Sermons about Distracting World

Can I Get A Lift?

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Oct 6, 2009

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August 1989: If we want to be lifted up out of our unhappiness through worship, we must bring our whole selves to the worship experience and must pray passionately even our negative wishes.

I recently became aware that some folks shop for a church much as you would shop for a car or a home appliance. In talking with some people about joining our church, they said that they were shopping – that’s their word, not mine -- that they were shopping for a church by systematically attending ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 28:1-9

Denomination: Baptist

Don’t Lose Your Focus Series

Contributed by Lonnie Erwin on Oct 16, 2022

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Life is full of distractions. When we lose our focus, we can be distracted, and disaster can happen.

Sermon Text: Heb 12:1-2 Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2 looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 12:1-2

Denomination: Baptist

Spiritual Battle

Contributed by Rick Boyne on Jun 23, 2015

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Spiritual attacks are real; we must know how to combat them.

Spiritual Battle June21, 2015 Morning Service Immanuel Baptist Church, Wagoner, OK Rick Boyne Message Point: Spiritual attacks are real; we must know how to combat them. Focus Passage: Ephesians 6:12 Introduction: Recently National Geographic ran an article about the Alaskan bull moose. The ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:12

Denomination: Baptist

Light In A Dark Place

Contributed by Monty Newton on Jan 5, 2015

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Jesus reveals himself by invading the darkness of the world.

20150104 2nd Sunday after Christmas B (Epiphany) Web Site Title: Light in a Dark Place Text: Isaiah 60:1-6 Thesis: Jesus reveals himself by invading the darkness of the world. This is the Season of Epiphany during which we mark the ways Jesus is made known. Epiphany means to show or to make ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 60:1-6

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Do Not Love

Contributed by Paddick Van Zyl on Sep 19, 2014

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What is worliness and why is it so dangerous for a believer to love the world?

Sermon by Pr. Paddick Van Zyl 19 Sep , 2014 Title Do Not Love Intro: The 'Do Not Enter' sign we often see in a building or in a public place, or even a street, was placed there for a specific purpose. Sign posts or boards play a very important role in our daily lives. There purpose is that of ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 2:15-17

Denomination: Pentecostal

Fool For Christ

Contributed by Peter Fisher on Nov 13, 2021

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Examining what is foolish to Christians and the world

Preached: 7 March 2021 Readings: Exodus 20v1-17;1 Corinthians 1v18-25 Foolishness We all do foolish things sometimes, locking ourselves out of the house, getting scammed by poorly written email, loosing our wallet or purse, forgetting to take change to pay for parking. They’re annoying, but ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:18-25

Denomination: Anglican

Reality Distortion Series

Contributed by Chuck Gohn on Jul 3, 2022

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This sermon focuses on our limited view of reality and how Paul distorts that reality by exploring the resurrection reality that has been made possible through Jesus Christ.

How many of you happened to be here a few weeks ago when I showed the State Farm commercial as the opening illustration? The point was to show how easily it is to misunderstand a conversation, especially if you are only hearing one side of it. This week, when I was working on my sermon, I was ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:13-14

Denomination: Christian Church

We Seek To Honor God In All We Do Series

Contributed by Dr. Jerry N. Watts on Aug 31, 2009

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Based on the HBC 4th Core belief.

We Seek To Honor God in All We Do Matthew 6:24-33 * We are in the fourth week of our five week series on the HBC Core Beliefs. Have you noticed that every belief builds on the foundation of the prior belief. If the first one (The Bible is our guide book) does not become personalized, then you ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:24-33

Denomination: Baptist

Visionary View: Seeing Through A Glass Darkly Series

Contributed by Dean Courtier on Sep 13, 2023

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The concept of seeing through a glass darkly reminds us that our understanding is limited, but God's wisdom is infinite.

Visionary View: Seeing Through a Glass Darkly Good day, dear congregation. Today, we gather to explore the concept of seeing through a glass darkly, a phrase found in the Bible, which holds profound meaning for our spiritual journey. Opening Prayer: Let us begin with a prayer. Heavenly Father, we ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:12, Isaiah 55:8-9, Romans 8:28

Denomination: Pentecostal

Sixteenth Sunday In Ordinary Time, B--Letting Your Soul Catch Up.

Contributed by Paul Andrew on Jun 24, 2024

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“Would the person who brought Senator X into this room as their personal guest please take him out?"

In the deep jungles of Africa a traveler was making a long trek. He had hired some local people to help carry some of his camp gear. The first day they made good time and they went very far, much farther than he anticipated. This traveler had high hopes that the journey could be completed quicker ...read more

Scripture: Mark 6:31

Denomination: Catholic

Remember Lot's Wife

Contributed by Joseph Miller on Mar 20, 2015

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We are living in the last days, we can't afford to look back at where we came from or be distracted by the world around us.

REMEMBER LOT'S WIFE Luke 17:26-33 26 And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. 27 They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them ...read more

Scripture: Luke 17:26-33

Denomination: Apostolic

Godly Living In A Pagan World

Contributed by R. Darrel Davis on Oct 18, 2000

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Interrogative: How do I live in this world without becoming like this world? Introduction: “But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself…” Have any of you ever asked this question: How do I live in this world without becoming like this world? If not, then why not? As a Chris

Interrogative: How do I live in this world without becoming like this world? Introduction: “But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself…” Have any of you ever asked this question: How do I live in this world without becoming like this world? If not, then why not? As a ...read more

Scripture: Daniel 1:1-8

Denomination: Baptist

How To Deal With A Changing World

Contributed by John Kapteyn on Oct 18, 2000

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Life is always changing - the world around us and within us. In an unstable world God does not change and gives us the stability we long for.

Introductory Considerations 1. We live in a rapidly changing world (give examples comparing today to just 30-40 years ago, internet, etc.) 2. Changes do not just occur around us but also within us. "That’s not the same man or woman I married". Not just our exceeding waistlines or receding ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 3:1-15

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The World Under Anti-Christ

Contributed by David Zimmerman on Oct 18, 2000

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I was reading another pastor's sermon notes on Revelation.

I was reading another pastor's sermon notes on Revelation. After his twelfth sermon (this is my fourteenth), he received an anonymous note from his congregation. It read, Kindly see to it that your sermon presentation is more entertaining and con-cise. He had a member who thought he was preaching ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 6:1-17

Denomination: *other

For God So Loved The World

Contributed by Samuel Hagle on Nov 27, 2003

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This sermon points to the three caracteristics of true discipleship, taken from the text in Isaiah.

For God so loved the world, I will start today by reading from the book of Isaiah, 6:1-8 (Read Isaiah 6:1-8) Isaiah has an remarkable experience! He gets to see the King, the Lord Almighty! Isaiah sees straight into the throne room of God. He is confronted with the Holy One, with God himself. ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 6:1-8, John 3:16

Denomination: *other

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