Sermons on Awaken:

Doing Close Up Work Series

Contributed by Ralph Andrus on Dec 7, 2011

I. No Soul Is So Lost But The Lord Can Find It II. No Situation Is So Small But The Lord Can Use It. III. No Strength Is So Feeble But The Lord Can Increase It. IV. No Start Is So Small But The Lord Can Magnify It

- You need another lens to do close-up work - Macro lens on water + Without water, you can’t have life! - Water covers about 70% of the Earth’s surface - Mayo Clinic Guideline 8x8 (8 oz x 8 glasses) - An American taking a five-minute shower uses more water than a typical person in a ...read more

Scripture: John 4:1-42

Denomination: Baptist

Looking Through The Eyes Of Jesus

Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Jan 10, 2012

As disciples of Christ, our prayer should be that He would give us His eyes – eyes that pierce through the hardened heart; eyes that see the good beyond the sin’s ugly stain; eyes that see beyond lives ruined by iniquity into the restoration brought by Ca

Intro: Just what did Jesus see with the multitudes that followed Him? Jesus saw faces, lives, situations, struggles, and hurts. It’s not hard to imagine that every kind of person had to be in that crowd of thousands, the – proud, hurting, rejected, bitter, great, small, jobless, ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 9:35-36

Denomination: *other

Your Dreams Are Not Dead!

Contributed by Kathie Saari on Aug 2, 2015

Don't be fooled, you're dreams are NOT dead. Jesus came to bring life to those dead places in your life.

SHES NOT DEAD , JUST ASLEEP Does it look like your dreams are dead? Does it look like the promises of God will never happen to you? Your dreams are NOT dead, just asleep! Story of Jarius' daughter, a little girl about 12 years old. Jesus challenged their faith and said to them: " Don't be ...read more

Scripture: Luke 8:49-56

Denomination: *other

"Dates"

Contributed by Gerald Roberts on Nov 12, 2018

Funeral for a man with some significnt dates prior to his home going.

Gathering • Friends, we have gathered here to praise God and to witness to our faith as we celebrate the life of Charles Whiiteker We come together in grief, acknowledging our human loss May God grant us grace, that in pain we may find comfort, in sorrow hope, in death resurrection. Dying, Christ ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 21:1-6

Denomination: Methodist

Why Some Will Not Forgive Series

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on May 11, 2020

Not everyone is willing to forgive the truly repentant. This lack of forgiveness can be divided int three categories at least.

Why Some Will Not Forgive Luke 15:25-32 Review: We forgive as God does, conditioned upon repentance. When we wrong another, and we take responsibility and ask forgiveness for the specific wrong, things are then out of our hands. If people forgive us, it is out of their graciousness. If they do ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:25-32

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Forgiveness For Cleansing Lesson 1 Series

Contributed by Elmer Towns on Jul 10, 2023

“We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners, but He is ready to hear those who worship Him and do His will” (John 9:31, NLT)

“We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners, but He is ready to hear those who worship Him and do His will” (John 9:31, NLT) “Who may ascend into the hill of the Lord? Or who may stand in His holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who has not lifted up his soul to an idol, nor sworn ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:12, John 9:31

Denomination: Baptist

Elijah's Miracle At Carmel Series

Contributed by Brady Boyd on Oct 4, 2023

Evil does not have the final word.

1st Kings 18 Elijah’s Miracle at Carmel 1st Kings 18:25-39 NIV Now Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, “Choose one bull for yourselves and prepare it first, for you are many; and call on the name of your god, but put no fire under it.”26 So they took the bull which was given them, and they ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 18:25-39, John 2:23, John 6:14, John 14:11-14, James 5:16-17  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Why Pain? Lesson 4 Series

Contributed by Elmer Towns on Oct 27, 2023

God is not the author of pain or suffering.

A. GOD IS NOT THE AUTHOR OF PAIN OR SUFFERING 1. God created a perfect man and placed Him in a perfect environment. 2. Pain and suffering are the consequences of living in a fallen world. “To the woman He said: ‘I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception; In pain you shall bring ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 3:16-19, 2 Corinthians 12:7, Genesis 50:20

Denomination: Baptist

Twenty-Sixth Sunday In Ordinary Time, C-- Lazarus And Therapy Dogs

Contributed by Paul Andrew on Aug 28, 2022

Someone has said that this is the only prayer in the Bible addressed to a saint that was not answered.

We heard today from Luke 16:21, which says “Dogs even used to come and lick his sores.” Admittedly, the grammatical construction in the Greek can be translated as “worst of all" dogs would lick his sores. However, the ancients knew when a dog licks a person's sores or wounds, healing ...read more

Scripture: Luke 16:19-31

Denomination: Catholic

The Tomb Is Empty

Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Mar 19, 2023

The empty tomb is all the evidence we need to prove the central claim of Christianity: the resurrection of Jesus.

There’s an old joke that people tell about cemeteries when they drive by: ‘How many people are dead in that one?’ the answer, of course, is “All of them.” It’s true, isn’t it? Tombs are for people who have died. The really important ones may be called sepulchres or mausoleums. Some of them are ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 28:1-10, 1 Corinthians 15:14

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Stain Of Sin

Contributed by Wilson Oshorakpor on Feb 22, 2022

Sin is like a stubborn stain. It is difficult to remove. Money and earthly sacrifices cannot remove sin. The stain of sin can only be washed off with the blood of Jesus.

TEXT: PSALMS 51:1, 14-17 (NLT). "Have mercy on me, O God, because of your unfailing love. Because of your great compassion, blot out the stain of my sins... Forgive me for shedding blood, O God who saves; then I will joyfully sing of your forgiveness. Unseal my lips, O Lord, that my mouth may ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 51:1-17, 2 Samuel 2:1-7, John 8:3-11

Denomination: Pentecostal

What God Has In Store For The Wicked

Contributed by Dr. Phillip Paschal on Oct 9, 2019

THE NEED TO REPENT

WHAT GOD HAS IN STORE FOR THE WICKED NAHUM 1:2-3, 6 1. BACKGROUND. THIS BOOK IS WRITTEN BY NAHUM, WHO IS CONSIDERED TO BE A MINOR PROPHET; NOT BECAUSE HE IS NOT OF SIGNIFICANCE, BUT DUE TO LENGTH OF THE BOOK THAT BARES HIS NAME. THE NAME NAHUM IS AN ABBREVIATION OF THE NAME NEHEMIAH, WHICH MEANS ...read more

Scripture: Nahum 1:2

Denomination: Baptist

Spreading Grace, Peace, And Truth Series

Contributed by Gene Newberry on Oct 24, 2019

So Jesus Christ, the Son of God, paid for your release, your freedom from Satan’s trap, with His own life, on the cross at Calvary. The door is open, and anyone, whom Satan has deceived and caged, can be set free.

I. Being a Reflector A. John the Baptist the herald 1. Pointing the people to the Messiah 2. He is the herald for the approaching king 3. Duties of a herald a. Remove all roadblocks b. Make the road smooth for the coming chariot c. All curves straightened and hills flattened 4. John the Baptist ...read more

Scripture: John 1:1-18

The Cheating , Drinking Bishop

Contributed by Dove Inspirations on Sep 3, 2021

Get your act together

THE CHEATING, DRINKING BISHOP 1 Timothy 3 A certain bishop in my country has been in the limelight after it emerged that he fathered a child with a woman who is not his wife. The reactions from him and all who have thrown in their two cents have been both expected and unexpected. I will sample a ...read more

Third Sunday Of Lent, Year C- Exhausting The Soil Or Bearing Fruit

Contributed by Paul Andrew on Feb 8, 2025

I believe that there are a number of Christians living in their spiritual grace period

Jerry Flury, who once worked in the insurance industry, said, “I constantly had to deal with people seeking to maintain their policies perpetually in what they referred to as the policy’s grace period. A grace period is defined as the additional period of time a lender, or an insurance policy ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 3:1-15, Luke 13:1-9

Denomination: Catholic