In Sermon Illustrations: "Guarding Your Heart"

Pay Attention To Your Enemies, For They Are The ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Pay attention to your enemies, for they are the first to ...read more

Tags: Miscellaneous

As For The Future, Your Task Is Not To Foresee ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"As for the future, your task is not to ...read more

Tags: God's Sovereign Will

There Is A Fountain Of Youth: It Is Your Mind, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of the people you love. When you learn ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

It Is Not The Years In Your Life But The Life In ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

It is not the years in your life but the life in ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

If You Indicate Your Willingness To Be ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If you indicate your willingness to be friendly, men are bound eventually to reciprocate by manifesting a ...read more

Tags: Compassion

Good Friends Are Good For Your ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Good friends are good for ...read more

Tags: Compassion

It Is Not Your Love That Sustains The Marriage, ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"It is not your love that sustains the marriage, but from now on, the ...read more

Tags: Marriage General

Slumber Not In The Tents Of Your Fathers. The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Slumber not in the tents of your fathers. The world is ...read more

Tags: Competition

Think Not Of Yourself As The Architect Of Your ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Think not of yourself as the architect of your career but as the sculptor. Expect to have to do a lot of hard hammering ...read more

Tags: Workplace

Whatever Your Job, It Is Important If It Is ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Whatever your job, it is important if it is what ...read more

Tags: Workplace

If Youre Offered An Honorarium For A Speech, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If youre offered an honorarium for a speech, you can be sure the money ...read more

Tags: Communication Speech

Your Pupils Are Not Bowls To Be Filled, But ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Your pupils are not bowls to be filled, but ...read more

Tags: Learning

Your Dead-Level Best

Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 13, 2009

YOUR DEAD-LEVEL BEST Some years ago in Northwestern University, near Chicago, a rescue crew was organized. Their purpose was the rescue of the drowning on the lake. One day the news came that a magnificent vessel was wrecked just off the shore. The young men hurried at once to the scene of the ...read more

Tags: Evangelism The Lost

Your Spirit Does Matter

Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 17, 2009

YOUR SPIRIT DOES MATTER A preacher wrote: "Today we have people who claim to be Christians shouting ’God hates fags’ at the funerals of soldiers who have died in Iraq, because these ’Christians’ believe God is punishing America for its tolerance of homosexuals. A recent editorial in the paper ...read more

Tags: Anger

What's Your Life Worth?

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 14, 2009

WHAT’S YOUR LIFE WORTH? It’s worth $50,000, according to the international standard used most private and government-run health insurance plans to determine whether to cover a new medical procedure. More simply, insurance companies calculate that to make a treatment worth its cost, it must ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 1:31

Tags: Creation

Object Lesson: Your Reputation

Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Apr 27, 2009

OBJECT LESSON: YOUR REPUTATION (Light a candle on stage.) It’s easy to keep a fire going. What do you do to it? Not much. You work to get it started, and then it pretty much burns on its own. You may have to protect it, maybe do a little maintenance on it. But the fire is automatic. But if ...read more

Tags: Character

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Love Your Neighbor's Broccoli

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 28, 2009

LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR’S BROCCOLI A little girl stayed for dinner at the home of her friend. The vegetable was buttered broccoli, and the mother asked if she liked it. The child replied very politely, "Oh, yes, I love it." But when the bowl of broccoli was passed, she declined to take any. The hostess ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:43-48

Tags: Christian Love

Marriage And Guns: Protect Your ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on May 12, 2009

MARRIAGE AND GUNS: PROTECT YOUR INVESTMENT Charlie Shedd wrote his son a series of letters to give some practical advice about marriage. They were published in a book called Letters to Phillip. Here is one of the most moving chapters: Dear Phil, I used to hunt ducks with a man who had a "thing" ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:22-33

Tags: Marriage, Marriage General

Ask Jesus To Come To Your ...

Contributed by Tim Harlow on May 13, 2009

ASK JESUS TO COME TO YOUR MARRIAGE Some years ago on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson an 8 year old boy from West Virginia and who was rescued from a coal mine was a guest. Through their conversation it became obvious he went to church a lot, so Johnny asked him if he attended Sunday school ...read more

Tags: Marriage General

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Honor Your Mother And Father

Contributed by Jim Blevins on May 15, 2009

HONOR YOUR MOTHER AND FATHER One Mother's Day I was preaching in another state and during the Sunday School class I told about one of the two times that I sassed my mother. Now my mom is about 4 foot 11 inches tall and I was approaching 6 feet so I towered over her. She had told me to do something ...read more

Tags: Commandments Parents

Denomination: Independent/Bible