In Sermon Illustrations: "steady" showing 1-20 of 156

Slow And Steady  PRO

Contributed by Troy Borst on May 28, 2003

SLOW AND STEADY The power of the Holy Spirit is not just for salvation, but transformation, a process that might be slow and gradual. The difference might look like this: You can take ten gallons of gasoline and release a tremendous amount of power and energy by just dropping a lighted match ...read more

Scripture: Acts 1:4-8, 1 Thessalonians 1:7-8

Tags: Holy Spirit Attributes, Holy Spirit General

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Slow And Steady

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 26, 2022

The power of the Holy Spirit is not just for salvation, but for sanctification, a process that is slow and gradual. The difference might look like this: You can take ten gallons of gasoline and release a tremendous amount of power and energy by just dropping a lighted match into it. It makes a ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 1:7-8

Tags: Holy Spirit, Energy, Fuel

A Determinate Purpose In Life And A Steady ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"A determinate purpose in life and a steady adhesion to it through all disadvantages, are ...read more

Tags: Workplace Success, W. M. Punshon

Charitable Giving Was Steady Last Year, As ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2006

Charitable Giving was steady last year, as employment and the economy stabilized Americans gave an estimated $240.72 billion in ‘03, slightly up from the previous year, according to Giving U.S.A. Estimated giving in ‘03 equaled roughly 2.2% of the nation’s GDP, the 5th year since ’71 that it ...read more

Tags: Giving General

The Only Way To Keep True To God Is By A Steady ...

Contributed by Paul Steffens on Dec 11, 2007

"The only way to keep true to God is by a steady persistent refusal to be interested in Christian work and to be ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 2:1-5

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Giving Held Steady Last Year, In Spite Of An ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 3, 2006

Giving Held Steady last year, in spite of an uncertain economy, according to Giving USA. Americans gave an estimated $240.92 billion in ’02, a 0.5% decrease on an inflation-adjusted basis. Estimated giving amounted to 2.3% of the nation’s gross domestic product, extending a trend that began in ’99 ...read more

Tags: Giving General

A Wrinkled Face Is A Firm Face, A Steady Face, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"A wrinkled face is a firm face, a steady face, a safe face. Wrinkles are the dried-up riverbeds of a lifetime's tears, the nostalgic remnants of a million smiles. Wrinkles are the crannies and footholds on the smooth ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life

Patriotism Is Not Short, Frenzied Outbursts Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Patriotism is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and ...read more

Tags: Patriotism

Cheerfulness Keeps Up A Kind Of Daylight In The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

"Cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, and fills it with a ...read more

Tags: Joy

Todays Youngsters Are Precocious. They Start ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007

Todays youngsters are precocious. They start going steady with the opposite sex as ...read more

Tags: Children

I Venture To Suggest That Patriotism Is Not ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"I venture to suggest that patriotism is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil ...read more

Tags: Patriotism

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

Nothing Contributes So Much To Tranquilizing The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Nothing contributes so much to tranquilizing the mind as a steady purpose a point on which the ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

Make All Men Your Well-Wishers, And Then In ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Make all men your well-wishers, and then in the years steady sifting some of them will turn into friends; ...read more

Tags: Compassion

The Holy Passion Of Friendship Is Of So Sweet ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The holy passion of friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a ...read more

Tags: Compassion

I Love What Richard Foster Says In His Book ...

Contributed by Mark Eberly on Mar 17, 2008

I love what Richard Foster says in his book Streams of Living Water about the prayer-filled life. It is “the steady ...read more

Denomination: Church Of God

Encouragement Is Perhaps One Of The Greatest ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Encouragement is perhaps one of the greatest gifts friends can ever give. An encouraging friend is a lifeline to steady a floundering heart, to bring sunshine to a cloudy day, ...read more

Tags: Gifts Encouragement

Manners Are Of More Importance Than Lawsmanners ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Manners are of more importance than lawsManners are what vex or soothe, corrupt or purify, exalt or debase, barbarize or refine us, by a constant steady, uniform ...read more

Tags: Hospitality

Channel Shift: Online Holiday Gift Spending Grew ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Channel Shift: Online holiday gift spending grew to 22% from 20% a year ago. Correspondingly, gift spending in brick and mortar stores dropped to 72% from 74%. Catalogs held ...read more

Tags: Giving General

Teens Average Only 13 Hours A Week Online, Vs. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 13, 2009

Teens average only 13 hours a week online, vs. the 19 hours spent by adults, finds an Ipsos Reid study. While the time adults spend online has climbed by six hours a week in recent ...read more

Tags: Youth