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  • God Loves You – God Values You!

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Aug 22, 2013
     | 6,246 views

    God does not look at us the way we (and others) look at us. God looks at us with love and value because He made us and He made us in His image.

    Children’s Sermon God Loves You – God Values You! Summary: God does not look at us the way we (and others) look at us. God looks at us with love and value because He made us and He made us in His image. Prop: Something you have made, crafted, or written (i.e. my Doctoral ...read more

  • What Exactly Does It Mean That Jesus "Carried Our Diseases"?

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Apr 4, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 27,062 views

    A look at the peculiar phrase in Matthew 8:17 that Jesus "took up our infirmities and carried our diseases." It's an easy phrase to overlook, but what exactly does that mean?

    WHAT DOES VERSE 17 SAY? It tells us that Jesus “received our sicknesses” and that he “bore our diseases.” - Matthew 8:17. - We read right past that phrase without thinking about it, but when you pause on it there is a peculiarity to it. What exactly does that mean? - I ...read more

  • Leftovers For God Part 1 Series

    Contributed by Rodney V Johnson on Aug 25, 2007
    based on 35 ratings
     | 15,228 views

    how we give God what we have left of our time and resources.

    Leftovers For God: Time, Talent and Money Scripture: Matthew 6:19-21; 22:37-40; Exodus 20:1-17 Introduction When I was a child, there were times when my mother would cook a meal and we would have food left after everyone finished eating. This food, called leftovers, would be package up ...read more

  • Why God Gets Angry

    Contributed by Ken Henson on Oct 20, 2019
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,525 views

    God is a God of love, and we all like hearing and talking about that. But there is another side of love-one that is less pleasant, but no less essential-that is God’s anger.

    God’s Anger God is a God of love, and we all like hearing and talking about that. But there is another side of love-one that is less pleasant, but no less essential-that is God’s anger. God gets angry because He loves, but I’m getting ahead of myself. First, I think it’s important that we establish ...read more

  • Trusting God To Work It Out Series

    Contributed by Brian Bill on Aug 22, 2022
    based on 4 ratings
     | 12,047 views

    You’re not alone when you’re in the groan zone

    Over the past couple years, I’ve gotten to know a guy I see when I’m out in the community working on my sermons. We’ve had some gospel conversations in the past and he knows I’m a pastor. On Wednesday, he came up to me and said he had a question he wanted to ask me: “What percent of your people ...read more

  • God's Compassion To Heal Series

    Contributed by Herman Abrahams on Jul 17, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,429 views

    When Jesus saw the leper, the blind, the paralyzed, and the deaf, He entered into their sufferings; had compassion on them and healed them.

    GOD¡¦S COMPASSION TO HEAL 1. God’s Compassion - DEFINITION ------------------------------------- The most common verb used in the Greek New Testament to refer to God¡¦s compassion is splanchnizomai. This verb is used twelve times. Once it is used of the Samaritan¡¦s compassion for the wounded ...read more

  • Immanuel - God With Us

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Feb 20, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,024 views

    Christmas message regarding the fact that God came to earth in Christ.

    Immanuel – God with Us Matthew 1:18-23 December 2, 2007 NOTE: THE ME/WE/GOD/YOU/WE FORMAT USED IN MY MESSAGES IS BORROWED FROM ANDY STANLEY’S BOOK, "COMMUNICATING FOR A CHANGE." Me: It’s easy for me to let the significance of Christmas get lost in the hassles of getting ready to celebrate ...read more

  • God's Chosen Provision Series

    Contributed by Monte Brown on Jan 16, 2015
     | 4,304 views

    We have been looking at a series of messages entitled “Behold the Lamb of God” was promised, He was prepared, He has been provided, He is to be praised, and now He is God’s Chosen provision.

    Behold the Lamb God’s Chosen Provision Matthew 1:18-25 Monte T. Brown December 21, 2014 Sunday Evening Stapp Zoe Baptist Introduction We have been looking at a series of messages entitled “Behold the Lamb of God” was promised, He was prepared, He has been ...read more

  • "God Rewards Diligence"

    Contributed by Charlie Roberts on Apr 23, 2014
    based on 4 ratings
     | 13,143 views

    Your job, your heritage, your circumstances and even the mess you've made with your life..have nothing to do with it, but your faith has everything to do with it!

    "God Rewards Diligence" Illus. A Muslim in Africa became a Christian and some of his friends asked him, “Why have you done such a thing?” He answered, “Well, its like this: Suppose you were going down the road and suddenly the road forked in two directions. You didn’t know ...read more

  • God’s Haven For The Hapless (Father's Day 2017).

    Contributed by John Williams Iii on Aug 14, 2020
     | 2,160 views

    Our God is our Heavenly Father who seeks to carry on his ministry through our parents whom He has willed to guide us in the way that we should go so that we will not depart from it (Proverbs 22:6).

    GOD’S HAVEN FOR THE HAPLESS Text: Matthew 9:35- 38, 10:1- 8 Lou Holtz once said Win is an acronym for “What’s important now? …. The WIN strategy is applicable in times of prosperity as it is during a depression. ” (Lou Holtz. Wins, Losses and Lessons. New York: William Morrow (an ...read more

  • Immanuel-God With Us

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Oct 15, 2003
    based on 81 ratings
     | 23,172 views

    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

  • Bu God Said, 'no!'

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Apr 23, 2018
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,902 views

    Many prayers went up for my wife's healing after the discovery of an aggressive brain tumor. She died in March of 2018. God said NO to her healing in this world. How do we respond when the answer is ,'No'?

    1. 2 Corinthians 12.5-10 2. God’s Timing A young man visited the father of his girlfriend to ask the father’s permission to marry his daughter. To his surprise, the father said “No.” The young man thought it was a formality; the father took it much more seriously. The father explained to the young ...read more

  • The Cost Of God's Power

    Contributed by Brady Boyd on Aug 28, 2002
    based on 53 ratings
     | 10,179 views

    Every believer has the potential to be powerful if they are willing to invest their time in an intimate relationship with Christ.

    The Cost of God’s Power March 2002 Matthew 25:1-12 “At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish and five were wise. The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take any oil with them. The wise, ...read more

  • The Power Of A Crumb PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Sep 25, 2023
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,305 views

    Highlight the power of even the smallest amount of faith and God's boundless mercy and grace, as demonstrated in the story of the Canaanite woman in Matthew 15:10-28.

    Good morning, family! Today we're going to dig into the Word together, examining a passage that's all about the power of faith, even the smallest kind, and about the mercy and grace of our mighty God. As Corrie Ten Boom once said, "Faith is like radar that sees through the fog—the reality of things ...read more

  • The Sovereignty Of God In A Life

    Contributed by John Lowe on Oct 1, 2014
     | 5,406 views

    There are 3 things that we can pick out of today's sermon that will start us on our study of this great man THERE IS THE PROTECTION OF MOSES. THERE IS THE PROVING OF MOSES. THERE IS THE PREPARATION OF MOSES.

    12-15-04 Title: The Sovereignty of God in a Life Series: Moses-An Example of Leadership Author: Tom Lowe Text: (Exodus 2:1-22) Introduction Moses was Israel’s Abraham Lincoln; a man raised up by God to break the shackles from a nation of slaves. He is a man of such importance ...read more