Sermons on 7 Lampstands:

Planting The Seed - Watching It Grow

Contributed by Mike Rickman on Sep 22, 2003

The Book of Acts gives a clear indication as to how the church should operate. How do we measure up?

September 21, 2003 Morning Worship Text: Acts 5:12-16 Subject: Church Growth Title: Planting the Seed – Watching it Grow Do you ever get up on Sunday morning and not feel like going to church? A husband and wife got up one Sunday morning and the wife got dressed for church. It was just about ...read more

Scripture: Acts 5:12-16

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Reviving Your First Love

Contributed by Tommy Davis on Mar 21, 2001

This sermon explores how Christians, over a period of time, have a tendency to stray away from JESUS CHRIST, their first love, and offers encouragement to return to HIM.

TEXT: Revelation 2:1-5 1 Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks; 2 I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 2:1-5

Denomination: Baptist

Salt And Light

Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Jul 21, 2014

After Jesus shares the attributes that will bless us he tells his disciples that they are salt and light. How are we like salt and light?

SALT AND LIGHT Matt. 5:13-16 Intro: Make connection between the beatitudes and us being salt and light. 1) We need to be salty (vs. 13). There was a time when salt was a much more precious commodity than it is today. “On October 2, 1864, one of the worst battles of the American Civil War ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:13-16

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

We Are Salt And Light Series

Contributed by Doug Fannon on Jun 8, 2020

Continuation of the series "Who We are in Christ." We are called to be an influence in the world.

Who are we “in Christ?” What is our purpose “in Christ?" Think on that for a moment. If we are “in Christ” we are “saved.” We talked about that we are “a new creation in Christ” (2 Corinthians 5:17). If there was no further purpose for us on earth after our conversion, why are we not taken ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:13-16

Denomination: Baptist

Jesus' Legacy Of Love (Sixth Sunday Of Easter May 5, 2024)

Contributed by John Williams Iii on May 4, 2024

Jesus' commandment to love one another was a legacy to Jesus' disciples then as much as it is also a legacy to Jesus' disciples today and in every generation.

JESUS' LEGACY OF LOVE Text: John 15: 9-17 John 15:9-17  I love you just as the Father loves me; remain in my love.  (10)  If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father's commands and remain in his love.  (11)  "I have ...read more

Scripture: John 15:9-17

Denomination: United Methodist

Sermon # 5 - Faith In The Midst Of Life's Storms Series

Contributed by Andrew Dixon on Jun 4, 2024

When we are faced with trials and hardships, we should not lose heart but must know that the Lord is with us. With Jesus on our side we can walk by faith without any fear because the Lord is in perfect control.

The question Jesus asked His disciples as recorded in Mark 4:40, Then Jesus said to his disciples, "Why are you frightened? Do you still have no faith?" (GNB) Let us look at the background to this verse. We read in Mark 4:1, Again Jesus began to teach beside Lake Galilee. The crowd that ...read more

Scripture: Mark 4:40, Mark 4:1, Mark 4:34, Mark 4:21-25, Mark 4:26-29, Mark 4:30-32, Mark 4:35-37, Mark 4:38-40, Romans 8:28  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Other

Being Light Series

Contributed by Richard Tow on Aug 14, 2023

The Beatitudes teach the qualities that God works in the character of Christ's disciples. Then in Matthew 5:13-16 the emphasis turns to the influence Christians are to have in the world around them. The point of our text is that we let our light shine.

Intro Immediately following the Beatitudes, Jesus uses two metaphors to declare the task given to his followers in the world. Those two metaphors are salt and light. We have examined the first one. Now we want to learn from the second metaphor, light. Our text today is Matt 5:14-16: "You are ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:1-16, Ephesians 5:18, Romans 8:27-29, 2 Timothy 4:7, John 1:1-9, 1 John 1:1-9, Matthew 28:19-20, John 13:34-35, Mark 16:15-18, Luke 19:10, John 12:46  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Charismatic

Dragon Slayer (Part 1) Series

Contributed by Shawn Drake on Jul 6, 2002

This is the 14th sermon in the series "The End". This sermon focuses on the 4 personalities found in Revelation 12.

Sunday Morning July 7, 2002 Bel Aire Baptist Church Series: “The End” [#14] DRAGON SLAYER (Part 1) Revelation 12 Introduction: 1. Chapter 12 introduces the second half of the Tribulation period by giving a Heavenly recap of the great conflict of the ages, bringing us up to date. ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 12:1-17

Denomination: Baptist

Building God's Way Series

Contributed by Ewen Huffman on Jul 2, 2004

Building Gods’ way involes 1) God’s presence 2) God’s power 3) God’s (anointed) people

Building God’s way. Zech 4:1-14. WBC 4/7/4pm CONTEXT We’re about 518BC. - the Mede/Persian empire has taken over from the Babylonian one and Cyrus has given the edict to return and rebuild the temple (538BC) HAG 1:13 Then Haggai, the LORD’s messenger, gave this message of the LORD to the ...read more

Scripture: Zechariah 4:1-14

Denomination: Baptist

The Church At Ephesus Series

Contributed by Sam Gordon on Sep 18, 2006

a look at the church at Ephesus

Seven Letters to the Seven Churches (01) Revelation 2:1-7 Today we’re commencing a short series of seven studies looking at Revelation chapters 2 and 3. The focal point of these studies is on the seven letters to the seven churches. The title I have given to these is very apt and appropriate – ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 2:1-7

Denomination: Baptist

What Do You See? God Is Getting Ready!

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Mar 4, 2020

It is amazing what we cannot see? What do you see? God is teaching Jeremiah a lesson on vision casting? I see a rod of a almond tree... There is a powerful hidden lesson here. Let us see clearly.

WHAT DO YOU SEE? GOD IS GETTING READY TO ACT… By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com I HAVE A ROD (FOR CORRECTION) A STAFF (FOR COMFORT). Same thing, like fiddle or violin. BE IT KNOW TO ALL PEOPLE GOD IS READY TO PERFORM HIS WORD. Jeremiah 1:12 Then said the LORD unto me, Thou hast ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 1:11, Numbers 17:1-6, Exodus 25:33

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Green Olive Tree

Contributed by Anitha Jabastion on Sep 17, 2021

Why does David compare himself to a olive tree? Olive trees have got lot of significance in early Israel. Olive trees are one of the most familiar trees in the entire Middle East. A bread and olive oil, often dipped first into a mixture of herbs and salt would make a simple Palestinian breakfast.

Psalm 52:8 - I am like a green olive tree in the house of God Here, David declares of himself that he was a green olive tree in the house of God. To understand this verse, we need to understand: A. The background of the psalm B. The significance of olive trees A. Background of Psalm 52. Psalm 52 ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 24:16, Jeremiah 11:16, John 15:2, Isaiah 11:1, Psalm 37:6, 1 Samuel 22:6-23, 1 Samuel 21:1-9, Matthew 13:43, Psalm 52:8  (view more)  (view less)

Turning Vision Into Reality

Contributed by David Salyer on Dec 21, 2000

How to take God’s vision for our lives and act upon it.

Turning Vision into Reality Proverbs 16:3 I know that I have told you the story of the president of the coke company and how he had a vision for coke when he took over the company years ago, and that of course was that every person in this world would have the ability to hold a coke in their ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 16:3

Denomination: Pentecostal

What To Do When Another Is Down

Contributed by Billy Noel on May 18, 2009

As brothers and sisters in Christ we have a responsibility to lift each other during touch times

Hebrews 10: 24-25 In the summer of 1978 I enlisted in the United States army the first stop boot camp or basic training The greatest emphasis was on physical endurance We would have periodic PT tests I had problems with the monkey bars I just couldn’t make it to the end The only way to pass basic ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 10:23-25

Denomination: Christian Church

Not Abandoning Our First Love Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Nov 17, 2012

Christ loves us too much to let us coast.

Monday of 33rd Week in Course 2012 Vatican II–Lumen Gentium Not Abandoning Our First Love One of the greatest temptations of life is to coast. We come to a point of satisfaction in some area of our living, and just want that to last forever. So we stop taking risks, we stop putting extra ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 2:1-5

Denomination: Catholic