Sermons on God Owns Us:

God Has A Need For Us

Contributed by Preacher Fo Real on Dec 21, 2008

Combining faith with works

As the saved children of God, we believe, know and understand that God saved us because of his grace, mercy and love for us. Paul instructs Timothy and each of us in 2 Timothy 1:9, “Who hath saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 1:9

Denomination: *other

The Spirit God Gave Us

Contributed by Michael Stark on Aug 21, 2020

The Spirit of God lives in each twice-born follower of Christ. Because He lives in us, we are enabled to walk in power, to love as God loves, and to act with divine wisdom. God calls us to be controlled by the Spirit He placed in each of us.

“God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.” [1] She was a recent convert to Christ, and she was in tears when she phoned me. The lady was suffering from disquieting events that were occurring each night. Each evening after retiring to her bed, a malevolent presence ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 1:7

Denomination: Baptist

When God Works For Us

Contributed by Kenneth Henes on Jun 21, 2001

Romans 8:28 discusses how God works in us by answering two questions about his work in us.

All of us need someone on our side. I played college basketball with a man that I would take Galen Winters on my team for any basketball game. We played two years of college basketball together, and we missed him when he graduated. He was a scrappy and smart player who simply gave his best in the ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:28-39

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

How God Uses Failure

Contributed by Sajayan Chacko on Jan 24, 2024

Some Powerful Steps How to Overcome Failure in Life and Bounce Back

How God Uses Failure (Exodus 2:11-25) “HOW TO LEARN FROM FAILURE Some Powerful Steps How to Overcome Failure in Life and Bounce Back Life of Moses/Peter Luke 22:54-61 john 21:3 • Shame over past failures and sins can haunt and inhibit us in many ways. • And Satan seeks to steal and destroy our ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 2:11-25

Denomination: Assembly Of God

The Hope Of Christmas - God With Us Series

Contributed by Scott Kircher on Dec 23, 2011

Where is our hope in a world that seems hopeless

The Hope of Christmas – God with Us The Legend of the Three Trees – Read by Joe & Joy Kelley Thank you Joe and Joy. Slide I enjoy that story because it helps to reveal how God perfectly works things out for His glory and our ultimate good, even during times when we can’t see it ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 1:23

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

God Can Use You!

Contributed by David Cook on Jul 3, 2010

God can use you in spite of your past, to minister to others, to impact eternity!

Illus: When I played Little league baseball, we lost 99% of the games we played in for the first year and a half. The Bad News Bears was a popular movie around that time and people considered our team, the Bad News Realtors. As the second season begin to come to a close our team was beginning to ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 2:1-24

Denomination: Baptist

The Kind Of People God Uses

Contributed by Kevin L. Jones on Nov 16, 2014

A sermon examining the fact that God uses ordinary people to accomplish extraordinary things.

THE KIND OF PEOPLE GOD USES Luke 6:12-16 (Antioch Baptist Church: Sunday, January 4th, 2026) Throughout History, ordinary people have been called by God to do extraordinary things. For example, Moses was tending sheep on the backside of the desert when God appeared to him in a burning bush ...read more

Scripture: Luke 6:12-16

Denomination: Baptist

Will God Still Use Me?

Contributed by Denise Davis on Jan 5, 2012

How many times have you been told to let go of the past but yet you find yourself thinking about those things that still causes you to feel hurt, shame, and pain.

The weapon of choice for the Devil is to show us our mistakes and failures over and over. How many times have you been told to let go of the past but yet you find yourself thinking about those things that still causes you to feel hurt, shame, and pain. It seems like it's a recording in your mind ...read more

Scripture: John 6:37

Denomination: *other

A Donkey In God's Plan Series

Contributed by Guy Caley on Mar 24, 2002

If God can use a donkey, then he can use you. The donkey’s preparartion for royal service is a guide for us.

Introduction Surely the text couldn’t have said a donkey. A white stallion, even a Camel, I’d take the old gray mare before a donkey. It’s pretty amazing don’t you think? The first truly public acknowledgment of Jesus of Nazareth as the Messiah and he comes, as predicted in a way that seems, ...read more

Scripture: Zechariah 9:9-11, Matthew 21:1-9, John 12:12-16

Denomination: Assembly Of God

God Loves Us Too Much To Leave Us

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Dec 7, 2022

God wants a holy people, worshiping rightly and living rightly. He loves us too much to leave us in sin.

Saturday of the 2nd Week in Advent Recently it was time for me to prune a couple of grapevines growing in our garden. We don’t actually harvest the fruit; they provide attractive foliage on our two arbors and give the birds something to eat. The psalmist speaks of God’s people, Israel, as His ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 17:9-13, 1 Kings 17:1-24

Denomination: Catholic

If God Is For Us, It Does Not Matter Who Is Against Us Series

Contributed by Don Campbell on Oct 23, 2025

This is the 7th sermon in the series.

IF GOD IS FOR US, IT DOES NOT MATTER WHO IS AGAINST US PSALM 119:49-56 INTRODUCTION A. Was David afraid that God had forgotten his word, destroying any hope that David had? In one sense, God does forget some things in that he does not hold them against us. However, that does not make him a ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 119:49-56

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The God Who Turns To Us

Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Dec 23, 2005

What Christmas is all about is this: that God hasn’t turned on us; He has turned to us.

First Presbyterian Church Wichita Falls, Texas Christmas Eve 1997 THE GOD WHO TURNS TO US Isaac Butterworth Matthew 1:22-23 (NIV) Not long ago, I heard about a conversation some second graders were having about Santa -- whether old Saint Nick was real or not. One child said that ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 1:22-23

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

How God Leads Us Series

Contributed by Dean Rhine on Aug 5, 2019

Lessons from the way God led Paul

Acts 13 - How God Leads Us - 5/21/17 Turn with me this morning to Acts 13. We have been going through this transitional book, taking us from the ministry of Jesus to the establishment of the church. We see in the Great Commission, Jesus tells his disciples to take the gospel to Jerusalem, Judea, ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

God With Us Brings Joy Series

Contributed by Stephen Sheane on Feb 10, 2021

Joy comes when we worry about nothing, pray about everything, give thanks in all things and think about the right things

GOD WITH US BRINGS JOY Years ago there was a farmer in Nova Scotia who owned land along the Atlantic seacoast. He constantly advertised for hired hands. Most people were reluctant to work on farms along the Atlantic. They dreaded the awful storms that would come up, wreaking havoc on the buildings ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:8-12, Philippians 4:4-8

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

Why Will God Help Us? Series

Contributed by Preacher Fo Real on Aug 13, 2007

Redo of Armed to be set free

Why will God help us? (2 Chronicles 7:11-22; 2nd Kings 6:15-17) A child of God The natural reaction of most of parents is to come running when their children are in trouble. Most parents are very protective of their children even if the child does not always act right. God is just as ...read more

Scripture: 2 Chronicles 7:11-22

Denomination: *other