In Sermon Illustrations: "Dumb Things We Do"

On Earth We Have Nothing To Do With Success Or ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"On earth we have nothing to do with success or results, but only with being true to God and for God. Defeat in ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

We Always, It Seems, Do Better With Resolutions ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"We always, it seems, do better with resolutions if we tell others, for we fear their mockery more ...read more

Tags: New Year's Day

We Do Not Strive For Spectacular Actions. What ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"We do not strive for spectacular actions. What counts is the gift of yourself, the degree of love ...read more

Tags: Christian Love

The Pleasure We Derive From Doing Favors Is ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The pleasure we derive from doing favors is partly in the feeling it gives us that we ...read more

Tags: Friendship General

We Do Not Learn To Know Men Through Their ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"We do not learn to know men through their coming to us. To find out what sort of people ...read more

Tags: Human Life

What We Do On Some Great Occasions Will ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"What we do on some great occasions will probably depend upon what we already are, and what we are will be the ...read more

Tags: Self

What Do We Have To Worry About?

Contributed by Alan Tison on Jul 9, 2007

What do we have to Worry about? Consider the following… 40% of our worries never happen. Anxiety is the result of a tired mind. 30% of our worries concerns past decisions which cannot be changed 12% of our worries centers on criticism by others, meant to make us feel inferior 10% is related to ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

What We Do For The Lord Is Important, But So Is ...

Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jul 19, 2007

What we do for the Lord is important, but so is why we do it! …Just think of it: it is possible to serve, sacrifice, and suffer “for My name’s sake” and yet not really love Jesus Christ! The Ephesian believers were so busy maintaining their separation that they were neglecting adoration. Labor is ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

What Did We Do To Deserve This?

Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Aug 13, 2008

WHAT DID WE DO TO DESERVE THIS? In an old Dennis the Menace cartoon, Dennis and his little friend Joey are leaving Mrs. Wilson's house, their hands full of cookies. Joey says, "I wonder what we did to deserve this." Dennis answers, "Look, ...read more

Tags: Grace

Denomination: Pentecostal

We Then Can Do The Perfect Will Of God For Our ...

Contributed by Tony Abram on Oct 30, 2008

We then can do the perfect Will of God for our lives and say with David Livingstone: When you are ministering to the sick and dying share these words of "I am ...read more

Tags: God's Sovereign Will

How Much Time Do We Have ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2010

How Much Time Do We Have Left? A few years ago People Magazine published an article entitled, “Dead Ahead,” telling about a new clock that keeps track of how much time you have left to live. It calculates an average life span of 75 years for men and 80 years for women. So you program your sex and ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:15-17

Tags: Death, Death Nearness

Brethren, If We Will Do God’s Work In ...

Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jul 7, 2010

Brethren, if we will do God’s work in God’s way at God’s time with God’s power, we shall have God’s blessing and the devil’s curses. When God opens the windows of heaven to bless us, the devil will open the door of hell to blast us. God’s smile means the devil’s frown! Mere preachers may help ...read more

Tags: Satan, Prophets

Denomination: Baptist

How Urgent Do We Approach The Harvest

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Jun 13, 2017

In Matthew 9:38 Jesus describes driving workers into the field with the urgency of a harvest that cannot wait. Yet, so often our churches have become ho-hum about God's harvest. How can revival come to our land when our churches are so Laodicean in attitude? How can our dying western ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 9:38

Tags: Harvest, Urgency

Denomination: Baptist

We May Let Go All Things Which We Cannot Carry ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

We may let go all things which we cannot carry ...read more

Tags: Kingdom Of God

Why Do We Cry? Because We're Sad, Or Because ...  PRO

Contributed by Mark Hensley on Jan 16, 2003

Why do we cry? Because we’re sad, or because we’re happy? When we’re calm, or when we’re stressed? Because we want to, or because we can’t help it? Why do we cry, when we fall and when our feelings are hurt? Why do we cry, when someone dies, and when someone lives? Why do we cry, when someone ...read more

Tags: Endurance, Hardship Of Life

Denomination: Baptist

Its Not How Much We Do, But How Much Love We ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Its not how much we do, but how much love we ...read more

Tags: Attitude General

We Do Not Rest Because Our Work Is Done; We Rest ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

We do not rest because our work is done; we rest because God commanded it and ...read more

Tags: Commandments Sabbath

It Is Much Less What We Do Than What We Think ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

It is much less what we do than what we think that ...read more

Tags: Thought

Other Things May Change Us, But We Start And ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Other things may change us, but we start and ...read more

Tags: Family

God Lets Us Fail In A Secondary Thing That We ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

God lets us fail in a secondary thing that we may ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life