Sermons on Blessing Children:

Blessed Be Your Name

Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 12, 2007

A sermon on Job centered around the praise song by Matt Redman called "Blessed Be Your Name." (Outline adapted from Rich Warren article called "How to Worship When You are Wounded" and an article by Michael Card)

Sermon for 3/11/2007 Blessed Be Your Name Job Introduction: C.S. Lewis once wrote, “God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pains- it is his megaphone to rouse a deaf world.” WBTU: A. Everybody goes through wounding experiences in life. B. So what do we ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

5 Blessings Of The Resurrection

Contributed by Howard Strickland on Apr 7, 2007

The one who had opened blind eyes, made the lame to walk again, and the deaf to hear. The one who could raise the dead-was dead Himself! They placed Him in a tomb, sealed the door, and placed guards at the door. At that moment the devil rejoiced; he thoug

5 Blessings of the Resurrection Text: Matthew 28:1-8 Now after the Sabbath, as the first day of the week began to dawn, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb. 2 And behold, there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 28:1-8

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Fount Of Every Blessing Series

Contributed by Victor Yap on Apr 11, 2007

Miracle of Faith, Pt. 8

THE FOUNT OF EVERY BLESSING (LUKE 17:11-19) An English proverb says, “Familiarity breeds contempt.” It's a sad fact of life and a sad commentary on life that people are likely to take advantage of those they work with, associate with and live with. The following are nine suggested reasons why ...read more

Scripture: Luke 17:11-19

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Blessed Are The Pure In Heart Series

Contributed by Samuel Stone on Oct 13, 2007

Sixth of the Eight Milestones on the Journey of the Fruitful Followers.

“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.” Matthew 5:8 Our spiritual tree has grown many branches now and is mature enough to bear fruit. Purity of heart is a condition that will determine how we are going to bear fruit. Are we going to bear no fruit, small and few, or large and ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:8

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Blessing Of A Hungry Heart Series

Contributed by Christian Cheong on Oct 16, 2007

The only fulfilment in life is to hunger and thirst for God and the things of God. Nothing else in this world can bring true happiness and lasting blessings.

The purpose of the Sermon on the Mount is to inform God’s disciples of the qualities they are to possess and display to a watching world. So far we’ve come to see that a blessed Christian is someone who is: “Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” • Blessed are ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:6

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Blessed Are The Pure In Heart Series

Contributed by Christian Cheong on Oct 27, 2007

God is concerned with the condition of our heart. We are to seek purity of heart in two ways: (1) be right, and (2) be true. Our words and deeds must be in sync with our heart.

Noticed Jesus did not say “Blessed are the pure…” which is correct too. • But He said, “Blessed are the pure IN HEART.” The emphasis is right. • Man concerns the outward – we want to look good, to make an impression. • We need to place more emphasis on what is unseen – the attitudes of our ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:8

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Leaning On Yesterday's Blessing

Contributed by Edward Hardee on Nov 5, 2007

You can’t depend on what happened yesterday. Must have a day to day experience with the Lord.

Title: Leaning on yesterday’s Blessings Theme: To show the importance of being prepared after revival Text: Matthew 3:15-4:1 And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and ...read more

Denomination: Church Of God

Blessed Are The Pure In Heart Series

Contributed by Art Campbell on Aug 1, 2007

How can we attain purity in a world that is anything but pure? By being purified by Christ, having a pure devotion to Christ, and living a pure life that flows from these.

Blessed are the Pure in Heart Matt 5.8 "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God" Purity is not very fashionable nowadays. • Camera advert - deception is a common theme in advertising • Free sex is an assumed part of society • God is unwanted in public life But Jesus says it is the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:8

Denomination: Baptist

Becoming A Blessed Community

Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Aug 26, 2007

Jacob became Israel, in this story are the keys to being blessed by God

Intro: the story of Jacob becoming Israel is one of the most fascinating in the Bible. Up until this point, Jacob seemingly had done everything his own way. He was a deceiver, he had basically cheated his way through life. But the story of Jacob becoming Israel is based on God’s love, and God’s ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 32:22-32

Denomination: Assembly Of God

The Blessings Of Last Place Series

Contributed by Kevin Ruffcorn on Sep 3, 2007

We live in a society obsessed with being number one, while following Jesus who calls us to humble, faithful service. To meet the challenge of Jesus’ call, we must start at the foot of the cross.

Luke 14:1, 7-14 “The Blessings of Last Place” INTRODUCTION This week a 41 year-old father was indicted on drug charges. He was pumping steroids into his 13 year-old son, who was competing for a place on the Olympic staking team. The father wanted his son to be number 1. Controversy has ...read more

Scripture: Luke 14:1-14

Denomination: Lutheran

Too Blessed To Be Stressed

Contributed by D. Marie Hamilton on Sep 3, 2007

Helping others understand that with the Grace of God life’s situations can be more bareable.

To Blessed to Be Stressed I remember one day I was driving along minding my own business and be self absorbed with y own problems and all of a sudden I was in the midst of 5:00 traffic. Little Rock isn’t a big city, but unfortunately it has big city traffic. Well, I was waiting for the light to ...read more

Scripture: Luke 9:23-25

Denomination: Methodist

Blessings From The Father

Contributed by Monte Brown on Sep 17, 2007

There are spiritual blessings that are ours because we have been adopted into the family of God.

Introduction The key thought in chapter one is the wealth of blessings we have as Christians. These spiritual blessings that are ours because we have been adopted into the family of God. Chapter one lets us know that each person that is in the family of God ahs been ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 1:1-6

Denomination: Baptist

Looking For The Blessed Hope

Contributed by Dr. Keion Parrish on Jun 9, 2007

Waiting for Jesus Power

Sermon 2 Peter 3:10-13 Looking for the Blessed hope Introduction: We learn here that this is Peter writing to the church at large and all believers everywhere for the purpose to warn Christians about false teachers and to exhort them to grow in their faith and knowledge of Christ. The president ...read more

Scripture: 2 Peter 3:10-13

Denomination: Baptist

How Blessed Are You?

Contributed by Robert Cox on Jun 23, 2007

We are so blessed that we overlook it sometimes...

MAT 6:25 “Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? 26 Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:25-34

Denomination: Pentecostal

You Are The Chosen And The Blessed Series

Contributed by James Dunn on Jun 26, 2007

This is part 1 of a 13 part series of messages taken from the Book of Ephesians describing "The Power of a Blessed Life."

You Are the Chosen and the Blessed Ephesians 1:1-14 I. You are Chosen by God: A. Chosen to be Holy. “…to be holy and blameless in his sight…” B. Chosen to be His Child. “…to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ…” C. Chosen According to His Will. “…according to the plan of him who ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 1:1-14

Denomination: Baptist