Sermon Illustrations about Self-discipline
Home > Illustrations > Topics > S > Self-discipline
Find fresh sermon illustrations on Self-discipline to help bring your sermon to life.
Jonathan Edwards's Commitment to Resolutions
Jonathan Edwards, the 18th-century revivalist, sat down at age 17 and penned 21 resolutions by which he would live his life. He added to this list until, ...
[Read More]
William Carey's Dream
Some people thought he was a nut. He was just a shoemaker, after all, and an average one at that. But in the evenings, after work, he studied Greek, Hebrew, ...
[Read More]
Discipline Pays Off
In The Sacred Romance, John Eldredge writes:
As a young boy, around the time my heart began to suspect that the world was a fearful place and I was on ...
[Read More]
Internet Pornography
What makes sex online far more compelling than any shrink-wrapped smut [is] instant gratification in endless variety—you never get to the end of ...
[Read More]
Model That!
In ESPN Magazine, Mark Pope of the NBA's Indiana Pacers had this to say about former Boston Celtics player and current Pacers coach Larry Bird: "I ...
[Read More]
Wrong-Headed Spontaneity
"Discipline" has become a dirty word for our culture. ... I know I am speaking heresy in many circles, but spontaneity is greatly overvalued. ...
[Read More]
Lost in Drudgery
Most of us are spiritually inefficient because we cannot do certain things and remain spiritual. We can be spiritual in prayer meetings, in congenial ...
[Read More]
Watch How You Walk
As a child of God, you need to be prudent. You cannot simply walk around in this world as if nothing and no one can harm you. You remain extremely vulnerable. ...
[Read More]
