Illustrations About Humility
Illustrations About Humility is a collection of Sermon Illustrations that talks about being humble.
Humility is one of the things that every Christian should possess as Christ demonstrated.
May you enjoy the illustrations below.
Clothed with Humility
The word “humility” means literally a low estimate of self. But this does not imply self-deprecation. When you hear someone deprecating himself, usually you can put it down as a sort of counterfeit humility. Someone has said, “The true way to be humble is not to stoop until you are smaller than yourself, but to stand at your full height before some higher nature that will show you how small your greatness is.” “Walk humbly with thy God.” Here is where we learn true humility. Walking with God, seeing ourselves by the side of His greatness, we see how little we are. And seeing how little we are is the first step toward becoming what we can and ought to be.
We never become truly great, we never do our best work until we are “clothed with humility”; until, like our Lord and Savior, we are willing to live to serve others.
John R. Gunn, Facing Life
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The Ambitious Disciples
Jesus and his disciples were coming to the town of Capernaum. As they entered the house where they would be staying, he asked his disciples, “What were you arguing about on the road?” But they kept quiet, says the writer of Mark’s Gospel, because on the way they had argued about who was number one among them.
So, the disciples were human just like you and I are human. Who doesn’t want to stand out? Some of the greatest people who have ever lived were also among the most ambitious.
It is said that Michelangelo prayed: “Lord, grant that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.”
Abraham Lincoln often said to himself as a boy studying by the pine log fire at night: “I will study and get ready and perhaps my chance will come.” And, indeed, it did come.
The Perfect Pastor
The Perfect Pastor (Male and/or female) is a humorous sermon illustration about a Church looking for a perfect pastor.
* The perfect pastor preaches exactly 10 minutes.
* He condemns sin roundly but never hurts anyone’s feelings.
* He works from 8 AM until midnight and is also the church janitor.
* The perfect pastor makes $40 a week, wears good clothes, drives a good car, buys good books, and donates $30 a week to the church.
* He is 29 years old and has 40 years experience.
* Above all, he/she is handsome/pretty.
* The perfect pastor has a burning desire to work with teenagers, and he spends most of his time with the senior citizens.
* He smiles all the time with a straight face because he has a sense of humor that keeps him seriously dedicated to his church.
* He makes 15 home visits a day and is always in his office to be handy when needed.
Never In Vain
Never In Vain
“Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.”
I Corinthians 15:58
Your mind, your eyes and even your heart (feelings) may tell you otherwise, but keep your eye on the One Who promised.
“Not in vain in the Lord.”
What does that phrase mean to you, Pilgrim? When all that meets your eye is darkness and every door you knock on is closed, is this promise still true? When your loved ones turn their back on you. . .and others falsely accuse you. . .and someone promises to remember you, but soon forgets. . .as they did Joseph. . .will you, like him, whisper “My labor/faith is not in vain in the Lord”?
The refiner’s fires grow quite hot at times. And the lonesome valleys are quite dark and deep. But, it’s in those times that we, like Job, must say “Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him” (Job 13:15a). Or, like David, when we find ourselves in “the valley of the shadow of death”—where all of our dreams have been dashed on the hard rocks of reality and no one walks with us—can we still say “I will fear no evil—for You are with me” (Ps. 23:4a)?
Faith is not feeling; neither is it wishful thinking or positive thoughts.
It is simple, steadfast trust in the One Who cannot/will not lie (Heb. 6:18a), confident that He will see you through the worst day of your life and deliver you one way or the other (Dan. 3:16-18; I Cor. 10:13).
This is not false bravado or spiritual “whistling in the dark;” instead, it is calm assurance that the One Who promised is “a Rewarder of them that diligently seek Him” (Heb. 11:6b). He may not come when we expect Him or swoop to our rescue like the cavalry in times of old.
But He will come.
And, He’ll always be on-time with just what we need when we need it.
Unchanging
Unchanging
“Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, today and forever.”
Hebrews 13:8
Never has there ever been a promise more precious than this one.
Stop what you’re doing right now, close your eyes and whisper a prayer to Heaven. Ask the Lord to clear the clutter from your mind. . .quiet the noises in your heart. . .and calm your anxious or burdened spirit so you can hear His Voice on this Manna.
Ours is an ever-changing world where nothing is sacred anymore (or so it seems). Values long-cherished are being discarded right-and-left with nary a twinge of conscience. Those who protest are marginalized, or worse, denounced, derided, disenfranchised and despised.
But, do not fear, Pilgrim.
There’s One Who never changes. In His Love. In His Care. In His Promises. In His Provisions.
And, that One is “Jesus the Christ”. . .the one-of-a-kind Son of God. . .Who came to love sinners like you and me. . .and gave His Life upon a cruel Cross. . .so we could be forgiven, cleansed and changed.
Just as He covered Adam and Eve’s nakedness by a blood sacrifice, so did He become God’s Passover Lamb “that takes away the sins of us all” (Jn. 1:29, 36). Just as Noah looked up “and saw Grace in the eyes of the Lord” (Gen. 6:8), so are those same eyes longing for you to look up and see the same.
Just as He fulfilled His Promises to Abraham, so will He fulfill them to us. Just as Joseph “prospered wherever He was because God was with him” (Gen. 39:2-5, 21-23), so will He do the same for us as we trust Him to be Immanuel in our lives. Just as He forgave David after he committed adultery and had Bathsheba’s husband killed. . .and just as He went looking for Peter on the seashore that day and re-commissioned him for service. . .and just as He transformed Saul, the prolific persecutor of the early church. . .so will He do the same for us. . .for He is “the same yesterday, today and forever.”
On Murmuring and Complaining
On Murmuring and Complaining
“. . .for the Lord hears your murmurings which you murmur against Him—and what are we? Your murmurings are not against us, but against the Lord”
Exodus 16:8b
A discontented spirit is a devilish one and an odious offense against the Heavenly Father.
How obedient are you today, Pilgrim? Are you “giving thanks in everything because you know it’s the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you” (I Thess. 5:18)? Have you learned “to be content in whatsoever state you’re in and how to be abased or abound” (Phil. 3:11-12)?
If so, rejoice; if not, repent.
God had delivered the Israelites from 430 years of Egyptian captivity. He’d miraculously parted the Red Sea, allowing them to “walk across on dry ground,” while the pursuing Egyptians perished beneath the returning water (Ex. 14:29-31).
Later on, they were thirsty and “murmured (Heb. ‘luwn’—‘to stop, stay permanently, abide, continue in, be obstinate, hold a grudge, etc.’) against Moses, saying ‘What shall we drink’?” because the waters were bitter (Ex. 15:22-24). Thankfully, he knew what to do (“cry unto the Lord”—v.25a) and was used by God to make the waters drinkable (v.25b).
Shortly thereafter, they grew hungry and “murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness, crying ‘Would to God that we’d died in Egypt when we sat by the flesh pots and ate bread until we were full—for you have brought us forth into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger’!” (16:1-3).
His Everlasting Arms
“The eternal God is your Refuge and underneath are the everlasting Arms. . .”
Deuteronomy 33:27a
No firmer mattress has ever been found than His Promises and no softer pillow there has ever been than His strong, but loving Arms.
Anyone who’s ever been through an earthquake knows well how the ground shakes from side-to-side, even thrusting upwards at times like a rollercoaster. For several seconds the earth moves, but then grows still. Then shortly, usually just a few minutes later, there’ll be an aftershock. . . and another. . .and then another.
During those times, all you can do is just hang onto something—and hope that nothing falls on you. And, if you happen to be upstairs in a high-rise office or apartment building, you pray that everything will hold together until it’s over and you can plant your feet on solid ground.
Today’s Manna is a moving one, partly because of the one who spoke it and partly because of the time in which he said it. Moses had already been told that he would not get to enter the Promised Land, even though he’d spent 40 years tending sheep and then had to endure the wilderness for an additional 40 years because of the people’s unbelief (Num. 14:26-35).
Why did he not get to enter in?
“Because he trespassed against the Lord at Meribah-Kadesh and twice struck the rock instead of speaking to it as God commanded” (Dt. 32:48-52; Num. 20:9-13).
Take Me Out of The Dark by Gary Valenciano With Chords and Lyrics
Take Me Out of The Dark by Gary Valenciano
-is one of the most successful Christian songs that Gary has sung.
Gary Valenciano is a professional singer both in the secular world and in Christian Church. Though he sings secular songs because it is his career, Gary is definitely one of the most promosing Filipino Christian singers who have given much time in composing and singing Christian music for the Lord.
Take Me Out Of The Dark is a powerful song that asks for God’s help in times of temptation. And it is my deep wish that you will be blessed by this powerful song.
Ministry Website
Ministry Website For Your Church and Ministry
For a couple of weeks now, I haven’t updated “The Disicplers” that much except the daily devotional “Morning Manna”. This is because I have been working on a project website, the home of the Morning Manna. It’s the website of my dear friend Tom Smith, Morning Manna’s author.
The website’s concept is all about Tom’s ministry called “Back To Bethel”. It is more likely a portfolio of his ministry. It has the collection of Morning Manna posts, poems, sermons, and even audio clips of his album.
It was kinda exciting because this is my first time to use one of the well known “website making” platform on the net.
Working on it allowed me to finally evaluate the capability of my dream web hosting company. It did gives you a lot of options if you own an account with them. Even if you have no experience at all in making websites, their platform is already enough for you to build such a powerful website.
They provides you with all the tools that you need in building a highly-focused, content rich website.
Here’s the downside that I have seen with the platform that I am using, if you are only up to blogging, you will be disappointed with their platform because it really lacks some flexibility with the looks and archiving. This company only focuses on website making. I just wonder if time will come that they will try to improve their blogging platform for more professional look as my blog.
Holy Ghost Praying and Power
“And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together—and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost and they spoke the Word of God with boldness.”
Acts 4:31
If He did it then, He’s wanting to do it again.
“And the place was shaken.”
Did the room they were in literally sway back and forth that day when those assembled heard Peter and John’s report and began praising God? Perhaps—or, it might just have seen that way as they physically trembled in the Presence of a Holy God. Regardless, one thing was certain: They were “all filled with the Holy Ghost and spoke the Word of God with boldness.”
We must remember they were still in the afterglow of Jesus’ Resurrection, Ascension and the coming of the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost. It’d not been too long before when they’d seen the Risen Lord face-to-Face. . .knelt at His nail-scarred Feet. . .seen Him rise up into the clouds as the angels said “One day He’ll come back in like manner as you’ve seen Him go” (Acts 1:9-11). . .witnessed the arrival of “the promise of the Father” (1:4b-5). . .wept over 3,000 who’d “gladly received the Word and were baptized” (2:41). . .enjoyed sweet fellowship together around the table as “fear came upon every soul and many wonders and signs were done by the Apostles” (2:42-47). . .and rejoiced as the lame man at the Temple’s Beautiful Gate was healed and began “walking, leaping and praising God” (3:1-8).
No doubt their hearts sank within them when Peter and John were arrested for preaching the Gospel, even though some 5,000 had turned to Christ (4:1-4). Some probably thought they’d be imprisoned for a long time or possibly even put to death; however, suddenly they appeared—“reporting all that had happened to them” (4:23), causing them to “lift up their voices to God with one accord in praise and thanksgiving for Who He is and what He had done” (vv.24-28).
Even now, we can almost see their eyes wide with amazement and their dropped jaws as they asked the Dynamic Duo, “What happened? How were you so quickly released without even being beaten?!?” (vv.15-22). No wonder the Holy Ghost came in power on them as Peter and John said “Because they took note that we’d been with Jesus, even though we were ignorant and unlearned men! And, when they threatened us—telling us to stop preaching in Jesus’ Name—we simply told them we could not help but speak the things which we’ve seen and heard!” (vv.13, 18-20). Hallelujah!!!