In Sermon Illustrations: "Confirm Your Love"

A Smile Is The Light In Your Window That Tells ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

If Youre Willing To Plan For A Wide Range Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"if youre willing to plan for a wide range of small and large disastersthus reducing the potential for you and others to be caught off-guardyou can actually be more aggressive, and thus more likely to avert setbacks. ...read more

Tags: Church Practices

Language Is The Apparel In Which Your Thoughts ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Language is the apparel in which your thoughts parade before the public. Never clothe ...read more

Tags: Communication General

Compromise Is The Art Of Giving Your Opponent ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Compromise is the art of giving your opponent that which he is not ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:8, Romans 12:18, Romans 12:10

Tags: Relationships, Anger, Compromise, Argue

Your Attitude Toward Life In General Is ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Your attitude toward life in general is reflected in your response ...read more

Tags: Morning

Stay Young By Hanging On To Your Dreams. A ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Stay young by hanging on to your dreams. A philosopher writes: There is not much to do but bury a man ...read more

Tags: Dreams

The Deeper That Sorrow Carves Into Your Being, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more ...read more

Tags: Disappointment

Schedule All Your Worrying For A Specific ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Schedule all your worrying for a specific half-hour about the middle of the day. Then ...read more

Tags: Guilt

If Your Baby Is Beautiful And Perfect, Never ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If your baby is beautiful and perfect, never cries or fusses, sleeps on schedule and burps on demand, an ...read more

Tags: Family

There Is No Use In Your Walking Five Miles To ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

There is no use in your walking five miles to fish when you can depend on being ...read more

Tags: Sports

Your Greatest Pleasure Is That Which Rebounds ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Your greatest pleasure is that which rebounds from hearts ...read more

Tags: Friendship New Friends

Let There Be Spaces In Your Togetherness And Let ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Let there be spaces in your togetherness And let the winds of ...read more

Tags: Friendship New Friends

Borrow Trouble For Yourself, If Thats Your ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Borrow trouble for yourself, if thats your nature, but dont lend ...read more

Tags: Friendship General

To Believe Your Own Thought, To Believe That ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your own heart is true for all men that is genius.A man should learn to detect and watch that ...read more

Tags: Thought

One Mistake, And You're Finished

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2009

ONE MISTAKE, AND YOU’RE FINISHED When I was chaplain at the University of Maryland, there was a religious group on campus which left no room for mistakes. If you didn’t measure up, out you went. We heard that one of the students had been sent out of that group for drinking. Then we heard that ...read more

Tags: Judgment

Signs You're In A Bad Church  PRO

Contributed by Davon Huss on May 5, 2009

Signs You’re in a Bad Church 10. The church bus has gun racks. 9. The church staff consists of Senior Pastor, Associate Pastor and Socio-pastor. 8. The Bible they use is the "Dr. Seuss Version." 7. There’s an ATM in the lobby. 6. The choir wears leather robes. 5. Worship services are B.Y.O.S.: ...read more

Tags: Church General

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Silence: Taking Your Soul With You  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 25, 2009

SILENCE: TAKING YOUR SOUL WITH YOU Author Kathleen Norris used to play a game with elementary-school children in which she would make a deal with them. "First you get to make noise," she would bargain, "and then you’ll make silence." The time of noise was always predictably chaotic -- shouting, ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 46:10

Tags: Maturity, Disciplines Silence

Grace Can Change Your Life

Contributed by Scott Bayles on Jun 27, 2009

GRACE CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE My wife, Ashley, once told me about a moment of grace that will forever remain in her memory. One icy November afternoon when she was in high school, a carload of teenage boys were on their way to a basketball game. Ashley was a cheerleader and had already arrived at the ...read more

Tags: Grace

Denomination: Christian Church

If You Care, Give Your Testimony

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 14, 2009

IF YOU CARE, GIVE YOUR TESTIMONY God wants us to be concerned about other people. And one of the best ways we can show our concern is by giving them testimonies about Jesus. One of my all-time favorite teachers was Don Wilton. One day in class, Dr. Wilton told us about getting to serve on Billy ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 3:15-16

Tags: Evangelism The Lost

The Lord Is Your Shepherd, And That's Enough  PRO

Contributed by Larry Moyer on Aug 5, 2009

THE LORD IS YOUR SHEPHERD, AND THAT’S ENOUGH One time there was a newspaper office in that always had a practice that if the pastors in that city would call in and give them texts and titles to their messages, they would print them in the paper so all the people in the city would know on what ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 23:1

Tags: God Brings Hope

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational