Sermons on Bold Prayers:

Does Anybody Really Care? Series

Contributed by Christian Cheong on Jan 9, 2011

Be zealous for the glory of God. Be passionate in prayer. Be God's answer to the need of the moment.

Ever had this experience? You are excited about being a Christian and living for God, and then something happen and everything changes. • The warm fuzzy feelings suddenly fizzle. You lost interest in anything spiritual. That's not bad or wrong. Feelings come and go all the time. ...read more

Scripture: Nehemiah 1:1-11

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Hunger For God Series

Contributed by C Jordan on Sep 4, 2010

Does your soul hunger after God like the deer longs for the water brooks? One of the things that can stir up our hunger for God is the spiritual discipline of fasting.

THE SCHOOL OF PRAYER #7: HUNGER FOR GOD (Aug. 2010 – Beausejour Church – Pastor Chris Jordan) OPENING TEXT: “O God, You are my God; Early will I seek You; My soul thirsts for You; My flesh longs for You In a dry and thirsty land Where there is no water.” (Psalm 63:1). “As the deer pants for the ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 63:1

Denomination: *other

"God Is Not Our Cosmic Bell Hop"

Contributed by Clarence Eisberg on Oct 15, 2010

A sermon dealing with "the persistent widow", and thus our "requests" (as noted by C.S. Lewis and quoted by Dallas Willard in Divine Conspiracy. Jesus uses "contrast" to teach us about God's character and desire to answer our prayers and change our "worl

In Jesus Holy Name October 17, 2010 Text: Luke 18:1-8 Pentecost XXI - Redeemer “God is Not Our Cosmic Bellhop” Jesus told his disciples a parable. In our journey though the Gospel of Luke we have ...read more

Scripture: Luke 18:1-9

Denomination: Lutheran

Comment Ont-Ils Prie

Contributed by Patrick Berthalon on May 29, 2011

How shoud we pray to get an answer

COMMENT ONT-ILS PRIÉ ? « Sans relâche, la prière montait de l’église vers Dieu pour lui » Actes 12 : 5. Ce texte est un élément clé d’une bonne compréhension de la prière. Il en ressort les principes suivants : 1. « VERS DIEU ». La prière efficace est toujours « vers Dieu ». Nous ...read more

Scripture: Acts 12:1-5

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Bring Jesus To Our Youth

Contributed by Brien Sims on Jun 23, 2008

Praying for the young in the Church.

Life has its many peculiarities, especially as your age changes and life takes its many leaps. Moving from high school to the real world, having a baby, menopause, your children leaving home, moving where you live, and many more life changing events occur. Amy and I are finally getting into a ...read more

Scripture: John 17:1-12

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

How To Pray For Your Loved Ones Series

Contributed by Daniel Villa on Jun 28, 2008

This message equips parents and leaders on how to pray for loved ones especially erring loved ones

HOW TO PRAY FOR LOVED ONES Sermon Objective: 1. Teach God’s people to remove their automatic responses against the kingdom of God by trying to control others (loved ones) when we want them to do or be someone we think they should be. When we manipulate, coerce, or compel others to do what we want, ...read more

Scripture: Luke 22:31-32

Denomination: Church Of God

Put It In Writing

Contributed by Victor Yap on Jun 28, 2008

Nehemiah, Pt. 2

PUT IT IN WRITING: FROM ASPIRATION TO ASSIGNMENT (NEHEMIAH 2:1-9) At the height of the phone wars, AT & T, MCI, and Sprint advertised their advantage over another in the papers, on TV, and through telemarketing. Many people were bombarded with slogans like Get 100 Free Minutes, Save 20% or ...read more

Scripture: Nehemiah 2:1-9

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Calling God Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Apr 7, 2008

Uses a cell phone to illustrate the basics of effective prayer. Addresses the tendency of people to rely on repetition and ritual to get God’s attention.

OPEN: (a deep voiced man was positioned in a side room with microphone and monitor. This opening illustration goes on for a couple of pages but worked well to set up the rest of the sermon) "Our Father who art in heaven..." "YES?" (look up and around suspiciously then bow and say) "Our Father ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:5-13

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Why Pray? Series

Contributed by Charles Cockroft on Jan 24, 2008

Everyone prays, Christians pray, sinners pray, heathen pray but not many results are seen. We want to learn to Pray and get Results.

Why Pray? We have been in a study of Prayer. We were interrupted by Christmas and the New Year. I believe that we need to learn how to pray so that we can see results. Many Christians have prayed for years and cannot tell you for sure that “GOD ANSWERED MY PRAYERS”. Everyone prays, Christians ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:17

Denomination: Assembly Of God

The Heart God Uses

Contributed by Randy Hamel on May 15, 2008

This message looks at Cornelius in Acts 10; his heart was a prepared heart because God heard his prayers.

Message ‘The Heart God Uses’ Acts 10:30-43 (NIV) May 4, 2008 o There was a pastor who had a parrot. All the parrot would say was, “Let’s pray, let’s pray.” The pastor tried to teach him to say other things but to no avail. He learned that one of his deacons had a parrot. The parrot would only say, ...read more

Scripture: Acts 10:30-43

Seeing God's Love Through His Power And Our Prayer Series

Contributed by Scott Kircher on May 31, 2008

Seeing God’s love through His power and our prayer

Seeing God’s Love through His Power and our Prayer Daniel 10:1-3, 10-14 Illustration Slide 1 Missionary – Herbert Jackson Got a car that would not start without a push. Had kids start him off each day by giving him a push Left car running or parked on a hill while he made rounds Slide 1 Did ...read more

Scripture: Daniel 10:1-14

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

At The Bottom, Looking Up... Series

Contributed by Charles Whitmire on Jun 1, 2008

Help for those of us who sometimes wonder whether God is listening at all...

Do you ever have a days where it seems like nothing could go right? Ever have a bad day? What about a bad week? ...or a bad year? Well - if you haven’t, then this message isn’t for you. But if you, like me, occasionally wonder if things could get any worse... listen to what David says in Psalm ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 22:1-2

Denomination: Baptist

The Inner Life Series

Contributed by Chris Appleby on Aug 31, 2009

If we want to be disciples of Jesus on the inside is where it all counts. We need to become disciples of prayer! Only those who pray with all of themselves, only those who pray sincerely from their hearts are true disciples of God. Because there is no pre

By Garrett Edwards Review series/Ask people for what stood out to them... Well today we come to the theme of Discipleship and the ‘Inner Life.’ What do we think that that means? Can anyone give me their thoughts on what the ‘Inner life’ could mean when we look at a topic like discipleship, ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 1:1-6

Denomination: Anglican

I Need Daddy!

Contributed by Bala Samson on Jul 8, 2013

I want someone to crave for God that way! Kick and scream not for goodies, not for cookies, not for gifts, not for blessings, not for healing but just to be in His Arms!

I don’t need mom – I need Daddy! Exodus 33:18:”Lord,….Please, show me Your glory…!” Let this message set you on fire for God! The little adorable kids of our Abide Angel Home come very early in the morning to stay with us the whole day: they would play, ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 33:18

Denomination: Pentecostal

Showdown On Mount Carmet Series

Contributed by David Owens on Jul 23, 2012

In this lesson, we see Elijah stand all alone against the prophets of Baal and Asherah. We learn many things from Elijah's example, including the difference one person can make.

Introduction: A. The story is told of a man who was solo skydiving for the very first time. 1. He had taken all the lessons and now it was time for his first solo jump. 2. He leapt out of the plane and as he was falling he panicked and couldn’t remember how to open his parachute. 3. As he ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 18:1-40

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ