Sermons on Garden Of God:

"God's Answer Is No!"

Contributed by Ken Harris on Aug 29, 2004

The purpose of this sermon is to motivate the hearers to TRUST GOD.

13 June 2004 U.S. Army Chaplain (MAJ) Ken Harris CP Walker, Taegu South Korea BIG IDEA: TO MOTIVATE THE HEARERS TO AFFIRM TO OTHERS THAT WHEN GOD SAYS NO, IT’S BECAUSE HE SEES THE BIG PICTURE OR HE HAS A BETTER PLAN. REFERENCES: 2 CORINTHIANS 12:7-10; Habakkuk 1:1-12 (… problems with ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 12:7-10

Denomination: Pentecostal

Seizing The Moment For God.

Contributed by John Gullick on Sep 14, 2004

A sermon that uses Matthew chapter 14 to look at how Jesus seizes opportunities in a incident in his life and suggests how we can do the same.

Seize the moment. Trite saying for a crazy world or biblical principle? Colossians 4:5-6: Conduct yourselves with wisdom toward outsiders, making the most of the opportunity. 6 Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned, as it were, with salt, so that you may know how you should respond to each ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 14:22-30

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Sons And Daughters Of God

Contributed by Stephen Becker on Oct 13, 2007

Through Grace, we are adopted into God’s family, because REAL sons and daughers of God, completely forgiven of our sins, through the Grace of Jesus Christ...purchased with His body and blood on the cross for our redemption.

Sons and Daughters of God Galatians 3:23-4:7 Stephen Becker, M.Div. St. Peter’s Lutheran Church--Elk Grove Last month we celebrated Mother’s Day and last Sunday was Father’s Day. These are days we set aside to honor our moms and dads, the parents who loved us and raised us, or in the case of the ...read more

Denomination: Lutheran

Worshipping The Right God Series

Contributed by Gary Webb on Oct 24, 2006

The First Commandment

Exodus 20:1-3 A few years ago there was a legal controversy in Alabama over the Ten Commandments. A federal judge ordered Roy Moore, the Chief Justice of the state of Alabama, to remove a monument displaying the Ten Commandments from the rotunda of the state Judiciary Building. An appeal to the ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 20:1-3

Denomination: Baptist

The Giver God Blesses

Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Nov 8, 2003

This is a sermon on the stewardship of giving based on the account in Mark 12 about "The Widow’s Mite."

THE GIVER GOD BLESSES—MARK 12:38-44 --by R. David Reynolds Dr. Haddon Robinson is Co-host and teacher on the radio broadcast “Discover the Word,” a writer for the devotional guide Our Daily Bread, and Harold J. Ockenga Distinguished Professor of Preaching at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary ...read more

Scripture: Mark 12:38-44

Denomination: Methodist

Reflecting God's Light Series

Contributed by Maurice Schaus on Feb 11, 2008

What do you see in the mirror? Little faults and failures, or a beloved child of God? Just like a Mirror, we are to reflect God’s love in our lives.

“Magic mirror, on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all?” These words are familiar to children of all ages. These are the words spoken by the queen in Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, as she gazes into her enchanted mirror. “Magic mirror, on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all?” The ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:1-9

Denomination: Lutheran

God Sends The Whirlwind Series

Contributed by Paul Green on Sep 18, 2009

Everything we do has consequences. The sins we commit have consequences. The good things that we do have consequences. The priorities we have in life have consequences. The choices we make in life have consequences. You reap what you sow.

Hosea 8:7 ‘They sow the wind and reap the whirlwind’. Whirlwinds aren’t a very common sight here in the UK so just to get us in the right frame of mind – just to get the right pictures into our heads – lets just watch a short clip from the film Twister. Show Clip Now I know that that is very ...read more

Scripture: Hosea 8:1-14

Denomination: Baptist

God's Giving Of Himself Series

Contributed by Fr Mund Cargill Thompson on Jun 26, 2015

Some of our friends in other religions say that God sends another to do his dirty work. But the God I believe in comes himself, gives himself, out of love for us. A sermon on Trinity Sunday and Generosity

One day James wanted to do something special with his five year old son Jimmy. He asked “son, is there anything you’d like to do right now?” Jimmy said, “I want some McDonald French Fries.” His father said, “if that’s what my boy wants, then that’s ...read more

Scripture: John 3:11-21

Denomination: Anglican

Greatness In The Kingdom Of God Series

Contributed by Tyler Edwards on Jun 15, 2011

Disciples bicker over which of them is the greatest.

17. Who is Jesus? December 12th, 2010 Greatness in the Kingdom of God Being in the presence of greatness naturally leads to a desire for greatness. When we see someone who is great at something often we are inspired to want to be great ourselves. Honestly that desire can lead us to doing great ...read more

Scripture: Luke 9:46-50

Denomination: *other

Live As God's Children Series

Contributed by Dr. Jerry N. Watts on Sep 15, 2008

If we are God’s children, we should live as such. This message lifts suggestions to help the believer live as God’s child

LIVE AS GOD’S CHILDREN Romans 8:12-17 * “We are all God’s children!” Have you ever heard this statement? It sounds good, it seems right, it feels good, but there is absolutely no Biblical truth to it. Today across this nation there is a widely held view that everyone is in the family of God and ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:12-17

Denomination: Baptist

Successful Communication With God! Series

Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Jul 17, 2009

Jesus gives us some things to embrace to ensure successful communication with God!

INTRODUCTION • VIDEO CLIP • SLIDE #1 • It is bound to happen sometime, it usually happens when we get into trouble. We are not sure where to turn for help; we feel helpless, powerless and lost. • What do we do? • Many times we turn to prayer. • Do you think prayer meant something to those on ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:5-15

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Hearing The Voice Of God

Contributed by John Gaston on May 13, 2020

We live in a time when we need to hear the voice of God and be led by the Spirit! God knows the location of the germs and can warn us. We don’t need to let fear rule us. “The safest place in all the world is in the will of God.”

HEARING THE VOICE OF GOD John 10:27 INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR 1. “Stay at Home” orders aren’t really all that new. I heard about one man, long before Coronavirus came along, who was tired of living with his wife. 2. There seemed to be no way he could get away from her verbal harangues; she was ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 25:14, John 10:27

Denomination: Assembly Of God

The Man God Uses

Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jan 11, 2021

A Man used by God. Characteristics of a God-called man, from the life of John the Baptist.

THE MAN GOD USES This morning I would like to speak on the subject, “The Man God Uses”. - John 1:6, 19-23; 3:22-36 - Pray I would like you to think this morning, about what a great time this was. More than 4000 years before this date, there in the Garden of Eden, God had promised the coming ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Giving God Permission

Contributed by John Gaston on Sep 8, 2021

God wanted to spare Israel, but couldn't because there was no intercessor. God wants to save us, heal us, direct our lives, our work, etc., but won't force His will on us against our wills. If we want His life, we must surrender our lives.

GIVING GOD PERMISSION Ezek. 22:30 INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR 1. There was a preacher who had a little three-year-old daughter named Tori. She’d just become a Christian and learned that Jesus was in her heart. 2. One day she was with her mother at a shopping mall when a woman policeman came running ...read more

Scripture: Ezekiel 22:30

Denomination: Assembly Of God

God Of Second Chances

Contributed by Simon Bartlett on Nov 5, 2022

Jesus' restoring Peter after he denied him shows that he's in the business of giving second chances. He's also given us an example to follow.

BACK STORY In our children’s story we heard about Peter denying Jesus. Peter failed. But Peter shouldn’t have been the one to fail. He was Peter the rock. He was supposed to be the strong one, the solid one. But Peter had brought it on himself. Jesus told his disciples what would happen to ...read more

Denomination: Baptist