Sermons on God Seeks Us:

God Pursued Us

Contributed by Diana Ball on Dec 17, 2008

A message of how a loving God made Himself smaller for us, so that we could grow larger in Him through Jesus Christ.

I heard the story once of a great Cherokee wood carver. He took logs and sat them on a stump outside his back door and sat in front of that log sometimes for hours just staring at it. Finally, he would pick up his carving tools and start carving the most beautiful of things out of the wood. He ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 7:14

Denomination: Nazarene

Emmanuel: God Is With Us

Contributed by Jerry Stepp on Dec 27, 2008

A look at 3 points of the Lord Jesus Christ being with us.

Emmanuel: God Is With Us Matthew 1:18-23 KJV I look at the name of Christ and my mind goes begins to wonder about other names in the Bible, and what they mean. This name Emmanuel has a profound meaning not just to the saint, but unto the World. “God with Us” My friends, it doesn’t get any better ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 1:18-23

Denomination: Baptist

God Among Us Series

Contributed by Kevin Ruffcorn on Jan 6, 2009

The God of all creation pours his grace into our lives through the birth of Jesus, the gift of faith, and inclusion into his family

John 1:10-18 “God Among Us” INTRODUCTION As many know, Faye and I will become grandparents in May. In preparation for this exciting event, Faye decided to send a baby quilt to our son, Ryan. This, however, was no ordinary baby quilt. It was the quilt that Faye’s mother had made for Ryan when ...read more

Scripture: John 1:10-18

Denomination: Lutheran

God's Gift To Us

Contributed by Ron Murphy on Dec 12, 2007

(Thanks be to another contributor for the outline) How do you measure God’s Gift to us? Here are three ways.

Introduction I. It is almost here; that special time of year called Christmas, A. That time of year when some family members travel great distances, just to be together. B. That time of year when life gets extremely busy, what with all the shopping, wrapping of gifts, extra church activities, ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 4:7-12

Denomination: Methodist

Immanuel: God With Us Series

Contributed by Harold Jenkerson on Dec 15, 2007

God’s coming into the world in human form was to be no surprise to the believer.

Immanuel: God Is With Us Scripture: Matthew 1:18-25 Theme: God has done what all humanity desires, but questions whether He will. Illustration: Ancient civilizations visualized God in human and animal form and in the modern age many pictures have been given to us to visualize God. Introduction ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 1:18-25

Denomination: Baptist

Getting Use To God Series

Contributed by Tim Larrimore on Sep 17, 2009

THE PROBLEM OF GETTING USE TO GOD

GETTING USE TO GOD Text: 1 Chronicles 13:1-12 Intro: 1. King David consults with the leaders of Israel. ** They gave him the wrong advice. Nu 4:15 And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward; after ...read more

Scripture: 1 Chronicles 13:1-12

Denomination: Baptist

Vessels For God's Use

Contributed by Ed Wood on May 24, 2007

All of God’s people are a vessel of some kind.

VESSELS FOR GOD’S USE 2 Timothy 2:19-21 INTRO: All of God’s people are a vessel of some kind. We are either a vessel that brings honor to Him, or we are a vessel that dishonors His name. Which kind of vessel are you? Paul teaches us what God expects of each of us in his instructions to Timothy, ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 2:19-21, 2 Timothy 2:19-26, 2 Timothy 2:19

Denomination: Baptist

God Working In Us

Contributed by Colin Coombs on Sep 1, 2006

God saves us by His mercy, then supplies us through His riches, and also strengthens us by His power.

GOD WORKING IN US I ACCORDING TO HIS MERCY HE SAVES US Titus 3:4-5 When God our Saviour revealed his kindness and love, He saved us, not because of the righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He washed away our sins, giving us a new birth and new life through the Holy Spirit. ...read more

Scripture: Titus 3:4-5

Denomination: Independent/Bible

God's Heritage: Us! Series

Contributed by Byron Harvey on Feb 5, 2007

Eighth in a series taken from Ephesians 1, this series delves into the riches that we know through our relationship with Christ.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder… Show personal “artifacts” (at this point, I displayed a number of personal items that had great value to me, but which would have no value to anyone else); “the fair market value of these items is about 2 cents, give or take…" To you? Worthless. To me? ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 1:11-12

Denomination: Evangelical Free

Immanuel-God With Us

Contributed by Paul Wallace on Oct 15, 2003

Immanuel - God has always been with man, but He came as a man to help us know God. He has always been with you.

Immanuel – God With Us 10-19-03 Matthew 1:22-25 Matthew 1:22-25 (NIV) 22 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: 23 "The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel"--which means, "God with us." 24 When Joseph woke up, ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 1:23, Matthew 1:22-25

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

God's Power In Us

Contributed by Ian Lyall on Sep 28, 2005

Paul’s prayer in Ephesians 3 is that his readers may be filled with God’s love and his power. We do not realise the full potential available to us

We come to the third of our sermons on the Epistle to the Ephesians, and this morning it’s chapter three, verses 14 to 21. This is one of Paul’s prayers; the second he prays in this epistle for the Ephesian Christians. Here we see his love and his concern for these Christians; he’s worried for ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 3:14-21

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

The Man God Uses

Contributed by Gene Gregory on Aug 12, 2006

Deacon Ordination Message drawn from the life of John the Baptist.

THE MAN GOD USES - John 1:6, 19-23; 3:22-36 I would like you to think this morning, about what a great time this was. More than 4000 years before this date, there in the Garden of Eden, God had promised the coming of One Who would crush the serpent’s head with His heal. Thousands of years had ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

If God Is Against Us... Series

Contributed by W Pittendreigh on Oct 21, 2002

In Nahum, God says, "I am against you." We like to emphasize one of the verses of Nahum: "God is slow to anger..." but there is a limit to God’s patience. What happens when we continually turn our backs on God?

IF GOD IS AGAINST US By Maynard Pittendreigh Nahum 1:1-15 1 An oracle concerning Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite. 2 The LORD is a jealous and avenging God; the LORD takes vengeance and is filled with wrath. The LORD takes vengeance on his foes and maintains his wrath ...read more

Scripture: Nahum 1:1-15

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

God Uses A Skeptic

Contributed by Tim Patrick on Aug 17, 2007

Discover how God uses unlikely vessels, such as Sarah (who laughed at God), to accomplishment His work.

To introduce this sermon the following can be done. • Walk to the platform and ask, “How many of you have heard of ‘Amazing Grace?’” (Most every hand will go up.) • Next say: “Amazing Grace is one of the most popular hymns of all time. God used a rather unlikely candidate to write that hymn.” John ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 11:11

Denomination: Baptist

God Knows Us Series

Contributed by Leroy Redding on Jul 10, 2007

Psalm 139 #1

GOD KNOWS US Psalm 139:1-6 We live in a day of proliferating knowledge. The fund that makes up human knowledge I understand has doubled every two years since 1960. Amazing, isn’t it? And now is doubling at the rate of every 18 months. Just think, our field of knowledge DOUBLES every 18 months! ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 139:1-6

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational