Sermons on Get Close To The Shepherd:

Dealing With Bitterness And Murmuring Series

Contributed by Edward Hardee on Jan 29, 2015

Message on Bitterness and Murmuring about getting to the promised land.

Note: Many of the notes came from the book Pilgrims Promise: Getting out of Egypt and Getting Egypt Out of Us by Bryan Cutshall Getting to the Promise Land: Dealing with Bitterness and Murmuring Theme: Text: Exodus 15 - 17 Exo 15:23-25 Now when they came to Marah, they could not drink the waters ...read more

Denomination: Church Of God

Humility Starts At The Cross

Contributed by Don Schultz on Apr 11, 2014

Humility - how do you get it - find it at the cross

Stewardship begins at the cross Philippians 2:6-8 (Jesus), being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, 7 but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. 8 And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 2:6-8

Denomination: Lutheran

Disappointed With Life Series

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 6, 2017

The let down of life will get to us sometime, somewhere.

Disappointed With Life (Ecclesiastes 1:1-18) Note: This is a revision of my 2003 sermon on the same text. Quite a few secondary changes and refinements. 1. A 5-year-old boy who came to his mother & asked, "Where did I come from?" The mother took a deep breath because she had dreaded the moment ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 1:1-18

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Real Social Security Series

Contributed by C. Philip Green on Nov 4, 2020

When you get in trouble, trust in the Lord, not in a lie.

Several years ago (July, 2008), Newsweek magazine printed a story about the most amazing exploit of tight-rope walker, Philippe Petit. They titled the story Man on Wire¸ and it described Petit’s secret plan in 1974 to extend a steel wire between the two towers of the World Trade Center in New ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 26:1-11, Numbers 32:23

Denomination: Evangelical Free

No To The Spirit Of Diotrephes

Contributed by Rev. Reynaldo Bechayda on Dec 10, 2020

This sermon teaches us to get rid of the spirit of Diotrepes

No to the Spirit Of Diotrephes (3 John 9-10) I wrote to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first, will not welcome us. 10 So when I come, I will call attention to what he is doing, spreading malicious nonsense about us. Not satisfied with that, he even refuses to welcome other believers. ...read more

Scripture: 3 John 1:9-10

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Great Faith

Contributed by Dr.w.samuel Legon on Jul 11, 2021

Ask and ye shall get it if you have faith.

GREAT FAITH John 3: 15That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. The Leper Matthew 8:2And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. 3And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, ...read more

Scripture: John 3:15

Denomination: Baptist

Provoking To Study

Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Apr 7, 2021

How do we get Christians to study the Word?

From an old tattered, typewritten paper. Nothing has basically changed and this was pre-Internet days. We have more ways to study than any other time and yet studies show that many Christians are still not studying. I'm convicted by my own paper. 2 Timothy 2:15  Study to shew ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 2:15

Denomination: Baptist

Out Of Court Settlement

Contributed by Rick Boyne on Mar 7, 2018

Get your life right with Jesus before the Judgment.

Out of Court Settlement March 4, 2018 Morning Service Immanuel Baptist Church, Wagoner, OK Rick Boyne Message Point: Get your life right with Jesus before the Judgment. Focus Passage: Hebrews 9:27-28 Supplemental Passage: For this reason also, God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 9:27-28

Denomination: Baptist

Revelation Twenty Series

Contributed by Diana Tyler on Oct 30, 2023

The devil finally gets what he deserves! Hallelujah!

John then sees an angel coming down from heaven having a key to the bottomless pit and a great chain. It is believed this angel will be the archangel, Michael. He laid hold of Satan and bound him for 1,000 years. He's cast into the bottomless pit and shut up. A seal is set on him so he should ...read more

The Case Of The Missing Silver Cup

Contributed by Dr. Jwt Spies on Mar 26, 2022

God will use whatever it takes to get our attention

God uses strange ways to speak to the hearts of people. The Bible is filled with story after story in which God used unusual methods and means to get the attention of certain people. In Ex.3:10 we see Moses – God used a burning bush to speak to this disgraced prince. In Numbers 22:28-31 in the ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 44:1-14

Denomination: Baptist

Jesus Satisfies Series

Contributed by Harry Jackson on Dec 26, 2023

"I Can't Get No Satisfaction

On June 5, 1965, what is now regarded as one of the greatest rock ‘n’ roll songs of all time was released. That song was titled “(I Can’t Get No} Satisfaction” by the English rock band, The Rolling Stones. It was a song that took the world by storm. It charted at “number one” in a slew of ...read more

Scripture: John 4:1-25

Simeon - Not See Death Lesson 9 Series

Contributed by Elmer Towns on Jan 5, 2024

You never get too old to be used by God.

“At that time there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon. He was righteous and devout and was eagerly waiting for the Messiah to come and rescue Israel. The Holy Spirit was upon him and had revealed to him that he would not die until he had seen the Lord’s Messiah. That day the Spirit led him to the ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:25-35

Denomination: Baptist

Holding On To Hope Series

Contributed by Brian Bill on Aug 15, 2022

To get through your groaning, focus on the glory to come.

Some time ago, George Barna polled adults: “If you could ask God one question, what would you ask?” The top response was, “Why is there pain and suffering in the world?” I can’t think of anything more universal to the human experience than suffering. In fact, many people point to the problem of ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:18-25

Denomination: Baptist

Body Count And No Good Men

Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Sep 27, 2024

You must be a good woman to get a good man.

Proverbs 11:22  As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion. Proverbs 31:10  Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.  11  The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 11:22, Proverbs 31:10-31, Proverbs 7:1-27

Denomination: Baptist

When Mamma Prays Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on May 10, 2009

The Bible tells us that God closed up Hannah’s womb. Really? Would He do that, or was this the kind of comment where we call something an "act of God?"

Real Mothers are special people. Real mothers would like to be able to eat a whole candy bar (all by themselves) and drink a Coke without any "floaters" in it. Real Mothers know that their kitchen utensils are probably in the sandbox. Real Mothers often have sticky floors, filthy ovens and happy ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 1:1-28

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ