GOD'S ABILITY The ability of God is beyond our prayers, beyond our largest prayers! I have been thinking of some of the petitions that have entered into my supplications innumerable times. What have I asked…
Sermon Illustrations
HEAVEN'S GROCERY STORE I was walking down life's highway a long time ago, One day I saw a sign that read Heaven's Grocery Store. As I got a little closer, the door came open wide,…
WHAT GOD CAN DO We cannot do what only God can do and God will not do what we can do. A farm proverb,
AMEN REVISED Dennis the Menace is very reverently kneeling and saying his bed-time prayers. His mother looks on and says: "No, Dear, you say 'Amen.' Not 'Ten Four.'" From Dennis the Menace by Hank Ketchum,…
WORSHIP DEFINED The term, "worship," like many other great words, such as "grace" and "love," defies adequate definition. The meaning of these words, like the exquisite perfume of a rose, or the delightful flavor of…
WORKS THAT FOLLOW FAITH A little girl had a problem. She was worried because her brother had built some traps to catch rabbits. She loved rabbits and didn't want any of them to be hurt…
NOT DRUNK There is the story of a man who came home drunk after a night of carousing in a number of neighborhood bars. His wife helped him up to the bedroom, helped him to…
POLITICALLY CORRECT LORD'S PRAYER Our universal chairperson in outer space, Your identity enjoys the highest rating on a prioritized selectivity scale. May your sphere of influence take on reality parameters; may your mindset be implemented…
PASSIONATE PRAYER Some men's prayers need to be cut short at both ends and set on fire in the middle. -- Dwight L. Moody
SATAN & PRAYER The one concern of the devil is to keep Christians from praying. He fears nothing from prayerless studies, prayerless work, and prayerless religion. He laughs at our toil, mocks at our wisdom,…
ANSWERS WISER THAN PRAYER Keep praying, and be thankful that God's answers are wiser than your prayers. -- William Culbertson
TROUBLING GOD Some people think God does not like to be troubled with our constant coming and asking. The only way to trouble God is not to come at all. -- Dwight L. Moody
PRAYER & STUDY Andrew Bonar kept a card on his mantel that read, "He who has truly prayed has completed the half of his study." -- Marjorie Bonar
PRAYER RANGE A short prayer will reach the throne if you do not live too far away.
LETTERS TO GOD Here is yet another fun collection of letters to God from children. Dear GOD . . . In school they told us what You do. Who does it when You are on…
PRAYER OPENS DOORS Before me, closed doors - why, I know not! He promised to provide, has He forgot? I cannot seem to find the proper key; O God, why do the doors stay locked…
KEEP YOUR POWDER DRY British commander Oliver Cromwell clearly understood the role of human effort in conjunction with God's providence when he prepared to cross a river with his soldiers to launch an attack. He…
BINGO PRAYER Two atheists were flying in a single-engine airplane when it was struck by lightning. Faced with certain death, the atheists grasped for hope and turned to God. The problem they both had is…
COLUMBIANS & CANADIANS David Howard, missionary in Colombia, South America, saw God bring many Colombians to Christ. While God was bringing revival in Colombia, David had a brother named Phil who labored with his wife…
UPWARD LIFT OF PRAYER Her prayer is like a new-fledged bird/That cannot flutter to its tree; But God will lift it, having heard, Up to the nest where it would be.William Canton, originally appeared in…
