Sermons on 1 Timothy 6:6-20:

An American Idol: Wealth

Contributed by Charles Salmon on Jul 9, 2007

A sermon on godliness with contentment.

An American Idol: Wealth I Tim. 6:6-10 INTRO.: Idolatry is one of the sins God hates most. The very first commandment of the Decalogue is Ex 20:3 “You shall have no other gods before me.” Yet, sometimes we worship things that are not God. We put them before God. We strive to be able to amass more ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:6-12

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Learning To Be Content

Contributed by Chris Surber on Sep 28, 2007

The love of money never satisfied a soul. The best it ever did was to entertain for a little while. The love of God fills us with love for others. The love of God brings with it real, abiding, lasting, and enduring joy.

Learning To Be Content, I Timothy 6:6-10 Introduction Here in America we are taught from birth that if we work hard enough we can have the all American dream; a big house with a two car garage, the man or woman of our dreams, 1 cat, 1 dog and 2.5 children. And many of us do have those ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:6-10

Denomination: Christian Church

Finding Contentment In A Culture Of Discontent

Contributed by Monty Newton on Sep 29, 2007

Christians who choose to pursue godliness rather than greed will find contentment in living a life of trust.

Title: Finding Contentment in a Culture of Discontentment Text: I Timothy 6:6-19 Thesis: Christians who choose to pursue godliness rather than their cravings, will find contentment in living a life of trust. Introduction According to a study by a non-profit research organization, RTI ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:6-11

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Fighting The Good Fight

Contributed by Carl Benge on Oct 1, 2007

A sermon on encouraging congregations about not allowing the little things get in the way of our mission in ministry, and give them a a new perspective into the true meaning of stewardship of ministry the Spreading of the Gospel and its living message.

At a recent Iowa Annual Conference I heard a Deputy Secretary of the General Board of Church and Society state, “If the homosexual issue was truly the dividing issue of the United Methodist Church, then our situation would be easily solved.” He went on to say that, the real issue affecting the UMC ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:6-19

Denomination: Methodist

The Secret To A Happy Life

Contributed by Scott Carmer on Oct 1, 2007

Paul encourges Timothy to understand what really makes for happiness in life. He calls it "godliness combined with contentment."

The Secret to a Happy Life I Timothy 6:6-19 September 30, 2007 What is most important to you? Have you ever thought about it? For what would you sacrifice? What in the world would you go out of the way in order to attain? I wonder… and I don’t know the answer to this…but I wonder what you ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:6-19

Denomination: Methodist

How's Your Cq?

Contributed by Eyriche Cortez on Oct 9, 2007

To know how content we are, we must check our "CQ" (Contentment Quotient).

There’s a story about a yuppie that met an accident. The 911 rescuers found him hysterical. “Oh, no! My Jaguar! My Jaguar!” he cried out. “Why worry about your car?” the rescuers said. “Look! Your arm got fractured because of the accident!” He looked at his arm and cried out, “Oh no! My Rolex! My ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:6-8

Denomination: Baptist

How To Be Rich

Contributed by Matthew Morine on Oct 9, 2007

Ever meet cheap rich people? Ever wanted to be more giving and kind than they were? The first step is to admit that you are rich, than you will act like a rich person.

HOW TO BE RICH TEXT: 1 TIMOTHY 6:6-10, 17-19 THEME: YOU ARE RICH SO ACT LIKE A RICH PERSON. It was a terrible day. I remember this day too well because of the feeling I had. It all started in a positive way. Uncle Ernie was up from South Carolina. He was there with his family and Nick, ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:6-19

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Becoming A Man Or Woman Of God

Contributed by Andy Flowers on Oct 18, 2007

Instruction on how to become a man or woman of God.

Text: 1 Timothy 6:11-21 Title: Becoming a Man or Woman of God 1 Timothy 6:11-21 11 But flee from these things, you man of God, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance and gentleness. 12 Fight the good fight of faith; take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:11-21

Denomination: Baptist

Living The Truly Good Life

Contributed by Brian Kluth on Feb 15, 2007

Ways to Rise Above the Pull of Materialism Highlights from 1 Timothy

1) A goal to strive for: Godliness with contentment 1 Tim 6:6,8 Godliness (=devoted to Christ living) with contentment (=satisfaction) is great gain… if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that. Luke 12:15 (Jesus said) "Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:1-21

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Three Battles You Have To Win

Contributed by Andy Grossman on Feb 18, 2007

To be a winner you must win these three battles.

“Three Battles You Have to Win to Be a Winner” February 18, 2007 When I was a young man, every night you turned the TV on it was filled with the Viet Nam War. Wounded and bloody solders hobbled across the screen. Napalm tore a fiery trail over the green jungle. Sometimes you could hear the ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:12

Denomination: Holiness

True Purpose Series

Contributed by Alan Tison on Feb 20, 2007

How do you view your wealth, Paul gave the true purpose of wealth in his first letter to Timothy

Introduction: This past Spring, our church was involved in a spiritual campaign called 40 Days of Purpose. The jest of the campaign asked the question, “What on Earth am I here for?” Each of us has a purpose; God did not design us to drift through life having little or no impact on others. Rather ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:17-19

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Are You Content - Part 1

Contributed by Sam Peters on Feb 27, 2007

This two part sermon deals with finding real contentment in our Lord and Savior when we are surrounded by distractions, stress and trouble.

Are you content? How many of you love your job? By that I mean, you love the boss you work for, you love the pay you get, you love the commute, the hours, the working conditions, the co-workers you associate with. How many of you love your job? How many of you love your occupation? I mean, you ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:6-10

Are You Content - Part 2

Contributed by Sam Peters on Feb 27, 2007

This second part of the sermon on Godly contentment focuses on our covetous attitudes.

Are You Content – Part 2 Let me give you a picture of contentment. It’s a Saturday morning. I’m sitting in my new office, in my new chair. I have a hot cup of black coffee in my hand and a toasted bagel on the saucer. The dog is sitting quietly beside me waiting on a handout. Joyce is sitting in ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:6-10

He'll Do It Again

Contributed by Richard White on Mar 8, 2007

Second in the series based on Max Lucado’s book 6 Hours one Friday. God worked miracles for Moses, Daniel, Shadrach, Meschach and Abendego, and he will do it for us if we learn to trust and obey.

He’ll do it again Last week we discussed the three F’s the three storms that hit us. One of those was the Futility. Futility hits especially when we are weary. We stay up nights and instead of counting sheep, we count our debts, our tasks, maybe even our heartbreaks. We are weary, we are tired, ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:1-16

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Renewed Spiritual Intensity For 2007

Contributed by Dave Kinney on Dec 30, 2006

Folks, our church is at a crossroads as we enter 2007 - many of us are standing at the juncture wondering what to do! A church can’t make impact on it’s community if some pick up their marbles and go home! If some never fellowship, if some never serve!

When you think of the word intensity, what comes to mind... Webster’s definition: earnest, fervent, showing strong emotion, firm purpose, great seriousness. Which is the result of something developing within one’s self. Once when Alabama was playing Auburn, Coach Bear Bryant sent in his 2nd ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:11-15

Denomination: Baptist