In Sermon Illustrations: "Received To Him"

My Prayer Today Is That We Will Feel The Loving ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 9, 2006

“My prayer today is that we will feel the loving arms of God wrapped around us, and will know in our hearts that He will never ...read more

Tags: Prayer Adoration

Although Believers By Nature, Are Far From God, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 9, 2006

“Although believers by nature, are far from God, and children of wrath, even as others, yet it is amazing to think how nigh they are brought to him again ...read more

Tags: Jesus Christ

When W. C. Fields Was On His Deathbed, A Visitor ...

Contributed by Davon Huss on Sep 8, 2006

When W. C. Fields was on his deathbed, a visitor found him reading the Bible. Asked what he was doing, he replied, "Looking for ...read more

Tags: Death Nearness

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Quote: "There Is No Life In The Scriptures ...

Contributed by Tom Mccrossan on Oct 29, 2006

QUOTE: "There is no life in the Scriptures themselves, but if we will follow where they lead, they will bring us to Christ; and so we find life, not in the ...read more

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

A Dusty Thudding In His Head Made The Scene ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

A dusty thudding in his head made the scene before him beat like a pulse. His mouth had been used as a latrine by some small ...read more

Tags: Addiction

Americans Are Broad-Minded People. Theyll ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Americans are broad-minded people. Theyll accept the fact that a person can be an alcoholic, a dope fiend, a wife beater, and even a newspaperman, but if a ...read more

Tags: Addiction

Change Is Always Hard For The Man Who Is In A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

Change is always hard for the man who is in a rut. For he has scaled down his living to that which he can handle comfortably and ...read more

Tags: Change

You Cannot Teach A Child To Take Care Of Himself ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

You cannot teach a child to take care of himself unless you will let him try to take care of himself. He will make mistakes; and ...read more

Tags: Children

A Military General Was Talking To John Wesley And ...

Contributed by Brian Phillips on Nov 13, 2007

A military general was talking to John Wesley and informed him; "I never forgive anyone." To which Wesley replied; "Then ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

As I Grow Older, I Care Less What People Think ...

Contributed by Tony Abram on Apr 21, 2008

As I grow older, I care less what people think about me and more what God thinks of me. I expect to be ...read more

Tags: Self

It Is The World That Says It's Ok For You To Ask ...

Contributed by Gene Gregory on Mar 9, 2009

It is the world that says it’s OK for you to ask God to damn something in public, but that if you ask Him to bless something then you ...read more

Tags: Worldliness

Denomination: Baptist

A True Christian Is A Man Who Never For A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"A true Christian is a man who never for a moment forgets what God has done for him in Christ, and whose whole comportment and whole ...read more

Tags: Joy

If There Is One Thing Upon This Earth That ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If there is one thing upon this earth that mankind love and admire better than another, it is a brave manit is the man who dares to look ...read more

Tags: Endurance

When One Ceases From Conflict, Whether Because ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"When one ceases from conflict, whether because he has won, because he has lost, or because he cares no more for ...read more

Tags: Dealing With Conflicts

Before You Criticize Someone, You Should Walk A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in his shoes. That way, when you criticize him, ...read more

Tags: Dealing With Conflicts

Behind Every Advance Of The Human Race Is A Germ ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Behind every advance of the human race is a germ of creation growing in the mind of some lone individual. An individual whose dreams waken him ...read more

Tags: Dreams

The Mission Of The Playwrightas I See It, Is To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The mission of the playwrightas I see it, is to look in his heart and write, to write of whatever concerns him at the moment; to write with passion and conviction. Of ...read more

Tags: Entertainment

A Man Is Ethical Only When Life, As Such, Is ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him, that of plants and animals as well as that of his fellowman, and when he devotes ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

Every Man Takes Care That His Neighbor Shall Not ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Every man takes care that his neighbor shall not cheat him. But a day comes when he begins to care that he do not ...read more

Tags: Friendship New Friends

Whenever Two People Meet There Are Really Six ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Whenever two people meet there are really six people present. There is each man as he sees himself., each as the other ...read more

Tags: Friendship New Friends