... you know what happened? The desert began to bloom. Poppies and ... the place. They filled the desert and clothed it with fantastic ... . Flowers can bloom on your desert and they can fill your ...
2. Text Message in the Desert
Matthew 2:13-23
Illustration
Angela Akers
... race out in the California desert. Beth was 58 years old ... . They were in a remote desert region that had no cell ... into San Diego from the desert, all their phones began pinging ... when they were in the desert--the message reminding them of ...
3. God Does Not Desert Us
Matthew 28:20; Deuteronomy 31:8
Illustration
... strange that God has never deserted me. I don't understand ... good God. He does not desert us in our hour of ...
4. A Forty-Year Desert Tour
Illustration
... forty-year detour in the desert. That detour was due to ... tending Israel later on. The desert experience took all the trust ...
5. Desert Pete's Well of Water
Illustration
Keith Miller and Bruce Larson
... trail across Nevada's Amargosa Desert: "This pump is all right ... for the next feller. (signed) Desert Pete. P.S. Don't ...
6. We Become His Son
John 3:14-21
Illustration
King Duncan
... " is the Aramaic name for "desert dwellers." These people live much ... man fled, running across the desert under the cover of darkness ...
7. Seek Life Over Death
Illustration
Steve Goodier
... fly over our nation's deserts. All vultures see is rotting ... for the colorful blossoms of desert plants. The vultures live on ...
8. Religion in the Valley - Religion That Works
Luke 9:28-36
Illustration
James W. Moore
... my wife, that I have deserted my children, that I have ...
9. An Inventory of Blessings
Luke 17:11-19
Illustration
... he found himself on a deserted island was to make out ...
10. Jesus' Consecration
Matthew 3:13-17
Illustration
Brett Blair
... roots movement started by a desert monk named John the Baptist ...
11. No Grave Deep Enough
John 20:1-23
Illustration
James W. Moore
... ship-wrecked on a tiny deserted island. The sailor in charge ...
12. The Messiah Is Among You
Matthew 10: 24-39
Illustration
William White
... choir. But now it was deserted. People no longer came there ...
13. That’s Where I Used to Go to Church
Mk 6:1-13
Illustration
... had been stranded on a desert island for 20 years. Finally ...
14. Bread As A Weapon
John 6:25-59
Illustration
Brett Blair
... his golden opportunity in the desert when he did not give ...
15. My Dog Saw The Rabbit
Matthew 13:44-46
Illustration
Brett Blair
... is a story from the Desert Fathers about a young monk ... the old men of the desert why it is that so ... people came out to the desert to seek God and yet ... among the bushes of the desert and he began to chase ... ." "It is simple," said the desert father, "my dog saw the ...
16. A People of Compassion
Eph 4:32
Illustration
H. Stephen Shoemaker
... 's a story from the desert tradition: A brother had committed ... him in the desert: "Come away to a deserted place all by ...
17. Fruit of the Spirit
Galatians 5:16-26
Illustration
John R. Steward
... who were crossing the Arabian Desert. Because of the heat of ... the desert they were traveling at night ...
18. Stop Following Your Shadow
Mark 8:27-38
Illustration
Robert Salzgeber
... man who lived in the desert. He would wake up every ... around in circles in the desert. But one day he mustered ...
19. Prepare the Way - Sermon Starter
Mark 1:1-8
Illustration
Brett Blair
... ministry he lived in the desert solitude of Judea, a rugged ... desert wilderness. He fed on honey ...
20. The Wilderness
Mark 6:30-44
Illustration
Mickey Anders
... Bible gives to wildernesses and deserts. Have you noticed that? Hagar ... ,000 in the wilderness. This "desert place" theme is a prominent ...
21. A New Creation
John 4:1-26
Illustration
Robert E. Coleman
... a train going across the desert in Arizona. He was the ... to this land that the desert would become a garden." That ...
22. There Are No Magic Capes
Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30
Illustration
David E. Leininger
... panel shows Spike in a desert contemplating his environment. Then we ... is pictured again on the desert floor among the cactus, cape ...
23. Right Where You Are
Illustration
... are you coming from?" "Operation desert Storm, Ma'am." "No kidding ... ? Desert Storm! How long were you ...
24. Christ Never Gives Up
Luke 24:13-35
Illustration
King Duncan
... heart for the battle and deserted. Trying to reach the coast ...
25. Never Underestimate the Power of a Cold Cup of Water - Sermon Starter
Matt 10:40-42
Illustration
Brett Blair
... to die this way? Why desert your father and mother, your ...
26. An 800 Year Grudge
Matthew 18:21-35
Illustration
King Duncan
... nomadic people who travel this desert region. One afternoon, Colonel O ...
27. Forgiveness Written in Stone
Matthew 18:21-35
Illustration
Brett Blair & Stephen Felker
... who were walking through the desert. During some point of the ...
28. If the House Is Messy, Clean It Up
Illustration
Daniel B. Clendenin
... in a fourth century monastic desert, his elders might have told ...
29. Small Acts of Kindness
Matthew 25:14-30
Illustration
Robert W. Bohl
... died and her father had deserted her. Her aunt and uncle ...
30. Getting to Bethlehem
Mark 1:1-8
Illustration
Mickey Anders
... say, "Go out to the desert, keep going till you get ...
31. A John the Baptist Christmas Card
Mark 1:1-8
Illustration
Darrick Acre
... the Baptist preaching in the desert. Do you? I can picture ...
32. My Fellow Lepers
Mark 1:4-11
Illustration
Jerome D. Cooper
... in the open ocean. That deserted peninsula was where the Hawaiians ...
33. He Didn't Say
John 12:20-36
Illustration
Staff
... say, "I don't do deserts." Peter didn't say, "I ...
34. How Life's Pressures Affect Good Judgment - Sermon Starter
Mark 6:14-29
Illustration
Brett Blair
... king didn't like a desert preacher calling him a sinner ...
35. Hurry Hinders Ministry - Sermon Opener
Mark 6:30-34,45-56
Illustration
Staff
... aside. "Come away to a deserted place all by yourselves and ...
36. The Impossible Takes A Little Longer
Mark 13:1-8
Illustration
Keith Wagner
... found himself laying on the desert with a broken neck. He ...
37. Goodness and Mercy Will Win
Luke 21:5-38
Illustration
Erskine White
... her daughter's husband had deserted her, her daughter was sick ...
38. So You Want To Go To Bethlehem, Do You?
Luke 3:1-6
Illustration
Johnny Dean
... : go on out to the desert, outside of the relatively safe ...
39. You Must Get Past John
Luke 3:1-20
Illustration
Richard A. Wing
... John the Baptist in the desert." The word from John is ...
40. The Spirit Has Landed - Sermon Starter
Luke 3:1-20
Illustration
Brett Blair
... roots movement started by a desert monk named John the Baptist ...
41. Three Secrets of a Life Well Lived - Sermon Starter
2 Tim 3:10 - 4:8
Illustration
Brett Blair
... is worth fighting for. 2. Desertion does not mean defeat. 3 ...
42. The Impossible Takes a Little Longer
Luke 21:5-19
Illustration
Keith Wagner
... found himself laying on the desert with a broken neck. He ...
43. Repent Your Way to a Merry Christmas - Sermon Starter
Matthew 3:1-12
Illustration
Brett Blair
... absolutely essential. John in the desert was in the great tradition ...
44. Lamplight vs. Starlight
Matthew 5:13-16
Illustration
Leonard Sweet
... middle of the New Mexico desert, astronomers fume about the "light ...
45. The Little Burro
Illustration
... to proceed out onto the desert range. They could be seen ...
46. A Night to Slow Down and See
Mark 9:2-9
Illustration
King Duncan
... over him in that strange deserted place. There was a cabin ...
47. Beneath the Three Trees
Mark 5:21-43
Illustration
Kristin Borsgard Wee
... a journey through a Mexican desert with bread and water for ...
48. What Kids Hear When We Teach Them the Faith
Mark 10:13-16
Illustration
Erskine White
... the Israelites all over the desert. It looked real bad. In ...
49. God's Omnipotence
Illustration
Brett Blair
... came across a barren galactic desert between our galaxy and another ...
50. Satan's Success
Illustration
Michael P. Green
... as a hermit in the desert of northern Africa. Every attempt ...