Sermons on Being Prepared:

Being A Disciple, Part 3 Series

Contributed by T.j. Conwell on Aug 30, 2008

Sermon looking at being a model and mentor, demonstrating the life of Christ to others. Based off a daily devotion from "The Purpose Driven Life".

Being a Disciple, Part 3 (Being a Model and Mentor) Philippians 3:17 Introduction Join with others in following my example, brothers, and take note of those who live according to the pattern we gave you. Philippians 3:17 (NIV) Pray - For us to mature, we need models and mentors. - Many people ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:17

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Play-Acting At Being A Christian

Contributed by Ed Wood on Sep 1, 2008

A message addressing the commitment of some church members.

PLAY-ACTING AT BEING A CHRISTIAN Galatians 6:7 INTRO: Have you ever been in a play? If you haven’t, I am sure you have watched one. The performers in the play assume the role of the person they are portraying, ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 6:7

Denomination: Baptist

Being Godly In An Ungodly Workplace

Contributed by Mike Fogerson on Sep 4, 2008

We can learn two lessons from the life of Daniel on how to be godly even when working in a pagan place.

Being Godly In An Ungodly Workplace Labor Day Sermon (Key Thoughts taken from Melvin Newland’s Sermon, "Taking Christ With You") Daniel 1 August 31, 2008Chester FBC, Chester, Illinois Dr. Mike Fogerson, Speaker A Labor day is said by some to be the most hypocritical of all our holidays. 1 We ...read more

Scripture: Daniel 1:1-9

Denomination: Baptist

Being A Disciple, Part 4 Series

Contributed by T.j. Conwell on Sep 6, 2008

Final message in series about being a disciple; examine the cost of taking up your cross and following Christ.

Being a Disciple, Part 4 Luke 9:23-26 Introduction - Read Luke 9:23-26 - We have been discussing being a disciple for the past few weeks, and today we bring the entire series to a close and wrap up the whole concept at once. - As believers, we have a price to pay that calls us first to ...read more

Scripture: Luke 9:23-26

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Being Content In The New Year

Contributed by Aarron Ellerman on Dec 27, 2007

Finding happiness in fully serving God with everything we have.

Matthew 6:24-34 “Being Content In The New Year” • TOP 5 New Year’s Resolutions The 5th was to take up a new hobby. The 4th was to make more money. The 3rd most popular resolution was to improve relationships. The 2nd was to stop smoking. The most popular New Years resolution, you guessed it, ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:24-34

Denomination: Baptist

What's Wrong With Being A Rebel?

Contributed by T. Michael Crews on Nov 30, 2006

Exposition of 2 Sam. 20

What’s Wrong with Being a Rebel? 2 Sam. 20 What’s wrong with being a rebel? We celebrate some rebels as heroes. George Washington and his army fought the American Revolution to rebel against the tyranny of a British king named George III. Those of us born and bred by the grace of God south of ...read more

Scripture: 2 Samuel 20:1-26

Denomination: Baptist

Being Carefree In A Carefree World

Contributed by James Powell on Dec 24, 2006

From Careless Living to a Carefree live in Christ. Christ takes care of all our cares.

We live in a World today which dreams of being carefree. The teenagers dream of success in Hollywood to be carefree financially and have notoriety, and popularity. Married couples with children desire to have a month of carefree, trying to make ends meet, trying to keep the family together. ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 5:5-7

Denomination: Holiness

Truths Of Being A Victorius Christian

Contributed by Isaac Magsino on Jan 7, 2006

how to be a victorious christian

Theme: Truths of Being a Victorious Christian Text: I John 5:4 Place: FBC Kodiak, Alaska Date: August 28,2K5 Introduction: 1. The truth is we are all victorious (good news) and some of us doesn’t know it. 2. Victory defines as an achievement of mastery. (familiarity of ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 5:4

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Giving Up On Being God Series

Contributed by Paul Decker on Jan 23, 2006

We are devoted to the truth.

A PEOPLE WITH PURPOSE: GIVING UP ON BEING GOD Acts 2:42-47 S: Church C: Purpose of the Community Th: A People with Purpose Pr: WE ARE DEVOTED TO THE TRUTH. ?: Why? KW: Reasons TS: We will find in our study based on Acts 2.42 three reasons why we should be devoted to the truth in Scripture. Type: ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:42-47

Denomination: Baptist

Come On...be Reasonable Series

Contributed by Steve Malone on Jan 4, 2005

This message looks at chapter one of Isaiah. We see God pointing out the sin of the people and offering to clean them up. (Is - part 2)

"COME ON...BE REASONABLE" TEXT: ISAIAH CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION IN AUGUST OF 1980 I LEFT -- UP STATE NEW YORK WHERE I WAS RECEIVING TRAINING IN THE NAVY TO GO TO JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA TO GET MARRIED.... IT WAS A LONG DRIVE AND I COULDN’T WAIT TO GET THERE. WHEN I ARRIVED I PULLED INTO THE ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 1:1-31

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Authentic - Being The Real Deal! Series

Contributed by Jason Pettibone on Dec 3, 2005

The importance of being real as means of creating ’value,’ and building credibility

In his book, "Growing Deep in the Christian Life" Chuck Swindoll tells about a man who when into a fast food place and ordered a couple of chicken dinners. Somehow the person who waited on him grabbed the wrong bag for the order and when the guy got to his picnic and pulled out the dinners, he ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:1-18

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Being Submissive In Days Of Rebellion Series

Contributed by Chad Bolfa on Oct 23, 2008

In the passage we will be covering this morning, Peter talks about submission to government, submission to employers, submission in marriage, and submission to other Christians. The thing that we must remember as Peter writes this passage, he is writing

Being Submissive in Days of Rebellion 1 Peter 2:13-3:12 Introduction The word “submit” is the key to this section. This word is very closely related to the word “humility.” To submit requires humility. Today we are living in days of pride and rebellion. In his book “Strong willed Child” Dr. ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

The Challenges Of Being A Cheerful Giver

Contributed by Joseph Betz on Nov 22, 2006

Lay Sermon on Stewardship. The focus is on the historical and social responsibility of being a Christian and giving and does not mention biblical tithing.

"The Challenges of Being a Cheerful Giver" Sermon Preached by Joseph A. Betz Setauket Presbyterian Church, NY October 22, 2006 Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9: 6-15 The Apostle Paul writes, "God loves a cheerful giver." The original Greek word he used was hilaron for cheerful, which translates into ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:6-15

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

“be Prayerful!” Series

Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Aug 25, 2015

James tells us there are four things we need to be sure to pray for.

As James concludes his letter, he encourages believers with the exhortation, “Be prayerful!” James uses the word “prayer” or “pray” seven times in these final verses. And as he speaks about the need to be prayerful, James mentions four things about which we ...read more

Scripture: James 5:13-20

Denomination: Baptist

Being A Gospel Centered People Series

Contributed by David Taylor on Mar 6, 2014

Open Doors Being a Gospel Centered People

Open Doors Being a Gospel Centered People 1 Cor 16:5-11 November 17, 2013 We started this series in Colossians, where Paul tells us to walk in wisdom toward those who do not know Christ by making the best use of our time. With this in mind, Paul asked the Colossian church to pray that God ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 16:5-11

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational