RESURRECTION Two caterpillars were crawling across the grass when a butterfly flew over them. They looked up, and one nudged the other and said, "You couldn't get me up in one of those things for…
Sermon Illustrations
THE TRIUMPHANT SPIRIT While I was pastor of the First Baptist Church of Manayunk in Philadelphia in 1967- 69, an unusual and illustrative thing took place just in time for Easter. The congregation purchased an…
COMFORT FOR MOURNERS When Dad came home from work each day, he was nearly always greeted in the front yard by his only child, Mark. But on one particular day, it was different. Mark was…
APPOINTMENT In the last days of Jesus' ministry he "sets his face towards Jerusalem." He has a God-given appointment with a Cross. To contrast this self-chosen appointment with death I have used the poem by…
I'VE TAKEN YOUR STING A little boy and his father were driving down a country road on a beautiful spring afternoon. Suddenly out of nowhere a bumble bee flew in the car window. Since the…
23RD PSALM FOR BUSY PEOPL E. The Lord is my pacesetter, I shall not rush. He makes me stop and rest for quiet intervals. He provides me with images of stillness which restore my serenity.…
LUTHER AND MYCONIUS It was a sense of being in the center of God's will that gave Luther his great boldness in prayer. In 1540, Luther's great friend and assistant, Frederick Myconius, became sick and…
WHO SHOULD NOT PRAY Bion was a Second Century B. C. Greek Philosopher who was born in what is now southern Russia. When he was a boy he was sold as a slave to a…
PRAYER 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 to me?…
PREPARATION FOR PRAYER I have a friend who took his little 6-year-old boy fishing with him one day. They put out the line and then went up to the cabin. After an hour, they went…
WHO'S IN SCHOOL? The following incident occurred on Monday morning following Ronald Reagan's announcement of his candidacy for his second term. While seated in a local restaurant, waiting for a colleague of mine to come…
GOD IN US "Many men, in their earnest desire to enter fully into the Christian experience, strain after a realization of God's presence as though by some violence and stress of the will it could…
PRAYER TOO AVAILABLE? Our failure to think of prayer as a privilege may be partly due to the fact that we can pray any time. The door to prayer is open so continously that we…
UNCEASING PRAYER You've heard people say, "I don't know what to pray about." Or, they will get a prayer list and pray for missionaries because they don't know what else to do. A lady said…
THE GUEST A pious father always closed grace for the evening meal with these words: "Come, Lord Jesus, be our guest and bless what thou hast provided." "Papa," said the little son, "every evening you…
COMMODORE'S PRAYER Lord, Thou knowest better than I know myself that I am growing older and will some day be old. Keep me from the fatal habit of thinking I must say something on every…
YOUR BEST PRAYER Listen, my friend! Your helplessness is your best prayer. It calls from your heart to the heart of God with greater effect than all your uttered pleas. He hears it from the…
THE PROPER FOCUS OF PRAYER There is a shrine in the French Pyranees where people come to pray for healing. A war veteran who had lost a leg appeared at the shrine sometime after World…
POWER PRAYER Dr. Peale tells of a person who experienced the restoration of surrendered faith. Fifteen years ago his life was despaired of and he had been given to understand he must cease work and…
PRAYER ON WHEELS Some people were gathered to pray for a family who were going through a time of difficulty in their finances. In other words, they were broke, out of work, and the prospects…
