Sermons on Are You Ready For Jesus To Come:

The City Of God Series

Contributed by Paul Apple on Oct 18, 2000

THE CELEBRATION OF THE CITY OF GOD

BIG IDEA: THE CELEBRATION OF THE CITY OF GOD I. (:1-3) WORSHIP GOD FOR HIS ENTHRONEMENT IN HIS ROYAL CITY A. Call to Worship "Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised" B. City of God’s Enthronement "the city of our God" "His holy mountain" "Mount Zion in the far north" "beautiful in ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 48:1-14

Denomination: Independent/Bible

The Rock Of Refuge Series

Contributed by Paul Apple on Oct 18, 2000

THE FAINT-HEARTED APPRECIATE GOD AS THEIR SOLID ROCK OF REFUGE

BIG IDEA: THE FAINT-HEARTED APPRECIATE GOD AS THEIR SOLID ROCK OF REFUGE I. (:1-4) PRAYER FOR REFUGE CONNECTS THE FAINT-HEARTED WITH THEIR TOWER OF STRENGTH A. (:1) Prayer Seeks an Audience with God "Hear my cry, O God" "Give heed to my prayer" B. (:2a) God is Never Out of Range of Our ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 61:1-8

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Let's Hold Hands

Contributed by Errol Joseph on Jun 14, 2001

An encourgememt for the church to join hands together and to support each other in order to complete the work of God.

DATE: February 13, 2000 TEXT: Exodus 17:8-16 THEME: "Lets Hold Hands" INTRODUCTION Incident occurs soon after Israel leaves Egypt. The Amalekites were a warlike nomadic people who would become bitter enemies of Israel throughout its history. Israel was in a hostile environment, engaged in a ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 17:8-16

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Secret To Humbling Ourselves Series

Contributed by Paul Apple on Oct 18, 2000

THE SECRET TO HUMBLING OURSELVES LIES IN MAKING OTHERS GREAT -- BOTH IN OUR PERSPECTIVE AND IN OUR PURSUITS

BIG IDEA: THE SECRET TO HUMBLING OURSELVES LIES IN MAKING OTHERS GREAT -- BOTH IN OUR PERSPECTIVE AND IN OUR PURSUITS INTRODUCTION: Most valuable secrets involve something people long to know and try their hardest to discover. Unless someone carefully conceals such a secret it reproduces rapidly ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 2:2-3

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Opening The Hearts Of Men

Contributed by Tim Gibson on Nov 23, 2000

How do we open the heart of men ? By having open hearts ourselves and opening our hand to them to see an open heaven.

(1) INTRODUCTION: True worship includes reaching out to the needy (v27) Who is our neighbour ? Who does the robbed man represent (v30) ? (2) THREE STAGES OF OPENING MEN’S HEARTS... We must have open hearts ourselves and give an open hand to them to see an open heaven! (a) OPEN HEARTS : ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:27-37

Denomination: *other

Daniel Series

Contributed by Billy Kryger on Jun 22, 2004

This is a series of messages on Bible Characters and how we can apply their experiences to our Christian lives today.

I. INTRODUCTION a. Daniel’s Amazing Book 1. A book of adventures in faith. 2. A book that previews the future. b. Daniel’s Amazing Life 1. Taken captive from Judah to Babylon. 2. Chosen as one of four to serve Nebuchadnezzar. 3. Shown God’s plan for the future c. In this study we’ll be looking at ...read more

Scripture: Daniel 1:1-20

Denomination: Baptist

Walk In Honesty

Contributed by Naveen Balakrishnan on May 24, 2004

Paul having commended the Thessalonian church to walk in Holiness and then in Harmony, now mandates that they walk with one another in honesty.

“Walk in Honesty” 1 Thessalonians 4:11-12 I. WALK IN HOLINESS. (vv. 1-8) II. WALK IN HARMONY. (VV. 9-10) III. WALK in HONESTY. (vv. 11-12) Romans 12:7; 13:13; 2 Corinthians 8:20-21; Philippians 4:8 A. Make it your AMBITION to live peaceably. (v. 11a) And that ye study to be quiet ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:11-12

Denomination: Baptist

And Enoch Walked With God

Contributed by Kenneth Trent on Nov 20, 2002

To be able to walk with God one must know who He is and to walk humbly before Him. Enoch’s translation without seeing physical death is typical of the translation of living saints which will occur at the rapture of the church.

“AND ENOCH WALKED WITH GOD” “And Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him.” Genesis 5:24 I. "And Enoch walked with God". One cannot walk with God without first having a true knowledge of who He is, what He demands and what He desires of us. 1. Who He is: The Almighty God who ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 5:24

Denomination: Baptist

The Gospel According To Jonah

Contributed by Kenneth Trent on Nov 21, 2002

Jonah was angry because God did not destroy Ninevah. In his protesting prayer, Jonah declared some wonderful truths about the goodness and compassion of God.

THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO JONAH "And Jonah prayed to the Lord and said, ’Please Lord, was not this what I said while I was still in my own country? Therefore, in order to forestall this I fled to Tarshish, for I knew that Thou art a gracious and merciful God, slow to anger and abundant in ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 4:2

Denomination: Baptist

Promises

Contributed by Lou Nicholes on Apr 6, 2005

Misunderstandings are often very difficult to untangle, because one misunderstanding often leads to another. This is what had happened to Paul as he was forced to make a change of plans. In Paul’s initial itinerary, he had intended to go immediately from

THOUGHTS ABOUT THE PASSAGE: C.S. Lewis in his biography tells of the suffering he endured because he kept a promise he had made to a buddy during World War I. This friend was worried about the care of his wife and small daughter if he should be killed in battle, so Lewis assured him that if that ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1:15-22

Denomination: Baptist

A United Team

Contributed by Joseph Louis on Apr 25, 2002

A Charge used during an Ordination of an Associate Pastor

A Charge for an Associate Pastor "A Unified Team" Exodus 17:9-13 And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand. [10] So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 17:9-13

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Conspiracy Against God

Contributed by Michael Sanes on Oct 14, 2003

Imagine the absurdity of conspiring against God, yet there are those who are willing to try. Ananias and his wife Sapphira agreed together to conspire against God.

Conspiracy Against God Text Acts 5:1-11 Intro: Illustration of botched conspiracies ·Conspiracy literally means to plot or scheme, to connive or work against Trans: Let us consider the "steps" of their conspiracy against God I. The Conspirators’ Plan 1. To deceive the church - for they ...read more

Scripture: Acts 5:1-11

Denomination: Church Of God

Dad's Or Dud's

Contributed by Richard White on Jul 9, 2003

We have this choice, we can be DAD’s or we can be DUD’s the next generation is depending on us.

DAD’S OR DUD’S Anyone can be a Father; it takes someone special to be a Dad There are 3 components to being a DAD The First Component is Dedication 1. Duet 6: 1-9 2. Prov 3:1-12 The second component is Active Ps. 103:7-16 1. No Absenteeism Parenting 2. No Couch potato “Daddying” 3. ACOA ...read more

Scripture: Deuteronomy 6:1-9

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Losing Your Testimony Series

Contributed by Paul Newell on Jul 11, 2003

This is an outline of part one of the series The Power of Testimony.

All of us desire to have a good testimony. We want our walk to match our talk. We want the story of God’s work in our lives to be as powerful to those who here it as it is to us. The Apostle Paul is dealing with the issue of testimony in this final chapter in Galatians. In the first part of the ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 6:1-9

Denomination: Baptist

Excuses Series

Contributed by Pat Cook on Jul 19, 2003

Moses’ excuses for not going to Pharoah with God’s message - they apply to us as well.

Exodus 3:1-4:17 – Excuses (The Ministry of Moses #1) NO EXCUSE SUNDAY: DEDICATED TO MISSING CHURCH ATTENDEES! To make it possible for everyone to attend church this Sunday, we are going to have a special "No Excuse Sunday": Cots will be placed in the foyer for those who say, "Sunday is my only ...read more

Denomination: Baptist