In Sermon Illustrations: "God Our Righteousness"

Brandt States, "We Must Accept Our Behavior (Our ...

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jan 6, 2003

Brandt states, "We must accept our behavior (our soulish behavior – our physical habits) for what it is and confess it to God. Then that behavior (habit) needs to be forsaken. We must admit to ...read more

Tags: Character, Christian Disciplines

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Warren Wiersbe Writes, "Our Values Determine Our ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 31, 2001

Warren Wiersbe writes, "Our values determine our evaluations. If we value comfort more than character, then trials will upset us. If we value the material and physical more than the spiritual, we will not be able to count it all joy! If we live only ...read more

Scripture: James 1:9-11, James 1:2-12, James 1:19-27

Tags: Endurance, Joy, Human Body, Prayer

Men May Spurn Our Appeals, Reject Our ...  PRO

Contributed by Donnie Martin on Nov 23, 2002

“...Men may spurn our appeals, reject our message, oppose our arguments, despise our persons—but they are ...read more

Tags: Prayer General, Prayer Adoration

Denomination: Baptist

Our Origin Determines Our Destiny. It Tells Us ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 15, 2004

Our origin determines our destiny. It tells us who we are, why we are here, and how we should order our lives together in society. Charles Colson and Nancy Pearcey, How Now ...read more

Sometimes Our Hate Sounds Louder In Our Actions ...  PRO

Contributed by Greg Buchner on Aug 19, 2004

"Sometimes our hate sounds louder in our actions than in the volume of our voices that claim love as the grace-filled answer." - Pastor Greg Buchner - Wakelee Church (www.wakeleechurch.net) on the ...read more

Tags: Adultery, Hate, Homosexuality

Denomination: Methodist

We Live In Our Desires Rather Than In Our ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

We live in our desires rather than in ...read more

Tags: Desire

To Our Mothers We Owe Our Highest Esteem, For ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"To our mothers we owe our highest esteem, for it is from their gift of life that the flow of events begins that shapes our destiny. A mothers love, nurturing and beliefs are among the strongest ...read more

Tags: Parenting

Let The Loss Of Our Friends Be Our Only Grief, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Let the loss of our friends be our only grief, and the apprehension of ...read more

Tags: Compassion

Our Incomes Should Be Like Our Shoes: If Too ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Our incomes should be like our shoes: if too small, they will gall and pinch, but if too ...read more

Tags: Money

We Suffer Primarily Not From Our Vices Or Our ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"We suffer primarily not from our vices or our weaknesses, but from our illusions. We are haunted, not by reality, but by ...read more

Tags: Supernatural

All Our Knowledge Has Its Origin In Our ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

All our knowledge has its origin in ...read more

Tags: Thought

What It Lies In Our Power To Do, It Lies In Our ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our ...read more

Tags: Self

All Our Work, Our Whole Life Is A Matter Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"All our work, our whole life is a matter of semantics, because words are the tools with which we work, the material out of which laws are made, out of which the Constitution ...read more

Tags: Words

Nature Kindly Warps Our Judgment About Our ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Nature kindly warps our judgment about our children, especially when they are young, when it would be a fatal ...read more

Tags: Children

We First Make Our Habits, And Then Our Habits ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"We first make our habits, and then our ...read more

Tags: Character

Our Destiny Changes With Our Thoughts; We Shall ...

Contributed by Jeremy Lane on May 15, 2010

Our destiny changes with our thoughts; we shall become what we wish to become, do what we wish to do, when our habitual thoughts ...read more

Tags: Leadership General

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Our Maker So Designed Us That Our Nature Finds ...

Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jan 25, 2003

Our Maker so designed us that our nature finds final satisfaction and fulfillment only in a relationship of responsive Godlikeness—which means, precisely, that state of correspondence between our acts and God’s will which we call ...read more

Tags: Fulfillment, Faith

Denomination: Baptist

Using Our Ability

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 29, 2011

USING OUR ABILITY S. D. Gordon said, "We have nothing to do with how much ability we’ve got, or how little, but with what we do with what we have. The man with great talent is apt to be puffed up, and the man with little (talent) to belittle the little. Poor fools! God gives it, much or little. ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:3-8

Tags: Servanthood

Our Guide Home

Contributed by Perry Greene on May 3, 2012

OUR GUIDE HOME A certain guide in the deserts of Arabia never lost his way. He carried a homing pigeon with a fine cord attached to his leg. If he doubted which path to take or if he was caught in a sand storm, he would release the bird. The pigeon would fly in the direction of home. The guide was ...read more

Tags: Holy Spirit In Believers

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Our Greatest Need

Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Dec 20, 2012

If we were to go out on the streets and ask people at random, “What is your greatest need?” we would probably get a number of different responses. We wouldn’t be surprised in this economy if we got several answers of people needing a job so they could provide for their home and family. If people ...read more

Tags: Salvation

Denomination: Baptist