Sermons on God Uses You The Way You Are:

Are You Truly Free?

Contributed by Naveen Balakrishnan on May 31, 2005

Freedom comes to us at great cost. This passage explores the cost that the Heavenly Father paid to set us free from our bondage to sin.

“ARE YOU REALLY FREE?” JOHN 8:36 1. He is the SOURCE of your freedom. (v. 36a) If the Son therefore Isaiah 61:1-2; Luke 4:18-21; Romans 5:21; 7:24-25; 8:2; John 3:36; 4:10, 14; 6:40, 47, 63; 7:37-39; 14:6; 1 Corinthians 15:57; 2 Corinthians 3:6; Job 33:4; Micah 7:19; John 11:25-26; Colossians ...read more

Scripture: John 8:36

Denomination: Baptist

Who Do You Trust To Catch You?

Contributed by Gary Regazzoli on Jul 10, 2003

Ever played the game of choosing someone to catch you as you fell backwards. We can put even more trust in God

Who do you trust to catch you? May have heard the joke about the man who fell off a cliff but managed to grab onto a root jutting out from the cliff face • As he hung there reviewing his options, he started calling out, “Is anyone up there” • He was surprised to hear a voice say to him, “Yes, this ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 22:1-14

Denomination: Christian Church

Funny Things Happen On The Way To The Promised Land Series

Contributed by Scott Carmer on Mar 14, 2005

There is more to gluttony than eating too much. It is a statement to God that you don’t trust God to take care of the future. You have to get all you can today because you aren’t sure of tomorrow.

Funny Things Happen on the Way to the Promised Land Exodus 16:1-5 March 13, 2005 It was the late Bronze Age, about 1,500 years or so before Jesus, and the people of Israel were coming to the end of 400 years of slavery in Egypt. Their ancestors had come to Egypt during a severe drought and ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 16:1-5

Denomination: Methodist

Discover You Life Map Series

Contributed by Terry Cavanaugh on Mar 2, 2007

God wants us to discover our life map (the Bible) to help us in the Amazing Race of Life.

Discovering Your Life Map 2 Timothy 3:16-17 I had been the pastor of Georgetown United Methodist church for just over twenty-four hours when the call came into the church office. One of the long time members of the church was headed to Meadowview regional medical center in Maysville. She had a ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:16-17

Denomination: Methodist

You Are The Light In A Dark World

Contributed by Sam Peters on Feb 27, 2007

This message centers on three ways we can let our light shine in a world cast in darkness.

You Are the Light in a Dark World – Matthew 5:13-16 (Sermon on the Mount) 13"You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men. 14"You are the light of the world. A ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:13-16

Knowing What You Are

Contributed by Jerry Flury on Feb 1, 2015

Too many Christians live defeated lives because they believe the lies of the world and Satan. We need to stop believing Satan's lies and realize who we are in Christ.

Knowing What You Are Romans 6:1-10 In the early 1970s, a social scientist named Philip Zimbardo led a team of scientists from Stanford University in an interesting experiment. The team built a mock prison in the basement of the University’s psychology department. The scientists placed ...read more

Scripture: Romans 6:1-10

Denomination: Baptist

Do You Think To Thank?

Contributed by Michael Luke on Nov 25, 2003

Admonition for us to remember daily the blessings of God and how a life lived with Thanksgiving can bless us and others.

SPECIAL DAY: THANKSGIVING TEXT: LUKE 17:11-19 TITLE: “DO YOU THINK TO THANK?” INTRODUCTION: A. Rudyard Kipling lived from 1865 to 1936. He was British but born in Bombay, India. He wrote poetry and authored books. You might now some of his ...read more

Scripture: Luke 17:11-19

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Do You Know What Time It Is?

Contributed by Mike Hays on Oct 18, 2000

Now is the time to step up and hear God's voice calling us to surrender our lives to His service.

Do You Know What Time It Is? Ecclesiastes 3:1-14 The next three weeks are a crucial time for us as individuals and for us as a church. I believe that one of the greatest hindrances to the building of the Body of Christ in our country today is the lack of passion on behalf of men and women for ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 3:1-14

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

You're Fired

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Dec 30, 2008

Pentecost: When the Holy Spirit comes, He fires us from past traditions, old exclusivism, and tepid temperatures,and gives us passion for the future.

If you have ever suddenly and unwillingly joined the ranks of the unemployed, how did that feel? When you got that pink slip, what was that like? Oh, you jumped up and down and shouted, "Oh, goody, I don’t have to get up early tomorrow morning! Thank you, thank you, thank you, Lord, I’ve always ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:1-21

Denomination: Baptist

You Will Rise From The Dead

Contributed by Don Schultz on Nov 11, 2003

On Judgment Day, Christ will raise you from the dead. This changes the way we look at the world now.

John 5:25-30 YOU WILL RISE FROM THE DEAD I would like to start today’s sermon with a riddle – what is this place that I am describing – right now, it is a quite, peaceful place, where you might see one or two people walking around, talking in whispers. But someday, this place will be loud, ...read more

Scripture: John 5:25-30, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

Denomination: Lutheran

He Will Quiet You With His Love Series

Contributed by Bala Samson on May 24, 2013

Let me tell you one thing, all the above become ‘little and insignificant’ when the Big God gives us a hug. The Word of God is a tonic, the relief, the healing for pain! Hurray! Are you there?

He will quiet you with His love! Zephaniah 3:17”………..He will quiet you with His love…” I was neck-deep buried with ministry work, family work and every other work on earth; I did squeeze time in between to pray but I was hungering to be ‘really’ ...read more

Scripture: Zephaniah 3:14-17

Denomination: Pentecostal

He Will Quiet You With His Love Series

Contributed by Bala Samson on May 24, 2013

Let me tell you one thing, all the above become ‘little and insignificant’ when the Big God gives us a hug. The Word of God is a tonic, the relief, the healing for pain! Hurray! Are you there?

He will quiet you with His love! Zephaniah 3:17”………..He will quiet you with His love…” I was neck-deep buried with ministry work, family work and every other work on earth; I did squeeze time in between to pray but I was hungering to be ‘really’ ...read more

Scripture: Zephaniah 3:14-17

Denomination: Pentecostal

Can You Hear Me Now ?

Contributed by Ervin Kimrey on May 21, 2005

This sermon looks at peoples relationship with God in light of their willingness to hear Him. Somtimes God allows hardships (CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW) God will bring us to a point in our lives where we will put our antennas up and listen.

CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW ? May 22, 2005 Text: Numbers 22: 21-35 Introduction: Have you seen this guy on the verizon wireless commercials? How he goes all over the world asking “can you hear me now?" Communication has become a big part of our lives today, it allows us to stay in touch with ...read more

Scripture: Numbers 22:21-35

Denomination: Baptist

Available

Contributed by Derrick Strickland on Feb 20, 2016

The power of your greatest potential hinges on one simple thing. Are you available to God?

INTRO: 1. Few understand the level of the Oppression the children of Israel faced at the hand of the Midianites - Prisoners in the Promised Land. a. Problem was not the Midianites b. Problem was not the world around them. c. The Problem was that the Children of Israel had ...read more

Scripture: Judges 7:1-7

Denomination: Pentecostal

Ambition Of James And John Series

Contributed by John Lowe on Jan 3, 2018

James and John were naturally talented and dedicated to the Lord. Their mother, just like many mothers today, wanted the best for her children, and so a few days before Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem, she made a request in behalf of her children.

April 20, 2006 Near Jordan (37) Ambition of James and John Matthew 20:20-28, Mark 10:35-45 20 Then came to him the mother of Zebedee’s children with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him. From Matthew 4:21 we know that the two sons of Zebedee were the apostles James ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 20:20-28, Mark 10:35-45

Denomination: Baptist