Sermon Illustrations

Category: Marcus Tutt

  • Turn up

    Turn up

    Just by turning up and being there, you bring the presence of God. When thoughts pop into my head like “What’s the point of you going?”, “What on earth can you do?” or “They don’t want to see you now”, I turn to the great truths that God is with me, that I am a…

  • The Holy Spirit…

    The Holy Spirit…

    The Holy Spirit is the Christian’s batteries, coach, guide, prompt and power all rolled into one. What Jesus said to his disciples in Acts 1:3 before he left was basically like the old credit card slogan “Don’t leave home without it”. With the Spirit we have purchasing power to acquire territory for the kingdom of…

  • No red flag

    No red flag

    Sometimes church history and modern day experience makes it look like the red flag has been waved, suspending the race and forcing everyone to cruise slowly and carefully around the track without overtaking, but Jesus has done no such thing. The baptism of fire that John the Baptist talked about was not just for those…

  • Because you’re worth it

    Because you’re worth it

    Have you seen those make-up adverts with the slogan “Because you’re worth it”? They play on our need to be valued and loved. Deep down, though, we all know that no matter how many times a multinational cosmetic company says, “You’re worth it”, the feeling wipes off with the make-up and it is plain old…

  • God understands suffering

    God understands suffering

    One thing we can say from all this (description of the agony of crucifixion) is that God knows what it is like to suffer and endure the most excruciating agony. He knows what it’s like to be pinned down and paralyzed. In times of sickness, we can draw strength from knowing that God knows what…

  • The cross as a spiritual slingshot

    The cross as a spiritual slingshot

    When NASA scientists want to accelerate a space craft without expending fuel, they perform a manoeuvre called a “slingshot”. They fly the space craft close to a planet and let the gravitational pull increase its speed. The interstellar craft hurtles towards the planet and is briefly pulled around in a partial orbit before being catapulted…

  • Spiritual hygeine

    Spiritual hygeine

    What is your spiritual hygiene like? What do you smell like in the Spirit? Is there whiff of fear or a whiff of faith about you? Is there a stink of gossip or a fragrance of prayer? It would probably be going too far to ask if you are wearing Holy Spirit aftershave or perfume,…

  • Authority

    Authority

    If the Centurion told a soldier to “Go” he would go. If he told him to “Come”, he would come. There would be no pause or questioning. The soldier would not think about it he would just do it. Failure to obey would result in swift and harsh punishment, witnessed by the whole unit. But…

  • Sickness

    Sickness

    Sickness is never viewed by Jesus as anything other than bad, and he never dealt with it in any other way than to heal it. Marcus TuttClick to TweetFrom the book “Reaching For Healing” Available on amazon.co.uk*Available on amazon.com*