Sermons on Discipline To Spiritual Growth:

Have You Heard? The Spiritual Disciplines And Listening To God

Contributed by Stephen Becker on Nov 10, 2007

The sermon looks at the difference between "hearing" God and "listening" to Him and His commands by introducing the Christian Spiritual Disciplines, how they help us to hear, listen and obey God. The sermon focused upon the three (most importance discipl

HAVE YOU HEARD? The Spiritual Disciplines and Listening to God Jeremiah 26:1-8 Stephen H. Becker, M.Div. November 14, 2007 St. Peter’s Lutheran Church—Elk Grove When God speaks, do you obey Him? For Christians, this might seem like a silly question for someone to ask and I think most would ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 26:1-8

Denomination: Lutheran

Purposed Discipline Series

Contributed by Mitchell Skelton on Oct 14, 2003

In 1 Corinthians 5, Paul severely admonishes the church for it’s failure to discipline an erring brother. The lesson we need to take from the Corinthian problem is: Don’t Forsake Christ’s Plan of Discipline.

Purposed Discipline Series: Studies from 1 Corinthians 5:1–13 1 Corinthians INTRODUCTION UCLA sociologist, James Wilson, has observed an interesting fact about city life: The crime rate escalates on those streets where broken windows are not repaired. His study showed that the failure to replace ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 5:1-13

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

What Is In Your Spiritual Kitchen Series

Contributed by Bobby Stults on Jun 19, 2007

Did you know that many believers try to live their Christian life on nothing but spiritual ’junk’ food? We are called to subsist on the Word of God and anything else is NOT nutritious for the believer.

Sermon Brief Date Written: May 25, 2007 Date Preached: May 27, 2007 Where Preached: OZHBC (AM) Sermon Details: Sermon Series: A Spiritual Clean Sweep Sermon Title: What do you have in your spiritual kitchen? Sermon Text: 2 Tim 2:15 and 2 Tim 3:15-17 Introduction: Junk food is the rage ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Dad's Discipline Series

Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jun 23, 2015

1) Discipline is a Parental Responsibility (Hebrews 12:5-8) 2) Discipline is Perfect for Respect (Hebrews 12:9-10a) 3) Discipline is Profitable for Results (Hebrews 12:10b-11)

When you look for Father’s Day cards you tend to see two general types. There are the golf, BBQ, sailboat and classic card variety with some general thanks to dad. Then, there are the humorous type that usually poke fun at him. The one card you never seem to see, is the one thanking dad for ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 12:5-11

Denomination: Other

Dare To Discipline

Contributed by Dan Erickson on Nov 25, 2000

Church discipline is a very unpleasant thing - But because we love God, because we love His church, because we love the people who are a part of it, it is something we need to be willing to do

Fifteen years ago, next week, I was called to become the pastor of Lakeside Baptist Church, Wentworth, Wisconsin. As I began my first full-time ministry position, my rookie season, I found myself facing a couple of situations which were probably as difficult as any that I have dealt with the last ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 5:1-13

Denomination: Baptist

Spiritual Veterans

Contributed by Alton Coleman on Nov 14, 2001

A Veteran’s Day Sermon

Spiritual Veterans Scripture Reading: 2 Timothy 2:1-7 Scripture Text: 2 Tim. 2:3-4 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. No man who warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier. ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 2:1-7

Denomination: Church Of God

Spiritual Friendships Series

Contributed by Greg Nance on May 2, 2009

Spiritual body building to be able to say, "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me" included building relationships in Christ with that end in mind.

Take a piece of “notes” paper from the pew in front of you. Write your answer to this question: What would you say are the three most important qualities of a good friend? Go ahead, write what you think are the three most important qualities of a good friend. We will be looking at this toward ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 2:1-17

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Spiritual Checklist

Contributed by D. Walls on Nov 19, 2011

Checking our spirituality daily.

“SPIRITUAL CHECKLIST” TEXT: 2 Cor. 13:5: Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates? (Reprobate: means rejected, disapproved. Rom. 1:28 Introduction: In my late teens, I was ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 13:5

Denomination: Holiness

Spiritual Anarchy

Contributed by Rick Pendleton on Apr 13, 2011

This sermon uses spiritual math: one person with no spiritual compass plus another person with no spiritual compass is greater than the sum of the two... it is actually multiplied until they become a black hole of sin sucking in other persons.

Spiritual Anarchy Judges 17 & 18 READ: “(Judges is) one of the most difficult books to deal with in all of the Old Testament is the book of Judges. It contains the stories of men and women who lived during the “dark ages” of Israel’s spiritual history. These people lived in ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

A Disciplined Life Series

Contributed by David Welch on May 24, 2018

Message 25 in our exposition of 1 Corinthians. This message continues thought stirred by Paul's challenge to limit our freedom for the sake of the gospel.

Chico Alliance Church Pastor David Welch “A Disciplined Life” Review Essential perspectives for the New Year. 1. Life is not what it seems or feels Daniel thought that God had ignored his prayer. Zachariah and Elizabeth had resigned themselves to the fact that God said, “NO!” to their request ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 12:1-5

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

Dads And Discipline

Contributed by Mark Opperman on Nov 9, 2015

God is the best Father there ever was or will be! Yet He too disciplines His children whom He loves. What is this discipline all about from our heavenly Father? we can learn how to respond correctly and grow effectively in our love and respect for Him!

Dads and Discipline Hebrews 12:5-13 5 … you have forgotten that word of encouragement that addresses you as sons: "My son, do not make light of the Lord's discipline, and do not lose heart when he rebukes you, 6 because the Lord disciplines those he loves, and he punishes everyone he ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 12:5-13

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Family Discipline Series

Contributed by Rev. Dr. Andrew B Natarajan on May 16, 2022

Be commended for the three things such as Charity, Hospitality, and Integrity in prayer life. Desire, lust, Sex, and Money never satisfy a man. Be confident because you worship a God who provides for you, protects you, and is concerned about you. Explore more.

Hebrews 13:1-8, Family Discipline Introduction: The Lord is good and his love endures forever. We are meditating under the monthly theme: ‘Save your whole family’, the theme for the day is ‘Family Discipline.’ Individual discipline leads to family discipline. The author of the Hebrews has given ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 13:1-8

Denomination: Methodist

Desire And Discipline Series

Contributed by Jim Keegan on Apr 10, 2021

Gluttony is one of the Seven Deadly Sins, but we can broaden that concept to include overindulgence in general. And the need for self-discipline and healthy boundaries is as relevant an issue in our times as it has ever been.

1 Peter 5:8-11 A boy’s father bought a new lawn mower and told his son that he could keep half of the money if he sold their old one. So the boy posted an ad on the bulletin board at their local grocery store, and within a few days a prospective buyer came by to see it. ‘Does it run?” he asked. ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 5:8-11

Passivity

Contributed by Rick Pendleton on Apr 9, 2009

Many Christians have adopted a passive attitude and approach to spiritual groth.

Passivity John 12:12-14 Part two of Spiritual Warfare A little boy fell out of the bed in his sleep. His father picked him up and put him back in bed. He asked him, Son, what happened?” The little boy responded, “I fell asleep too close to where I got in.” I believe that describes too many ...read more

Scripture: John 12:12-14

Denomination: Baptist

Church Discipline Series

Contributed by Ken Mckinley on Mar 10, 2010

The 10th in our series on the Baptist Faith and Message

Church Discipline (BFM # 10 ) Text: 1st Corinthians 5:1 – 11 By: Ken McKinley (Read Text) Now if you remember last time we talked about article six of the BFM – The Church and I told you all that there were certain essential ministries that the church does. The first one was the preaching of ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 5:1-11

Denomination: Independent/Bible