Sermons on Burning Sacrifices:

Ministry Is A Liability

Contributed by Heather Cook on Jan 4, 2019

A personal story of my first few years in ministry. I tie it into the fact that when you are doing effective ministry you will have enemies. Just as Christ did.

I was 21 when I first set foot in Connecticut Valley Seventh-Day-Adventist Church. I was nearly a month married, full of enthusiasm and excitement for the adventure of “real” life. Totally unprepared for the reality of it. I was well armed with a bevy of important and well-educated sounding ...read more

Scripture: John 7:6-7

Denomination: Adventist

My Cup Runs Over Lesson 9 Series

Contributed by Elmer Towns on Mar 1, 2019

The Shepherd’s relationship to me begins with His commitment.

A. RELATIONSHIP IS THE KEY TO UNDERSTANDING PSALM 23 1. The Shepherd’s relationship to me begins with His commitment. a. Possession. “His own sheep” (John 10:4). b. Sacrifice. “The good shepherd giveth His life” (John 10:11). c. Transforms. “He restoreth my soul” (Ps. 23:3). d. Care. “Calleth ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

At The Feet Of Jesus

Contributed by Chuck Brooks on Nov 27, 2020

Today I would like to take you to another event that took place during Jesus' time and connect it with a similar event that took place earlier in Jesus’ ministry on earth.

Palm Sunday commemorates that day in Jesus life where Jesus enters Jerusalem on a colt. Mark chapter 11 says, “And many spread their clothes on the road, and others cut down leafy branches from the trees and spread them on the road. Then those who went before and those who followed cried out, ...read more

Scripture: Luke 7:37-38

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Everyone Can Serve Series

Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Jan 27, 2021

Christians are to serve the church.

Show video clip of Hoosiers when the coach is talking to Jimmy about using his gift to play basketball. Jimmy had a gift but he refused to use it and the team suffered. Later in the movie when Jimmy joins the team, the team goes from average to a championship contender and Jimmy is much ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 20:29-34

Denomination: Baptist

Jesus And His Feet! Series

Contributed by Larry Vollink on Jan 29, 2021

Who has the most beautiful feet in the world -- The Bible tells me -- JESUS!

Can you imagine what was like for Mary to see the Son of God's feet for the first time as Jesus was just a new born baby? Holding and washing and protecting those little beautiful feet! Then watching him grow up as a little boy in a carpenter's shop, then as a teenager amazing his elders ...read more

Scripture: Luke 7:37-38

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

If You Do Well, Will You Not Be Accepted?

Contributed by Joe Robbins on Nov 14, 2020

The real reason God rejected Cain’s Sacrifice

If You Do Well, Will You Not Be Accepted Genesis 4:1-7 Cain Murders Abel (Luke 11:51; Heb. 11:4; 12:24) Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, and said, “I have acquired a man from the LORD.” Then she bore again, this time his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 4:1-7

Denomination: Church Of God

Veteran’s Day 2020

Contributed by Damien Saylor on Nov 22, 2020

Happy Veteran’s Day

Sermon- Veterans Day 2020 - We celebrated Veterans Day Wednesday. I was thinking about what it means for us to have had our veterans who willingly serve, & served our country. - The freedom that we have today. Came from what they were willing to do for us. - Let’s open ...read more

Scripture: Romans 5:1-6

Denomination: Baptist

The Daniel Fast Series

Contributed by Aneel Aranha on Feb 18, 2021

If we want to know the benefits of fasting, we only need to look at the life of Daniel, a young man who fasted regularly.

Scripture Reading: Matthew 9:14-15 Then John’s disciples came and asked him, “How is it that we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples do not fast?”Jesus answered, “How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while he is with them? The time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 9:14-15

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Giving Basics

Contributed by Gary Holt on Mar 6, 2021

The widow gave all she had to God and we need to follow that example.

“Giving basics” Mark 12:41-44 Mrs. Boman was a 6th grade Sunday School class teacher: One morning she brought a pan of brownies to our class. As the goodies sat tantalizingly over by her chair she gave each child a slip of paper marked with a household expense: house payment, phone bill, ...read more

Scripture: Mark 12:41-44

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Life Lessons Series

Contributed by Edward Hardee on Jun 28, 2019

Sermon on the Mount Message on the Be Attitudes. Sacrifice and Reward

The Be Attitudes Theme: To show the true attitude of a Christian Text: Matthew 5:1-12 Introduction Mat 5:17-20 "Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. (18) For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:1-20, Matthew 5:20

Denomination: Church Of God

The Importance Of Worship And Attendance

Contributed by Joao Cruz on Aug 15, 2019

Attend the church’s worship sevices is more than take your body to the building or a meeting. "Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God - this is your spiritual act of worship." Rm 12:1

I. The IMPORTANCE OF ATTENDANCE The Bible teaches us that God wants us, "…to offer your bodies as living sacrifices…" God wants us to be personally at the worship service. He does not want we send a excuse. A. 1 Cor 6:19,20 - Our bodies is the temple of the Holy Spirit. Attend the ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 6:19, Romans 12:1

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Blessed When You Do This

Contributed by Russ Barksdale on Aug 28, 2019

He loved them to the end; there was nothing He would not do; His great act of love would nail Him to a cross. He didn’t have to…but that’s why He came. It was promised to Abraham…I will bless… all the peoples on earth will be blessed thru your offspring.

Blessed When You Do This John 13:1-17 Read John 13:1-11 He loved them to the end; there was nothing He would not do; His great act of love would nail Him to a cross. He didn’t have to…but that’s why He came. It was promised to Abraham…I will bless… all the peoples on earth will be blessed thru ...read more

Scripture: John 13:1-17

Denomination: Baptist

Worship That Costs

Contributed by Mike Rickman on Jun 24, 2021

Real worship will cost you, but the benefits are so much more.

6/27/2021 Troy First Assembly of God Worship That Costs Romans 12:1-2 Let’s begin this morning with 2 Samuel 24. This is a story about the end of David’s life and how, after sinning against the Lord by counting all the fighting men, the LORD brought judgment on Israel. When the Lord put an end to ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:1-2

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Don't Quit- How Do You Smell Series

Contributed by Shawn Drake on Jun 5, 2022

This is the 102nd sermon in the series "Action". This is the 4th sermon from 2 Corinthians.

Series: Action [#102] DON’T QUIT- HOW DO YOU SMELL? 2 Corinthians 2:12-17 Introduction: We often talk about the importance of what we say and do; but what about how we smell? Certain smells bring back memories. When I smell cookies baking, I’m reminded of my grandmother “Nanny”; who loved to ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 2:12-17

Denomination: Baptist

Presenting Our Vessels

Contributed by D. Dewaine Phillips on Feb 8, 2022

God can provide the ability to complete any task, but sometimes sacrifice is required. Whenever we make ourselves and our resources available to God, then His power and grace will flow through our lives and pour into our situation.

Have you ever experienced a time in your life in which you were going through trials and hard times? Probably everybody has. Perhaps during this time you felt distant from God and spiritually dry. Dwight L. Moody used to say, “The only way to keep a broken vessel full is to keep it always under ...read more

Scripture: 2 Kings 4:1-7

Denomination: Baptist