When you come to the end of the race, just cross the finish line and receive your reward. The more I gave him, the more he reached for more. “I thought shepherds gently led sheep,” the man said. Worship under Threat of Persecution -   George Champion, The commanding officer then shut the doors, told his fellow soldiers to put down their guns, and said to the remaining believers, “I wanted to purge this group so that only the true believers would be left. I don’t know about you, but as a child I hated getting shots. Why? We think we know where we’re going. In addition, he told me that the people in the radar towers also have a screen that enables them to know where the plane is at all times. Learning From Mistakes -   John R. Bryant, Making People Cry While hearing the 23rd Psalm -   Anonymous. One day I was playing checkers and it seemed as if my opponent had gotten the best of me. When the friend opens the door, he sees that there are fresh wounds on the visiting man’s face. The room was filled with surgeons and nurses who scurried to stabilize him. In the famous book The Scarlet Letter the leading character is a woman named Hester Prynne. The candidate missed a golden opportunity because of an unguarded moment. She said, “Well, that’s the will of God.”. It would all be mixed together. Oh for grace to trust him more! One particular episode I remember involved an agent going into his supervisor’s office to get his assignment. As a child I was told that long ago a man used to travel throughout the streets of our neighborhood called The Watkins Man. “Has anybody seen Blue?” Finally, a young brother said he had seen Blue walk down a nearby alley and turn the corner a few minutes earlier. We offer 30,000+ outlines and 10,000+ free sermon illustrations from top Christian pastors and communicators. In other words, don’t let your current limitations determine your identity. Before we could play our parents required that we change our clothes. Everywhere she went she had to wear that “A” on her chest. When they began throwing dirt in the well, an amazing thing happened. One of the largest collections of sermons in the African-American tradition to aid the busy pastor and preacher. Cameron, being the competitor that he is, was showing off his skills on his home court. He started barking and walking towards my children. She stood over me and said, ‘Mr. However, when the enemy came to invade China they did not have to deal with that long multilayered wall. Sometimes, God will seem silent. My eyes strained as they attempted to make the adjustment from extreme darkness to blinding light in a second’s notice. My money is short. If you’re not knocking down any pins, don’t tell me how good you look. ", How God Designed Humanity -   Carolyn Ann Knight, How We Reach Our Destinies -   Claudette Copeland, It Ain’t Over until It’s Over -   Eustacia Moffett Marshall, Jesus, Our Propitiation -   Carolyn Ann Knight, Just the Form of Godliness -   Michael W. Waters, Know When to Look to God -   Samuel D. Proctor. The guard is pulling. I told her how to I remember an article that came out in the local newspaper. God prepared a table of delight for us. Waters came back and calmly explained why I needed a shot. You have to hike up mountains and trudge through waters with your gear on. Her brother had gone off into the wilderness and had not been seen or heard from since. Before you got here, God was getting you ready to handle the road ahead. The way to reach the top is through the service elevator. You have to keep chewing it to get to the sweet part.” Somebody here may be in a bitter situation. But then a wise pastor who had never been to seminary, college, and barely finished high school, said to me, “Young man, let me give you this piece of advice. Everyone she encountered knew what she had done because they saw the “A” on her chest. I grabbed her new, Teflon coated, shiny gray skillet. But being the monkeys they are, they hold on to the peanuts and ultimately become captured by zoologists. Life is filled with many maybe and maybe not moments. They were especially there for Sunday morning services trying to interview our members. I can give my Son on Calvary, or let you go.” I’m so glad that God paid the high price on Calvary. But there are certain people you give your heart to who are in actuality your gatekeepers. I concluded that living dangerously is a part of what it means to be a child of the King. I didn’t want my regularly scheduled programming interrupted. A train on the tracks was headed his way. What happened next blew me away. But we should go to the “Rock” and ask him to strengthen our mouths so we can speak those things that are not as though they were. First we learned the basic chemical elements. She knew that it was a blessing to be in private school, but it just seemed to be so hard. Well, 6:00 a.m. rolled around and my father decided to wake me up. When he picked up the Bible, the pages fell open to this passage: I learned an interesting lesson once when I was barbecuing. Sermon illustrations. When we couldn’t get what we wanted from them, we were through with them. To which the deacon responded, "Oh yes! In your times of storm, you have to keep your eye on Jesus, who is steady, so that when everything else is up and down and bouncing, you can maintain your footing. Being typical children, even when the streetlights came on, if it wasn't too dark, we would still stay out and play. Yet this tiny shaving from a lodestone knows to point north whenever it is free to pivot. This is a true story. I never saw him myself but they tell me he had a traveling partner, a large black bag that carried remedies for whatever ailed you. Because earth hasn’t stopped moving since he made it. Out of desperation, he sent an email to his mother that explained his situation. Howard-John Wesley, East Longmeadow, Massachusetts, Cherry, Myisha. Once again, phone companies offered an upgrade. All of us need to turn the keys to our life over to God and allow him to do an extreme makeover. She danced up a storm. When all we had was low credit in the course of righteousness, God offered us extra credit through the work and sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Moreover, in the movie Fisher testifies that he cries for himself; the counselor doesn’t cry, only Fisher. He soon discovered that his ability to successfully dunk the ball could be attributed to his knees. She told me to come back in immediately, so I did. Robinson, William. So again, we undid all of the cables and put them back in their original position... still, nothing happened. It’s impossible for any mind to contain all of God. We scooped her up and took her to the veterinarian. Servanthood. As always, I asked my father if I could go. I shall never forget last year, my wife and I went to our friend’s house to watch the Super Bowl. Well, likewise you have to look at your walk with God. Starting to panic, fearing the worse, he moved slowly in tears to the last store, all the while thinking that he might not see his mother again. Copyright © 2021 Blacksermons.com All Rights Reserved. Heaven can decipher what you need and take it from there. One day, while worshipping God, a group of soldiers entered their place of worship with guns in their hands and announced, “All who would leave this place of worship, leave now! The Sovereignty of God -   Gardner C. Taylor. There are all kinds of ABDs in this world—close but not complete. However, Trinity, who was five, had mastered something that Taylor just could not do, tying her shoes. He'd cut between a truck, I'd cut between a truck. Not long ago I watched a mother duck and her ducklings swim across a pond. In this experience I saw many of Christ’s teachings fulfilled. Well, just as the voice of my earthly father made the difference, the same holds true for our Heavenly Father. The article went on to say, and this made me want to shout, it is not unusual for groups of buzzards to perform this “dance” at the same location; up to forty birds have been seen in a single field. Leave now or be arrested!” Almost two-thirds of those who had assembled got up and left leaving a faithful few who were willing to face persecution. Thankfully, a boat came and took them to the convention center. Samuel D. Proctor in Proctor, Samuel D., and Gardner C. Taylor. He also said he was sorry and that he would jump on a train tomorrow that was headed towards home; the tracks ran behind the backyard of their house. Often in life we fill our spiritual tank with bad gas—lies, gossip, and secular fads. To make the best of a bad situation, we would often go on the sidewalk in front of the house and dribble the ball up and down the sidewalk, using the top of the water meter as our make believe basketball goal. Since the door was open, I peaked in and saw the pilots preparing for the flight. Faults are proclivities and propensities within the heart that, given the right stimulus and the right conditions, can cause an eruption of moral failure. That's what Muhammad Yunus has done. Stanley’s curriculum was simple. As dramatic as that is, the focal point of this painting is not Peter’s bloody head, the executioner, the angels, the lily, or the crown. The muffler was dragging with plenty of smoke coming out, the side-view mirror was held on with duct tape, and the doors were a different color and dented all over. You ought to keep on growing. After much thought and consultation, they decided not to take the signs down or to change any of the lettering. I cheered for Mike, Scottie, Craig, B.J., and Steve because they made it look so easy winning six championships. She graduated summa cum laude, and her grandmother told Dr. King, “I know I’m not supposed to do it, but when I think about what the Lord has done, I cannot help myself. Years ago I preached at Florida A&M University, in Tallahassee. The most substantial damage occurred on May 21, 1972 when a mentally disturbed geologist named Laszlo Toth walked into the chapel and attacked the sculpture with a hammer. Up the hill they would go, but about half way up, the horses’ strength would begin to give out and the wagon and its load would begin to slip back down the hill. All he needed to do was trust the instructions. Featured Sermon Illustrations. You’ll be fine when I finish.”. Nothing but the blood of Jesus. The sound of the hurricane was deafening as it played its bass sounding thumps upon the roof of Hardy and Tonya Jackson’s house. When I finish, I place all the dishes in the dish rack. We too were saved on a hill. It is not just needless noise. There were times when my doctor’s visits would be an all out war between me and the nurses. Despite his powerlessness and ordinariness, Bolt becomes a hero and saves the day, and does it in a manner that is spectacularly simplistic. He went to a seasoned pastor of many years of service and asked him how he could become a successful pastor. If you are today where you were last year, then you need to check your soil. I know the world has deemed you useless and tried to throw you away. The true test of a child of God is not whether they suffer but whether they learn to keep the right perspective about whatever happens in life. My pastor recently became a bishop, and a banquet was scheduled to celebrate his new Episcopal appointment. Now look at me. Many of us are sitting on the nails of heartbreak, troubles, frustrations, worry, sickness, and misery. She asked me if I could be of any assistance. He went into Life's room and took the box. Don’t you remember? What I've lost I can replace, but what I found is what I really can't get along without.". I escaped him when I made a move like O.J. If a hen didn’t lay eggs then we took care of that hen. From the sermon Accessing the Power of God. Second, I watch him because I may not know what he’s going to do or when he’s going to do something, but I do know eventually he’s going to do something spectacular.”. I’ve been struggling all my life. He had piercings. We don’t have money and we don’t have a place to stay.” She then told her grandson the good news and concluded by saying, “I thank God for the storm and the rain.”. Paid good money to a canine academy, and she came home with a degree. power strip, and the computer came on–a simple solution to a complex problem. An evangelist conducted a revival in a church in a small town. This gives new meaning to the old adage, “Every cloud has a silver lining.”, A story is told by the late D.E. The meanness we experience is actually carry-over from what we’ve been through. When someone has health problems they call for an ambulance. My dad who served in the military was fond of telling me how it was when he served our country. While in the oven the cake would begin to rise. After a few seconds, he pulled his head up and asked, “When your head was under water, what was the one thing you wanted most?” The student replied, “I wanted to breathe!” The wise teacher then responded, “When you want to know God as badly as you wanted to breathe, then you’ll truly know God.”. I ran. One of my students at Southern Baptist Seminary, a very fine and promising white woman, went to Africa as a missionary to try to minister to the people and to forge rapport. My daddy was a railroad man, and he told me that the journey was 908 miles. I asked the teacher why were crayons not included she said, “There are some things you need to leave down there (meaning the other school) if you want to make up it here.”, I grew up in Chicago, and like most kids I was a huge Chicago Bulls fans. When the child sat in the chair at the table he discovered that the table was too high and that the chair was too low. The teacher then asked the student to stoop down and look closely into the water. Mercury is real close to the sun and Pluto is very far away. As children of God, we too sometimes want to break from God and join the ungodly in their mischief and wayward lifestyles. The Cleveland Quicken Loans Arena was a sad picture of disappointed fans and devastated friends. There was a young man who was determined to learn how to slam dunk a basketball. At that time, when Nike looked at LeBron they didn’t only see the high school athlete he was, they also saw the superstar that LeBron could be. I shouldn’t but I love McDonalds. Though I worked extremely hard in that class, I failed to even earn a ‘B’. We went into his yard as quiet as mice with sneakers on. The Cleveland Cavaliers opened their second play-off game with the Orlando Magic with a 23-point lead in the first half. Jesus is not still hanging on a cross. And as a consequence of going through it he has come out a better man. I didn’t want to misplace it, so, I very casually took that little, minute mustard seed and placed it in my gift of holy water. The shoe shop repaired the heels and shined the shoes well. The focal point is Peter’s hand because there he uses his index finger that has been dipped in his blood to write in block letters “C-R-E-D-O,” which simply declares “I believe.” Here we are some 450 years after the painting of this portrait and the life of Peter lives on because his faith continues to speak even after death has silenced him. Somehow my dog was able to clear the whole door without touching it. As the doctor did x-rays and cat scans to look at my ribs he discovered the cancer had returned. She became homeless and had no place to go. Carbon monoxide is poison, a toxic gas. There once lived on an island in the Pacific Ocean a tribe of people who had a peculiar tradition. You may have a briefcase on your shoulder, you may have shopping bags in your hand, but no matter what you have when the train comes you'd better be ready to go. When they got to the door, Hope pulled on the handles to open the door but soon realized it was locked. One day, the father gave Life a special gift, an heirloom box. Our hearts would break if the ice cream tipped over. But just because the speedometer says that the car can go 100 mph does not mean the car will ever reach 100 mph. If you have to look out for everybody, then you don’t leave room for God to take care of you.”. My thirteen year old son called me on the day of the banquet and asked if he could attend the banquet. Aerial photographs taken after the storm revealed that the neighborhood that stretched for miles along the narrow peninsula had been swept away with just one exception: a single home was left standing, seemingly untouched. Welcome to our celebration of Black History 2003. People lined up along the streets to pay homage to their great leader’s home-going. Jewelry and boots to the contrary, he was clothed in guilt and shame. The grandmother was interviewed when she arrived in Atlanta. As we prepared to begin the warm up session, I noticed something strange. When we meditate on God’s Word, the Holy Spirit automatically installs protection from the enemy so that we can stay focused on God’s path. Adoption. While we were sailing, Joe Ratliff got sick. The death toll was fifty-seven, and more than fifteen hundred people were seriously injured. So, I’m glad I broke my rib. The commentators spoke of having chills. this plane praying, they don’t need to be in the back of the plane, they need to be in front of the plane. If you have been redeemed by Jesus Christ, the word will go out, “That believer is all right because she belongs to the King!”. From the sermon Opportunity and Opposition. Plug in the address and simply follow the directions. Hudson Taylor was a missionary to China. Now, let me tell you about my friend Raymond McHenry of Beaumont, Texas. Because he liked the second dose, he lifted his little hand and reached for more. Frustrated in the Dark -   Eustacia Moffett Marshall, Funerals/Periods of Grief -   Christopher Davis, God as our Guide -   Eustacia Moffett Marshall. I thought about the sandbag. She had it before but it went into remission but it returned while John was on the campaign trail. I was intrigued to discover that the eagle has a life span of about seventy years. During each tour Joe tells the tourists to stay a few feet behind him because the jungle-swamp is filled with dangerous, poisonous snakes and other hazards. I'd speed up. It rained that Sunday, and on his way back from church the little boy did all he could to avoid the puddles, but somehow he fell into one and messed up his nice suit. I was a bit upset. In short, the breathalyzer test reads what comes out of the mouth to determine what’s on the inside. He called me back a few minutes later and said he had talked to the bishop’s son, and he said my son could sit at his table for no charge. I told one son, a quarter is too much if you don’t study. The neat thing about, “To the Rear, MARCH” is that the one in the back of the line becomes the one in the front of the line! In fact, she put me in first class! I had been assigned the last seat on the plane across from the lavatory. I used to get up on Saturday mornings to watch cartoons. Marilyn thought to herself, “God I cannot believe that you brought me this close to freedom to let me die.” The very next moment the window did not break, but the window frame did. Augustine said to himself, "Ah, that's what I have been trying to do...I have tried to put all of God in my head. Response to the sweet future God has no sign of illness or weakness water is, I attempted dunk. 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