Sermons on Deep Diving:

Obey Your Thirst

Contributed by Roger Nelmes on Jan 29, 2008

In today’s consumer world, we can never get enough ... of anything. We devour relationships, pleasure, food, work, entertainment, accomplishments, ministry, and things as fast as we can. People everywhere are driven by a thirsting, a wanting, a needing,

Obey Your Thirst Illustration: Sprite commercials - missed dunk Those Sprite commercials can preach! That’s tonight’s message in fact. * If you’re thirsty - drink something that will quench your thirst. Don’t just drink something because of commercialism, or peer pressure, or the pop ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 55:1-3

Denomination: Pentecostal

Prince Of Peace

Contributed by Simon Fullylove on Feb 27, 2007

A sermon looking on the "Shalom" God wants for his world.

Introduction I am not known as a great Christmas card writer. I usually write one per year, to my wife. I leave her to do the rest! Look at this one with “peace on earth” on the front. We think nothing of such declarations of peace today. But the declaration of saviour who would bring peace was ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 9:6

Denomination: Pentecostal

God Can Do Anything

Contributed by Roger Roark on May 19, 2007

God is able to accomplish more than we can ever imagine.

A little boy was sitting on a park bench reading his bible, and as he read, he would shout " praise the Lord!" A local college professor came by and heard him, and stopped to ask him what he was so excited about. The little boy told him that he was reading from the bible about the children of ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 3:20

Denomination: Baptist

Discipleship: Construction Zone

Contributed by Kemuel Travis on Jul 11, 2006

God wants to keep working on improving us until we get to heaven.

INTRODUCTION -What do you think of when you think of a construction zone? -Dirt -Noise -Progress -Chaos -We normally try to avoid such places, don’t we -Hospital Construction -Road Construction -House Construction -We like for things to be neat, orderly and completed -But seldom are ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 2:6-7

Denomination: Wesleyan

Matthew 5 - Part 3 - Good Grief! Series

Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Dec 21, 2009

A book I read once was called "Good Grief" and it said that something good can come from losing a loved one. Jesus said to His disciples on the mountain,"Blessed are those who mourn for they shall be comforted". Why did Jesus teach this to His Disciples?

22/12/09 Pastorross | public entry | tags: , Good grief, Mourning, Repentance, Matthew 5, Sin | report Matthew 5 - Part 3 - Good Grief! I once read a counselling book about helping those who have suffered the loss of a loved one. The book was called "Good Grief" and it said that something good ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:1-4

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Can We Pray Up A Prophet?

Contributed by Scott Bradford on Jul 23, 2010

This sermon is about Hannah dedicating praying for a child but giving him to God, which in turns means the raising up of a Prophet! What if we prayed for god to raise up from among us a National Prophet?

Illustration: Laurel and I with our first child. She didn’t want any pain meds… and then she did… a few minutes later, holding our first born son… the pain was gone. Interesting thing about birth, the mother can be exhausted, and in pain, shouting at their husband ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 1:4-20

Denomination: United Methodist

Genesis Sermon 2: Origin Of Time

Contributed by Elmer Towns on Nov 20, 2002

This is a sermon about the creation story.

A. INTRODUCTION: GENESIS 1: 1,2 1.Time is the sequence of events. God created time when He began the first event. 2. Two great forces a. Laws from God b. Chaos from sin "In the beginning God created the heaven(s) and the earth. And the earth was without form and void: and darkness was upon ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 1:1-2

Denomination: Baptist

Two Woods

Contributed by Darren Sirmans on Sep 15, 2012

Light and darkness has been divided. These two do not agree. How can two walk together if they do not agree. It just want happen, because the lord God divided them.

Read Genesis 1: 1-5 The two woods that cannot stand alone, they need a ruler to pick them up when they fall. If God don’t allow the branch and 2x4 which is the width and depth to stand – I don’t care how much you put them up on a position, if God don’t allow them to stand, ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 1:1-5

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

I Thirst

Contributed by Ken Henson on Apr 17, 2014

Water is a thematic element in the Gospel of John. Jesus baptised in it, turned it to wine, used it as a metaphor of life, used it to heal, walked on it, and washed His disciples feet with water. Yet on the cross He needed water, and He got none.

I Thirst In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. The first order of creation, even before God proclaimed, “let there be light”, there ...read more

Scripture: John 19:18

Denomination: *other

Look What The Lord Has Done For Me

Contributed by Jerry Stepp on May 14, 2011

What the Lord has done for Me and can and will do for you, if you just call upon His name

LOOK WHAT THE LORD HAS DONE FOR ME PSALM 40:1-4 INTRODUCTION: This psalm is a celebration of God's great goodness to him, and all his people. He praises God for delivering him out of deep distress, vs. 1-5. Thence takes occasion to speak of the work of our redemption by Christ, vs. 6-10. ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 40:1-4

Denomination: Baptist

"A Simple Matter”

Contributed by Larry Grant on Jan 15, 2023

As God gives freely to the unworthy, so he gives richly, like himself, more than we are able to ask or think. His gifts outdo our requests and expectations.

2 Kings 3:9-18 “A Simple Matter” January 15, 2023 The Division King Jehoram of Israel was not an honorable man. “He did evil in the sight of the Lord” Though he was not like his father Ahab or his mother Jezebel because he put away the sacred things of the false god Baal, we are told that he still ...read more

Scripture: 2 Kings 3:9-18

Denomination: Baptist

I Bow My Knees Series

Contributed by Ricky Tuttle Thd on Oct 6, 2023

Although there is no designated posture in prayer, we can see that Paul said something about his time in prayer.

“I Bow My Knees” Ephesians 3:14-21 10-8-2023 AM Although there is no designated posture in prayer, we can see that Paul said something about his time in prayer. I. The Occasion To Pray Vs. 14 What brought Paul to his knees to pray? We need to look back just a bit to understand the deep devotion ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 3:14-21

Denomination: Baptist

Life Giving Water

Contributed by Michael Bates on Aug 19, 2024

Are you thirsty and dried out from the evil things of this world? Come to the Lord Jesus because He is our "Living Water"!!! As physical water gives us life, Jesus, the living water gives us eternal life. With Jesus you will never thirst again.

Please everyone grab your Bibles and lets turn to and read together; Ezekiel 47:1-9 CSB -- Then he brought me back to the entrance of the temple and there was water flowing from under the threshold of the temple toward the east, for the temple faced east. The water was coming down from under the ...read more

Scripture: Ezekiel 47:1-9, John 7:37-39

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Let's Just Praise The Lord Series

Contributed by Ian Humphrey on Mar 19, 2024

Let's Just Praise the Lord

Psalm 148 Let's Just Praise the Lord - His Praise Is - 1. Commendable - 1 Praise ye the Lord. The Need for it - Praise ye - Psa. 92:1 It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High: It is - a Good thing, a Gracious thing - to give ...read more

Denomination: Holiness

Relationships And Our Future.

Contributed by Roy Fowler on Sep 5, 2020

Things that we need to remember about what God has said

Illustration: And the record for the world’s shortest job is… “I got hired for a corporate job. I had my first day and it seemed to be going well and then I, and the rest of my department, got called in for a surprise meeting. Turns out we were all getting laid off. Yep. I got laid off on my ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 2:14-15, Philippians 4:13

Denomination: Independent/Bible