Sermons on Evil Natures:

Christian Virtues

Contributed by Carl Allen on Oct 4, 2006

- Even though we are born again in Christ, we are not removed from our human nature. - As Christians we are continually in the process of sanctification, the “work of God,” which we are to participate in. - Those Peter writes to us that we are to be

I. The Eight Virtues (vv. 5-7) A. Faith i. It is by faith alone that we are saved through grace, but this saving grace doesn’t continue on by itself. ii. Peter calls for us all to add to our faith, which in NT times meant to add the richness of God to your life. B. Goodness i. This is an ...read more

Scripture: 2 Peter 1:1-11

Denomination: Baptist

One Extraordinary Life Series

Contributed by David Flowers on Oct 14, 2006

Part 4 in series God in Five Weeks, this message looks at the second person in the Trinity, Jesus - or God the Son. Specifically it examines Jesus’ belief that he was God, Jesus extraordinary life, extraordinary death, and the nature of the choice we are

One Extraordinary Life God in Five Weeks, part 4 Wildwind Community Church David Flowers 10/15/2006 My head is filled with songs about Jesus from the hymns and choruses I learned growing up in the church. “Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, sweetest name I know. Fills my heart with longing – keeps me ...read more

Scripture: John 10:31-38

Denomination: Free Methodist

Spiritual Efficiency And Effectiveness

Contributed by David Richardson on Aug 17, 2007

Spiritual activities naturally and supernaturally lend themselves to maintaining one’s personal spirituality, but when we’re confronted by a very common, boring, or repetitive activity…like driving, our spirituality tends to slip down a notch.

Spiritual Inefficiency John 13:17, Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them. Have you ever noticed either yourself or someone else’s inability to remain spiritual when doing certain activities? For example, we can be all spiritual in a prayer meeting, but what about ...read more

Scripture: John 13:17

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

Motivated From Within Series

Contributed by Allan Kircher on Oct 7, 2008

Be on guard to enable the right drive. Be on guard to motivate the right drive. You are either going to motivate the sinful nature or the Spirit of God in every situation in your life. The more you motivate, enable and act on the Spirit of God the more

MOTIVATED FROM WITHIN Allan H. Kircher 28 Sept 08 What is your motivation, your drive, your ambition to continue in the world today? Are you crying deep within trying to seek God’s will in your life, but you just seem to continue in the ways of the world? The drive within you determines the road ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 4:1-5

Denomination: Baptist

How To Respond When You Are Discouraged?

Contributed by Shine Thomas on May 18, 2009

We are living in a success driven world. Everyone wants to be successful and people seldom want to speak about their failures. It is quite natural that if we do not find success in our ways we get discouraged and disappointed. Disappointment is the differ

Follow us on: Website: https://cityharvestag.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CityHarvestA... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cityharvestag/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/CityHarvestAGChurch/featured How to respond when you are Discouraged? Introduction: We are living in a ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 21:4-5

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Rev.# 27~8:1-7 7th Seal Series

Contributed by William D. Brown on Oct 10, 2009

The catastrophic events in most of the trumpet judgments that we’re about to get into are called “woes.” The prophetic interlude, or parenthesis, between the sixth and seventh trumpets (10:1–11:14) adds more details about the nature of the Tribulation

Rev.#27~8:1-7 7TH SEAL 10-17-09 We’ve been reading and studying the many things that are revealed under the 7 sealed judgments, as six of the seals have now been open by the Lamb, the Lord Jesus, we’ve saw many things that were under 6 of these seals, --“the ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 8:1-7

Denomination: Baptist

Does He Fuel Your Fire? Series

Contributed by Daniel Devilder on Oct 1, 2007

This is the 3rd of 8 "Health Signs" of a Growing church, "Passionate Spirituality." Our Pursuit of him makes all other pursuits pale in comparison. This series adapts the theology and theory of the work "Natural Church Development" by Christian Schwarz,

Does He Fuel Your Fire? Philippians 3:7-11 Healthy Condition #3: Passionate Spirituality (Had this listed on a power point) If you’ve been calling yourself a Christian, you should stop. If you have ever encouraged someone to become a Christian, you should never do that again. WHY? "85% of the ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:7-11

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

“holy, Yes, Holy!” Psalm 99

Contributed by Amiri Hooker on Feb 6, 2016

This transfiguration Sunday it has to mean something that we See God as Holy and understand the holy nature of God. We are clear to make sure that we Deal with the idea of doing enough to live holy and reach the needs of the lest of these.

Transfiguration Sunday February 7, 2016 (Last Sunday before Lent Black History) Exodus 34:29-35 2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2 Luke 9:28-36,(37-43a) “Holy, Yes, Holy!” Psalm 99 Psalm 99The Message (MSG) 99  1-3 God rules. On your toes, everybody! He rules from his angel throne—take ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 99:1-9

Denomination: United Methodist

One Is The Loveliest Number

Contributed by David Roth on Mar 2, 2015

Proper 18 (a) By nature we focus on ourselves, trying to be the greatest, to be Number One. But that leads to separation and loneliness. Christ has redeemed us, that we may be united with the Father and with each other. Therefore we live in love.

J. J. May the words of my mouth, and the meditations of our hearts, be acceptable in Thy sight, O Lord, our Rock and our Redeemer. Amen. “One is the loveliest number” Our gospel reading today is in three parts. It opens with the disciples asking Jesus, yet again, who will be ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 18:1-20

Denomination: Lutheran

God Reigns In Holiness

Contributed by Howard Strickland on Jun 29, 2016

Psalm 93 can be broken down as follows: The establishment of the reign of God as King of creation. Vs.1-2 The celebration of the stability of God as King of creation. Vs.3-4 The acknowledgement of the excellent nature of God. Vs.5.

God Reigns In Holiness Psalm 93:1-5NASB A group of scientists who got together one day and decided that man had come a long way and no longer needed God. So they picked one scientist to go and tell God that they were done with Him. The scientist walked up to God and said, "God, we’ve ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 93:1-5

Denomination: Pentecostal

Ingredients Of A Healthy Church

Contributed by Gregory Mc Donald on Feb 10, 2010

The final miracle of the Holy Spirit on that day of Pentecost was the birth of the church. You may wonder why I call that a miracle. It is because I know human nature. Next to the transformation of persons, the second greatest miracle is oneness or un

INGREDIENTS OF A HEALTHY CHURCH ACTS 2:42-47 The final miracle of the Holy Spirit on that day of Pentecost was the birth of the church. You may wonder why I call that a miracle. It is because I know human nature. Next to the transformation of persons, the second greatest miracle is oneness or ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:42-47

Serving Up Joy Series

Contributed by Billy Ricks on Jul 16, 2013

God has given us everything to face this life with the joy of His presence and promises. Living in Joy comes no more naturally than not murmuring or grumbling. God offers us joy it is up to us to live in joy and peace.

Intro: At St. Bede’s Episcopal Church in Santa Fe, New Mexico, there is only one door into the sanctuary. Over that door is a hand lettered sign that reads, “Servant’s Entrance.” There isn’t any way in or out of that church except through the servant’s ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 2:16-30

Denomination: Baptist

Open My Eyes Of Faith. Series

Contributed by Patrick Usifo on Oct 14, 2017

This is the story of two men. One saw the light and the other saw nothing. One lives in the supernatural and the other in the natural. Our faith is directly related to how we perceive the unseen presence of the Lord as Prophet Elisha and his servant.

2 Kings 6:8-23 This is a story that happened in Northern Israel during the reign of the King Jehoram, son of King Ahab. It was the time of a great deterioration in the religious life of the children of Israel. During this period, the nation has descended to the worship of Baal introduced by ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

God Encounters Will Change Our Relationships, Both Vertical (With God) And Horizontal (With Others) Series

Contributed by Dr. Madana Kumar, Phd on Jul 3, 2022

In the Part 6 of this series Dr. Madana Kumar looks into the changes that will happen in our relationships when we encounter God. Our broken relationships will be restored when we encounter God and understand the true nature of forgiveness and Grace.

Encounter with God Series Part 6 Change in Relationships For an Audio/ Video version of this message, please visit https://youtu.be/0C03d_AQF1k Good morning. This is the sixth part of the series on Encounters with God. We started off this series by realizing that one of the great reasons to ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 28:17-22, Genesis 34:5, Genesis 34:13, Genesis 34:30, Genesis 35:1-3, Hebrews 11:21, Genesis 32:28, Matthew 5:23-25, 1 Corinthians 11:28  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Arachnophobia For Some – However Spiders Are Wonderful Teachers Series

Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Aug 1, 2022

Nature is a great teacher and by observing God's creatures there is much we can learn for our Christian lives. In this message we examine the habits of spiders to gain insights for our lives. God bless you all.

ARACHNOPHOBIA FOR SOME – HOWEVER SPIDERS ARE WONDERFUL TEACHERS I prepared this about 20 years ago, so when I use “today”, well - it was back then. Here we make applications to Christian living derived from the habits of spiders. This is an address rather than a sermon and prepared for smaller ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:16, Galatians 6:9, Ephesians 6:18, James 1:12, Romans 5:3-5, Proverbs 6:8, 1 Peter 3:16, Galatians 5:15-16  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational