Sermons on Defending Yourself:

Be A Loser For Christ

Contributed by Gregg Bitter on Aug 1, 2010

Wear the label 'Loser' proudly, when it comes by confessing Jesus and following him as you deny yourself and take up your cross.

Text: Luke 9:18-24 Theme: Be a Loser for Christ A. By confessing him with your words B. By following him in your life Season: Pentecost 5c -- God's Names Date: June 27, 2010 Web page: http://hancocklutheran.org/sermons/Be-a-Loser-for-Christ-Luke9_18-24.html Grace and peace to you from ...read more

Scripture: Luke 9:18-24

Denomination: Lutheran

Love Myths #5 Series

Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on Feb 16, 2010

When love gets hard, love enough to fight for it, to spend yourself for it, and don't give up until death.

Love Myths #5: How Then Should We Love? February 14, 2010 Intro: There are a lot of things on people’s minds this weekend, between Valentine’s day, a long weekend, the launch of the 2010 winter Olympics, and all the general stuff of life. So rather than fight those things, I want to ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 26:31-46

Denomination: Baptist

Knowledge Of Ourselves.

Contributed by Roy Fowler on Jan 31, 2015

Understanding yourself as you move to a more understanding of who God is. Freedom without love can cause weaker Christians to fall.

To understand the Scripture we have to understand what was going on within it. In those days the pagan religions sacrificed to their gods similar to what the Jews did. After the religious ceremony was over they would sell the meat to local food establishments. They would then sell it to ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 8:1-13

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Love Thy Neighbour

Contributed by James Ledbetter on Feb 3, 2015

Love everyone as yourself. Even strangers! We are all made in His image and He loves us all the same way. Amen!

LOVING YOUR NEIGHBOR There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: ...read more

Scripture: Luke 16:19-21

Denomination: Apostolic

Seven Signs Of Pride In Your Life Series

Contributed by Jim Butcher on Mar 25, 2015

It's difficult to see pride in yourself. This message identifies seven areas where our pride often rears its ugly head.

- Few people will admit to being proud. It’s difficult thing to see in yourself. - In our passage for this morning (James 4:6), it tells us that God opposes the proud. That’s worth stopping to ponder: God sets Himself against such people. God will actively work against the proud. I ...read more

Scripture: James 4:6

Denomination: Baptist

Fight

Contributed by Dr. Gale A. Ragan-Reid on Jun 21, 2015

When left with no other recourse than to fight---fight to save yourself and fight to escape because God's battle is an on-going war.

FIGHT by Dr. Gale A. Ragan-Reid (June 21, 2015) “Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past. And Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women childless, so ...read more

Denomination: Friends

Be A Pencil In God's Hand

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Dec 8, 2014

The pencil may not be worth much until it falls into the right hands. The pencil in the hand of a poet? An artist? Allow yourself to be a pencil in the hand of God.

BE A PENNCIL IN THE HAND OF GOD... By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.co. Isaiah 54:2 Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes; I. HEADS YOU WIN, TAILS YOU LOSE... IT ALL DEPENDS ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 54:2

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Ask For Help

Contributed by Ralph Andrus on Aug 22, 2012

1. Heed His Word & Not Your Heart 2. Open Yourself To Possibilities 3. Prepare For A Change 4. Enjoy His Leading

Living Without Hope Man can live about forty days without food, About three days without water, About eight minutes without air, But only one second without hope. Ask For Help - Moses asked his friends Aaron and Hur to support him. Exodus 17:11–16 - Jesus took Peter, James, and John aside ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 43:18-19

Denomination: Baptist

Come And See

Contributed by Wilson Oshorakpor on Feb 5, 2022

Come and see is an invitation to experience the riches of the cross of Jesus, the Christ. It is an unforgettable but personal experience. As Andrew, the Apostle said: Come and see for yourself.

TEXT:John 1:43-46 "The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me. Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, ...read more

Scripture: John 1:43-46, John 1:47-49, John 1:12

Denomination: Pentecostal

How To Be An Exceptional Wife Series

Contributed by Scott Maze on Jun 4, 2021

Cosmopolitan can teach you how to win a man to yourself. But only the Scripture can teach you how to win him to God.

This morning I want to talk to women whose need hope. I want to speak to women who are married to men who are not converted to Christ. And Peter has some very unusual counsel for godly women married to ungodly men. He tells them to submit to such men! Talking to women about being gentle, quiet, ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 3:1-6

Denomination: Baptist

Marriage Supper Of The Lamb

Contributed by Michael Fredette on Oct 12, 2019

Don’t ever stop believing , don’t stop believing in yourself , don’t stop believing God loves you .

I don’t know what it says about me , when people attack or criticize I love proving them wrong , Not by anything I say, but by what I do and what I accomplish The best part of proving people wrong, on any level Is that all those Nay sayers who didn’t believe, in you finally have to admit one ...read more

Scripture: John 4:34, Revelation 9:7

Denomination: Baptist

Finders Weepers Losers Keepers - Mark 8:34-38 Series

Contributed by Darrell Ferguson on Dec 16, 2023

What does it mean to deny yourself and take up your cross? And how does it help you in your daily battle with sin?

Excerpt #1: You are a radical, fundamentalist, extremist Christian or you are a non-Christian. Excerpt #2: People title this passage, "The Cost of Discipleship," but it could just as well be called, "The Cost of Non-Discipleship." Jesus wants us to compare costs. Excerpt #3: ...read more

Scripture: Mark 8:34-38, Matthew 16:13-27, Luke 9:18-26

Listen To God And Obey His Loving Direction

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jan 9, 2024

Listen to God in the first place, and maybe God won’t have to bail you out of bad situations that you create for yourself.

Saturday of the First Week in Course 2023 Today’s Gospel is one of the most gripping portrayals of Jesus’s ministry we have from St. Mark. Why is that? In just five verses, we see Jesus, in the area of Capernaum, teaching a large crowd in one of his favorite amphitheaters, a natural one by the Sea ...read more

Scripture: Mark 2:13-17, 1 Samuel 9:1-19, 1 Samuel 10:1

Denomination: Catholic

Bushwacked! Series

Contributed by C. Philip Green on Feb 27, 2024

If you want to be all that God called you to be, stop trusting in yourself and start trusting in God’s presence, person, and promises.

On a Saturday in November several years ago (November 5, 2011), University of Tennessee freshman Derrick Brodus was lying on the couch at his fraternity house, waiting for the Tennessee Volunteers football game to start at 7 P.M. Less than an hour before kickoff, Derrick fumbled for his cell phone ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 3:1-22, 1 Corinthians 1:27-29, John 8:58, Genesis 15:13-14, Hebrews 10:23  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical Free

Cities Of Refuge Series

Contributed by C. Philip Green on Mar 7, 2019

When you’re afraid, run to Jesus for refuge, but don’t keep Him to yourself. Make Jesus accessible and available to all.

San Francisco has its cable cars. Seattle has its Space Needle, and Longview, Washington, has its squirrel bridge. It’s called The Nutty Narrows Bridge, which spans Olympia Way and is a local landmark. A local builder, the late Amos Peters, built The Nutty Narrows Bridge in 1963. He wanted to give ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 20:1-9, Hebrews 6:18, Romans 8:1

Denomination: Evangelical Free