In Sermon Illustrations: "The Work Place"

Making Christmas Special  PRO

Contributed by Sam Higgs on Dec 1, 2011

MAKING CHRISTMAS SPECIAL In the months leading up to the Christmas season, Dan had lost his job. Well, in the city he lived in, most of the workers had to relocate with the company or face unemployment. Dan was one of the unlucky ones who had not been with the company long enough to be asked ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 1:18-21, Galatians 4:4

Tags: Christmas

Denomination: Baptist

Making Christmas ...

Contributed by Sam Higgs on Dec 6, 2012

Making Christmas Special In the months leading up to the Christmas season, Dan lost his job. Well, in the city he lived in, most of the workers had to relocate with the company or face unemployment. Dan was one of the unlucky ones who had not been with the company long enough to be asked to ...read more

Tags: Christmas

Denomination: Baptist

Don't Quit

Contributed by Richard Tow on Jul 18, 2017

Ignace Jan Paderewski, the famous pianist, was scheduled to perform at a great concert hall in America. It was a high-society extravaganza. Present in the audience that evening was a mother and her fidgety nine-year old. She had brought him in the hopes that when he heard the great composer play, ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 18:9-15, 1 Peter 4:12, Hebrews 11:11

Tags: Perseverance, Discouragement, Disappointment

Denomination: Charismatic

I Made A Difference To That One - Starfish Story

Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on Mar 31, 2023

Where your ability ... and the worlds need intersect... is where you are most needed ......and can and will be ... where you will do the most good. The author Loren Eisely ... would go to the ocean ...to do his writing. He had a habit ... of walking on the beach ... before he began ...his ...read more

Scripture: Romans 10:14, Acts 4:12, Acts 8:27-36, John 4:29, Matthew 4:19  (view more)  (view less)

Tags: Difference, Ability, Good, Share, Need, Connect  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Anglican

The Donkey On The Way To Moriah

Contributed by David Dunn on Oct 24, 2025

My name? Oh, I’m Steady—because that’s what Abraham always called me. I’m not fast, I’m not fancy—but I can walk a long way without complaining. I’ve carried all kinds of things for my master: water, wood, even tents through the desert wind. But one morning, he packed something different—firewood ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 11:17-19, Philippians 4:19, Psalm 37:5

Tags: Faith, Trust, Obedience, Journey, Provision  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

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

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

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

Pator Dave Kinney: "Faith Is Grounded In The ...

Contributed by Dave Kinney on Aug 24, 2008

Pator Dave Kinney: "Faith is grounded in the confidence of God's presence in today's unsettledness and the conviction in ...read more

Tags: Faith

Denomination: Baptist

Doesn't It Sometimes Seem Like Christmas Is As ...

Contributed by Rick Pendleton on Dec 8, 2008

Doesn’t it sometimes seem like Christmas is as much work, and pain, as a two pound ...read more

Tags: Trials And Difficulties

Denomination: Baptist