In Sermon Illustrations: "Moms"

Little Bethany Was As Cute As A Bug's Ear. The ...

Contributed by Bret Toman on Jul 22, 2009

Little Bethany was as cute as a bug's ear. The only child and the only grandchild, she was the center of attention. Discipline was not the strong suit of these new parents. They would feed her in the middle of the night, even though she was old enough to sleep through the night, because they ...read more

Tags: Parenting

Denomination: Baptist

Shirley Goodnest And Marcy  PRO

Contributed by Shawn Rose on Feb 27, 2011

SHIRLEY GOODNEST AND MARCY A mom was concerned about her kindergarten son walking to school and he didn't want his mother to walk with him. She wanted to know that he was safe, yet give him the feeling that he had independence. So she had an idea how to handle it. She asked a neighbor if she ...read more

Tags: Prayer General

Denomination: Baptist

A Funny Thanksgiving Joke To Share!

Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Nov 18, 2021

A FUNNY THANKSGIVING JOKE TO SHARE! A retiree in Florida phones his daughter in New Jersey and says, “Honey, I have bad news for you. Your mother and I have decided that 52 years of marriage is enough. We’re calling it quits and getting a divorce.” His daughter yells, “Are you crazy? What the ...read more

Tags: Sermon Introduction, Funny Stories, Thanksgiving, Humor, Jokes  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Who Are You?  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 9, 2002

WHO ARE YOU? When Don called home from the road one evening, he spoke briefly to his nine-year-old daughter: "Honey, could you get your mommy on the phone?" He then heard Tasha blurt out, as she set the receiver down on the counter: "Hey Mom, the invisible man is on the phone!" In that ...read more

Tags: Father's Day, Parenting, Workplace Balance

Religious Families Stronger: A Survey By The ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Religious Families Stronger: A survey by the National Study of Youth and Religion at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill found that youth ages 12 to 14 reared in religious households are more likely than their peers from nonreligious families to admire their mother and father, to not ...read more

Tags: Children

The Ability To Read And To Study God's Word For ...

Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jul 23, 2007

The ability to read and to study God’s Word for yourself, gives you a great step up in your battle with temptations and trails. The Puritans thought reading was so important that in 1647 they passed the “Old Deluder Satan Act”, the first law in the United States requiring public education be ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Real Mothers

Contributed by Bobby Scobey on May 3, 2010

REAL MOTHERS Real Mothers don't eat quiche; they don't have time to make it. Real Mothers know that their kitchen utensils are probably in the sandbox. Real Mothers often have sticky floors, filthy ovens and happy kids. Real Mothers know that dried Playdoh doesn't come out of shag ...read more

Tags: Mother's Day

Denomination: Pentecostal

Start Of The Human Race  PRO

Contributed by Robert Fa’atoia-Collins on May 13, 2010

START OF THE HUMAN RACE A little girl asked her mother, "How did the human race start?" The mother answered, "God made Adam and Eve and they had children, and so all mankind was made." Two days later, the girl asked her father the same question. The father answered, "Many years ago, there were ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 1:26-27

Tags: Creation

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

They Didn't Live Happily Ever After

Contributed by Gordon Curley on Dec 4, 2010

THEY DIDN'T LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER For the first time in her life, four year-old Suzie had just been told the story of "Snow White." She could hardly wait to get home from nursery school to tell her mommy. With wide-eyed excitement, she retold the fairy tale to her mother that afternoon. After ...read more

Tags: Marriage General

Denomination: Brethren

Talking About Heaven

Contributed by John Crowe on Jul 17, 2014

My 5-year-old great – grandson, Travis, and his mother had a conversation about heaven. “Mom, I don’t think I want to go to heaven.” “Sure you do.” “No. I don’t think so.” “But why not?” “I think I’ll be hungry.” “No, baby. Jesus will make sure to feed you.” “I know, but Jesus feeds everybody fish, ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 21:1-5

Tags: Children, Heavenly Things

Denomination: Baptist

Jean Baron Writes In Readers Digest About ...  PRO

Contributed by Melvin Newland on Feb 21, 2001

ILL. Jean Baron writes in Readers Digest about the old mobile home where she lived with her teen-age son. She said, “The home was structurally unsound, & the plumbing always leaked.” She was ashamed when her son brought friends home because of their meager surroundings. But one day she learned ...read more

Tags: Parenting, Christian Love

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Axelrod Shares This Story About A Magnificent ...

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on May 15, 2003

Axelrod shares this story about a magnificent mom: There is a story about four preachers discussing their favorite translations of the Bible. The first one said, "I like the King James Version because of its beautiful English." Another said, "I like the New American Standard version because it¡¦s ...read more

Tags: Parenting, Mother's Day

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Story Told By Shari Hanson) My Mother Was ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 21, 2003

(Story told by Shari Hanson) My mother was baby-sitting my son, Dirk, at her house one day. When I stopped to pick him up, Mom told me that Dirk had followed her into the bedroom as she put some things away in the closet. “Grandma,” he asked, “what room is this?” “This is a closet, Dirk,” she ...read more

Bobby And Susie Were Playing Upstairs While ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 25, 2004

Bobby and Susie were playing upstairs while their mother was doing the dishes. All of the sudden, the children’s mother heard, "Thud, Thud, Thud...", and she ran to see what had happened. She went to the base of the stairs to find Susie curled up in a little ball and crying. Susie then told her ...read more

Tags: Children

76-Year-Old Bill Baker Of London Recently Wed ...  PRO

Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Nov 16, 2004

76-year-old Bill Baker of London recently wed Edna Harvey. She happened to be his granddaughter’s husband’s mother. That’s where the confusion began, according to Baker’s granddaughter, Lynn. She said, "My mother-in-law is now my step-grandmother. My grandfather is now my step-father-in-law. My mom ...read more

Tags: Family

Denomination: Baptist

In His Book Dare To Believe, Dan Baumann ...

Contributed by Rev. Roberto D. Abella on Nov 21, 2004

In his book Dare to Believe, Dan Baumann illustrates the unique experience of knowing that something is ours, yet longing to enjoy it more fully. He explained that at Christmas time he would always do a lot of snooping, trying to find the gift --wrapped presents and figure out what was in them. ...read more

Tags: Growth In Christ

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

A University Of Minnesota Study On Motherhood ...  PRO

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on May 17, 2005

A University of Minnesota study on Motherhood released this week said moms should get $131,000 a year for what they do! When you add together all the different jobs they do it becomes obvious how valuable mothers are in our lives. Some reports say mothers do 17 different jobs while raising their ...read more

Tags: Parenting

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Billy Graham Wrote In "The Key To Personal ...

Contributed by Doane Brubaker on Mar 28, 2007

Billy Graham wrote in "The Key To Personal Peace" “One of the powerful, enduring images that my wife, Ruth, and I have of our early years together is of the ticker-tape parades in New York City celebrating the end of WWII. The war was finally over! And those who were spared from death by the ...read more

Denomination: Mennonite

Children Have A Way Of Controlling Our Life Do ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Children have a way of controlling our life do they not – I heard about a young boy who received a harmonica for Christmas from his uncle. After the first of the year he saw his uncle for the first time since receiving the harmonica. With a large smile he said, “Thanks for the harmonica you gave me ...read more

Tags: Forgiveness General

How Important Is Character To Me Personally? – ...

Contributed by David Swanger on Jul 13, 2007

. How important is character to me personally? – Soon after moving to Pulaski my children, Josh and Britney were eight and six. We walked out of Bi-Lo one day and when I put my quarter into a coke machine out came not one but two cokes. I told Josh and Britney to go on to the car where their ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ