Sermons & Devotionals by Sermon Illustrations II

If multi-billionaire Bill Gates would come and promise us $10,000 for every soul we honestly and sincerely seek to win to Christ, would we be more concerned than we are now? Bill Gates, you know, is well able to do it. How rich is Bill Gates? Well, if Adam had lived until today and saved a dollar an... Read More

In a house of ill-fame lay a poor diseased woman. Various Christian workers visited her and spoke to her of her soul's salvation. But to no avail. She was unmoved and untouched. Finally a woman, who was especially burdened -- whose heart was full of love and compassion, went to see her. As she stood... Read More

A FARMER'S daughter was carrying her Pail of milk from the field to the farmhouse, when she fell a-musing. "The money for which this milk will be sold, will buy at least three hundred eggs. The eggs, allowing for all mishaps, will produce two hundred and fifty chickens. The chickens will become read... Read More

It is over four hundred years since brave Columbus sailed the wide, treacherous Atlantic and discovered the new world. Before this there was a belief through much of Europe that there was another land "somewhere." There was much talk and many theories but no facts. After much discouragement Columbus... Read More

"O, Thou that hearest prayer, unto Thee all flesh shall come." -- Psalm lxv. 2. There had been a drought for weeks in America, and the farmers had arranged to gather in the little prairie church and plead for rain. Men of God they were, and the crops were languishing, so they resolved to petition th... Read More

"Do you believe this chair exist?" (Point to an empty chair.) "Do you believe it will hold you up? It is not holding you up now. How could you prove you believe it exist and that it can hold you up? - By sitting in it!" "Let that chair represent Jesus Christ. For a long time I believe he existed and... Read More

"As a little child" asks for anything and expects to receive it, so we are to "ask and receive." Jno. 16:24; Ph. 4:6. A dear child of three years had slept all night with grandma and in the early morning was chattering away, when her talk was stopped by the words, "Don't talk to grandma for a little... Read More

In 1989 Geoffrey Gorsuch while flying his small plane in the midst of a horrible storm reports that he could: barely see 20 feet in front of the plane. On the ground, signals were being transmitted to the five radios and three navigational aids on board the aircraft. . . . These instruments guided u... Read More

A man was lost in the desert and was near death for lack of water. Soon he came across a pump with a canteen hung on the handle and a note. The note read as follows: "Below you is all the fresh water you could ever need, and the canteen contains exactly enough water to prime the pump." It takes GREA... Read More

There had been a severe drought, and the members of a rural congregation were deeply concerned that their crops would be ruined. One Sunday, therefore, the minister said to his congregation, "Brothers and sisters, I understand your deep concern about the harvest. There is nothing that will save us, ... Read More

I met a Captain Newland, who, evidently had been regenerated, born again, forty years before I knew him. Yet he was entirely unconscious of it. He said he prayed for forty years for conviction for sin. He had never half seen his sins, as he believed. And how could he be converted until he was convic... Read More

Many people believe Jesus lived. They believe he is divine. They trust him for finances and for health, but you see, saving faith is trusting Christ for salvation. Some people will trust the Lord for their protection when they go out at night. They wouldn't think of putting out the garbage at night ... Read More

On a gloomy day in 1857 a man in New York City by the name of Jeremiah Lanthier scanned the morning newspaper as he rode to his office. He was distressed to read that the depression gripping the nation was causing fear and panic among the people. Factories were stopping production and thousands were... Read More

Let me begin by quoting one or two instances in which great modern preachers have used church history for interesting and effective illustrations. I select modern instances because this illustrative use of history is by no means common in the great classic preachers of past days. I find few or no in... Read More

You must train the faith. Is that possible? Yes, I will give you an instance. Richard Cecil one day went into a room where his little girl was-bright-eyed and happy as she could be. Somebody had just given her a box of very beautiful beads. The little child ran to her papa immediately to show this l... Read More

"A very present help in trouble" (\reference{Psalm 46:1}{Psalms 46:1}). A little boy and his widowed mother had been reading of how the ravens fed Elijah. The two were sitting in a fireless room beside a bare table on a bitter Christmas night. Both were very hungry and their case was desperate, but ... Read More

I feel that I would like to be like the heroes of the Alamo. When their intrepid leader explained that it would be impossible to hold the fort against the superior forces of the enemy, he said it was possible to surrender, to seek to escape, or to fight and finally die. Said he, "I have chosen to do... Read More

Sam Jones was talking to a man of weak faith. The doubter asked if Mr. Jones could not give him a demonstration of religion. "None," was the reply. "You must get inside the fold, and the demonstration will come of itself. Humble yourself, have faith, and you shall know the truth." "In other words, I... Read More

Two little girls were on their way to school one morning. Having been detained in starting, they were very much afraid that they would be late. One said, "Let us kneel down and ask the Lord to not let us be late." The other said, "No, I think I will run as fast as I can, and pray to God while I am r... Read More

OBSERVATION "Do your duty and leave the rest to heaven" -- Pierre Corneille, a Seventeenth Century French playwright. WHEN THE WIND BLOWS A young man applied for a job as a farmhand. When the farmer asked for his qualifications, he said, "I can sleep when the wind blows." This puzzled the farmer. Bu... Read More