Sermons on Genius:

Secrets Of The Dream Keepers

Contributed by John Gaston on Apr 30, 2013

Many individuals in Scripture received dreams from God that pointed to their potential great service or possibilities. Often these individuals experienced circumstances, for years, which contradicted God’s dream. What steps did they take to hold on & see

SECRETS OF THE DREAM KEEPERS Numbers 12:6 INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR 1. a. "Doctor, I really need your help", I said. "Every night for the past two weeks I’m dreaming about some rats playing football." b. "Here, take these pills tonight before you go to bed and you will be fine." c. "But can ...read more

Scripture: Numbers 12:6

Denomination: Assembly Of God

What In Our World Is God Doing?

Contributed by James Snyder on Feb 4, 2013

How God has worked is how He is working and how He will work. To understand this is to begin to weed out of our life the merely good and concentrate on what God has for us.

Ernest Hemingway was one of the great American writers that changed the way writers wrote and readers read. According to him, the value of a book was in proportion to how much good material you are willing to cut from the manuscript. If, for example, in the last draft of the manuscript one sentence ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:1-20

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

Giving It Away Series

Contributed by Rick Stacy on Dec 19, 2012

Money is a major challenge for anyone who wants to be a follower of Jesus and a child of God.

The Feast of Great Joy Too many of us worship at the “Shrine of the Golden Arches” In Dangers, Toils & Snares, John Ortberg writes: When we take our children to the shrine of the Golden Arches, they always lust for the meal that comes with a cheap little prize, a combination ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:6-10

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Signs At The End Of The Age

Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 10, 2010

Signs at the End of the Age (PowerPoint slides available on request - email: gcurley@gcurley.info)

Signs of the end of the age (2) Reading: Luke chapter 21 verses 25-38. Ill: • Charlie Steinmetz was a dwarf, ugly and deformed, • But he had one of the greatest minds in the field of electricity that the world has ever known. • Steinmetz built the great generators for Henry Ford in his first ...read more

Scripture: Luke 21:25-38

Denomination: Brethren

Power Hungry

Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jul 6, 2011

The power of God to live as Jesus’ followers is a blank check for good in a chaotic and dangerous world.

Bad things happen. Bad things happen to good people, and bad things happen to bad people. Bad things happen. Sometimes the cause is obvious: greed and hatred, poverty and ignorance, all cause suffering in greater or lesser degrees, and we can point to sin as the reason. But sometimes the deaths ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 1:15-23

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Mission Of Jesus Series

Contributed by Jonathan Mcleod on Dec 22, 2009

Jesus came to be our prophet, priest, and king.

THREEFOLD OFFICE OF CHRIST Many notable people have commented on Jesus’ place as the most famous, important, and significant person in history: • “I am an historian, I am not a believer, but I must confess as a historian that this penniless preacher from Nazareth is irrevocably the very center of ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 2:1-2

Denomination: Baptist

Intentional Relationships Series

Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Jan 25, 2010

Without intentional, spiritual relationships, our love for God can grow cold

Commitments January 24, 2010 Intentional Relationships Ecclesiastes 4:8-12 In Romania, after communism fell, we in the west became aware of the many orphans there who were basically warehoused in huge orphanages. They were vastly understaffed. So the babies, while they had most of their ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 4:8-12

Denomination: *other

Be A Team Player! Series

Contributed by Chad Garrison on Mar 29, 2010

God calls each of us to the Adventure of Life He has set before us. Everyone has his or her own path, but we all have the same call. Today we examine the call to God's ministry.

Choose Your Own Adventure “Be a Team Player!” Today we want jump into the Lifestyle Choice of “Being a Team Player”. If you’ve been with us for a while, you already know what I’m talking about. Not only do we celebrate the model of “Doing Church as a ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:3-5

Denomination: Foursquare

The Performance Trap

Contributed by Davon Huss on Sep 12, 2011

A sermon on grace and how we distort God's grace in our culture, USA. (Material adapted from David Seamands' book, "Healing Grace" chapter 2 "Barriers to Grace")

HoHum: A treadmill is one of the most effective tools for burning calories, despite the fact that the person exercising stays in the same place. Similarly, so it is with people who try to work their way to righteousness. We understand that grace is what saved us but believe they must pay God back ...read more

Scripture: Titus 3:5

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

How Does The Holy Spirit Free Me From Sin? Series

Contributed by Tim Brock on Sep 16, 2011

Holy Spirit convicts us of the precise sin(s) that may be keeping us from being intimate with God.

My parents home in East Tennessee sits atop a beautiful hill that overlooks hay-fields & an old cattle barn. At the base of our driveway use to stand an Old White Oak Tree that dated back to the late 1800s. It had stood there long before my grandparents ever settled on the property. We never gave a ...read more

Scripture: John 16:8

Denomination: Christian Church

Hands Touching Series

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Sep 14, 2008

Ordination sermon for new deacons. God’s gifts are not found in timidity, but in the power to encourage, the touch of love, and the skill of self-discipline, all symbolized in the laying on of hands.

Of all the ways we can use our hands, none is more authentically human than touching. Touching, not grasping, for some of the apes can do that too. Touching, not hitting, for that is a perversion of our humanity. Touching, not taking, for that is part of our fallen nature. We are most human ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Finding The Abundant Life

Contributed by Tim Patrick on Jan 25, 2009

Discover the secrets of a rich and satisfying life.

Do you ever feel like the fellow I saw in a cartoon? He was carrying a burden on his back. A number of things contributed to his burden: car note, house, boat, job, family, golf game, time, etc. The caption beside the cartoon reads “Have you been thinking, ‘There’s got to be more to life than ...read more

Scripture: John 10:9-11

Denomination: Baptist

God's Good Will Of Love - The Message Of Christmas

Contributed by William Akehurst on Dec 26, 2008

The Angels Proclaimed Goodwill to all men. Goodwill is GOD’s Will for all to be at Peace, with Hope, Joy through HIS Love

12.24.2008 Christmas Eve Luke 2:10-15 Matthew 2:11b Nehemiah 8:10 Psalm 23:1 says it all...The Lord is my Shepherd, I have everything I need Good News we all can have Peace, Hope, Joy and Love By the will of God, His Good Will to all mankind. Driving around the countryside, we were taken by ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:10-15

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

An Introduction To The Beatitudes Series

Contributed by Michael Deutsch on Oct 27, 2008

An introduction to a 9 part series on the Beatitudes and what Jesus is calling us to become.

The Beattitudes - Introduction September 28, 2008 Matthew 5:1-12 I would like to do an informal survey. I have one very simple question . . . Who would like to be blessed by God today? That’s it . . . simple isn’t it? Okay, if you want to be blessed by God, then I need you to raise your hands! ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:1-12

Denomination: Baptist

Even A Dead Fish Can Swim Down Stream? Drifting Is Dangerous!

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Mar 19, 2008

We can not allow bitterness, rejection and hurt to drive us. Even dead fish can swim down stream. God has a plan to reach higher and dream bigger. Get your head up and TRY HARDER!

DEAD FISH SWIM DOWN STREAM? Drifting is dangerous! By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com INTRODUCTION: WILL YOU ALLOW HURT, BITTERNESS AND REJECTION DRIVE YOU DOWN A DEAD END STREET? WILL YOU REACH HIGHER? Your enemy wants you to think your family, your church, and your ministry has hit ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 3:14-22

Denomination: Assembly Of God