In Sermon Illustrations: "Integrity In Work"

Nothing Is More Satisfying Than Doing Nothing

Contributed by James Snyder on Oct 26, 2024

We were facing a very severe hurricane, and everything was being shut down. The hurricane was to hit us on a Wednesday night. Because we were in the center of where that hurricane was supposed to come, we were not allowed to get out and drive on the streets. I knew that I had to finish all my work ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 3:2

Tags: Hurricane, Planning

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

Faith In My Future  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 27, 2002

FAITH IN MY FUTURE He was born in Columbus, Ohio, 1890, the third of eight children. At eleven he quit school to help with the family expenses, and got his first full-time job at $3.50 per week. At fifteen he got interested in automobiles and went to work in a garage at $4.50 a week. He knew he ...read more

Tags: Giving Yourself, Examples Of Faith, New Year's Day

Wanted: Movers

Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 28, 2004

WANTED: MOVERS Suppose that one of the local businessmen had purchased a new building and was planning to move all of his stock into the new store. He placed an ad in the paper offering $100.00 per day to anyone who would come to help him make the move. The first workers were there early on the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 20:1-16

Tags: Grace, Parable Vineyard, Promises Of God

Unwanted Donations!?

Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Dec 10, 2025

Unwanted Donations!? Introduction: What kinds of materials were needed for Israel to make the Tabernacle? Text, Exodus 36:2-7, KJV: 2 And Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whose heart the LORD had put wisdom, even every one whose heart stirred him up to come unto ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 36:2-7

Tags: Tabernacle, Freewill Offerings, Material Offerings

Denomination: Baptist

Happiness, At Best, Is An Illusory Goal. It Is ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Happiness, at best, is an illusory goal. It is not a destination; it is a manner of traveling. Happiness is not an end in itself. It is a ...read more

Tags: Joy

We Are Not Put Here On Earth To Play Around. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

We are not put here on earth to play around. There is work to be done. There are responsibilities to be met. Humanity ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

Its Really Hard For Me To Keep Trim. Im One Of ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Its really hard for me to keep trim. Im one of those people who can ...read more

Tags: Food

If You Watch A Game, It's Fun. If You Play It, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If you watch a game, it's fun. If you play it, it's recreation. If ...read more

Tags: Sports

If You Want To Achieve Excellence, You Can Get ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of this second, quit ...read more

Tags: Competition

What The Future Holds For Us Depends On What We ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

What the future holds for us depends on what we hold for the future. Hard-working ...read more

Tags: God's Sovereign Will

Government Machinery Has Been Described As A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Government machinery has been described as a marvelous labor saving device which enables ...read more

Tags: Government

Love Not Pleasure; Love God. This Is The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Love not pleasure; love God. This is the everlasting Yea, wherein all contradiction is solved, wherein whoso ...read more

Tags: Christian Love

I Thank God For My Handicaps, For, Through ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I thank God for my handicaps, for, through them, I have found ...read more

Tags: Disability

Results Why, Man, I Have Gotten A Lot Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Results Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several ...read more

Tags: Action

Keep A Definite Goal Of Achievement Constantly ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Keep a definite goal of achievement constantly in view. Realize that work well and worthily ...read more

Tags: Truth

In America, We Amplify Our Shortcomings So ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"In America, we amplify our shortcomings so loudly that they drown out the steady hum of a ...read more

Tags: America

Treat It As A Job Not A Mystical Calling. Then ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Treat it as a job not a mystical calling. Then youll get up every morning and go to work, instead of ...read more

Tags: Books And Literature

Mother's Day Reminds Especially The Mothers ...

Contributed by Daniel Haas on May 8, 2009

Mother’s Day reminds especially the mothers among us not to dissolve themselves into family work but to love ...read more

Tags: Mother's Day

Denomination: Congregational

Faith Is Not The Human Notion And Dream That ...

Contributed by Gregg Bitter on Nov 1, 2009

"Faith is not the human notion and dream that some people call faith" (Luther’s Works ...read more

Tags: Faith

Denomination: Lutheran

I Never Did Anything Worth Doing By Accident, ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by ...read more

Tags: Workplace