Sermons on Be Like Christ:

I Want To Be Chief!!

Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Aug 14, 2008

Have I got a job for you!!

In a world where everyone wants to be number one and the head Hondo or their own Boss, etc, I have decided that I want to be chief. Trying to be number one is far too exhausting and unfulfilling. I mean trying to climb that corporate ladder stepping over someone else’s blood, sweat and tears ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 20:25-28

Denomination: Baptist

Goin’ Fishin’

Contributed by Rick Boyne on May 3, 2011

Because of the resurrection, life is NOT "business as usual." The resurrection changes everything...

Goin’ Fishin’ May 1, 2011 Morning Service Immanuel Baptist Church, Wagoner, OK Rick Boyne Message Point: Because of the Resurrection, life is NOT “business as usual.” Focus Passage: John 21:1-11 Supplemental Passage: Now it happened that while the crowd was pressing ...read more

Scripture: John 21:1-11

Denomination: Baptist

Look Up Here He Comes

Contributed by Dr.w.samuel Legon on May 10, 2011

Jesus is coming in a time when we are not looking for him.

LOOK UP HERE HE COMES Psalm 121 1I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. 2My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth. 3He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 121:1-8

Denomination: Baptist

Chameleons! Series

Contributed by Bala Samson on May 27, 2013

Did you know Chameleons shoot their tongue further than the length of their body to catch insects? In much the same way, people shoot out their tongue to bombard you with insults, curses, faults and false accusation.

Genesis 31:1 Now Jacob heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, "Jacob has taken away all that was our father's, and from what was our father's he has acquired all this wealth." Did you know Chameleons shoot their tongue further than the length of their body to catch insects? In much the same way, ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 31:1-5

Denomination: Pentecostal

Fast And Give Alms And Pray

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Feb 6, 2010

The key to making Lent a time of growth.

Ash Wednesday Homily 2010 There’s not much chance today that someone will see the ashes on your forehead and say “Oh, what a wonderfully pious person that is.” It’s more likely that someone who doesn’t know you are Catholic will ask, “did you know there’s ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:1-18

Denomination: Catholic

In The Midst Of The Storm

Contributed by Johnny Knight on Jan 28, 2010

Not the absence of the storm, but peace in the middle of the storm. Maybe that's the kind of peace you need right now.

In the Midst of the Storm Text: Acts 27:22 It's not the absence of the storm, but peace in the middle of the storm is the kind of peace you need right now. That peace is portrayed for us in an incident in the life of Paul, in Acts 27. Paul is being transported to Rome for trial on this large ...read more

Scripture: Acts 27:22

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Sowing For Today

Contributed by Lauro C Hernandez on Oct 3, 2014

SOWING KNOWING THAT WE WILL REAP

"Sowing for Today" Gal 6:7 "Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows." Mat 25:26 " His master replied, ‘You wicked, lazy servant! So you knew that I harvest where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed?" INTRO: The laws of nature are vast and ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 25:26

Denomination: Assembly Of God

A Basket Of Ripe Summer Fruit

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Jul 7, 2019

Seek God, do justice - before it is too late.

A BASKET OF RIPE SUMMER FRUIT. Amos 8:1-12. This vision and its interpretation is based in a pun: the Hebrew word for “Summer fruit” sounds almost identical with the word translated “the end” (Amos 8:1-2). Read Amos 4:6-11 for a litany of the temporal judgments which the LORD laid upon ...read more

Scripture: Amos 8:1-12

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Do You Really Want To Help Your Child Some More? Series

Contributed by Alis Cerrahyan on Jul 18, 2019

Through daily prayers and supplications we must ask God to help us reclaim that which we might have lost along the way. As we aim to establish an internal peace with repentance ; we'll see that even some of the turmoils revolving around our children's lives start dissipating one by one.

Our soul where a myriad of experiences continue to leave a mark on a daily basis -some great and some pretty awful -is also the venue from which we reason with things and respond to things. The greatest accomplishment a person can achieve is when he or she is able to process life's distasteful ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 18:3, Matthew 21:15-16, Matthew 18:10, Matthew 18:4-5

Can Grace Forgive All Sin?

Contributed by Ron Freeman, Evangelist on Jul 18, 2019

To establish that God's grace can forgive all sin and every form of adultery, through faith and gospel obedience. This survey measures your belief and trust in God; that His grace, can forgive all your trespasses and sin. All believers should take this survey.

INTRODUCTION Outline. 1. Four Biblical Forms of Adultery 2. Was the Samaritan woman an adulteress? 3. A Woman Caught in the Very Act of Adultery 4. Can all Adulterers be Forgiven by Grace and Gospel Obedience? Remarks. 1. First, this survey will list the four biblical forms of adultery. 2. Second, ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 6:9-11, 2 Corinthians 5:17

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Calmness In The Storm

Contributed by Lucy Paynter on Feb 21, 2019

The Lord has the Power to Calm the storm. Calming the storm is one of the miracles of Jesus in the Gospels.

Mark 4:35-41 New International Version (NIV) Jesus Calms the Storm 35 That day when evening came, he said to his disciples, “Let us go over to the other side.”36 Leaving the crowd behind, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat. There were also other boats with ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 8:23-27, Mark 4:35-41

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Rolling Away The Reproach

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Mar 12, 2019

The use of sacraments at a turning point in the Church's life.

ROLLING AWAY THE REPROACH. Joshua 5:1-12. The exodus generation of Israel had not been circumcising their sons during the forty years of their wilderness wanderings (Joshua 5:5). So after the death of that whole generation (Joshua 5:4), and even on the threshold of the land which the LORD ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 5:1-12

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Foreigners

Contributed by Kevin Ruffcorn on Nov 5, 2018

God actions graciously in the life of a foreigner, Naaman, and heals him.

2 Kings 5:1-15a “Foreigners” INTRODUCTION When meeting new people, it doesn’t take too long before we know what work they are (or were) involved in and what they have accomplished. If their golf handicap is below fifteen, we probably know that, too. It’s the way of the world. We are judged ...read more

Scripture: 2 Kings 5:1-15

Denomination: Lutheran

Small Private Family Memorial And Committal Service

Contributed by Howard Gunter on Nov 27, 2018

The family requested a brief service at the shore and scattering of ashes in the ocean

In Celebration of the life of Audrey XXXXXX Born August 2, 1940 - Died November 15, 2018 Greeting by Pastor Howard Gunter Call To Worship “The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms.” Deut.33:27 Opening Prayer – “Almighty God, Creator of Love, Life and Death, we ...read more

Scripture: Deuteronomy 33:27

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Asking God

Contributed by David Radcliff on Nov 30, 2017

We need to learn how to ask God for the things that we need. Not for the things that we want. I want us to notice the order in which God blessed Solomon.

ASKING GOD 2 Chronicles 1:7-12 Intro: We need to learn how to ask God for the things that we need. Not for the things that we want. I want us to notice the order in which God blessed Solomon. I. GOD GAVE SOLOMON WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE – V.12 A. TO MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICES 1. He prayed with the ...read more

Scripture: 2 Chronicles 1:7-12

Denomination: Baptist