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A Bad Habit Never Disappears Miraculously; It's ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

A bad habit never disappears miraculously; it's an ...read more

Tags: Character

Modern English Is Full Of Bad Habits Which ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Modern English is full of bad habits which spread by imitation and which can be avoided if one is ...read more

Tags: Communication General

Modern English Is Full Of Bad Habits Which ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Modern English is full of bad habits which spread by imitation and which can be avoided if one is ...read more

Tags: Learning

Pull Up The Roots Of Bad Habits Early  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 2, 2010

PULL UP THE ROOTS OF BAD HABITS EARLY A wise old tutor was once taking a stroll through a forest with a curious youth. The tutor suddenly stopped and pointed to four plants close by. The first was a tiny sprout, just coming out of the earth. The second had rooted itself quite firmly in the fertile ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 15:7-20

Tags: Character

I Never Knew A Man To Overcome A Bad Habit ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

I never knew a man to overcome a bad ...read more

Tags: Character

Growing Old Is No More Than A Bad Habit Which A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy man ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

On Habits

Contributed by Josh Hunt on Mar 7, 2012

ON HABITS Someone Once Said... * Thoughts produce acts, acts produce habits, and habits produce character.--Anonymous * If we realize the extent to which we are mere walking bundles of habits, we would give more heed to their own formation.--William James* * First we ...read more

Scripture: Acts 17:2

Tags: Disciplines General

Denomination: Baptist

Everybody Should Have A Few Bad Habits So He'll ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Everybody should have a few bad habits so he'll have something he can ...read more

Tags: Character

A Father's Blessing By Morgan Cryar (A Christian ...  PRO

Contributed by Bobby Scobey on May 22, 2007

A FATHER’S BLESSING by Morgan Cryar (a Christian music artist) from Decision magazine. From Stories for a Man’s Heart, P 240. Compiled by Alice Gray Many a morning as a child I stumbled through the darkness to our family’s truck, fell back to sleep, then was awakened by the sound of the truck ...read more

Tags: Bad Habits, Cussing, Pessimist, Attitude General

Denomination: Pentecostal

Deal With Habits Early On

Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Apr 13, 2011

DEAL WITH HABITS EARLY ON An elderly teacher, with a pupil by his side, took a walk through a forest. Suddenly he stopped and pointed to four plants close at hand. The first was just beginning to peep above the ground, the second had rooted itself pretty well into the earth, the third was a small ...read more

Tags: Christian Disciplines

Denomination: *other

Habits

Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009

HABITS The American Heritage Dictionary "A recurrent, often unconscious pattern of behavior that is acquired through frequent repetition." It comes from the idea "to have, to hold, possess." Roman poet Ovid in 43 BC: "Nothing is stronger than habit." Habit is a cable; we weave a thread each day, ...read more

Tags: Character

Habit Is Habit, And Not To Be Flung Out Of The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Habit is habit, and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed ...read more

Tags: Character

Long Habit

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006

Character is simply long habit continued. ...read more

Tags: Peace

Sins Are Habits  PRO

Contributed by John Sattler on Feb 18, 2013

SINS ARE HABITS I’m reading a book right now called "The Power of Habit" (http://charlesduhigg.com/the-power-of-habit/) about how so much of our daily life is lived by habit. We have to. Our brain needs habits in order for us to be able to function. Just about everything we do is habitual. How ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:28, Romans 12:2

Tags: Temptation General

Denomination: Lutheran

We Are Ruled By Our Habits. When Habits Are ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"We are ruled by our habits. When habits are young they are like lion cubs, soft, fluffy, funny, frolicsome little animals. They grow day by day. Eventually they rule you. ...read more

Tags: Character

Bad ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008

BAD MEAT Colin Byrne Smith of Australia told of a missionary who called on a tribe of cannibals. Taking his life in his hands, he crossed the inlet in a small boat, and when confronted by the tribe, meekly endured every insult. Long afterwards, when he had succeeded in converting many and ...read more

Tags: Obedience

A Bad ...

Contributed by Dwight L. Moody on Jun 11, 2009

A BAD BOY I once heard of a father who had a prodigal boy, and the boy had sent his mother down to the grave with a broken heart. One evening the boy started out as usual to spend the night in drinking and gambling, and his old father, as he was leaving, said, "My son, I want to ask a favor of you ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 7:1-27

Tags: Parable Prodigal Son

Denomination: *other

Bad ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 10, 2009

Bad Medicine In 1982, seven residents of the Greater Chicago area made an assumption that proved fatal. They all took a dose of Extra Strength Tylenol® that had been laced with potassium cyanide. What they thought was medicine proved to be poison. This crime, still being investigated as of this ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 11:2-4

Tags: Deception, Sin Deceptive

Ever Once In A While Some Feller Without A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Ever once in a while some feller without a single bad ...read more

Tags: Character

Your Wife Needs To Hear Your Heart, She Already ...

Contributed by Mike Gilbert on Jan 30, 2008

Your wife needs to hear your heart, she already knows your ...read more

Tags: Cabbage

Denomination: Baptist