Sermons on Adding Value:

Thirty-First Sunday In Ordinary Time, B: Shema

Contributed by Paul Andrew on Oct 16, 2024

Prostrating oneself in prayer helps me to mean all the words of this creed, with all its intensity and wide scope.

This is the most Jewish and Catholic prayer possible, in our Gospel today, from Mark 12:29, which Jews call the Shema, which means “hear” in Hebrew-- we have the first line of the Shema in our Gospel today: “Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is Lord alone! You shall love the Lord your God with all ...read more

Scripture: Mark 12:28-34

Denomination: Catholic

Godliness Has Value For All Things

Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Sep 3, 2013

To show that we need to value godliness like we value exercise and diet for our physical body, because it has values in everything and carries a promise in this life and life to come.

I. EXORDIUM: Do you exercise godliness? Do you train in godliness? II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers III. OBJECTIVES: To show that we need to value godliness like we value exercise and diet for our physical body, because it has values in everything and carries a promise in this life and life to ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 4:8

Denomination: Pentecostal

Time: Value The Minute And Waste The Hours?

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Dec 10, 2014

Show me where you spend your money and I can tell something about you... But show me where you spend your time and I will know the real you.

TAKE HEED: HOW DO YOU SPEND YOUR TIME? By Wade Martin Hughes Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com Did you hear about the person that needed a longer blanket? They cut off the top of the blanket and sowed it to the bottom? Now how much longer is the blanket? PEOPLE SEEM TO KEEP MINUTES AND WASTE HOURS... James ...read more

Scripture: James 4:14

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Prophecy And The Value Of Listening Intently For God Series

Contributed by Nigel Heath on Jul 3, 2011

Listening for what God is saying is important. Listening well is essential. Those of us who seek to share with others a word that could be described as prophetic should also listen well before we speak.

29.5.11 THE IMPORTANCE OF LISTENING INTENTLY TO GOD INTRO What do you hope for when you come to Church on a Sunday? I expect for most of us who come we hope to hear from God. We want to be able come away at the end of a service having heard something that changes the way we see things or feel ...read more

Scripture: Luke 8:1-18

Denomination: Baptist

Core Value 2 - Mission Minded Series

Contributed by Allan Quak on Mar 21, 2019

This sermon uses Matthew 28:18-20 to give biblical teaching on the NEC core value of being Mission Minded where we seek “To lead not-yet-believing family, friends and neighbours into a mature relationship with Christ and integrate them completely into the life of our church.”

Message Matthew 28:16-20 Mission Minded In a town near a river which is full of fish there is a fishermen’s club. Week after week the fishermen in this club meet to talk. They would talk about their responsibility to fish. Their slogan was “We live to Fish”. They would talk about the many types ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 28:16-20, Mark 5:1-20

Denomination: Baptist

Recover Your Lost Moral Values

Contributed by Bishop, W. F. Houston, Jr. on Jan 26, 2015

In our life moral values are important. Many have misplaced or lost their priceless ethics along the way and need to go back and recover them.

Sermon Beloved, I want you to meditate with me this morning on the words: recovering lost Moral values. Recovering lost Moral values. I’m sure that most of you would agree with me in making this affirmation that in this life if God allows you to wake up- before you go to bed, there ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:41-52

Denomination: Other

Know Your Currency? Value System?

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Sep 29, 2018

Cowboys break horses? We must understand the eternal currency system vs the temporal systems and invest wisely. Life can break us?

KNOW YOUR CURRENCY? By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com WILL YOU TRADE THAT FOR THIS? LIFE HAS A WAY OF BREAKING OUR HEARTS, CRUSHING OUR SPIRITS, ANDIT CAN BECOME VERY HEAVY. DID YOU KNOW THE ENEMY HAS A PLAN TO BREAK YOU? Matthew 24:43 But know this, that if the good man of the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 24:43, 1 Corinthians 11:24, Mark 14:3, Mark 8:35

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Lesson 27: Preach Logically Series

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Apr 3, 2018

Let's learn to apply logic to our sermons

Lesson Goal I hope to teach how to preach logical sermons. Lesson Intro How do we recognize deception? How do we avoid self-deception? How often have we heard fellow Christians say things that seem rather half-baked and irrational? How often have people in the scientific or educational community ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Building Lasting Values "Trusting God”

Contributed by Dennis Lee on Sep 30, 2019

Today's Sermon looks at the biblical value of learning to and trusting in God, and asks the question, "Can We Trust God To Lead Us?"

Building Lasting Values “Trusting God” 1 Kings 11-12 Audio File: https://mega.nz/#!aAlEna4J!_jbH9Ep_whqGEiLq-0scck_Ypumtl5_E45HAhjJBSuc The last time we were together we looked at the biblical value of trust in our series on building God’s House within us through the values and standards set ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 3:5-6, 2 Corinthians 5:7

Denomination: Foursquare

4 Relationship Recipe Series

Contributed by Steve Pearman on May 28, 2024

Today, I offer a recipe. In a recipe there are ingredients that must be added, some that can be added, ans some that should never be added

So we made it! The last in our series on relationships. I wonder how you found it. Has it made a difference to your relationships? Because, in studying God’s Word about any subject, it should impact how we live. Today, I offer a recipe. In a recipe there are things you need to add.. They are ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1-13

You're More Than Your Bank Account Series

Contributed by Louis Bartet on Apr 24, 2005

EXCERPT: It is not the dollar that gives value to the owner, but the owner who gives value to the dollar by how he uses it.

SERIES TITLE: COUNT IT ALL JOY SERMON TITLE: YOU’RE MORE THAN YOUR BANK ACCOUNT SERMON TEXT: James 1:9-11 Author: Louis Bartet TEXT 9But let the brother of humble circumstances glory in his high position; 10and let the rich brother glory in his humiliation, because like flowering grass he will ...read more

Scripture: James 1:9-11

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Contrasting Pharisaical Values And Christlike Love

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Aug 20, 2001

Contrasting Pharisaical Values and Christlike Love - Matt. 9:11,12

Contrasting Pharisaical Behavior and Christ Like Love - Matthew 9:11,12 1. Pharisaical Values Were Rooted in Their Traditions and Rigidity versus Christ’s Values were rooted in Loving the Lord with all of one’s heart, soul, strength, and mind which motivated one to love one’s neighbor as ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 9:11-12

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Building Community - Value One Another Series

Contributed by Alan Perkins on Apr 1, 2001

As we gain a right understanding of how much worth and value each person has, as we come to see each other the way God sees us, then we will gain an appreciation for one another that will strengthen love and build community.

This is the fifth and last message in our series on Building Community. In a society that is becoming increasingly fragmented, in which people seem more and more separated from one another, the church can be a refuge. More than a building, more than a Sunday morning meeting, more than an ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:16

Denomination: Baptist

Market Watch: Value Of A Soul Plunges

Contributed by Robert Simmons on Feb 27, 2002

What is the value of your soul? What is the worth of your eternal destiny? Challenge to answer the clarion call, the ultimate question of materialism, "what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?"

*On the market, what is a fair exchange for your eternal soul? — one month, lifetime, night, moment of sinful pleasure The absurdity and audacity of the Lord to ask such a question. Who would do such a moronic thing as to exchange his soul? Yet the universality of its application is clear. ...read more

Scripture: Mark 8:34-38

Denomination: Church Of God

Values We Live By - Part 2

Contributed by Jim Kane on Jun 6, 2002

What are the values that make us Christian?

We have spent the last three Sundays looking at values. The first two Sundays we spoke of 6 values, 6 “A’s” that can help us move toward and hopefully experience a quality family life. They are the values of affirmation, acceptance, appreciation, affection, availability, and accountability. Last ...read more

Scripture: John 15:5

Denomination: Church Of God