Contributed by Herman Abrahams on Jul 22, 2005
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ILLUSTRATION - Self Evaluation
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State employment officials in Tucson, Arizona, posted an interesting sign over a full-length mirror. Directed to all job hunters, it read, “Would you hire this person?” In another office a mirror and sign posed this question: “Are you
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Denomination:
Charismatic
Contributed by Akinsanya Adubi on Sep 27, 2009
SELF-DESTRUCTION
The same way a lot of people have destroyed what the Lord rightly gave to them with their own hands. The case of a governor of one of the states in Nigeria is a very good example. He jumped bail in England and was removed on coming back home. There was also the case of one boy who
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Denomination:
Pentecostal
Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 13, 2011
ON SELF-CONTROL
Daniel Akst in a secular article called, "Whose in Charge Here?" wrote:
"Life in modern Western cultures is like living at a giant all-you-can-eat buffet offering more calories, credit, sex, intoxicants, and just about anything else one could take to excess than our forebears
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Denomination:
Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by John Putty on Apr 15, 2011
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SELF-REMEDIES
Not many people enjoy going to the doctor, but according to Reuters, in 1994, one London accountant to that to an extreme. The 63 year old man needed bladder surgery, but he couldn't overcome his fear of doctors and hospitals. So he self-reliantly did what had to be done. He
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Denomination:
Assembly Of God
A little boy named Adam wanted to be like his friend Bobby. Adam loved the way Bobby walked and talked. Bobby, however, wanted to be like Charlie. Something about Charlie’s stride and accent intrigued him. Charlie, on the other hand, was impressed with Danny. Charlie wanted to look and sound like
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Baptist
Contributed by Bret Toman on Jan 1, 2010
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ON SELF-CONTROL
When I’m at the pizza buffet and I’ve already had more than enough to eat, and I know there’s a good chance another slice will make me miserable for the next 3-4 hours and I eat it anyway .... I lack self control.
When I decide to stay up late and play video games or surf the
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Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 14, 2010
WIERSBE ON SELF-SACRIFICE
"Self-preservation is the first law of physical life,
but self-sacrifice is the first
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Denomination:
Brethren
Contributed by James Chandler on Apr 14, 2003
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We live in a self-service world.
Self service gas stations.
Self service fast food.
Now you can even check yourself out at the grocery store.
We have totally lost the idea of service in our society today.
Yet Jesus reminds us of the value of service as he humbly washed his disciples feet. And
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Denomination:
Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Mary Lewis on Feb 1, 2001
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"Pride, the idolatrous worship of self, is the
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Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 15, 2001
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Love then is the giving of self, and as long as we have a body and are working out our salvation, it will always be synonymous with sacrifice, in the Christian sense of the word. Love sacrifices naturally just as the eye sees and the ear hears. That is why we speak of "arrows" and "darts" of
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Contributed by Lisa Delay on Sep 7, 2005
The heroes of this world think not of self. Think of the everyday heroes or rescue workers we hear of these days. They see what needs to be done, or who needs to be saved and they do it before they analyze their role in the matter. It is in that act of forgetting our self, in a constructive way of
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Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
Optimists are self-motivated by inspiring themselves to action. They believe in who they are and in what they are doing. They make mistakes and learn from them. They achieve
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
"This communicating of a man's self to his friend works two contrary effects, for it redoubleth joys, and cutteth griefs in halves; for there is no man that imparteth his joys to his friend but he enjoyeth the more; and
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008
Illustration from Dying to Self - A wealthy university graduate chose to live frugally in a single room, cooking his own meals. As a result he was able to give two million dollars to foreign missions. In explanation of his choice he wrote these words: “Gladly would I make the floor my bed, a box my
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Contributed by Bill Butsko on Aug 8, 2007
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“Seeing Only Self”
One day a certain old, miserly, rich man visited a rabbi, who took him by the hand and led him to a window. “Look out there,” he said. And the rich man looked out into the street.
“What do you see?” asked the rabbi.
“I see men, and women, and little children,’ answered the
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Denomination:
Christian Church
Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Apr 19, 2008
THE LAW IS FOR THE SELF-RIGHTEOUS TO HUMBLE THEIR PRIDE. THE GOSPEL IS FOR THE LOST TO REMOVE
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Denomination:
Baptist
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In the book, The Three Edwards, Thomas Costain described the life of Raynald III, a 14th century duke in what is now Belgium. Grossly overweight, Raynald was commonly called by his Latin nickname, Crassus, which means "fat."
After a violent quarrel, Raynald's younger brother Edward led a
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Denomination:
Independent/Bible