In Sermon Illustrations: "The Lord Walks With Us"

Surprise Gift

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 15, 2011

SURPRISE GIFT When Gabriel Hurles turned six a couple of years ago (January 2009), he was so focused on eating his birthday cake, that he hardly noticed the giant package in the corner of the room. When another child pointed out the large gift, Gabriel ran over and began to tear off the wrapping. ...read more

Scripture: John 1:14

Tags: Christmas

Mind Your Manners - Servant - President Calvin Coolidge Story

Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on Dec 1, 2025

Have you ever dined at a fancy restaurant ... or at someone's home ... and felt a little ... uncomfortable? President Calvin Coolidge ... invited some friends from Vermont ... to dine with him ... at the White House. They were extremely ... nervous. And were concerned ... about the correct ...read more

Scripture: Luke 14:7-14, Matthew 15:36, John 13:14, 1 Corinthians 11:27

Tags: Manners, Servant, Friends

Denomination: Anglican

Nothing Takes God By Surprise. He Knows The ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2002

Nothing takes God by surprise. He knows the future and can therefore guide us through its ...read more

Tags: Holy Spirit In Believers, God's Omniscience

Opportunities Have Time Limits. We Are All ...  PRO

Contributed by Rudy Klimes on Dec 27, 2002

Opportunities have time limits. We are all aliens on this earch and our alien residence card is ...read more

Tags: Love Of The Disciples, Call Of The Disciples

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Churches Account For Nearly 25% Of All Nonprofit ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

Churches account for nearly 25% of all nonprofit organizations in the U.S. (Foster Letter ...read more

Tags: Giving General

There Are 36 Million Children Between Ages 4 And ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

There are 36 million children between ages 4 and 12 in the U.S. (Foster Letter ...read more

Tags: Children

Wal-Mart Sells 23% To 25% Of All Shampoo Sold In ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

Wal-Mart sells 23% to 25% of all shampoo sold in the U.S. (Foster Letter ...read more

Tags: Money

American Consumers Saved Nearly $3 Billion Last ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2006

American consumers saved nearly $3 billion last year by using coupons. (Foster Letter ...read more

Tags: Money

Internet Users By 2007

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Forecasters expect the U.S. to have 230 million Internet users by ’07. (Foster Letter ...read more

Tags: What Is Evangelism?

Wal-Mart Serves 15.7 Million Customers Daily In ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

Wal-Mart serves 15.7 million customers daily in the U.S. (Foster Letter ...read more

Tags: Money

Medication Errors Harm 1.5 Million People And ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 19, 2007

Medication errors harm 1.5 million people and kill several thousand in the U.S. ...read more

There Are 5 Million Children Living In Families ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007

There are 5 million children living in families in the U.S. in which at least one parent is an unauthorized ...read more

Before We Set Our Hearts Too Much On Anything, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Before we set our hearts too much on anything, let us examine how happy are ...read more

Tags: Addiction

What We Become Depends On What We Read After All ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

What we become depends on what we read after all the professors have finished with us. The greatest ...read more

Tags: Books And Literature

To A Child, Its Games Of Make-Believe Are As ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"To a child, its games of make-believe are as serious as our realities are to us. I sometimes wonder ...read more

Tags: Children

If We Keep Well And Cheerful We Are Always ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"If we keep well and cheerful we are always young, and at last die in youth, even ...read more

Tags: Children

Remember That If The Opportunities For Great ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Remember that if the opportunities for great deeds should never come, the opportunities for good deeds are renewed day by day. The thing ...read more

Tags: Christian Love

I Heard Of One Pastor Who Spoke Up And Said, ...  PRO

Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jan 30, 2001

I heard of one Pastor who spoke up and said, ‘Bro. Brown would you please stand and ...read more

Scripture: John 17:20-23

Tags: Unity, Communication General, Christian Love, One

Warren Wiersbe Is Credited For Saying, "Life Is ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Warren Wiersbe is credited for saying, "Life is a school in which God trains us for eternity. Trials are God’s ...read more

Tags: Faith

Jay Leno Once Said That The Christmas Tree Is The ...

Contributed by Dale Harlow on Dec 17, 2007

Jay Leno once said that the Christmas tree is the perfect houseplant for him because it is already dead. And ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ