Sermons on Carried Up Into Heaven:

Give Up Your Rights Series

Contributed by C. Philip Green on Jul 20, 2022

To gain a hearing for the gospel, know your rights and give up your rights.

Dr. Seuss’s Horton Hears a Who! centers around two characters: Horton, an elephant living in the Jungle of Nool, and the tiny mayor of Whoville, which is an extremely small world, which resides as a speck on a clover that Horton carries around. Vlad, an evil vulture, chases Horton to grab the ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 9:1-18, 1 Timothy 5:17-18, Philippians 2:5-9

Denomination: Evangelical Free

Stepping Out & Stepping Up!

Contributed by Ian Johnson on Aug 23, 2003

Be willing to get out of our boats.I want to encourage you get out of the boat. Not only do I want to encourage you to get out of the boat, but also want you to remember whatever happens move toward Jesus. When you have problems in your home, and problems

Matthew 7:7-11 7 “Keep on asking, and you will be given what you ask for. Keep on looking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened. 8 For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And the door is opened to everyone who knocks. 9 You parents—if your children ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 7:7-11, Luke 5:1-11

Denomination: Pentecostal

Is Your Peace A Cover-Up?

Contributed by John Kapteyn on Oct 18, 2000

Many people think they have peace but peace can be a coverup of the truth. True peace comes from God.

Introductory Considerations 1. The situation was not a good one for the people of Israel. Many of them, including the prophet Ezekiel had already been carried off to exile in Babylon. The Babylonians had surrounded the city of Jerusalem and laid seige to it. The people were prisoners in their own ...read more

Scripture: Ezekiel 13:1

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Never Give Up What Series

Contributed by Paul Clemente on Jan 28, 2013

Jesus instructs all His Believers to never give up certain things.

Let us continue to learn from our Lord Jesus Christ in the Gospel of Luke Chapter 18….. Last week, we noted the main instruction from Jesus Christ to His Disciples: Always pray and never give up! In context, we learned, We are to always talk to God with everything that we do and ask if we are ...read more

Scripture: Luke 18:18-43

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Power Up Kingdom Living Series

Contributed by John Dobbs on Feb 10, 2023

In Matthew Jesus frames up the Jesus Life by speaking about the Kingdom of God. Not a physical kingdom with walls, a castle, and a throne. It is a spiritual Kingdom. Jesus is our King.

Power Up Kingdom Living   Matthew 13:31-51 Introduction Power Up - it’s what we need to do when our spiritual batteries get low. We need to connect to the power source, overcome temptation, use the power of influence, exercise the spiritual disciplines, and escape judgmentalism in ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 13:31-51

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Cross In My Belly

Contributed by Steve Wilson on Apr 2, 2013

What must it have been like to have actually carried the cross Jesus died on, for Him, up to Calvary's hill?

A CROSS IN MY BELLY A Monologue of Simon of Cyrene Introduction There are several Simons in the New Testament. Two of them were called by Jesus to be His disciples. One was Simon Peter and the other one was Simon the Zealot. One of Jesus’ half-brothers, son of both Mary and Joseph, was named ...read more

Scripture: Mark 15:21-24

Denomination: Baptist

"When God Stood Up!”

Contributed by Bubot Parago on Aug 25, 2018

While we lie down in the green pasture of the 23rd Psalm, the Good Shepherd may not seem to notice us — we are safe; but when the sheep are among the wolves of Matthew 10:16, the Good Shepherd will run to their help — they are in danger.

“[God] raised [Christ] from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places… . He put all things under His feet and gave Him as head over all things to the church, which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.” - Ephesians 1:20–23 In Mark 16:19 after Jesus spoke to ...read more

Scripture: Acts 7:51-60

Denomination: Pentecostal

Messed Up But Still Anointed

Contributed by Bishop Talbert Swan on Aug 8, 2009

Regardless of our faults God can still use us.

Messed Up But Still Anointed Pastor Talbert W. Swan, II Leviticus 21:16-23 16 The LORD said to Moses, 17 "Say to Aaron: ’For the generations to come none of your descendants who has a defect may come near to offer the food of his God. 18 No man who has any defect may come near: no man who is ...read more

Denomination: *other

Grow Up In All Things

Contributed by John D Jones on Jul 26, 2011

God has a plan and purpose for everyone. The specific details are as individual as the individual himself. But there is a general will, a broad plan for every Christian that God has designed. That plan simply put is to grow. What are the crucial elements

Grow Up in All Things Ephesians 4:7-16 God has a plan and purpose for everyone. The specific details are as individual as the individual himself. But there is a general will, a broad plan for every Christian that God has designed. That plan simply put is to grow. Here in Ephesians chapter 4, ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:7-16

Denomination: Baptist

Get Up And Encourage Someone!

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Oct 25, 2017

I have weighed recently the compassion fatigue that we all face. A pastor quietly lay the pistol to his head, his load had been so heavy, did anyone care? Maybe we miss it sometimes?

GET UP AND ENCOURAGE SOMEONE… WHO COULD ENCOURAGE TODAY? By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com TEXT: Jude 1:22 And of some have compassion, making a difference: Ephesians 4:29 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that ...read more

Scripture: Luke 24:16-31

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Grow Up Your Faith Series

Contributed by Thang Le on Jan 14, 2019

Christian faith is a religious faith that has its unique characteristics. It needs not an audible or visiual proof and once you have it you need to grow it up!

GROW UP YOUR CHRISTIAN FAITH! Heb 11:1-6 Today, I will tell you stories about faith, more exactly “growing faith” that helps us to follow Jesus. We all have faith in Jesus and in God (John 14:1). However, we need to grow up our faith to make sure that we will follow Him faithfully to the end. ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 11:1, James 2:14-17

Burn Out? Or Burned Up!

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jan 9, 2026

Often we find the storms and trials overwhelm us. Look at David's lesson at Ziglag. He encouraged himself.

BURNED OUT? OR BURNED UP! By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com (YouTube: Wade Hughes) BURN OUT? BURNED UP? I CRY WHEN I THINK OF THIS STORY? WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN? Many years ago I pastored in a mission work in the mountains. I was the head of the volunteer Chaplain ministry ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 30:1-8, 1 Samuel 29:9

Denomination: Assembly Of God

"Let's Just Give Up"

Contributed by Bill Burress on Dec 31, 2010

With all the troubles in the world today the thing we need to do is just give up. Not our faith but the things that cause the problems in the first place.

Was there ever a point in your life you just wanted to give up? Maybe finances got too much or it was just too tough to keep your marriage together. Maybe keeping your children in line got too difficult or every time you turned around something was going wrong, the car keeps breaking down or ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 6:4-12

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

He Stood Up For Me

Contributed by Wayne Lawson on Jan 27, 2014

Our word “MARTYR” is a transliteration of the Greek word for “WITNESS.” By their lives and by their deaths, the martyrs have borne witness for “JESUS CHRIST, THE FAITHFUL WITNESS.”

TITLE: HE STOOD UP FOR ME SCRIPTURE: ACTS 7:54-60 Can I talk to you this morning from the subject – He Stood Up For Me. Stephen was the President of the Jerusalem Board of Deacons. He was a leader in the church. He seems to have been an eloquent and fiery proclaimer and defender of the ...read more

Scripture: Acts 7:54-60

Denomination: Baptist

Step Up To Blessings 2

Contributed by Dan Cormie on Oct 27, 2002

Part two of a two part message on the beatitudes.

28, July 2002 Dakota Community Church Step up to Blessings II Review: Matthew 5:1-12 1 Now when he saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, 2 and he began to teach them, saying: 3 "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:1-12

Denomination: Mennonite