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Your Sins I Will Not Remember Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Feb 13, 2012

The tussle over paying for contraception has raised our awareness of sin; it should also raise our awareness of the need to repent, confess sin and receive the forgiveness of God.

Seventh Sunday in Course 2012 “Your Sins I Will Not Remember” There’s a story told about one of the members of our extended family, a man who was a smoker until his first heart attack, and about what he did on this Sunday before Lent. As the story goes, he bought a carton of cigarettes and smoked ...read more

Scripture: Mark 2:1-12

Denomination: Catholic

What Is Prayer - Learning The Biblical Basics Series

Contributed by Cameron Bottema on Apr 29, 2012

A short 3 week mini-series on prayer. Week 1: the basics. Week 2: Prayers of thanksgiving and praise. Week 3: What are intercession, supplication, and prayers of confession.

I. What is prayer (John 17:1-5) (1 Thes. 5:16, “pray without ceasing”) 1. Pray is “talking with God.” i. How does God talk to us? – Through the Bible ii. How do we talk to God? – Through Prayer II. Foundations of prayer: ...read more

Denomination: Friends

What Is Prayer - Praise And Thanksgiving Series

Contributed by Cameron Bottema on Apr 30, 2012

A short 3 week mini-series on prayer. Week 1: the basics. Week 2: Prayers of thanksgiving and praise. Week 3: What are intercession, supplication, and prayers of confession.

This is only an outline. LOTS of great Scriptures and illustrations can be added to this outline. Psalm 22:3 Ephesians 5:20 5 Types of Prayer: 1. Praise 2. Thanksgiving 3. Supplication 4. Intercession 5. Confession As Christians we need to be praise and thanking God for the ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:20

Denomination: Friends

What To Put On! Series

Contributed by Dan Campbell on May 7, 2007

When a person believes and confesses Jesus as savior and Lord, they are born again, and a transformation takes place in their basic nature. The change is more radical that the change that takes place at death.

WHAT TO PUT ON! Ephesians 4:17-32 So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking. They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:17-32

Denomination: Assembly Of God

The New Life Series

Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on Mar 19, 2013

The result of our confession of sin and God cleansing us from our sin is to proclaim his righteousness through teaching others and worshiping him through our brokenness.

The Psalm that we have been studying during this Lenten season has taken us deep into our hearts, confronted us with the reality of our sin, and given us incredibly beautiful words with which to pray for forgiveness and cleansing. Last week we concentrated on the verses where we pray, ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 51:13-19

Denomination: Baptist

What Your Mouth Is Filled With, Matters! Series

Contributed by Rudolf E. Y. Mensah on Dec 20, 2021

Gratitude is good, but when your attitude is not good you cannot show gratitude. Praising God and confessing His awesomeness is our means of expressing our gratitude to Him.

SPIRITUAL GROWTH ENHANCERS My mouth is filled with your praise, declaring your splendour all day long. Psalm 71:8 WHAT YOUR MOUTH IS FILLED WITH, MATTERS Some people's mouths are full of gossips, profane, food, negativity and curses. David said his mouth was full of Praise. What your mouth ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 71:8, 1 Peter 2:9, Matthew 12:34

Denomination: Charismatic

Cleaning Services

Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jul 18, 2023

We have been forgiven in Christ for the sins that we have committed and confessed. But the underlying condition out of which these sins arise - what’s to be done about that?

“Out, damned spot!” may be one of the most widely recognized lines Shakespeare ever wrote. I wonder why? In a more innocent age it might have been for the forbidden thrill of saying “damn.” But of course that doesn’t apply any more, does it. It’s one of the milder epithets available. If that’s the ...read more

Scripture: Mark 7:1-23

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

You Were Bought With A Price

Contributed by Mark A. Barber on Jan 10, 2024

According to the Westminster Confession, the entire duty of man is to "Glorify God and enjoy Him forever. How do we do this? For the Second Sunday after the Epiphany

You Were Bought with a Price: A Sermon for the Second Sunday after the Epiphany 1 Corinthians 6:12–20 NKJV All things are lawful for me, but all things are not helpful. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any. Foods for the stomach and the stomach for foods, ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 6:12-20

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Unhindered Forgiveness Premium Sermon

Contributed by PRO Premium on Oct 9, 2023

This sermon explores the concept of unhindered forgiveness made possible through Jesus' sacrifice, replacing the Old Testament's sacrificial system, and the availability of this forgiveness to all who confess and believe.

Welcome back church! Today we’re going to continue on in our series, Unhindered. If you weren’t with us last week, here’s a brief recap; The book of Acts is not a list of attributes to memorize or bullet points to fit into a spreadsheet. It tells the story of the birth of Christianity and the very ...read more

Topics: Unhindered Forgiveness, Sacrificial System, Salvation

Sermon Series: Unhindered

Real Reconciliation Series

Contributed by C. Philip Green on Nov 12, 2011

If we want real reconciliation and healing in our broken relationships, then we must confess our own sins to one another; we must forgive those who sinned against us; but none of that is possible until we truly believe that God is in control.

Stewart Ruch, a pastor in Wheaton, Illinois, talks about the “huge gap” between the ideal and the real in our everyday lives, using a family outing as an example. You see, every fall his family likes to go apple picking. Now, for the Ruch family, the ideal day for apple picking is ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 45:1-15

Denomination: Evangelical Free

Jesus Is God's Answer Sermon Iv: Salvation By Grace Through Faith Is A Matter Of The Heart Series

Contributed by Charles Cunningham on Jan 6, 2020

LORD God communicated His love to the world in His Son Jesus Christ. Now is the time for sinners saved by His grace to communicate love for God and His Son by confessing with our mouths and believing with all our hearts.

SALVATION BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH IS A MATTER OF THE HEART Give me that me that man that is not passion’s slave, and I will wear him in my heart’s core, ay, in my ...read more

Scripture: Romans 10:1-13

What Will You Do With Jesus?

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Aug 2, 2002

What will you do with Jesus? is a question we often ask of non-Christians. But what about Christians. How do we answer that question?

OPEN: At the turn of the century, the "Des Moines Register" ran a scathing review of an Iowa singing group named the Cherry Sisters. Their reporter wrote that "Their long skinny arms, equipped with talons at the extremities... waved frantically at the suffering audience. The mouths of their ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 27:11-25

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Does Jesus Have Lordship In Your Life? Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Nov 17, 2002

The heart of Peter’s problem was that Jesus did not have the "position" of Lordship in His life. What does that mean?

OPEN: A teacher was telling about the time their new elementary school was raising the American flag for the first time. To make the day special, they had invited a marine Corps color guard to come out and perform the duty for them. The day before the ceremony, the Marine in charge of the unit ...read more

Scripture: John 13:2-16, John 13:1-16

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Send Not To Know For Whom The Bell Tolls

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Feb 7, 2010

Ash Wednesday gives us what may be our last Lenten opportunity to repent and turn back to God.

Ash Wednesday Homily 2010 2 Cor 5:20 - 6:2 The great bell called St Ferdinand at our diocesan cathedral tolls solemnly several times each month. Many years ago I heard the toll as my father’s casket was slowly pushed out toward its ultimate resting place. Each day the low sound of bells ...read more

Denomination: Catholic

The Inevitable Cleanup Job Series

Contributed by Joseph Smith on May 5, 2009

Sin is inevitable and needs to be identified as the filth that is in all of us, and it needs to be acknowledged in the Christian community. But God loves us and cares for us and is in the blood of Christ cleaning us.

No matter how good it is, it has to be cleaned up. Isn’t that always the case? No matter how good anything is, it has to be cleaned up. You get a new suit of clothes, you wear it a few times -- maybe only one time, in this heat -- and before you know it, it has to go off to the dry cleaners. No ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 1:5-10

Denomination: Baptist