Sermons on God Blessed The Seventh Day:

Rediscovering Rest Series

Contributed by Brian Bill on Jan 9, 2023

Because God rested, we must rediscover rest to be refreshed.

Last October, when Lucas and our daughter Megan still lived in New York, we drove to see them for a long weekend. Normally, we leave early in the morning for our east coast road trips, but that week we couldn’t leave until after lunch on Thursday. Our thought was we’d drive until we were tired, ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 2:1-3

Denomination: Baptist

Election Day

Contributed by Tony Shaw Sr. on Feb 23, 2001

This sermon looks at the doctrine of "election" as described and illustrated in the Holy Word.

ELECTION DAY Text: Joshua 24:15 Election day for a nation is a very exciting occasion, especially this last election. But election day for an individual - his or her own personal election day - is of far greater importance to to them. It is the day they decide their ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 24:15, 2 Peter 3:9

Denomination: Baptist

A Day To Sacrifice Series

Contributed by Rick Burdette on Mar 18, 2013

Mercy, God's will, gifts

A DAY TO SACRIFICE Romans 12: 1-8 (p789) March 17, 2013 INTRODUCTION: I have a great fear for Christians who live their lives without much difficulty….And I’m not talking about the difficulties that come as a result of living in a fallen world in a temporary body…(you ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:1-8

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Day One Series

Contributed by Sean Harder on Jun 24, 2009

We do not only need to know the story of creation, but we need to see how we are part of it and how it all becomes relevant for our lives today.

The entire story of the Bible from the Israelites as God’s chosen people, to the Christian church, is about not being the same as the rest of the culture. God has always asked us to be different from the majority culture that we live in. Toward the end of the 20th century and into the 21st century ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 1:1-5

This Is The Day PRO Sermon

Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Dec 22, 2023

The sermon encourages trusting God in all circumstances, recognizing every day as a divine gift, and finding joy in His presence, regardless of life's challenges.

Good morning, dear family of God. It is a joy to be gathered together in His presence, to share in the fellowship of His Word. We are here by divine appointment this Lord’s Day. God has a message for us today, a message of hope, of joy, and of His enduring love. I am reminded of the words of the ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 118:24

Topics: Rejoice

God Is Generous

Contributed by Pr. Lynell Aljoe-Thurman on Sep 21, 2008

God can help us intimes of economic despair and crises.

Prayer: O God, we are so please that you are here with us. We find comfort and joy in knowing that you walk beside us. You are a merciful God. Lord you will be done. I call forth the light of Christ to protect this community of faith. Heal our community Lord. Help us to move forward in a way ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 20:1-16

Denomination: Lutheran

Double Blessings!

Contributed by Bala Samson on Aug 28, 2014

The insights gleaned through the sufferings and agony in the life of Job is humongous! Through sufferings, pain and agony, we sure have invisible blessings!

More! Job 42:12”And the LORD blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning. And he had 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.” The insights gleaned through the sufferings and agony in the life of Job is humongous! Through sufferings, pain ...read more

Scripture: Job 42:12

Denomination: Pentecostal

Labor Day

Contributed by Rick Boyne on Aug 30, 2018

We must be involved in the work for God’s glory and His Kingdom!

Labor Day September 2, 2018 Morning Service Immanuel Baptist Church, Wagoner, OK Rick Boyne Message Point: We must be involved in the work for God’s glory and His Kingdom! Focus Passage: Matthew 9:35-38 (Pew Bible page 1121) Introduction: Labor Day in the United States is a public holiday ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 9:35-38

Denomination: Baptist

Is Today Your Day?

Contributed by Charlie Roberts on Jun 3, 2018

Sometimes, the plan that God has to bless us, doesn’t always make perfect sense to us, Guess what? It doesn’t have to! You know why? Because it's God's Plan and not your plan!

Ephesians 5:8-10,15-17 NIV For you were once(P) darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light(Q) 9 (for the fruit(R) of the light consists in all goodness,(S)righteousness and truth) 10 and find out what pleases the Lord. 15-17 So, then, be careful how you live. Do not be ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:8-10

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Blessed Is The Man

Contributed by Jerry Smith on Jul 5, 2014

Dear Christian, how much grief befalls us because we fail to listen to the Word of God? Because we fail to RECOGNIZE the counsel of ungodly? Because we fail to AVOID areas and thoughts that lead us to sin? Because we think LIGHTLY of sin.

The process: Ungodliness leads to sin, and sin leads to making a mock at sin. The idea: To start with walking in counsel that is ungodly leads to opening yourself up to outright sin, which in turn leads to feeling comfortable with it and where we eventually become numb to it and begin to laugh at ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 1:1

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Freedom Day

Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Sep 5, 2023

All our days were given by God and belong to God; but on the Sabbath day he gives us freedom as well.

Leah didn’t know why she kept coming to the synagogue. She counted the days up in her head... every seven days for eighteen years, it had to be at least 400 times, she thought. At first people were sorry for her, and someone would take her arm to help her up the steps to section reserved for the ...read more

Scripture: Luke 13:10-17

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Bless The Lord Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Feb 25, 2019

We often think of God blessing us, but what about us blessing God? David gives us some good reasons to bless God. Check out these thoughts from our Family Minister, Scott Jewell.

Read Psalm 103:1-5 Brother Roger, a reformed minister, moved to Taizé, France in 1940 to re-establish a form of monastic communal living that had been a tradition in that area back in medieval times. The community became known as a place for the down and out. In the 60s, young adults began ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Blessings Of Obedience Series

Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Aug 22, 2013

Heart-fellowship with God is enjoyed by a love for God's Word through which God communes with the soul by His Holy Spirit. So our psalmist delights in the fact that those who walk in wholehearted obedience to the Law, or the Word of God, are blessed.

PSALM 119: 1-8 [The Ministry of The Word Series] BLESSINGS OF OBEDIENCE [Psalm 1] Heart-fellowship with God is enjoyed by a love for God's Word through which God communes with the soul by His Holy Spirit (CIT). So our psalmist delights in the fact that those who walk in wholehearted ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 119:1-8

Denomination: Baptist

Remember The Sabbath Day

Contributed by Dwight Davis on Aug 18, 2023

This sermon takes a careful and honest look at what the Fourth Commandment is saying to Christians today. Does there still remain a " Sabbath rest for the people of God."?

NOTE TO READER: **There is a fairly brief, yet somewhat in-depth fill-in-the-blank Bible study immediately following this sermon. I included it in hopes that it may help fellow Christians who are not Sabbatarian to better understand some of this sermon's content. There is a statement in this ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 20:8-11, Romans 1:18-20, Deuteronomy 6:10-12, Exodus 16:4-28, Matthew 11:28-30, Isaiah 58:13  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

For Mothers' Day

Contributed by David Mcnally on Mar 27, 2011

We are commanded to honour our fathers and our mothers. This is not an option. Jesus honoured his mother Mary, who is a wonderful role model for all mothers. The mother of Jesus experienced unhappiness on several occasions but she is 'blessed among women'

Exodus 20:12 SERMON – A word for Mothers’ Day I saw somewhere, ‘A Job Description for Mothers’. 1. This is a permanent job. 2. The successful applicant must be prepared to work hard. 3. The workplace is often a challenging and chaotic environment. 4. Applicants must ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 20:12

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational