In Sermon Illustrations: "Deny Self" showing 221-240 of 1,866

Self-Delusion Is Pulling In Your Stomach When ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

Self-delusion is pulling in your stomach when you ...read more

Tags: Addiction

If You Dont Learn Anything But Self-Discipline, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If you dont learn anything but self-discipline, then ...read more

Tags: Sports

The True Leader Inspires In Others Self Trust, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The true leader inspires in others self trust, guiding their eyes ...read more

Tags: Gifts Leadership

Leaders Are Self-Starters. They Say, Lets Go, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Leaders are self-starters. They say, Lets go, and lead. They dont say, Sic em, and step back ...read more

Tags: Gifts Leadership

Self-Righteous Service Comes Through Human ...

Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jul 19, 2007

Self-righteous service comes through human effort. True service comes from a relationship with the divine Other deep inside. Self-righteous service is impressed with the “big deal.” True service finds it almost impossible to distinguish the small from the large service. Self-righteous service ...read more

Tags: Joy

Denomination: Baptist

Self-Love Under A Form Of Holiness: -- The Text ...

Contributed by Lonnie Erwin on Sep 27, 2007

Self-love under a form of holiness: -- The text may be considered two ways -- relatively or absolutely. 1. Relatively. as it relates to the eighteen sins before mentioned; so this sin is the cloak to hide and cover them all; men will be lovers of themselves, but under a form of godliness. Hence ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Take Off The Masks Of Fake Religion, Self ...

Contributed by Allan Kircher on Jul 20, 2008

Take off the masks of fake religion, self righteousness and put on God’s power He placed ...read more

Tags: Power

Denomination: Baptist

A Death Blow To Self-Centered False Gospels  PRO

Contributed by Michael Wiley on Nov 12, 2008

John MacArthur writes: This passage...strikes a death blow to the self-centered false gospels that are so popular in contemporary Christianity. It leaves no room for the gospel of getting, in which God is considered a type of utilitarian genie who jumps to provide a believer's every whim. It ...read more

Tags: Discipleship

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Do You Have This Much Self Control?

Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Feb 27, 2023

I heard a funny story about a stunt pilot who was selling rides in his single engine airplane. One day he got into an argument with a pastor who insisted on taking his wife along at no extra charge. Not wanting to miss out on a chance to make some cash, the pilot said, “I’ll take you both up for ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 5:22-23

Tags: Works Of The Flesh, Self Denial, Self Control, Marriage, Fruit Of The Spirit, Character Of Christ  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Cost Of Discipleship  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 19, 2009

COST OF DISCIPLESHIP I recently read the true story about a preacher who was standing at the door shaking hands as the congregation departed. He grabbed one man by the hand and pulled him aside. The preacher said to him, "You need to join the Army of the Lord!" The man replied, "I’m already in the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 16:24-25

Tags: Discipleship, Follow, Deny, Gross

The Christian's Passion  PRO

Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008

The Christian's Passion "Denying Oneself" There is a tale of the great English actor Macready. Macready was once asked by a preacher; "What is the difference between you and me?" You see the actor appeared before crowds night after night proclaiming fiction and people listened with delight. The ...read more

Scripture: Mark 8:34-37

Tags: Passion, Christian Love

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

James Boice Says, "God’s Self-Existence ...  PRO

Contributed by Bruce Goettsche on Oct 18, 2000

James Boice says, "God’s self-existence means that he is not answerable to us or to anybody. Although He sometimes explains things to us, he does not have to and often he does not. God does not have to ...read more

Tags: God's Provision, God's Sovereign Will

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Self –improvement Products Have Grown 50% Since ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

Self –improvement products have grown 50% since ’00. (Foster Letter ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

Like Our Souls Soap Bubbles Are Self-Contained, ...

Contributed by Daniel Haas on Feb 28, 2009

Like our souls soap bubbles are self-contained, colorful, stable and fragile. They meet, ...read more

Tags: Soul

Denomination: Congregational

Conquering Ourselves  PRO

Contributed by Lalachan Abraham on Jul 15, 2013

Edmund Hilary the first man who conquered Mount Everest was asked by an interviewer about his passions for climbing mountains. He gave this reply: "It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves." Peter the Great of Russia is quoted as saying, "I have been able to conquer an empire, but I have ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 25:28

Tags: Self-Control, Self-Discipline

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

One Day I Looked At Myself—at The Self That ...  PRO

Contributed by Bruce Howell on Dec 30, 2000

One day I looked at myself—at the self that Christ can see; I saw the person I am today and the one I ought to be. I saw how little I really pray and how little I really do; I saw the influence of my life—how little of it was true! I saw the bundle of faults and fears I ought to lay on ...read more

Tags: Holiness

Denomination: Wesleyan

Doing Less Than Your Best Breeds Self-Contempt. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Doing less than your best breeds self-contempt. We fail to have a vision of greatness. What does greatness look ...read more

Tags: Greatness

Do Not Let Your Vanity And Self-Love Make You ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Do not let your vanity and self-love make you suppose that people become your friends at first sight, or even upon a short acquaintance. Real friendship is a slow grower, and never ...read more

Tags: Compassion

P ...

Contributed by Larry Moyer on Aug 5, 2009

PROBLEM-SOLVING Now frankly, you know as well as I do when we want to solve a problem, we are not always the best at it, and sometimes by trying to solve a problem we just create another one. I love the story Reader’s Digest told of some men who were laying carpet in a woman’s living room. ...read more

Tags: Self, Problems

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Tourist Misses Beauty Of Alps By Looking At ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 5, 2009

Tourist Misses Beauty of Alps by Looking at Herself in a Mirror [IN LOVE WITH A MIRROR] A group of TOURISTS WAS TRAVELING through the mountains in Switzerland. At one high point they could see magnificent snow-capped peaks and look into the deep blue of the Alpine lakes below. The view was ...read more

Tags: Selfishness, Self