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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?”

23,405 sermon illustrations through the Charismatic lens

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The Boy Who Kept Answering the Wrong Phone

In 2014, twelve-year-old Marcus Thompson lived with his grandmother in a narrow rowhouse in Baltimore. She had two phones — a cordless on the kitchen...

1 Samuel 3:1-10Universal

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Elizabeth Fry and the Cold Stones of Newgate

In February 1813, Elizabeth Fry stepped through the iron gates of London's Newgate Prison and into a scene that would change her life. Three hundred...

Isaiah 58:1-12Universal

231 words

Movie Analogy

Moana: I Am Moana (Exodus 3:14)

Imagine the sun setting over the vast, turquoise waters of Motunui, the sky painted in hues of orange and pink, as Moana stands on the shore, her heart racing. She has embarked on a journey across the ocean, not just...

Exodus 3:14Universalidentitycalling

298 words

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What the MRI Reveals

Dr. Sarah Chen, a radiologist at Johns Hopkins, once described her work this way: "Patients walk into my office looking perfectly fine on the outside....

Hebrews 4:12Universal

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The Night the Sand Began to Whisper

In 2019, twenty-two-year-old Maria Chen joined a sea turtle conservation team on the beaches of Padre Island, Texas. Her job during the night shift was...

1 Samuel 3:1-10Universal

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The Door Finally Opened

For three deployments over seven years, Staff Sergeant Maria Reyes communicated with her daughter Sofia through every means available. First came handwritten letters from Kandahar,...

Hebrews 1:1-4Universal

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George Müller and the School of Grace

In 1825, a young German theology student named George Müller spent his evenings gambling, drinking, and stealing from friends. He once forged his father's signature...

Titus 2:11-12Universal

233 words

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The Night the Beach Began to Move

In the summer of 2019, a twenty-year-old marine biology intern named Adriana arrived at Ostional Beach in Costa Rica to help monitor olive ridley sea...

1 Samuel 3:1-10Universal

271 words

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The Tree on Riverside Drive

Every morning for thirty-seven years, Margaret Chen walked the same half-mile stretch along Riverside Drive in Chattanooga, Tennessee. She knew every tree on that path....

Psalm 1Universal

252 words

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The Emergency Room That Runs on Everyone

On a Friday night in March 2023, a five-car pileup on I-75 outside Atlanta sent eleven patients flooding into Grady Memorial Hospital's trauma bay within...

1 Corinthians 12:3b-13Universal

237 words

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The Woman Who Lit a Candle in Newgate

In 1817, Elizabeth Fry walked through the iron gates of Newgate Prison in London, a place so wretched that even the guards warned her not...

Matthew 5:13-20Universal

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The Surgeon Who Handed Over the Scalpel

In 2019, Dr. Rana Awdish, a critical care physician at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, collapsed in the hallway of her own ICU. A ruptured...

Luke 5:1-11Universal

224 words

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The Letter She Couldn't Open

When Hurricane Katrina swept through Biloxi, Mississippi, in 2005, Margaret Trosclair evacuated with nothing but her purse and her dog. She spent eleven days in...

Mark 16:1-8Universal

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Movie Analogy

Finding Nemo: I Promised I Would Never Let Anything Happen to You (Matthew 10:29-31)

In the vibrant depths of the ocean, we find Marlin, a caring clownfish, navigating the waters with a heavy heart. He has already lost his beloved wife and most of his children to the merciless jaws of a predator. Only...

Matthew 10:29-31Universalfearparenting

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Vivid Retelling

The Secret of Contentment: Philippians 4:10-20

Apostolic dictation of Paul's contentment passage

Universal

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The Glad Procession to Mother Bethel

In 1794, Richard Allen — a formerly enslaved man who had purchased his own freedom — opened the doors of a converted blacksmith shop on...

Psalm 122Universal

232 words

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The Night They Disabled the Safety Systems

On April 26, 1986, operators at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine began a routine safety test on Reactor No. 4. To complete it,...

Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7Universal

225 words

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The Final Word From Mission Control

On July 20, 1969, when Apollo 11's lunar module began its descent toward the Sea of Tranquility, dozens of voices filled the communication channels. Engineers...

Hebrews 1:1-4Universal

240 words

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The Great Change of William Wilberforce

In the autumn of 1785, William Wilberforce was a twenty-five-year-old member of Parliament — wealthy, witty, and restless. He had everything London's high society could...

Romans 8:6-11Universal

246 words

Vivid Retelling

Water, Blood, and Spirit: The Three Witnesses

A historical reconstruction of 1 John 5:1-21 in its context of churches shaken by schism and false teaching. Examines the three witnesses (Spirit, water, blood) that testify to Jesus as Christ come in flesh, the assurance passages that John writes so believers may know they have eternal life, and the letter's abrupt closing: keep yourselves from idols.

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Florence Nightingale and the Voice She Could Not Yet Name

On February 7, 1837, a sixteen-year-old girl sitting in the garden of Embley Park in Hampshire, England, heard something she could only describe as "God...

1 Samuel 3:1-10Universal

233 words

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The Coach Who Limped Every Mile

In 2019, cross-country coach Brad Holloway of Shelbyville, Indiana, watched his runner Jenna collapse at mile two of the state qualifier. She had trained all...

Isaiah 63:7-9Universal

242 words

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Corrie ten Boom's Hidden Refuge

In the winter of 1943, Corrie ten Boom's modest home in Haarlem, Holland, became something extraordinary. Behind a false wall in her bedroom, a cramped...

1 Corinthians 6:12-20Universal

237 words

Movie Analogy

Lady Bird: Wanting More and Honoring Home (Luke 2:41-52)

In the film *Lady Bird*, we meet a spirited teenager named Christine, who insists on being called Lady Bird—a name she claims as her own, a declaration of her desire for independence and identity. In the bustling, sun-soaked streets of...

Luke 2:41-52Universalgrowing upmother-daughter

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