Illustrations
Need a great story to support your points? From this page you can search for key terms like TRUST and see all of our Illustrations dealing with the topic of trust. Check back often as we regularly add to this archive.
Optimism
Illustrations, baseball, child, Funny, optimismDad went to see his son’s Little League game, but when he arrived the found the score was already 18 to 0, favoring the other team. As he sat down behind the bench on the first-base line, he spotted his son in the bullpen and went over...
Persistance | Self-Control
Illustrations, author, authorship, diligence, endurance, persistanceWhile “persistence” is not one of the fruit of the Spirit listed in Galatians 5:22, “self-control” is. And it is very much like persistence when it comes to choosing between abandoning a task or seeing it through to its completio...
Doubt
Illustrations, courtroom, Funny, guilty, jury, verdictA defendant was on trial for murder. There was strong evidence indicating guilt, but there was no corpse. In the defense’s closing statement the lawyer, knowing that his client would probably be convicted, resorted to a trick. “Ladies ...
Availability
Illustrations, available, Funny, handy, readyA man applied for a job as a handyman. The prospective employer asked, “Can you do carpentry?” The man answered in the negative. “How about bricklaying?” Again the man answered, “No.” The employer asked, “Well, what about electrical work...
Jericho | Bible Knowledge
Illustrations, biblical, classroom, Funny, illiteracy, jericho, KnowledgeThe Sunday School teacher addressed the class: “Children, who knocked down the wall of Jericho?” No one answered, so she called on Billy. “Billy, tell me who knocked down the wall of Jericho?” Billy replied, “Don’t ask me. I ...
Bible
Illustrations, bibles, conversion, Missions, Redemption, russia, undergroundJoe McKeever shares this story: After the fall of Communism, SBC minister Ralph Bethea was handing out Bibles in Russia. In one home an old gentleman spoke of abandoning Communism and returning to the faith of his sainted mother. Had no ...
Time
Illustrations, Eternity, God, perspective, TimeIn a recent Turning Point daily devotional, David Jeremiah shares this: “For a thousand years in Your sight are like yesterday when it is past, and like a watch in the night. (Psalm 90:4) When it came to keeping time, the Romans div...
Purpose | Direction
Illustrations, Calling, education, equality, Racism, scholarships, strivingFormer Secretary of State and National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice once told graduates of the Mississippi College School of Law in Jackson that they have a responsibility to be “optimistic” in their lives. “I first learned this les...
Imitation | Children
Illustrations, children, copying, Funny, imitation, weightMom had taken her three-year-old Timmy in to the pediatrician’s office, where one of the first tasks is to weigh and measure them. After several unsuccessful attempts to get Timmy on the scale, his mother said: “Honey, Mommy has a scale ...
