In Sermon Illustrations: "Discipleship"

About A Month Ago, I Tuned Into The Green Bay ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

About a month ago, I tuned into the Green Bay Packer game. It was the last time Brett Favre was probably going to be playing at home. I’m not a huge football fan, but Brett Favre is a really amazing quarterback. He’s done a lot of things and it’s kind of a historic moment. So, I wanted to check him ...read more

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If The Heart Is Devoted To The Mirage Of The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If the heart is devoted to the mirage of the world, to the creature instead of the Creator, the disciple is lost.However urgently Jesus may call us, His call fails to find access to our hearts. Our ...read more

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He [christ] Looks Today As He Ever Looks, Not ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"He [Christ] looks today as He ever looks, not for crowds drifting aimlessly in His track, but for the individual man or woman whose undying allegiance will spring from their having recognized that He wants those who are prepared ...read more

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The Saviour Is Not Looking For Men And Women Who ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The Saviour is not looking for men and women who will give their spare evenings to Him or their weekends or their years of retirement. Rather He seeks ...read more

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Do Your Duty And A Little Bit More, And The ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Do your duty and a little bit more, and the future will ...read more

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Once We Become Rightly Related To God, Duty ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Once we become rightly related to God, duty will never be a disagreeable thing of which we have to say with a sigh, Oh, well, I ...read more

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It Is Not Enough That We Do Our Best; Sometimes ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

It is not enough that we do our best; sometimes we have to ...read more

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Duty Is Not Collective, It Is Personal. Let ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Duty is not collective, it is personal. Let every individual make known his determination to support ...read more

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Do Your Duty In All Things. You Cannot Do More. ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more. You should ...read more

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To Do One's Duty Sounds A Rather Cold And ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"To do one's duty sounds a rather cold and cheerless business, but somehow in the end it does give ...read more

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Duty Does Not Have To Be Dull. Love Can Make It ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Duty does not have to be dull. Love can make it beautiful ...read more

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A Duty Dodged Is Like A Debt Unpaid; It Is Only ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"A duty dodged is like a debt unpaid; it is only deferred, and we must come back ...read more

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Duty Is A Very Personal Thing. It Is What Comes ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Duty is a very personal thing. It is what comes from knowing the need to take action and not just a ...read more

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Make It A Point To Do Something Every Day That ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Make it a point to do something every day that you dont want to do. This is the golden rule for acquiring the ...read more

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One Trouble With The World Is That So Many ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

One trouble with the world is that so many people who stand up vigorously for their rights ...read more

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First Grader Learns That More Is Expected Of Him ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 14, 2009

First Grader Learns That More Is Expected of Him Than When He Was in Kindergarten When they came in the house, Jesus asked them, “What were you arguing about on the road?” But they kept quiet because on the way they had argued about who was the greatest. Sitting down, Jesus said, “If anyone wants ...read more

Scripture: Mark 9:33-35

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My Parents Had A Grapevine In The Backyard. They ...

Contributed by Sean Harder on Dec 4, 2009

My parents had a grapevine in the backyard. They just let it grow and some of the branches grew up and intertwined around this big evergreen tree about 20 feet in the air, others grew through the cedar hedge that was beside it. Some of these branches must have been forty feet long, but they never ...read more

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God, Coaching And Discipline

Contributed by Sean Harder on Dec 4, 2009

GOD, COACHING AND DISCIPLINE Tom Landry the famous coach of the Dallas Cowboys in their heyday said: "The role of the coach is to make people do things they don’t want to do to achieve the results they want to achieve." As soon as I heard that, I thought of God. Isn’t that ...read more

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We Have No Strategic Plan For Helping People Be ...

Contributed by Charles Wallis on Dec 15, 2009

"We have no strategic plan for helping people be like Jesus...It is not about trying; it is about ...read more

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Denomination: Pentecostal

Crowds And Woodstock

Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Dec 18, 2009

CROWDS AND WOODSTOCK I was only 14 years old when Woodstock took place. I had just become a Christian that Christmas. What was Woodstock? It was a Rock music festival that took place in America in 1969: "3 Days of Peace and Music". It attracted 300,000 people. It featured Creedence Clearwater ...read more

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Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational