Sermons on Gods Good Hand:

Good News And Good Deeds Make Good Sense Series

Contributed by Dr. George Calhoun on Oct 20, 2008

Jesus modeled and taught an evangelistic strategy of combining the Great Commandment with the Great Commission.

In his book, Building a Contagious Church, Mark Mittleberg asks us to join him in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan. As you walk up to the large arena, you see a mass of young people in line for a concert. The headline act is shock-rockeer Marilyn Manson (named after Marilyn Monroe and mass ...read more

Scripture: Luke 9:1-2

Denomination: Baptist

Um-Um-Good.

Contributed by Larry Turner on Mar 25, 2014

There is nothing bitter, sour, or too salty about God's Word. It is sweet as honey. Taste it for yourself.

I love food. I love to eat. I just love the taste of food. But I have a problem. I do not listen to my fullness alert. My love for the taste of food outweighs my desire just to eat enough. If I am not careful, it can become an addiction, leading to being overweight and health problems. I am still ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 34:8, Hebrews 6:4-6

Denomination: Foursquare

A Model Of Good Works

Contributed by Billy Reese on Sep 24, 2018

A exhortation to all belivers becoming full circle and well balanced. Becoming complete in Christ as a model of good works.

A Model of Good Works Titus 2:7-15 & Colossians 3:16-17 Introduction: Paul exhortation to all believers that they become full circle and well balanced in their faith and the challenge to live that well-balanced Christian life every day. We are to become complete in Christ as a model of good works. ...read more

Scripture: Titus 2:7-15, Colossians 3:16-17

Denomination: Baptist

The Fruit Of The Spirit: Goodness

Contributed by Simon Bartlett on Jul 22, 2023

The Holy Spirit wants us to grow in the quality of goodness. But what is goodness? How can we find the path of goodness?

For the past three weeks we’ve been focusing on two verses in Paul’s letter to the Galatians. Paul wrote, ‘But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law’ [Galatians 5:22-23] In these famous ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 5:22-23

Denomination: Baptist

Bad Advice From Good People Series

Contributed by Jason Jones on Feb 28, 2009

Exposition of Acts 21:1-15 about Paul hearing from two believers that he is out of the will of God, and how he goes on to Jerusalem as planned

Text: Acts 21:1-15, Title: Bad Advice from Good People, Date/Place: NRBC, 3/1/09, AM Opening illustration: Pastor’s Conferences. Never have more children than you have car windows. Never loan your car to someone to whom you have given birth. Pick your friends carefully. A “friend” never goes on a ...read more

Scripture: Acts 21:1-15

Denomination: Baptist

How I Know God Is Good

Contributed by Ivan Casteel on Jul 21, 2006

TO SHOW GOD IS GOOD REGARDLESS OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES

HOW I KNOW GOD IS GOOD 1 Chronicles 16:34 (1 Chr 16:34 KJV) "O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever." (Ezra 3:11 KJV) "And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the LORD; because he is good…” (Psa 100:5 KJV) "For the LORD is ...read more

Scripture: 1 Chronicles 16:34

Denomination: Baptist

Spinning Out Of Control

Contributed by Mike Hullah on Apr 3, 2018

For those who feel their life is spinning out of control, it probably is, but if you are on the wheel of God rest assured it will make you or if you resist break you. Lessons from The Potter.

THE WHEEL OF GOD Jeremiah 18:1-3 -v3 Then I went down to the potter’s house, and there he was, making something on the wheel. The word for wheel in the Hebrew is a word picture—it literally means two stones. The potter would simply use their feet to turn the clay, freeing up his hands to shape ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 18:1-3

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Do Good Men Make Good Fathers?

Contributed by Gregory Mc Donald on Sep 5, 2011

Training and proper discipline based on love will result in a family that will be a true testimony of God's grace. And the buck stops with you, dad! You are the one who will stand before a holy God and answer for the way your children are raised.

DO GOOD MEN MAKE GOOD FATHERS? 1 SAMUEL 2-4 A father of five children had won a toy at a raffle...so he called his kids together to decide which one of them should get the present. So he asked them, "Who is the most obedient... who never talks back to your mother...who does everything she says?" ...read more

Good News, Bad News

Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Jan 10, 2001

There are bad things which need to be extinguished from our lives and good things that need to be added.

GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS Col. 3:5-9, 12-14 INTRO.- We’ve all heard some of those “good news, bad news” jokes and I want to share a few this morning, because that’s what life is full of: both good news and bad news. Good news: Did you all know that Gary Saveley made the Olympic javelin team which is ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 3:5-9

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Keep Up The Good Work! Series

Contributed by Jonathan Mcleod on May 18, 2010

You reap what you sow.

[To receive free sermons by email each week, please contact jonrmcleod@yahoo.com] WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND How many of you have already done some gardening this spring? Anyone plant any seeds? There is a principle in agriculture and in Scripture: You reap what you sow. Do not be deceived: ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 6:7-10

Denomination: Baptist

Even The Bad Times Are Good

Contributed by Joe Mack Cherry on Apr 16, 2021

Joseph's life is a testament to God's promise that He is always there and He can bless us even in the hardest of times.

Even the Bad Times Are Good By Joe Mack Cherry I. Introduction A. Country Music 1. Building a sermon around the sentiment of a country music song could get a little dicey. 2. There were a few wholesome songs for us old enough to remember them. 3. Thus, the title of today’s lesson B. Even the ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 39:23

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Have Hand Strength, But No Heart- Strength.

Contributed by James Dina on Jun 12, 2021

"Many people have enough hand strength, but no heart-strength to profit with it. Strength without grace and holiness serves little, and without prudence, it serves nothing"

HAVE HAND STRENGTH, BUT NO HEART- STRENGTH. "Indeed, what profit is the strength of their hands to me? " (Job 30:2a) NKJV "Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the grave, where you are going, there is neither working nor planning nor knowledge nor ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 9:10

Denomination: Pentecostal

"Take Them By The Hand And Lead Them"

Contributed by Clarence Eisberg on Jun 16, 2009

a Father’s day message. Stories remind fathers that they are important in leading their children to Jesus, enabling their sons and daughters to know God’s love from their example.

In Jesus Holy Name June 21, 2009 Text: Ephesians 6:2,5:16-18 (The Message) Father’s Day “Take Them by The Hand and Lead Them” Two weeks ago, the June 8th cover of Sports Illustrated placed on their cover a 16 year old Bryce Harper with this caption: “Baseball’s Chosen One”. According ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:2

Denomination: Lutheran

July 4th

Contributed by Fr. Damien Evangelista on Jul 10, 2020

Love of God and Patriotism go hand in hand.

The Gospel tells us that the seemingly innocent question about paying taxes posed in the Gospel by the Sadducees was contrived to entrap Jesus. How so? If the Lord said that taxes should be paid to Caesar, then Jesus would be despised by the Jews, who’d see him as a traitor to his race. The ...read more

Scripture: Luke 20:19-26

Do Good!

Contributed by Amiri Hooker on May 4, 2017

I think when you look at this text in the Prophet Micah what is going on he is preaching against the reality of business as normal. The Is a sermon that challenges the idea that the beliver can be faithful to God and not do the work of Justice

Do Good, Micah 6 Micah was one of those eighth-century prophets (along with First Isaiah, Amos, and Hosea) who had the unhappy call "to declare to Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin" (Micah 3:8). The problem, in Micah's view (not to mention God's) was the failure of God's people to ...read more

Scripture: Micah 6:1-6

Denomination: United Methodist