Sermon Illustrations
Free Sermon Illustrations for Preaching :

In Sermon Illustrations: "Power Of One"

showing 11,321-11,340 of 21,633
Filter Results
Close Filters

Scripture

Rating

Date

Denominations

  • Show more

Category

  • Try PRO

    Confident Preaching

    Try PRO free and preach with confidence when people need it most.
    Free to start now
  • So, Whose Job Is It? According To A Kaiser ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006
     | 2,594 views

    So, Whose Job Is It? According to a Kaiser Foundation study, “94% of parents want teachers to be the ones to discuss the pressures and consequences of having sex.” Another ‘99 study by the Annie E. Casey Foundation reports that 50% of all teens say “they still trust their parents for the most ...read more

  • Charles R. Swindoll, The Finishing Touch, In A ...

    Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Nov 17, 2006
     | 2,276 views

    (Charles R. Swindoll, The Finishing Touch, in a book he had read:) “A time to be careful is when one reaches his goals. The easiest period in a crisis situation is actually the battle itself. The most difficult period is the period of indecision, whether to fight or run away. And the most ...read more

  • As I Worked The Internet This Week, I Stumbled On ...  PRO

    Contributed by Floyd Johnson on Nov 19, 2006
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,436 views

    As I worked the internet this week, I stumbled on the web page for the Colombian government. The Ambassador from Columbia to the USA is Andrés Pastrana. According to the web page he has two jobs – one is to manage the Columbian Embassy in Washington DC, which is responsible for serving Colombian ...read more

  • A Guy Had A Dream He Had Went To Heaven And Saw ...  PRO

    Contributed by Paul Humphrey on Jan 11, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,066 views

    A guy had a dream he had went to heaven and saw many clocks. As is customary with these stories St. Peter is attending the gate. When asked what the clocks were for Peter replied that every person on earth has a clock here, and each time one sins, the hand on their clock moves just a bit. The ...read more

  • Always, Love Is A Choice. You Come Up Against ...

    Contributed by Mark Ferrante on Feb 10, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,436 views

    Always, love is a choice. You come up against scores of opportunities every day to love or not to love. You encounter hundreds of small chances to please your friends, delight your Lord and encourage your family. That’s why love and obedience are intimately linked--you can’t have one without the ...read more

  • A Man Was Out Fishing In His Boat, When He ...  PRO

    Contributed by Dan Mahan on Feb 26, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,809 views

    A man was out fishing in his boat, when he hooked into a large bass. He fought the fish for quite awhile, and finally got it reeled into the boat. He could not believe his eyes. It was a 37 pound striper, a prize keeper. On the shore, he ran into a second fisherman who had a stringer with a ...read more

  • Two Shepherds Lean On Their Crooks At The End Of ...  PRO

    Contributed by Claude White on Mar 5, 2007
    based on 9 ratings
     | 3,260 views

    Two shepherds lean on their crooks at the end of a long day and the first asks the second, "So, how’s it going?" The second one sighed and shook his head, "Not good, I can’t pay my bills, my health isn’t good, my kids don’t respect me, and ...read more

  • There Are Five Billion People On Earth, And I ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
     | 2,214 views

    "There are five billion people on Earth, and I should guess that at any given moment one or two billion of us are speaking. And I should further guess that virtually nothing anyone says is memorable....There are times, however, when someone turns a phrase that seems so clever or so apt or so ...read more

  • Resolved, To Live With All My Might While I Do ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
    based on 10 ratings
     | 2,662 views

    "Resolved, to live with all my might while I do live. Resolved, never to lose one moment of time, to improve it in the most profitable way I possibly can. Resolved, never to do anything which I should despite or think meanly of in another. Resolved, never to do anything out of revenge. ...read more

  • The Great Anglican Bishop, J. C. Ryle, Said Of ...

    Contributed by Robert Walter on Dec 24, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,418 views

    The great Anglican Bishop, J. C. Ryle, said of these first seekers of truth (the Magi), “We read of no greater faith than this in all the Bible. It is a faith that deserves to be placed side by side with that of the penitent thief. The thief saw one dying the death of a malefactor and yet prayed to ...read more

  • Some Of The World's Greatest And Most Useful ...

    Contributed by Clint Meade on Jun 3, 2007
     | 1,742 views

    Some of the world’s greatest and most useful people have suffered a physical handicap. Helen Keller was not born blind and deaf, but at nineteen months of age she came down with an illness that caused it. She went on to accomplish much in life that blessed those around her. On September 14, 1964, ...read more

  • A Man Was Out Fishing In His Boat, When He ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,581 views

    A man was out fishing in his boat, when he hooked into a large bass. He fought the fish for quite awhile, and finally got it reeled into the boat. He could not believe his eyes. It was a 37 pound striper, a prize keeper. On the shore, he ran into a second fisherman who had a stringer with a dozen ...read more

  • Not Long Ago I Read Something That Was In An ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,257 views

    Not Long ago I read something that was in an issue of National Geographic There was a photograph of the fossil remains of two saber-tooth cats locked in combat. To quote the article: “One had bitten deep into the leg bone of the other, a thrust that trapped both in a common fate.” The cause ...read more

  • Robert Raines - My Ten-Year-Old Son, Bob, Had ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,697 views

    Robert Raines - My ten-year-old son, Bob, had made the all-star football team in school. As I rubbed his back while putting him to bed one night, out of the quiet came a still, small voice, "Dad, is this the first time you ever rubbed an all-star’s back?" ...read more

  • Ten Commandments, Children

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,993 views

    Ten Commandments, Children It’s like one little Sunday School boy who knew nothing of forgiveness… A Sunday school teacher was discussing the Ten Commandments with her five and six-year-olds After explaining the commandment to "honor" your Father and Mother, she asked, "Is there a commandment ...read more

  • A Dear Lady Had A Husband Who Was An Airline ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,833 views

    A dear lady had a husband who was an airline pilot, and he often had difficulty locating items around the house. One day he asked his wife where the salt was. Annoyed, she responded, "How on earth can you find Detroit at night in a blizzard, but you can’t ...read more

  • Can I Hug You?

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,167 views

    I heard a story about a father who told his son when he reached 12 years old that he would only shake hands with him from now on. Finally, some 20 or 25 years later the son, now a grown man, said, “Dad can I hug you?” And the son and ...read more

  • Someone Tells About A Woman Who For Many Years ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,244 views

    Someone tells about a woman who for many years couldn’t sleep at night because she worried that her home would be burglarized. One night her husband heard a noise in the house, so he went downstairs to investigate. When he got there, he found a burglar. The husband said ...read more

  • Dwight Moody Was Once Addressing A Crowded ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 3,011 views

    Dwight Moody was once addressing a crowded meeting of children in Scotland. To get their attention, he asked, “what is prayer?” He really wasn’t expecting the children to answer. To his amazement, hands shot up all over the auditorium. One lad quoted his textbook answer, “Prayer is an offering up ...read more

  • Dwight Moody Was Once Addressing A Crowded ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 2,594 views

    Dwight Moody was once addressing a crowded meeting of children in Scotland. To get their attention, he asked, “what is prayer?” He really wasn’t expecting the children to answer. To his amazement, hands shot up all over the auditorium. One lad quoted his textbook answer, “Prayer is an offering up ...read more