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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 Tide That Would Not Be Stopped

In December 2004, a man stood on Marina Beach in Chennai, India, and watched the Indian Ocean pull back hundreds of yards from the shore....

Psalm 2Universal

239 words

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Dorothy Day and the Downward Path to Blessing

In 1933, Dorothy Day stood in a breadline on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, ladling soup alongside the very people most of New York...

Luke 6:17-26Universal

240 words

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The Piano Teacher Who Never Gave Up

Margaret Chen taught piano for forty-one years from a small studio on Maple Street in Savannah, Georgia. Her students knew two things about Mrs. Chen:...

Titus 2:11-12Universal

239 words

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The Long Way Home from Hurricane Katrina

In September 2005, Marcus and Deena Williams evacuated New Orleans with their three children, two garbage bags of clothing, and half a tank of gas....

Psalm 107:1-9, 43Universal

261 words

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The Lighthouse That Wasn't Built for Itself

In 1822, workers finished constructing the Tuskar Rock Lighthouse off the southeast coast of Ireland. It sat on a jagged outcrop battered by Atlantic storms,...

Psalm 67Universal

237 words

Vivid Retelling

Eyes of the Heart: Ephesians 1:15-23

Apostolic dictation scene of Paul's prayer for the Ephesians

Universal

733 words

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George Washington Carver and God's Little Workshop

George Washington Carver was born into slavery in Missouri around 1864, stolen as an infant by Confederate raiders, and traded for a racehorse. The world...

Psalm 8:4-9Universal

226 words

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The Naturalist in the Treetops

In December 1874, a ferocious windstorm swept through the Sierra Nevada. While most sensible people took shelter, naturalist John Muir did the opposite. He climbed...

Psalm 29Universal

225 words

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Trusting the Developer

Every few weeks, a notification appears on your phone: "Software update available. Your device will restart." Most of us tap "Install Tonight" without reading the...

Universaltrust

228 words

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The Goalkeeper Nobody Drafted

In the 2014 World Cup, Tim Howard stood in goal for the United States against Belgium. No major European club had wanted him as a...

Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24Universal

230 words

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The Elm That Wouldn't Die

In downtown Oklahoma City, an American Elm stands in the northwest corner of the National Memorial. Before April 19, 1995, nobody paid it much attention...

Genesis 9:8-17Universal

245 words

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The Congregation That Opened Its Doors on a Monday

For years, Grace Community Church in Dalton, Georgia, held a January prayer-and-fasting week. Members skipped meals, filled the sanctuary for midday devotions, and posted scripture...

Isaiah 58:1-12Universal

230 words

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The Hand Pump and the Hidden Aquifer

In rural Appalachia, old hand-pumped wells still dot the hillsides. Anyone who has used one knows the rule: before you can draw water out, you...

Malachi 3:10Universal

230 words

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The Shepherd of Molokai

In 1873, a young Belgian priest named Damien De Veuster stepped off a boat onto the shores of Kalaupapa, a remote peninsula on the Hawaiian...

Luke 15:3-7Universal

252 words

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The Family That Left the Porch Light On

In 2014, the Showalter family of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, received the call every parent dreads. Their seventeen-year-old son Marcus had disappeared — walked out after an...

Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19Universal

249 words

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When the Desert Couldn't Help But Bloom

Every few years, something miraculous happens in Chile's Atacama Desert — the driest place on Earth. After an unexpected rainfall, the barren, cracked ground that...

Psalm 98Universal

232 words

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The Couple Who Sold Everything for a Address They'd Never Seen

In 2019, Marcus and Diana Chen were settled. He managed a thriving dental practice in suburban Atlanta. She ran the children's ministry at their church...

Genesis 12:1-4aUniversal

227 words

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The Letter She Already Knew by Heart

When Margaret Chen's husband David deployed to Afghanistan in 2012, he left a handwritten letter tucked inside her nightstand drawer. "Read this when you're afraid,"...

John 14:23-29Universal

252 words

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The Promise That Rebuilt a Continent

On June 5, 1947, Secretary of State George Marshall stood before Harvard's graduating class and made a quiet, extraordinary promise. Europe lay in ruins —...

Genesis 9:8-17Universal

240 words

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When the Words Finally Came Home

In 2015, the American Bible Society completed a translation of Scripture into Bibleless languages for a small community of Kimyal people in Papua, Indonesia. When...

Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10Universal

241 words

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The Handshake That Cost Him Everything

In 2008, when the housing market collapsed and took half of Wall Street with it, a small contractor named Bob Thompson in Grand Rapids, Michigan,...

Psalm 15Universal

241 words

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The Bride Who Left Tokyo

In 2019, Yumi Tanaka boarded a one-way flight from Tokyo to a small fishing village in northern Scotland. She was marrying Callum, a boat builder...

Psalm 45:10-12, 16Universal

244 words

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William Tyndale's Last Prayer

In October 1536, outside the walls of Vilvoorde Castle in Belgium, William Tyndale was led to a stake. His crime was translating the Bible into...

Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24Universal

247 words

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The Prepared Path Through Tham Luang

In June 2018, twelve boys from the Wild Boars soccer team and their coach crawled into the Tham Luang cave in northern Thailand for a...

Revelation 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10abUniversal

226 words