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196 illustrations for sermon preparation
A pastor felt prompted to cancel his sermon and open the service for prayer. It made no sense—he'd prepared all week. "Lean not on your own understanding." He trusted the prompting. During prayer, a visitor broke down weeping and gave her life to Christ.
Harriet Tubman made 13 trips into slave territory, rescuing over 70 people. She claimed God spoke to her, giving directions about which routes to take, when to stop, where danger lurked. Slavecatchers couldn't catch her; conductors marveled at her routes.
A woman in recovery from addiction described trust as a daily decision. Every morning, she chose to trust God with her sobriety rather than trusting her own willpower. "Lean not on your own understanding"—she knew her understanding had led her into addiction.
When early Anabaptists were persecuted, the world's logic said: fight back, arm yourselves, resist with force. Their own understanding would have justified violence. But they trusted God's way—nonresistance, enemy love, the cross.
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