Sermons on Acts 13:1-19:20:

Prayer In The Midnight Hour

Contributed by Jerry Gatson on Mar 24, 2020

A right revelation of prayer in the midnight hour will revolutionize the way you pray!

PRAYER IN THE MIDNIGHT HOUR Acts 16:25-26 25 And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them. 26 And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every ...read more

Scripture: Acts 16:25-26

Denomination: Charismatic

When You’re Shut Up, Don’t Shut Up!

Contributed by Steve Pearman on Mar 27, 2020

What do we do when shut away during coronavirus Covid-19?

When you’re shut up, don’t shut up! Acts 16:16-33 Into Being shut up, is never nice on a long term. We can do it for a while. But we like freedom. We like to walk out. Do things for ourselves. It’s one reason why being in prison is a punishment: Freedom is taken away. Now we ...read more

Scripture: Acts 16:16-33

Still I Will Rejoice

Contributed by Bright Adeyeye on Mar 28, 2020

We are instructed to rejoice! But is it really possible especially with what's happening in the world today?

STILL I WILL REJOICE "Though the fig tree may not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines; Though the labor of the olive may fail, and the fields yield no food; Though the flock may be cut off from the fold, and there be no herd in the stalls— 18 Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the ...read more

Scripture: Habakkuk 3:17-18, Acts 16:23-25

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Christ Of The Crisis

Contributed by Pat Damiani on Mar 30, 2020

The example of Paul and Silas in jail reveals how the disciples of Jesus are to respond in a crisis.

NOTE: This is a manuscript, and not a transcript of this message. The actual presentation of the message differed from the manuscript through the leading of the Holy Spirit. Therefore, it is possible, and even likely that there is material in this manuscript that was not included in the live ...read more

Scripture: Acts 16:16-34

Denomination: Baptist

Gather In Truth

Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Apr 1, 2020

God did not call us to division and traditions.

Ephesians 4:1  I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, 2  With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;  3  ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:1-6, Ephesians 4:11-16, Acts 17:10-11, John 16:13, James 1:17, John 17:20-23  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Baptist

Who’s Got My Back? Somebody Cover Me! Series

Contributed by Otis Mcmillan on Jun 1, 2023

Never underestimate the value of your supporting role. Leadership is a lonely road at best, it is better when you know someone has got your back! Cover your leaders when they are most vulnerable.

Sermon – Who’s Got My Back? Somebody Cover me! Text: Acts 14:19-24 “Then some Jews came from Antioch and Iconium and won the crowd over. They stoned Paul and dragged him outside the city, thinking he was dead. 20 But after the disciples had gathered around him, he got up and went back into the ...read more

Scripture: Acts 14:19-24, Isaiah 30:7, Isaiah 30:15, 1 Peter 5:8, Ecclesiastes 4:9-12, 2 Timothy 3:11-12  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Methodist

The Gospel Message Is Disturbing! (Turning Worlds Upside Down) Series

Contributed by Otis Mcmillan on Jun 1, 2023

The message of the Gospel is a disturbing message. To disturb means to excite from a state of rest or tranquility. It means to awaken, to agitate the mind, or to ruffle. The gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ is a gospel that turns the world upside down.

Subject: The Gospel Message is Disturbing! Text: Acts 16:16-24 One day as we were going down to the place of prayer, we met a slave girl who had a spirit that enabled her to tell the future. She earned a lot of money for her masters by telling fortunes. 17 She followed Paul and the rest of us, ...read more

Scripture: Acts 16:16-24, Matthew 10:34-38, Matthew 24:24

Denomination: Methodist

The Holy Spirit At Work!

Contributed by Melvin Newland on Jun 6, 2023

Over the years I have been amazed at some of the ways that the Holy Spirit gets our attention. In this message Casey tells how the Holy Spirit finally got through to him. And I would like for you to hear his story too.

MELVIN NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK THE HOLY SPIRIT AT WORK! TEXT: Romans 8:38-39; Acts 2:2-4, 36-43, 4:19-20, 8:1, 31-39, 9:3-5, 18:8, ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:38-39, Acts 2:2-4, Acts 2:36-43, Acts 8:31-39, Acts 9:3-5, Acts 18:8, Acts 4:19-20, Acts 22:10-16  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Being Bright Lights In A Dark World Series

Contributed by Otis Mcmillan on Jun 8, 2023

Your theology, what you really believe, comes out at midnight. What I mean by midnight is at the darkest moment of your soul; when things seem hopeless, when the pressure mounts, when the pain intensifies, when things are darkest. Let's shine our brightest at midnight.

Sermon: Being Bright Lights in A Dark World Scripture - Acts 16:25-40 “Around midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening. Suddenly, there was a massive earthquake, and the prison was shaken to its foundations. All the doors immediately flew ...read more

Scripture: Acts 16:25-40, Matthew 5:15-16, 1 Peter 5:7

Denomination: Methodist

Paul’s Revelation Of The Unknown God Series

Contributed by Otis Mcmillan on Jun 8, 2023

Christ came to make His Father known. Mankind was created to worship. If God is not clearly revealed, man will create something to worship. We are called to reveal the Unknown God to the world!

Sermon – Paul’s Revelation of the Unknown God Scripture Lesson-Acts 17:16-33 “While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was deeply troubled by all the idols he saw everywhere in the city. 17 He went to the synagogue to reason with the Jews and the God-fearing Gentiles, and he spoke daily in the ...read more

Scripture: Acts 17:16-33, Acts 17:1-16, John 16:7-11, Hebrews 9:27

Denomination: Methodist

The Right Baptism Of The Right Person Series

Contributed by Brandon Max on Jun 8, 2023

The Bible declares to us in Ephesians 4:5 that there is only "One Baptism". This is of course Scriptural Baptism, which is Right Kind of Baptism... and must involve the Right Person.

37) THE RIGHT BAPTISM OF THE RIGHT PERSON We Believe In One Baptism – Involving The Right Person. Text: Ephesians 4:5 “One Lord, one faith, one baptism,” BRIEF RECAP Last week we looked at the fact that we Believe in the ordinance of Scriptural Baptism. After all – “Baptism” is something clearly ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:5, Acts 8:35-38, Acts 16:29-34, Acts 18:8, Acts 8:12-13, Acts 2:41  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Baptist

More Pentecost

Contributed by Dr. Fred W. Penney on Jun 12, 2023

Acts 3 & 4 tell the story of a healing miracle and the pushback against the gospel.

Title: “More Pentecost” Text: Acts 3-4 Subject: How does the Holy Spirit speak and act after the events of Pentecost? Complement: He keeps on filling his people for witness! Preaching idea: The Holy Spirit freshly fills God’s people to empower us for witness. Acts 3 One day Peter and John were ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:18, Acts 13:9

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Don’t Limit Your Miracle!

Contributed by Anitha Jabastion on Jun 17, 2023

The woman’s limitation to believe staff can work hindered the miracle. If she would have trusted that the staff was enough for God to heal, that would have been enough for her miracle to manifest. This teaches us an important lesson that we can limit the power of God through our lack of faith.

The Bible has accounts of several miraculous healings both in the Old and New Testament: Namaan, being healed of his leprosy, Hezekiah healed of his lump, Bartholomew healed of his blindness, a man at Bethesda healed of his paralysis and the list continues. Even today, we hear testimonies around ...read more

Scripture: 2 Kings 4:18-37, Mark 6:5-6, Acts 19:12, Matthew 13:58, 2 Kings 13:21, Luke 8:43-44, Acts 5:15  (view more)  (view less)

Like Paul And John We Are Prophets Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jun 20, 2023

Restoring the prophetic voice.

Solemnity of John the Baptist 2023 St. Paul knew how to approach the Jews and the Gentiles who had an interest in the Jewish faith as he went through Asian Minor and Greece to spread the Gospel of Christ. So we see him in today’s story from Acts coming to the local synagogue on Shabat, Saturday. ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 49:1-6, Acts 13:22-26, Luke 1:57-80

Denomination: Catholic

What You Believe Is Important! Series

Contributed by Otis Mcmillan on Jun 20, 2023

Paul was always interested in what people believed. What you believe determines how you live, what you do and what you can receive. Spirit-filled Christians live different from culture, customs, and surroundings. They live as lights in a dark world.

Sermon – What You Believe Is Important! Scripture Acts 19:1-7 “While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul traveled through the interior regions until he reached Ephesus, on the coast, where he found several believers. 2 “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” he asked them. “No,” they ...read more

Scripture: Acts 19:1-7, Joel 2:28-29, John 1:12, Acts 1:8, Matthew 28:18-20, John 7:37-39  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Methodist