In Sermon Illustrations: "Spiritual Discipline"

Keep Your Eyes On Me

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 28, 2009

KEEP YOUR EYES ON ME One day, a man hired an experienced guide to lead him on a hike into the Swiss Alps. After many hours, they came to a high and remote mountain pass. To the man’s dismay, he saw the path had almost been washed out. What could he do? To the left was a sheer rock cliff, to his ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 12:2

Tags: Disciplines General

Faith Isn't Comfortable

Contributed by Bill Butsko on Jan 29, 2009

FAITH ISN'T COMFORTABLE "You will never learn faith in comfortable surroundings. God gives us the promises in a quiet hour; God seals our covenants with great and gracious words, then He steps back and waits to see how much we believe; then He lets the tempter come, and the test seems to ...read more

Tags: Disciplines General

Denomination: Christian Church

We Must Come To Love The Christian Life, Or We ...

Contributed by Charles Wallis on Feb 3, 2009

"We must come to love the Christian life, or we will never come to live the ...read more

Tags: Christian Disciplines

Denomination: Pentecostal

Two Men Are On A Journey One Day. The First ...  PRO

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Feb 7, 2009

Two men are on a journey one day. The first complains to the second that he never focuses on anything; he's always being distracted by something. The second disputes the claim and says he can and does focus on doing what he is doing frequently. The first man says, "I bet you a banana split that ...read more

Tags: Christian Disciplines

Denomination: Catholic

At Times Being A Christian Will Mean For Us A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

At times being a Christian will mean for us a sacrifice, will involve a cost , it could involves once held friendships it could mean letting go of something in order for us to fulfil Gods purposes in our lives as Martin Luther once said, “The cross we bear always goes before the crown we ...read more

Tags: Christian Disciplines

National Day Of Fasting

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

National Day Of Fasting In 1995 U.S. Senator Mark O. Hatfield presented a resolution designating Monday of Thanksgiving week as "National Day of Fasting." He and Stan Mooneyham, President of World Vision International called on all Americans to experience hunger ...read more

Tags: Disciplines Fasting

Lincoln Proclaims National Fast Day

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Lincoln Proclaims National Fast Day Abraham Lincoln wrote an address to the nation during the Civil War that was at least as important as the Gettysburg Address. It was his proclamation for a national fast-day, by which he did designate and set apart Thursday the 30th day of April 1863, as a day of ...read more

Tags: Disciplines Fasting

Fasting On That Day. An Officer In The Turkish ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Fasting On That Day. An officer in the Turkish War told his men that if they died in battle, they would sup with Christ in Paradise. The officer fled. When asked why he did not wish to sup with ...read more

Tags: Disciplines Fasting

Give Me New England

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Give Me New England For three days Edwards had not eaten a mouthful of food: for three nights he had not closed his eyes in sleep. Over and over again, he had been saying to God, "Give me New England Give me New England" and when he arose from his knees, and made his way into the pulpit they say ...read more

Tags: Disciplines Fasting

Thomas Edison Was Said To Have (2) Tried Over ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

Thomas Edison was said to have (2) tried over 2,000 different materials in search of a filament for the lightbulb. He assistant remarked "All of our work is in vain, we have learned nothing." To which Edison corrected the assitant, noting the progress they had made ...read more

Tags: Christian Disciplines

The Story Is Told Of A Man From The East Coast ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

The story is told of a man from the east coast who had always dreamed of owning a cattle ranch and had finally saved enough money to buy his dream spread in Wyoming. His best friend flew out to visit and asked, “So, what’s the name of your ranch?” His buddy told him that he and his wife had had a ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 4:12-13

Tags: Disciplines Scripture

In Her Book, "Living With Love," Josephine ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

In her book, "Living with Love," Josephine Robertson tells a story. "In 1883, a youthful clergyman, the Rev. Joe Roberts, arrived by stagecoach in a blizzard to minister to the Indians of Wyoming. This great, wild area had been assigned to the Protestant Episcopal Church by President Grant. Soon ...read more

Tags: Christian Disciplines

No One Ever Reached Any Eminence, And No One ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"No one ever reached any eminence, and no one having reached it ever ...read more

Tags: Christian Disciplines

There Is No Man That Lives Who Does Not Need To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"There is no man that lives who does not need to be drilled, disciplined and developed into something higher and ...read more

Tags: Christian Disciplines

As Soon As We Renounced The Precepts Of The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"As soon as we renounced the precepts of the Gospel, we renounced all interior discipline. The new generation is not even ...read more

Tags: Christian Disciplines

No Horse Ever Gets Anywhere Until He Is ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"No horse ever gets anywhere until he is harnessed. No steam or gas ever drives anything until it is confined. No Niagara is ever turned into light and power until it is tunneled. No ...read more

Tags: Christian Disciplines

The Most Valuable Of All Education Is The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The most valuable of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do when it has to ...read more

Tags: Christian Disciplines

No Pain, No Palm; No Thorns, No Throne; No ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; ...read more

Tags: Christian Disciplines

Character Is, By Its Very Nature, The Product ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Character is, by its very nature, the ...read more

Tags: Christian Disciplines

Perhaps It Would Be A Good Idea, Fantastic As ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Perhaps it would be a good idea, fantastic as it sounds, to muffle every telephone, stop every motor and halt all activity for one hour some day just to give people a chance to ponder for a few minutes on ...read more

Tags: Disciplines Silence