Sermons on God Is Up To Something:

Elijah Taken Up (2 Kings 2)

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Jul 12, 2025

Was Elijah taken up to heaven or into the sky and transported to a place of retirement? Let's look at 2 Kings 2.

Was Elijah one of only two prophets seemingly taken directly to heaven or was he transported in the air to a location on earth? Let’s look at 2 Kings 2. Did it seem like all the prophets knew that God was going to take Elijah? Now when the Lord was about to take Elijah up to heaven by a ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Make Me Over Again

Contributed by Travelle Northern on May 31, 2004

David tries to cover up his sin,he had to be made over again.

Make me over Again 2nd Samuel 12: 7-16 It was the time when David became involved in the double sin of adultery and murder while he was king. He had walked with God for many years. He had gained a reputation as a prophet, a man who understood the deep things of God; and he had established ...read more

Scripture: 2 Samuel 12:7-16, Psalm 51:1-13

Denomination: Church Of God

Second Chance (Jonah) Series

Contributed by C. Philip Green on May 29, 2025

When you’re down, look up in prayer, speak up in repentance, and listen up to the lessons God is teaching you.

Jack Eppolito from Tulsa, Oklahoma, was hurrying his 11-year-old daughter to school. He turned right on red where it was prohibited. “Oh, oh,” he said, realizing his mistake. “I just made an illegal turn.” “It's all right,” his daughter replied. “The police car behind us did the same thing” ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 1:1-17, Jonah 2:1-10, Jonah 3:1-10, Jonah 4:1-11, Romans 10:11-13, Genesis 12:1-3, Ephesians 1:11-12, Colossians 3:14  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical Free

The Compassionate Life

Contributed by Daniel Haas on Oct 31, 2008

How do you live up to the golden rule?

- How can humans be commanded to love? - It’s not about affection but compassion - Jesus lead a compassionate life (friend of sinners and tax-collectors) and was prosecuted for that - Teacher to the Pharisees - 12-year-old in the temple - Golden Rule: "He who has the gold, makes ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 22:34-40

Denomination: Congregational

Watch Out For The Wrong Turns

Contributed by John Perry on Jan 30, 2011

Making a wrong turn in life is something that anyone of us can & does do but the real failure is the failure to correct them.

Bunbury Sun am 30/01/2011 “Watch out for the wrong turns” Intro: Saul was a man who had great potential ………. Not only this but God had made great promises to him. But when we look at the end of Saul’s life we see that somewhere he went tragically wrong. As a ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 31:1-6

Denomination: Pentecostal

Planting God's Flowers In The Devil's Dirt

Contributed by Mark Roper on May 16, 2008

Compromise is a cancer that destroys. We must stand up for what we believe.

PLANTING GOD’S FLOWERS IN THE DEVIL’S DIRT Topic: COMPROMISE Illustration: Don’t Negotiate With Satan A hunter raised his rifle and took careful aim at a large bear. When about to pull the trigger, the bear spoke in a soft soothing voice, "Isn’t it better to talk than to shoot? What do you ...read more

Scripture: Daniel 1:1-20

Denomination: Church Of God

It's All About God

Contributed by Perry Greene on Sep 25, 2018

We get caught up with our wants and comorts, etc. within our churches and forget that it is all about God.

1. Several years ago I worked for a very large church in another state. a. There are good things about large churches b. There are bad things about large churches c. I asked my secretary to make a banner for me that I hung over the door inside my office: “It’s not about you!” 2. Sometimes we need ...read more

Scripture: 1 Chronicles 28:2-6

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Yet Another Sign? Series

Contributed by Larry Hale on Aug 8, 2023

This message was written after reading of the drying up of the Euphrates River.

“Yet Another Sign?” – written after reading of the drying up the Euphrates River – Larry Hale – July 30, 2023 In 2022 I taught a series of sermons entitled "Signs of the End Times". In that study, the birth and life of the Messiah was the first prophecy we examined. We discovered ...read more

Scripture: Daniel 11:36-45, Revelation 9:13-17, Revelation 16:12

Don't Give Up, Don't Give In, Give It All You've Got

Contributed by Steve Sheek on Oct 1, 2018

Close out of the Torah reading cycle. Stories of biblical characters and their struggles.

20180922 Parsha 151 Tree of Life Messianic Congregation Houston. Give up, give in, or give it all you’ve got Blessing Today is the day we close out the Torah cycle that we have been on since the beginning of Tree of Life back in February 2016. We had decided to do the three year cycle rather than ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 4:4, John 16:33

Denomination: *other

God's Secret Agents

Contributed by Mike Holland on May 10, 2011

Fear keeps us from reaching out and connecting with the Angels God has sent to minister to us. In this sermon outline we look at "how to get That hook Up."

psalm 46:1-7 Psa 46:1 God is our refuge and strength,an ever-present (reliable = really able) help in trouble. Psa 46:2 Therefore we will not fear,(more oppertunity to fear in american than ever before) though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, Psa 46:3 though its ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 46:1-7

Denomination: Methodist

Discovering The Kingdom Of God Series

Contributed by Chuck Hill on Oct 19, 2006

There is something in us that drives us to search for the ultimate purpose or significance with which to live for. This drive to search is not simply a choice we make…but rather a necessity which drives us. The purpose for which we were created is to par

Discovering the Kingdom of God Message #1 Pastor Chuck Hill – Trinity Fellowship Church Sunday, October 08, 2006 I know you like to laugh…and so this morning I thought I would share a few funny episodes that happened with Children. Listen to these: A father was at the beach with his children ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:33

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Wrestling With God Series

Contributed by Vic Folkert on Mar 23, 2018

In the darkness, which we all feel at times, Jacob wrestles with God. He asks for assurances of blessing (which he already had), but instead, he gets God! Jesus also wrestles in the garden, giving up control, and God raises him from the dead.

WRESTLING WITH GOD—Genesis 32 (Children’s Message: afraid of the dark?) Are you afraid of the dark—or the darkness? Maybe the darkness is in the hospital, or a war zone, or you found yourself jobless or on the edge of bankruptcy. Maybe the darkness was anguish over children, or marital ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 32:1-32

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Home And The Child Series

Contributed by Dr. Baby Ruth Hablo on Jan 23, 2005

(Devotional Series 8/50)What a home for the child to grow up in! In this study, we can learn something about the portrait of God-centered home and child.

THE HOME AND THE CHILD Judges 13:15-25 Devotional Series I. Portrait of God-centered home. What a home for the child to grow up in! Imagine: A. Its Unity - the whole story shows the lovely spirit existed between Manoah and his wife; they discussed everything together and served the Lord ...read more

Scripture: Judges 13:15-25

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

8th Sunday After Pentecost. August 3rd, 2025. Series

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Jul 25, 2022

Year C, Proper 13.

Hosea 11:1-11, Psalm 107:1-9, Psalm 107:43, Ecclesiastes 1:1-2, Ecclesiastes 1:12-14, Ecclesiastes 2:18-23, Psalm 49:1-12, Colossians 3:1-11, Luke 12:13-21. A). A STIRRING IN THE HEART OF GOD. Hosea 11:1-11. Through His speaking in the first person, and in what He says, this chapter offers ...read more

Scripture: Hosea 11:1-11, Psalm 107:1-9, Psalm 107:43, Ecclesiastes 1:1-2, Ecclesiastes 1:12-14, Ecclesiastes 2:18-23, Psalm 49:1-12, Colossians 3:1-11, Luke 12:13-21  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

You Were Shaped For Serving God Series

Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Feb 17, 2004

This sermon gives instruction and teaching on our up coming Solemn Assembly (week of repentance)

You were Shaped For Serving God February 15, 2004 Ephesians 2 8For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God-- 9not by works, so that no one can boast. 10For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which ...read more

Scripture: Joel 2:12-19

Denomination: *other