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Home›Traditions›Pentecostal

Pentecostal Illustrations

The immediate, experiential work of the Holy Spirit and the expectation of spiritual gifts.

Key question: “How does this text reveal the present-day work and power of the Holy Spirit?”

23,656 sermon illustrations through the Pentecostal lens

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The Blessing She Couldn't Unhear

Every Sunday morning for thirty-one years, Pastor Margaret Chen stood at the doors of Grace Community Church in Topeka, Kansas, and spoke the same words...

Numbers 6:22-27Universal

267 words

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The Cage That Absorbs the Storm

In 1836, the English scientist Michael Faraday built a room-sized cage lined with metal foil at the Royal Institution in London. Then he did something...

Romans 8:1Universal

234 words

Vivid Retelling

Forget Not All His Benefits: Psalm 103

Cinematic retelling of Psalm 103 praising God's benefits

Universal

674 words

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The Day the Judge Changed Her Name

In a county courthouse in Nashville, Tennessee, a seven-year-old girl named Maria sat in a wooden chair too big for her, swinging her legs nervously....

Isaiah 62:1-5Universal

236 words

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The Last House Standing

When Hurricane Michael slammed into Mexico Beach, Florida, on October 10, 2018, it arrived as a Category 5 monster — 160-mile-per-hour winds, a storm surge...

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

231 words

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Nature Illustration: Mountains, Valleys, and Pilgrimage

Picture a majestic mountain range, peaks soaring high into the heavens, their summits often cloaked in clouds. As the sun rises, it casts a golden hue over these mountains, illuminating their rugged beauty. These towering heights remind us of the...

Colossians 1:15-20Universal

235 words

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Waiting for Dawn at the Mine Shaft

In August 2010, thirty-three Chilean miners sat trapped 2,300 feet below the Atacama Desert after a catastrophic cave-in sealed the San Jose mine. For seventeen...

Psalm 130Universal

244 words

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The Repair That Never Stops

Every day, the DNA inside each of your cells absorbs roughly 10,000 damaging events — radiation, chemical stress, errors in copying. Left unchecked, this damage...

Universalrestoration

242 words

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Nature Illustration: Light and Darkness

One evening, I stood on a hill overlooking the vast expanse of the ocean as the sun dipped below the horizon. The sky transformed into a canvas of fiery oranges and deep purples, a breathtaking display of nature’s artistry. In...

Job 38:1-7Universal

240 words

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The Bridge That Holds Even When You Forget It's There

In 2005, a young couple named David and Maria closed on their first home in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Three years later, the Cedar River surged...

Genesis 9:8-17Universal

232 words

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The Embrace at Reims Cathedral

On July 8, 1962, two old men stood side by side in the great cathedral at Reims, France — the very city that German shells...

Psalm 85Universal

235 words

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The Hymnal That Survived the Fire

On March 14, 1990, a fire swept through Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, gutting the sanctuary that had held generations of worship since 1808. Firefighters...

1 Chronicles 16:34Universal

219 words

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Ten Thousand Daily Repairs

Right now, without your awareness or effort, your body is repairing itself at a molecular level. Scientists estimate that each of your cells sustains between...

Universalhealing

249 words

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The Father Who Searched the Wreckage

On April 27, 2011, an EF5 tornado carved a mile-wide path through Tuscaloosa, Alabama. When the sirens finally stopped, a father named James Davis sprinted...

Genesis 3:9-15, 20Universal

236 words

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Science Illustration: Astronomy and the Heavens Declare

A few years ago, I had the privilege of visiting a planetarium. As the lights dimmed and the vastness of the cosmos unfolded before us, I felt an overwhelming sense of awe. Stars twinkled like diamonds scattered across a velvet...

Matthew 6:25-34Universal

252 words

Movie Analogy

Room: The World Is Too Big (John 8:36)

Imagine a small, dimly lit room where a five-year-old boy named Jack lives with his mother, Ma. For Jack, this cramped space is everything—a universe unto itself filled with the warmth of Ma's love, the familiar creak of the bed,...

John 8:36Universalcaptivityfreedom

294 words

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The Slave Trader Who Cried Out in the Storm

On March 10, 1748, a violent storm battered the slave ship *Greyhound* in the North Atlantic. John Newton, a twenty-two-year-old sailor hardened by years of...

1 Peter 3:18-22Universal

231 words

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Nature Illustration: Trees Planted by Streams

On a brisk autumn morning, I found myself wandering through a quiet forest, the sun just beginning to rise. The trees, draped in vibrant hues of orange and gold, stood tall and majestic, their leaves whispering secrets to one another...

Psalm 19:1-6Universal

238 words

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When Lightning Touches Sand

Along the beaches of Cumberland Island, Georgia, you can sometimes find fulgurites — hollow glass tubes buried just beneath the surface. They form in a...

John 1:1-14Universal

217 words

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The Governor's Daughter

In 1987, during a packed press conference at the Georgia State Capitol, Governor Joe Frank Harris stood at the podium fielding tough questions about education...

Hebrews 4:16Universal

241 words

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Science Illustration: Patience in Experimentation

In a quiet lab tucked away in a university, a young scientist named Sarah was deep into her research on plant growth. She was captivated by the way certain plants would thrive even in seemingly inhospitable environments. One day, she...

Matthew 6:25-34Universal

254 words

Vivid Retelling

Treasures in Jars of Clay: 2 Corinthians 4:1-18

Apostolic dictation of Paul's treasure in clay jars teaching

Universal

1009 words

Movie Analogy

A Man Called Otto: Promise Despite Feeling - Lutheran (Isaiah 41:10)

In the heart of a weathered town, there lived a man named Otto, who wore his loneliness like an old, tattered coat—heavy and familiar. Each morning, he would shuffle to the corner café, his feet moving through the well-trodden path,...

Isaiah 41:10Universal

299 words

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Nature Illustration: Trees Planted by Streams

As we walk through the woods near my home, I often pause to admire the towering trees that stand like silent guardians. One particularly striking oak caught my attention last autumn. Its leaves, aflame with vibrant hues of orange and...

Romans 1:20Universal

241 words