Sermons on A Message Of Hope:

How To Make The Most Of Life's Seasons

Contributed by Everett Mccoy on Jul 23, 2008

Was a New Year’s Message, but good for anytime. Seasons are passing, but productive. We should simply decide to enjoy them.

here we are again at the end of a year. Really there is no difference between this day and any other. Time passes. The date changes every night at midnight. Every 7 days we enter a new week. Every 30 days (or thereabouts) we enter a new month. But it’s every 12 months – or at the changing ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 2:1-8

Denomination: Pentecostal

Vision Of Another World Series

Contributed by R. York Moore on Feb 17, 2010

A message presented at Urbana 2009 describing the light of Christ that shows us His perspective on ourselves, others, and things eternal.

1. Intro: My Life Would Forever Be Changed: * The wood floor crackled & popped like Rice Crispies. My back warmed as the spring sun invaded our home-pouring in through those leaded glass windows after a long, dark winter. * I thumbed the new book my dad had given me for my 9th birthday with ...read more

Scripture: John 3:16-19

Denomination: *other

The Easter Door Series

Contributed by Steve Malone on May 16, 2008

The kick off message for our ’One Month To Live’ Campaign. In this message I talk about the 3 doors, the Door Of: Forgiveness, Restoration and Hope.

The Easter Door One Month To Live I’M SURE - you’ve noticed that we have a door on the stage. NOW - whenever you walk through a door you’re going from one place to another. AND - as you walk through a door you have certain emotions, depending on what’s on the other side of the door. WHEN - you ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Go! And Abound In Hope Romans 15:4-7 Series

Contributed by Dean Courtier on Jan 24, 2025

Hope is not just a fleeting feeling or a vague optimism; it is a confident expectation rooted in God’s promises.

Go! And Abound in Hope Romans 15:4-7, Romans 15:13 (NLT) Introduction Today, we focus on a message of encouragement, endurance, unity, and hope. Our theme is "Go! And Abound in Hope." Hope is not just a fleeting feeling or a vague optimism; it is a confident expectation rooted in God’s ...read more

Scripture: Romans 15:4-7, Romans 15:13, Psalm 119:105, John 17:21, Isaiah 40:31  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Pentecostal

If Christ Had Not Come

Contributed by Davon Huss on Dec 28, 2022

If Christ Had Not Come Then... (Outline and seed thought adapted from a book by Leslie Flynn called, "Christmas Messages,", chapter by the same title)

HoHum: Love the movie, “It’s a Wonderful Life.” George Bailey has so many problems he is thinking about ending it all- and it’s Christmas! As the angels discuss George, we see his life in flashbacks. As George is about to jump from the bridge, he ends up rescuing his guardian angel, Clarence ...read more

Scripture: John 15:22-25, Romans 3:25-26, 1 Corinthians 15:3-4, Ecclesiastes 1:9, 1 Peter 2:21, Hebrews 2:14-15  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Keeping The Dream Alive

Contributed by Tony Searles on Jul 6, 2001

Hope for continuing on in the faith, and in what God has planned for your life!

Keeping The Dream Alive! “Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” Galatians 6:9 Calvin Coolidge once said… Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 6:9

Denomination: Other

A Wedding Service

Contributed by Grant Bennington on Aug 2, 2003

A simple, personal wedding Service based on marriage being a lifelong process of getting to know each other.

The Covenant of Marriage GATHERING Processional: Greeting: The miracle of love is like the miracle of the flower; it thrives upon the sunshine of a smile...it entwines itself around the heart. Its roots are secured in the memories of yesterday and its petals breathe the promise ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1-8

Denomination: Independent/Bible

To Stay Or Not To Stay, That Is The Question

Contributed by James Lowe on Apr 5, 2013

Our hope and confidence

To Stay or not to Stay, That is the Question Philippians 1:21-24 21 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. 22 But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not. 23 For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 1:21-24

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Believe It Or Not Series

Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Sep 14, 2012

WE have to decide if what we believe really matters in the way we live. Our faith is based on our hope in God.

INTRODUCTION • SLIDE #1 PC VIDEO DEFEAT • SLIDE #2 • We all need something to hope in, the hope that we have can inspire great faith and confidence. • Hope and faith are linked very closely together. • The key I wanted you to take from the clip is this; your actions ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 11:1-4

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Faith

Contributed by Shawn Malloy on Mar 18, 2011

Faith

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. – Hebrews 11:1  To have faith is to believe then you shall receive.  Only the Just shall live by faith.  To have faith is to believe that you will receive.  Faith in God that ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 11:1

Denomination: Christian Church

Look What The Lord Has Done For Me

Contributed by Jerry Stepp on May 14, 2011

What the Lord has done for Me and can and will do for you, if you just call upon His name

LOOK WHAT THE LORD HAS DONE FOR ME PSALM 40:1-4 INTRODUCTION: This psalm is a celebration of God's great goodness to him, and all his people. He praises God for delivering him out of deep distress, vs. 1-5. Thence takes occasion to speak of the work of our redemption by Christ, vs. 6-10. ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 40:1-4

Denomination: Baptist

When You Have Nothing Else To Lose!

Contributed by Bob Soulliere on Apr 16, 2009

Sometimes in spite of all the positive thinking we can generate, life is really terrible. Simple optimism will not do.

When you have nothing else to lose! Keep Hope Alive A student athlete was contemplating the height of the bar on the high jump. “I don’t think I can make it,” he said. “Think positive!” said a friend. “All right,” the athlete said boldly, “I’m positive I can’t make it.” 1 Peter 1:3-9 3Praise be to ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 1:3-9

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

What Happens To Us After Die?

Contributed by Erik Estep on Oct 20, 2011

Today in our passage of Scripture we’re going to see Jesus giving encouragement to a man @ his future as he was dying. That right there is a great comfort to me to see that Jesus is speaking of a future for a man who was dying. But thru this conversatio

“What Happens to Us After We Die?” Luke 23: 39-43 January 17, 2009 Intro: When I was a kid I’d go and stay w/my grandparents a couple of weeks each summer in Ft. Worth. I loved going there b/c my grandmother would make me whatever I wanted for breakfast and I didn’t ...read more

Scripture: Luke 23:39-43

Denomination: Baptist

El Regalo Sanador De La Esperanza De Dios

Contributed by Byron Perrine on Apr 22, 2020

Una exposición de esperanza, su significado, cómo se diferencia de las ilusiones, cómo impacta en nuestra vida y cómo puede reavivarse después de que se ha perdido

Muchos críticos de la religión cristiana la critican porque sienten que el cristianismo se basa en la mera esperanza, es decir, en una ilusión. De hecho, la esperanza, como la fe misma, es un hermoso y precioso regalo de Dios y es fundamental para la fe cristiana. Reconoceré que ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 2:1-5

Denomination: United Methodist

Five Pillars Of The Church

Contributed by David Carter on Apr 27, 2020

Here are five pillars of the Church

FIVE PILLARS OF THE CHURCH Acts 2:40-47 - Then those who gladly received his word were baptized; and that day about three thousand souls were added to them. And they continued steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers. Then fear came upon every ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:40-47

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational