Synonyms: motive, motivation, grounds, cause, impetus, occasion, reason, point, basis, justification, intention, aim, object, objective, goal, end, plan, scheme, target, advantage, benefit, good, use, usefulness, value, merit, worth, gain, profit, avail, result, outcome, effect, function, role, determination, resoluteness, resolution, resolve, firmness (of purpose), steadfastness, backbone, drive, push, thrust, enthusiasm, ambition, initiative, enterprise, single-mindedness, commitment, conviction, dedication, intend, mean, design, have the intention, have in mind, have a mind
Antonyms: thoughtlessness, luck, whim, neglect, chance, apathy, irresolute, heedless, folly, indecisive, aimless, decline, pish posh, mullock, half a mind, lack of concern, play it by ear
Showing 1 to 50 of 306 results
1. The Difference between Interest and Commitment
Luke 5:1-11
Illustration
Steve Goodier
... help along" her husband's commitment to the relationship. Catherine, from ... help along her lover's commitment for several decades. And ... of any meaningful relationship is commitment. Further, commitment is vital to the ... endeavor. Happy people are committed people. They commit to other people, they ... commit to themselves, they commit to God ... , and they commit to their dreams. ... a difference between interest and commitment. When you're interested ...
2. A Commitment That Is Entire
Matthew 13:44-46
Illustration
Leonard Mann
... worthy deserves and demands a commitment that is entire. An Olympic ... athlete must be committed to training; a great violinist ... must be committed to practicing; anyone who pursues ... a goal must be committed to the disciplines the achievement ...
3. Commit to Christ
Illustration
... , they have made a personal commitment to Jesus Christ, and say ... they had made a personal commitment to Jesus Christ, which is ... those who have made a commitment to Christ, only 55 percent ... said they had made a commitment to Christ said they were ...
4. Interest vs. Commitment
Mt 13:1-23
Illustration
King Duncan
... a difference between interest and commitment. When you are interested in ... is convenient. When you are committed to something, you accept no ... represents the company of the committed " people who are determined to ...
5. Committing to Christ
Matthew 22:15-22
Illustration
Bill Bouknight
... toward Christianity but not personally committed. Campolo asked, "Why not?" The ... one ever invited me to commit." Campolo said, "I'm inviting ... five minutes that governor had committed his life to Christ. We ...
6. Commitment
Luke 22:54-62
Illustration
... many of them were definitely committed to going into the parish ... your use of the word commitment. That sounds very binding and ...
7. A Commitment to "Words of Life"
John 6:56-69 
Illustration
Brett Blair
... of the high price of commitment. It also the story of ... paid the high price of commitment. History tells us that they ...
8. The Commitment of a Friend
Illustration
King Duncan
... was intrigued and agreed to commit Schindler's story to print ... , not a writer. But his commitment to his friend led him ...
9. Love Requires Commitment
John 21:15-25
Illustration
Brett Blair
... the bills. Love requires a commitment. Jesus required it of Peter ...
10. Chrysostom's Commitment
Matthew 10:1-42
Illustration
Larry Goodpaster
... renounce our faith, ignore our commitments, or compromise our loyalties. We ...
11. Fully Present, Ready to Commit
Matthew 22:1-14
Illustration
Keith Wagner
... here then you are fully committed and are willing to make ...
12. Love for God Is a Commitment
Matthew 22:34-40
Illustration
King Duncan
... is, first of all, a commitment.
13. Commitment
Mark 8:31-38
Illustration
... stand in the way of commitment to the Kingdom of God ...
14. A Man of Commitment
Mt 21:23-32
Illustration
King Duncan
... Mychal was a man of commitment. He understood that the vows ...
15. Commit to Memory
Illustration
... of Genesis. Another person had committed to memory the Psalms. That ...
16. Commitment
Matt 5:1-12; Mark 6:14-29
Illustration
Donald Deffner
J. Upton Dickson, who brands himself as a Christian humorist, joked after writing a pamphlet called “Cower Power,” that he was thinking about founding a society called D.O.O.R.M.A.T.S. It is an acronym for “Dependent Order of Really Meek and Timid Souls.” Their logo would be a yellow caution light. And their motto would be “The meek shall inherit the earth…if that’s okay with everybody.” Of course, Upton quipped, the society didn’t last very long when someone objected!
17. Not Ready for the Commitment
John 6:56-69 
Illustration
Ye call Me Master and obey me not, Ye call Me Light and see me not, Ye call Me way and follow me not Ye call Me Life and desire me not, Ye call Me wise and acknowledge me not, Ye call Me fair and love me not, Ye call Me rich and ask me not, Ye call Me eternal and seek me not, Ye call Me gracious and trust me not, Ye call Me Noble and serve me not, Ye call Me mighty and honor me not, Ye call Me just and fear me not, If I condemn you, blame me not.
18. Sometimes Love Does Not Count The Cost of Its Commitment
SOS 8; Luke 14:25-35
Illustration
William Gladstone, in announcing the death of Princess Alice to the House of Commons, told a touching story. The little daughter of the Princess was seriously ill with diphtheria. The doctors told the princess not to kiss her little daughter and endanger her life by breathing the child's breath. Once when the child was struggling to breathe, the mother, forgetting herself entirely, took the little one into her arms to keep her from choking to death. Rasping and struggling for her life, the child said, " ...
19. Undistracted and Committed
Mark 1:9-13
Illustration
Tim Zingale
There's a legend of a king who had one beautiful daughter. She had many offers of marriage, but she couldn't make up her mind. A romantic girl, she wanted a man who would love her more than he loved anything else. Finally, she devised a way to test the love of her suitors. An announcement was made and sent throughout the kingdom that on a certain day, there would be a race. The winner of the race would marry the princess. The race was open to every man in the kingdom, regardless of his position. All that ...
20. The Church Without Commitment
Illustration
Editor James S. Hewett
Emerson Colaw tells about doing some work with his church's nonresident membership list. He wrote a letter to one family that had been very active in his church. A letter came back saying, "Mr. Colaw, we now live near a university campus and we go every Sunday to the chapel service there. They have unusually fine music ... they have nationally known preachers ever Sunday morning." And she added a note he didn't think necessary. "We had not heard such preaching as that before. The children are being taught ...
21. How Commited Are You?
Illustration
Editor James S. Hewett
There is a story about two New York men who had never been out of the city. They decided that they had had it with city living, so they bought a ranch down in Texas in order to live off the land like their ancestors. The first thing they decided they needed was a mule. So they went to a neighboring rancher and asked him if he had a mule to sell. The rancher answered, "No, I'm afraid not." They were disappointed, but as they visited with the rancher for a few moments one of them saw some honeydew melons ...
22. Does Your Commitment Show?
Illustration
Maxie Dunnam
Some years ago there was a college student who became a Christian late one spring and joined the church. He had a summer job working in a logging camp. This concerned some of his new Christian friends. They felt that the rough, tough, worldly lumberjacks might tease him harshly and perhaps tempt him to let go of his faith. So they prayed for him daily. When the summer was over the young man came back home. "What was it like?," his friends wanted to know. "Did you make it O.K.? Was it difficult for you? Did ...
23. A Higher Priority
John 6:56-69 
Illustration
Brett Blair
... no regrets. After all, his commitment to his wife was more ... high price to fulfill a commitment to the one he loved ... of commitment as well, our commitments to one another, and our commitment to ...
24. Awesome Obedience
Illustration
Editor James S. Hewett
... men were actually willing to commit suicide at the command of ... ? Are you as dedicated and committed? Think how much power Christ ... just a portion of such commitment.
25. Money Magnates
Illustration
Editor James S. Hewett
... international bank? He committed suicide. Jesse Livermore? He committed suicide. Ivan Krueger ... ? He committed suicide. Seven of ...
26. A Precious Gift
Matthew 13:44-46
Illustration
Brett Blair
... me this precious stone!" A commitment of the whole heart, that ... close the sale. That's commitment to a greater cause. That ...
27. Everything He Says Is True
Luke 18:9-14; 1 Cor 13
Illustration
Ray Pritchard & Brett Blair
... he says, "I do not commit adultery," he really doesn't ... commit adultery. He is faithful to ...
28. Captured by the Spirit of Christ
Jn 1:29-42
Illustration
King Duncan
... just want to leave a committed life behind." Did Martin King ... have that level of commitment when he first began his ...
29. Lovejoy's Martyrdom
Illustration
Brett Blair & Paul Simon
... observing one lynching, Lovejoy was committed forever to fighting uncompromisingly the ... he said: Accounts of outrages committed by mobs form the every ...
30. Why Did the Cheering Stop?
Luke 22:54-62
Illustration
... more began to talk about commitment; it stopped because Jesus opened ...
31. An Arm Around the Shoulder
John 15:9-17
Illustration
Brett Blair
... . To make matters worse Robinson committed an error and stood at ...
32. Hope in the Citadel of Atheism
John 20:1-18
Illustration
Gary Thomas
... acts of civil disobedience ever committed: She reached down and made ...
33. Diverted by Lesser Things
Matthew 22:1-14
Illustration
Julian M. Aldridge
... something to which they were committed each day. The work proceeded ...
34. Making Your Mark
Mt 23:1-12
Illustration
King Duncan
... answered. "Then why did you commit a crime which you knew ...
35. The Direction We Walk
Mark 13:24-37
Illustration
Joel D. Kline
... nearly 3000 persons to make commitments to Christ and the church ...
36. Rock Turning
Mark 1:1-8
Illustration
Douglass M. Bailey
... their Order, but they have committed their lives to working in ...
37. Christ's Life Changed Culture
Mark 1:21-28
Illustration
Brett Blair
... , of war, of masculinity. Jesus' commitment to the poor, to women ...
38. Whatever It Takes
Mark 1:29-39
Illustration
Gary Nicolosi
... " is the response of the committed. It's a "can do ...
39. Our Deepest Values
Luke 4:1-13
Illustration
Maxie Dunnam
... was impressed by the tithe commitment, but more than that, it ...
40. Oh, No You Do Not
Luke 11:1-13
Illustration
... make that kind of a commitment. Persistence and earnestness: They are ...
41. Absolute Devotion
Luke 14:25-35
Illustration
James Merritt
... themselves against that kind of commitment and that kind of devotion ...
42. Making Sacrifices
Luke 14:25-35
Illustration
King Duncan
... Japanese; he was also a committed Christian. He spent his remaining ...
43. We Don’t Play the Full Scale
Luke 19:1-10
Illustration
James W. Moore
... -style but not completely. We commit our lives to God, but ...
44. Jesus Calls the Common Man
John 1:29-42; Matt 4:12-22
Illustration
Gary Inrig
... he was a sincere and committed (if ignorant) Christian, they accepted ...
45. The Can’t Help Its
John 1:29-42
Illustration
James W. Moore
... that "Amazing Grace" and she committed herself to Christ heart and ...
46. Miss Donna
John 1:29-42
Illustration
James W. Moore
... touched by John's intense commitment to lovingly stand by Miss ...
47. Choose One Chair
Matthew 22:15-22
Illustration
Brett Blair
... should give ourselves to it. Commitment, that's the key. Choose ...
48. Keep an Inventory of Good
Illustration
Staff
... habit has prevented me from committing one of the costliest mistakes ...
49. Your Father Loves You
Isaiah 53:6
Illustration
James Packer
... thou the person which hath committed the sins of all men ...
50. What Kind of Leader Are You?
Illustration
Jon Johnston
... were commended by superiors. Their commitment had certainly improved the quality ...
Showing results