“Your faith has made you well” (Mark 5:34). It is the Love of God, ultimately, that gives you OK feelings about yourself. An ex-alcoholic has written about discovering God’s Love through Jesus and how this…
Sermon Illustrations
“God created man in the image of Himself” (Genesis 1:27). In the story “The Sword and the Stone,” the author has God give all the little embryos the opportunity to choose any gift they would…
“You shall love the Lord your God.” (Matthew 22:37). A Little essay on God, written by an eight-year-old Southern California lad puts a little light on the subject: “One of God's jobs is making people,”…
“After it was first spoken through the Lord, it was confirmed to us . . . God also testified both by signs and wonders and by various miracles” (Hebrews 2:4). Moses, Jesus and an old…
“Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralytic, ‘Take courage son, your sins are forgiven’” (Matthew 9:9). In 1992, Dennis Byrd, then a defensive lineman for the New York Jets professional football team suffered a…
“Be glad and rejoice, for your reward is great in heaven” (Matthew 5:12). There is a play in which a troubled man spends his whole life tormented by thoughts of God, which leads to feelings…
There is an ancient legend, about a tyrannical, all-powerful king who was able to work his will on his subjects in all things. All things except one: he was unable to destroy their belief in…
“His radiance is like the sunlight” (Habbakuh 3:4). C.S. Lewis once wrote: Any patch of sunlight in the woods will show you something about the sun which you could never get from reading books on…
“…how precious, God, Your love! Hence the sons of men take shelter in the shadow of Your wings” (Proverbs 19:5). “Daddy Long Legs” was produced on the American Stage at a time when a play…
“God is God, not of the dead but of the living” (Mt. 22:32). Harold Kushner, who wrote the best-selling book, “When Bad Things Happen To Good People,” was being interviewed about his newest book, “When…
“Do not be afraid… for I am with you” (Acts 18:10). A 70-year-old, widowed grandmother decided to take a cross-country motor trip all by herself. The journey went well for the most part. Help at…
“…‘what am I to do with Jesus who is called Christ?’ They all said, ‘Let him be crucified’” (Matthew 48:22). A Good Friday legend tells of an episode in Jesus’ childhood: When Jesus was a…
“His sneezes flash forth light” (Job 42:10). Comedian Allen Rossi tells the story of a dream he had: There I was, sitting at a table for two in an elegant restaurant. I looked across the…
Before he died, at age 24, a young man named Tommy told this story of his search for self-improvement: the “good life” . . . fulfillment . . . happiness — his search for God:…
“Set your heart on His Kingdom first, and on righteousness, and all these things will be given you as well ” (Mt. 6:33). A woman had been going through a particularly trying period in her…
“He was in the world that had its being through Him” (John 1: 10). When the Russian, Yuri Gagarin (the first man in space), returned to earth, he made the statement that he didn’t see…
Sing to the Lord a new song (Ps. 98:1). “Precious Lord,” perhaps the world’s most popular Gospel song, established its composer, Tom Dorsey, as the architect of Gospel Music. “Precious Lord’s” appeal crosses denominational lines…
“The Heavens declare the Glory of God, the vault of Heaven proclaims His handiwork” (Psalms 19:1). If you have ever been to Niagara Falls, you may have taken a ride on the boat called “Maid…
Who is on the Lord’s side? (Exodus 32:26). During World War II, Joe Louis, the champion heavyweight boxer, was one of several celebrities scheduled to say a few words at a fund-raising rally for the…
“…come into His Presence with songs of joy” (Psalms 100:2). One day, a tribesman in a remote corner of the earth was sitting on a rock by a stream, eating an artichoke. Suddenly, as if…
