Sermons on Calming The Storm:

Don't Be Like Jonah, Don't Run Away, Follow Your Calling Series

Contributed by Dean Courtier on May 2, 2017

Have you discovered the calling that God has for your life? Do you know what it is that He wants you to do for Him? If you do know what He has called you to do are you doing it or avoiding it?

Don't be like Jonah, don't run away, follow your calling. We are continuing in our series Discovering Your Destiny and this week we are considering how ‘God Prepares and Positions us’ Ephesians 2:10 reminds us, God has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things He planned for ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 28:18-20, Jonah 2:1-10, Isaiah 27:1, Psalm 104:26, Psalm 74:14, Job 41:1, Job 3:8, Jeremiah 29:11, Ephesians 2:10  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Pentecostal

God's Pursuing Love Series

Contributed by Jonathan Mcleod on Apr 22, 2007

Whoever and wherever you are, God’s love is pursuing you.

Big Idea: Whoever and wherever you are, God’s love is PURSUING you. Max Lucado: “You are valuable because you exist. Not because of what you do or what you have done, but simply because you are.” Philip Yancey: “There is nothing we can do to make God love us more. There is nothing we can do to ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 1:1-17

Denomination: Baptist

Christ On Board

Contributed by John Mccormack on Jun 10, 2013

REAL FAITH MUST BE TESTED.

CHRIST ON BOARD INTRODUCTION: CHRIST, AFTER COMPLETING A SERIES OF PARABLES, INSTRUCTED HIS DISCIPLES AND OTHERS TO GO TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SEA OF GALILEE (LAKE GANNESARET). THE ENTIRE SEA AREA WAS SUSCEPTIBLE TO VIOLENT WINDS AND WATER. ALARMED BY A SUDDEN STORM, HIS DISCIPLES AWAKENED ...read more

Scripture: Luke 8:25

Denomination: Baptist

Okay, Prove It!

Contributed by Timothy Gardner on Apr 23, 2005

It is important to prove our faith in God

Okay, Prove IT! Written by: Timothy Gardner January 2003 (Read "The Hiker" from Max Lucado’s book "A Gentle Thunder) Introduction: Many times in our lives, we see something that we would like to accomplish. Others might say we are crazy for wanting to accomplish those things, and this could be ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 18:20-39

Denomination: Salvation Army

How's Your Heart For God's Gardening Series

Contributed by Kevin Cummins on Jun 12, 2007

Christ talks about 4 different soils, each representing a heart and how receptive it is to God’s Word. How receptive are you to God’s Word?

Here is one for the teachers in the crowd today! It was at the end of the school year, and a kindergarten teacher was receiving gifts from her pupils. The florists son handed her a gift. She shook it, held it overhead, and said, "I bet I know what it is. Some flowers." "That’s ...read more

Scripture: Luke 8:4-15

Denomination: Church Of God

Why Is It So Hard For Us To See?

Contributed by Bobby Stults on Sep 3, 2012

How often do you find yourself in a position where you know what is right, but you don't do it... Society teaches us to seek for our own personal happiness and fulfillment, but Christianity is about service and obedience first... our fulfillment and joy c

Sermon Brief Date Written: September 1, 2012 Date Preached: September 2, 2012 Where Preached: OPBC (AM) Sermon Details: Series Title: Miscellaneous Sermon Sermon Title: Why Is It So Hard For Us To See? Sermon Text: Luke 12:54-59 [NASB] Introduction: Did you know that statistics ...read more

Scripture: Luke 12:54-59

Denomination: Baptist

Yo Wife Is Not Yo Mama! Mother's Day

Contributed by Travis Hearn on Nov 27, 2013

A sermon including six ways to love your wife.

A man was walking along a California beach and stumbled across an old lamp. He picked it up, ..... rubbed it - and out popped a genie. The genie said, "Listen.... four people have released me from the lamp this month ..... and I’m getting a little sick of these wishes, so you can forget about ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 18:22

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Living With Eternity In View

Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Jul 7, 2021

This sermon deals with recognizing we are a temple that God wants to reside in and that we need the need to use the right building materials to keep the temple holy and the proper foundation to become what God wants us to be in life having our minds fixed on eternity.

Living With Eternity In View By Rick Gillespie- Mobley 6/13/2021 Matthew 7:15-28,1 Corinthians 3:5-17 Have you ever purchased an item that looked great in the package or on the advertisement but when you got it, you said, “this is nothing but a piece of junk, it so flimsy, I want my money ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 7:15-28, 1 Corinthians 3:5-17

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

How Firm A Foundation

Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Sep 20, 2002

The foundations in America are showing signs of crumbling. We need some firm foundations.

September 22, 2002 And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, And do not the things which I say? 47Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will show you to whom he is like: 48He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the ...read more

Scripture: Luke 6:46-49

Denomination: United Methodist

"In His Presence”

Contributed by Rev. M Edmunds on Jun 15, 2005

It is hard to see that God is working in our lives sometimes when things are unfavorable. In fact it seems sometimes as if God is not there at all when we are experiencing difficult, unexplainable moments within our existence, but don’t loss faith, you ar

Elder M. Edmunds Co-Pastor of United Ordained Church August 2003 It is hard to see that God is working in our lives sometimes when things are unfavorable. In fact it seems sometimes as if God is not there at all when we are experiencing difficult, unexplainable moments within our existence. ...read more

Scripture: Ruth 1:1-5

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Blessed To Be A Blessing

Contributed by Keith Broyles on Nov 24, 2008

Why are some of us spared during natural disasters while others seem to have so much loss? Why does God bless us and not others?

Though I grew up on the Texas Gulf coast, and lived here most of my life, except when I was in the Navy and the first 12 years I was in the ministry, this was the first time that I evacuated for a hurricane and it actually hit, leaving real impact close to where I lived. Living in Houston and ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 12:2-3

Denomination: Methodist

Hurricanes, Heart Aches, And Helping Hands

Contributed by Keith Broyles on Oct 10, 2007

The church must be the church. We are the people who right now know where God is. We are the people who know what God’s love is. We are the people who know that where God is there is hope. Through the hurricanes and heart aches of life, we as the chur

At certain time in the past I have become a news junkie. When I am at home I am watching television flipping the channel between different networks or scouring the Internet looking for more information about what is going on in the world around me. I was that way with the Columbia tragedy a ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 130:1-8

Denomination: Methodist

If Jesus Is God, Why Did Jesus Need To Pray? Series

Contributed by Dean Courtier on Jun 6, 2016

The Gospels record 17 specific occasions when Jesus prayed. Jesus prayed at different times of the day. He prayed in different places. Sometimes He prayed on His own, and sometimes when His Disciples were with Him.

Why did Jesus pray? This morning as we continue in our series on Dynamic Disciples our focus this month is on Prayer. The Bible records the words of 222 specific prayers - actual worded prayers, not just references to prayer with statements like he prayed or he called upon the name of the Lord, ...read more

Scripture: John 17:1-26

Denomination: Pentecostal

Cost Of Discipleship Series

Contributed by Tim Barrett on Jul 5, 2004

Expository sermon which outlines the cost of discipleship in light of what Christ has done for us.

The cost of discipleship Illustration: John Wesley and the Moravians. - during the storm the Moravians had a peace and were singing to God - they were totally committed to God and therefore they knew their lives were in Gods hands - John ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 8:18-27

Denomination: Pentecostal

Shipwrecked

Contributed by Delray Lentz on Oct 31, 2023

The purpose of the message is for us to consider what we do with our shipwrecks. Because we all have them!

Today’s key passage is found in Acts 28:1-10 I want us to start in chapter 24, to see how we get to chapter 27, as we examine chapter 28 (are ya with me so far?) Chapter 24- Paul is accused of inciting an insurrection Chapter 25- Since Paul is a Roman citizen, he makes an appeal to Caesar Chapter ...read more

Scripture: Acts 28:1-10