In Sermon Illustrations: "Murder In The Heart"

Unity Is A Heart Condition Of A Regenerated ...

Contributed by Gary Kelly on Nov 16, 2011

Unity is a heart condition of a regenerated believer that is empowered by the Holy Spirit and bears the fruit of kindness, compassion, peace-making, forgiveness, humbling ...read more

Tags: Unity

Denomination: Apostolic

Wesley: A Heart Strangely Warmed  PRO

Contributed by Fr Mund Cargill Thompson on Nov 28, 2011

WESLEY: A HEART STRANGELY WARMED At the first half of the 18th century, England was also in a mess. Gin and gambling were destroying the lives of poor and rich alike. This was the age of Dick Turpin - crime figures were so high, there was so much danger from highway men and footpads that Horace ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 14:34

Tags: Revival

Denomination: Anglican

Look Up In Your Heart  PRO

Contributed by David Tack on Oct 17, 2012

LOOK UP IN YOUR HEART A.W. Tozer reminds us, "You may be still with arthritis so that you can’t even get on your knees to pray, but you can look up in your heart, for prayer isn’t a matter of getting on your knees. Prayer is the elevation of the heart to God and that is all a man needs to praise, ...read more

Tags: Prayer How To

Denomination: Baptist

Golfers Have A Change Of Heart

Contributed by Sermon Central on May 21, 2013

GOLFERS HAVE A CHANGE OF HEART When you willingly give Jesus all that you are and all that you have, you receive so much more in return. I heard a story once about a group of guys who were returning from playing golf in rural Georgia. As they drove down a two-lane road they came up on a ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 3:16-20, 1 Timothy 6:6-19

Tags: Compassion

Your Cheatin' Heart

Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Aug 12, 2020

Your Cheatin’ Heart is a song written and recorded in 1952 by country music singer and songwriter Hank Williams. However, the song was released after his death in 1953. Your Cheatin’ Heart is considered one of the greatest songs of country music. The song is a slow ballad, telling an ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 4:20-27

Tags: Obedience, Compromise

Denomination: Baptist

Your Cheatin' Heart

Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Aug 12, 2020

Ft. Knox guards $13 billion in gold. During WWII, the original Declaration of Independence, the original copy of the U.S. Constitution, the first printing of the copy of the Guttenberg Bible, and the original copy of Magna Carta were all moved to Ft. Knox. The security is updated constantly. Not ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 4:20-27

Tags: Obedience, Compromise

Denomination: Baptist

Thin Skinned And Hard Hearted

Contributed by John Bright on Feb 2, 2025

Somebody smarter than me said the greatest problem in the local church is that we are not who we were designed by God to be. As Believers, we were made to be thick-skinned and tender hearted. That’s how we can “love one another fervently with a pure heart.” (1 Peter 1:22) Instead, we have become ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 18:15-17, 1 Peter 1:22

Tags: Forgiveness, Fervent Love, Tender Hearted

Denomination: Methodist

When The Heart Says Yes

Contributed by David Dunn on Nov 12, 2025

I have often thought that the most beautiful sound in a service is not the organ, not the choir, not even the preacher’s voice, but the sigh of a surrendered heart—the moment when a man or woman stops ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 51:17, Isaiah 6:8

Tags: Surrender, Yielding

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

In The Small Town We Lived In, The Volunteer Fire ...  PRO

Contributed by Richard Goble on Nov 16, 2007

In the small town we lived in, the volunteer fire department’s telephone was answered by the policeman on duty, who would in turn sound the fire whistle to rally the volunteers to duty. One Saturday morning my father, the town chief of police, had just come on duty when the fire department phone ...read more

Tags: Father's Heart

Denomination: Baptist

"When We Give Our Hearts To Christ In Salvati...

Contributed by Bradley Kellum on Aug 25, 2009

“When we give our hearts to Christ in salvation, we experience “peace with God” (Romans 5:1); but the “peace of God” takes us a step farther into God’s blessings. This does not mean the absence of trials on the outside, but it does mean a quiet confidence within, ...read more

Tags: Thought, Heart

Denomination: Baptist

Do We Have A Mouse's Heart?

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Aug 6, 2021

ABRACADABRA--- THE MAGICIAN AND THE MOUSE… There was a very fearful mouse that heard a very famous and powerful magician was coming to town. The mouse was so happy, his fearful life of worry could change if he could get to the magician. The date arrived and the mouse was so afraid but he ...read more

Scripture: Ezekiel 37:1-6, John 6:5-9

Tags: Heart, Attitude

Denomination: Assembly Of God

How The Word Was Cut Into His Heart  PRO

Contributed by Bruce Howell on Mar 28, 2001

Illus.: “How the Word Was Cut Into His Heart” When the Christians in Lahore, India, wanted to stamp Matthew 11:28 on the back of Gospels they had printed, they found they could not obtain a rubber stamp with which to do it. The only way was to get a clever Moslem to cut the words in rubber for ...read more

Tags: God Brings Hope, Jesus Teachings, World Religions

Denomination: Wesleyan

God's Heart Is The Most Sensitive And Tender Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 16, 2001

God’s heart is the most sensitive and tender of all. No act goes unnoticed, no matter how insignificant ...read more

Tags: Promises Of God, God's Provision, God's Love

In Prayer It Is Better To Have A Heart Without ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2002

In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a ...read more

Tags: Prayer How To, Prayer General

A Leader Is A Person With A Magnet In His Heart ...  PRO

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000

A leader is a person with a magnet in his heart and a compass in his ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 3:1

Tags: Leadership General

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Many People Are Seeking Laughter In Their Heart ...  PRO

Contributed by Jonathan Busch on Dec 22, 2002

Many people are seeking laughter in their heart when they are really needing peace. Laughter is to a wounded heart what morphine is to terminal cancer. When the medicine is gone the pain is back. ...read more

Tags: Peace, God Brings Hope

Denomination: Pentecostal

What Is A Better Breastplate Than A Heart ...

Contributed by David Insell on Jul 23, 2003

What is a better breastplate than a heart ...read more

Tags: Holiness

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Calm The Storm, Calm Your Heart  PRO

Contributed by Christian Cheong on Mar 15, 2005

CALM THE STORM, CALM YOUR HEART One pastor’s wife was very afraid to take flights. Husband asks her to pray. Fear was controlling her. "Let Him know you’re afraid of flying, and God will help you." Over time, she overcame the fear. One day, she was flying with her friend through a violent ...read more

Scripture: Luke 8:22-25

Tags: Examples Of Faith, Faith General

Denomination: Independent/Bible

A Man Had A Heart Attack And Was Rushed To The ...  PRO

Contributed by Lou Nicholes on May 25, 2005

A man had a heart attack and was rushed to the hospital. He could receive little company and was to avoid excitement. While in the hospital a rich uncle died and left him a million dollars. His family wondered how to break the news to him with the least amount of excitement. It was decided to ask ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 8:16-24

Tags: Gifts Giving

Denomination: Baptist

There Is No Exchange! (11.15.05--Heart And ...

Contributed by Mark Brunner on Nov 14, 2005

There Is No Exchange! (11.15.05--Heart and Soul!--2 Chronicles15:14-15) Life is full of the tentative. It would seem that the ability to be decisive is fast becoming a relic; replaced instead with a sleek, stream-lined, today’s-age, model that places indecisiveness as the norm and decisiveness as ...read more

Scripture: 2 Chronicles 15:14-15

Tags: Call Of The Disciples, Discipleship

Denomination: Lutheran