Sermons on Familiar Spirit:

One Spirit Series

Contributed by Rick Burdette on Jun 14, 2016

The Spirit, God's Plan, Gifts

ONE CHURCH - One Spirit 1 Corinthians 12:1-11 (p. 799) June 19, 2016 Introduction: What kind of bond would unite an anarchist, a government tax agent, a doctor, blue collar workers, lawyers, and professors of religion? I mean come on!!! If you put these folks in the same room and ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:1-11

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Spirit Of Saul

Contributed by Joshua A. Muncy on Aug 17, 2016

The Spirit of Saul is one of the many spirits coming against the church today. This message tells how to identify, confront, and demolish this spirit before it destroys a church.

NOTE TO THE READER: I was preaching a series near the beginning of the year at the War PH Church entitled "Close Encounters", when God stopped me dead in my tracks, and started teaching me of the "Spirit of Saul". I had no knowledge of this spirit until then. The week before, I had preached on how ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 18:6-9

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Expectation In The Spirit Series

Contributed by Mike Rickman on Dec 29, 2017

What are your spiritual expectations for the new year?

December 21, 2017 Morning Worship Text: Acts 4:30 Subject: Revive Us Part 1 Title: Expectation in the Spirit I trust everyone had a blessed Christmas… Isn’t great to be able to get together with family and celebrate the birth of our Lord Jesus? And at the same time it is always good to get back ...read more

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Hindering Spirit

Contributed by Dr. Gale A. Ragan-Reid on Feb 11, 2018

Hindering the gospel of Christ Jesus, is no small matter, forsaking the faith of Christ Jesus, for many are called...

HINDERING SPIRIT By Dr. Gale A. Ragan-Reid (February 11, 2018) “Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul, once and again; but Satan hindered us.” (I Thessalonians 2:18, King James Version [Call to godliness]). Greetings in the Holy Name of Jesus, My sisters and brothers, I ...read more

Denomination: Friends

Full Of The Spirit

Contributed by Bala Samson on Feb 23, 2018

A person filled with Holy Spirit doesn’t have to talk much, his actions and life speak thousand words.

Full of the Spirit Acts 6:3"Therefore, brethren, select from among you seven men of good reputation, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may put in charge of this task.” I kept reading the word ‘full’ enormous number of times today! I halted to check it out, which made me write this message ...read more

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Spirit Of Understanding

Contributed by James Dina on Oct 23, 2020

Knowing God’s will and having fellowship with God require spiritual understanding. Oh Lord, give me understanding according to your word, and I shall live. Your understanding is unsearchable.

THE SPIRIT OF UNDERSTANDING "For the Spirit searches all things, yea, the deep things of God. For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God" (1 Corinthians 2:10-11). The feelings of ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 3:9, Psalm 119:34

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Holy Spirit

Contributed by Gerald Roberts on May 20, 2021

The Holy Spirit falls on the followers of Christ on the Day of Pentecost creating a Church.

“The Holy Spirit” Acts 2:1-21 1. The followers of Jesus were “all together in one place,” says the book of Acts (v. 1). • Suddenly from heaven “ came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the house • Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, All of them were filled with ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:1-21

Denomination: Methodist

Discernment Of Spirits

Contributed by Bala Samson on Jun 6, 2021

People working in managerial capacity, supervisors, people leading the church, prayer group and other Christian ministry related work also should be able to discern the evil spirits that subtly sneaks in.

Discernment of spirits: 1 Corinthians 12:10”… to another is given the gift of discernment of spirits” I type this message during my ‘all-night prayer’, after spending several hours in prayer and Bible reading, it’s past midnight as I write this, listen carefully to the voice of God today! ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:10

Denomination: Pentecostal

A Thankful Spirit Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Mar 10, 2021

A thankful spirit encourages others to see the positive in their own lives, and so being thankful is a ministry in a world where the bad news is thrown at us so often we tend to forget the good news. We need people with a thankful spirit to remind us that light is as real as the dark

The more I study the history of man and the sea, the more grateful I become that I am a landlubber. Tens of thousands of lives have been lost in ship wrecks in my lifetime. But some sailors have much to be thankful for in spite of ship wrecks. John O'Brian, for example, was off the coast of ...read more

Scripture: Acts 27:27-37

Sensitive To The Spirit Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Mar 23, 2021

If we can be sensitive to the Spirit, and see how our job is a mission and a service for Christ, we could do it with greater joy and love.

George Burns said, "There will always be a battle between the sexes because men and women want different things. Men want women and women want men." This is, of course, what God intended, but like all good things that are carried to excess this too becomes an area of life where the ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 5:13-26

The Indwelling Spirit Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Mar 28, 2021

Men became the temple of God. This was a basic fact and essential truth of Christianity, but it was one that was difficult to grasp, and it still is today one of the most difficult concepts for Christians to make real in their lives.

In the Old Testament the emphasis is on Jehovah, the God who is above us. In the Gospels the emphasis is on Jesus, the God who is with us. In the book of Acts and the Epistles the emphasis is on the Holy Spirit, the God within us. There can be doubt that this is the age of God’s ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 3:10-16

Life In The Spirit

Contributed by Nnaemeka Durueke on Nov 26, 2020

Life in the spirit is the life of Supernatural. It is the manifestation of the Spirit of Christ in the believer.. A Spirit led life

LIFE IN THE SPIRIT Text: Romans 8:1-2 "Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, 2 because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death". 5-10: 5 Those who live according to the flesh have ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:1-2

Denomination: Pentecostal

No To The Spirit Of Diotrephes

Contributed by Rev. Reynaldo Bechayda on Dec 10, 2020

This sermon teaches us to get rid of the spirit of Diotrepes

No to the Spirit Of Diotrephes (3 John 9-10) I wrote to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first, will not welcome us. 10 So when I come, I will call attention to what he is doing, spreading malicious nonsense about us. Not satisfied with that, he even refuses to welcome other believers. ...read more

Scripture: 3 John 1:9-10

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Kindred Spirits

Contributed by Jim Keegan on Jan 13, 2021

God has designed the created order with the foundational communities of the family and church. They reflect his gracious providential care, especially through the blessings of love, grace and a sense of belonging.

Matthew 12:46-50 [Read text] The cover photo from the Mother’s Day issue of a Christian magazine showed a neatly groomed and well dressed little brother and sister serving their mother an artistically arranged breakfast in bed on a silver platter. In a subsequent letter to the editor, a mother ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 12:46-50

The Caged Spirit Series

Contributed by Freedom Obanijesu on May 31, 2020

What are these “spirits in prison”? Many people reading the word “spirits” in this passage translate it in their minds to dead people who supposedly live now (as spirits) in a prison.

1 Peter 3:19 : The spirits in prison Some time ago, I got a question from a friend of mine concerning the passage of I Peter 3:19. Let’s read this passage together with verses 18 and 20: I Peter 3:18-20 “For Christ also died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, so that He might bring us ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 3:18-20, Hebrews 1:13-14

Denomination: Bible Church