Sermons on Do Not Excuse Lot:

Do This In Remembrance

Contributed by David Dunn on Oct 3, 2025

At the Lord’s Table we remember His cross, receive His grace, and proclaim His coming, finding wholeness, forgiveness, and belonging in Christ.

Introduction – A Place of Belonging I once attended a wedding in Yerevan, Armenia, held at the Sport Arena Center near the big bridge that leads into the city. If you’ve ever crossed that bridge at sunset, you know how the light spills across the hills and makes the city glow like it’s dressed for ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 11:23-26, John 6:53-56, Isaiah 53:5, Hebrews 12:24, Revelation 12:11  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

Do Not Worry PRO Sermon

Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Sep 27, 2023

To encourage us to trust in God's provision, put Him first in our lives, and not to worry about our needs because He cares for us and knows what we need.

Good morning! We're about to dive into a message that I believe is going to resonate with each and every one of us. It's about the worry that tends to creep into our lives - the anxiety that sometimes feels like a heavy weight on our shoulders. But as the beloved Christian author Max Lucado once ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:25-34

Topics: God First

Just Do It PRO Sermon

Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Oct 23, 2023

This sermon explores the concept of faith, its importance in overcoming fear, following God's path, and maintaining a lifelong commitment to our spiritual journey.

Good morning, dear brothers and sisters in Christ. I stand before you today with a heart full of joy and a spirit brimming with anticipation. We gather here, not as strangers, but as a family united under the banner of God's love. Today, we are going to talk about something that is as fundamental ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 11:1

Topics: Faith, Action

Do Not Be Deceived PRO Sermon

Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Nov 2, 2023

Explores discerning deception in our daily lives, standing firm in faith, and applying God's wisdom to navigate through the trickery of the world.

Good morning, beloved. We gather here today with hearts full of hope and minds eager to understand. We stand on the precipice of a new understanding, ready to embrace the wisdom God has for us. Our focus today is on 2 Timothy 3:13, which says, "But evil men and impostors will proceed from bad to ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:13

Topics: Deception

Blood Will Do PRO Sermon

Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Mar 20, 2024

This sermon explores the profound significance of Christ's sacrifice for our sins, securing our salvation and transforming us into saved sinners.

Good morning, dear friends! It's a joy to be with you all once again, under the banner of God's love, bathed in His grace, and united by our shared faith in Jesus Christ. We gather today not as mere attendees, but as participants in God's grand symphony of redemption, orchestrated by His divine ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 53:5

Topics: Ultimate Price, Full

Seven Steps Of Bargaining With God

Contributed by Jim Butcher on Feb 8, 2005

This message looks at some of the excuses that Pharaoh used to justify not obeying God. How many of these do we use?

Seven Steps Of Bargaining With God: - these are the true and only 7 steps, but they are instructive. 1. “Absolutely not.” - Exodus 5:2, 4, 6-9. - don’t even want to think about or talk about God. 2. “I can make it without God.” - Exodus 7:11, 22, 24. - thinking some of God, but convinced ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 5:1-2

Denomination: Baptist

The Keys Of The Kingdom

Contributed by Terry Barnhill on Sep 6, 2008

As followers of Jesus Christ, we’ve each been given authority, but like many Christians today, we don’t often use our authority as God intended.

THE KEYS OF THE KINGDOM We all feel like a nobody sometimes. It’s like the new employee at a Wal-Mart Store who had such an experience. The young man had just been at work a few days and was the low man in the pecking order. He was holding a broom in his hand near the entrance when an irate ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 18:15-20

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Shepherd, Sheep, Ears And Feet

Contributed by Clayton Beck on Jan 15, 2009

Sheep follow the Shepherd

05/04/08 Shepherd,Sheep…Ears & Feet… John 10:23 And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon’s porch. 24 Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly. 25 Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the ...read more

Scripture: John 10:23-27

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Comforting Christ

Contributed by Shawn Miller on Feb 20, 2017

Three comforts Jesus gives his disciples and for us in discouraging times.

The Comforting Christ Introduction:  It is amazing how Christ will rush down from his throne to wrap his loving arms around us during our darkest times.  God's love for us is truly amazing.  We sometimes believe that if we do more for God, he will love us more.  If we witness more, or if we give ...read more

Scripture: John 14:1-4

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Today We Get To Vote!

Contributed by Monty Newton on Oct 31, 2008

Today is an historic day... today we get to choose whom we will serve and how we will serve.

Title: Today We Get to Vote! Text: Joshua 24:1-3 and 14-24 The Big Idea: Today is an historic day… today we get to vote. Today we get to choose. Introduction: On Tuesday the absentee ballots, the mail-In ballots, the early-voting ballots, and the ballots cast that day will be counted and a new ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 24:14-24

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

"What Will You Do" Series

Contributed by Brad Henry on Aug 12, 2014

Let us look to serve others more than ourselves

The Ultimate Decision August 12, 2014 Thank you for your prayers as I had an appointment with a surgeon yesterday for my back. He said that if he operated he could not guarantee that my pain would be alleviated. He did give me some other options so please pray that these other options of more ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:10

Who Is Calling?

Contributed by Wesley Bishop on Mar 16, 2004

This sermon is about answering God’s call.

Ring, ring! “Hello. Who is this?” The call. How often do we answer calls? They come on the telephone. They may be a letter or e-mail. Calls come in different shapes and sizes. If you have noticed during a baseball game the manager will make the “call” to the bullpen to get a relief pitcher ...read more

Scripture: 2 Samuel 5:1-12

Denomination: Wesleyan

Veterans Of War

Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Nov 11, 2002

Our armed service veterans need to be honored as well as our veterans of faith.

INTRO.- ILL.- Gen. Sherman once said, "You don’t know the horrible aspects of war. I’ve been through two wars and I know. I’ve seen cities and homes in ashes. I’ve seen thousands of men lying on the ground, their dead faces looking up at the skies. I tell you, war is hell!" I don’t mean to ...read more

Scripture: Romans 13:7

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

What Do You Do With A Dead Jesus? Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Mar 20, 2021

When Jesus died, no one expected Him to rise from the dead. But if you don't believe Jesus is coming back from the dead, what do you do with a dead Jesus?

OPEN: Back when I was in High School, I had a poem by John Donne on a poster on my wall that looked like parchment paper. It was cool, and the words sounded impressive. The last few words of the poem read this way: “Each man's death diminishes me, for I am involved in mankind. Therefore, send ...read more

Scripture: John 19:31-42

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

What Do Demons Do All Day

Contributed by Keith Ogden on May 31, 2003

What Do Demons Do All Day

Zechariah 13:2 (NKJV) 2"It shall be in that day," says the LORD of hosts, "that I will cut off the names of the idols from the land, and they shall no longer be remembered. I will also cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to depart from the land. Matthew 12:43-45 (Message Bible ...read more

Scripture: Zechariah 13:2, Matthew 12:43-45

Denomination: Baptist