Sermons on Abundant Life:

What Does A Real Model Family Look Like?

Contributed by Darrin Fish on Sep 2, 2015

God created us to belong to His family. • He created us for fellowship. • Fellowship and being part of the Family of God involves a choice. • You choose to belong.

Today I would like to look at families. • What does a real model family look like? • When you’re asked this question what comes to mind? 1. Leave it to Beaver (June and Ward) 2. Howard and Marian from (Happy Days) • What do you think about when it comes to a role model for ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:40-47

Denomination: Christian Church

Blemished People Can't Approach God

Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Sep 7, 2015

To show in the scripture as servants of GOD, you need to be blameless or be washed in the blood, simple put you need to have a relationship with GOD.

I. EXORDIUM: Are you a spotless believer? Yes. 2 Corinthians 5:17 2 Corinthians 5:17 (Amplified Bible) Therefore if any person is [ingrafted] in Christ (the Messiah) he is a new creation (a new creature altogether); the old [previous moral and spiritual condition] has passed away. Behold, the ...read more

Scripture: Leviticus 21:17

Denomination: Pentecostal

Jesus Sees Our Hearts

Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Sep 20, 2015

To show that GOD, the SON, the LORD JESUS CHRIST knows our hearts that it's full of evil and malice and yet in spite of all of these, He loved us and gave Himself for us.

I. EXORDIUM: Do you think about JESUS? Yes. I'm focused on Him. Hebrews 12:2 (Amplified Bible) Looking away [from all that will distract] to Jesus, Who is the Leader and the Source of our faith [giving the first incentive for our belief] and is also its Finisher [bringing it to maturity and ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 9:4

Denomination: Pentecostal

Shalom Shalom

Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Sep 23, 2015

To show that GOD already blessed us with the LORD JESUS CHRIST as Prince of Peace and giver of constact perfect peace for us. Isaiah 26:3 (Amplified Bible) You will guard him and keep him in perfect and constant peace whose mind [both its inclination an

I. EXORDIUM: Are you blessed of and by the LORD? Yes. James 1:25 James 1:25 (Amplified Bible) But he who looks carefully into the faultless law, the [law] of liberty, and is faithful to it and perseveres in looking into it, being not a heedless listener who forgets but an active doer [who ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 26:29

Denomination: Pentecostal

Honored By Mouth Far By Heart

Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Oct 19, 2015

To prove that JESUS knows the hearts and minds of unbelievers and does not need anyone to tell Him about it. Matthew 15:11 (Amplified Bible) It is not what goes into the mouth of a man that makes him unclean and defiled, but what comes out of the mouth;

I. EXORDIUM: Do you honor GOD with your lips? Yes. Constantly I offer GOD a sacrifice of praise using my lips in tongues and with my understanding. Hebrews 13:15 (Amplified Bible) Through Him, therefore, let us constantly and at all times offer up to God a sacrifice of praise, which is the fruit ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 15:8

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Mouth Defiles A Man

Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Oct 19, 2015

To show that GOD, the LORD JESUS CHRIST is aware that our mouths are built to praise Him and not to defile us. Psalms 19:14 (Amplified Bible) Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my [firm, impenet

I. EXORDIUM: How do you guard your mouth? By guarding my heart. Proverbs 4:23 Proverbs 4:23 (Amplified Bible) Keep and guard your heart with all vigilance and above all that you guard, for out of it flow the springs of life. II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers III. OBJECTIVES: To show that ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 15:11

Denomination: Pentecostal

Happy Person

Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Oct 1, 2014

To show what is a real happy person in the Bible.

I. EXORDIUM: Do you believe you're a happy person? or you were deceived? II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers III. OBJECTIVES: To show what is a real happy person in the Bible. IV. TEXT: Psalms 146:5 (Amplified Bible) 146:5 Happy (blessed, fortunate, enviable) is he who has the God of [special ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 146:5

Denomination: Pentecostal

God's School Of Faith

Contributed by Terry Barnhill on Oct 10, 2014

Characteristics of Elijah's ministry; 5 lessons from God's "School of Faith"

READ 1 KINGS 18:7-15 “Elijah the Tishbite of the inhabitants of Gilead;” this is literally all that we know about his parentage and locality. That’s remarkable considering we know about the genealogies of other prophets and leaders of Israel. Even the term “Tishbite” ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 18:7-40

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

In Whose Image?

Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on Oct 14, 2014

Some .have taken Jesus' words as a starting point to building a theology of two kingdoms. A theology of how earthly governments and God are supposed .to relate. Beloved this passage is not about two kingdoms. It is about two images. Updated June 2018

A Little Boy desperately wanted $100.00 ...to buy some toys ...and prayed to God ......for a whole week, ...but nothing happened. So, ... he decided ...to write a letter to God...requesting ...the $100.00. When the Post Office got the letter addressed to God ......they forwarded it on ... to the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 22:15-22, Genesis 1:26-27, Matthew 22:37-40

Denomination: Anglican

The Centrality Of The Word Series

Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 14, 2014

A sermon on the importance, the centrality, of the Word, the Bible, for the church (Material adapted from Daniel Overdorf's book, Rediscovering Community, Word Driven chapter)

HoHum: Timothy Paul Jones- With high hopes we had moved to a new youth ministry position. On my first Wednesday evening at this church, I received my first hint that this task might be more difficult than I’d imagined. After a couple of games, I gathered the students for some worship ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Trinity – A Guide

Contributed by Graham Kettle on Oct 22, 2014

A simple guide to explain the wonder of the Trinity to newer Believers.

1. Example Personal example to help imagine the concept of a ‘trinity’: “I am a son to my mother, a husband to my wife, and a father to my children … yet I am still only one person.” 2. Introduction – The Gospel 1 Tim 3:16 And without controversy great is the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 3:16-17

Denomination: Church Of God

Our Childhood Series

Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 24, 2014

To persevere during trying times we need to remember our childhood (sonship) in Christ (Material adapted from Daniel Overdorf's book, What the Bible Says About the Church: Rediscovering Community, chapter 14 Radically Perseverant pgs 358-363)

HoHum: Fred Craddock, while lecturing at Yale University told of going back one summer to Gatlinburg, Tennessee, to take a short vacation with his wife. One night they found a quiet little restaurant where they looked forward to a private meal - just the two of them. While they were waiting for ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 3:1

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

How Can A Minister Of A State Please God?

Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Oct 31, 2014

To show the following qualities of a political leader that will please GOD.

I. EXORDIUM: Are you planning to vote for your public servant or political leader? Consider this sermon first. II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers III. OBJECTIVES: To show the following qualities of a political leader that will please GOD. IV. TEXT: Isaiah 56:4 (Amplified Bible) 56:4 For thus ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 56:4

Denomination: Pentecostal

I Love My Church

Contributed by Donnie De Loney on Nov 4, 2014

How I love my church.

I Am Committed to My Church 2 Chronicles 29:1-5 I want to introduce you to a mythical church member that I am going to call Kenny. When we first meet Kenny he is attending services at First Church but he left because the services were too formal, ...read more

Scripture: 2 Chronicles 29:1-5

Denomination: Assembly Of God

What Happens When Mama Prays?

Contributed by James Lee on Nov 10, 2014

A Godly mother is one of the most powerful forces on earth. They have within their hands the ability to shape the future with their children. Thank you Pastor Jeff Strite for the original outline.

Real Mothers are special people. Real mothers would like to be able to eat a whole candy bar (all by themselves) and drink a Coke without any "floaters" in it. Real Mothers know that their kitchen utensils are probably in the sandbox. Real Mothers often have sticky floors, filthy ovens and happy ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 1:1-28

Denomination: Baptist