Sermons on Developing Attitudes:

Fear And Faith

Contributed by Stephen E. Trail on Jan 12, 2013

A sermon to help us overcome our fears.

“The Sum of All Fears ” Psalm 56:1-13 Psalms 56:3 What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee. Over the years there have been several TV programs and even movies that have dealt with the issue of fear. There was even one called “The Fear Factor” from which I borrowed today ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 56:3

Denomination: Baptist

Thou Shalt Not Grumble

Contributed by David Mcnally on Jan 20, 2013

Christians should be positive and optimistic people if they want to witness to unbelievers for no one likes a negative, pessimistic person. The Hebrews on their Exodus journey should have known better than to grumble against God and Moses after all the bl

Grace, mercy and peace, from God the Father and our Lord, Jesus Christ. Exodus 16: verses 1 – 8 but especially verses 2 and 8 In the light of these words, it looks as if the Lord is suggesting an 11th commandment: ‘Thou shalt not grumble’. Psalm 145, ends with these words in ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 16:1-8

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Returns And Exchanges

Contributed by Clarence Clough on Dec 30, 2011

The fear of the Lord is true wisdom; to forsake evil is real understanding

RETURNS AND EXCHANGES Thousands of folk will, after the holidays, be returning and exchanging unwanted or unsuitable gifts for things entirely different that will better meet their needs. That is the physical activity now let us discuss the spiritual. By spiritual is meant men's relationship ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 16:26

Denomination: Church Of God

Christ Is Able

Contributed by Dr.w.samuel Legon on Aug 1, 2008

Christ can do all things if we will let him do them.

1. To Save the Uttermost Heb:12:25 ------------------------ (a) We look at people on drugs and think they don,t stand a chance. (b) We look at a killer thinking they need to die. (c) We look at the Harlot and think she can,t stop (d)If we will look at the word God can do all things. 2.Christ ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 12:18-25

Denomination: Baptist

The Ordinary God

Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on Jul 29, 2009

No one wants to be “average”, or “ordinary”. No one, except, strangely enough, God.

The Ordinary God Luke 2:41-51; Phil 2:1-8 Dec 28, 2008 Intro: What did Jesus do for the first 30 years of His life on earth? We’ve just come through the season of Advent, the waiting and preparing, and then celebrating the birth of Jesus, the arrival of God in human flesh, the “incarnation” (to ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:41-51

Denomination: Baptist

Red Sticks - Blue Sticks

Contributed by Eloy Gonzalez on Aug 7, 2009

Ordinary Proper 14 - St. Paul draws a contrast between the follower of God and the person who doesn’t know of his love in Christ. He encourages us to guard our identity in Christ by illustrating what life in Christ "looks like".

Recently I was remembering the very first sermon that I preached. It was in the mid 70s at a Baptist Church. I was a young sailor recently married. My new bride had been raised in a Baptist church and I was a freshly catechized Lutheran. We tried the local Lutheran Church – but it was not an ...read more

Denomination: Lutheran

Deception Of Our Perception

Contributed by Richard Cook on Aug 20, 2009

Sermon about denying our perception of sin and worldliness and start percieving things as God would percieve them

II Tim 3: 8 Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith. 9 But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was. 10 But thou hast fully known my doctrine, ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:8-17

Denomination: Pentecostal

Biblical Optimism

Contributed by Richard Tow on Sep 7, 2009

This sermon contrasts biblical optimism with worldly optimism. Foundations for Christian optimism are explored.

Biblical Optimism Rom. 5:8-11 7-26-09 My purpose this morning is to stir up holy optimism. There is a strange contradictions going on in the world. Unbelievers who have the most horrible future in store are filled with a vain optimism; and Christians who have every reason to be the most optimistic ...read more

Scripture: Romans 5:8-11

Denomination: Charismatic

I'm Going To Set Your Tail On Fire!

Contributed by Jeremy Raby on Mar 5, 2011

Looking at some incidents in Samson"s life to get us fired up.

I'm Going to Set your Tail on Fire Judges 15:1-6 As we look around us today we will see we live in a very similar day as Samson. The Philistines had dominion in Israel. Who were the Philistines? They were pagan idol worshipers, They shook their fist in the face of God. If we were to look at at one ...read more

Scripture: Judges 15:1-6

Denomination: Baptist

Trivial Pursuit

Contributed by Jeremy Poling on Apr 4, 2011

We must be careful to not allow small things to affect us greatly.

1Sa 26:18 And he said, Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in mine hand? 1Sa 26:19 Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the LORD have stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 26:18-21

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Valley Of Dry Bones

Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Apr 7, 2011

Ezekiel’s vision of the Valley of Dry Bones and what it means to us today

Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones Story: Girolamo Savonarola was one of the greatest preachers of the fifteenth century. He preached in the beautiful cathedral of Florence in Italy, which contained a magnificent marble statue of the Virgin Mary. At the very start of his ministry there, ...read more

Scripture: Ezekiel 37:1-14

Denomination: Anglican

Bone Weary

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Oct 29, 2010

Like Jeremiah, we get bone weary when we feel abandoned, when we are living out of tune with the times, and when we suppress the desire to live in integrity. But In Christ we see one who experienced all this but lives to give us new life.

Calverton Baptist Church, Silver Spring, MD, January 31, 1982; Takoma Park Baptist Church, Washington, DC September 22, 1985 There was a time when I did not really know what it meant to be tired. I still cherish the image of myself as tireless, limitless in energy, able to leap tall buildings ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 20:7-13

Denomination: Baptist

Viviendo En Integridad

Contributed by Kelly Cabrera on May 24, 2010

La integridad no es un don espiritual sino que es el resultado de autodisciplina y nuestra decisión de actuar en obediencia a la Palabra y los mandatos de Dios a nuestra vida en todas las situaciones. No tomes atajos para llegar a ver cumplido el sueño de

Proverbios 10:9 (LBLA) 9 El que anda en integridad anda seguro, mas el que pervierte sus caminos será descubierto. DEFINICIÓN DE INTEGRIDAD Es la capacidad del ser humano de que las palabras que dice coincidan con sus acciones. No importando donde o con quien esta. La palabra integridad viene ...read more

Scripture: 2 Samuel 11:6-15

Denomination: Christian Church

Princes And Priests Series

Contributed by Eric Hanson on Jun 16, 2010

What are some real implications of the New Testament teaching that believers in Jesus Christ are all Princes/Princesses and Priests of God.

PRINCES AND PRIESTS Eric J. Hanson June 13, 2010 Read I Peter 2:9-10. This is written to believers in Jesus. Now read Revelation 5:9-10. This is also written to believers in Jesus. This is a high and lofty concept concerning us on God’s part. He calls us His priests; all of us who are ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:9-10

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Knowing Your Seasons And Its Fruit Series

Contributed by Rodney V Johnson on Jul 10, 2010

This message introduces the concept that we live by and operate within seasons naturally and most importantly spiritually.

Knowing Your Seasons and Its Fruit Scriptures: Genesis 8:21-22; Ecclesiastes 3:1, 10-11a; Galatians 6:7-9 Introduction: When Noah and his family came out of the ark after the waters had receded, they built an altar and offered a burnt offering to God on the altar. As God smelled the soothing ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 3:1-11

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational