In Sermon Illustrations: "Duty"

Be Found Doing Your Duty  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 27, 2009

BE FOUND DOING YOUR DUTY "Keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come"(Matt 24:42). A man named Col Davenport was speaker of the Connecticut house of representatives in the late 1700s. On May 19, 1780, the sky of Hartford darkened ominously, and some of the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 24:42

Tags: Obedience

Sufficient To Each Day Are The Duties To Be Done ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Sufficient to each day are the duties to be done and the trials to be endured. God never built a Christian strong enough to carry todays ...read more

Tags: Endurance

Its A Womans Duty To Provide For The Inner Man, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Its a womans duty to provide for the inner man, and a mans duty to ...read more

Tags: Men And Women

Non-Cooperation With Evil Is As Much A Duty As ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as ...read more

Tags: Satan

Freedom And Duty Always Go Hand In Hand And If ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Freedom and duty always go hand in hand and if the free do not accept the duty of social ...read more

Tags: Political Freedom

The Duty Of Helping Ones Self In The Highest ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The duty of helping ones self in the highest sense involves the ...read more

Tags: Friendship General

Gratitude Is A Duty Which Ought To Be Paid, But ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none ...read more

Tags: Joy

To Let Oneself Be Bound By A Duty From The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

To let oneself be bound by a duty from the moment you see it approaching is a part of the integrity ...read more

Tags: Leadership General

The Number Of Active Duty Soldiers Getting A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

The number of active duty soldiers getting a divorce rose 28% in ’04. Long separations and stress are blamed. (Foster ...read more

Tags: Divorce

Doing Your Duty With A Little Faith

Contributed by Richard L. Brown on Sep 16, 2023

Don Gullett was the greatest athlete eastern Kentucky has ever seen. He excelled in all sports. He was so good that he was recruited by the University of Kentucky in all three sports….Basketball, Football, and Baseball. In Basketball he averaged 20 points and 12 rebounds a game; I personally ...read more

Scripture: Luke 17:5-10, 2 Timothy 1:3-12

Tags: Trust, Faith

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Once We Become Rightly Related To God, Duty ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Once we become rightly related to God, duty will never be a disagreeable thing of which we have to say with a sigh, Oh, well, I ...read more

Tags: Discipleship

The Whole Duty Of Man Is Summed Up In Obedience ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The whole duty of man is summed up in ...read more

Tags: God The Father

Do Your Duty And A Little Bit More, And The ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Do your duty and a little bit more, and the future will ...read more

Tags: Discipleship

A Duty Dodged Is Like A Debt Unpaid; It Is Only ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"A duty dodged is like a debt unpaid; it is only deferred, and we must come back ...read more

Tags: Discipleship

Christ Was Never In A Hurry.each Days Duties ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Christ was never in a hurry.Each days duties were done as every day brought them, ...read more

Tags: Workplace Balance

To Do One's Duty Sounds A Rather Cold And ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"To do one's duty sounds a rather cold and cheerless business, but somehow in the end it does give ...read more

Tags: Discipleship

Duty Is A Very Personal Thing. It Is What Comes ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Duty is a very personal thing. It is what comes from knowing the need to take action and not just a ...read more

Tags: Discipleship

To Love Isthe Real Duty Of Patriotism, Whereas, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"To love isthe real duty of patriotism, whereas, in the mouths of many of its noisiest professors, the ...read more

Tags: Patriotism

He Had A Hat

Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Oct 4, 2019

During a tornado a mother was crying for help. It seems that her son was taken up into the tornado and blown away. The mother turned to heaven and shouted a prayer: “Please, Lord, bring back my son! He’s all I have. I’ll do anything to get him back.”--- Suddenly, her son fell from the sky right at ...read more

Scripture: Luke 17:5-10

Tags: Faith, Duty, Desires, Prayers

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The First Duty Of Every Soul Is To Find Not Its ...  PRO

Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jul 1, 2002

"The first duty of every soul is to find not its freedom but its Master". Warren W. Wiersbe, The Integrity ...read more

Tags: Christian Liberty, Disciplines General

Denomination: Baptist