Sermons on Failure Not Final:

Be An Encourager

Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Dec 14, 2000

All Christians need to encourage one another.

BE AN ENCOURAGER Heb. 10:25 “Let us not give us meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another and all the more as you see the Day approaching.” INTRO.- ILL.- Chuck Swindoll in his book Growing Deep in the Christian Life tells about a man getting ready to ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 10:25, Acts 4:36-37

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Part I: Worry - Leaving The Master In Control Series

Contributed by Brad Froese on Aug 30, 2004

Practical Biblical steps to overcoming worry. Worry siphons the joy of the Lord right out of a believer and it hinders our potential as Christians.

I told my wife I was preaching a sermon on worry, and I worried about it all week long. People like to have control of things. That in itself is a good reason for us to worry. Everything we produce is designed to give us the greatest degree of control. From the TV remote to the antilock breaks on ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:27-34

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Hanging In There Before Feelings Of Inferiority Series

Contributed by Bob Joyce on Oct 9, 2007

When we are called by God to any task, we often look at our resources and abilities and we discount God’s resources and abilities. Whenever God calls we must look to Him for the resources and abilities to accomplish what He has asked.

Do you ever feel inadequate? Do you ever feel that maybe you are inferior? A man paid a visit to his local psychologist. When the doctor asked him what had prompted the visit, the man said, “I’m suffering from an inferiority complex.” Over the next few weeks, the psychologist put his new patient ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 3:1-12

Denomination: Baptist

Flawed People And A Flawless God Series

Contributed by Pat Damiani on Apr 13, 2018

A flawless God often uses flawed people to accomplish His will

ENGAGE This last week I listened to a podcast that featured an interview with Carlos Whittaker, a well-known contemporary Christian recording artist and worship leader who was caught up in a battle with pornography that led to an inappropriate relationship that removed him from that ministry and ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Qualified To Decide-4 Series

Contributed by Byron Sherman on Aug 2, 2017

4 of 6. Paul rebuked the Corinthian Christians for trusting secular sources in rectify grievances among themselves. The Church is uniquely fitted to properly rectify personal grievances. Christians are qualified to rectify grievances thru Their...

QUALIFIED To DECIDE-IV—1Corinthians 6:1-11 OR Qualified To Rectify Attention: Stop vs. Slow Down: A patrolman pulls over a car, walks up to the driver's window, & asks the man if he knew why he was pulled over. "No," the man replies. "You failed to stop at the stop sign," the officer ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 6:1-11

Denomination: Baptist

How To Gain More Self-Control Series

Contributed by Tom Shepard on Sep 20, 2016

This is a sermon on self-control. It is one of the fruits of the Spirit. 1. Admit You Have A PROBLEM 2. Put The Past BEHIND You 3. Master Your EMOTIONS 4. Believe You Can CHANGE 5. Avoid TEMPTATION 6. Depend On Christ’s POWER

Fruit of the Spirit – Self-Control How to Gain More Self-Control Today we finish up the characteristics of the fruit of the Spirit. We are looking at self-control. Next week we will deal with the phrase – “against such things there is no law.” Let’s go ahead and ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 5:22-23

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Expectations & Excuses

Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Nov 7, 2025

In Genesis 3:8-13, the refining of our expectations and removal of our excuses is shown in three ways through 1) God’s Gracious Call (Genesis 3:8-9), 2) God’s Gentle Question (Genesis 3:10-11), and 3) God’s Grace for Our Excuses (Genesis 3:12-13).

Genesis 3:8-13. 8 And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. 9 But the Lord God called to the man and said to him, “Where are you?” 10 And he said, “I ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 3:8-13

Denomination: Other

What The Cross Reveals About God Series

Contributed by Timothy Peck on Jan 4, 2001

The cross reveals God’s integrity, and by experiencing the cross we can understand, experience, and live consistently with God’s integrity.

How can a person go to heaven? It sounds like such a simple question, yet so many people aren’t sure how to answer. The Christian faith has always insisted that the answer to this question of how to go to heaven is found in the cross of Jesus Christ. For the Christian faith, the cross is the ...read more

Scripture: Romans 3:21-31

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Forgiveness In Prayer Series

Contributed by Timothy Peck on Sep 24, 2001

Why receiving God’s forgiveness and extending forgiveness to others is essential to prayer.

This last week we’ve heard a lot of rhetoric in light of September 11th’s terrorist attack on our nation. We’ve heard our president use words like "dead or alive" and punishing evil doers. We’ve heard the military’s phrase "infinite justice." We’ve been bombarded with words like hate crimes, ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:12, Luke 11:4

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

So What Are You Afraid Of?

Contributed by Bob Coy on Feb 6, 2012

A sermon about how God helps you deal with fear.

So, what are you afraid of? Certainly in your life there is something. Yeah, there’s something. For some, it’s heights. For some, it’s spiders. For some, it’s snakes. For some, it’s germs, for some, clowns, flying, public speaking. Do you know what I’m ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 41:10

Denomination: *other

Here Comes The Judge - Samson The Son Of Promise

Contributed by Otis Mcmillan on Aug 29, 2019

Although his life is filled with one exciting adventure, Samson had a fatal attraction to the Philistine world. We must be careful about what claims our attention and dominates out thought life. If you get too close to the world, the world will dine you, wine you, blind you & bind you.

Sermon. Here Comes The Judge – Samson, the Son of Promise Judges 16:18-30 Introduction: Samson was a Hebrew with an unusual gift of strength who must respond properly to the call of God on his life in order to lead his people out of enslavement. The Bible list three great Nazarites: Moses, Samson ...read more

Scripture: Judges 16:18-30

Denomination: Methodist

Repentance From Dead Works

Contributed by Brian Chavarria on Nov 16, 2000

Repentance from Dead Works

Repentance from Dead Works Introduction We have seen the wonderful provision that God has made for us through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. We have seen that this work of God for us was designed to reverse all the effects of man's rebellion against God. All the bad things that we ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 10:26-31

The Priorities Of The Heavenly Citizen Series

Contributed by Greg Brown on Jan 19, 2015

Exposition of Col. 3:15–17

The Priorities of the Heavenly Citizen “Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 3:15-17

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Doing It Right

Contributed by Paul Decker on Apr 23, 2002

God is gracious and compassionate.

DOING IT RIGHT! Jonah 3:1-10 S: Grace Th: My Life as God’s Light Pr: God is gracious and compassionate. ?: How? How is it observed? KW: Results TS: In our study of Jonah 3, we will observe three results of God’s grace and compassion. INDUCTIVE God’s grace and compassion causes… I. JONAH TO ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 3:1-10

Denomination: Baptist

Stolen By Success Series

Contributed by Scott Kircher on Jun 7, 2009

talks about how we can get wrapped up on worldly success and how to find our true identity in Christ.

Identity Theft – Stolen by “Success” Our identity can be Stolen by “Success” when our image of success is… …Driven by Performance – Look what I have done …Focused on Possessions – Look what I’ve got Our identity will be Successfully Secure when our image of success is… …Centered on Christ – Look ...read more

Scripture: Luke 18:18-30

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational