In Sermon Illustrations: "Time For Everything"

Do You Know Who I Am?

Contributed by Gordon Curley on May 22, 2011

DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM? A student sat through an exam. The teacher supervising said time up but still the student carried on. The teacher said; "Hand your exam paper in now or I'm not going to accept it." Still the student carried on. Thirty minutes later the student got up and stood before the ...read more

Tags: Pride

Denomination: Brethren

God As My Guard  PRO

Contributed by Dr. Nicholas M. Muteti on Jun 24, 2011

GOD AS MY GUARD I remember one time driving on a completely unknown route. It was dark, early in the morning, just after midnight. I didn’t know the way and I thought I can drive ahead and somehow will find the town I was looking for. It was the time when all the routes in Kenya were very poor ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 121:1-8

Tags: God's Omnipotence

Denomination: Baptist

Bumps Show Character

Contributed by Ken Pell on Aug 4, 2011

"BUMPS" SHOW CHARACTER The other day I had a very full cup of coffee. VERY full. To top it off I had to walk back to my desk with it and, as fate would have it, I bumped into the desk corner while walking there. The coffee spilled. There's no hiding spilled coffee on a book or paper and, sure ...read more

Tags: Character

Denomination: Nazarene

Picking The Wrong Door

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 31, 2011

PICKING THE WRONG DOOR Stuart Briscoe, in his book Everyday Discipleship for Ordinary People, tells the story about a fellow pastor who was officiating at the funeral of a war veteran. The dead man’s military friends wanted to have a part in the service at the funeral home, so they requested that ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 5:1-5

Tags: Leadership General

For Blessings Already Received

Contributed by Mark Stepherson on Feb 23, 2012

FOR BLESSINGS ALREADY RECEIVED "Returning thanks for blessings already received increases our faith and enables us to approach God with new boldness and new assurance. Doubtless the reason so many have so little faith when they pray is because they take so little time to meditate upon and thank ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 4:6

Tags: Thanksgiving, Gratitude

Denomination: Baptist

The Wonder Of The Human Heart  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 1, 2012

THE WONDER OF THE HUMAN HEART Consider the power of your heart. It averages beating about eighty times a minute and the average cardiac output is about six liters of blood every minute. The next time you are in Walmart, go to the aisle where all the two liter drinks are and consider that every ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 139:13-16

Tags: Heart

The Significance Of Spit

Contributed by Perry Greene on Aug 13, 2012

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SPIT Now why did Jesus spit in the blind man’s eyes? This is similar to another time when he spit in some dust and made clay, with which he anointed blind eyes (Mark 7:33). If a modern evangelist or missionary followed Jesus’ example in this, how well received would it ...read more

Tags: Knowing God's Will

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Clean Conscience

Contributed by Shine Thomas on Jul 24, 2017

Xaviera Hollander wrote a book with a title: The Happy Hooker. Hollander, a prostitute, sought to silence the people who believe that no prostitute could find joy in what she was doing. In her book, Hollander celebrates the joy that she experienced in her profession, saying that she never felt ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 32:1-6

Tags: Guilt, Conscience, Pure Heart

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Fear Torments

Contributed by Shine Thomas on Aug 28, 2017

A man has been visiting a therapist because he has had a fear of monsters living under his bed. The man has been seeing this doctor for months. Every time he would come in the doctor would ask “have you made any progress?”. Every time the man would say “no”. The man decided to go and see another ...read more

Tags: Fear, Fear Torments

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Little Things Add Up

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Mar 15, 2025

MY SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER TOLD A STORY OF A MAN THAT WORKED IN THE COAL MINES IN EAST TENNESSEE. The man drove a coal truck from the coal temple to the rail road loading dock. It was a short quick trip. Each time the driver drove by the house where he lived. He made a quick stop threw a very large ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 2:13

Tags: Small, Little

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Blood From Jesus' Brow

Contributed by John Bright on Apr 17, 2025

The Gospel of Luke gives us an accurate description of a very real and yet uncommon medical condition: hematidrosis. It occurs during times of great mental and emotional stress. There are tiny blood vessels that surround all our sweat glands, especially on our brows. When a person is ...read more

Scripture: Luke 22:39-44

Tags: Battle, Sins, Garden Of Gethsemane, Maundy Thursday, Transgressions, Iniquities, Hematidrosis  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Methodist

The Other Woman By David ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on May 27, 2010

THE OTHER WOMAN by David Farrell. Prov. 23:22 - "Listen to your father, who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old." After 21 years of marriage, I’ve discovered a new way of keeping the spark of love and intimacy alive in my relationship with my wife: I’ve recently started ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 23:22

Tags: Mother's Day, Honor Parents

Giving Out Of Need

Contributed by Glynda Lomax on Dec 27, 2014

“Hunger also changes the world when eating can’t be a habit, then neither can seeing.” - Maxine Hong Kingston It had been a tough year and it didn’t appear to be getting any easier. She wasn’t working and he wasn’t working much. They had two teenage children to feed and bills to pay. The car ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:7

Tags: Compassion, Poverty, Generosity, Giving Out Of Need

Denomination: Charismatic

Rapture Why God Doesn't Reveal When

Contributed by Raymond Petzholt on Feb 26, 2024

When I and my sister were young children we use to regularly have babysitters when our parents went out in the evenings. Some of the babysitters were fun! Some weren’t. The fun ones were the ones that let us play wild games that normally our parents would never let us do in the house if ...read more

Scripture: Mark 13:32, Matthew 24:36

Tags: Second Coming, Rapture, Judgment

Denomination: Baptist

Contraceptives For Women Must Now Be Covered By ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 16, 2006

Contraceptives for women must now be covered by group health plans of business that employ 15 or more people, according to 6/12 Federal District Court ...read more

Tags: Workplace

Public Schools Expelled 5,000 Preschool Students ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Public schools expelled 5,000 preschool students last year, more than three times K-12 schools, says Yale University researchers. ...read more

Tags: Children

Experts Estimate There Are About One Million ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Experts estimate there are about one million evangelicals, Pentecostal or charismatic Christians in New York City, most of them from historically African-American ...read more

Tags: Church General

Major Cell Phone Carriers Have Adopted A Content ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Major Cell Phone carriers have adopted a content rating system, a move that could pave the way for them to sell sex-oriented content on mobile ...read more

Tags: Addiction

After Attending Church One Sunday Morning, A ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

After attending church one Sunday morning, a little boy knelt at his bedside that night and prayed, "Dear God, we had a good time ...read more

Tags: Worship Benefits

Divine Visitation Does Not Necessarily Mean That ...

Contributed by Bode Ayodele on Sep 5, 2007

Divine visitation does not necessarily mean that one must see a vision or an angel. However, it entails that one will have a profound divine experience. An experience one can ...read more

Denomination: Pentecostal