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Ready For More Good  PRO

Contributed by S Henriques on Jan 27, 2003

READY FOR MORE GOOD God will not turn away from doing you good. He will keep on doing good. He doesn’t do good to his children sometimes and bad to them other times. He keeps on doing good and he never will stop doing good for ten thousand ages of ages. When things are going "bad" that does not ...read more

Tags: Promises Of God, Knowing God's Will, God's Provision

Denomination: Baptist

Ready To Receive  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 28, 2003

READY TO RECEIVE At the wedding in Cana, it is interesting that Jesus waited until their resources had run dry before he performed the miracle. Only when the people came to the end of their supply were they ready to receive what Jesus had to give. John Piper, in an article entitled “The Present ...read more

Scripture: John 19:28

Tags: God's Provision, Miracles Of Jesus, Submission

Not Ready

Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Apr 9, 2012

NOT READY After a presentation on the Evidences of God in Science four physics professors came up to Hugh Ross afterwards. Hugh asked if any of them could deny any of what had been presented. They said they could not. He then asked, "Why are you not ready to accept the conclusions?" One said ...read more

Tags: Atheism

Be Ready

Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 29, 2010

Typical inscription on a grave in Paul’s day: I was not I became I am not I care ...read more

Tags: Death

Denomination: Brethren

Be Ready For The Sudden Surprise Visits Of God. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Be ready for the sudden surprise visits of God. A ready person ...read more

Tags: Miscellaneous

God Is Ready To Assume Full Responsibility For ...

Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jan 4, 2010

“God is ready to assume full responsibility for the life wholly yielded ...read more

Tags: Sanctification

Denomination: Baptist

Being Ready

Contributed by Richard L. Brown on Oct 1, 2016

Being Ready Luke 12: 32-38 This illustration is about not being afraid for the return of the Master. When I was a young boy in the Fourth Grade at Yost Elementary School, our teacher, Mrs. Conley, would periodically leave the room and say, “I’ll be back in a few minutes. Just work quietly at ...read more

Scripture: Luke 12:32-38

Tags: Following Directions, Being Prepared

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Are You Ready?

Contributed by Brad Henry on Aug 11, 2011

ARE YOU READY? Are you ready to dwell in the “house of the Lord forever”? If not then ask yourself why? Most of us cling on to something that is sinful just because we are comfortable here. That is like asking a baby to experience life outside the womb. They would say “No Way” I have a great ...read more

Tags: Heaven

Ready For Either

Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 23, 2010

READY FOR EITHER A Roman coin was once found with the picture of an ox on it. The ox was facing two things--an altar and a plough--and the inscription read: "Ready for either." The ox had to be ready either for the supreme ...read more

Tags: Servanthood

Denomination: Brethren

Are You Ready To Meet The Lord?

Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Aug 22, 2024

Text: Proverbs 29:1, KJV: 1 He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy. Thrift and second-hand stores are good places to find items like Bibles and other Christian material—no offense to bookstores, of course. One day I was searching for ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 29:1

Tags: Death, Salvation, Ready To Meet God, Thrift Shops

Denomination: Baptist

Luther Once Said That We Should Be Ready As If ...

Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Aug 26, 2005

Luther once said that we should be ready as if Jesus were coming today but working as if He were not coming for a thousand years. Whilst waiting expectantly for ...read more

Tags: God The Father

Denomination: Baptist

Andrew Murray Said, "God Is Ready To Assume Full ...  PRO

Contributed by Donnie Martin on Sep 8, 2003

Andrew Murray said, “God is ready to assume full responsibility for the ...read more

Tags: God The Father, Promises Of God

Denomination: Baptist

Ready For Resurrection Morning

Contributed by Ferdinand Funk on Sep 29, 2008

READY FOR RESURRECTION MORNING A true story is told about a distinguished man, the only white person buried in a Georgia cemetery reserved exclusively for blacks. He had lost his mother when he was just a baby. His father, who never married again, hired a black woman named Mandy to help raise his ...read more

Tags: Easter Resurrection

Denomination: Mennonite

We Must Be Ready To Allow Ourselves To Be ...  PRO

Contributed by Alan Perkins on Mar 28, 2001

"We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God. God will be constantly crossing our paths and cancelling our plans by sending us people with claims and petitions. We may pass them by, preoccupied with our more important tasks, as the priest passed by the man who had fallen among ...read more

Scripture: John 13:1-17, John 13:1-17

Tags: Christian Disciplines, Doing God's Will, Humility

Denomination: Baptist

Are You Ready For Fall?

Contributed by James Snyder on Sep 11, 2021

With such a tumultuous summer, I’m glad we are now beginning the fall season. There for a while, I didn’t think it was going to come. But, contrary to my negativity, it has arrived, and I’m delighted. Summer wasn’t quite the way summers have been in the past. My family didn’t have many ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 3:1

Tags: Humor, Blessings, Seasons

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

Be Ready, Have A Plan.

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Apr 17, 2021

PEOPLE NEVER PLAN TO FAIL, THEY FAIL TO PLAN AND BECOME TRAPPED TO BE DOOMED. WHAT IS FAILURE? WHAT IS SUCCESS? LIFE OFTEN HAS MANY TEMPORARY SET BACKS? We must be ready! ALBERT EINSTEIN did not beginning talking until he was 4 years. Many of Einstein’s family and friends thought he was mentally ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 19:7, Matthew 25:10

Tags: Plan, Ready

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Are We Ready To Do What God Designed Us To Do?

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 26, 2004

Are we ready to do what God designed us to do? Some of you may remember back in January I showed you this cordless drill that I had as a gift from my Mother for Christmas. As with gifts that God gives us, I mentioned, at the time, that it would be no point in me having this gift if I didn’t use it. ...read more

Tags: Doing God's Will, Knowing God's Will

The 200-Year-Old Church Was Being Readied For An ...  PRO

Contributed by Donnie Martin on Sep 28, 2003

The 200-year-old church was being readied for an anniversary celebration when calamity struck: the bell ringer was called out of town. The sexton immediately advertised for another. When the replacement arrived, the sexton took him to the steps leading to the bell tower, some 150 feet above them. ...read more

Tags: Hardship Of Life, God In The Hardships

Denomination: Baptist

As I Was Getting Ready To Come To Church Today, I ...  PRO

Contributed by Mark Thornton on Nov 12, 2001

As I was getting ready to come to church today, I was helping my son to get a bath -- and quite frankly, he didn’t want to have a bath, especially because he couldn’t sit and play in the tub for awhile. And so he resisted and complained and made it difficult -- but we struggled through it and got ...read more

Tags: Faith, Doing God's Will

Denomination: *other

Are You Ready For A Missions Trip?

Contributed by Brad Henry on Oct 24, 2011

ARE YOU READY FOR A MISSIONS TRIP? Last Wednesday I received a text from a dear friend of mine in Phoenix. He said that his 15 year old daughter Katie was going in for some tests to determine the reasons for some health issues she was having. I went to bed without knowing the results. I woke up ...read more

Tags: Fear And Worry