Sermons on Destiny:

Without Strength Before The Pursuer

Contributed by Daniel Olukoya on Jan 3, 2012

What a tragic lamentation. The runner is in big trouble because he is being pursued but has no strength. Somebody that is pursued cannot relax. If he has no strength then he is already a prey, a casualty.

Lamentation 1:6 says, “And from the daughter of Zion all her beauty is departed: her princes are become like harts that find no pasture, and they are gone without strength before the pursuer.” What a tragic lamentation. The runner is in big trouble because he is being pursued but has no strength. ...read more

Scripture: Lamentations 1:6

Denomination: Pentecostal

A Well Oiled Machine - Part 4 Series

Contributed by Michael Calo on Nov 29, 2012

A Well Oiled Machine – unity – working with the whole – Christ as the head

The Body Beautiful Part 4 A Well Oiled Machine Psalm 133:1 How good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in unity! It is God's purpose for all believer's to work towards unity of the faith. With many Christians, and especially with evangelicals, there has been a tendency to ...read more

Scripture: John 17:23

Denomination: *other

Blessed Are Those Who Mourn Series

Contributed by Scott Kircher on Feb 20, 2010

Are there times that we won't find comfort when we mourn and what is Jesus talking about when he says blessed are those who mourn?

Blessed are those who mourn Matthew 5:4 - Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. Slide Intro Don’t worry be happy. Put on a happy face. Turn that frown upside down Don’t be so sad. Choose happy. Hope your day is a happy one. Those are sayings you have probably heard ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:4

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Accountable

Contributed by Bill Butsko on Feb 25, 2010

We are accountable to Almighty God for our actions.

Text: “But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul will be required of you; then whose will those things be which you have provided?’” (Luke 12:20) Accountability is a word that many people do not understand. Some people do things and never give consideration to the fact that at some point, ...read more

Scripture: Luke 12:13-21

Denomination: Christian Church

Maximum Impact

Contributed by Pastor/Author: Terry Sisney on Dec 7, 2010

Warning ( may contain some provocative material), read at the risk of becoming uncomfortable, hungry and passionate for more of God.

My Text reading: 1 Sam 1:1-2, 6-7, 19-20 Elkanah had two wives: You know there’s going to be trouble right there. The name of The one was: Hannah (Grace-favor) And the name of the other was: Peninnah: (Jewel, ruby, precious, valuable) Hannah (Grace, Favor, was unfruitful, unproductive, barren, ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 1:1-20

Denomination: Pentecostal

"They Both Came Too Pray"

Contributed by Clarence Eisberg on Oct 21, 2010

The parable of the Pharisee and Tax Collector.... one represents all people through history who seek to find "their" own "way" to justify themselves.... and one represents the one who finds Jesus and knows that by faith God sees him/her "just as if I

In Jesus Holy Name October 24, 2010 Text: Luke 18:9-14 Redeemer “They Both Came to Pray” During the past Sundays our Sunday morning Gospel lessons have been moving us through the Gospel of Luke. In Luke 14 Jesus told his disciples about the “cost of being a ...read more

Scripture: Luke 18:9-14

Denomination: Lutheran

The Real King Maker Series

Contributed by Jason Jones on Mar 29, 2010

Exposition on perspective from Daniel 7:1-28

Text: Daniel 7:1-28, Title: The Real King-Maker, Date/Place: NRBC, 2/14/10, PM A. Opening illustration: tell the joke about the rabbi and the Pope—perspective B. Background to passage: Daniel 7 is the first of several visions and prophecies that complete the balance of the book. It is very ...read more

Scripture: Daniel 7:1-28

Denomination: Baptist

God Has Another Plan Series

Contributed by Babatunde Olugboji on Apr 23, 2010

This is about how God's intervention rendered useless the wicked counsel of Ahithophel

Designed 2 Disgrace, Designed 2 Destroy (1): God has another plan Text2 Sam 16:21-17:2, 17:7, 14 Introduction There are some people who are just like a bomb waiting to explode; you could almost hear them ticking away when they come near you. They appear normal, they talk normal, walk normal, ...read more

Denomination: Pentecostal

Don't Shut Your Engine Down! Keep It Running!

Contributed by Pastor Gbenga Shadare on May 6, 2010

Sometimes believers are faced with cruelty and acts of wickedness in its most vicious form. What do we do? We have the assurances of God in the scriptures that no matter the wickedness and

Don't Shut Your Engine Down! Keep it Running! Pastor Gbenga Shadare The time now is exactly 2.43am. The date is Tuesday, April 19, 2005. Am sitting, working on my laptop, while listening to and half watching TV. The TV noise comes alive in my consciousness from time to time. So I pick up the ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 34:19-20

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Hardening Of The Hearteries

Contributed by Joseph Smith on May 8, 2010

October 1986: We are like Pharaoh; we become stubborn when our plans do not go as we expected, and we attempt to force our way. But the difference between being merely good and being great is to be radically obedient to God's will.

The physicists used to speak of the hypothetical question: what happens when an irresistible force meets an immoveable object? What happens when a force defined as beyond the capacity of anything to resist it comes into collision with an object so firmly fixed, so deeply rooted, that it can, by ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Zaccheus The Little Big Man

Contributed by William D. Brown on Mar 11, 2008

ZACCHEUS GREW INTO A BIG MAN

Zaccheus: LK. 19: 1-10 Today we’ll talk for a few minutes about a little man who becomes a big man, Zaccheus. Most of us probably recall the childhood song about Zaccheus because of the words in it that started something like this, "Zaccheus was a wee little ...read more

Scripture: Luke 19:1-10

Denomination: Baptist

Talk The Talk And Walk The Walk Series

Contributed by Victor Yap on Dec 18, 2007

Creation, Pt. 5

TALK THE TALK AND WALK THE WALK (GENESIS 5:20-23) A little Sunday school girl (was asked to describe Enoch) said this about Enoch: “Enoch was a man who learned to walk with God, and they used to take long walks together. One day they walked so far that God said, 'Look, Enoch, it's too far ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 5:20-23

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Wasted Passions

Contributed by James May on Jan 6, 2008

The passions of our life are wasted if they aren’t the same passions that Jesus has.

Wasted Passion Sunday, January 06, 2008 - AM Pastor Jim May What are you passionate about this morning? Every one of us is passionate about something. Passion can be defined in a number of ways but what it all comes down to is this: What is it that compels you to get up and get moving? ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 25:41-46

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Trusting God Series

Contributed by Anthony Seel on Oct 1, 2007

God communicates through visions and dreams.

THE SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST September 23, 2007 Proper 20C The Rev. M. Anthony Seel, Jr. St. Andrew’s Anglican Church Daniel 2:1-16 Trusting God Jackie Pullinger was five years old when a missionary spoke to her Sunday School class. The missionary pointed at Jackie and her ...read more

Scripture: Daniel 2:1-16

Denomination: Lutheran

Oh, To Be Rich

Contributed by Bill Butsko on Aug 9, 2007

Man thinks of worldly riches but God thinks of heavenly riches.

Then one from the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me” (v. 13). People were always following Jesus; perhaps out of curiosity, perhaps they really believed in what he said, perhaps they were looking for a miracle or healing to take place, or for other ...read more

Scripture: Luke 12:13-21

Denomination: Christian Church