In Sermon Illustrations: "Whom Do You Seek"

Nobody Can Do For Little Children What ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust ...read more

Tags: Family

Most Families Do Not Worry About The Wolf ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Most families do not worry about the wolf anymore. They just ...read more

Tags: Family

I Do Esteem Individual Liberty Above ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I do esteem individual liberty above everything. What is a nation for, but to secure the ...read more

Tags: Political Freedom

What Do We Live For If Not To Make The World ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

What do we live for if not to make the world less ...read more

Tags: Friendship New Friends

We Ought To Do Good To Others As Simply As A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a bee makes honey, or a vine bears grapes season after season ...read more

Tags: Friendship New Friends

I Do Not Fear Tomorrow, For I Remember ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I do not fear tomorrow, for I remember yesterday ...read more

Tags: Future

Doing Easily What Others Find Difficult Is ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is ...read more

Tags: Thought

Hoping More People Do The Right Thing

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 29, 2010

HOPING MORE PEOPLE DO THE RIGHT THING A recent (March 2010) AFP article hit the presses this week: CHICAGO (AFP) – People fell onto a bag of cash like a pack of hungry piranhas after more than $100,000 tumbled out the back of an armored truck onto an Ohio street, local media reported. The bag ...read more

Tags: Character

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Brethren, If We Will Do God’s Work In ...

Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jul 7, 2010

Brethren, if we will do God’s work in God’s way at God’s time with God’s power, we shall have God’s blessing and the devil’s curses. When God opens the windows of heaven to bless us, the devil will open the door of hell to blast us. God’s smile means the devil’s frown! Mere preachers may help ...read more

Tags: Satan, Prophets

Denomination: Baptist

All I Could Do Was Listen And Talk

Contributed by Scott Jensen on Feb 5, 2012

"ALL" I COULD DO WAS LISTEN AND TALK The author Stephen W. Sorenson wrote in Discipleship Journal: For two years, because of severe tendinitis in both wrists, I could not pick up my young daughter, carry a log, or even open a twist-off pop bottle. To make matters worse, my wife and I, with help ...read more

Tags: Friendship General

Denomination: Lutheran

How Urgent Do We Approach The Harvest

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Jun 13, 2017

In Matthew 9:38 Jesus describes driving workers into the field with the urgency of a harvest that cannot wait. Yet, so often our churches have become ho-hum about God's harvest. How can revival come to our land when our churches are so Laodicean in attitude? How can our dying western ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 9:38

Tags: Harvest, Urgency

Denomination: Baptist

Reprove An Erring Brother, Do Not Reproach Him

Contributed by James Dina on Oct 7, 2020

REPROVE AN ERRING BROTHER, DO NOT REPROACH HIM Huwag mong pagsabihan ang isang scoffer, o kapopootan niya kayo, pagsabihan ang isang matalinong tao at mahal niya kayo. Magbigay ng tagubilin sa isang matalinong tao at magiging mas matalino pa rin siya, turuan ang isang mabuting tao at pag-iibayuhin ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 9:8

Tags: Reprove, Correct In Love

Denomination: Pentecostal

Elisabeth Elliot, At Urbana 76, Told Of Her ...  PRO

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Sep 21, 2002

Elisabeth Elliot, at Urbana 76, told of her brother Thomas Howard. Their mother let him play with paper bags she’d saved if he put them away afterwards. One day she walked into the kitchen to find them strewn all over the floor. Tom was out at the piano with his father singing hymns. When ...read more

Tags: Faith, Doing God's Will, Worship Definition

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

If You Have Kids, You Know The Routine. Five ...

Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Mar 10, 2010

If you have kids, you know the routine. Five minutes into the trip they are asking "WHERE ARE WE GOING? WHEN DO WE GET THERE? ARE WE THERE YET?" At least Abram didn't have any kids, because he would have had a difficult time answering those ...read more

Tags: Knowing God's Will

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

One Day, Adrian Rogers, The Former ...  PRO

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jan 5, 2004

Illustration: One day, Adrian Rogers, the former president of the southern Baptist church, now Pastor of Bellevue Baptist in Memphis, Tenn felt discouraged that people were not responding to His invitations. He felt so distraught that he asked God to give him a verse for encouragement. He opened ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 8:7

Tags: Evangelism How To, Encouragement, Doing God's Will

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

It Was Here Before You, It Was Here During You, ...

Contributed by Steve Steve on Mar 9, 2002

“It was here before you, it was here during you, and it will be here after you”.-Al Mcguire on Kentucky Basketball. ...read more

Tags: Bible Influence

Denomination: Church Of God

If You Read History, You'll Find That The ...  PRO

Contributed by Don Hawks on Apr 13, 2002

“If you read history, you’ll find that the Christians who did most for the present world were those who thought ...read more

Tags: Heaven, Christian Disciplines

Denomination: Methodist

If You Know Your History, You Know That The ...  PRO

Contributed by Melvin Newland on Aug 1, 2002

ILL. If you know your history, you know that the Marquis de Lafayette was a French officer & nobleman who served under George Washington during some of the most desperate times of the American Revolution, & who played a major part in the final victory at Yorktown. After the war was over, he ...read more

Scripture: John 12:24-26

Tags: Forgiveness General

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

You Have Not, Because You Ask Not  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 1, 2004

YOU HAVE NOT, BECAUSE YOU ASK NOT The Associated Press carried an interesting story about a group of post office customers who succeeded in speeding up some slow-moving service. One man said, “It was like watching grass grow.” There were 26 patrons jammed into two lines. They realized they ...read more

Scripture: Luke 18:1-8

Tags: Parable Widow

If You Want To Be Used Of God, If You Want To ...  PRO

Contributed by Nelson Emeonu on Nov 14, 2005

“If you want to be used of God, if you want to heal the wounds of humankind, God’s power must be upon you continually ...read more

Tags: Christian Disciplines

Denomination: Anglican