Sermons on Fed The People:

Becoming People Of Prayer Series

Contributed by David Dewitt on Apr 27, 2008

We need to follow the biblical model and seek God in prayer

Becoming People of Prayer Acts 4:23-31 Spring Life Series April 27, 2008 Morning Service Introduction A friend of mine took his small son with him to town one day to run some errands. When lunch time arrived, the two of them went to a familiar diner for a sandwich. The father sat down on one of ...read more

Scripture: Acts 4:23-31

Denomination: Church Of God

Identifying Lost People

Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on May 11, 2008

Paul gives three ways to identify someone who isn’t saved.

Intro: eyewitnesses at a crime scene are asked to give a full description of the suspect. Sometimes a sketch is drawn and posted for the public to try to make the identification. Paul is very descriptive in his writings. In today’s text we find a description of a lost person. Here are three simple ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:17-21

Denomination: Assembly Of God

A People Without Purity Series

Contributed by Carl Allen on Aug 26, 2008

The church today has become one without purity. We have let the world comform us and determine our ministry. As Christians we need to be holy and pure.

A People without Purity 1 Peter 1:13-16 Intro Over the decades from the foundation of the local churches beginnings, people have become more and more un-pure. The modern church is a people without purity. The modern church has listened too much to the experts of the day; who have told us that ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 1:13-16

Denomination: Baptist

Treating People Right Series

Contributed by Tom Shepard on Sep 3, 2008

A look at how we are to treat other people.

Treating People Right One of your biggest problems and mine are people problems – learning how to get along with other people. There is a short poem that goes – “To dwell above with those you love – that will be glory. To dwell below, with those you know – that’s a different story.” We have ...read more

Scripture: James 2:1-9

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Connecting People To Jesus Series

Contributed by Brian Bill on Sep 7, 2008

Evangelism will have little effect if we don’t love the lost.

Connecting People to Jesus Romans 9:1-5 Rev. Brian Bill 9/7/08 Our family went up to Chicago on Labor Day to spend time with Emily. We ate a picnic lunch, went down to Lake Michigan and then just strolled around downtown. While we were walking on Michigan Avenue I glanced up and saw a ...read more

Scripture: Romans 9:1-5

Denomination: Baptist

A Picture Of A Revived People

Contributed by Tim Patrick on Sep 8, 2008

This sermon describes what occurs when God’s people are revived.

From time to time we need a fresh touch from God. We need a revival of our hearts. Our hearts can drift away from God. Our hearts can grow cold. Our hearts can become cluttered with worldly things. In Nehemiah 8 we see a picture of a people who experienced revival. The Israelites had been down and ...read more

Scripture: Nehemiah 8:1-11

Denomination: Baptist

Fishing For People For The Kingdom

Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Apr 26, 2009

This incident probably reminded the disciples of the time 3 years earlier when Jesus asked them to cast their nets again. That was the time when he first called them to be fishers of men.

The disciples have seen the resurrected Jesus, alive and well. He appeared to them on the evening of Resurrection Sunday (20:19) – Easter Day. On that occasion He commissioned them – He authorised them to go – saying, “As the Father has sent me, I am sending you” (20:21); and he then appeared to ...read more

Scripture: John 21:1-14

Denomination: Anglican

Other People's Pain

Contributed by Thomas Bowen on Oct 25, 2007

Is it possible to really feel another person’s pain? When are we willing to allow our selves to feel others pain. How did Jesus demonstrate the feeling of pain?

Other People’s Pain My mother and father both said it. I never believed it and I think I told them so. They would always say it just before “IT” happened…. They would say “this is going to hurt me a lot more that it is going to hurt you!” Has anyone said that to you? Just as they told ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 11:28-30

Denomination: Congregational

Let's Reach People

Contributed by Ed Wood on Jun 6, 2007

The early church wanted to share God’s love, spread the good news, and reach persons for Christ. It is the spirit needed by all of us who confess Christ as Lord.

LET’S REACH PEOPLE Acts 6:5-7; 8:5, 35; 21:8-9 INTRO: Rudyard Kipling told of being on a world tour. At one port, General Booth, the founder of the Salvation Army, boarded the ship. He was sent off by a group of tambourine-beating members of the group. This send off repulsed Kipling. Later, after ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

A People Who Overcome Series

Contributed by Sean Lester on Jan 5, 2007

How the church confronts persecution.

The Body of Christ, Part 1 Persecution: A People Who Overcome Introduction: A. A body is an organization of people who cooperate for the purpose of fulfilling a specific task. Organizational bodies have governing heads, rules of order, constitutions that define who they are and what they ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 2:7

Denomination: Pentecostal

A Priest Among The People

Contributed by Sean Lester on Jan 8, 2007

Setting Your Heart on Being a Priest and Intercessor in This World

A Holy Designation Setting Your Heart on Being a Priest and Intercessor in This World Rev. Sean Lester Sun., May 25, 2003 Text: Hebrews 5:9-10 and, once made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him [10] and was designated by God to be high priest in the order ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 5:9-10

Denomination: Pentecostal

An Unusual Group Of People

Contributed by Jon Mackinney on Jan 6, 2006

Stewardship is a hot topic. But the stewardship exercised by the early church looks a little different than ours.

Passage: Acts 4:32-37 Intro: Typically on the first Sunday of the new year, the preacher talks about giving. 1. but honest, that’s just where I am in this series 2. this is a passage that can make Americans very nervous, because even the middle class has accumulated a great deal. 3. houses, ...read more

Scripture: Acts 4:32-37

Denomination: Evangelical Free

God's List Of People Series

Contributed by Wes Richard on Jan 10, 2006

God uses all kinds of people to accomplish his purposes.

The first 16 verses of Matthew might seem like a Biblical wasteland for some of you. Some of the names might not be familiar to you and they are hard to pronounce. For those of you who read the Bible through, I don’t know how long it takes you to read these verses. And if you don’t know the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 1:1-17

Denomination: Brethren

Seven Happy People

Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Jan 24, 2006

Unlike joy, happiness is temporary...based on ’happenstance’. But God tells us 7 ’circumstances’ which will lead us to happiness more often. Link included to formatted text, handout, and PowerPoint Template.

SEVEN HAPPY PEOPLE John 13:17 http://gbcdecatur.org/sermons/7HappyPeople.html John 13:17 If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them. Which kind of Christian are you? Humbly grateful or grumbly hateful? Attitude determines altitude! God isn’t here just to keep you out of ...read more

Scripture: John 13:17

Denomination: Baptist

A Passion For People In Pain Series

Contributed by Wes Richard on Sep 11, 2006

Pain in the soul is a gift that can lead you into ministry to hurting people.

Even though a year has passed since Hurricane Katrina, stories about people who experienced that disaster are still surfacing. A few weeks ago, a pastor told me the story of a church in Louisiana. The members of that church were forced to leave their homes and when they returned, they found their ...read more

Denomination: Brethren