In Sermon Illustrations: "Being Content"

You Know, I Have Met Many A Christian Who Are ...  PRO

Contributed by Adam Deibert on Nov 19, 2006

You know, I have met many a Christian who are pew-potatoes. Have you ever heard of a pew-potato? Like a couch-potato, who is content to sit in front of a television, never doing anything, a pew-potato is content to come to church from week to week, sit for a few minutes and listen to a sermon, ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 25:1-13

Tags: Virgin, Ten, Oil, Christian Values

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

C. S. Lewis Said That

Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Mar 29, 2009

C. S. Lewis said that “the devil laughs when he sees us overcome by pride: “He is perfectly content to see you becoming chaste and brave and self-controlled provided, all the time, he is setting up in you the Dictatorship of Pride… For Pride is spiritual cancer: it eats up the very possibility of ...read more

Tags: Sin General

Denomination: Other

If A Man Will Begin In Certainties He Shall End ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

If a man will begin in certainties he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin in ...read more

Tags: Doubt

Among Real Friends There Is No Rivalry Or ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Among real friends there is no rivalry or jealousy of one another, but they are satisfied and contented alike whether ...read more

Tags: Compassion

Everything Has Its Wonders, Even Darkness And ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may ...read more

Tags: Wonder

The Problem With Success

Contributed by Jim Butcher on Apr 11, 2018

Henry Blackaby: “Moderate success in ministry is a spiritual hazard. It can make us content to live ...read more

Tags: Pastoring, Preachers, Church, Success, Pastors  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Baptist

Giving Of Yourself, Learning To Be Tolerant, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Giving of yourself, learning to be tolerant, giving recognition and approval to others, remaining flexible enough to mature and learnyields ...read more

Tags: Productivity

As 19th-Century Author Maltbie Babcock Said, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

As 19th-century author Maltbie Babcock said, "Contentment. . . is the grateful, faithful, fruitful ...read more

Tags: Peace

Yes In The Poor Man's Garden Grow, Far More ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Yes in the poor man's garden grow, Far more than herbs and flowers, Kind thoughts, contentment, ...read more

Tags: Peace

A Word Is Not A Crystal, Transparent And ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged, it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to ...read more

Tags: Words

Imagine I Took $10,000 To Buy A New Car. I Paid ...

Contributed by Kerry O'neill on Mar 9, 2010

Imagine I took $10,000 to buy a new car. I paid for it and then went to the car and vacuumed the inside and dumped the contents in a shoe box. Then I emptied the ashtray into the box and I found a couple of old French fries in the back seat and some other garbage in the trunk. I put it all in ...read more

Tags: Atonement

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Tech ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2009

TECH CHURCH People within the Christian community are just as immersed in digital technologies and social networks as those outside. Both evangelicals and born-agains emerged as statistically on-par with national norms when it comes to technological habits. The one exception is access to spiritual ...read more

Tags: Technology

Watch Your Mind And Mouth

Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Jan 5, 2021

Titus 3:9 But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain. 10 A man that is an heretick after the first and second admonition reject; 11 Knowing that he that is such is subverted, and sinneth, being condemned of ...read more

Scripture: Titus 3:9-11

Tags: Heresy, Shun, Arguments, Strivings

Denomination: Baptist

It Was Not The Matter Of The Work, But The Mind ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"It was not the matter of the work, but the mind that went into it, that countedand the man who was not content to do small ...read more

Tags: Fear And Worry

It Is Not True That Women Want A Great Deal. A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"It is not true that women want a great deal. A woman is quite content with very little, if that very little is precisely what ...read more

Tags: Women

George Whitfield Once Said About True Grace…. ...

Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jul 28, 2006

George Whitfield once said about true grace…. "True grace will not be content eating mere morsal but will want to bring others to feast on ...read more

Tags: What Is Evangelism?

Denomination: Baptist

3 Million Wireless U.s. Subscribers Streamed Tv ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 20, 2007

3 million wireless U.S. subscribers streamed TV or played video content on their mobile devices in ...read more

Tags: Entertainment

Good Humor Is A Tonic For Mind And Body. It Is ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Good humor is a tonic for mind and body. It is the best antidote for anxiety and depression. It is a business asset. It attracts and keeps friends. It lightens human ...read more

Tags: Humor

Jonathan Edwards On Freedom Of The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 30, 2009

Jonathan Edwards on Freedom of the Will “If any think it is a more perfect definition of the Will to say that it is that by which the soul either chooses or refuses, I am content with it; though I think it enough to say, it is that by which the soul chooses: for in every act of will whatsoever, the ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 4:4-9

Tags: Thought

Our Days Are A Kaleidoscope. Every Instant A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Our days are a kaleidoscope. Every instant a change takes place in the contents. New harmonies, new contrasts, new combinations of ...read more

Tags: Change