Sentence Sermons

via the Beulah Bulletin

It is never the right time to do the wrong thing.

A soft answer can break a hard heart.

The dictionary is the only place you can find success before work.

He who has the most trouble usually has been busy making it.

Your character is what God knows you to be.
Our reputation is what men think you are.

What you laugh at tells plainer than words what you are.

The person who stays out of church because there are too many hypocrites in it is doing the right thing: one more wouldn’t help the situation.

Nobody raises his own reputation by lowering others.

You can see Jesus Christ better with your knees bent.

It should be easy to make an honest living—there is so little competition.

It is the preacher’s job to preach and the audience’s job to listen—try not to finish before he does.

A loose tongue often gets its owner into a tight place.

Beware of your spiritual condition when the most pleasing part of the service is the closing song and dismissal prayer.

You can tell something about the kind of boy a girl is trying to catch by looking at the lure she is using.

If you expect nothing from your children, don’t be surprised when you get it.

Does the obligation to “honor your father and mother” end if it becomes a burden?

We often hear of someone making a fashion “statement.” Parents, have you considered the kind of statement your children are making by their fashions?

Chains of habits are usually too small to be felt until they become too strong to be easily broken.

“What shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul?”

Many people have too much to live on and too little to live for.

Our daughters should dress to be chaste, not to be chased.

The following might explain why some people never seem to change. A little boy was overheard praying: “Lord, if you can’t make me a better boy, don’t worry about it. I’m having a real good time like I am.”

Jesus is Lord of all or He is not Lord at all.