In Sermon Illustrations: "Prayer For New Year"

Prayer As Our Heavy Artillery

Contributed by Richard Tow on Jul 9, 2024

In Ephesians 6:18, Paul has completed the metaphor of Roman armor. But he is not finished teaching about spiritual warfare. In fact, he has come to the most important weapon in our spiritual arsenal. Prayer is the heavy artillery. Through prayer we call down the bombardment of God against our ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:18

Tags: Spiritual Warfare, Prayer, Intercession, Victory, Armor, Battles  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Charismatic

The Year Of The Yes  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 23, 2010

THE YEAR OF THE YES Playwright Maria Hedley had her fill of terrible dates. Most of the dates she went on she thought the guys would be great candidates but they were totally unsatisfying. She got sick of her own taste and decided that fate couldn’t mess up her love life anymore than she could, ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 7:25-40

Tags: Kindness

All Things New

Contributed by Peter Loughman on Jun 16, 2009

ALL THINGS NEW Years ago, I had the classic New Jersey car accident: I was hit from behind as I stopped for someone in a crosswalk. The guy actually got out of his car threw up his hands and exclaimed, "What the blank are you stopping for?" I got out of my car and motioned to the crosswalk, "I ...read more

Tags: Born Again

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Journalism Largely Consists In Saying Lord Jones ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Journalism largely consists in saying Lord Jones Dead to people who never ...read more

Tags: News

Literature Is The Art Of Writing Something That ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism ...read more

Tags: News

A Journalist Is Someone Who Looks At The World ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"A journalist is someone who looks at the world and the way it works, someone who takes a close look at things every day and reports what she sees, ...read more

Tags: News

Serious, Careful, Honest Journalism Is ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Serious, careful, honest journalism is essential, not because it is a guiding light but because it is a form of honorable ...read more

Tags: News

Journalism Will Kill You, But It Will Keep You ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Journalism will kill you, but it will keep you alive ...read more

Tags: News

Journalism Can Never Be Silent: That Is Its ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Journalism can never be silent: that is its greatest virtue and its greatest fault. It must speak, and speak immediately, while the echoes of wonder, the claims ...read more

Tags: News

Journalism, Like History, Is Certainly Not An ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Journalism, like history, is certainly not ...read more

Tags: News

Journalists Write Because They Have Nothing To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Journalists write because they have nothing to say, and have something ...read more

Tags: News

Responsible Journalism Is Journalism ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Responsible journalism is journalism responsible in the last analysis to the editors own conviction of what, whether interesting ...read more

Tags: News

Journalism Is The Art Of Collecting Varying ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Journalism is the art of collecting varying kinds of information (commonly called news) which a few people possess and of transmitting it to a much larger ...read more

Tags: News

Being A Journalist Is Simply Wonderful. It Is A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Being a journalist is simply wonderful. It is a lifelong license to follow that most basic human traitcuriosity. It is permission to probe and delve into whatever interests you, as thoroughly or as superficially as you like, and then move on. You have a license to ask virtually any human ...read more

Tags: News

Every Journalist Who Is Not Too Stupid Or Too ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Every journalist who is not too stupid or too full of himself to notice what is going on knows that what he does is morally indefensible. He is a kind of confidence man, preying on peoples vanity, ignorance, ...read more

Tags: News

As I Look Back Over A Misspent Life, I Find ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"As I look back over a misspent life, I find myself more and more convinced that I had more fun doing news reporting than in any ...read more

Tags: News

Nothing Less Than The Highest Ideals, The Most ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Nothing less than the highest ideals, the most scrupulous anxiety to do right, the most accurate knowledge of the problems it has to meet, and a sincere sense of moral responsibility will save journalism from a subservience ...read more

Tags: News

I Await The Hour When A Journalist Can Be ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I await the hour when a journalist can be driven from the press room for venal practices, as a minister can ...read more

Tags: News

All Journalists Are, By Virtue Of Their ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"All journalists are, by virtue of their handicraft, alarmists; this is their way of ...read more

Tags: News

Never Cite, To Justify A Story, The Publics ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Never cite, to justify a story, the publics right to know. The publics right to know is just a self-righteous phrase to mask the ...read more

Tags: News