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Celebrating And Embracing God's People

Contributed by Jim Kane on May 25, 2004

Our church and our faith is about people… and God.

This morning I begin by acknowledging two mothers who were and have been very important shapers and influencers of my life. The first is my Grandmother Kane. Though she has been dead for over 3 decades, her influence, especially concerning her deep and long-lasting faith and deep and legendary ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 8:1-9

Denomination: Church Of God

The Power Of Purpose Series

Contributed by Boomer Phillips on May 5, 2021

Attaining the church's purpose is about "keeping the main thing the main thing." People must not only "know" the core values, but they must also "hear" them continually restated so they can envision what they're working towards.

Proverbs states, “Where there is no vision, the people perish” (Proverbs 29:18 KJV). Bill Hybels, in his book Courageous Leadership, tells us, “When a leader is casting a vision publicly the goal is to help people know, understand, and remember the ‘main thing’.”(1) Purpose is all about keeping ...read more

Scripture: Nehemiah 2:17-18, Nehemiah 4:6-15

Denomination: Baptist

Experience The Spirit In Service Series

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Apr 14, 2011

The Lord desires us to use our gifts in service to Him and when we do that we will experience His Spirit in the midst of our serving.

Series: Experiencing the Spirit Theme: The Body of Christ needs to learn to experience the Spirit in their everyday lives so that they grow spiritually. We can learn to experience true spirituality as we see the Spirit at work in our daily lives and activities. As we learn to recognize the Spirit ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:3-8

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Living Wide Open

Contributed by Vinnie Cappetta on Mar 4, 2006

What would it look like if you took yourself off of cruise control and began to live life pedal to the metal serving with all your heart? It would be living Wide Open.

Living Wide Open Acts 13:36 Recently sharing our church story with two church leaders from another local church. They asked "how did you raise all that money?" I never really thought of it that way. I didn’t know we had a choice of whether or not to raise the money we needed to do what God told ...read more

Scripture: Acts 13:36

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Being Faithful In An Unfaithful World Series

Contributed by Tim Richards on Dec 1, 2004

The 7th sermon in a series on the Fruits of the Spirit.

Introduction: 1. The command came, "On your mark, get set," and then the pistol cracked and the race was on. A fine athlete sprang to the lead, and when the race was over he had broke the state record. Only a few other runners even finished the race. Many dropped out when they saw they could not ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 5:22-23

Denomination: Baptist

You Are A Contagious Christian When

Contributed by Ralph Juthman on Sep 12, 2008

Authentic Christian faith is contagious.

TITLE: You Are A Contagious Christian When… TEXT: 1 Thess. 1:1-10 THEME: Evangelism P.S. , Authentic Christian faith is contagious…God wants us to become contagious believers. Introduction: The message I want us to take home today is, Authentic Christian faith is contagious. God wants us to ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10

Denomination: Pentecostal

Vision Series

Contributed by Wes Richard on Nov 9, 2005

Vision is a God thing. It has to do with finding out what God is up to in our world and then joining Him in doing it.

This is our 4th and final message from Proverbs. Behind each of the sayings in this book is a vision of a community committed to living God’s way. This ideal community contradicts the foolish, immoral tendencies of the world, encouraging us to live productively and harmoniously to carry out the ...read more

Denomination: Brethren

The Sin Of The King Series

Contributed by Adrian Warnock on Feb 22, 2007

Davids fall with Bathsheba can teach us much about our own struggles with sexuality.

David & Bathsheba Audio at http://jubilee-church.org/sermons/2004/02/series-on-david.htm Preaching on the subject of sex is one of the hardest things I do. It would be much easier to dodge it. But there’d be no rescuing people from the devastation of misused sexuality and no leading them to the ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Secrets To Sucessful Prayer

Contributed by Jeffery Richards on Aug 28, 2001

This sermon focuses on the need for and the power of prayer.

Secrets to Successful Prayer Why do some people’s prayers seem to always get answered while others don’t? Why is it that sometimes our prayers are answered in minutes while other times they are answered in years or not at all? Do you believe that God answers prayer? I mean some would say that ...read more

Scripture: Nehemiah 4:7-9

Denomination: Baptist

Our Response To God's Grace Series

Contributed by Jonathan Busch on Jan 13, 2003

Ephesians Series #8. What is our response in light of God’s Grace? Is our response proporitional to the grift we have recieved. What should our response be?

“A Walk That is Worthy” Part 8 Our Response to God’s Grace Text: Eph 3:7-13 Intro: This morning I am going to continue on with our Series in Ephesians entitled “A walk that is worthy” The message the Lord gave me for this morning is entitled “Our Response to God’s Grace” I have spent an ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 3:7-13

Denomination: Pentecostal

The First Controversy In The Church Series

Contributed by Richard Mcnair on May 1, 2005

What does a church in action do with problems? How do we handle controversy? By following the example of the early church.

The First Controversy in the Church A church in action will still have some problems. ILL>>>Perhaps the only way to avoid quarreling with your wife is to let her go her way and you go hers. ILL>>> Sue Martinuk, War had broken out between my roommate and me. We dealt with our anger by not ...read more

Scripture: Acts 6:1-7

Denomination: Baptist

Passion For People Series

Contributed by Brian Matherlee on Nov 29, 2007

Part 1 in a stewardship series. People are why we give.

GIVING WITH A PURPOSE Part 1-Passion for People Acts 5:20 Pastor Brian Matherlee Sunday, January 7, 2007 Over the next several weeks we will be talking about the Biblical teachings of stewardship. What is stewardship? It is the faithful honoring of God with our personal resources. The key verse ...read more

Scripture: Acts 5:20

Denomination: Wesleyan

Evangelism 5 What's Your Style? Series

Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Feb 23, 2006

3 styles of evangelism are: Intellectual (Paul); Confrontational (Peter); Testimonial (the man born blind)

Evangelism Series #5 CHCC: February 12, 2006 What’s your Style? ACTS 17, ACTS 2, JOHN 9 SCRIPTURE READING: Acts 17:16-23 INTRODUCTION: I was downtown in front of the Alamo one day a few years back when I noticed a Street Preacher. I couldn’t help but notice him. He had a megaphone in one ...read more

Scripture: Acts 17:6-17

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Making The Message Clear Series

Contributed by David Owens on Nov 7, 2006

If we don’t clearly understand the gospel message ourselves, how will we be able to share it with others? Here’s a lesson that will help prepare us to share the message clearly.

Introduction: A. In the Scripture reading that was just read for us, the Apostle Paul was concluding his letter to the Colossians and he asked them to pray for two things. 1. First, He asked them to pray that God would open doors for the message. 2. Second, He asked them to pray that he might ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 4:2-4

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Vision 2007

Contributed by Ryan Akers on Aug 21, 2007

This is a vision sermon i gave as we prepared for our first ministry fair. We push heavily for small groups and ministry involvement and this message was written to get people excited about both.

Ministry Fair-The Vision Pastor Ryan Akers “Vision is the ability to understand the history, the present condition, and the potential of the church, and to conceive a plan for action that will maximize the ministry potential. More often than not, vision is a result of having spent much time ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 22:36-40

Denomination: Wesleyan