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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?”

23,210 sermon illustrations through the Charismatic lens

Sermon Illustration

When the Signal Weakens

Every time you stream a show on Netflix, a technology called adaptive bitrate streaming is working behind the scenes. Netflix engineers built this system to...

Universalperseverance

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The Bride Who Left Everything for a New Name

When Amara Okafor married into the British royal-adjacent Mountbatten family in 2019, tabloids fixated on what she was giving up — her thriving Lagos fashion...

Psalm 45:10-12, 16Universal

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The Mother Tree

In the forests of British Columbia, ecologist Suzanne Simard spent decades studying what happens beneath the soil. What she found astonished the scientific world. Trees...

Universalsacrifice

241 words

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The Seed from Galadriel's Garden

In J.R.R. Tolkien's *The Return of the King*, the hobbits come home from war to find the Shire ravaged — ancient trees felled, gardens destroyed,...

Universalrestoration

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Sight She Never Wanted Back

Fanny Crosby was blind from the age of six weeks, the result of a country doctor's mistake when he treated an eye infection with the...

Universalpurpose

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The Enzyme That Forgives

Deep inside every cell in your body, an enzyme called DNA polymerase is copying your genetic code right now. It works at astonishing speed —...

Universalgrace

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The Three Letters at the Bottom of the Page

Johann Sebastian Bach is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers who ever lived. His fugues, cantatas, and concertos have shaped Western music for...

Universalhumility

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The One Thing That Mattered

When Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast in 2005, a retired schoolteacher named Margaret Robinson refused to evacuate her home in the Lower Ninth Ward...

Psalm 27:1, 4-9Universal

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Movie Analogy

No Man Is a Failure Who Has Friends

In Frank Capra's *It's a Wonderful Life*, George Bailey reaches his lowest point on Christmas Eve. Facing financial ruin and a warrant for his arrest,...

Universalcommunity

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Movie Analogy

The Number on His Arm, the Name on His Heart

In Steven Spielberg's *Schindler's List*, there is a moment near the end that undoes even the most composed viewer. The war is over. The survivors...

Universalidentity

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Movie Analogy

The List That Cost Everything

In Steven Spielberg's *Schindler's List*, there is a moment that never fails to break an audience. Oskar Schindler — a man who began the war...

Universalsacrifice

237 words

Show Don't Tell

Show Don't Tell: Psalm 44

Vivid sensory description for preaching Psalm 44

Universalhomileticspreaching technique

adults

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Movie Analogy

The King Who Knelt

In Peter Jackson's *The Return of the King*, there is a moment that still brings audiences to tears. Aragorn, son of Arathorn, has finally claimed...

Universalhumility

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The Bones That Break Stronger

In 1892, German anatomist Julius Wolff published a discovery that still shapes modern medicine. Known as Wolff's Law, his research demonstrated that human bone, when...

Universalhealing

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When Waze Says Recalculating

Every driver knows the moment. Waze plots your route — the fastest path calculated from real-time traffic data crowdsourced from millions of other drivers —...

Universalobedience

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Vivid Retelling

Lord, Save Me: Matthew 14:22-33

Cinematic retelling of Jesus walking on water and Peter's attempt

Universal

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The Stranger at the Rest Stop

In 2019, a young National Guard sergeant named Marcus Rivera drove through the night after spending three grueling days helping evacuate families during Hurricane Dorian...

Genesis 14:18-20Universal

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Light Bearers in the Deep

Marine biologist Dr. Edith Widder spent years studying one of Earth's most inhospitable places — the deep ocean, where sunlight never reaches and pressure would...

Universalcourage

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The Time That Is Given to Us

In J.R.R. Tolkien's *The Fellowship of the Ring*, Gandalf has just revealed a terrible truth: the simple gold ring Frodo inherited from his uncle is...

Universalpurpose

240 words

Sermon Illustration

The Network That Heals Itself

When Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico in 2017, cell towers collapsed and traditional communication networks went dark. But a small team deployed something remarkable: goTenna...

Universalcommunity

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Sermon Illustration

The Blue Dot in the Tunnel

If you have ever driven through a long tunnel while using Google Maps, you have noticed something remarkable. The moment you enter, your phone loses...

Universalfaith

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Movie Analogy

Walking Through the Door at the Edge of the World

In *The Truman Show*, Truman Burbank has spent his entire life inside a massive television set without knowing it. Every relationship, every sunrise, every street...

Universalfreedom

251 words

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The Donor Who Never Knew Her Name

In 2018, a stranger in Memphis walked into a kidney donation center and offered one of her kidneys to anyone who needed it. No specific...

Romans 5:5-11Universal

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Contemporary

When Mourning Became Color

On the morning of September 11, 2001, Japanese-American artist Makoto Fujimura was in his studio in lower Manhattan when the Twin Towers fell. Ash and...

Psalm 30:11Universalbeautysuffering

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