Sermons on Abstract Things:

Consolation When Things Don’t Go Well

Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Sep 25, 2012

Habakkuk has provided an example for us. He has showed us how to rest on God’s promises when we are personally devastated and also to rejoice in the Lord and His provision when our circumstances are devastating.

Opening illustration: Tennis superstar Arthur Ashe died of AIDS, which he contracted from a blood transfusion during heart surgery. More than a great athlete, Ashe was a gentleman who inspired and encouraged many with his exemplary behavior on and off the court. Ashe could have become embittered ...read more

Scripture: Habakkuk 3:17-19

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Things That Make Christians Different From The World: Sin Series

Contributed by Terry Frazier on Sep 29, 2012

Sin entered the world through Adam and Eve. Since then all people are born into this world with a sin nature that we cannot fix on our own. The world tries to ignore the sin nature, tries to "manage" their sin nature and they fail every time. While Christ

Things That Make Christians Different From The World: Sin In this series I have been preaching about the differences between Christians and the world we have to talk about sin. Sin is what separates us from God as people. We are all born in sin and until people accept Jesus Christ as Lord and ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 3:1-24

Denomination: Baptist

Four Things You Should Know About Healing

Contributed by Alvan Lewis on Jan 15, 2019

What does the Bible Really Teach about Divine Healing?

Four Things About the Healing Mark 1:29-39 I want to speak to you on the subject Four Things You Ought To Know About The Healing Ministry Of Jesus. I want to speak plainly about Divine Healing. I mean, it is pretty hard to escape physical healing even with a causal reading of the four Gospels and ...read more

Scripture: Mark 1:29-39

Denomination: Anglican

So Why Are Bad Things Happening To Good People? Series

Contributed by Alis Cerrahyan on Jul 9, 2019

Trying to get even with the enemy will turn a simple lesson in humility into a huge humiliation which is never God's plan for us. So the sooner we walk away from our oppressor without any retaliation; the sooner we give God the opportunity to right the wrong.

God created a special place for his beloved children: the garden of Eden where we were meant to have an eternal fellowship with him. He made us after his own image and decorated us with his own attributes such as the ability to think; reason; speak; create; love; increase; experience the many ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:19

The Face Of A Strategic Team Builder - 5 Things They Do

Contributed by Caleb Onwuka on Aug 1, 2019

Jesus is the perfect example for all of us to see. He had a mission, built a team, so perfect and strategic that after a thousand years, his team kept growing and growing, today we have become a part of that team.

"It’s better to be wise than strong; intelligence outranks muscle any day. Strategic planning is the key to warfare; to win, you need a lot of good counsel." ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 24:5-6

Denomination: *other

Have We Forgotten The Same Thing As The Architects Did?

Contributed by Fr Mund Cargill Thompson on Sep 5, 2019

Roman Ghost Stories; High Rise Flats; a Snapped Pencil: A sermon for Good Friday preached on a windy hill top at the end of the ecumencial Walk of Witness

....................................................................................................................................... When the first high rise flats were built in Britain, it soon became apparent that among the many signs of negligence in their design was that the lifts were too ...read more

Denomination: Anglican

The Things Death Cannot Take Away From Us

Contributed by Brett Crosson on Feb 17, 2020

Death is a difficult time. But we have the Lord on our side.

John 11:35 Everyone here today will suffer some form of loss. A job...a relationship...and even a loved one through death. Along with every loss comes PAIN This pain must never be denied or suppressed In the midsts of pain, we must remember the many advantages of being a Christian. But ...read more

Scripture: John 14:1-6, Psalm 23:1-6

Denomination: Pentecostal

7 Things You Need To Have For A Happy Home

Contributed by Dr.w.samuel Legon on Dec 5, 2019

We have these seven in our we have peace.

7 THINGS YOU NEED TO HAVE FOR A HAPPY HOME 1. Put the trinity first. Matthew 28:19 - Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: John 10:30 - I and [my] Father are one. John 1:1 - In the beginning was the ...read more

Scripture: John 10:30

Denomination: Baptist

Love Does Not But Does, All Things, Never, Is Not.. Series

Contributed by Steve Malone on Jan 29, 2020

In this message we wrap up our series, 'Love Is,' by looking at several facets of God's kind of love... love does not delight in evil, love rejoices with truth, love bears all things... , Love never fails and love is not self seeking.

Love Does Not But Does, All Things, Never, Is Not.. If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:6-8, Proverbs 8:13, Deuteronomy 7:7

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Gospel Of John (Lesson 3): The Beginning Of Greater Things Series

Contributed by Joshua Blackmon on Jun 24, 2020

The miraculous and revelatory are a byproduct of following Jesus. The greatest miracle is knowledge of Him and ourselves.

The Beginning of Greater Things Introduction: God is a miracle-working God. The Bible says that Jesus Christ is the same, yesterday, and today, and forever. When we follow close to Him, miracles are an everyday occurrence. The disciples followed Jesus, looking for a Messiah and Saviour, but there ...read more

Scripture: John 2:1-12

Denomination: Pentecostal

Queen Esther Sermon Ii: Doing The Right Thing Series

Contributed by Charles Cunningham on Jun 24, 2020

In times of turmoil, women of inner strength rise to the challenge of acting upon their moral convictions thereby doing the right thing rather than giving in to the pressures of worldly-minded folks who urge hostile responses.

ESTHER: THE RIGHT THING WHAT GOD’S PEOPLE WITH MORAL CONVICTIONS DO ...read more

Scripture: Esther 2:21-23, Esther 3:1-6

Don't Do Your Own Thing! Series

Contributed by C. Philip Green on Jun 25, 2020

In these dark and foggy times, submit to God’s authority first in your home, then in the household of God, then in the community at large.

There is an old story about a captain on a ship, who looked into the dark night and saw faint lights in the distance. Immediately he told his signalman to send a message: “Alter your course 10 degrees south.” Promptly a return message was received: “Alter your course 10 degrees north.” The captain ...read more

Scripture: Judges 17:1-13, Judges 18:1-31, Ephesians 2:14-16, 2 Timothy 4:3-4

Denomination: Evangelical Free

Seeing Things Through God's Eyes.

Contributed by Bola Folakemi Praise on Jun 29, 2020

God is seeing you differently in a way that nobody is seeing; in fact He is seeing you differently in a way that you are not seeing yourself.

JUDGES 6:13-16 13 “Pardon me, my lord,” Gideon replied, “but if the Lord is with us, why has all this happened to us? Where are all his wonders that our ancestors told us about when they said, ‘Did not the Lord bring us up out of Egypt?’ But now the Lord has abandoned us and given us into the hand ...read more

Scripture: Judges 6:13-16

Denomination: Pentecostal

Lifestyle Principles Sermon V: Prioritize The Main Thing Series

Contributed by Charles Cunningham on Jul 22, 2020

When facing crisis situations, God's people accept the challenge to prioritize the main thing we pray for by doing the main thing Christ died for.

PRIORITIZE THE MAIN THING WE PRAY FOR BY DOING THE MAIN THING WE WOULD DIE FOR At a recent “note burning ceremony” the church’s pastor commended the parishioners, then commented on the meaning of the special occasion, reminding people that, whereas the burning of a note of ...read more

Scripture: Nehemiah 6:1-3, Nehemiah 6:15-16, Nehemiah 8:1-8

The Greatest Thing Every Man Or Woman Should Avoid Series

Contributed by Isaiah Banjo on Oct 11, 2020

Avoid casual LOOK Friends, it is key to your salvation. What you look at is what you become.

Hello Friends, Avoid casual LOOK, it may lead to casual Thought Avoid casual THOUGHT, it may lead to casual Touch Avoid casual TOUCH, it may lead to casual Kiss Avoid casual KISS, it may lead to casual Sex Avoid casual SEX, it may lead to casual Pregnancy Avoid casual PREGNANCY, it may lead to ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 12:2

Denomination: Pentecostal