Sermons on Childlike Humility:

Pray Boldly!

Contributed by Michael Otterstatter on Jul 28, 2025

"Your will be done on earth as in heaven." We may not say the exact words but many of our prayers could be summarized with the words, “please let my will be done.” What's the answer to this paradox of prayer?

“Your will be done on earth as in heaven.” In the prayer we affectionately call the Lord’s Prayer we refer to that phrase as the Third Petition. Remember that a petition is specific request. There are seven petitions in the Lord’s Prayer as we pray it. After addressing God as our Father in ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 18:20-32

Denomination: Lutheran

How To Know The Truth

Contributed by Michael Blitz on Aug 9, 2025

How can we know the truth? Jesus is constantly confronted and questioned about truth. In John 7, He gives 5 reasons that He is trustworthy.

How to Know the Truth GOOD MORNING. Have you ever felt unsure about what to believe? That would probably be everyone. When it comes to Jesus, there are endless opinions and lots of people claiming to speak for God, and it’s been that way for 2000 years now. How can we really know the truth? This ...read more

Scripture: John 7:14-24

Denomination: Anglican

Christmas Is For Thanks-Giving

Contributed by Dennis Lee on Dec 1, 2024

We find ourselves in the middle of two of our country’s most iconic holidays, where the giving of thanks is front and center. The giving of thanks is an essential part of life, and it is the one seasoning that kicks our prayer life into high gear.

The Giving of Christmas “Christmas is for Thanks-Giving” Watch on YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKu4TMMlNgs With Thanksgiving over and Christmas right around the corner, we find ourselves in the middle of two of our country’s most iconic holidays, where the giving of thanks is ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 3:16, Philippians 4:6-7, Philippians 2:6-8, Isaiah 57:15, 1 Timothy 6:17-19, 1 Thessalonians 5:18  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Foursquare

The Parable Of Influence Series

Contributed by Dr. Bradford Reaves on Dec 4, 2024

Jesus tells us to focus on the humility and meekness of our faith and its influence on others. Tiny things can have great endings.

The Influence of the Kingdom November 10, 2024 Dr. Bradford Reaves Crossway Christian Fellowship Luke 13:18-21 We have been away from the parables for a few weeks as we looked at the issues of spiritual blindness. We only have a few more parables to go in our study. This week I want to invite you ...read more

Scripture: Luke 13:18-21

Denomination: Brethren

Barging In

Contributed by Michael Koplitz on Dec 10, 2024

A woman of a low class barges into a Pharisee's home to plead for forgiveness from Jesus. He grants her the request. It shows that the common Jews desired the Messiah!

Barging in Luke 7:40-50 Rabbi Rev. Dr. Michael H Koplitz 40 And Jesus answered, and said to him: Simon, I have something to say to thee. He said to him: Say it, Rabbi. Jesus said to him: 41 There were two debtors to a certain creditor; the one owed him five hundred denarii, and the other fifty ...read more

Scripture: Luke 7:40-50

Denomination: United Methodist

The Most Important Thing About Christmas

Contributed by Simon Bartlett on Dec 21, 2024

The most important thing about Christmas is that Jesus entered the world as king. And when we remember the humble circumstances of his birth, we remember that Jesus - although the great king - was committed to being Immanuel, 'God with us.'

In 1717, King Louis XIV of France died. When he was alive, Louis XIV demanded that he be addressed as ‘Louis THE GREAT.’ It’s said that he once declared, ‘L’État, c’est moi’ – meaning, ‘I am the State!’ Louis XIV’s court was the most magnificent in Europe and his funeral was the most ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 9:7, Luke 1:30-33

Denomination: Baptist

God Chose A Stable, Not A Palace - What Christmas Teaches Us About God’s Preference For Humility Over Status

Contributed by Joseph Ondu on Dec 14, 2025

God chose a stable, not a palace, to teach us that humility is the language of heaven. Christmas is not about elevation through status but transformation through surrender. The stable reminds us that God meets us where we are, not where we pretend to be

GOD CHOSE A STABLE, NOT A PALACE What Christmas Teaches Us About God’s Preference for Humility Over Status INTRODUCTION One of the most striking truths about the Christmas story is not what God did, but how He chose to do it. When heaven decided to introduce the Savior of the world, God did not ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:7

Denomination: Pentecostal

A Pharisee And Tax Collector Pray Together PRO Sermon

Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Oct 12, 2025

True acceptance with God comes not from self-righteousness or comparison, but from humble confession and receiving the mercy and love found in Jesus Christ.

Some of us walked in today with a smile on our face and a scoreboard in our heart. You know the scoreboard I mean—the quiet tally of how we’re doing compared to others, the inner itch to be seen as enough, the nervous need to be noticed and approved. We measure our worth by the week we had, the ...read more

Scripture: Luke 18:9-14

Topics: Humility, Exaltation, Self-Righteousness

Have A Good Day - 1 Peter 3:8-11a Series

Contributed by Darrell Ferguson on Jan 7, 2025

What to do when someone destroys harmony within the church.

1 Peter 3:8 Finally, all of you, live in harmony with one another; be sympathetic, love as brothers, be compassionate and humble. 9 Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing. 10 For, "Whoever would ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 3:8-11

Watch You Seat

Contributed by Amiri Hooker on Sep 7, 2025

Big Idea Jesus says real greatness isn’t grabbing the best seat—it’s how we treat the people others overlook.

Be Careful of Being Big Time Watch You SEAT Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost — August 31, 2025 Text: Luke 14:1, 7–14; Hebrews 13:1–2 (NRSVue) Big Idea Jesus says real greatness isn’t grabbing the best seat—it’s how we treat the people others overlook. “For all who exalt themselves will be humbled, ...read more

Scripture: Luke 14:1-14, Hebrews 13:1-2

Denomination: United Methodist

Judgement+mercy=discernment Series

Contributed by John Oscar on Sep 16, 2025

A sermon correcting the modern misunderstanding about judging in the biblical sense

Judgment + Mercy = Discernment 1 Corinthians Series August 31st, 2025 CCCAG Scripture: 1 Corinthians 6:1–11 (CSB) Introduction: Misunderstanding Judgment If I asked you what the most quoted bible verse in America is- What do you think would be the answer? Some might say John 3:16: “For God so ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 6:1-11

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Abigail - Unsung Hero/Agent Of Grace

Contributed by Ryan Ferwerda on Sep 21, 2025

Imagine being a level-headed person caught between two hot heads that, left to themselves, would destroy each other and everyone around them. This was Abigail, an Unsung Hero of the Bible, whose story we find in 1 Samuel 25.

What is a hero? Over the last two weeks we have explored stories of ordinary people that undertook extraordinary tasks that ended up having huge impacts on the people of God in their time. (Wesley United Methodist Church, Crookston, MN - Unsung Heroes of the Bible: 9/7/25; 9/14/25) We have been ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 25:1-43, Proverbs 15:1

Denomination: Lutheran

Everything Is Ready

Contributed by Austin W. Duncan on Sep 25, 2025

Jesus pictures the kingdom as a banquet—an invitation to joy. In Luke 14:7–24 He confronts pride, exposes excuses, and calls for a humble, wholehearted response to His invitation—today, not “someday.”

The next couple of weeks we're going to be spending time in Luke 14, in a mini-series called "Come to the Table." I named the series this because - don't you just love invitations to eat? At first I thought that "Let's Eat" may have been a better title for this ...read more

Scripture: Luke 14:7-26

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Greatest Among You Series

Contributed by Kory Labbe on Oct 4, 2025

True greatness in God’s Kingdom is found in humility and serving others.

Introduction – Rethinking Greatness Good morning, church. Let me ask you something: When you hear the word “greatness,” what comes to mind? Maybe you think of Tom Brady, Michael Jordan or Serena Williams. Maybe it’s a political leader, a business giant, or even someone you look up to in your ...read more

Scripture: Luke 14:7-15, John 13:1-17, Philippians 2:1-11

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Presence Over Praise

Contributed by David Dunn on Oct 8, 2025

When we choose God’s presence over applause, faithful service over spotlight, and trust in waiting over instant recognition, our hearts are shaped for His glory

There is something sacred in the ordinary. A simple door. A gate. A threshold. A doorkeeper. The one who watches, opens, welcomes, guards. In the temple system of old, the doorkeeper had no glamorous role. Few songs were written about him. He rarely stood in the spotlight. But without him, people ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 9:11-14

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist