tags: Gifts Leadership

The Toughest Thing About Success Is That You've ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success. Talent is only a starting point in this ...read more

Tags: Workplace Success

What Is Success? I Think It Is A Mixture Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"What is success? I think it is a mixture of having a flair for the thing you are doing; knowing that it is not enough, that you have got to ...read more

Tags: Workplace Success

I Believe, To Be Successful, That You Have To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I believe, to be successful, that you have to work at least half a day it doesn't make any difference which half, ...read more

Tags: Workplace Success

There Is No Security, No Safety, In The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"There is no security, no safety, in the appeasement of evil. It must be the core of Western policy that there be no sanctuary for terror. And to sustain such a ...read more

Tags: Satan

If In His Gifts And Benefits [god] Were More ...

Contributed by Larry Wilson on Jul 31, 2010

If in his gifts and benefits [God] were more sparing and close-handed, we should learn to be thankful. The greater God's gifts and ...read more

Tags: Gratitude

Denomination: Baptist

Traditional Family Comeback A Myth: Headlines ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

Traditional Family Comeback A Myth: Headlines claiming women are leaving the workforce to become full-time moms have periodically appeared during recent years, but hard data just doesn’t back it up. The traditional family, with Mom at home full-time while Dad works shrank from 43% in ’80 to 27% in ...read more

Tags: Parenting

The Shepherd Psalm Does Speak Against Anxiety, ...

Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Mar 21, 2007

The Shepherd Psalm does speak against anxiety, worry, and fear. It calls for trust in God. Here’s an example of the wrong kind of faith. Are you familiar with the Broom Hilda comic strip? Anybody ever seen it? For an illustration of mindless faith I like the conversation that takes place between ...read more

Denomination: Pentecostal

Last Tuesday Night On Prime Time They Showed The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Last Tuesday night on Prime Time they showed the new Christ, De Jesus from Puerto Rico. He claims to be the better Christ and declares there is no sin, no Satan, and no one will go to hell. They interviewed several church members as to what they thought about their Christ. And they believe in him ...read more

Tags: Faith General

I Have Been In This Business For 51 Years, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

I have been in this business for 51 years, during which time a lot of prominent, gifted leaders have crashed and burned. I think of one in a major southern city who had a large work, a creative ministry in the arts that was widely known. Women in his church sued him and his staff for seducing ...read more

Tags: Cults

I ...

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jan 5, 2010

Illustration: While I was helping to clean the church, I encountered a 12 year-old boy who was working out his court sentence for theft by doing community service. He asked me what bad thing I had done to be working there. “Why son, I didn’t do anything wrong. I’m just helping out the church. What ...read more

Tags: Servanthood

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational