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  • God Helps Those Who Help Themselves

    Contributed by Austin Mansfield on Oct 28, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,917 views

    We’ve convinced ourselves that “God helps those who help themselves.” Many people believe that’s even in the Bible. It’s not. In fact, I can’t think of anything more unbiblical.

    In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to you, Lord, my rock and my redeemer. Amen. (Psalm 19:14) What an awesome healing story in today’s Gospel! I’m not referring to the cure; I’m referring to the ...read more

  • Not Another Teenage Pregnancy Story

    Contributed by Andrew Chan on Dec 20, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,665 views

    Virgin birth is it credible and how Mary instructs us to a joyous faith in the midst of current difficult realities - an advent/christmas story

    Gospel Reading – Luke 1:26-38 Theme: Annunciation to Mary Sermon title – Not another Teenage Pregnancy Story Response: Luke 1:46-55 Song of Mary – She Glorifies/Rejoices in God for he has been mindful of her. 26In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, 27to ...read more

  • Trust And Obey Series

    Contributed by Victor Yap on Dec 20, 2007
     | 5,779 views

    Saul, Pt. 4 (Final)

    TRUST AND OBEY (1 SAMUEL 15) I love mangoes. A ripe mango is one of the tastiest fruits around. However, the problem with supermarket mangoes is that most are never ripe - they are usually green, not yellow or golden. The buyer has to put the mangoes in a brown bag to ripen it. Lately, I use the ...read more

  • Be The World To One Person Series

    Contributed by Victor Yap on Dec 25, 2007
    based on 9 ratings
     | 8,750 views

    Esther, Pt. 2

    BE THE WORLD TO ONE PERSON (ESTHER 2) Once a frog fell into a deep pothole and couldn’t get out no matter how hard he tried to jump out. Even his friends couldn’t get him to muster enough strength to jump out of the pothole. After a number of futile attempts, they gave him up to his expected fate. ...read more

  • Anchors For The Storm

    Contributed by Ben Peak on Jan 3, 2008
    based on 24 ratings
     | 14,671 views

    Storms… they are part of life. And here in our text, Paul faces some storms. And through this time in Paul’s life we can find the anchors which held him firm during those storms.

    You know, the Bible is packed full of some really great stories. Stories that tell us history like the creation story. Stories of love like the one we find in the book of Ruth. Stories of war are scattered all over the Old Testament. Stories with drama like the lives of Joseph and David. ...read more

  • A Black Tie Affair Series

    Contributed by Daniel Richter on Jan 10, 2008
    based on 7 ratings
     | 7,875 views

    God provides us with all that we need to come to the table, if we’re willing to go and change.

    We had a very exciting event take place here a couple of weeks ago. Right before our very eyes, Jim got down on one knee and asked Leslie to be his wife. With that part out of the way, now the work begins. They’ve got a wedding to plan! Any bride can tell you that even the simplest, smallest ...read more

  • Principles Of Continual Success

    Contributed by Sunday Adelaja on Jan 16, 2008
    based on 7 ratings
     | 9,295 views

    A child is a fruit brought forth by its mother. Indeed, each of us is a fruit that contains a seed after its kind.

    A child is a fruit brought forth by its mother. Indeed, each of us is a fruit that contains a seed after its kind. For instance, an apple seed planted in the ground will produce an apple tree; it will yield a lot of fruit in harvest. The same was true with the seed that God planted into Adam, from ...read more

  • Pause Before You Act (Part 4) Series

    Contributed by Larry Wilson on Sep 12, 2011
     | 6,671 views

    In Sermon 4 of the series, PAUSE Before You Act, we admonish the believer to see if what he or she is about to do violates God’s commands. I.e., am I about to commit a sin in my response to a situation?

    Please note that, while this sermon may be preached in stand-alone fashion, it is part of a series. You may wish to take a look at the first three sermons. Especially helpful would be sermon one which lays the foundation. Also, there is a companion sermon called THINK Before You Speak. IV. S – ...read more

  • Salvation...easy As 123

    Contributed by Josh M on Sep 23, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,391 views

    God graciously made salvation easy so that all could understand.

    Christmas time is a time of shopping, frantically going from store to store looking for the best gifts and bargains. It is a time for baking and seeing family and friends that you probably have not seen in a while. What is Christmas about? I recall this from a sermon I heard in the past. It was the ...read more

  • Praying With The Right Heart Series

    Contributed by Pat Damiani on Sep 27, 2011
     | 7,774 views

    The Sermon on the Mount reveals that prayer is more about the heart than the words.

    This week I read about two churches who had decided to hold a joint worship service. As part of that service they were going to recite the “Lord’s Prayer”. But when it came to the fourth petition in the prayer, they couldn’t agree whether to say “forgive us our debts ...read more

  • Facing Giants With Nothing But Stones

    Contributed by Jarvis Ellis on Oct 13, 2011
    based on 8 ratings
     | 42,242 views

    This sermon deals with overcoming the many obstacles that often stand in the way of our blessings!

    Facing Giants With Nothing But Stones SCRIPTURE: " And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag which he had, even in a scrip; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine." 1 Samuel ...read more

  • The Return Of Elijah Series

    Contributed by Thomas Swope on Oct 15, 2011
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,636 views

    A study of chapter 1 of Luke verses 1 through 17

    Future Stuff – The return of Elijah Luke 1: 1 – 17 Many of you know that the prophet Elijah did not die. He was taken into Heaven in a fiery chariot. We read this in chapter 2 of the book of 2 Kings, “ 1 And it came to pass, when the LORD was about to take up Elijah into heaven ...read more

  • The Heart Of True Stewardship

    Contributed by Bobby Stults on Oct 17, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,814 views

    We give and we give to this and to that... we take up offerings and write out tithe checks, but what is the most important aspect about giving? In our story today we find 2 people whose heart was NOT right when giving to God and they are harshly dealt wit

    Sermon Brief Date Written: October 10, 2011 Date Preached: October 16, 2011 Where Preached: OPBC (AM) Sermon Details: Series Title: A Sermon On Stewardship Sermon Title: The Heart of True Stewardship Sermon Text: Acts 5:1-11 [ESV] 1But a man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold ...read more

  • A Forgiving Heart Series

    Contributed by David Owens on Oct 31, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 12,113 views

    "To err is human, to forgive is divine," Alexander Pope. Being divine, Jesus displayed His forgiving heart. He can enable us to have a forgiving heart, just like His.

    A. The story is told of a man who stood watching an old farmer plowing with his mule. 1. After a while, the stranger said to the farmer, “I don’t like to tell you how to do your job, but you could save yourself a lot of work by saying, ‘Gee’ and ‘Haw’ to that ...read more

  • Showdown On The Mountain Series

    Contributed by Gerald Albers on Oct 31, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 10,437 views

    First of all, do you remember what Elijah’s name in the Hebrew means? It means “Yahweh is my God.” This prophet’s name very clearly defined his mission, to demonstrate or prove that “Yahweh is, in fact, not only his God but the only true and living God.”

    Elijah Part II "Showdown on the Mountain" 1 Kings 18:1-39 1 And it came to pass after many days that the word of the LORD came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, "Go, present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain on the earth." 2 So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab; and there was a ...read more