Sermons on Christmas Memories:

Memorial Day

Contributed by Chris Beam on May 21, 2015

The biggest battle we, as Americans, are facing today is the battle for the very soul of our nation.

Memorial Day Daniel 5:1-31 Memorial Day is a time each year when we pause to remember those who laid down their lives for family, friends and freedom. One week after the Pearl Harbor attack President Franklin D. Roosevelt said, “Those who long enjoy such privileges that we enjoy forget in ...read more

Scripture: Daniel 5:1-31

Denomination: Baptist

Memorials To The Master

Contributed by Chuck Sligh on May 24, 2015

Begins with a brief recognition of the meaning of Memorial Day, and then segues into the three memorials in the New Testament: communion, baptism and a Christ-like life.

Memorials to the Master Memorial Day Sermon Chuck Sligh May 24, 2015 Adapted from a sermon outline in Preach for a Year, #5, by Roger Campbell. TEXT: Turn to 1 Corinthians 11 INTRODUCTION Memorial Day was established in 1868 to honor the fallen soldiers of the Civil War. It has grown to become ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 11:23-25

Denomination: Baptist

A Messiah's Memorial Series

Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Jan 14, 2012

The Lord's Supper is a memorial that ought to change our lives.

A Messiah's Memorial Text: Matt. 26:17-30 Introduction 1. Illustration: A few years ago, Tina and I visited a memorial that said, "Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 26:17-30

Denomination: Methodist

Memos For A Memorial

Contributed by Craig Benner on May 28, 2011

Memorial Day is every day for the christian who is spiritually in tune with God. The Word of God tells us to remember many things. He uniquely gives us ways of remembering those matters that He has set before us.

Memos from God Ps. 135:13 Thy name, O LORD, endureth for ever; and thy memorial, O LORD, throughout all generations. 13 Oh Jehovah, eterno es tu nombre; tu memoria, oh Jehovah, de generación en generación. (SRVA) memorial = in honor of; something to cause one to remember Some things He (God) ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 35:13

Denomination: Pentecostal

Memorial To The Master

Contributed by Donnie Martin on May 24, 2010

This Memorial Day message seeks to point out the Christian’s need to remember that Christ paid the ultimate price for our spiritual freedom.

Memorial To The Master Text: Ps. 77:11, 12 Intro: You are no doubt aware that this is Decoration Day (the holiday’s original name)—Memorial Day weekend. To some this holiday may mean nothing more than a three-day weekend away from work. To others who have lost loved ones in battles and ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 77:11-12

Denomination: Baptist

Building Memorials

Contributed by James May on May 30, 2010

A Memorial Day Sermon. We should be building memorials before God in prayer and service.

Building Memorials Sunday, May 30, 2010 – AM By Pastor James May The USS New York was built with steel from the rubble of the World Trade Center after the attacks on 9/11/2001. It was launched in November of 2009. 7 1/2 tons of twisted and mangled steel from ground zero had been melted ...read more

Scripture: Mark 14:9

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Memorials & Monuments

Contributed by Ralph Andrus on May 31, 2010

A Memorial Day Devotional

A "memorial" helps us remember. The most powerful memorials — - The monuments that stir strong emotion - Washington, DC is a city of monuments and memorials. We honor the generals, politicians, poets and statesmen who helped shape our great nation. - Most famous monuments and memorials are ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 23:28

Denomination: Baptist

"George's Memorial"

Contributed by James Parker on Mar 8, 2011

A memorial sermon for an elderly believer who spent the last years of his life on kidney dialysis.

Scripture reading: John 14: 1-6 "Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. 2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you ...read more

Scripture: John 14:1-6

Denomination: Baptist

A Lasting Memorial

Contributed by Jerry Flury on May 26, 2013

What caused Christ to declare, “Wherever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she has done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her”? What made her action so lasting?

A Lasting Memorial Mark 14:3-9 Much of what one does in life is quickly forgotten; very little if anything being remembered by subsequent generations. In Mark’s gospel we have the action of a woman, identified in Matthew and John as Mary, which has lasted for scores of generations; a deed which ...read more

Scripture: Mark 14:3-9

Denomination: Baptist

Memorials With A Mission

Contributed by James Jackson on May 25, 2019

What does it mean that we carry in our body the death of Jesus? On this Memorial Day, remember that our strength comes from His sacrifice, that we are memorials with a mission, and that to fulfill the mission, we must be in motion.

Memorials With a Mission 2 Corinthians 4:7-12; 16-18 7 But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us. 8 We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; 9 persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:7-18, Luke 14:15-23

Denomination: Baptist

A Fitting Memorial

Contributed by David Simpson on May 19, 2017

A Memorial Day sermon remembering the sacrifice of soldiers as well as the sacrifice of our Lord. The Lord's Supper is a fitting memorial. The Gettysburg address was a fitting memorial in 1863, but the words of Jesus are a lasting memorial.

Sermon May 28, 2017 David Simpson "A Fitting Memorial" 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 Tomorrow our nation honors the memory of those who died for our country. We call it Memorial Day. Perhaps no greater tragedy took place in our nation's history than ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 11:23-26

Denomination: Christian Church

A Perpetual Memorial

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Sep 16, 2017

Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us.

A PERPETUAL MEMORIAL. Exodus 12:1-14. The first time that we are told that the LORD spoke to Moses specifically ‘in Egypt’ was when He commissioned him to confront Pharaoh (Exodus 6:28). The second was here in Exodus 12:1, when Moses and Aaron were given the LORD’s instructions for the perpetual ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 12:1-14

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Our Memorials

Contributed by Russell (Rusty) Pruitt on Jul 17, 2020

Jacob made a vow that if God would bring him back home safely, that the stone which he set up as a pillar, and its place would be called God's house. By setting up this stone Jacob erected a monument to memorialize this significant event in his life.

OUR MEMORIALS TEXT: GENESIS 28:16-22 INTRODUCTION: The background for this scripture is that Jacob had stolen his brother Esau’s blessing, and for fear of Esau, he fled to the land of Padanaram. He stopped for the night and went to sleep and had a dream where God revealed His glory to him. God ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 28:16-22

Denomination: Baptist

The Power Of Memory

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Mar 5, 2021

God loves memorial events, for they force our minds to reflect and remember, and this keeps the past alive in the present so that the future can be what He wills.

One of the most important battles in the history of our nation was won by 262 Minnesotans. It is generally agreed by historians that he battle of Gettysburg was the turning point that led the North to win the tragic Civil War. That battle was going badly for the North, and at one point the ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 12:1-16

Memorial Day

Contributed by Darrin Fish on Sep 2, 2015

Memorial Day is about remembering the dead Memorial Day is about remembering the living So I encourage you to take time and reflect

Starting in 1970 Thomas Monaghan had a vision • And that was to grow his small pizza chain in MI into one of largest • And in 1985, that pizza company “Domino’s” was the 2nd largest pizza company in America. • When he was asked how he accomplished ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 1:3-5

Denomination: Christian Church