SermonCentral Logo SermonCentral Logo Sermon Central
Sermons
Free Sermons and Sermon Outlines for Preaching :

Sermons on Giving Joy To God:

showing 5,341-5,355 of 227,956
Filter Results
Close Filters

Scripture

Rating

Date

Denominations

  • Show more

Language

Structure

Sermon Type

Audience

Popular Preaching Resources

New Sermon Series Now Available

Everything you need for your next series

AI Sermon Generator

Generate sermon ideas with a safe, secure tool for solid preaching.

Biblical Sermon Calendar

Customizable sermon manuscripts for verse-by-verse preaching

Sermon Research Assistant

Free custom sermon in 5-10 minutes!

Topical Sermon Calendar

Preach with creativity and impact throughout the year

Funeral Sermon Generator

Create a personalized, heartfelt funeral sermon

Sermon Kits for Preaching

Faithful to the Finish

Peter's final call to a young and growing church

Grace and Glory

A short series through the highlights of 1 Peter

Entrusted

Gifts, risk, and the return of the King

  • Try PRO

    Confident Preaching

    Try PRO free and preach with confidence when people need it most.
    Free to start now
  • Jake Kircher avatar

    Ready, Set, Wait! Series

    Contributed by Jake Kircher on Dec 28, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 3,316 views

    We need to take care of oursleves as well as others.

    In April this past year, some of you may have seen on the news, pictures of this horrific train crash in Japan. “The seven-car commuter train was carrying 580 passengers when it jumped the tracks, wrecking an automobile in its path before slamming into a nine-story apartment complex just yards ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Jeffrey Sims avatar

    Don't Be A Show Off

    Contributed by Jeffrey Sims on Dec 14, 2018
     | 6,830 views

    This could be used as a stewardship sermon and hopefully would get people to realize that their is more to being a Christian than just filling a pew. Hopefully this sermon compels people to look beyond the superficial and truly look to their heart.

    (a note about the opening illustration; It is not my own but i don't know where I actually found it originally, it is tucked away with some notes I have.) There was a man who called a church and asked if he could speak to the Head Hog at the trough. The secretary said, "Who?" Then ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Noah Balcombe avatar

    Do Not Be Afraid To Use Your Time Wisely

    Contributed by Noah Balcombe on Aug 26, 2004
    based on 15 ratings
     | 3,787 views

    we are all given the same amount of time each day...be a good steward of yours

    Stewardship World definition: The management of another persons property, finances, or household affairs Christian deffinition: The management of one’s life Matt 25:14-23 14 "Again, it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his property to them. 15 To one he ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Wade Martin Hughes, Sr avatar

    The Offering Of Excuses

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Apr 2, 2002
    based on 37 ratings
     | 5,431 views

    Offering excuses will never make better people.

    WHAT EXCUSE DO YOU HAVE FOR MAKING EXCUSES? Luke 14:18 And they all with one consent began to make excuses. Rom. 1:20... so that they are without excuse. Define excuse: to make apology, try to remove blame, to let off from doing, pass the fault, justify. It is our enemy best interest to have ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Rich Dunbar avatar

    All For Me And None For You Series

    Contributed by Rich Dunbar on Apr 29, 2005
    based on 13 ratings
     | 2,893 views

    This is a sermon from a series on worship. This one deals with giving as a function of our worship.

    It seems to me that most people want to benefit from their money and they do whatever seems best to them to receive that benefit. Whether it is spending it on the things they want, investing it in hope of a positive return, or even gambling it for the possibility of a big payoff. That last one is ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Baptist

  • Paul Fritz avatar

    How Can The Lord Help Us Have The Right Attitudes About Possessions And Money?

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 87 ratings
     | 6,397 views

    Jim Elliott, a famous missionary once wrote, "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose."

    The following are guidelines for developing the kinds of attitudes the Lord wants us to have about possessions and money: 1. Store up for yourselves treasures in heaven by giving to Christ’s cause rather than accumulating things on earth. Jesus said, "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Rodney Fry avatar

    About The Collection (1 Corinthians 16:1-4) Series

    Contributed by Rodney Fry on Nov 26, 2007
    based on 14 ratings
     | 6,083 views

    What a contrast! Paul turns from the subject of the resurrection to the subject of a collection. We are to lay up treasures in heaven (Matthew 6:19-21). People, not things, go to heaven. We are to give to help, and to save, people. Our giving will put

    ABOUT THE COLLECTION 1 Corinthians 16:1-4 Introduction A. What a contrast! Paul turns from the subject of the resurrection to the subject of a collection. B. We are to lay up treasures in heaven (Matthew 6:19-21). 1. People, not things, go to heaven. We are to give to help, and to save, ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Baptist

  • Dan Cormie avatar

    Avoiding Today

    Contributed by Dan Cormie on Sep 2, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,355 views

    A message that goes with Nooma #017 - "Today" Purchase here: http://www.nooma.com/Shopping/ProductDetails.aspx?ProductID=324 This one deals with reasons we avoid living in the here and now.

    Dakota Community Church September 2, 2007 Avoiding Today Play Nooma DVD #17: Today Wow, that is just really effective isn’t it, you see this guy drop his morning tea and go tearing down the street, and I can’t help but wondering, what is so exciting, is it the return of the Lord? Is that the ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Mennonite

  • James Powell avatar

    What Tithing Brings

    Contributed by James Powell on Dec 20, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,294 views

    Scripture describing what tithing brings

    Tithing Brings: Order and Wisdom to your finances and helps curb materialism. Mt 6:19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: Mt 6:20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Holiness

  • Matthew Davaughn Cox avatar

    Breaking Covenant By Withholding Tithes

    Contributed by Matthew Davaughn Cox on Jul 6, 2018
     | 5,251 views

    We are looking at giving in today's text.

    Malachi 3:6-12 6 “I the Lord do not change. So you, the descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed.7 Ever since the time of your ancestors you have turned away from my decrees and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you,” says the Lord Almighty. “But you ask, ‘How are we to ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: *other

  • Donald Stevens avatar

    Christian Stewardship - Part Three Series

    Contributed by Donald Stevens on Nov 19, 2004
    based on 14 ratings
     | 4,850 views

    Third in a series of four messages on Stewardship. Based on UM congregational pledge and UM "Guidelines"

    Proverbs 11:24-29 One man gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty. A generous man will prosper; he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed. People curse the man who hoards grain, but blessing crowns him who is willing to sell. He who seeks good ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Methodist

  • Gaither Bailey avatar

    The Love Of Money

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Jun 20, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 4,176 views

    What should be the Christian attitude toward wealth and possessions?

    The Love of Money / I Tim. 6: 6-19 / LK 16:19-31 Intro: John was a very lonely, wealthy old man. He had worked hard all his life and built a great business and made loads of money. But, he was all alone. One Sunday evening as he was talking a walk to clear his head, he was drawn to a church ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Denn Guptill avatar

    Survivor: A Matter Of Finishing Series

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on Oct 23, 2001
    based on 35 ratings
     | 3,468 views

    Part four in Television series, looks at how we need to start, continue and finish.

    So, who’s it going to be? The dentist, the bartender or the deputy? We know it won’t be the postal worker as she was the first person voted off this Thursday. When Survivor Two began in Australia last winter the smart money was on Kel Gleason, the US Army intelligence officer who graduated ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • Don Hawks avatar

    You Get What You Order Series

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Oct 15, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,875 views

    What is the best way to get what you want? Ask for it! Jesus said, "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you!" In many ways life is like a restaurant, because YOU GET WHAT YOU ORDER! The second guid

    Matthew 7:7-8 ‘Ask, and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you. For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who searches finds, and for everyone who knocks, the door will be opened. INTRODUCTION: You’ll decide what you want and it will ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Methodist

  • Rick Stacy avatar

    What? No Offering Plates? Series

    Contributed by Rick Stacy on Nov 10, 2002
    based on 40 ratings
     | 5,332 views

    Sermon 2 of 5 on why we do what we do in church. At the Meridian Christian Church we don’t pass an offering plate. Did you ever wonder why?

    Luke 7:36-50 (NCV) 36 One of the Pharisees asked Jesus to eat with him, so Jesus went into the Pharisee’s house and sat at the table. 37 A sinful woman in the town learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisee’s house. So she brought an alabaster jar of perfume 38 and stood behind Jesus at his ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ