In Sermon Collections: "Prayers Purpose"

New Year | New Start

Shared on: Dec 27, 2024

Provide direction for a purposeful and faith-filled year.

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:17, Ephesians 5:15-17

Tags: Commitment, New Year's Day, Goals, New Beginning, New Year's Eve  (view more)  (view less)

Genres: Emotional, Humorous, Powerful, Uplifting

Service Styles: Contemporary, Traditional

Back To Church | Welcome

Shared on: Jan 14, 2025

Welcome everyone back to church on September 15, 2013.

Scripture: Psalms 72:1-20, Hebrews 10:19-25, Luke 15:11-24

Tags: Evangelism, Church, Outreach, Purpose, The Lost, Back To Church, Church Body Of Christ, Church Attendance  (view more)  (view less)

Genres: Emotional, Humorous, Powerful, Uplifting, Reflective  (view more)  (view less)

Service Styles: Contemporary, Traditional

The Upper Room | Christ's High Priestly Prayer

Shared on: Oct 25, 2024

Examine one of the greatest and most dense prayers in all of Scripture - Christ's high priestly prayer!

Tags: World, Church, Prayer, Disciples, Priest, High Priest, Upper Room, Priestly  (view more)  (view less)

Genres: Emotional, Humorous, Powerful, Uplifting, Reflective  (view more)  (view less)

Service Styles: Contemporary, Traditional

Fasting | Feasting Upon Christ

Shared on: Mar 18, 2024

Explain the benefits of the discipline of fasting to your busy congregation. A great topic for your acknowledgment of Ash Wednesday.

Scripture: Isaiah 58:8-12, Luke 9:23, Matthew 6:1-21

Tags: Prayer, Lent, Ash Wednesday, Fasting

Genres: Emotional, Humorous, Powerful, Uplifting, Reflective  (view more)  (view less)

Service Styles: Contemporary, Traditional

Praying In Jesus' Name | Our Great Mediator

Shared on: Sep 26, 2022

Why do we pray in Jesus' name?

Scripture: 1 Timothy 2:1-6

Tags: Supplication, Prayer, Mediator, Jesus' Name

Genres: Emotional, Humorous, Powerful, Uplifting, Reflective  (view more)  (view less)

Service Styles: Contemporary, Traditional

Good Friday | Prayer Of Confession

Shared on: Mar 23, 2026

Good Friday is a perfect time for prayer and confession of sin. Doing so allows Christ to apply the cross to our wounds and bring us into fellowship with Him and one another.

Tags: Easter, Good Friday, Prayer, Confession, Repent, Good Confession, Confession Of Sin  (view more)  (view less)

Genres: Emotional, Humorous, Powerful, Uplifting, Reflective  (view more)  (view less)

Service Styles: Contemporary, Traditional

Thanksgiving | An Angle From The Psalms

Shared on: Nov 21, 2022

Glean words and images that cultivate a heart of gratefulness from the prayer book of the church.

Scripture: Psalms 100:1-5, Psalms 103:1-22, Psalms 118:1-17

Tags: Psalms, Thanks, Gratitude, Prayer With Thanks, Psalms Of David  (view more)  (view less)

Genres: Emotional, Humorous, Powerful, Uplifting, Reflective  (view more)  (view less)

Service Styles: Contemporary, Traditional

The Life Of Solomon | A Man Of Wisdom

Shared on: Jul 24, 2023

Inspect the wisdom of one of the wisest men who has ever lived.

Scripture: 1 Kings 3:5-12

Tags: God, Wisdom, Give, Gift, Prayer, Wise, King  (view more)  (view less)

Genres: Emotional, Humorous, Powerful, Uplifting, Reflective  (view more)  (view less)

Service Styles: Contemporary, Traditional

Matthew 6 | Sermon On The Mount (Part 2)

Shared on: Jan 9, 2023

Part 2 of 3 on a series on the Sermon on the Mount.

Tags: Faith, Forgiveness, Jesus, Law, Teaching, Gospel, Giving, Prayer, Worry, Sovereignty, Parables, Lord's Prayer, Pharisees, Anxious, Master, Sermon On The Mount, Elders, Fasting, Treasures  (view more)  (view less)

Genres: Emotional, Humorous, Powerful, Uplifting, Reflective  (view more)  (view less)

Service Styles: Contemporary, Traditional

The Government | The Christian

Shared on: Feb 12, 2024

A collection of resources reminding us that our Lord teaches us to honor, pray for and submit to our government in as much as it is possible to do so and still be in submission to

Scripture: Matthew 22:15-22, Romans 13:1-7, 1 Timothy 2:1-7, Titus 3:1-2, 1 Peter 2:17  (view more)  (view less)

Tags: Faith, Honor, Prayer, Submission, Government, Reverence, Presidents Day, Authority  (view more)  (view less)

Genres: Emotional, Humorous, Powerful, Uplifting, Reflective  (view more)  (view less)

Service Styles: Contemporary, Traditional

Public Worship | According To God

Shared on: Sep 12, 2022

God has given us his Word so that we might know how to worship him in an acceptable manner.

Scripture: John 4:24, Isaiah 1:11-15, Colossians 2:23, Exodus 20:4-6, Deuteronomy 4:15-20, Matthew 4:9-10, Acts 17:25, Matthew 15:9, Deuteronomy 12:32, Mark 12:33, Hebrews 10:19-22, Acts 17:24, Hebrews 12:28  (view more)  (view less)

Tags: Church, Worship, Praise, Preaching, Prayer, Gender Roles, Public Worship  (view more)  (view less)

Genres: Emotional, Humorous, Powerful, Uplifting, Reflective  (view more)  (view less)

Service Styles: Contemporary, Traditional

Paul's Prayer Life | Praying Like The Apostle

Shared on: May 29, 2023

How does the Apostle Paul pray?

Scripture: Ephesians 1:15-23

Tags: Thanksgiving, Revelation, Supplication, Prayer, Intercession, Powerful, Enlightenment, Apostolic, Illumination  (view more)  (view less)

Genres: Emotional, Humorous, Powerful, Uplifting, Reflective  (view more)  (view less)

Service Styles: Contemporary, Traditional

Lent | Fasting

Shared on: Feb 24, 2025

Preach on the value of fasting during this season of Lent to reignite your congregation's communion with Christ.

Scripture: Genesis 32:21, Matthew 6:16-18, Matthew 6:1, 2 Peter 3:18, Ezra 8:21-36, Matthew 6:19-20, Luke 18:9-14, Deuteronomy 26:1-11, Ephesians 3:14-21, James 5:14-15  (view more)  (view less)

Tags: Healing, Parable, Prayer, God With Us, Lent, Spiritual Growth, Discipline, Fasting  (view more)  (view less)

Genres: Emotional, Powerful, Uplifting, Reflective

Service Styles: Contemporary, Traditional

The Offices Of Christ | Christ The Priest

Shared on: Apr 1, 2025

Explore part two of this three part series about Christ's three offices of prophet, priest, and king.

Scripture: Hebrews 13:11, Acts 23:1-4

Tags: Messiah, Service, Sacrifice, Christ, Worship, Prayer, Intercession, Priest, Mediator, Office  (view more)  (view less)

Genres: Emotional, Humorous, Powerful, Uplifting, Reflective  (view more)  (view less)

Service Styles: Contemporary, Traditional

The Book Of Revelation | The Revelation Of Christ

Shared on: Nov 16, 2024

The primary purpose of the Book of Revelation is to encourage believers during persecution and to remind them that at the end of human history - Jesus wins.

Tags: Revelation, Church, Battle, Satan, End Times, Victory, Trinity, Apocalypse, Babylon, Trumpets, Jesus Christ, Famine, Seven Churches, Plagues, Revelations, Millenium, False Trinity, Bowls  (view more)  (view less)

Genres: Emotional, Powerful, Uplifting, Reflective

Service Styles: Contemporary, Traditional