In Sermon Illustrations: "Power In Prayer"

Let The River Flow

Contributed by William Akehurst on Nov 25, 2011

LET THE RIVER FLOW Maryland’s Conowingo Hydroelectric Dam on the Susquehanna River is a great architectural feat. We can drive across the Dam and see the high water on one side and the lower level rapids and flow of water on the other. This dam was not built to contain a raging river and dam up ...read more

Tags: Missions

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Characteristics Of People In The Last Days

Contributed by Garris Hudson on Apr 6, 2024

CHARACTERISTICS OF PEOPLE IN THE LAST DAYS (II Timothy 3:1-4) Self-Centeredness: People will love only themselves and their money. Pride and Disobedience: They will be boastful, proud, scoff at God, and disobedient to their parents. Lack of Gratitude: Ungratefulness will prevail. Lack of Love ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:1-4

Tags: Rapture, False Teachers, Tribulation, Signs, False Prophets, Return Of Christ, Deception, Antichrist, Last Days  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Only Difference Between The Idolatry Of A ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 24, 2001

The only difference between the idolatry of a tribesman ascribing power to a fetish and the idolatry of a professor attributing the wonder of the natural world to evolutionary forces is ...read more

O My Brethren, My Heart Is Enlarge Towards You. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 9, 2006

“O my brethren, my heart is enlarge towards you. I trust I feel something of that hidden, but powerful presence of Christ, ...read more

Tags: What Is Evangelism?

Peace Does Not Mean The End Of All Our Striving; ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Peace does not mean the end of all our striving; Joy does not mean the drying of our tears; Peace is the power that comes to souls ...read more

Tags: Peace

Andrew Murray Writes, "God Regards Intercession ...

Contributed by Brian Matherlee on Oct 20, 2008

Andrew Murray writes, "God regards intercession as the highest expression of His people's readiness to receive and to yield themselves wholly to the ...read more

Tags: Intercession

Denomination: Wesleyan

I Sit Here All Day Trying To Persuade People To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

I sit here all day trying to persuade people to do the things they ought to have the sense to do without my persuading them. ...read more

Tags: Government

If All My Possessions Were Taken Away From Me ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If all my possessions were taken away from me with one exception, I would choose the power of speech. For by it, I ...read more

Tags: Communication Speech

Watch Against All Fretful And Discontented ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Watch against all fretful and discontented thoughts, which do but chafe and wound the mind to no purpose. To harbor these is to do yourself more injury than ...read more

Tags: Thought

Max Lucado Says That "The Grave Unearths ...  PRO

Contributed by Denn Guptill on Oct 23, 2000

Max Lucado says that “The grave unearths our view of God” And he’s right how often have we heard “God if you existed my child wouldn’t have died, if you’d have answered my prayers my life ...read more

Tags: Apologetics General, Emotions, Death

Denomination: Wesleyan

The Church & Education: The Average Protestant ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

The Church & Education: The average Protestant church offers classes, or education on 4.6 different topics in a typical year. The most common topics taught are for new members (60%) followed by basics of Christianity (47%) how to study the Bible (43%), evangelism (39%), spiritual ...read more

Tags: Church General

The Church & Education: The Average Protestant ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2006

The Church & Education: The average Protestant church offers classes, or education on 4.6 different topics in a typical year. The most common topics taught are for new members (60%) followed by basics of Christianity (47%) how to study the Bible (43%), evangelism (39%), spiritual ...read more

Tags: Beatitudes, Growth In Christ

Hope You Never Sin

Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jun 18, 2011

HOPE YOU NEVER SIN When John Wesley served as a missionary to the American colonies, he had a difficult time with General James Oglethorpe. The general was known for his pride and harshness. One time Oglethorpe declared, "I never forgive." Wesley replied, "Then, ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:12

Tags: Forgiveness General

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Survivorman And Esau

Contributed by Johnny A. Palmer Jr. on Feb 13, 2012

SURVIVORMAN AND ESAU I love to watch things like Survivorman - he goes all over the world and survives in the harshest enviornments. But he is like Esau! Self-sufficient, I have never seen him bow his head in prayer and ask God for help; I ...read more

Tags: Self

Denomination: Baptist

Parachute Failed On Christian At 3500 Feet

Contributed by Rick Crandall on Sep 24, 2025

Parachute failed on Christian at 3500 feet Psalm 144:15 - Happy is that people, whose God is the LORD!" *Daniel Cave certainly proved this to be true. In 2005, Daniel was on his very first skydiving jump in Washington State. On the way down, his parachute failed to open. Daniel didn’t fall ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 144:15

Tags: High Tower, The Lord Our Rock, Righteous War, Praise The Lord, Mortality, Traitors, Deceivers, The Lord Of Hosts, Floods, Joy, Fortress, God's Help, Deliverer, King David, Brevity, Shield, Salvation  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Baptist

One Very Important Aspect Of Motivation Is The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

One very important aspect of motivation is the willingness to stop and to look at things that no one else has bothered to look at. This simple process of focusing on things that are ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

The Sacred Rights Of Mankind Are Not To Be ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments, or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature by the hand of the ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

Put Yourself In A State Of Mind Where You Say ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Put yourself in a state of mind where you say to yourself, Here is an opportunity to celebrate like never before, my own power, my own ...read more

Tags: Holidays

Blessed Are They Who Have The Gift Of Making ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Blessed are they who have the gift of making friends, for it is one of Gods best gifts. It involves many things, but above all, the power of going out of ones self, ...read more

Tags: Compassion

Church Is Open!

Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on May 24, 2020

As I write this, it’s late May 2020 and this has been one of the strangest years I can ever remember. Much of the year has been taken up with the Wuhan Virus (also called COVID-19, the Corona Virus, and perhaps other names) and the effect on the world’s economy. For those of you reading this in the ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 122:1, Jeremiah 36:5

Tags: David, Church Attendance, House Of The Lord

Denomination: Baptist