Sermons on Control Freak:

Dealing With Troubles You Don't Deserve Series

Contributed by Glenn Arellano on Sep 11, 2006

When unwanted circumstances comes the to us,we must learn to choose the right attitude rather than be controlled by them.

1 Chronicles 4:9 There was a man named Jabez who was more distinguished than any of his brothers. His mother named him Jabez because his birth had been so painful. 10 He was the one who prayed to the God of Israel, “Oh, that you would bless me and extend my lands! Please be with me in all that I ...read more

Scripture: 1 Chronicles 4:9

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Cut The Rope

Contributed by Robert Cox on Sep 17, 2006

We must trust that od has everything under control....even when we can’t see it!

Isa. 55:6-9 seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. For my thoughts are not ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 55:6-9

Denomination: Pentecostal

Taming The Tongue Series

Contributed by Rick Stacy on Oct 23, 2005

4 of 5 on home and family. This message is on the importance of controlling the tongue. The empahasis is on how choose carefully what you say.

Heaven Help the Home The Power of Words People will be rewarded for what they say; they will be rewarded by how they speak. What you say can mean life or death. Those who speak with care will be rewarded. Proverbs 18:20 This morning we speak of the power of words and the critical importance of ...read more

Scripture: James 3:1-12

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Who's The Boss? Series

Contributed by Pat Damiani on Apr 13, 2008

48th in a series from Ephesians. Being filled with the Holy Spirit means giving Him control of my life.

A henpecked husband was advised by a psychiatrist to assert himself. "You don’t have to let your wife bully you," she said. "Go home and show her you’re the boss." The husband decided to take the doctor’s advice. He went home, slammed the door, shook his fist in his wife’s face, and growled, "From ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:18, Ephesians 5:8

Denomination: Baptist

The Babylonian Theme Series

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jul 23, 2012

Babylon represents mankind uniting to assert themselves against God; it is about who has the power and control, God or man?

The Babylonian Theme 1. Some things go back a long way: A little boy opened the big and old family Bible with fascination, looking at the old pages as he turned them. Then something fell out, and he picked it up and looked at it closely. It was an old leaf from a tree that had been pressed in ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 11:1-9

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Breaking Out Of Religious Identity Series

Contributed by Brad Bailey on Aug 22, 2012

Without realizing it, we can try to contain the eternal God of the universe within the boundaries of our comfort and control.

Breaking Out of Religious Identity Series: BREAKOUT – God on the Move through the Book of Acts Brad Bailey – April 22, 2012 Intro Today we are going to engage a problem that can quietly be at work in every life: the unconscious tendency to become attached to forms of religious ...read more

Scripture: Acts 6:8-15

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

How Much Will You Risk In Worship?

Contributed by Scott Bradford on Aug 13, 2010

This sermon is about overcoming the the self controlling, self containment of worship to let oneself fully experiance a closeness of worship with God!

Michal, became embarrassed at King David’s dance. David responds “I’ll become even more undignified than this”. Michal is embarrassed by the manner in which her husband worshipped. Maybe we can ask ourselves: What Christian worship practices or styles of worship embarrass ...read more

Scripture: 2 Samuel 6:12-23

Denomination: United Methodist

Made To Last Forever

Contributed by Isaias Sanchez on May 27, 2008

Jesus came not to control your life but to give you life. Jesus came not to steal life, but to give abundant life.

Made To Last Forever Nobody wants to fail & God didn’t create you to fail. Ephesians 2:10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them. John 10:10 "The thief (devil) does not come except to steal, and to kill, and ...read more

Scripture: John 17:3

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Escape From Fear Series

Contributed by Carl Allen on Sep 9, 2008

Fear is not of the Lord, yet we often allow ourselves to be controlled by it and limit what God can do in our lives.

Escape from Fear Rev. 1:17-18 Series: Salvation from Destructive Emotions Intro Delivering humanity from fear is both Jesus’ mission and message. Certainly the problem of fear is a problem to be recognized in many lives. One of the most outstanding and surprising disclosures of stressful, ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 1:17-18

Denomination: Baptist

At The Festival

Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on Oct 28, 2011

If we believe in the value of our world that bigger is better, our actions and decisions will be controlled by people rather than by God.

At The Festival Oct 23, 2011 John 7:1-24 Intro: Our journey the last little while through the Gospel of John has had, at its core, a desire to discover the Biblical Jesus. To see Jesus as He really comes to us in Scripture, not just as we imagine Him or like Him to be. I came across this on a ...read more

Scripture: John 7:1-24

Denomination: Baptist

Grief Series

Contributed by Russ Barksdale on Mar 1, 2016

God is in control even in our times of catastrophe. Since the fall of man, catastrophe has been a part of life…

Grief 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 Death is a part of life Three critical pieces of information about grief: 1. Grieving is a part of life. v.13 “asleep”: a euphemism for death. There is no such thing as soul sleep 1 Thessalonians 5:9-10 2 Corinthians 5:8 2. ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

Denomination: Baptist

Who Can We Blame? Series

Contributed by Michael Stark on Nov 12, 2016

If we will cease blaming others, we must be controlled by the Spirit of God. A study of the impact of God's Spirit in the life of a believer.

“God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.” [1] It was an exceptional week, even for a broken world. One morning in June, we awoke to horrific news that an alligator had dragged a two-year-old boy into a lake at Walt Disney World. Though the presence of ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 1:7

Denomination: Baptist

God's Promises, Yet We Must Still Dig.

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Nov 19, 2014

Other people do not control your destiny, we must dig the wells and depend upon God to fill with the water.

GOD PROMISES, WE DIG, WE DIG, WE DIG AGAIN... By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com I take a shovel with me to the pulpit. I. DO WE SEEK A SURE FOUNDATION? VERY FEW DIAMONDS ARE FOUND FLOATING ABOVE GROUND, ONE HAS TO DIG. VERY LITTLE GOLD IS FOUND ABOVE GROUND, ONE HAS TO DIG. A. ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 7:24-27

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Guardian Angels Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Mar 20, 2021

Guardian angels are real, and there can be no doubt of that, but they are not our business. We have no control over their activities, and no claim on their protection.

There are few stories more exciting than escape stories. One of my favorite kinds of movie when I was a kid was prison escape movies. They are so full of suspense, and the obstacles to overcome are enormous. There is a great need to be clever, and best of all, they are not fiction, but are based ...read more

Scripture: Acts 12:1-11

It's Not True

Contributed by Spencer Miller on Dec 28, 2017

You can't control what people do to you or what they say about you...but God can.

6 In it was written, “It is reported among the nations, and Geshem also says it, that you and the Jews intend to rebel; that is why you are building the wall. And according to these reports you wish to become their king. 7 And you have also set up prophets to proclaim concerning you in Jerusalem, ...read more

Scripture: Nehemiah 6:6-16

Denomination: Baptist