In Sermon Illustrations: "wanting" showing 101-120 of 7,200

To Be Without Some Of The Things You Want Is An ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

To be without some of the things you want is an ...read more

Tags: Joy

To Dream Anything That You Want To Dream, That ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"To dream anything that you want to dream, That is the beauty of the human mind. To do anything that you want to do, That is the strength of the human will. To trust ...read more

Tags: Dreams

If You Want To Be Miserable Think About ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If you want to be miserable think about yourself, about what you want, what you like, what respect people ought ...read more

Tags: Disappointment

Whoever Wants To Be A Judge Of Human Nature ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Whoever wants to be a judge of human nature should ...read more

Tags: Evangelism Fear Of

Freedom Is An Indivisible Word. If We Want To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Freedom is an indivisible word. If we want to enjoy it, and fight for it, we must be prepared to extend it to everyone, whether they are rich or poor, whether they agree with us ...read more

Tags: Political Freedom

Many People Want The Government To Protect The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Many people want the government to protect the consumer. A much more urgent problem is to protect ...read more

Tags: Government

Hospitality Is The Art Of Making People Want To ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Hospitality is the art of making people want to stay without ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

Christianity Works, And If You Want To See It ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Christianity works, and if you want to see it most clearly, you must go to mission lands where the contrast between lives touched by Christianity and ...read more

Tags: Great Commission

If You Want To Work For The Kingdom Of God, And ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If you want to work for the kingdom of God, and to bring it, and to enter it, there is just one condition to be accepted. ...read more

Tags: Kingdom Of God

All That A Husband Or Wife Really Wants Is To ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"All that a husband or wife really wants is to be pitied a little, praised a ...read more

Tags: Marriage General

Little Girls Want To Be Princesses, But Little ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Little girls want to be princesses, but little boys dont want to be princes and from these two different starting points come all the confusions, ...read more

Tags: Marriage General

A Conference Is Just An Admission That You Want ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

A conference is just an admission that you want somebody to ...read more

Tags: Church General

If You Want To Become The Perfect Guest, Then ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If you want to become the perfect guest, then try to make ...read more

Tags: Hospitality

If You Want To Become The Greatest In Your ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"If you want to become the greatest in your field, no matter what it may be, equip yourself to render ...read more

Tags: Servanthood

It Is Not True That Women Want A Great Deal. A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"It is not true that women want a great deal. A woman is quite content with very little, if that very little is precisely what ...read more

Tags: Women

I Want To Conclude With A Clip. This Movie Is The ...

Contributed by Mark Eberly on Jun 16, 2009

I want to conclude with a clip. This movie is the story of a POW camp that was forced to build an important and strategic bridge. In this scene, one man unexpectedly decides to intervene on behalf of another. He does it out of his convictions and the love of God in him. [Show clip: To End All Wars ...read more

Tags: Sacrifices

Denomination: Church Of God

I Don't Want To Be A Fireman

Contributed by Chuck Sligh on Apr 20, 2011

I DON'T WANT TO BE A FIREMAN I recall a conversation I once had with a precocious little boy we once had in the church I pastored for 10 years in Wiesbaden. I asked him what he wanted to be when he grew up. "Well," he replied, "I don't want to be a fireman." I'd never had a kid tell me what ...read more

Tags: Discipleship

Denomination: Baptist

God Wants To Pull The Stickers Out  PRO

Contributed by Tim White on Jun 6, 2011

GOD WANTS TO PULL THE STICKERS OUT The little girl hopped away screaming. Obviously, the fear of living forever with a sticker in her foot was not as terrifying as the thought of me pulling it out. But a five-year-old could not out-run the preacher. Not hopping on one foot, anyway. After I ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 1:6

Tags: Sanctification

Denomination: Baptist

God Wants To Live In Your House

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 9, 2011

GOD WANTS TO LIVE IN YOUR HOUSE C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity: "Imagine yourself as a living house. God comes in to rebuild that house. At first, perhaps, you can understand what He is doing. He is getting the drains right and stopping the leaks in the roof and so on: you knew that those jobs ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:4-5

Tags: Sanctification

What I Don't Want To Be

Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 1, 2011

WHAT I DON'T WANT TO BE I recall a conversation I once had with a precocious little boy we once had in the church I pastored for 10 years in Wiesbaden. I asked him what he wanted to be when he grew up. "Well," he replied, "I don't want to be a fireman." I'd never had a kid tell me what he was ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 37:4-5

Tags: Christian Values