Plan for: Thanksgiving | Advent | Christmas

Sermon Illustrations
Free Sermon Illustrations for Preaching :

In Sermon Illustrations: "self control" showing 1,001-1,020 of 2,477

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
  • Eileen's Story  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 25, 2011
    based on 15 ratings
     | 5,101 views

    EILEEN'S STORY "In an article in Campus Life a young nurse writes of her pilgrimage in learning to see in a patient the image of God beneath a very 'distressing disguise.' "Eileen was one of her first patients, a person who was totally helpless. 'A cerebral aneurysm (broken blood vessels in the ...read more

  • Better Than Shopping  PRO

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Jan 1, 2002
    based on 34 ratings
     | 2,288 views

    BETTER THAN SHOPPING It was a few days before Christmas on the Oregon coast. Two men whose families lived next door opted to go sailing while their wives went Christmas shopping. An unexpected storm surprised the weekend sailors. Before long, the sea became angry, and the two had a ...read more

  • If, However, We Believe That We Are The Product ...

    Contributed by Dana Chau on Jun 5, 2003
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,382 views

    If, however, we believe that we are the product of a Creator who made us and set us free, we will conclude as William Ernest Henley in his poem, "Invictus": Out of the night that covers me, Black as the Pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul.... It matters ...read more

  • Financial Crisis

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Apr 27, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,801 views

    . Bobby Eklund states: Families are in financial crisis, not always because of economic downturns or situations out of their control, but because we normally bring these problems upon ourselves. Families have readily accepted the notion that the best way to get things done is through debt. It is ...read more

  • Lives Molested: A New Study By The U.s. Centers ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006
     | 1,284 views

    Lives Molested: A new study by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention surprisingly discovered that 16% of adult men were sexually molested as children and that 38% of the perpetrators were female. 25% of adult women reported being molested, 94% of the time by males. Molestation victims ...read more

  • Families In Financial Crisis

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on May 1, 2006
     | 1,396 views

    Bobby Eklund states: 1. Families are in financial crisis, not always because of economic downturns or situations out of their control, but because we normally bring these problems upon ourselves. Families have readily accepted the notion that the best way to get things done is through debt. It is ...read more

  • Religion Switch 72% Of Americans Have Maintained ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 17, 2006
     | 1,492 views

    Religion Switch 72% of Americans have maintained the same religious preference throughout their life. 15% have changed from one religious preference to another. 10% moved away from religion altogether. American’s have a relatively stable religious identity. Yet, the most common reasons for changing ...read more

  • Religion Switch 72% Of Americans Have Maintained ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007
     | 1,254 views

    Religion Switch 72% of Americans have maintained the same religious preference throughout their life. 15% have changed from one religious preference to another. 10% moved away from religion altogether. American’s have a relatively stable religious identity. Yet, the most common reasons for changing ...read more

  • I Have Often Said When People Ask Me Questions ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
     | 1,832 views

    I have often said when people ask me questions about the second coming of Christ, “I’m in sales, not management.” Of course, any time someone asks me a biblical question that I’m not sure about I always answer the same way. Even if I thought I knew the answer, I’m still in sales and not ...read more

  • In 1918 World War I Was Still Raging In The Area ...

    Contributed by David Dewitt on Nov 14, 2007
     | 1,411 views

    In 1918 World War I was still raging in the area of the Belleau Wood. The Germans felt that the area could not be taken from them and the US Marine Corps was ordered to take the area. The area was surrounded by an open wheat field and thus the marines were forced to march through open areas under ...read more

  • It's The Sun A Study Conducted By Climate ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2008
     | 1,214 views

    It’s the Sun A study conducted by climate scientists at the Univ. of Rochester, the Univ. of Alabama, and the Univ. of Virginia finds that atmospheric warming patterns over the last 30 years are not caused by greenhouse gas emissions. Study results greatly contradict the findings of the U. N. ...read more

  • Me And My Father-In-Law Used To Have A Project We ...

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on May 29, 2008
     | 956 views

    Me and my father-in-law used to have a project we liked to work on together. It was with chickens. On several occasions we incubated some eggs. He had an incubator and I would care for it while the eggs were “cooking.” One of the key elements in hatching those eggs was temperature control If the ...read more

  • Abortion And Teen Pregnancy Dropping

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009
     | 2,794 views

    ABORTION AND TEEN PREGNANCY DROPPING Abortion and teen pregnancy rates have steadily dropped since 1990, according to a U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention study. Overall, abortions fell 24% to 1.22 million in ’04 from a historical high of 1.61 million in ’90. Teen pregnancies declined ...read more

  • Nancy Leigh Demoss: Arthur Matthews Was Serving ...

    Contributed by David Rumley on Apr 16, 2009
     | 1,689 views

    Nancy Leigh DeMoss: Arthur Matthews was serving as a missionary in China when the Communists took control. He spent years in house arrest with his wife and daughter, and his writings show what it’s like to embrace the plan and purposes of God in suffering. "An escapist generation reads security, ...read more

  • Holy Spirit: Object Lesson

    Contributed by David Ward on Apr 1, 2010
     | 10,498 views

    HOLY SPIRIT: OBJECT LESSON To be filled with the Holy Spirit means that we allow him to occupy and control every area of our lives. How much of you does the Holy Spirit have? [Produce two glasses of water and two packets of Alka-Seltzer. Open one packet and empty into one glass; drop the other ...read more

  • Moody Mr. Riddell

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jul 18, 2011
     | 1,118 views

    MOODY MR. RIDDELL We have all been around people who could change their moods at the flip of a switch. Don't know exactly how to take them. Have a good time with them and then out of nowhere they slap us in the face. Bob Deffinbaugh tells about one of his teachers who was like this. His name ...read more

  • Alcohol Use

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 12, 2012
     | 1,672 views

    ALCOHOL USE According to MSNBC, “Alcohol abuse kills some 75,000 Americans each year and shortens the lives of these people by an average of 30 years, a U.S. government study suggested Thursday. Excessive alcohol consumption is the third leading cause of preventable death in the United States ...read more

  • I Was Reading This Week In The Little Devotional ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,218 views

    I was reading this week in the little devotional book “This Day with the Master” by Dennis Kinlaw and I read the devotional for April 27th. I would like to share this with you this morning. In Ephesians 5:1-2 we are told to “be imitators of God as dear children. And walk in love.” “One day as I ...read more

  • Norman Cousins Was Diagnosed As Having An ...  PRO

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Nov 13, 2001
    based on 51 ratings
     | 4,613 views

    Norman Cousins was diagnosed as having an incurable disease. He was bedridden & the doctors gave him no hope at all. So he decided on his own treatment. His family got a movie projector & rented all the Charlie Chaplin & Abbott & Costello movies that they could find - movies where you just sit ...read more

  • Lane Adams Once Compared The Process Of Spiritual ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 13, 2003
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,107 views

    Lane Adams once compared the process of spiritual growth to the strategy the Allies used in World War II to liberate islands in the South Pacific. First, they would “soften up” and island, weakening the resistance by shelling the enemy strongholds with bombs from offshore ships. Next, a small ...read more

  • Previous
  • 1
  • 2
  • 49
  • 50
  • 51
  • 52
  • 53
  • 123
  • 124
  • Next