REJOICE
I can recall a memorable moment many years ago when Susan and I were taking Kimberly, age 2, and her slightly younger cousin, Able, to church in the car. Kimberly was in a foul humor that morning, but her smily faced cousin decided it was time for a word of exhortation. Though he could
...read more
Denomination:
Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 2, 2011
based on 3 ratings
| 6,019 views
REJOICING IN PAIN
Richard Stearns, the president of World Vision, visited a church in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, nearly a year after the devastating earthquake. The church's building consisted of a tent made from white tarps and duct tape, pitched in the midst of a sprawling camp for thousands of
...read more
Scripture:
Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 11, 2004
based on 8 ratings
| 5,048 views
THAT’S WHEN THE ANGELS REJOICE
There’s a gospel song entitled, “That’s When The Angels Rejoice” written by Larry Bryant:
When the Model T first hit the street,
It didn’t bring all heaven to its feet.
And when the first computer was born,
They didn’t blow Old Gabriel’s horn.
There’s only one thing
...read more
Scripture:
Contributed by Roger Byrd on Jul 17, 2021
based on 2 ratings
| 3,091 views
In the year 490 B.C., the Persian Army, seeking to invade Greece, landed a large force 26 miles outside of Athens. The huge army disembarked from their warships and gathered on the plains of a place called Marathon. There they prepared to attack the Greek Army and establish their presence in
...read more
Scripture:
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Todd Catteau on Jan 22, 2024
Do you ever find it hard to be happy for people when good things happen to them? I do.
Someone gets a promotion and instead of being happy for them I’m envious. A friend’s child gets an award and jealousy is my first reaction instead of joy.
Why can’t I just be happy when good things happen to
...read more
Scripture:
Denomination:
Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 19, 2002
based on 1 rating
| 2,362 views
Rejoice, that the immortal God is born, so that mortal man may live in
...read more
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 7, 2008
based on 2 ratings
| 2,357 views
God wants you to rejoice in your relationship!
*God wants our churches and our marriages to be alive and overflowing with joy. So the Old Testament tells us that the joy of the Lord is our strength; the New Testament tells us to “rejoice in the Lord always.” Then in Proverbs 5 in words too vivid
...read more
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
"Fail, yet rejoice, because no less The failure which makes thy distress May
...read more
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
"I rejoice in life for its own sake. Life is no brief candle for me. Its a sort of splendid torch which Ive got hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as
...read more
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
"We rejoice in the joy of our friends as much as we do in our own, and we are equally grieved at their sorrows. Wherefore the wise man will feel toward his friend as he does towards himself, and whatever labor he would encounter with a
...read more
Contributed by Kent Lenard on May 29, 2004
based on 9 ratings
| 3,562 views
That’s why Paul tells us to rejoice IN the Lord. He is cautioning us about what we fixate on in life. Because what the we focus on will determine what our life is like.
There is a story about a man had fixation for the power of ‘CRAZY GLUE’:
While visiting the Eagle’s Rock African Safari Zoo
...read more
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Mark Brunner on Aug 11, 2005
based on 2 ratings
| 4,165 views
Rejoice in the Shade! (08.16.05--Envy!--Duet. 5: 21)
Standing in the shadows can be lonely at times. When others are taking the bows and hearing the accolades it is sometimes impossible not to be envious. Recognition is something that each one of us by nature yearn for. To be recognized for what
...read more
Scripture:
Denomination:
Lutheran
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
based on 1 rating
| 2,052 views
"He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but
...read more
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2007
based on 2 ratings
| 2,391 views
"God's Road is all uphill, but do not tire: Rejoice that we may
...read more
Contributed by Scott Bradford on Jun 1, 2008
Sam Haughey (commercial Salmon fisherman from Alaska)told me a story recently, as I gave him a ride back from Methodist Hospital, how when he wakes up in the middle of the night in Alaska, he looks out the window, and he counts his boats. One night, several years ago, he looked out and one was
...read more
Denomination:
United Methodist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
based on 4 ratings
| 1,600 views
"Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who
...read more