Sermons on Covet Things:

When Your Life Gets Interrupted

Contributed by Rev. Jim Wilson on Aug 18, 2007

When your life gets interrupted, each day our lives face unexpected things that happen, how you can turn those things around for God’s glory and learn to live in victory !

Life’s interruptions are those times in life when things just don’t seem to go the way we had planned. Interruptions can either make us or break us. We can learn from life’s experiences, or we can become resentful and close ourselves off to all that God has for us. For example, in the Old ...read more

Scripture: Luke 8:28

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Isaac's Act Of Faith Was Total Belief That What-Ever God Says Is True. Series

Contributed by William D. Brown on Jun 13, 2015

　Isaac pronounced a blessing on both sons to do with things to come. --- This was done by faith in God Who had revealed these things to him; Isaac believed fully that God would accomplish all that was here prophesied.

# 11~Issac Hebrews 11: 20 SS 8-17-14 Gen.25:19 -33 -- Gen.27: Today we'll continue our study of Hebrews 11: - the "hall of the faith" chapter, listen as I read our text verse, it's to do with the faith of Isaac. ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 11:20

Denomination: Baptist

Living Without Fear In 'in-Between' Times

Contributed by Marilyn Murphree on Jul 19, 2013

This sermon speaks of the unsettling times in our life when things are ALMOST but NOT YET. It is a time of not knowing how things will work out for us and that time creates feelings of fear, anixiety, and apprehension. Elijah experienced such a time.

Valley Grove A/G July 21, 2013 “Living Without Fear in ‘In-Between’ Times” I Kings 19:1-8 In the previous chapter the Prophet Elijah saw God send rain on the land where there had been no rain for three long years. He then went to Jezreel. King Ahab told Jezebel all that ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 19:1-8

Denomination: Methodist

Love Your Enemies Series

Contributed by Melvin Newland on Jan 29, 2012

Let's consider the things Jesus probably did not mean when He said, "Love your enemies." Then I want us to look at some of the things He did mean.

MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK (REVISED: 2019) TEXT: Matthew 5:43-47 Earlier this year we looked at the Sermon on the Mount as recorded in the Book of Matthew & considered what Jesus was saying in Matthew ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:43-47

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Don't Let Temptations Sink You Series

Contributed by Tom Fuller on Jan 10, 2011

Though so often we start out with such good intentions, things happen in our life to trip us up from serving God. What are those things and how can we avoid them?

Paul has just gotten finished encouraging us to pursue our relationship with the Lord and our being used by Him in the furtherance of the gospel like we were competing for the Olympic games, or in a boxing match where winning isn’t everything, it’s the only thing! It’s a ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 10:1-13

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

Don't Let Temptations Sink You

Contributed by Tom Fuller on Jan 10, 2011

Though so often we start out with such good intentions, things happen in our life to trip us up from serving God. What are those things and how can we avoid them?

Paul has just gotten finished encouraging us to pursue our relationship with the Lord and our being used by Him in the furtherance of the gospel like we were competing for the Olympic games, or in a boxing match where winning isn’t everything, it’s the only thing! It’s a ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 10:1-13

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

Soldiers

Contributed by John Gaston on Jan 10, 2013

Every Christian should have the commitment of a Soldier to the cause of Christ. What does it mean to be a soldier? What 3 things are required of soldiers? And what 3 things can you expect from God as a soldier?

SOLDIERS 2 Tim. 2:3-4 INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR 1. At one Army base, the annual trip to the rifle range had been canceled for the second year in a row, but the semi-annual physical fitness test was still on as planned. One soldier mused, "Does it bother anyone else that the Army doesn't seem to care ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 2:3-4

Denomination: Assembly Of God

My Sacrifice Before The Lord

Contributed by Eric Smith on Aug 4, 2012

When you come to church, it is not up to the preacher, the worship leader, the musicians and the singers to get you right with God. Leviticus tells us 4 things the worshiper must do and and 4 things the "priest" does.

Lev 16:14-19 14 And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it with his finger upon the mercy seat eastward; and before the mercy seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times. 15 Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the people, and bring ...read more

Scripture: Leviticus 1:1-17

Denomination: Apostolic

"Being" In Relation To The Lord

Contributed by Chuck Sligh on Apr 20, 2011

We put so much emphasis on DOING things for the Lord. But God is not just concerned about what we are DOING for Him, but what we are BEING for Him. Here are 5 things we should BE as believers.

“Being” in Relation to the Lord Chuck Sligh June 27, 2004 TEXT: 2 Chronicles 25:1-2 – “Amaziah was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. 2 And he did that which ...read more

Scripture: 2 Chronicles 25:1-2

Denomination: Baptist

Forcing Ourselves On God Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Oct 14, 2007

There’s only one way to get to heaven... but people always seem to be trying to force God to do things their way. What types of things do people do to force their will on God’s Word?

OPEN: A school teacher injured his back and had to wear a plaster cast around the upper part of his body. It fit under his shirt and was not noticeable at all. On the first day of the term, still with the cast under his shirt, he found himself assigned to the toughest students in school. Walking ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 19:16-25

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Building Castles In The Sand

Contributed by Stacey W. Strickland on Jan 17, 2011

So many people now a days are storing treasures upon this earth. They are gathering things of the earth that will not have any meaning in the world to come. They are building their lives upon the sand or the things of this world when they should be build

BUILDING CASTLES IN THE SAND Matt. 7:24-27 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 7:24-27

Denomination: Church Of God

A Choice To Make

Contributed by Steven Buhr on Jan 19, 2011

I was thinking about whether there is just 'one thing' that is most needed in life. So I looked up that phrase…one thing. Here’s what I read in the Gospel of Luke

A choice to make… Jan. 2, 2011 Intro: - how would you rate your 2010? Good year? Bad year? Physically or spiritually? Do you feel closer to God or does it feel like He’s further away? - do you think you made good choices in 2010? - we’ve just had a busy season, busy ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:38-41

Denomination: Baptist

Pleasing God - Part 2 Series

Contributed by Dr. Jonathan Vorce on Dec 16, 2017

In Pleasing God Part 1 we discussed four things that please God. Today we will talk about 2 more things that please the Lord. May we ever live to bring Him joy!

INTRODUCTION • Last week we talked about 4 things that please God 1. Reading our Bible 2. Obeying our Bible 3. Giving to Missions 4. Living Holy • Today we are going to talk about 2 more things that please God. 1. Prayer 2. Faith I. ISAIAH 56:7 FOR MY HOUSE SHALL BE CALLED A HOUSE OF ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 13:53-58, James 5:15-16, Matthew 7:7-11, Mark 9:28-29, Acts 2:1-4  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Church Of God

4 Reasons Why You Should Not Quit The Race Of Faith Series

Contributed by Ronald Amaya on Dec 6, 2018

You will not be remembered for the things you start but rather, for the things you finish. And the best part is, in the Christian race, you are not rewarded because you finished first – you are rewarded because you finished strong.

When you think of long-distance races, you most probably think Kenyan or Ethiopian athletes. But long before these athletes began shining, a young man from Tanzania embedded his name in the annals of history. The year was 1968 and John Stephen Akhwari was in Mexico in a bid to clinch Tanzania’s ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:13, Ecclesiastes 9:4, Colossians 1:27, Hebrews 13:5, Proverbs 13:12, Romans 4:4, Psalm 30:5  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Squinting Eyes In A Dark Cellar.

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Apr 27, 2018

We do not see see thing as they are --- we see things as we are! Perspective? We remember the cucumbers, leeks and onions? Is our focus so small, us four and no more? Please read this?

SQUINTING EYES IN A DARK CELLAR! WE DO NOT SEE THINGS AS THEY ARE --- WE SEE THINGS AS WE ARE! Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com ( I do this in two parts, or you have to delete parts of it…) I have a pair of binoculars. (Binoculars is to see with both eyes) to focus telescopically, ...read more

Denomination: Assembly Of God