Sermons on Genesis 11:27-12:9:

What Is Your Calling? (Part 2) Series

Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Mar 10, 2016

Are you going to take the effort to listen to God? How has your faith panned out for God? Will you step out even when God tests your faith by making the most difficult sacrifices in your life? Do you obey God at every level?

Opening Illustration: Narrate the story of our call to the USA as missionaries. Introduction: The Lord's call for Abram to journey to the Promised Land is often equated with a call to missionary service. For the missionary, there is a sense where God has called them from the ease and security of ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 12:1-9

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Pray For The Peace Of Jerusalem Part 2 Standing On The Promises Series

Contributed by Jeremiah Menyongai on Mar 14, 2016

The promises of God pertaining to us and Israel will never pass away. Just as the promises of Israel are coming to pass, so will every promise God makes over your life. He has a promises to cover every situation you will ever go through - just trust Him.

Pray For The Peace Of Jerusalem (2): Standing On The Promises Of God 1. Genesis 12: 1 The Lord had said to Abram, Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you. 2 I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 12:1-3

Denomination: Charismatic

"Can I Give Myself To This And Know It Will Hold Me Up. "

Contributed by Gerald Roberts on Mar 10, 2017

Abraham stepped on faith beleiveing God could hold him up. So can we!

If I give myself to This and know it will hold me up" Genesis 12 :1-4 1. Abram is challenged by God to leave some thing’s • He was challenged to leave his Fathers house • He was challenged to leave his country • He was challenged to leave his kindred ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 12:1-4

Denomination: Methodist

Blessed To Be A Blessing

Contributed by Kerry Haynes on Mar 12, 2017

God chose Abraham to father a nation. He didn't always get it right. But he, along with his wife Sarah, teach us valuable lessons: to trust in God's sovereignty, to wait for God's timing, and to follow God's leading as we walk by faith.

Genesis 12:1-4 Blessed to be a Blessing Do you ever wonder why God seems to bless some people with extra helpings of blessings? And some people seem to sense more easily how God wants to guide them, how God wants to lead them? Abraham was such a guy. The Bible’s “Hall of Faith” in Hebrews chapter ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 12:1-4, Genesis 4:18-21

Denomination: Baptist

Altared - Pt. 3 - Pinky Swear! Series

Contributed by Steve Ely on Sep 13, 2013

Once prominent in churches. Once prominent in life. Now seldom seen in our buildings. Have they also disappeared from our life? We have been called to live an "Altared" life. Why?

Altared - Pt. 3 - Pinky Swear I. Introduction For some it was padded. For others it folded down. For some a simple rail. For others it was built in and for others it was a separate piece of furniture that often became a display location for offering plates, plastic flowers, and croquette covered ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 12:1-7

Denomination: Pentecostal

"Fulfill Your Destiny" Series

Contributed by Brad Henry on Aug 14, 2014

Too many people don't heed God's word and Go. Too many count the cots and miss a huge blessing.

The Ultimate Decision August 14, 2014 In reading about the early church in the book of Acts the Lord was starting His work through the apostles by the power of the Holy Spirit. BEFORE they could do anything they needed the Holy Spirit for power, wisdom, to speak truth and to know what to do next. ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 12:1

God's Waiting Room

Contributed by Cohss Spiritsong on Aug 26, 2014

Instead of focusing on how to "make" things happen, we should focus on two things.

God’s Waiting Room Pastor Leslie A. Rutland-Tipton I had ten minutes to make it to my meeting. Which was perfect, because the meeting began in ten minutes. And even though I left the house late, I was, now, right on time. And then I hit the traffic, oddly enough, right at my exit. I thought, ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 12:1-5

Denomination: *other

History Series

Contributed by Peter Baumgartle on Sep 24, 2013

What were the Israelites Chosen for? What are we chosen for? This sermon reveals the heart of God drawing people to himself through his people

HISTORY I have 30 minutes to tell you the HISTORY of the World. - 30 Minutes to reveal to you the Will of God - 30 minutes to tell you what YOUR purpose in life is Here we go! 1. In the beginning God created the world. And it was Good! Notice: He started with the Universe - not just the ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 12:1-3

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Being A Blessing

Contributed by Tim Smith on Sep 29, 2013

Our call to go in this new direction was not unlike the call of Abraham in our Scripture today. God said, “Go!” Go where? “I will make you into a great nation,
and I will bless you;
I will make your name great,
and you will be a blessing...

Being a Blessing Genesis 12:1-3 When I arrived here more than six years ago as Pastor, I met with the congregation in small groups, and asked 3 simple questions: “What do you like about the church? What do you want to keep the same? What do you want to change?” Out of those ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 12:1-3

Denomination: Methodist

The Call Of Abraham

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Oct 10, 2013

Staking a claim in the land of Canaan.

THE CALL OF ABRAHAM. Genesis 12:1-9. Our history begins in Ur of the Chaldees, in what is now Southern Iraq, a predominantly pagan city of about 250,000 people, with a central temple to the moon god Sin. Here Abram’s father Terah was thought to have been a craftsman within the moon cult. At a ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 12:1-9

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

When A Curse Is Made A Blessing

Contributed by Samuel Fulkerson on Oct 16, 2013

All things become new in Christ; old things, bad things, horrible things all pass away. Jesus makes curses in our past blessings by drowning them in His precious blood!

Quotes: “We are stripped bare by the curse of plenty.” -Winston Churchill "It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness." -Eleanor Roosevelt “God doesn't bless us just to make us happy; He blesses us to make us a blessing.” ― Warren W. Wiersbe Genesis ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 12:1-3

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Role Of Establishing Israel In The Last Days

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Mar 22, 2019

We have been studying events that point to the last days and Jesus' second coming, today we look at the role of Israel becoming a nation in 1948. We need to be ready, the signs are everywhere.

THE ROLE TO ESTABLISH ISRAEL IN THE LAST DAYS By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com WOW! Do we know in 2016 there were 33,000 distinct denominations? It is estimated by 2025 there will be 55,000 denominations? Wow? You can’t get along with others? Just go out and start your own? C.H. ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 24:32-35, Mark 13:29-30, Luke 21:31-33, Genesis 12:1-4

Denomination: Assembly Of God

The Clock Has Been Wound And Set...

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Mar 23, 2019

This is one of a series about the second coming of Jesus Christ. The clock has been wound and set. 1948 started the loud tick. Study Israel and Gaza. We need no fear, we just need to be ready.

THE CLOCK HAS BEEN WOUND AND SET… By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com COME WITH ME TO UNDERSTAND ZIONISM * ZIONISM: A MOVEMENT FOR THE RE-ESTABLISHMENT AND DEVELOPMENT AND PROTECTION OF A JEWISH NATION, ISRAEL. WE MUST ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE: * ANTI-ZIONISM: THE GREAT OPPOSITION TO THE ...read more

Scripture: Ezekiel 37:2, Genesis 12:3

Denomination: Assembly Of God

The Story Of Jerusalem

Contributed by Dr. Fred W. Penney on Dec 28, 2018

The first advent anticipates the second

The story of Jerusalem – City of David, City of God Texts: Genesis 12 and Revelation 21:3 and 22:5 Introduction: December 2018 - Advent message Great cities of the world include… NYC… Paris…London… Beijing…Rio De Janerio… San Francisco…Washington DC… Toronto…New Deli (Mumbai) (India)… Cairo… ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 21:1-4, Genesis 12:1-3

Denomination: Pentecostal

Where In The World Is Elwood

Contributed by Keith Broyles on Oct 7, 2014

This sermon, using the call of Abraham, is the first sermon I preached at my new church.

It was about lunch time one day in early May, 1991. I was sitting in my office at Fondren and the Southwest Freeway in Houston. I was a programmer/analyst with the FDIC. I was working on some random computer program when the telephone rang. It was not the kind of call I generally got at work. Those ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 12:1-9

Denomination: Methodist