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Preparing Our Community: How To Pray For Them Series

Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Nov 13, 2003

Reaching out to new people demand that we pray for them first and foremost

During a recent church service in one of the “nicer” neighborhoods of Portland some visitors came to worship. They weren’t dressed like the rest of the folks. They had robes, neat but not spotless. The men wore beards and sandals and the women or headscarves. Their skin wasn’t milk white, in ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:25-37, Leviticus 19:33-34

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Preparing For The Fight Spiritual Warfare Part 3 Series

Contributed by Mike Rickman on Sep 23, 2005

We know Who is our strength, and who the enemy is, now it’s time to put on the armor of God and go to battle.

September 18, 2005 Morning Worship Text: Ephesians 6: 14-16 Subject: Part 3 in the Spiritual Warfare Series Title: Preparing for the Fight As we continue our Spiritual Warfare series I would like to begin by recapping what we have talked about in previous weeks, because what we have said before ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:14-16

Denomination: Assembly Of God

How Prayer Prepares The Hearts Of Lost People Series

Contributed by Paul Fredericks on Jan 19, 2003

God is preparing the hearts of lost people through prayer.

God’s Plan to Grow His Church, Part 1 Acts 10:1-8 – A “Corny” Plan 18 Jan 2003 – fellowship community INTRODUCTION: We are beginning a new series today called, God’s perfect plan for His church. Big Idea for series: WE WILL KNOW GOD’S VISION FOR THE fellowship community, WHEN WE FOLLOW HIS ...read more

Scripture: Acts 10:1-8

Denomination: Baptist

Preparing Your World To Meet Jesus-3 Series

Contributed by Byron Sherman on Jan 27, 2009

Jesus’ ministry expansion began with a mission briefing. What must a mission briefing cover to prepare the world to meet Jesus? 22 principles to prepare your world for Jesus. Part 3 of a 5-part sermon.

PREPARING YOUR WORLD TO MEET JESUS-III—Luke 10:1-16 Need: Palm Sunday is the time when Jesus entered Jerusalem as their King. He was refused when the people realized the kind/type of King He was. Palm Sunday—Preparing the world to meet Jesus. Jesus ministry expansion began with a mission ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:1-16

Denomination: Baptist

Preparing Your World To Meet Jesus-4 Series

Contributed by Byron Sherman on Jan 27, 2009

Jesus’ ministry expansion began with a mission briefing. What must a mission briefing cover to prepare the world to meet Jesus? 22 principles to prepare your world for Jesus. Part 4 of a 5-part sermon.

PREPARING YOUR WORLD TO MEET JESUS-IV—Luke 10:1-16 Need: It takes much more than one ‘lone wolf’ to bring down the prey. A lot of basic Christian tenets in this section! Jesus ministry expansion began with a mission briefing. Preparing your world to meet Jesus requires mission briefing. What ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:1-16

Denomination: Baptist

Preparing Your World To Meet Jesus-5 Series

Contributed by Byron Sherman on Jan 27, 2009

Jesus’ ministry expansion began with a mission briefing. What must a mission briefing cover to prepare the world to meet Jesus? 22 principles to prepare your world for Jesus. Part 5 of a 5-part sermon.

PREPARING YOUR WORLD TO MEET JESUS-V—Luke 10:1-16 Need: It takes much more than one ‘lone wolf’ to bring down the prey. A lot of basic Christian tenets in this section! Jesus ministry expansion began with a mission briefing. Preparing your world to meet Jesus requires mission briefing. What ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:1-16

Denomination: Baptist

Week 1 The Down Side Of Worship: Preparation! Series

Contributed by Kyle Sullivan on Nov 10, 2014

Preparation is essential to real worship!

Isaiah 6:1 “In the year that King Uzziah died…” (NIV) King Uzziah life was characterized by Four Distinctives: 1. 2 Kings 15:3 2. 2 Chronicles 26:5 3. 2 Chronicles 26:5,8 4. 2 Chronicles 26: 19-20 Preparation is essential to real worship! How do we prepare ourselves to ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 6:8-13

Denomination: Baptist

“preparing Our Hearts For Prayer!” Series

Contributed by Gerry Cheney on Dec 29, 2015

In this message we look at how to prepare our hearts for prayer. We talked about the importance of grace and surrender is. We also looked at how necessary forgiveness is.

Introduction: There is a great article that illustrates the concept of grace written by Charles Stanley. “One of my more memorable seminary professors had a practical way of illustrating to his students the concept of grace. At the end of his evangelism course he would distribute the exam ...read more

Scripture: James 5:16

Denomination: Vineyard

Preparing For A Great Move Of God (Part 1) Series

Contributed by Kevin L. Jones on Jan 18, 2010

A sermon examining the necessary preparations while waiting for God to move.

PREPARING FOR A GREAT MOVE OF GOD Acts 1:6-11 (Antioch Baptist Church – Sunday February 22nd, 2025) Just before He ascended, Jesus had one final conversation with His Disciples. The intent of this conversation was to prepare them for the future. He told them about the pending arrival of ...read more

Scripture: Acts 1:6-11

Denomination: Baptist

Preparing For A Great Move Of God (Part 2) Series

Contributed by Kevin L. Jones on Jan 18, 2010

A sermon examining the importance of waiting on the Lord.

PREPARING FOR A GREAT MOVE OF GOD (Part 2) Acts 1:12-14 (Antioch Baptist Church – Sunday March 2nd, 2025) Last week we began to examine the final conversation that Jesus had with His Disciples before His ascension. Soon the mission that they had been chosen to accomplish would commence. ...read more

Scripture: Acts 1:12-14

Denomination: Baptist

Preparing Our Hearts : Examination-Capitulation-Exaltation

Contributed by Dr. Stanley Vasu on Dec 26, 2010

THIS SERMON IS ABOUT PREPARING OUR HEARTS THROUGH EXAMINATION AND CAPITULATION AND EXPERIENCING EXALTATION

PREPARING OUR HEARTS AT THE END OF THE YEAR : EXAMINATION-CAPITULATION-EXALTATION ************************************************************************************************************************** OUTLINE 1. EXAMINATION 2. CAPITULATION 3. EXALTATION THE MESSAGE PREPARING OUR ...read more

Scripture: Deuteronomy 8:2-5

Denomination: Pentecostal

Fireproof Your Future - Preparing For Times Of Uncertainty Series

Contributed by Scott Kircher on Oct 27, 2008

What to expect in times of societal change as a person trying to live a godly life and how to prepare yourselves for those times

Fireproof your Future - Preparing for times of uncertainty A godly life brings opposition A godly life brings hard choices A godly Life requires that we know Who we believe in A godly life brings blessing and peace Slide Intro We are living in very uncertain times. Finances We have a financial ...read more

Scripture: Daniel 3:1-30

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

You Prepare A Table In The Presence Of My Enemies

Contributed by Dennis Selfridge on Jun 6, 2009

HOW THE GOOD SHEPHERD GOES BEFORE US IN LOVE

YOU PREPARE A TABLE BEFORE ME IN THE PRESENCE OF MY ENEMIES PS 23:5 We need to remember that in this statement the sheep are coming to the high mountain country of the summer ranges. 1. He goes before us to prepare the land. Did you know that the Shepherd takes the time and energy to get the ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 23:5

Denomination: Wesleyan

Preparing The Way For God’s Visitation-2

Contributed by Byron Sherman on Oct 11, 2011

2 of 2. John the Baptist was instrumental in preparing the way for the Lord’s visitation. To experience God’s visitation, there must be adequate preparation. But How? For God’s visitation We must lose...

PREPARING The WAY For GOD’s VISITATION-II—Luke 3:1-10 Attention: When our President visits an area, there is a huge amount of preparation that takes place. Security is beefed up tremendously. Communications are redesignated to prioritize federal mandates. The Secret Service is prioritized. Traffic ...read more

Scripture: Luke 3:1-10

Denomination: Baptist

Study In Revelation 25 Preparing For The Bowl Judgments Series

Contributed by James Lee on Nov 4, 2009

Study of Revelation, using "The Preacher’s Outline & Sermon Bible" as a guide. Some of the check boxes and underlined blanks may be missing

STUDY IN REVELATION 25 Preparing for the Seven Bowl Judgments Revelation 15: 1-8 V. 1 John describes the scene in heaven as great and marvelous. There are seven mighty angels or messengers prepared to go forth for God. There are seven plagues that are said to be the last plagues. These seven ...read more

Denomination: Baptist