In Sermon Illustrations: "Trust Ourselves"

I Believe God Is Made Sad At The Sight Of So ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I believe God is made sad at the sight of so many of us trying to work things out for ourselves. He longs to help ...read more

Tags: God The Father

What Can We Gain By Sailing To The Moon If We ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"What can we gain by sailing to the moon if we are not able to cross the abyss that separates us from ourselves? This is the most important of all voyages of discovery, and ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

What We Think About Is Constantly Weaving ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"What we think about is constantly weaving itself into the fabric of our career, becoming a part of ourselves, increasing the power of our mental magnet to ...read more

Tags: Thought

Mother Love Is The Fuel That Enables A Normal ...

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jun 20, 2012

Mother love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible. - Marion C. Garretty We never know the love of the parent until we ...read more

Tags: Mother's Day

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Three Types Of Forgiveness

Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Oct 15, 2019

EXONERATION – complete restoration, offender accepts full responsibility & turns from that wrong & your relationship is healed (DAVID). FORBEARANCE – only a partial apology, not a full confession; offender is still blaming you partially & not accepting full responsibility. The ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:28-32

Tags: Forgiveness, Forgiving One Another

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

There Is An Epitaph On A Tombstone That Reads: ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

There is an epitaph on a tombstone that reads: “What I SPENT, I LOST. What I SAVED, I LEFT. What I GAVE, I HAVE.” As we INVEST in the Kingdom ...read more

Tags: Giving General

All Men Have Their Frailties; And Whoever Looks ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"All men have their frailties; and whoever looks for a friend without imperfections, will never find what he seeks. We love ourselves notwithstanding our ...read more

Tags: Compassion

Quote: D.j. Kenyon:

Contributed by Rev Dr Randall M Deal Sr on Mar 29, 2009

QUOTE: D.J. Kenyon: “It does not take much in the way of carelessness and disobedience to turn our prayers into confession sessions to clear ourselves with God rather ...read more

Tags: Prayer General

Denomination: Baptist

Love Is The Seed Of All Hope. It Is The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Love is the seed of all hope. It is the enticement to trust, to ...read more

Tags: Christian Love

H. L. Gee Somewhere Tells Of A Tramp Who Came ...  PRO

Contributed by Lou Nicholes on May 25, 2005

H. L. Gee somewhere tells of a tramp who came begging to a good woman’s door. She went to get something to give him and found that she had no change in the house. She went to him and said, “I have not a penny of small change. I need a loaf of bread. Here is a pound note. Go and buy the loaf and ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 12:11-18

Tags: Faith, Giving General

Denomination: Baptist

Goliath Has To Fall

Contributed by Samuel M on Jul 6, 2024

Just as the Israelites have accepted that it was impossible to defeat Goliath, who kept on mocking and defying Israelites for 40 days, morning and evening, causing dismay and great fear. So many times we also have accepted that it’s difficult to defeat the Goliath-sized difficulties or prayer ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 17:26

Tags: Faith, Hope

Gifts From God  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 15, 2002

GIFTS FROM GOD The first barrier to meekness arises whenever we claim as our own what is really a gift of God. To live in meekness, we must try to remember that all we are, have, and can do is a gift. It is an act of arrogance to place ourselves at the center of being and doing. Only God ...read more

Tags: Humility, Temptation Pride, God's Omnipotence

Bigger Hands

Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Aug 9, 2020

A story is told of a little girl that would not take a handful of cherries when the general store owner told her to take one After several times of saying no, the owner told her to hold out her hands and he filled them with the cherries she loved. On the way home, Momma asked her why should would ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 132:15

Tags: God, Blessing, Hands, Source, Provision, Supply  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Baptist

We Have No Sufficient Strength Of Our Own… All ...  PRO

Contributed by Donn Heinrich on Mar 4, 2002

“We have no sufficient strength of our own… All our sufficiency is of God… We should stir up ourselves to resist temptations in a reliance upon God’s ...read more

Tags: God's Omnipotence, Temptation Resisting

Denomination: Baptist

Os Guinness Said, "The Truth Is Not That God Is ...

Contributed by Mark Eberly on Dec 24, 2007

Os Guinness said, “The truth is not that God is finding us a place for our gifts but that God has created us and our gifts for a place of his choosing—and ...read more

Denomination: Church Of God

The Devil Is Like A Mad Dog That Is Chained Up. ...

Contributed by Tony Abram on Jul 7, 2008

The devil is like a mad dog that is chained up. He is powerless to harm us when we are outside his reach, but once we enter his circle we expose ...read more

Tags: Satan

A Rattlesnake, If Cornered, Will Become So ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"A rattlesnake, if cornered, will become so angry it will bite itself. That is exactly what the harboring of hate and resentment against others is a biting of oneself. We thin that we are harming others in ...read more

Tags: Anger

By The Time We Hit Fifty, We Have Learned Our ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"By the time we hit fifty, we have learned our hardest lessons. We have found out that only a few things are really important. We have ...read more

Tags: Aging

There Was A Sign In A Store That Said, "In God ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

There was a sign in a store that said, “In God we trust, ...read more

Tags: Money

This Is The Greatest Paradox: The Emotions ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"This is the greatest paradox: the emotions cannot be trusted, yet it is they that ...read more

Tags: Emotions