Sermons on Finish The Race:

Father, Glorify Your Son

Contributed by James Dina on Sep 24, 2022

"Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, so that Your Son may also glorify You." When God commands his glory to overshadow our church, our mouths will be full of praise and our lips with thanksgiving forever.

FATHER, GLORIFY YOUR SON. "Jesus spoke these words, lifted up His eyes to heaven, and said: “Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son also may glorify You,  as You have given Him authority over all flesh, that He should give eternal life to as many as You ...read more

Scripture: John 17:1, John 12:23, John 13:31-32

Denomination: Pentecostal

Rejoicing In Heaven

Contributed by T.j. Conwell on Jun 1, 2014

Christians today can’t get side-tracked thinking about the finish line, because the race is NOT finished for us yet! We must faithfully endure life and continue to tell people about Jesus UNTIL we are face to face with Him!

Rejoicing in Heaven Revelation 19:1-8 Introduction - Share something on my heart this week: -- “My prayer is that God will send faithful men and women to our church to work for His glory in reaching people for Christ.” -- To work, we must be trained, which means faithfulness ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 19:1-8

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Training Time For Reigning Time (Part 2)

Contributed by Doug Lyon on Jan 17, 2005

Reward for successfully running the race of the Christian life

Introduction Here it is—my one and only sports trophy. [Show trophy] I played football in high school and our team was okay—nothing like Southern Columbia or Berwick. We never won a championship. And I played lacrosse as well. Our school fared better in lacrosse, but we could never seem to ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 9:24-27

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Keep Running The Race Series

Contributed by Paul Apple on Jul 7, 2001

2 MOTIVATIONS FOR PERSERVERENCE IN THE FAITH AND IN THE GOSPEL MINISTRY

BIG IDEA: 2 MOTIVATIONS FOR PERSERVERENCE IN THE FAITH AND IN THE GOSPEL MINISTRY I. (:8-10) KEEP RUNNING THE RACE BECAUSE OUR TESTIMONY IMPACTS THE SALVATION OF GOD’S ELECT A. (:8) Encouragement from the Promise Fulfilled = the Resurrection of Jesus Christ The Resurrection of Christ lies at the ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 2:8-13

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Run The Race Of Faith

Contributed by Gregg Bitter on Oct 28, 2003

As we run the race of faith, we run away from the love of money and we run after godliness with contentment. We run striving with the strength that comes from God’s promises

Run the Race of Faith Grace and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The Word of God through which the Holy Spirit works contentment in our hearts today is 1 Timothy 6:6-12 [Read the text] Dear friends, who find contentment in Jesus: A story is told about New ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:6-12

Denomination: Lutheran

Escaping The Rat Race

Contributed by Brian La Croix on Nov 6, 2003

Message given to a college group about escaping the trap of materialism.

Escaping the Rat Race Luke 12:13-34 Thursday, November 6, 2003 Introduction You just heard that I’m a pastor here in town, and in the interest of helping you find a decent church, I want to offer you 10 signs that the church you’re looking at is a bad one: 10. The church bus has gun racks. 9 . ...read more

Scripture: Luke 12:13-34

Denomination: Wesleyan

Grace For Every Race

Contributed by James O. Davis on Dec 13, 2004

There are more people alive today on earth, than have ever died in the history of the world. Yet, there are five undisputable truths for effective evangelism. Will you “arise and go?”

James O. Davis is the founder and president of Second Billion (TM). You are invited to learn more about Second Billion by visiting www.billion.tv. GRACE FOR EVERY RACE If you are not a lover of winning the lost, then you probably have not been won by the Lord. God had only one Son and He was a ...read more

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Are You Still In The Race?

Contributed by Daniel Bauder on Jan 20, 2007

When we are saved we enter a race that doesn’t end until we get to Heaven.

ARE YOU STILL IN THE RACE? Philippians 3:12-14 December 31, 2006 Broadway Baptist Church Rev Dan Bauder INTRODUCTION At the end of every year retailers take an end of the year inventory. It’s good for God’s people to do the same thing and take a spiritual inventory. This morning I’d like for ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:12-14

Denomination: Baptist

Running The Race And Winning It

Contributed by Chew Chew on Jan 28, 2007

How to run the race God set before us and complete it.

Title: Running the race and winning it! Text: 1Corinthians 9:24-25 Introduction I believe that all of us have participated in a cross-country race. When I was in secondary school, the cross-country race is a yearly affair and we have to train and run the cross-country whether we like it or not. ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 9:24-25

Denomination: Pentecostal

A Race For All Generations

Contributed by Jeremy James on Nov 21, 2004

How to prevent our own extinction in the church: 1.Commitment 2.Relvancy 3.Activity

Armageddon Intro Last week I watched the movie Armageddon, for about the 1000th time. In the movie Armageddon the world is faced with an impending disaster. In fact an asteroid the size of Texas threatens to hit the planet earth and wipe out everything on the planet. As our heroes are about to ...read more

Scripture: Luke 13:6-9

Denomination: Methodist

Racing To Be Like Jesus

Contributed by Naveen Balakrishnan on May 31, 2005

We are commanded to follow in the footsteps of the LORD Jesus and that the Christian life is similar to a race which we are running.

“RACING TO BE LIKE JESUS” 1 CORINTHIANS 9:24-27 1. The Motive of the Race is to win the PRIZE which is to be like Jesus. (v. 24) Galatians 2:2; 5:7; Philippians 2:16; 3:14; 2 Timothy 4:7-8; Hebrews 12:2; James 1:12; Psalm 19:5; Ecclesiastes 9:11; Jeremiah 12:5; John 6:27; Acts 20:24; 1 ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 9:24-27

Denomination: Baptist

The Three Legged Race Series

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Sep 4, 2012

Becoming a partner with someone means having to stay in step with the partner; it is important to be equally yoked. If not, your impact for our Lord could be minimized.

The Three Legged Race (2 Corinthians 6:14-18) 1. Here is an old joke about a three-legged race of sorts. One day a traveller was driving down a back country road when he noticed that there was a three-legged chicken running alongside his car. He stepped on the gas but at 50 miles per hour. The ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 6:14-18

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Keep Running The Race Series

Contributed by David Welch on Apr 30, 2018

Message 11 from Philippians

"Keep Running the Race” Paul’s letter to the Philippians offers some key elements to “Maintaining the Joy of the Lord No Matter What”. I. ADOPT THE RIGHT AXIS -- SUPERIOR PERSPECTIVE The Exaltation of Christ in Everything Passion to Praise Jesus II. MAINTAIN THE RIGHT ATTITUDE -- SUPERIOR PATTERN ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:15-17, Hebrews 4:12-13, 1 Peter 2:11-12, Philippians 3:20-21

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

Running The Race To Win!

Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Aug 2, 2023

The Corinthian version of the Olympics was something the people of Corinth knew well. Paul used this knowledge to show how believers could win, or lose, rewards depending on how each one runs his or her race.

Based on a message preached at First Baptist Church, Chamois, MO; not an exact transcription. Introduction: Paul had led many Corinthians to faith in Christ during his stay there (see Acts 18). Now he’s away from them and he’s pointing out some problems these new believers were having. Here in ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 9:24-27

Denomination: Baptist

Holy Race Privileges Series

Contributed by Rev. Dr. Andrew B Natarajan on Feb 15, 2025

Yahweh has chosen us to be holy race. We are blessed through Jesus Christ. We have obtained, joy, grace, peace. Glory to God.

Theme: Holy People - Privileges Text: Deuteronomy 7:1-10   Greetings: The Lord is good and His love endures forever!   In our family prayer, now we are reading the Song of Songs or the Songs of Solomon. I just looked at her and said this we could have done when we were young couples, by ...read more

Scripture: Deuteronomy 7:1-10

Denomination: Methodist