In Sermon Illustrations: "Our Connection To God"

Knowing God, Hearing God  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 29, 2002

KNOWING GOD, HEARING GOD God has not bowed to our nervous haste nor embraced the methods of our machine age. The man who would know God must give time to Him. SOURCE: A.W. Tozer as quoted ...read more

Slaves To Our Words  PRO

Contributed by Jason Bonnicksen on Mar 15, 2011

SLAVES TO OUR WORDS Noted statesman Sir Winston Churchill once said: "We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out." Churchill's words echo those penned by King Solomon almost three millennia ago. We're all guilty from time to time; I know I am. There's been times ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 12:22-28

Tags: Wisdom

Denomination: Lutheran

Our Will Is Who We Are

Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jun 16, 2009

OUR WILL IS WHO WE ARE Watchman Nee: "A man’s will is his organ for decision-making. To want or not to want, to choose or not to choose are the typical operations of the will. "Our emotions merely express how we feel. Our mind simply tells us what we think, but our will communicates what we ...read more

Tags: Discipleship

Denomination: Pentecostal

God With Us

Contributed by Edward Hardee on Dec 2, 2024

I started out by describing a song that I had been singing all week long. (I used Leaning on the Everlasting Arms but you can use any song). I spent about 5 - 7 minutes giving all the details of the song. The author, the beat, where it is used at, who sung the song, etc. I keep the title ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 1:23, Philippians 2:5-11

Tags: Emmanuel, Immanuel, God With Us

Denomination: Church Of God

God's Resources

Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Oct 31, 2011

GOD'S RESOURCES Imagine if I had two checkbooks sent to me and I could use either one. One was connected to my account and the other to Bill Gates. If I was going to buy a new Rolls Royce this week, then how foolish would it be to even try to use mine. ...read more

Tags: God's Provision

One Denial Leads To Two; Two Lead To Three. Our ...

Contributed by Thomas Cash on May 14, 2009

One denial leads to two; two lead to three. Our descent away from God always grows steeper and faster. Have you watched sledding competition during the Winter Olympics? Sledders exceed 65 mph at the end of the ...read more

Tags: Sin Separates From God

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

George Mason, A Founding Father Of Our Nation ...  PRO

Contributed by Daniel Becker on Sep 15, 2001

George Mason, a founding father of our nation prophetically proclaimed, “As nations can not be rewarded or punished in the next world they must be in this. By an inevitable chain of causes and ...read more

Tags: God's Judgment, Holidays Civic, Providence, Forgiveness General

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

God's Work In God's Way  PRO

Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jun 6, 2002

GOD'S WORK IN GOD'S WAY Missionary statesman Hudson Taylor had complete trust in God’s faithfulness. In his journal he wrote: Our heavenly Father is a very experienced One. He knows very well that His children wake up with a good appetite every morning...He sustained 3 million Israelites in the ...read more

Tags: Faith, God's Provision, Descriptions Of God

Denomination: Baptist

Using Our Ability

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 29, 2011

USING OUR ABILITY S. D. Gordon said, "We have nothing to do with how much ability we’ve got, or how little, but with what we do with what we have. The man with great talent is apt to be puffed up, and the man with little (talent) to belittle the little. Poor fools! God gives it, much or little. ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:3-8

Tags: Servanthood

Our Guide Home

Contributed by Perry Greene on May 3, 2012

OUR GUIDE HOME A certain guide in the deserts of Arabia never lost his way. He carried a homing pigeon with a fine cord attached to his leg. If he doubted which path to take or if he was caught in a sand storm, he would release the bird. The pigeon would fly in the direction of home. The guide was ...read more

Tags: Holy Spirit In Believers

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Nature Kindly Warps Our Judgment About Our ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Nature kindly warps our judgment about our children, especially when they are young, when it would be a fatal ...read more

Tags: Children

We First Make Our Habits, And Then Our Habits ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"We first make our habits, and then our ...read more

Tags: Character

Warren Wiersbe Writes, "Our Values Determine Our ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 31, 2001

Warren Wiersbe writes, "Our values determine our evaluations. If we value comfort more than character, then trials will upset us. If we value the material and physical more than the spiritual, we will not be able to count it all joy! If we live only ...read more

Scripture: James 1:9-11, James 1:2-12, James 1:19-27

Tags: Endurance, Human Body, Joy, Prayer

Men May Spurn Our Appeals, Reject Our ...  PRO

Contributed by Donnie Martin on Nov 23, 2002

“...Men may spurn our appeals, reject our message, oppose our arguments, despise our persons—but they are ...read more

Tags: Prayer General, Prayer Adoration

Denomination: Baptist

Our Origin Determines Our Destiny. It Tells Us ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 15, 2004

Our origin determines our destiny. It tells us who we are, why we are here, and how we should order our lives together in society. Charles Colson and Nancy Pearcey, How Now ...read more

Sometimes Our Hate Sounds Louder In Our Actions ...  PRO

Contributed by Greg Buchner on Aug 19, 2004

"Sometimes our hate sounds louder in our actions than in the volume of our voices that claim love as the grace-filled answer." - Pastor Greg Buchner - Wakelee Church (www.wakeleechurch.net) on the ...read more

Tags: Adultery, Hate, Homosexuality

Denomination: Methodist

We Live In Our Desires Rather Than In Our ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

We live in our desires rather than in ...read more

Tags: Desire

To Our Mothers We Owe Our Highest Esteem, For ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"To our mothers we owe our highest esteem, for it is from their gift of life that the flow of events begins that shapes our destiny. A mothers love, nurturing and beliefs are among the strongest ...read more

Tags: Parenting

Let The Loss Of Our Friends Be Our Only Grief, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Let the loss of our friends be our only grief, and the apprehension of ...read more

Tags: Compassion

Our Incomes Should Be Like Our Shoes: If Too ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Our incomes should be like our shoes: if too small, they will gall and pinch, but if too ...read more

Tags: Money