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Home›Traditions›Charismatic

Charismatic Illustrations

The present-day operation of all spiritual gifts and the experiential dimension of the Holy Spirit.

Key question: “How is the Holy Spirit actively manifesting His power and gifts in the church today?”

23,093 sermon illustrations through the Charismatic lens

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The Grandmother Who Sang While She Worked

Every morning at 5:30, before the rest of the house stirred, Margaret Okonkwo stood at the kitchen sink in her small Lagos apartment and sang....

Psalm 100Universal

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The Last Ordinary Morning in Pompeii

On the morning of August 24, 79 AD, the residents of Pompeii woke to a day like any other. Bakers slid loaves into stone ovens....

Matthew 24:36-44Universal

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The Moravian Watch That Lasted a Century

On August 27, 1727, twenty-four men and twenty-four women in the small German village of Herrnhut made a quiet commitment. They would pray in hourly...

Mark 13:24-37Universal

230 words

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Science Illustration: Truth-Seeking and Integrity in Research

There’s a remarkable story about a young scientist named Maya, who dedicated her life to researching the effects of climate change on coral reefs. She would rise with the sun, her heart pounding with anticipation, as she dove into the...

Romans 1:20Universal

252 words

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Shackleton's Promise to Every Last Man

In August 1916, Ernest Shackleton stood on the deck of the Chilean tug *Yelcho*, scanning the frozen horizon of Elephant Island through binoculars. Twenty-two of...

Luke 15:3-7Universal

241 words

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Where the Ceiling Used to Be

On March 3, 2020, a tornado ripped through Cookeville, Tennessee, at two in the morning, killing nineteen people and shredding entire neighborhoods into matchsticks. One...

Isaiah 64:1-9Universal

227 words

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William Wilberforce and the Promise That Outlasted a Lifetime

In 1787, a young British parliamentarian named William Wilberforce stood before the House of Commons and introduced his first motion to abolish the slave trade....

Romans 4:13, 16-18, 22Universal

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The Teacher Who Made the Invisible Real

When Helen Keller was seven years old, she lived in a world of complete darkness and silence. She could touch water flowing over her hands...

John 14:8-17Universal

247 words

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The Priest Who Said "We

Father Damien de Veuster arrived on the Hawaiian island of Molokai in May 1873, stepping onto a shore most people fled from. The settlement at...

Romans 5:5-11Universal

245 words

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Songs From the Wreckage

On September 19, 2017, a 7.1 magnitude earthquake leveled entire neighborhoods in Mexico City. Rescue workers clawed through pancaked concrete for days, listening for any...

Acts 16:16-34Universal

231 words

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The Bridge Builder ofEli's Kitchen

Every Saturday morning for eleven years, Rosa Gutierrez set her alarm for 4:15 a.m. and drove to St. Matthew's Church in the Bronx. She arranged...

Isaiah 58:1-12Universal

238 words

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Science Illustration: Patience in Experimentation

There’s a story about a scientist named Dr. Lena, who dedicated her life to studying the tiniest particles in the universe, the very building blocks of matter. With her lab filled with intricate instruments and glowing screens, she often faced...

Hebrews 11:1-3Universal

242 words

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The Thunderstorm on the Road to Stotternheim

On July 2, 1505, a twenty-one-year-old law student named Martin Luther was walking back to the University of Erfurt when the sky turned black. A...

Psalm 29Universal

237 words

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The Understudy Who Was Always the Plan

In 2012, a small community theater in Asheville, North Carolina, almost canceled their production of *Our Town* when the lead actor broke his ankle two...

Acts 13:22-26Universal

242 words

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Basil's City on the Edge of Town

In 369 AD, during a devastating famine in Caesarea — in modern-day Turkey — Bishop Basil stood before his wealthy congregation and preached words that...

Isaiah 58:1-12Universal

241 words

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The Quaker Who Walked Into Newgate

In 1813, Elizabeth Fry stepped through the iron gates of London's Newgate Prison and found three hundred women and their children crammed into two rooms....

Psalm 112:1-10Universal

226 words

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The Hidden Network Beneath Our Feet

In 1997, forest ecologist Suzanne Simard of the University of British Columbia made a discovery that changed how scientists understand forests. She found that trees...

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231 words

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The Watchmaker's Hands That Held the World at Bay

In her memoir *The Hiding Place*, Corrie ten Boom recalls a childhood ritual that shaped her understanding of God. Every night in their narrow Haarlem...

Zephaniah 3:17Universal

233 words

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The Shawshank Redemption: Choosing Hope in a Fallen World - Wesleyan (Genesis 3)

In the depths of Shawshank State Penitentiary, the character Ellis “Red” Redding sits on a cold, metal bench, his weary eyes reflecting years of confinement. He describes the haunting transformation that takes place within those walls—a life marked by routine...

Genesis 3Universal

315 words

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Harriet: Liberation Courage Because God Goes With - Black Church (Deuteronomy 31:6)

In the heart of the American South, amidst the whispers of the cotton fields and the weight of countless shackles, Harriet Tubman emerged as a beacon of hope. Imagine her standing at the edge of a vast, dark swamp, the...

Deuteronomy 31:6Universal

299 words

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Not a Patch, a New Release

Software developers distinguish between two kinds of updates. A patch fixes what is broken — a security flaw, a glitch, a behavior that does not...

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217 words

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The Lighthouse That Never Lost Power

On September 20, 2017, Hurricane Maria slammed into Puerto Rico with 155-mile-per-hour winds. The entire island lost electricity. Hospitals went dark. Cell towers crumpled like...

Psalm 46:2-3, 5-6, 8-9Universal

229 words

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The Restaurant That Forgot How to Cook

In 2019, a beloved diner in Memphis called The Four Way — famous for serving soul food to civil rights leaders since 1946 — faced...

Isaiah 1:1, 10-20Universal

248 words

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The Letters: Presenting Bodies in Service to Christ - Catholic (Romans 12:1-2)

In the heart of Calcutta, where the air is thick with the scent of spices and the cries of the impoverished echo off the crumbling walls, we find a remarkable example of embodied faith in the life of Mother Teresa....

Romans 12:1-2Universal

285 words