Sermons on Empty Nest:

Understanding The Empty Tomb

Contributed by Timothy Dolan on Apr 24, 2010

How can the empty tomb have an affect on my daily life? It more than mere possibility. The empty tomb is fact.

UNDERSTANDING THE EMPTY TOMB Read John 19:40 thru 20:1-2. You may be asking the question, “How can an empty tomb affect my life today?” Frankly, you may say, so what! I don’t understand the resurrection! We are whipped by sin and death…. we sometimes tremble at its ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Empty Promises - Easter

Contributed by Peter Loughman on Mar 31, 2010

How can God fill you up if you are not empty first? God allows emptiness in your life for one reason - You are empty - Now God has the opportunity to fill you up.

I was assigned to retrieve box number 673 A. I took my little pink piece of paper with my assignment for the afternoon - find box #673 A, Humana Hospital, February 1970. I had just started to working at this medical file warehouse and so I naively thought that the boss was starting me off slow, I ...read more

Scripture: John 20:1-18

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Message Of The Empty Tomb Series

Contributed by Kevin Ruffcorn on Apr 1, 2010

The women who followed Jesus discovered that the tomb was empty. Peter and the beloved disciples confirmed their discovery. For the rest of their lives, these people discovered how the empty tomb opened up God's kingdom to them.

John 20:1-18 “The Message of the Empty Tomb” INTRODUCTION Occasionally a Good Friday situation slips into our lives. These are situations that appear to be hopeless and beyond God’s power—times when we wonder if there will ever be life after death. For some Good ...read more

Scripture: John 20:1-18

Denomination: Lutheran

The Testimony Of An Empty Tomb

Contributed by Wayne Lawson on Mar 28, 2016

There is a tomb in a distant land with silent walls as well. If that tomb could speak to us what would it say? What would it tell us of the terrible – tragic – thrillingly triumphant events that transpired there some two thousand years ago?

TITLE: THE TESTIMONY OF AN EMPTY TOMB SCRIPTURE: ST. LUKE 24:1-12 Have you ever stood and just looked at an old empty house in a neighborhood? Perhaps the doors stand ajar, sagging on hinges, loosened by the ravages of weather and time. Have you noticed the vacant stare of glassless windows? If ...read more

Scripture: Luke 24:1-12

Denomination: Baptist

The Empty Promises Of Easter

Contributed by Jim Dillinger on Apr 6, 2016

the difference between politician's empty promises and God's empty promises.

The Empty Promises of Easter Luke 24:1-12 We are in the midst of another political season. A season filled with all kinds of promises to all kinds of groups. Promises to reform this, fix that, build a wall , give you free college and healthcare, and support this value system or that value ...read more

Scripture: Luke 24:1-12

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Journey To The Empty Tomb

Contributed by Anthony Zibolski on Apr 6, 2018

Easter is a time to celebrate the resurrection of Christ but also that God has provided a way for salvation for each one of us.

Journey to the empty tomb Matthew 28 Introduction- If you would turn to Matthew 28, we will shortly be looking at the text of Jesus resurrection and what that means for you and I. This morning, I will be bringing an Easter message instead of a Palm Sunday message. Because next week, we will be ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 28:1-10

Denomination: Nazarene

The Well Is Dry? Empty?

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Apr 12, 2023

We must consider what happens when the well goes dry? Broken cisterns? Empty can be spiritually dangerous.

THE WELL IS DRY: EMPTY… By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com (YouTube: Wade Hughes) COMPASSION FATIGUE! There is a pastor so poured out: HE IS NOT BURNED OUT! HE IS BURNED UP… DO WE EVER GET TIRED? DO WE EVER GET SO TIRED THAT WE FEEL EMPTY? HOW ABOUT GETTING TIRED OF CRYING? ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 1:1-3, Jeremiah 2:13, Isaiah 40:29-31

Denomination: Assembly Of God

The Goodness Of Being Empty

Contributed by Dr. Phillip Paschal on Oct 9, 2019

THANK GOD THE TOMB WAS EMPTY

THE GOODNESS OF BEING EMPTY MATT. 28:6 1. INTRODUCTION. MANY OF US, IF NOT ALL OF US DO NOT LIKE THINGS THAT ARE EMPTY; FOR INSTANCE, WE DO NOT LIKE EMPTY BANK ACCOUNTS, EMPTY GAS TANKS, EMPTY REFRIGERATORS, EMPTY CUPBOARDS, EMPTY STOMACHS, AND EMPTY PURSES OR WALLETS. NO, MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS, ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 28:6

Denomination: Baptist

The Empty Promises Of Idolatry Series

Contributed by Matt Black on Oct 22, 2019

We were created to have pleasure in God, but we seek pleasure in a thousand other places. As we consider Gomer (Hosea's wife) in the book of Hosea who was an adulterer, let’s consider how God can deliver all of us out of our idols and the things that take the place of God in our lives.

What is idolatry? Webster’s Dictionary defines it as: 1. The worship of idols, images, or anything made by hands, or which is not God. And 2. an immoderate attachment or devotion to something in the place of God. D. L. Moody put it this way: “Whatever you love more than God is your idol. Rich and ...read more

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Because Of An Empty Tomb

Contributed by Melvin Maughmer, Jr. on Apr 5, 2021

Sadness, depression, hopelessness, helplessness, loneliness, fear, and anxiety are destroyed - Because of an empty tomb.

Because of an Empty Tomb By Bishop Melvin L. Maughmer, Jr. John 20:11-18 “But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre, And seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of ...read more

Scripture: Luke 20:11-18, Matthew 28:6

Denomination: Apostolic

Emptied Out To Be Filled

Contributed by David Cramer on Sep 6, 2019

How to be emptied out and then refilled by the Lord.

How to be emptied and then refilled Stand and lift up your bible and repeat after me. This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. I can do what it says I can do. I am going to learn how to be what it says I can be. Today I will learn more of the word of God. The indestructible, never ending, living ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Feeling Kind Of Empty?

Contributed by Michael Bates on Dec 31, 2023

Feeling unhappy and empty inside? Trying to find ways to fill those empty voids? Material possessions and wealth brings only temporary happiness. God, though, will fill your emptiness with eternal joy, love, and pleasure.

Please open your Bibles to Ecclesiastes Chapter 2 and lets all read together: The Emptiness of Pleasure 1 I said to myself, “Go ahead, I will test you with pleasure; enjoy what is good.” But it turned out to be futile. 2 I said about laughter, “It is madness,” and about pleasure, “What does ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 2:1-11, Philippians 4:19

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Jesus Emptied Himself

Contributed by Gerald Roberts on Sep 26, 2023

Jesus emptied himself so that I could have Heaven.

Jesus emptied Himself Philippians 2:1-11 1. Today Jesus talks about emptying oneself • Emptying is what Jesus did and he asks us to likewise by doing so he brings Christ Joy , He says, 2 then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 2:1-11

Denomination: Methodist

Emptiness And The Fullness Of God

Contributed by Larry Grant on Jan 21, 2023

This Biblical history teaches us the glorious truth that God has a plan and a promise for our problems.

2 Kings 4:1-7 January 22, 2023 Emptiness and the Fullness of God Is the pandemic over? Are you looking out of the window of life, and you feel stuck because you see the world going on around you but your motivation to move is gone. Somehow your belly is full and yet you are empty? Yes, they still ...read more

Scripture: 2 Kings 4:1-7

Denomination: Baptist

Emptiness Full Of Promises Series

Contributed by Shine Thomas on Apr 22, 2020

This Easter sermon ‘Emptiness full of promises’ brings out three great promise of the empty grave of the Lord Jesus Christ.

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Scripture: Mark 16:1-2, John 1:12, Romans 5:8

Denomination: Assembly Of God