In Sermon Illustrations: "False Guilt"

To Be Upset Over What You Don't Have Is To Waste ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

To be upset over what you don't have is to waste ...read more

Tags: Guilt

A Day Of Worry Is More Exhausting Than A Week Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

A day of worry is more exhausting than ...read more

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We Probably Wouldn't Worry About What Other ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

We probably wouldn't worry about what other people think of us if we ...read more

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If I Spent As Much Time Doing The Things I ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If I spent as much time doing the things I worry about getting done as I do worrying about them, I ...read more

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Worry Is A Circle Of Inefficient Thoughts ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Worry is a circle of inefficient thoughts whirling ...read more

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Aint No Sense In Worrying About Things You Got ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Aint no sense in worrying about things you got control over, cause if you got control over them, aint no sense worrying. And there aint no sense worrying about things you got no control over, cause ...read more

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Worry Is A Thin Stream Of Fear Trickling ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Worry is a thin stream of fear trickling through the mind. If encouraged, it cuts a channel into ...read more

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We Are, Perhaps, Uniquely Among The Earths ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"We are, perhaps, uniquely among the earths creatures, the worrying animal. We worry away our lives, fearing the future, discontent with the present, ...read more

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Worry Not About The Future, The Present Is All ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Worry not about the Future, The Present is all thou hast. The Future will soon be Present, ...read more

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Worry Is The Interest Paid By Those Who Borrow ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Worry is the interest paid by those who ...read more

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Small Worries Are Like Gnats; Movement And ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Small worries are like gnats; movement and ...read more

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Every Moment Of Worry Weakens The Soul For Its ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Every moment of worry weakens the soul for ...read more

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If You Want To Test Your Memory, Try To Recall ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If you want to test your memory, try to recall what you were worrying ...read more

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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

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Oh, I Worry Over This Thing And I Worry Over ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Oh, I worry over this thing and I worry over that, But I notice when the atmosphere has cleared, That the bad luck I had looked for Didn't come and knock me flat, And I didn't have the trouble that I feared. Oh, I like to start the morning with an apprehensive sigh, For I find a bit of worry to ...read more

Tags: Guilt

Best Speeding-Ticket Excuse

Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 16, 2009

BEST SPEEDING-TICKET EXCUSE A convention of Arkansas State troopers was asked to submit the best excuse they’d ever heard for someone trying to get out of a speeding ticket. The winning entry was submitted by a trooper who clocked a semi-tractor truck speeding down the interstate. The trooper ...read more

Tags: Guilt

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Power Of Shame

Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009

THE POWER OF SHAME I remember how troubled I was after attending the funeral of an old lady who used to be my visitation partner for many years in a two-person team at a former church. Her brother and sister-in-law were deacons at the church. When I heard she had cancer some years after I left, I ...read more

Scripture: Romans 9:33

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Everyday Reminder

Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 24, 2009

EVERYDAY REMINDER Those of you who know me know that I love fishing. I do not however like hunting. For some reason the thought of shooting an animal is just not appealing to me. That does not mean I do not know how to shoot. When I was a kid I was in a gun club. I competed in target shooting and ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 31:19

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Roots: Freedom From Your Slavery

Contributed by Gregg Bitter on Jan 25, 2010

Roots: Freedom From Your Slavery Kunta Kinte lived free among the Mandinka people of West Africa, becoming a Mandinka warrior at fifteen. But then as he gathered wood for a drum outside his village, slavers captured him. Stacked away on a slave ship piled up with a hundred seventy other slaves, he ...read more

Tags: Guilt

Denomination: Lutheran

Kunta Kinte

Contributed by Gregg Bitter on Jan 25, 2010

Kunta Kinte Our greatest sin is trying to deal with our sin-guilt by some form of denial. These various forms of denial think that we can escape and run away from our guilt. We imagine that freedom is within our power. Kunta Kinte tried to escape. He tried to mentally escape by refusing to ...read more

Tags: Guilt

Denomination: Lutheran