Sermons on Desert Place:

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 Called Hell

Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Mar 30, 2022

Sometimes people will ask us if we like where we live, and we tell them how we feel about where we live.

Illus: South Carolinians proudly tell people they live in South Carolina, but some of them will tell you they are embarrassed about some of the dumb laws they have on their books that have been passed down from their forefathers. Did you know that in South Carolina: • It is a capital offense to ...read more

Scripture: Luke 16:19-31

Denomination: Baptist

A Call To The Market Place Series

Contributed by Denn Guptill on Sep 27, 2025

When we think of a call, we often think of a full-time vocation. This message looks at what it means to be called to the Marketplace.

When you hear that someone has been called to something or has answered a call on their life, who do you think of? A preacher? A missionary? Maybe a doctor, a nurse or a teacher. There seem to be certain professions that we feel particular folks are called to. For many people, a call means that ...read more

Scripture: Acts 6:1-7

Denomination: Wesleyan

The Proper Place Of Tradition

Contributed by Neil Olcott on Mar 31, 2025

Jesus teaches that traditional rules and Laws can't provide salvation and can be dangerous because they can lead to hypocrisy.

We all know the comfort that tradition can bring us. Family traditions over the holidays, birthdays Church traditions - singing hymns, Candlelight Christmas eve services, The way we have always done it. For years after Pat and I were first married - Bowed and/or genuflect - before sitting in ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 14:34-36, Matthew 15:1-20

Denomination: Baptist

The Wealthiest Place On Earth

Contributed by Neal Gracey on Apr 3, 2024

Where is the wealthiest place on earth? The Cemetery! Why the cemetery? Because in the cemetery are books that were never written, and cures that were never discovered. Money never spent.

Die Empty – R. Neal Gracey May 5, 2019 Where is the wealthiest place on earth? The Cemetery! Why the cemetery? Because in the cemetery are books that were never written, and cures that were never discovered. The graveyard is filled with music, we’ve never heard. The cemetery is filled ...read more

Scripture: Acts 1:8

Denomination: Baptist

All The Wrong Places Series

Contributed by Chris Anderson on Mar 20, 2023

Message 5 in an overview series through Philippians focusing on the theme that joy is not based on circumstances.

ILLUSTRATION – Doing the brakes on my daughter’s car…lost the lug nut key. After searching for DAYS in the garage, I eventually found it at the end of the driveway 100 yards away… I was looking in all the wrong places. And this illustration is the picture I want to paint this morning of our quest ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:1-11

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

A Place Prepared For You

Contributed by Dr. Bradford Reaves on May 9, 2023

A funeral message from John 14 written for a believer

Dr. Bradford Reaves Crossway Christian Fellowship Hagerstown, MD www.mycrossway.org There is not much about Sharon that I can share today that you probably already don’t know. To me she was a wonderful mother-in-law. I was especially blessed to marry into a loving family with two wonderful ...read more

Scripture: John 14:1-6

Denomination: Brethren

Knowing Your Place

Contributed by Mary Erickson on Aug 31, 2022

A sermon for the Sunday following Pentecost, Year C, Lectionary 22

August 28, 2022 Rev. Mary Erickson Hope Lutheran Church Luke 14:1, 7-14 Knowing Your Place Friends, may grace and peace be yours in abundance in the knowledge of God and Christ Jesus our Lord. A small commercial plane was carrying only four passengers: a doctor, a trial lawyer, a minister and a ...read more

Scripture: Luke 14:7-14

Denomination: Lutheran

Belonging In A Better Place Series

Contributed by Paul Robinson on Sep 14, 2022

King Saul had just died. David had been anointed king for the second time. Now he looked at the city of Jerusalem (a Jebusite stronghold) and said to himself, "I"m going to take that city. That is where I belong as the King of Israel."

This story unfolds in four main points: 1. David’s Desire for Jerusalem (v. 6a) It’s interesting that the Bible does not say anything about David’s desire to take Jerusalem. Verse 6 simply says, “And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites.” However, David was a conqueror, and ...read more

Scripture: 2 Samuel 5:1-10

Denomination: Baptist

Our Hiding Place

Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Apr 27, 2022

Corri Ten Boom wrote a best selling book in 1973 called, “The Hiding Place.” In 1975 it was made into a movie by the same name.

The book and the movie are about the true story of how the Ten Boom family quietly sheltered Jews in their small house until Nazis discovered the ''hiding place.'' This is the remarkable true story of Corrie’s and her sister Betsie's endurance of the death camp, and of their ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 32:7

Denomination: Baptist

Heart In The Right Place

Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Apr 24, 2024

Most of us are farsighted about sin—we see the sins of others but not our own.

Opening illustration: “Could they not carry their own garbage this far?” I grumbled to Jay as I picked up empty bottles from the beach and tossed them into the trash bin less than 20 feet away. “Did leaving the beach a mess for others make them feel better about themselves? I sure hope these people ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 15:10-20

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

#2 A Place Of Prayer Series

Contributed by Robert Malcolm on Jan 8, 2025

Prayer works & prayer changes things and we are that church … a place of prayer

~ Intro: The Journal of Reproductive Medicine reports that researchers at Columbia University conducted a study with 199 women at an in vitro fertilization clinic in Korea. Unknown to the patients and their doctors, groups of strangers from the US, Canada, and Australia were asked to pray for ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 21:12-17, Isaiah 56:6-7

Denomination: Baptist

The Valley Is A Temporary Place

Contributed by John Gaston on Nov 29, 2023

The valleys of life are not dead-end streets, because God provides a way for us to get through. This is a rewrite of Spencer Miller’s great message.

THE VALLEY IS A TEMPORARY PLACE Psalms 23:1-6 INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR A man was thrown out of the breakroom, yesterday, at Walmart. They asked him what he was doing there. He told them he was on a break. They said, “But you don’t work here.” He said, “Notice: I just finished using self-check-out, ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 23:1-6

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Grace In Strange Places

Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Feb 17, 2023

God's grace and protection are often in places we really do not want to go and through people we disdain.

Joshua 2 Grace In Wrong Places Jos 2:1  And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into a harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there.  Joshua (Jehovah-saved) son of Nun ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 2:1-24

Denomination: Baptist

A Return To The Secret Place Series

Contributed by Rev. Samuel Arimoro on Mar 6, 2025

Returning to the secret place is essential for anyone who desires a deeper walk with God. It is the place where strength, wisdom, and divine encounters are birthed.

A RETURN TO THE SECRET PLACE By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: Matthew 6:6 "But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly." Supporting Texts: ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:6, Psalm 91:1, Mark 1:35, Exodus 33:9-11, Luke 5:16  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Assembly Of God