In Sermon Illustrations: "Trust In God"

I Would Like To Share A Short Story With You ...

Contributed by Kent Mishleau on Apr 5, 2010

I would like to share a short story with you about a young man who was to write a PhD dissertation about the Navajo Indians. He was from Indiana and had never met or seen one of these and so knew little to nothing about them. So it was decided that he would go to live with a family of the Navajo on ...read more

Tags: Trust, Learning

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

High Seas

Contributed by Roy Fowler on Oct 13, 2020

The thunder roared like a waking dragon. As the water churned and the ship rocked wildly like a kite on a string. I watched helplessly as the splinter sized crack in the mast grew until I was sure it would snap. The crew on deck wallowed and struggled to move in the thigh deep water to try and keep ...read more

Scripture: Mark 4:35-41

Tags: Trust, Storms

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Follow Me

Contributed by Gregory Artz on Feb 17, 2023

Follow Me The United States Army is one of the most powerful forces in the world. The strongest and most trained soldiers in all the world. Each one is a valuable asset in order to have victory over an enemy. Therefore, training requires strict discipline and the ability to follow orders of the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 7:13-14

Tags: Faith, Trust

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Doing Your Duty With A Little Faith

Contributed by Richard L. Brown on Sep 16, 2023

Don Gullett was the greatest athlete eastern Kentucky has ever seen. He excelled in all sports. He was so good that he was recruited by the University of Kentucky in all three sports….Basketball, Football, and Baseball. In Basketball he averaged 20 points and 12 rebounds a game; I personally ...read more

Scripture: Luke 17:5-10, 2 Timothy 1:3-12

Tags: Faith, Trust

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Big Hands

Contributed by David Dunn on Nov 13, 2025

A boy and his mother walked into the corner drug store to buy a few things. And right there on the counter was a big glass candy jar—one of those old-fashioned ones, filled to the brim with all the colors a child’s imagination could want. The boy froze. You know how kids get—locked in, mesmerized, ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 3:20, Psalm 81:10

Tags: Trust, Provision

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

God's Will Done In God's Way Will Not Lack God's ...  PRO

Contributed by John Shearhart on May 19, 2006

"God’s will done in God’s way will not lack God’s ...read more

Tags: Faith General

A.w. Tozer Reconciles The Sovereignty Of God And The Will Of Man

Contributed by Garris Hudson on Nov 10, 2024

A. W. Tozer attempts to reconcile God's sovereignty and man's freewill: An ocean liner leaves New York bound for Liverpool. Its destination has been determined by proper authorities. Nothing can change it. This is at least a faint picture of sovereignty. On board the liner are scores of ...read more

Tags: Faith, Father, Heaven, Trust, Journey, Sovereignty Of God, Will Of Man, Depending On God  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Do You Think God Knows What He Is Doing?

Contributed by Garris Hudson on May 4, 2022

A young woman prepared for missionary service on foreign fields. She had been appointed by the mission board and was ready to sail when she received a telegram saying that her sister had died in a western state. She cancelled her reservation and went home. The sister left four little children ...read more

Tags: Missionaries, Sovereignty Of God, Evangelism, Missions, Trusting God, Providence, Will Of God  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Last Week, I Was At Moody Pastor's Conference In ...

Contributed by C. Philip Green on May 27, 2010

Last week, I was at Moody Pastor’s Conference in Chicago; and there, I won a drawing for a brand new Garmin GPS. It’s a nifty little device! Sandy and I had to make several stops in Milwaukee this last weekend – the airport, a Best Western Motel, Office Depot, a GNC store, and other places – so ...read more

Tags: Trust God, Faith Vs. Works

Denomination: Evangelical Free

Leave You Nickel On The Table

Contributed by Larry Turner on Jan 9, 2015

Everyone who has met my little 4 year old grand-daughter Ava knows she is very witty at times. The things this child says and does often blow me away. Last Sunday she found a nickel on the floor after church. I told her she could keep it. What she did with it was precious and a life lesson. We ...read more

Scripture: Mark 12:41-44

Tags: Trusting God, Assurance, Tithes And Offering

Denomination: Foursquare

Faith In Action

Contributed by Garris Hudson on Oct 13, 2019

Here is one of othe greatest illustrations of how faith in action brings the favor of God. George Muller of Bristol exemplified the nitty-gritty of a life of faith. After being a wild youth, he was converted in his early twenties. He obeyed God’s call by living a life of faith and obedience. He ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 11:1-6

Tags: Faith, Trusting God, Hebrews 11

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Then God!

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on May 18, 2007

THEN GOD! WHAT IS THE LITTLE AMONG SO GREAT A NEED? JESUS ALREADY KNEW WHAT HE WAS GOING TO DO! JESUS JUST WANTED TO SEE WHAT KIND OF FAITH PHILIP HAD? PHILIP HAD THE FAITH --- BUT THEY LET GO OF THE FAITH --- THEN GOD! A. THERE IS MORE TO THE TEST THAN JUST REALIZING PEOPLE ARE HUNGRY! John 6:5 ...read more

Denomination: Assembly Of God

God's ...

Contributed by Todd Leupold on Aug 4, 2008

GOD’S GARDEN Things that compete with peace are like the weeds competing with your flowers to dominate the space, nutrients, sunlight, water and character of your garden or lawn. Weeds so easily spread, multiply and thrive because they are at their best when they are most shallow. You see, most ...read more

Tags: Peace

Denomination: Baptist

The Will Of God

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 12, 2008

George W. Truett said: "To know the will of God is the greatest knowledge! To do the will of God is the greatest achievement!" –(quoted in "Toolkit," Cell Church, Winter, 1996, p. ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

God Is

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 28, 2008

GOD IS Ann Kimball had a marvelous way of talking about Jesus. She was the dean of women at Eastern Nazarene College in Boston, and she would speak all over the country. She was flying from Boston to San Francisco to speak, and she said she was just so tired from the week that she sat down in her ...read more

Tags: Evangelism How To

God's Will

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Oct 12, 2014

Charles Swindoll from his book The Mystery of Gods Will (pgs 44-51) gives us the following insight in how we can know: 1. God leads us through His written Word. 2. God leads us through the inner prompting of the HS. 3. God leads us through the counsel of wise, qualified ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 25:31-46

Tags: God's Agenda, Eternal Destiny, God's Will, Serving The Lord

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

God And...

Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Jul 6, 2010

"GOD AND..." The Heidelberg Catechism puts it succinctly (Q&A #95): Idolatry "…is TO IMAGINE, CLING TO, OR TRUST IN SOMETHING OTHER THAN OR IN ADDITION TO THE ONE TRUE GOD WHO HAS BEEN REVEALED IN GOD’S WORD." Notice that this definition strikes where most of us are – we like to worship 'God and…' ...read more

Tags: Idolatry

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Boy Trusted His Father, Our Daily Bread, April 8, ...

Contributed by Troy Borst on Sep 2, 2004

Boy Trusted His Father, Our Daily Bread, April 8, 1996 A group of scientists and botanists were exploring remote regions of the Alps in search of new species of flowers. One day they noticed through binoculars a flower of such rarity and beauty that its value to science was incalculable. But it ...read more

Tags: Parenting, Faith

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Its All Spin: Authors Of Trust Us, We're Experts! ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 10, 2006

Its All Spin: Authors of Trust Us, We’re Experts! How Indus-try Manipulates Science and Gambles With Your Future (Tarcher Putnam) John Stauber and Sheldon Rampton, maintain that "40-60% of what we see, hear and read as news and information in the media is ...read more

Tags: Truth

Trust Him Little Who Praises All, Him Less Who ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Trust him little who praises all, him less who censures all, and him least ...read more

Tags: Faith