Sermons on Bearing Your Load:

Discovering Your Dream Series

Contributed by Mark Perryman on May 11, 2006

When God created you, he needed something done on earth that nobody else could do, so he designed you to do it better than anyone else.

INTRO: Tommy Barnett, pastor of Phoenix First Assembly of God, tells a story about a lady in their city. He writes: Not long ago a woman in our city who was known as a "bag lady" died. Everybody thought she was flat broke, but when people retrieved her body at her home, they found trash cans full ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 2:10

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Who's Your Father?

Contributed by Jerry Flury on Jun 11, 2004

In the model prayer, Christ taught, “When you pray, say, ‘Our Father’”. Can you and I truly pray, “Our Father”? Do we belong to a universal brotherhood? Is God the Father of everyone? If God is not the Father of everyone, then who is your Father?

WHO’S YOUR FATHER? LUKE 11:1-4 INTRODUCTION: In the model prayer, Christ taught, “When you pray, say, ‘Our Father’”. Can you and I truly pray, “Our Father”? Do we belong to a universal brotherhood? Is God the Father of everyone? If God is not the Father of everyone, then who is your ...read more

Scripture: Luke 11:1-4

Denomination: Baptist

Walk With Your Substitue Series

Contributed by Gregg Bitter on Apr 13, 2003

Like Barabbas we are worhty of God’s death sentence; but we, the rebels, are released, and Jesus is suffers our hell on the cross in our place as our Substitute.

Walk with our Substitute Grace and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. The Word of God through which the Holy Spirit touches our hearts is record in Mark 15: Now, at every festival Pilate used to free a prisoner whom the people asked for. There was a man by the name of ...read more

Scripture: Mark 15:6-15

Denomination: Lutheran

Your Labor In Not In Vain.

Contributed by Sol Madlambayan on Sep 24, 2003

Our labor for the Lord is always vital.

August 31, 2003 HOLY SPIRIT BLESS US 1 Cor 15: 58 “Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.” Your labor in not in vain. This is the day that the Lord our God intend for us to listen to ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:58, Philippians 4:3-4

Denomination: Methodist

Sincerely Yours – Victory Series

Contributed by Todd Catteau on Oct 6, 2009

Sincere love is a possibility for Christians. Evil cannot overcome us in our pursuit of genuine, sincere love.

Sincerely Yours – Victory September 6, 2009 Putting it into practice • Act in a loving way even when the emotion is not there. • Initiate love rather than simply responding to love. Seek not to be loved, but to be love. • Identify the evil in your life and dispose of it knowing that it is the ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:12-21

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Soil Of Your Heart

Contributed by Jay Bunting on Jul 9, 2011

Do we live our lives open to God? We need to allow the seed of God's word to penetrate into fertile soil of our heart.

4th Pentecost 11 The soil of your heart. Matthew 13:1-13:23 In the 19th Century and into the first part of the 20th (before radar was invented) ships avoided each other by looking out for beacons or lights on other ships. And they communicated with each other by flashing messages to each other by ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 13:1-23

Denomination: Anglican

Are Your Thoughts Holy

Contributed by Randy Stephenson on Apr 30, 2013

Is there holiness in your thoughts today? If such a life seems strange, would it help to know, this is what we pray for in the world to come. A way to act that is pleasing to God.

Is there holiness in your thoughts today? Do you have thoughts about a kind of world based upon justice for all? Do you have thoughts about a world where every single person has enough to survive? A world without hunger, a world without homelessness? Do you have thoughts about such a world in which ...read more

Scripture: John 13:31-35

Denomination: United Methodist

The Furnace Of Your Choice!

Contributed by Rusty Tardo on Apr 30, 2009

Trials and troubles! Everybody has them! Better to suffer the furnace of trial now, than the furnace of hell later!

The Furnace of your Choice Dr. Russell K. Tardo 12Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: 13But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 4:12-13

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Pressing Your Way Series

Contributed by Rev. Howard Lewis on Oct 24, 2021

Hold your head up. It's not over until Christ calls you home. Be strong and of good courage.

Pressing your way! Rev. Howard Lewis 2018 Today I would like to encourage you not to give up on God. I know you have suffer, I have suffer. Sometimes life throws us uncertainties and woes that we often don’t understand. But I learned that it takes time to have a good aged wine, or a spiritual ...read more

Scripture: Mark 5:25-34

Pray For Your Pastor

Contributed by Pst. Vincent Wrock on Jun 14, 2024

Romans 15: 30 Dear brothers and sisters, I urge you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to join in my struggle by praying to God for me. Do this because of your love for me, given to you by the Holy Spirit.

When the Enemy who is Satan wants to attack and Disarm the Church, which is his greatest Enemy or problem, he targets the Men of God and Spiritual Leaders who are carrying the Knowledge of God(It's the light that Satan fears). Jeremiah 3:15,17 15 And I will give you pastors according to mine ...read more

Scripture: Romans 15:30, Exodus 17:8-13, Romans 15:16, Jeremiah 3:15

God Is On Your Side! Series

Contributed by Jon Daniels on Apr 21, 2024

Based on 2 Kings 19 & 2 Chronicles 32 - Encourages hearers to remember that, in times of distress & fear, God is on their side.

“GOD IS ON YOUR SIDE!” 2 Kings 19:1-19 FBCF – 4/21/24 Jon Daniels INTRO – Are you an “identity amnesiac”? Term coined by Paul David Tripp – New Morning Mercies. A person is an identity amnesiac when, in the middle of a challenging situation, a moment of temptation, or a fearful experience, they ...read more

Scripture: 2 Kings 19:1-7, 2 Chronicles 32:6-8

Denomination: Baptist

The Battle For Your Heart

Contributed by Rodney Rapp on Nov 20, 2024

We will say sometimes lets get to the heart of the problem… but sometimes the problem is the Heart.

The Battle for Your Heart Text: Matthew 13:3-9 Matthew 13:18-23 Intro: We will say sometimes lets get to the heart of the problem… but sometimes the problem is the Heart. Why is it that some people’s lives change after one sermon, and others don’t seem to change at all? Why is it as I ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 13:3-9, Matthew 13:18-23

Denomination: Other

Hold Your Position PRO Sermon

Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Sep 27, 2023

Encourage believers to endure hardships, remain faithful to God's call, and equip themselves for Kingdom living, drawing inspiration from the life of a soldier and an athlete as depicted in 2 Timothy 2:3-5.

Good morning, brothers and sisters in Christ. I tell you, there are few things as comforting as the fellowship of believers, and I am truly blessed to be standing here with you all today. We are here today to dive into God’s Word, specifically 2 Timothy 2:3-5, where we will explore enduring in the ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 2:3-5

Topics: Positioned

Know Your Lines PRO Sermon

Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Oct 17, 2023

Good morning, church family! Today, we're diving into a powerful message about standing firm in our faith, knowing our lines, and being a Daniel in our contemporary world. You know, beloved, Charles Spurgeon, a revered Baptist preacher, once said, "Discernment is not knowing the difference between ...read more

Scripture: Daniel 1:8, 1 Peter 3:15

Topics: Daniel, Deare

Your Stuff, Is Yours. Your Neighbor's, Your Neighbor's (Exodus 22:1-15) Series

Contributed by Garrett Tyson on Nov 23, 2022

God expects his people to keep their hands to themselves. And God knows that property rights are part of the bedrock of what makes societies function.

One of the main topics discussed among my coworkers over the past year or two, has been inflation. All of us are constantly feeling the effects of it. Everything costs more. We find that we save a little less every month than we used to. We find ourselves reexamining what we buy, and thinking ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 22:1-15, Acts 5:1-11