FEAR ONLY AT NIGHT "Do your folks have family prayer before breakfast?" asked little George. "Nope," said little Albert, "we have prayers before we go to bed at night. We ain't afraid in the daytime."
Sermon Illustrations
BEST WEAPON IS PRAYER In the raids, of a multitude of activities we must let nothing encroach upon our prayer time. The devil will allow us to be as busy as we please if only…
JEWISH PRAYER SERVICES Another topic for satire among the Orthodox Jews is the talking that goes on during synagogue services. The Sabbath morning prayer service is long; in many congregations, it lasts for three hours…
A PAGAN PRAYER The blessings of the gods of heaven and earth; Without these, how could we exist, Even for a day, even for a night? From a Hindu prayer
HOPELESS PRAYER The church was faced with a crisis. The church moderator opened the meeting with prayer. He prayed, "Oh mighty and eternal God. Your grace is sufficient for all that we do." The moderator…
THANK GOD FOR NO Ruth Harms Caulkins in her book Tell Me Again Lord, I Forget writes these words: Lord day after day I thanked You for saying YES. But when have I genuinely thanked…
FIRST PRAYER Two year old Robert Walker knows what giving thanks to God is all about. His mother told me that during their family prayer time, the two oldest children, Reed and Andrea decided they…
REASON FOR NO REVIVAL "I can give you one simple reason why we don't have revival in America. Because we are content to live without it." By Leonard Ravenhill
THAT LITTLE PRAYER It was a great big card written in a small child's printing -- you know, that first-grade block printing. On the front of the card was a little boy who had on…
PRAYERS & CLOTHES While staying with her aunt, a little girl attended her aunt's church for the first time. During the service all the people knelt down and began to pray. The little girl did…
GROWING CHURCHES COMMUNICATE 1. We must create a climate of happiness in the church. People must enjoy coming to church before it will grow. 2. There must be a loving atmosphere. God has given the…
REQUIREMENTS FOR RENEWAL Jonathan Edwards three basic requirements that must occur among all God's people if they want to see spiritual awakening: 1. Explicit Agreement, 2. Visible Unity, 3. Extraordinary Prayer. David Bruce
PRAYING FOR CHANGE It is strange that, while praying, we seldom ask for change of character, but always a change of circumstances.
HONEST WITH GOD God wants us to be direct and honest with Him, telling Him all we feel and think. St. Theresa, the great prayer warrior and reformer of the sixteenth century, found her carriage…
RONALD REAGAN ON SOCIAL ACTION Your dreams, your hopes, your goals are going to be the dreams, the hopes, and the goals of this administration, so help me God. We shall reflect the compassion that…
GOD'S WILL ON EARTH The Almighty God has blessed our land in many ways. He has given our people stout hearts and strong arms with which to strike mighty blows for freedom and truth. He…
ILLUMINED BY LIBERTY For my part I pray the third century we are beginning will bring to all Americans, our children and their children's children, a greater measure of individual equality, opportunity, and justice, a…
SPIRITUAL WARFARE Dr. John Vaughan, a faculty member of Southwest Baptist University shares the following personal experience: During a flight in 1986 from Detroit, I had a man sitting next to me who seemed to…
GOLF PRAYER The pastor was not having a good day on the golf course. He hit yet another drive into a sand trap. The pastor said to his caddie, "And I even said a prayer…
PRAYERFUL HEARTS NEEDED What is needed for ministry is not swift legs for the "rat race" but a listening, prayerful heart. -- Graeme Rutherford
