Sermons on Be Fruitful:

The Righteous Shall Flourish

Contributed by Bishop Prof. Julius Soyinka on Mar 2, 2016

The promise of God is upon every righteous believer to prosper in all areas of life. This prosperity is being likened to the flourishing of the palm tree.

THE RIGHTEOUS SHALL FLOURISH Study Text: Psalm 92:12 - 15 Introduction: - A righteous person is the one who has willfully and sincerely repented of his or her sins and has accepted the Lord Jesus as his or her Lord and personal Saviour (The Imputed Righteousness). - As a result of the imputed ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 92:12-15

Denomination: Pentecostal

Abide In Me

Contributed by Mark Roper on Nov 28, 2007

Jesus calls us to abide in him to avoid spiritual vagrancy, against intermittent consecration, against a spasmodic religious life.

Abide In Me John 15:4-7 After the Crusades, Western Europe received a number of supposed holy relics, including a tooth of Goliath, Wood from Christ Cross, and a bottle that held the breath of Christ. Of course, no one today takes such relics seriously. If we did have the breath of Christ ...read more

Scripture: John 15:4-7

Denomination: Church Of God

Wrath Upon A Fig Tree Series

Contributed by Jason Jones on Jun 4, 2025

This morning we will look at a living parable with two meanings for us.

Background to passage, Matthew 21:18-19: Last week of Jesus’s life. Major confrontation with the religious establishment. Two demonstrations of his messiahship publicly, and now one with the disciples even more pointed than the first two. With this prophetic parable, Jesus completes his claim as ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 21:18-19, Matthew 7:15-19, James 2:18, Luke 6:46, Philippians 1:11, Colossians 1:10, Isaiah 5:3-5, 1 Peter 4:17  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Baptist

Matthew 7

Contributed by Steven W. Satterfield on Aug 21, 2025

NASB footnotes by biblegateway.com

The Disciple’s Relationships – Judging and the Golden Rule Focus: Self-examination, discernment (pearls before swine), persistent prayer, the Golden Rule Why this section: Equips believers to navigate chain-of-command tensions and peer conflicts with humility, clarity, and empathy, framed by ...read more

Denomination: Vineyard

The Reason For Christmas

Contributed by Barry O Johnson on Dec 10, 2019

The message is about what I have missed regarding the Christmas story.

Pastor asked me to deliver a Christmas message tonight. So, I’m going to begin by putting Barry on “Front Street.” For those of you who are not familiar with the phrase, “Front Street” simply means I’m going to share something with you that’s personal and not particularly flattering about Barry. ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 1:18-21, John 6:37, Titus 2:14, Matthew 18:11, Luke 1:30-33, Genesis 3:15, Genesis 5:1-3, Romans 5:12, John 3:16-17, John 10:10, Mark 10:42-45, Luke 19:10, Luke 1:30-32  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Get Connected

Contributed by Matthew Stoll on Nov 7, 2006

The need to get connected to God through Jesus Christ, and the church, God’s family. This was deliverd on "Bring a Friend Sunday" and kicked off our Sunday school and small groups.

Have you ever felt like, there has got to be more to this life than just going to work, raising kids, enjoying a vacation here or there, getting old, and dying? Do you look at other people and wonder why life seems to go better for some? 1. Connecting to God The Bible tells us there is a reason ...read more

Scripture: John 15:1-8

Denomination: Methodist

Life With Each Other Series

Contributed by Bobby Daniel on May 6, 2009

2nd sermon in a 3 part series on John 15.

Life with Each Other Living in the Vineyard Series John 15:12-17 Introduction What is this? (show plant from window and wait for answers) I’m not so sure where the actual name is, you may…I call it an anomaly…a plant that I haven’t killed. Remember, I have the black thumb of death. What I want to ...read more

Scripture: John 15:12-17

Denomination: Baptist

Ornaments On A Christian Tree

Contributed by James May on Dec 7, 2005

We are often referred to, in one way or another, as trees of God. This Christmas season, let’s make sure our tree bears the right ornaments.

ORNAMENTS ON A CHRISTIAN TREE By Pastor Jim May King Tut never saw a Christmas tree, but he would have understood the tradition. The Egyptians were part of a long line of cultures that treasured and worshipped evergreens. When the winter solstice arrived, they brought green date palm leaves into ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 5:22-23

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Life In The Spirit

Contributed by Anthony Zibolski on Apr 6, 2018

As believers, living our lives means that we allow the Lord to be Lord of our lives and we allow the Holy Spirit of God to lead our lives and direct our paths.

Life in the Spirit Galatians 5:17-26 Prayer- Introduction- Good morning everyone… Do me a favor. Close your eyes for a moment and picture a perfect world. What would that look like? Would there be violence? Would there be racism? Would there be injustice? Would there be ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 5:17-26

Denomination: Nazarene

A Song With A Sharp Rebuke Series

Contributed by Brad Beaman on Feb 27, 2022

It has been called a Trojan horse song because it seems like it will be a love song between God and His people. Isaiah gets the attention of God’s people with this song. The people listened to and loved the song only to find they themselves are the scoundrel referred to in this song.

Songs are used for many purposes. There are love songs, worship songs even political protest songs. Isaiah who I think we could call the “singing prophet” composed an unusual song here. Once you have listened to the whole song you realize it is not what you first expected. It has been called a ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 5:1-7

Denomination: Baptist

Is Church Hospitality Still There? Series

Contributed by Chris Swanson on Nov 5, 2022

Where is our hospitality? Are we a Diotrephes or a Demetrius?

In verses 1-8: • Letter gives important glimpse into early church • John is telling how he felt after hearing about Gaius. • Concerned for health and well-being • Romans 12:13, Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality. • In early church days, traveling preachers/teachers were ...read more

Scripture: 3 John 1:1-14

Denomination: Independent/Bible

The First Palm Sunday And The Purge

Contributed by Kelly Durant on Mar 20, 2016

After praises from the Jerusalemites, Jesus curses the fig tree, which is symbolic of Israel, and then He cleans out the money changers in the Temple. Palm Sunday has a lot to do with purging out dead, fruitless people, and hypocrisy!

The First Palm Sunday and The Purge Kelly Durant Mark 11:1-25 2. How many of you like crime stories? It usually begins with a piece of the evidence in front of you, but all the pieces you have to put together so you understand all of what happened. What led up to the incident? Who are the ...read more

Scripture: Mark 11:1-25

Denomination: Salvation Army

A Better Christian

Contributed by Dean Courtier on Jul 29, 2004

Do you desire to be a better Christian? Most Christians sincerely want to be better. But how do we become better Christians? Some people say that reading the Bible or other Christian books will make you a good Christian. Other people say that doing a lot

Text: "Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing" ...read more

Scripture: John 15:1-17

Denomination: Pentecostal

John Chapter 15 Series

Contributed by Jimmy Davis on Sep 20, 2001

Somewhere along the way to the Garden of Gethsemane Jesus stopped at a vineyard and compared His relationship to His followers to that of a vine and its branches to assure His followers of a productive and gratifying life.

John Chapter 15 The setting for this chapter is somewhere along the way to the Garden of Gethsemane. Perhaps Jesus stopped at a vineyard terraced along the hillside at one of the wealthy homes along the way, and compared His relationship to His followers to that of a vine and its branches, to ...read more

Scripture: John 15:1-27, John 15:3

Denomination: Baptist

Grow In Spirit Series

Contributed by Pastor Randall Timblin on Aug 16, 2018

Our last sermon in our series CHRISTIANS OUGHT TO. In this case, we Christians are to be becoming more-and-more CHRIST-LIKE, which requires that we Grow in His Spirit.

Today is the last sermon in our series It's titled CHRISTIANS OUGHT To Have Spiritual Growth We previously discussed How Christians were to SURRENDER TO GOD and then FREE FROM SIN was our next Objective And now we are going to look at SPIRITUAL GROWTH and what that entails. So, what exactly is ...read more

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