Sermons on Drying Up:

The Best Pick Up Line Ever

Contributed by Wayne Rogers on Nov 27, 2015

God not only loves us, He persues us. He loved us before we were any use to Him.

The Greatest Pick up Line Ever! Wayne Rogers Today we’re going to talk about “Pick up Lines.” Here are a few of the worst I found…..Maybe a few have been used on you. ● Are you a parking ticket? (What?) You’ve got fine written all over you. ● Excuse me, I ...read more

Scripture: John 8:1-11

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Growing Up In Nazareth Lesson 7 Series

Contributed by Elmer Towns on Sep 20, 2016

The Traits of Jesus. Develop Christlikeness by focusing on what Jesus learned and how He learned.

A. INTRODUCTION Your example is Jesus. “That you should follow His steps” (1 Peter 2:21). You can develop Christlikeness by focusing on what Jesus learned and how He learned. You can become like Jesus and develop a disciplined character as He did. Even though these lessons will ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:49-52

Denomination: Baptist

Give Your Marriage A Tune-Up!

Contributed by Howard Strickland on Oct 3, 2016

The secret to closeness in marriage is not sparkling conversation, or shared interest or incredible sex. As good as those are, the secret is practicing plain old-fashioned thoughtfulness and kindness. The stuff we learn when we are young and forget when w

Give Your Marriage A Tune-Up! Ephesians 4: 29-32NKJB During the rehearsal for her wedding a nervous bride was having a difficult time remembering all the details. Her kind pastor took her aside at the end of the night and said, “When you enter the church tomorrow, you will be walking down the ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:29-32

Denomination: Pentecostal

Don't Skip The Tune-Ups Series

Contributed by Daniel Habben on Oct 9, 2016

Even Abraham needed regular spiritual tune-ups. Look at how God provided them.

We were eight hours into a sixteen-hour drive when the “check engine” light blinked on. We had just driven through Great Falls, Montana at 11 at night and we had the most desolate part of the drive ahead of us—three and a half hours across the high plains of Montana before we ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 15:1-21

Denomination: Lutheran

Get Up & Claim Your Inheritance!!!

Contributed by Barry O Johnson on May 1, 2017

Today many Christians are "mentally unprepared" to enter their Promised Land and receive the inheritance their Father gave them before the foundation of the world. Joshua ! gives an O.T. example of what is expected of us in the N.T,

Many Christians, including me, are not walking in the place where God can work through them to enforce what Jesus has already obtained for us – total and complete victory over Satan and his demonic kingdom. One of the primary reasons why we are not “doing the works Jesus did” – and I’m not even ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 1:1-9

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Growing Down To Grow Up (Updated) Series

Contributed by Dennis Lee on Jun 5, 2017

Sunday Morning Sermon on Discipleship about growing downward so that we can grow up and grow strong.

Growing Down to Grow Up Isaiah 37:31 Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6vxYkGs8tQ   It was a real pleasure to host this year’s women’s retreat with Living Grace. It was entitled, “Rightly Rooted.” And when I heard this title, I remember years ago when pastoring Living Grace, which at ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 37:31, Colossians 2:6-7, Hebrews 5:12, Psalm 1:3

Denomination: Foursquare

Loosed! Stand Up And Praise God

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Jun 4, 2016

For eighteen long years this woman had struggled with her infirmity. What better day to heal her than the Sabbath?

LOOSED! STAND UP AND PRAISE GOD. Luke 13:10-17. In this remarkable little incident we find Jesus teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath (Luke 13:10). Perhaps one of the first things we notice is just how obedient the Lord was to the laws and customs of His time. Should not we also be ...read more

Scripture: Luke 13:10-17

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Break Up Your Fallow Ground

Contributed by Pastor Dr. Tim Awotide on Jun 15, 2016

The people needed to break up their fallow ground

Introduction A. The Gospel and the Great Commission (1) The gospel makes salvation available to all (Rom 10:9-13) (2) The Great Commission sends believers with the gospel to all (Matt. 28:18-20) (3) The gospel preached by the early church turned the world upside down (Acts 17:6) B. We need ...read more

Denomination: Pentecostal

Men Wake Up, We Are In A Fight

Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Jul 4, 2016

This Message challenges men to stand firm in the midst of compromises being made all around them. This can be used as a Father's Day or Men's Day Message.

Men, Wake Up To The Fight 6/19/2016 Daniel 3:1-15 Romans 12:1-2 Happy Father’s Day to all of you men out there who have served well as fathers, grandfathers, uncles, cousins, sons, brothers, coaches, teachers, big brothers, mentors, and role models. I want you to know, somebody is ...read more

Scripture: Daniel 3:1-30

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Wake Up To Jesus’ Glory

Contributed by Daniel Habben on Feb 15, 2015

Wake Up to Jesus’ Glory 1) In his light on top of the Mt. of Transfiguration 2) In his flight down from the Mt. of Transfiguration

Have you ever had someone wake you to catch a particularly beautiful sunrise? That happened to me while I was camping on Padre Island in Texas. I woke with a start when someone threw sand at the side of my tent, just about where my ear was pressed up against the canvass. When I stumbled out of my ...read more

Scripture: Mark 9:2-9

Denomination: Lutheran

And He Gave Up His Spirit Series

Contributed by Michael Jay Shrewsberry on Apr 7, 2015

Second in a series of three describing the day the earth really did stand still

And Gave Up His Spirit Last week I strove to bring attention to the first of several miraculous workings performed by Jehovah God on the day of Jesus’ crucifixion, namely the great darkness that enveloped the entire universe during the final three hours that the man given the title ...read more

Scripture: John 19:28-30, Psalm 69:16-21

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Gather Up All Things In Christ Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Oct 28, 2016

We generate history, not by politics and war, but by service to the poor and helpless.

Thursday of the 30th Week in Course 2016 Joy of the Gospel Every time we turn a page in the New Testament, we are–if we are sensitive–struck by how counter-intuitive the Christian message is. Consider St. Paul’s life. He was, by his own account, a super-Jew. He observed every ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:3-8

Denomination: Catholic

A Faith That Won't Fold Up

Contributed by Michael Cariño on Jan 2, 2017

Big Idea: God finds pleasure when your faith persists in spite of pressure.

A FAITH THAT WON’T FOLD UP Matthew 15:21-28 Introduction: He was seven years old when he had to work to support his poor family. At age nine, his mother died. He was 23 when he incurred a huge debt due to a failed business. At 28 and after four years of engagement, he asked his girl friend to ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 15:21-28

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Standing Up For What’s Right

Contributed by Kerry Haynes on Sep 3, 2017

Sometimes we have to stand up for what's right. We need to remember that God knows our plight, we need to fear God above people, and we need to humbly take a stand. The Hebrew midwives in Egypt stood up to Pharaoh, and God remembered them for it.

Exodus 1:8-21 Standing Up for What’s Right Recently I watched the movie, “Hacksaw Ridge.” It documents the true story of Private First Class Desmond Doss, who enlisted as an Army medic during World War II, but refused for religious reasons to carry a weapon. Spoiler alert: despite ridicule, ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 1:8-21, Genesis 15:13-14, Exodus 2:1-10

Denomination: Baptist

Grow Up -- Stages Of Spiritual Growth Series

Contributed by David Welch on May 12, 2015

Message six from 1 John dealing with spiritual growth stages.

“Grow Up” Stages of Spiritual Growth 1 John 2:12-14 Like any personal letter, John wrote for a number of reasons. However a clear theme winds its way through he whole letter. How do I attain and maintain an intimate relationship with the God who is LIGTH and LOVE? I. GOD IS LIGHT ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 2:12-14

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance