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Maturity Is Recognizing That The Choices We Make ...  PRO

Contributed by Davon Huss on Apr 4, 2006

Maturity is recognizing that the choices we make carry consequences. I had a good laugh at a story in the newspapers sometime back about a teacher who found a great way to make students pay for their crimes. Troublemakers at Riverside Brookfield High in Chicago are being forced to serve after ...read more

Tags: Bible Influence

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Self Sufficiency Is The Idol Of Choice In Today's ...  PRO

Contributed by Bobby Stults on Aug 30, 2006

Self Sufficiency is the idol of choice in today’s ...read more

Tags: Idolatry

Denomination: Baptist

But The Choice Of Celibacy Has First And Foremost ...

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Feb 28, 2009

But the choice of celibacy has first and foremost a nuptial meaning, . . .a profound identification with the heart of Christ, the Bridegroom who gives his life for his Bride. . .Priestly celibacy lived with maturity, joy ...read more

Tags: Pastors

Denomination: Catholic

The Choice: Build Up Or Tear Down  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 11, 2009

THE CHOICE: BUILD UP OR TEAR DOWN Years ago I picked up a poem named "The Choice." I do not know where I got it nor the author, but it illustrates the importance of building others up. This poem raises the question of whether we will "tear down or build up." "I watched some men tearing a building ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:11, 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11

Tags: Encouragement

A Pro-Choice Feminist And A Pro-Life ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

A pro-choice feminist and a pro-life conservative were debating the relative merits of the sanctity of life issue. Sensing victory in the debate, the feminist declared, "You don’t understand, we’ve won in the White House, and we’ve won in the courthouse. Face it, it’s over, the fat ...read more

Tags: Jesus Christ

Joy Is Not A Feeling; Its A Choice. Its Not ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Joy is not a feeling; its a choice. Its not based upon circumstances; its based upon attitude. Its free, but not cheap. Its the ...read more

Tags: Joy

My Choice Early In Life Was Either To Be A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"My choice early in life was either to be a piano-player in a whorehouse or a politician. And to tell the ...read more

Tags: Government

Faced With The Choice Between Changing Ones ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Faced with the choice between changing ones mind and proving that there is no need to do so, ...read more

Tags: Truth

What's In A Name, Anyway?

Contributed by James Snyder on Nov 16, 2019

I cannot express how ecstatic I was when someone gave me a coupon for a free donut. Normally, I am not overly excited about “free.” All I had to do was fill out a little survey online and they would send me a code that would guarantee me a free donut. In my “daily diary diet,” I have a whole ...read more

Scripture: John 8:32

Tags: Freedom, Choice

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

Any Pie à La Mode Is My Kind Of Pie

Contributed by James Snyder on Jul 3, 2021

Choices are a very important part of our everyday life. I am what I am today because of choices I made yesterday. I would like to blame someone else, but the truth of the matter is, I am what I am because of my choices. I must confess that there are a lot of bad choices I have made throughout my ...read more

Scripture: Amos 3:3

Tags: Marriage, Choices

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

Bad Attitude

Contributed by David Swanger on Jan 24, 2024

A mother and daughter, trying to make the most of the sales before Christmas, spent the day shopping. As they went from store to store in the mall, the mom complained about everything: the crowds, the poor quality of the merchandise, the prices, her sore feet. After the mother experienced a ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 118:24

Tags: Choice, Attitude

Making Decisions Is The Hardest Part Of My Life

Contributed by James Snyder on Feb 3, 2024

If it were not for decisions, my life would be perfect. After all these years, I still wrestle with decision-making. I admit that I often don’t make good decisions. I'm not sure, so don't repeat this, but I think The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage knows this and uses it to her ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 3:5-6

Tags: Decisions, Choices

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

Choices Have To Be Made By All Of Us At Some ...  PRO

Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Oct 18, 2000

Choices have to be made by all of us at some time. A poet (James Russell Lowell) put it like this: "Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide; Some great cause, God’s new Messiah, offering each the bloom or blight; Parts the goats upon the left hand, and the ...read more

Tags: Commitment To Christ, Judgment, Second Coming

Denomination: Baptist

Max Lucado Describes The Choice Joseph Made To Be ...

Contributed by Darren Mccormick on Dec 4, 2006

Max Lucado describes the choice Joseph made to be obedient by comparing it to going out on a limb for God. He claims, Quote from Max Lucado (TAKEN OFF A SERMON TAPE): Joseph was perched firmly on his branch in the tree. It was thick, reliable and perfect for sitting. It was so strong that he ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Every Time You Are Making A Choice, You Are ...  PRO

Contributed by Jeff Cheadle on Nov 18, 2005

“Every time you are making a choice, you are turning the central part of you, the part of you that chooses, into something a little different than it was before. And taking your life as a whole, with all your innumerable choices, all your life you are slowly turning this central thing either into a ...read more

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Some Choices Carry Greater Consequences Than ...

Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Sep 22, 2008

Some choices carry greater consequences than others. A student nurse came into the hospital room to give her 79-year-old patient a shot. She asked him, ...read more

Tags: Sin Wages Of

Denomination: United Methodist

You Have A Choice To Fallow What Hollywood ...

Contributed by Chris Summers on Oct 9, 2008

You have a choice to fallow what Hollywood thinks is the way to live or what the one who created the ...read more

Tags: Worldliness

Denomination: Baptist

Taxation Under Every Form Presents But A Choice ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Taxation under every form presents but a ...read more

Tags: Giving General

Providence Has Given To Our People The Choice ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Providence has given to our people the choice of their rulers, and it is the duty as well as the privilege and interest of our Christian nation ...read more

Tags: Government

Life Often Presents Us With A Choice Of Evils ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Life often presents us with a choice of evils ...read more

Tags: Learning