In Sermon Illustrations: "There Is No God"

God Has Promised You Won't Starve. He Is Going ...  PRO

Contributed by David Dykes on Mar 31, 2003

God has promised you won’t starve. He is going to meet your needs. He never promised to meet your wants or your luxuries, but He will meet your needs. And the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 19:1-33

Tags: God's Provision

Denomination: Baptist

Yet God Is Bigger Than Our Suffering. We Can Have ...  PRO

Contributed by Shawn Williams on Jun 19, 2004

Yet God is bigger than our suffering. We can have hope as we place our trust in Him —in His faithfulness and in His ability to work out in our lives His purposes ...read more

Tags: God In The Hardships

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

My God How Little Do My Countrymen Know What ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"My God How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and ...read more

Tags: God's Provision

When God Blesses You, He Always Has More Than ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"When God blesses you, He always has more ...read more

Tags: God's Provision

If God Gave His Own Son For Us, How Could He ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If God gave His own Son for us, how could He ever bring Himself to ...read more

Tags: God's Provision

All Of Gods Greats Have Been Weak Men Who Did ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

All of Gods greats have been weak men who did great exploits for God because they ...read more

Tags: God's Provision

R.c. Sproul Gives Us A Simple Way To Grasp God's ...

Contributed by Ken Pell on Apr 19, 2010

R.C. Sproul gives us a simple way to grasp God's holiness: "The first prayer I learned as a child was the simple table grace: 'God is great, God is good, and we thank Him for this food.' The two virtues assigned to God in this prayer, greatness and ...read more

Tags: God's Holiness

Denomination: Nazarene

A.w. Tozer: "What We Think About God Is The Most ...

Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 23, 2010

A.W. Tozer: "What we think about God is the most ...read more

Tags: Apologetics God

Denomination: Brethren

So Far We Have Seen That God Is A Real Being Who ...

Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jun 9, 2008

"So far we have seen that God is a real being who is perfect, necessary and unlimited, but nothing has been said about the fundamental nature of that being. Invoking the language of substances, we note that things that exist independent of mind are made of one of two types of substance (or of ...read more

Tags: God's Omnipotence

Denomination: Other

You Defend God Like You Defend A Lion: You Get ...

Contributed by Tony Abram on Jun 12, 2008

You defend God like you defend a lion: you get out of his way. ...read more

Tags: God's Omnipotence

When Do We Usually Want To Know God's Will? When ...

Contributed by Brian Matherlee on Jul 29, 2008

When do we usually want to know God's will? When we've run out of answers. Thank God for the times the answers run out and we must look to him! Tony Dungy is the coach of the Indianapolis Colts who won the Super Bowl last season. He is a devout Christian and has written a book, not about ...read more

Tags: God's Sovereign Will

Denomination: Wesleyan

We Don't Seem To Want To Worship A God Who's Too ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2002

We don’t seem to want to worship a God who’s too big, too authoritative. We seem more comfortable with a deity who’s ...read more

Tags: God's Sovereign Will, Emotions, Descriptions Of God

Looking Back, Looking Forward  PRO

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jul 28, 2002

LOOKING BACK, LOOKING FORWARD Hudson Taylor founder of China Inland Mission) used to hang in his home a plaque with two Hebrew Words on it: EBENEZER & JEHOVAH JIREH. The first word means ‘Hitherto hath the Lord helped us’ and the second, ‘The Lord will see to it or provide.’ One looked back while ...read more

Tags: Promises Of God, Faithfulness, God's Promises, God's Provision

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Good Pilots Do What It Takes To Get Their Passengers Home.

Contributed by Martin Spoelstra on Jul 9, 2018

A good pilot does what it takes to get his passengers home. A good example of this, is the story of a flight when the attendant told everyone to take their seats because of impending turbulence. It was a rowdy flight; the folks weren’t quick to respond; so she warned them again. “The flight is ...read more

Scripture: Acts 9:3-11

Tags: Listening To God, Hearing From God, Gods Voice

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Parable Of The Big Plane

Contributed by Garris Hudson on Feb 16, 2020

A boy asked his father, “Dad, what is the size of God? How big is He?” The Father looked up at the sky and saw a little plane In the far distance and asked his son, “What is the Size of the plane in the sky?” The boy replied, “It is really small. I can hardly see it in the sky." Then, the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:1-12

Tags: Worship, God, Beatitudes, Seeing God, Greatness Of God  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

God's Algebra!" Romans 8:9-17 Key Verse(S) ...  PRO

Contributed by Mark Brunner on May 25, 2005

“God’s Algebra!” Romans 8:9-17 Key verse(s) 16:“The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children.” One of the unchangeable and mysterious laws of mathematics is that whenever you multiply a positive number by a negative number you will always get a negative number. I ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:9-17

Tags: Wait, Promises Of God, God's Omniscience, God's Love, Patience, Perseverance  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Lutheran

Sometimes I Feel A Little Tugging On The Line!

Contributed by Garris Hudson on Mar 20, 2023

A little boy was flying his kite in the windy city of Chicago, Illinois one day. He sent the kite up and let the line out as the wind took it away to the cloudy sky. About that time, an elderly man walked past the little boy and asked him a question. "What are you doing there, son?" he ...read more

Tags: Answers To Prayer, Prayer, Will Of God, Hearing God, God's Voice, Sovereignty Of God  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

I Used To Ask God If He Would Come And Help Me. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2005

I used to ask God if He would come and help me. Then I asked if I could come and help Him. Finally I ended by asking God to do ...read more

Tags: Christian Love

I Want To Know How God Created This World. I Am ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2006

“I want to know how God created this world. I am not interested in this or that phenomenon, in the spectrum of this or that element. I want to know His ...read more

Tags: Evangelism The Lost

I Know God Will Not Give Me Anything I Can't ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 10, 2006

“I know God will not give me anything I can’t handle. I just wish He didn’t trust me so much.” ...read more

Tags: Faith General