In Sermon Illustrations: "The Lord Is At Our Side"

A Young Girl Got Saved In A Powerful Revival That ...

Contributed by Steven Spence on Jul 20, 2010

A YOUNG GIRL GOT SAVED IN A POWERFUL REVIVAL THAT WAS BEING HELD AT HER CHURCH. AND THAT AFTERNOON SHE WAS RUNNING THROUGH THE HOUSE SINGING AND DANCING AND JUST FULL OF JOY. WHEN HER GRANDFATHER STOPPED HER. AND SAID... “YOU OUGHT TO BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELF. YOU JUST JOINED THE CHURCH AND ...read more

Tags: Religion

Denomination: Nazarene

What Is Christmas Is Really About? I Would Say It ...

Contributed by Mark Eberly on Dec 15, 2008

What is Christmas is really about? I would say it is not about simply being filled with joy and singing and family and relationships as the Whos seem to think Christmas is about. In fact Christmas is about a person: Jesus. It is about the one who was born as an outcast. His mother and father ...read more

Tags: Birth Of Jesus

Denomination: Church Of God

Why Peter Wanted To Walk On The Water

Contributed by Garris Hudson on Nov 7, 2022

Peter said to Jesus, "Command me to come to You on the water !" He wasn't getting out of the boat until the Lord called him to do that. Don't go and jump out of your boat and then expect a miracle from Jesus if He hasn't called you out of the boat in the first ...read more

Tags: Faith, Fear, Jesus, Obedience, Peter, Miracles, God's Voice  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Pledge -- Prayer

Contributed by David Dunn on Oct 6, 2025

Two men were arguing at work one day about religion. Neither really knew what they were talking about. Finally one said, “Man, you don’t know anything about religion. I’ll bet you ten dollars you can’t even repeat the Lord’s Prayer.” The other grinned. “Oh yeah? It’s a bet!” He straightened up ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:16-17, Hebrews 4:12, Psalm 119:105

Tags: Scripture, Discipleship, Truth, Authority

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

Its Over, Elijah Came!

Contributed by Coz Von on Mar 7, 2016

”Elijah was physically taken up into heaven in a flaming chariot of fire. God said: Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their father. Malachi 4:5-6 ...read more

Scripture: Malachi 4:5-6

Tags: Elijah, Love, Happiness, Future, Prophecy, Elijah And Elisha, Miracles Of Elijah, Elijah And Jezebel  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Story Deals With A Rather Old Fashioned Lady, ...  PRO

Contributed by Kraig Pullam on Oct 22, 2006

The story deals with a rather old fashioned lady, who was planning a couple of weeks vacation in Florida. She also was quite delicate and elegant with her language. She wrote a letter to a particular campground and asked for reservations. She wanted to make sure the campground was fully equipped ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Laus Deo  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008

LAUS DEO In the middle of Washington DC stands a monument--our national Monument, the Washington Monument. As a history lesson, there are some things you should know about this place. There can never be a building of greater height than the Washington Monument in the DC area. On the aluminum cap ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:1-7

Tags: Character, Kingdom, Children, Worship, Sin, God, America  (view more)  (view less)

Bring The Tithe To The Storehouse

Contributed by Garris Hudson on Nov 13, 2023

When I was a young boy, I started mowing yards to make money so I could buy hundreds and hundreds of baseball cards! When I made my first money, my mother reminded me of what God says in the Bible about tithing. "Now, son, the word tithe means one-tenth. God asks us to bring 1 out of every ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:10, Proverbs 3:9-10, 1 Corinthians 16:1-2

Tags: Storehouse, Priests, Old Testament, Church, Giving, Stewardship, Tithing  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Friends And Acquaintances?

Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Jan 26, 2020

Junior high/middle school basketball is always fun to play, and more fun to watch. These youngsters have acquired some skill—more or less—and it’s still more for fun than for competition. Oh, sure, we wanted to win, and few athletes that don’t want to win will ever get very far in any kind of ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 4:3

Tags: Youth, Book Of Life, Athletics, Friends, Relationship  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Baptist

A Good Start Matters

Contributed by Todd Catteau on Mar 19, 2024

I can remember it like it was yesterday. It was my sixth-grade field day when all the elementary schools gathered for a series of track and field events at the town’s high school track. It was a sunny New England spring morning and I was representing Glen Forest Elementary School in the 50-yard ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:17, 1 Timothy 2:8, Ephesians 5:15-17, Colossians 4:5

Tags: Prayer, Meditation

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Be An Encourager, Fathers Day - My Relationship With My Son

Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on Nov 25, 2025

God the Father ... Loves His Children ... and He is also quick to .... encourage His children. (Long Pause) And ... I learned that ... the hard way. As a father ... you want the best for your children ... you want them to succeed. To succeed ... at everything they do. Kristin ... our first ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 1:9, Ephesians 4:29, Romans 8:38-39, Romans 5:8

Tags: Prayer, Encouragement, Friend, Encourage, Father, Children, Son  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Anglican

People Do Not Drift Toward Holiness  PRO

Contributed by Mary Lewis on Feb 26, 2001

Respected Bible scholar D. A. Carson said this: People do not drift toward holiness. Apart from grace-driven effort, people do not gravitate toward godliness, ...read more

Tags: Holiness, Disciplines General, Discipleship

Denomination: Baptist

It Is The Duty Of Nations As Well As Of Men To ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2002

It is the duty of nations as well as of men to own their own independence upon the overruling power of God . . . and to recognize the sublime truth announced in the Holy Scriptures and proved by all history, that those ...read more

Tags: Descriptions Of God, Emotions, Independence Day

It Is Not Hard, You Find, To Trust The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"It is not hard, you find, to trust the management of the universe, and of all outward creation to the Lord. Can your case then be so much more complex and difficult than these, that ...read more

Tags: Guilt

The Longer I Live, The More Convincing ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"...the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of the truth that God governs in the affairs of men...We have been assured, Sir, in the sacred writings, that except ...read more

Tags: God The Father

True Friends Dont Spend Time Gazing Into Each ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"True friends dont spend time gazing into each others eyes. They may show great tenderness toward each other, but they face in the same direction toward common ...read more

Tags: Compassion

James: Slave Of God

Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Jul 14, 2011

JAMES: SLAVE OF GOD James, the half brother of Jesus, who wrote the Letter of James, could have easily identified himself as "the younger brother of Jesus." But he ...read more

Tags: Servanthood

Denomination: Methodist

Hopefully We Are Not Like The Little Boy Who ...

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 12, 2007

Hopefully we are not like the little boy who prayed, "Lord, if you can’t make me a better boy, don’t worry about it. ...read more

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Clinging To Christ

Contributed by Ray Mckendry on Feb 4, 2008

This promise is to those who “love God.” They are of course, believers in the Lord Jesus Christ and cling to Him for their lives like drowning men and women clinging to what they know will ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Hagar, Horeb, Earthly ...

Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jan 12, 2009

Hagar, Horeb, earthly Salem, Works of Flesh will not avail them. Sarah, Zion, heavenly Salem, Christ, their Lord, will never fail them. (William Hendriksen: Galatians New ...read more

Tags: Law

Denomination: Other