In Sermon Illustrations: "Starting Over"

So I'm Going To Share With You A List I Came Up ...  PRO

Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Jan 10, 2007

So I’m going to share with you a list I came up with of Seven steps guaranteed to embitter your Children: 1. Discipline your child only when you lose your temper. Let him get away with everything, then without warning, let ‘em have it! Blow your top! Scream and Yell! Let ‘er Rip! Go Crazy! ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:4, Colossians 3:21

Tags: Children, Call, Leadership

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Cymbala's Easter Story  PRO

Contributed by Davon Huss on Jan 31, 2005

CYMBALA'S EASTER STORY Jim Cymbala preaches at a church in the slums of New York. He tells the following story: It was Easter Sunday and I was so tired at the end of the day that I just went to the edge of the platform, pulled down my tie and sat down and draped my feet over the edge. It was a ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 18:15-18, Luke 23:32-34, 1 Corinthians 13:1-8, John 13:34-35, Matthew 25:34-45, Psalm 40:1-3, Ephesians 2:1-10, Colossians 1:1-11, Matthew 18:22-35, Matthew 22:1-14  (view more)  (view less)

Tags: Second Coming, New Year, Dignity, Body Of Christ, Supper, Work  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Man From Slums Of N.y. Converted And Ordained By ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 28, 2009

Man from Slums of N.Y. Converted and Ordained by Jim Cymbala Jim Cymbala preaches at a church in the slums of New York. He tells the following story: It was Easter Sunday and I was so tired at the end of the day that I just went to the edge of the platform, pulled down my tie and sat down and ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 9:10-13

Tags: Compassion

Boomers See Themselves In Middle Age, With "Old ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007

Boomers see themselves in Middle Age, with “Old Age” being something that starts in one’s ...read more

Youre Going To Have To Find Out Where You Want ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

Youre going to have to find out where you want to go. And then youve got to start going there. But ...read more

Tags: Action

Let God Take The Initiative. If You Will Wait, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Let God take the initiative. If you will wait, God will work Cease from your trying; start to trust and ...read more

Tags: Peace

The Memory Of My Mother And Her Teachings ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The memory of my mother and her teachings werethe only capital I had to start life with, and on ...read more

Tags: Parenting

I Have Always Been Delighted At The Prospect ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

" I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of ...read more

Tags: Morning

When I Was Attending Bluefield College As A ...  PRO

Contributed by Don Hawks on Feb 3, 2004

When I was attending Bluefield College as a young man many years ago I was talking to a pastor of an Independent Baptist church—someone I had known for several years in my hometown. The college had just started allowing dancing on campus about the time I started attending there. The Pastor I ...read more

Tags: Misconceptions

Denomination: Methodist

Lorraine Pintus Says That She Realized That Her ...  PRO

Contributed by Timothy Smith on Oct 8, 2005

Lorraine Pintus says that she realized that her spiritual life was in the doldrums because she was not making Jesus a part of her daily life. She wrote: "When I started taking Him with me wherever I went, then I started relating to Him and enjoying Him in a deeper way. I would ask God: `Would you ...read more

Tags: Faith General, Prayer Of Faith

Denomination: Christian Church

Sir John Templeton - Tithe

Contributed by Christian Cheong on Oct 19, 2008

Sir John Templeton is a multi-billionaire, one of the wealthiest men in the world. He’s a dedicated Christian now in his nineties now. He invented the idea of trust funds in investments and started the Templeton Fund. Someone asked him, “How did you make such enormous wealth?” He said, ...read more

Scripture: Malachi 3:10

Tags: Money, Tithe, Prudence

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Reformed Bible Scholar Dr. Bruce Lockerbie Urges ...  PRO

Contributed by Robert Leroe on Mar 30, 2003

Reformed Bible scholar Dr. Bruce Lockerbie urges ministers to “stop saying ‘I’m OK, you’re OK’ and start ...read more

Tags: Gifts Giving

Denomination: Congregational

Put Your Morning Devotions Into Your Personal ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Put your morning devotions into your personal grooming. You would not go out to work with a dirty face. Why start the ...read more

Tags: Possession

The Toughest Thing About Success Is That You've ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success. Talent is only a starting point in this ...read more

Tags: Workplace Success

Worship Is The Lost Chord Of Evangelicalism. ...

Contributed by Tony Abram on May 7, 2009

1. Worship is the lost chord of evangelicalism. Howard Hendricks 2. When men stop worshipping God, they promptly start ...read more

Tags: Worship Definition

A Click And A Pop-Up Menu! ...  PRO

Contributed by Mark Brunner on Jun 28, 2005

A Click and a Pop-Up Menu! (06.30.05--Direction--John 21:15-19 ) Just being in love is not enough especially when you are considering spending the rest of your life in that condition. Internet romance is on a real boom swing around the world. Only a few short years ago anyone who “dated” on ...read more

Scripture: John 21:15-19

Tags: Romantic Love

Denomination: Lutheran

The Death Of A Eagle (Let Go)

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Feb 9, 2016

CONCLUSION: There was a young man that attended school in a large north-eastern city. In his studies he fell in love with EAGLES. He read everything he could about eagles. He watched documentaries about eagles and the more he studied the more he loved EAGLES. He promised himself when he graduated ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:5

Tags: Eagle, Let Go

Denomination: Assembly Of God

The Story Begins In The Late 1980s When Thomas ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

The story begins in the late 1980s when Thomas Muthee and his wife returned from Scotland to Nairobi, Kenya. He was serving as an itinerant evangelist and his wife as a school teacher. In 1988, the Lord spoke to him in a time of prayer and said, "I want you to plant a church in Kiambu." Numerous ...read more

Tags: Faith

Failure/ Success

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Sep 13, 2025

DO YOU WANT TO HEAR ABOUT A FAILURE, A BASKET CASE? Let us look at a man experience in failure. 1. At 14 dropped out of school. 2. He got a job working on a farm. The work was hard labor. He hated the farm work. 3. He lied about his age and at 16 he joined the ARMY. He could stand the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 19:26, 2 Chronicles 16:9

Tags: Faith, Effort

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Little Girls Want To Be Princesses, But Little ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Little girls want to be princesses, but little boys dont want to be princes and from these two different starting points come all the confusions, ...read more

Tags: Marriage General