Sermon Illustrations

There was a little boy who was asked by his father if he would move a fairly large stone in the backyard. The boy said, "Yes, I’ll do it. I’ll try."

He tried very hard, but he couldn’t budge the stone. The father said, "Son, give it all you’ve got." He tried again and strained very hard. The father said, "Son, give it all you’ve got." The boy worked harder and harder. He said, "Daddy, I can’t do it." The father said, "Son, I asked you to give it all you’ve got, and you’ve got me. You didn’t ask me to help you." God is saying, "You haven’t given it all you’ve got when you’re trying to do it by yourself. You link your life by faith to Me, and you’re going to have Me within you. You’re going to have Me leading you. You’re going to have Me putting all this together for good. You’re gong to have Me helping you and facing everything you have to face in this life."