... is the desire to stay in touch, to stay connected. Because if ... more deeply, people have to stay connected with each other. Jesus ... the importance and blessing of staying connected.
2. How to Stay Humble in a Haughty World - Sermon Starter
Luke 14:1-14
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Brett Blair
... knock him down, he just stays down?" Mike said, "We don ... him down again and he stays down." Mike said, "We don ... avoid humiliation? How do you stay humble in a haughty world ...
3. Places I Wish I Could Have Stayed
Matthew 17:1-13
Illustration
John Jamison
... really wish I could have stayed. If it were my choice ... could do that. I could stay there. It was good for ... that room again. I could stay there. I think Peter would ...
4. Andy Would Not Stay "Throwed"
Illustration
Staff
... was beat he would never stay 'throwed.' Jim Brown would get ... whether you are willing to stay 'throwed'." We may face setbacks ... no excuse for us to stay "throwed"!
5. Stay on the Road
Matthew 7:13-14
Illustration
Mickey Anders
... road, repeating to himself, “Stay on the road, stay on the road ... he should do. As he stays on the road and draws ...
6. Just Stay in the Race
Mark 13:1-8
Illustration
King Duncan
... , DeMille said, "Heston, you just stay in the race, and I ... : "John, Mary, Heather, you just stay in the race, and I ...
7. Stay Ready!
Mark 13:24-37
Illustration
Billy D. Strayhorn
... man was ready. And he stayed ready. He didn't know ... 's up to us to "STAY READY."
8. Staying Power
Illustration
Maxie Dunnam
... counts is, do you have staying power?” Most of us have ... between success and failure is staying with it two per cent ...
9. Stay Together
Acts 2:1-13
Illustration
Barbara Brokhoff
... shouted for the group to stay together. He hollered out to ...
10. Should I Go or Should I Stay
Illustration
Verne Arens
... I go or should I stay, that human souls are saved ...
11. Stay and Shine
Mark 13:24-37
Illustration
Eric Ritz
... that their role was to stay behind and shine. But they ...
12. Sometimes You Have To Stay Under the Fig Tree
John 1:43-51
Illustration
Brett Blair
... . But sometimes you have to stay under the fig tree to ...
13. Stay Awake! Routine Can Be a Blessing
Luke 12:32-40
Illustration
Wallace H. Kirby
One of the musicians who played many years for Toscanini said that the maestro had the ability to make the orchestra feel it was playing a well-known work for the first time. Each repeated playing of the score was done as if it were the premiere performance. After once recording the Beethoven Ninth Symphony, Toscanini said he had been conducting the Beethoven Ninth for over fifty years. He continued, "Now I think I finally understand it." Routine can yield its blessings if we stay awake.
14. Stay In School
Illustration
... to them from his heart. "Stay in school," he admonished, "and ...
15. No-excuse-to-stay-home Sunday
Illustration
Michael P. Green
... the following “no-excuse-to-stay-home Sunday.” According to the ...
16. Stay At Home Moms
Illustration
There are approximately 85.4 million mothers in America, according to a recent U.S. Census Bureau estimate. 43.5 million Number of women between the ages of 15 and 50 who have children. 30% of those mothers are stay at home moms.
17. Staying in Line
Matthew 22:34-40
Illustration
Jerry L. Schmalemberger
At the entrance to the harbor at the Isle of Man there are two lights. One would think that the two signals would confuse the pilot. But the fact is, he has to keep them in line; as long as he keeps them in line, his ship is safe. It is the same with these commands of Jesus: the love of God, love others, and love of self. When we keep them in line, we remain safe and well in the channel of the Christian life.
18. Staying Open to God
Matthew 23:1-39
Illustration
King Duncan
Dr. Carl Jung once said something that ought to cause every believer to reflect very carefully. What he said was this: "One of the main functions of formalized religion is to protect people against a direct experience of God." That hurts but it can happen. Theological and doctrinal pride can be buffers against a real experience of Christ's grace. F. Kefa Sempangi, a Ugandan pastor who barely escaped death under Idi Amin's persecution in the early 1970s, beautifully captures this important truth in his ...
19. Stay Focused!
Illustration
Eric Ritz
We sometimes miss the great opportunities of life because we get sidetracked. I once heard the tale of a talented and gifted bloodhound in England that started a hunt by chasing a full-grown male deer. During the chase a fox crossed his path, so he began now to chase the fox. A rabbit crossed his hunting path, so he began to chase the rabbit. After chasing the rabbit for a while, a tiny field mouse crossed his path, and he chased the mouse to the corner of a farmer's barn. The bloodhound had begun the hunt ...
20. Staying Ready
Luke 12:32-40
Illustration
Maxie Dunnam
There is praise here for the servant who is ready when the Lord returns, and He is going to return. We don't know when or how, but you can't read the New Testament faithfully and miss that message. Do you remember that hilarious scene in one of Peter DeVries' novels? A character named Stan Waltz is terrified by the deafening night-time explosion of a fireworks factory in the town. Persuaded by his wife, who belongs to a fundamentalist Christian sect, that it is the second coming of Christ, Stan hastily ...
21. How to Stay at the Top
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Staff
Stephen Stumph of N.Y. Univ's graduate School of Management, has identified six major skills needed at the top once you get there. They are: Having a vision. Executives must fashion a vision of what the company can be, champion that view and get employees behind it. Managing rivalry. A CEO should not try to eliminate competition between subordinates and sub-units entirely, because it can be positive. Thoroughly knowing the products, customers, and competition. Maintaining a consistent strategy. The best ...
22. Stay With It
Illustration
Earl Nightingale
We read about people who sail around the world in a thirty-foot sailboat or overcome handicaps to win a gold medal at the Olympics, and we later find their lives are stories of persistence. I remember well the day I sat down to write the first of my radio programs. That was more than twenty years ago, more than fifty- two hundred programs ago, the equivalent of thirty-six full-length books. Certainly, no world's record, but a good example of what persistence can do. When we see the tired faces of commuters ...
23. Believing in Jesus: Erasing Boundaries
Mark 7:31-37
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David Reynolds
... , and these particular Jews were staying in attics and warehouses and ... where scores of Jews were staying. He walked in and said ... the Jews he could find staying in the port. Of course ...
24. Getting Under Someone's Skin
Matthew 5:7
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Bill Bouknight
... why the man didn't stay home if he couldn't ... stay awake? During the lunch break, ... tried to persuade him to stay home today, but he said ...
25. Called to a Higher Standard
Acts 9:1-19a
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Douglas J. Deuel
... the boy if he would stay after school and talk with ... said something that has always stayed with the minister. He said ...
26. Which Coaching Is Better?
Matthew 21:23-32
Illustration
King Duncan
... welfare, he works to stay in school, to stay on the team ...
27. Whatever It Takes
Mark 1:29-39
Illustration
Gary Nicolosi
... is found than 99 that stayed within the fold. Whatever. Now ... is found than 99 that stayed within the fold. Whatever it ...
28. We All Need This Boat
Matthew 14:22-36
Illustration
David E. Leininger
... this ship. We all do. Stay in the boat. Because it ...
29. Four Lessons from Geese
Illustration
Editor James S. Hewett
... as a goose, we will stay in formation with those who ... help and protect him. They stay with him until he is ...
30. Our Chaotic Life
Luke 13:1-9
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This notice appeared in the window of a coat store in Nottingham, England: "We have been established for over 100 years and have been pleasing and displeasing customers ever since. We have made money and lost money, suffered the effects of coal nationalization, coat rationing, government control and bad payers. We have been cussed and discussed, messed about, lied to, held up, robbed and swindled. The only reason we stay in business is to see what happens next."
31. Love Isn't Love Till You Give It Away
John 21:15-25
Illustration
Brett Blair
... is not put there to stay. Love isn’t love till ...
32. Opening Minds
Luke 24:25
Illustration
Brett Blair
... would go if she would stay behind and get the work ...
33. The Power Of God
Philippians 4:13
Illustration
Brett Blair
... Central Park came by and stayed with her to light the ...
34. Getting Back to Work
Luke 17:1-10
Illustration
Brett Blair
... idea of happiness is to stay up all night studying for ...
35. Jesus' Consecration
Matthew 3:13-17
Illustration
Brett Blair
... to leave, when Peter said, "Stay a moment, and tell me ...
36. Born to Play This Game
Matt 10:1-4; Mark 13:13-19
Illustration
Brett Blair & Stephen Brown
... skate with them. Tonight, we stay with them. And we shut ...
37. Aw Shucks!
Matthew 21:1-11; Luke 19:28-40
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A little boy was sick on Palm Sunday and stayed home from church with his mother. His father returned from church holding a palm branch. The little boy was curious and asked, "Why do you have that palm branch, dad?" "You see, when Jesus came into town, everyone waved Palm Branches to honor him, so we got Palm Branches today." The little boy replied, "Aw Shucks! The one Sunday I miss is the Sunday that Jesus shows up!"
38. From A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23
John 10:1-10
Illustration
Phillip Keller
... , disaster and the struggle to stay afloat financially. But because they ...
39. The Most Important Job in the World
2 Timothy 1:5
Illustration
James W. Moore
... , his wife, Peggy, chose to stay home and give herself and ...
40. Love Is Something You Learn
Mt 22:34-46
Illustration
King Duncan
... affected him. Mother and son stayed in that same position for ...
41. We Cannot Not Be Sinners
Mark 6:14-29
Illustration
Scott Hoezee
... is that in addition to staying sober or chaste they will ...
42. Take Time
Mark 6:30-34,45-56
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Martin Greyford Phiri
... ; it is the secret of staying young. Take time to be ...
43. Too Easily Satisfied
Mark 12:34
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Scott Hoezee
... beach and chooses instead to stay sitting in a slum alley ...
44. The Gratitude Attitude
Matt. 6:25-33; Psalm 100; Eph. 4:20; Luke 17:11-19; John 6:25-35
Illustration
Billy D. Strayhorn
... he said I couldn't stay, so he sent me to ...
45. One Task
Luke 9:51-62
Illustration
Ernest Munachi Ezeogu
... so that her children could stay warm. Then a farmer came ...
46. The Saddest Story
Luke 12:32-40
Illustration
Maxie Dunnam
... ; the key is that we stay awake. Because we never know ...
47. Without the Fire the Seeds Will Never Grow
Luke 12:49-53
Illustration
John G. Lynn
... golden eagles. Fortunately the grizzlies stay up in the high country ...
48. The Race We Are In
2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18
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... way of explanation) that has stayed with me since. Said Georgene ...
49. Reacting to Critics
Matthew 11:2-12; 15:1-2
Illustration
Bill Bouknight
... where he was going to stay, about Rome in general, and ...
50. Miss Donna
John 1:29-42
Illustration
James W. Moore
... 's side. "I want to stay here with Miss Donna.," he ...