Sermons on God Shut The Door:

From This Day On: Unlocking The Floodgates Of God's Favor In 2024

Contributed by Jm Raja Lawrence on Dec 31, 2023

Forget resolutions! This year, we unleash a spiritual tsunami! Through faith, generosity, and God's will, let's flood 2024 with His abundant blessings! Learn how to unlock God’s favor in 2024 by being generous, seeking His kingdom, and stepping through the open door He has prepared for you.

From This Day On: Unlocking the Floodgates of God's Favor in 2024 (Haggai 2:19, Malachi 3:10) Introduction: Happy New Year, everyone! I hope you are all excited and hopeful for what God has in store for us in 2024. As we enter this new year, I want to share with you a message that God has ...read more

Scripture: Haggai 2:19, Malachi 3:10, Proverbs 11:24-25, Matthew 6:33, Joshua 1:9  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Power Unleashed Series

Contributed by Rick Duncan on Sep 2, 2005

We need Him to open doors for us. We need Him to lift the weight that we can’t lift. We need Him to do things for us that we can’t do for ourselves. A simple question: Has the power of God been unleashed in your life?

What if God showed up in ways in your life that simply defy human explanation? What if He did for you something that you could not do for yourself? What if the stamp of the supernatural was such a part of your life that everyone around you said, “Look at what’s happening for him. Look at what’s ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 53:1-3, Isaiah 53:1

Denomination: Baptist

Empty Vessels!

Contributed by Bala Samson on Jan 29, 2015

Have you ever been in a situation which looked absolutely hopeless? Situations in your life look so grim that you feel that there is no way out, are you there? I want to tell you today that God would make a way for you! Amen.

Empty vessels! 2 King 4:3”Then he said, "Go outside, borrow vessels from all your neighbors, empty vessels and not too few.4 Then go in and shut the door behind yourself and your sons and pour into all these vessels. And when one is full, set it aside." When you shut the door behind ...read more

Scripture: 2 Kings 4:1-10

Denomination: Pentecostal

Genesis Chapter 7: The Beginning Of Judgment And The Preservation Of The Righteous By Pastor Joseph Ondu Series

Contributed by Joseph Ondu on Nov 17, 2025

Genesis 7 calls every believer to be like Noah faithful, obedient, and unwavering so that when the storms of life come, we will be found in the place of safety that God has prepared.

Genesis Chapter 7: The Beginning of Judgment and the Preservation of the Righteous Introduction Genesis chapter 7 marks the unfolding of the divine judgment God had warned about in the previous chapter. The time of mercy and waiting had ended, and the moment of action arrived. While the ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 7:1

Denomination: Pentecostal

Live Your Life Like You Mean It

Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Nov 12, 2010

We cannot shut our eyes to this one fact: The way we live reflects on the One who gave us life.

LIVE YOUR LIFE LIKE YOU MEAN IT Isaac Butterworth November 14, 2010 2 Peter 1:3-11 (NIV) 3 His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. 4 Through these he has given us his very great and precious ...read more

Scripture: 2 Peter 1:3-11

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Spirit Led Life Part 7 (Patience) Series

Contributed by Joe Bedy on Feb 27, 2002

Patience in the lives of Christians as in God can actually hold the door of salvation open to non-believers.

Gal 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, Gal 5:23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. I have been preaching on the fruits of the Spirit, tonight we are looking at a very difficult fruit to obtain and that is ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 5:22-23

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Questions Churches Must Ask Themselves

Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Nov 6, 2023

Do not be a Sardis. If the glory has departed, close the doors and merge with a church where God is moving.

Rev 3:1  And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.  I am afraid that there are many churches in this situation. Growing up ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 3:1

Denomination: Baptist

Oh Lord, Roll That Stone Away!

Contributed by Rev. Samuel Arimoro on Feb 8, 2025

The stone that was meant to keep Jesus in the grave could not stop Him. Today, every obstacle hindering your progress must be rolled away.

OH LORD, ROLL THAT STONE AWAY! By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: Matthew 28:1-6 "And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it." – Matthew 28:2 Supporting Texts: Mark 16:3-4, ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 28:1-6, Mark 16:3-4, John 11:39-44, Isaiah 45:2

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Let The Spirit Of God Infuse You With Love

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jul 25, 2005

If only we could make the world believe that we loved them, there would be fewer empty churches, and a smaller proportion of our population who never darken a church door. Let love replace duty in our church relations, and the world will soon be evangeliz

Let the Spirit of God Infuse You With Love (I Cor 13:4-8) We all need a fresh infusion of God’s love for without it we become apathetic, angry and self-absorbed. We live in a world that is crying out for love, acceptance and any measure of kindness. Illustration: A Great Motivator Love reaches ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:4-8

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

'god's Requirements For Our Lives!'

Contributed by Tony Abram on Mar 26, 2019

If we want good things to happen, be and received in out lives God gives a plan and some requirements to open the doors and windows of heaven to us. In this outline we point some that will put you on the path of blessings.

'GOD'S REQUIREMENT FOR OUR LIVES!' Micah 6:8 (KJV) He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? If we want good things to happen, be and received in out lives God gives a plan and ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 21:3, Micah 6:8, 1 Peter 5:6-7, Luke 6:36

The One Prayer That Disturbs Hell

Contributed by John Gaston on Oct 21, 2013

When the world tries to shut us down, we should pray for strength to bear persecution, for boldness, for a demonstration of the miraculous, and a new filling of the Holy Spirit.

THE ONE PRAYER THAT DISTURBS HELL Acts 4:23-31 INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR: A Baptist Dog 1. A Baptist preacher and his wife decided they needed a dog. Ever mindful of their congregation, they knew the dog must also be Baptist. They visited an expensive kennel and explained their needs to the manager, ...read more

Scripture: Acts 4:23-31

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Rev.16: #53~1-12~pt.3 Gods Great Wrath Pours Out Series

Contributed by William D. Brown on May 15, 2010

“the bowl judgments”, these are the final and most intense of the horrors that are coming on the earth dwellers, these bowl judgments climax with the return of the Lord Jesus Christ as He defeats His enemies at the battle of Armageddon.

Rev.16: #53~1-12~pt.3 GODS GREAT WRATH POURS OUT 5-8-10 Today we’ll continue here in chapter 16: talking about “the bowl judgments”, these are the final and most intense of the horrors that are coming on the earth dwellers, these bowl judgments climax with the return of the Lord Jesus ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 16:1-12

Denomination: Baptist

Entering Into The Ark And Beginning Of The Flood Series

Contributed by John Lowe on Feb 26, 2019

They didn’t know how long they would have to live in the ark, but God knew, and that’s all that mattered.

November 5, 2013 Commentary on the Book of Genesis By: Tom Lowe Lesson I.D.5: Entering into the Ark and Beginning of the Flood. (Gen. 7.6-16) Genesis 7.6-16 6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth. 7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 7:6-16

Denomination: Baptist

Seed Of David Series

Contributed by C. Philip Green on Dec 11, 2019

In the midst of your disappointment, realize that God has a better plan; rejoice in that plan; and request that God accomplish that plan in your life.

39 years ago, in late December of 1980, Wally Nelson awoke to find the body of a 19-year-old girl named Jean Hilliard frozen “solid as a log” on his doorstep. Her car had skidded off an icy road into a ditch, so she got out of the car and started walking to a friend’s house. She almost made it, ...read more

Scripture: 2 Samuel 7:1-29

Denomination: Evangelical Free

Expect God To Be God Series

Contributed by Tom Owen on Jan 14, 2011

verse by verse through Acts

Isn’t it funny how we get surprised by things that shouldn’t surprise us at all? [Gaining weight, speeding ticket, pregnancy examples.] Isn’t it funny how we get surprised by things that shouldn’t surprise us at all? Especially when it comes to God-things. Sometimes the ...read more

Scripture: Acts 12:1-23

Denomination: Baptist