Sermons on Bury The Past:

The God Who Rebukes The Accuser Day And Night Series

Contributed by Rev. Samuel Arimoro on Oct 14, 2025

When the accuser speaks, God intervenes with authority. When Satan condemns, God justifies. When the enemy points to your past, God points to the cross.

THE GOD WHO REBUKES THE ACCUSER DAY AND NIGHT By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: Zechariah 3:1-5 Key Verse: “And the Lord said unto Satan, The Lord rebuke thee, O Satan; even the Lord that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?” — Zechariah 3:2 ...read more

Scripture: Zechariah 3:1-5

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Rearview Mirror Faith: Remember Lot’s Wife

Contributed by David Dunn on Nov 13, 2025

A divided heart can’t follow Jesus forward; revival begins when we release the past and choose full surrender to the future God offers.

Every vehicle on the road has a rearview mirror. It’s necessary. It’s helpful. It tells you where you’ve been. But no one drives safely by staring into it. The moment the rearview mirror becomes your primary guide, disaster is only a matter of time. And that’s exactly the danger Jesus is warning ...read more

Scripture: Luke 17:32, Genesis 19:17, Philippians 3:13, Hebrews 12:1, 2 Corinthians 5:17  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

Thanksgiving Reminds Us

Contributed by Arlen Payne on Nov 22, 2025

Thanksgiving day often brings us back to a place of memories. Memories of Thanksgiving celebrations in the past. It reminds of who God is and who we are before Him.

Thanksgiving Reminds Us Col. 1:3-6 Intro. I love Thanksgiving. It brings us back to a place of worship and honoring the Lord. It brings us back to a place of memories. It brings us back to a place of remembering who God is and who were are. I. It reminds us to keep God in his ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 1:3-6, Psalm 95:3, 1 Chronicles 29:11, Isaiah 6:1-5, Philippians 1:3  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Baptist

What You Carry Into The New Year Matters Series

Contributed by Rev. Samuel Arimoro on Dec 25, 2025

This sermon highlights the spiritual principle that what believers carry into a new season: whether past successes, failures, baggage, or attitudes, determines the outcome of the year ahead.

WHAT YOU CARRY INTO THE NEW YEAR MATTERS By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: Philippians 3:13-14 Key Verse: “Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:13-14

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Living Stones PRO Sermon

Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Dec 15, 2023

This sermon explores how to face our past with faithfulness, stand firm in the present with trust, and forge our future with hope through God's guidance. Key

Good morning, dear congregation. There is a warmth that floods our hearts as we gather here today, not as strangers, but as a family united under the banner of God's love. We are here not by coincidence, but by the divine design of our Heavenly Father. And it is in this divine design that we find ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 4:1-24

Topics: Faithfulness, Trust

Forget About It PRO Sermon

Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Jan 1, 2024

This sermon encourages believers to passionately pursue their God-given purpose, persevere past pain, and progress beyond previous problems, guided by Philippians 3:14.

Good morning, beloved. I greet you all in the precious name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. It is always a joy to gather with you, my family in faith, as we seek to grow together in the knowledge and understanding of God’s Word. Today, we are gathered here to look into the beautiful words of ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:14

Topics: Pressing On

The Mirror (Short Homily)

Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on Jan 19, 2009

Some people look at themselves, at their image, as though they were looking into a very tiny mirror. You know the mirror I'm talking about. Every woman seems to have one. I know my mother would always have one buried somewhere inside her purse. Updated January 2020.

The Mirror (Short Homily) James 1:16-27 What image do you see ... when you look in a mirror? Who is that person ... in the reflection? Paul speaks of looking into a darkened mirror: BIBLE "For now we see through a mirror, darkly; but then face to face (Pause) now I know in part; but ...read more

Scripture: James 1:16-27, 1 Corinthians 13:12, Romans 12:3

Denomination: Anglican

Gifted Series

Contributed by Derrick Tuper on May 21, 2018

Are you familiar with Gary Larson's The Far Side? One of his more popular cartoons is "school for the gifted". That's how we can be. God has gifted us but the way we act sometimes you wouldn't know it. We need to make sure we don't bury our talents.

GIFTED Are you familiar with cartoonist Gary Larson-Far Side. One of his more popular cartoons is "the school for the gifted". [show cartoon]. That's how we can be sometimes, isn't it? God has gifted us but the way we act sometimes you wouldn't know it. Mark's sermon last week featured the parable ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:1-11, 1 Peter 4:10-11, 1 Timothy 4:12-16, 2 Timothy 1:5-7

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

From Death To Life

Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Apr 10, 2011

The story of the raising of Lazarus and the hope that awaits us all.

The story of Lazarus is one of the most human in the New Testament. We are touched by several emotions. Here is a family that Jesus loves very deeply. Mary later shows her devotion by anointing Jesus’ feet with perfume and drying them with her hair. Their home was a respite from the ...read more

Scripture: John 11:1-45

Denomination: Methodist

Chapter 1: Living He Loved Me Series

Contributed by Jim Pennington on Feb 8, 2026

An Easter sermon series based on the song, "Oh, Glorious Day!" Each chapter deals with a verse from the song: Living He Loved Me, Dying He Saved Me, Buried He Carried My Sins Far Away, Rising He Justified Freely Forever, One Day He's Coming.

Oh, Glorious Day! Dr. Jim Pennington Copyright © 2026 Dr. Jim Pennington Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations are taken from the New American Standard Bible® (NASB 1995), Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. ...read more

Scripture: John 1:14, Hebrews 1:3

But God

Contributed by Jeremy Congdon on Apr 30, 2011

We hear about grace all the time in church, but what is the purpose of grace? What does grace show us? Through grace we see our past, present and future in the kingdom of God.

Introduction: When a person works an eight-hour day and receives a fair day’s pay for his time, that is a wage. When a person competes with an opponent and receives a trophy for his performance, that is a prize. When a person receives appropriate recognition for his long service or high ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 2:1-6

Denomination: Independent/Bible

The Tax Collector Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on May 1, 2022

Matthew is highly regarded these days by Christians because of how powerful his gospel is. But he wasn't always loved. He had a label "tax collector" that made him hated. Why would Jesus a man like him to be a disciple?

OPEN: Back in 2002, a newspaper in Massachusetts had this classified ad: “Unknown item for sale. We know it’s valuable; we just don’t know what it is. If you can identify it, we’ll sell it for $250.” (Reader’s Digest 9/02 p. 145) The Bible is a collection of stories where God knew why people ...read more

Scripture: Luke 5:27-32

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Is Your Name Written There? Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Apr 25, 2025

Will your name be written in the Lamb's book of life? And how would you know?

(Sing) “Everybody's gonna have religion in glory; Everybody's gonna be a-singin' that story; Everybody's gonna have a wonderful time up there - Oh, glory hallelujah. Brother, there's a reckonin' a-comin' in the mornin'; Better get ready - I'm givin' you the ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 21:1-27

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Road To Revival

Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Apr 25, 2024

All of us have fallen, and our fall is not something in the past. It is something very much present right now. It is personal for each one of us. All of us come to a point when we want that which will be harmful to us.

Opening illustration: A few years ago, a story in a National American Magazine described a couple who “adopted” two wolf puppies. They discovered the wolves, while making a movie about the caribou in Alaska. They took them to their home, raised them, gave them the kindest treatment, and for a while ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:17

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Time Giving! Series

Contributed by Dave Martin on Feb 9, 2001

God who is almighty and eternal, stands outside the realm of time. You and I look at time in a three dimensional way. We see it as "past, present and future".

"Time Giving!" " The 3 T’s - Time, Treasure, and Talent" series part 2 of 3 Text: Ecc. 3:1-11 & Selected Cross Creek Community Church Pastor Dave Martin - Feb. 11, 2001 www.crosscreekcc.org God’s Word is Powerful, Relevant, and Life Changing! Eccles. 3:1-11 There is a time for everything, and a ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 3:3-11

Denomination: Bible Church