Sermons on Desert Place:

Sowing In Hard Places

Contributed by Maurice Mccarthy on Aug 6, 2012

SOWING BY ITS VERY NATURE IS ABOUT GETTING WHAT YOU WANT TO HAVE, NOT WHAT YOU ALREADY HAVE. You sow into dirt because you want strawberries. Three principles that show how hard sowing can be: The principle of death; delay; and the principle of deceit.

Sowing in Hard Places How many of you have heard a preacher somewhere tell you that you want to sow your seed into good soil so that you can receive a good harvest? Makes sense that we should sow our seed into the best soil possible doesn’t it? No farmer in his right mind sows seed into bad soil. ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 11:6

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Vine, A Place To Grow

Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Aug 29, 2011

This is a message for Junior age campers at an evening vespers service, dealing with Jonah chapter 4 as Jonah waits for God to destroy the wicked city of Nineveh

Jonah chapter 4: The vine-a place to grow Intro: In our last lesson from Chapter 3 of Jonah, we saw Jonah obediently follow God’s call to go to Nineveh and to preach against all the evil that was going on there. Naturally, we remember that it took a storm and a great fish to get Jonah ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 4:1-11

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

A Place Prepared For You

Contributed by Robert Glass on Sep 5, 2011

Heaven is a "prepared place for prepared people, Hell is a prepared place for unprepared people."

A Place Prepared For You Heaven is a prepared place for prepared people. John 14:2 In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 13:38-42

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

A Place For God To Dwell

Contributed by Ricky Taylor on Dec 13, 2014

From the beginning, God has desired to dwell with man.

A PLACE FOR GOD TO DWELL Gen.2: 7 And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. 1 Cor. 3:16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? From the earliest of ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 3:16

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Place And Purpose Of The Bible Series

Contributed by David Owens on Oct 27, 2014

In this sermon, we explore two questions: What is Biblical Authority? and How do we know that the Bible is the Word of God?

Introduction: A. The story is told of a collector of rare books who ran into an acquaintance and they began to talk about books. 1. The man told the collector that he had just thrown away an old Bible that he found in a dusty, old box and he mentioned that “Guten-somebody-or-other” ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:16-17

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Prayer In A Desperate Place Series

Contributed by Dean Courtier on Mar 5, 2014

What stops you from praying? Are you too proud to pray? Are you trying to find your own solution? Don't wait to pray - God is listening now.

I always start my sermons with a question: My question for you this evening is When do you pray? In the Bible in 1 Thessalonians 5:17 we are told to pray without ceasing or as the NLT translates it Never stop praying I wonder how many of us do that? If we take that verse in context we are to ...read more

Denomination: Pentecostal

God At The Market Place

Contributed by Martin Ellgar on Nov 1, 2014

A perspective on Mark 7: 1-23. When a trivial matter becomes a big issue more than likely we are following the ‘traditions of men’. Our focus therefore is on the wrong thing because we have forgotten God and do not have God’s love in our hearts.

Mark 7: 1-23 God At The Market Place The closing of chapter 6 is also the introduction to chapter 7 and our Gospel text. In which Jesus and his disciples have crossed Lake Galilee to the land at Gennesaret on the north-western bank of the lake. Gennesaret was a small, but a very fertile plain rich ...read more

Scripture: Mark 7:1-23

Denomination: Lutheran

Heaven, The Place Of No Tears

Contributed by Kelvin Mckisic on Aug 17, 2024

The Christian's hope is not just to live a long life on earth, but to live forever with God in heaven. —J. I. Packer

Good morning, dear friends. I'm so delighted to see each one of you here today. There's a sense of shared joy, shared faith, and shared hope that fills this room and each home online as we gather, and it's a beautiful thing. We are here, not because we are perfect, but because we are ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 21:1-4, Isaiah 25:8, Romans 12:1-2, John 14:2, James 1:2-6, Hebrews 6:19-20  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Detour Into A Lonely Place

Contributed by Mary Erickson on Feb 21, 2024

A sermon for the first Sunday in Lent, Year B

February 18, 2024 Rev. Mary Erickson Hope Lutheran Church Mark 1:9-15 Detour into a Lonely Place Friends, may grace and peace be yours in abundance in the knowledge of God and Christ Jesus our Lord. When I was a child, my grandparents always purchased the Reader’s Digest condensed version of ...read more

Scripture: Mark 1:9-15

Denomination: Lutheran

The Dwelling Place Of Love Series

Contributed by Dean Courtier on Sep 6, 2023

Let us explore what it means for the Father and the Son to make their home with us.

"The Dwelling Place of Love" Introduction: Today, we delve into the profound words of Jesus recorded in John 14:23 (NLT), where He says, "All who love me will do what I say. My Father will love them, and we will come and make our home with each of them." These words are an ...read more

Scripture: John 14:23, 2 Corinthians 3:18

Denomination: Pentecostal

Know Your Place

Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Sep 11, 2023

God doesn’t owe us, he owns us. In fact, he owns us twice over: first through the right of creation, and second through the right of purchase.

The great preacher Ray Stedman used to tell a wonderful story of a faithful missionary couple returning from Africa back in the days of Teddy Roosevelt. After years of service they came back on the same ship as President Roosevelt, who was returning from a big game hunting expedition in Africa. ...read more

Scripture: Luke 17:7-10

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Sermon On A Happy Place

Contributed by William Meakin on Sep 25, 2023

One of the many definitions of a happy place is considered to be a zone or situation that somebody only has to think about in order to feel happy and relaxed.

Elizabeth Wurtzel, a prolific American writer and journalist, sadly afflicted with cancer and depression once remarked: “It doesn’t matter how many years go by, how much therapy I embark on, how much I try to achieve that elusive thing known as perspective, which is supposed to put all past wrongs ...read more

Scripture: Romans 10:13, Revelation 21:27, Psalm 37:4, Proverbs 17:22

A Place For God To Dwell Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jul 19, 2024

Solomon said that the Temple he built wasn't big enough for God to live in... but we're told God dwelt there anyway. Why would God take up residence in the Temple (and the Tabernacle), and where does He dwell now?

A woman told of going to her Bible study at church and telling her 3-year-old son, Chad, they were going to God’s house. Each time they walked through the quiet sanctuary on their way to the nursery, Chad looked around in awe. It was a beautiful building. One day however, the child asked, ...read more

Scripture: 2 Chronicles 2:4-6

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Who Will Take Their Place

Contributed by Eddie Young on Aug 24, 2018

Who will continue on the work for your church?

One by one, God is calling home His Saints....They have had a place in the house of God, they have been faithful to what God has called them to do, they have been obedient to God, walked with Him, and been faithful to His church. And now, they have went on to claim their reward. I think of some of ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 1:1-6, 2 Kings 2:9-14, Acts 7:54-60, Acts 8:1

Denomination: Baptist

The Dwelling Place Of God

Contributed by Dr. Jonathan Vorce on Nov 27, 2019

Have you ever wondered where God dwells? Here is a short study that can be used for discussion on the "Dwelling Place of God."

I. SHARE PERSONAL STORIES OF HIS PRESENCE A. The Old Stump 1. Presence of God around the Old Stump (My trysting place) 2. 1 John 4:1-6 B. New York last week 1. Walking in Queens (I sensed the presence of God) 2. Driving through the Bronx and meeting with Pastor Sabino (I sensed the presence of ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 139:7, 1 John 4:1-6, Acts 7:48, Acts 17:24

Denomination: Church Of God