Sermons on Greater Days:

Facing The Challenges Of 2010!

Contributed by Jofrey Bustamante on Jan 9, 2010

So much for the past year! But, considering the tide of events, it seems we will be facing greater challenges this year. Let’s gear up!

Introduction: Two teenage brothers grew up as hooligans in a slum, making a living as couriers of illegal substances traded in the streets. These egocentric thugs religiously kept their dodgy earnings and shrewdly started their own illicit modus operandi until they became self-made millionaires ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:15-17

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Jesus Makes Bitter Better.

Contributed by Pastor/Author: Terry Sisney on Jan 16, 2024

Only Jesus can take the bitter waters, the worst of life's circumstances that come to poison us and destroy us, and make us better.

As a couple exchanges their vows,( those vows include these words) for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, for better for worse. It could also be said: for better or bitter. Or bitter or sweet. Life just has some bitterness built into it. Everyone comes to bitter waters at some point in ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 15:22-27

Denomination: Pentecostal

Friends And Family Day

Contributed by Perry Greene on Apr 30, 2019

In conjunction with our "Friends and Family Day" we will look at how we are both friends and family to Jesus.

1. Today is our “Friends and Family Day. Special worship and Fellowship 2. These are two biblical concepts of our relationship to Jesus – we are “Friends” and “Family.” 3. [What a Friend We Have in Jesus In the town of Port Hope, Canada there is a monument erected to Joseph Scriven. He was not a ...read more

Scripture: John 15:12-17, Luke 8:19-21

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Day Jesus Was Tired

Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Feb 5, 2001

WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM THE DAY THAT JESUS SAT ON THE WELL

The day Jesus was tired John 4:1-39 It is of great interest of mine to observe the way in which the Lord Jesus dealt with different souls with whom He came in contact. In John 3 we observe how He dealt with a moral Jewish man named Nicodemus, and now in chapter 4 He is deal with an immoral ...read more

Scripture: John 4:1-39

Denomination: Baptist

One Fine Day

Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Apr 17, 2006

Resurrection Day represents one fine day.

INTRO.- ILL.- One fine day. Hopefully, we all experience some fine days in life. Life at home. Mama’s love and good cooking. Daddy’s provision. Getting through school. Graduation. Getting our driver’s license. That first car. That first job. Better yet, that first paycheck. Our baptism ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 28:1-10

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Wedding Day In Heaven Series

Contributed by Kevin Broyhill on Sep 25, 2024

Psalm 45 is a magnificent song of praise, celebrating a royal wedding. Not just an earthly wedding; it’s pointing to a heavenly one. Let's learn what it means to love the One who first loved us.

Wedding Day in Heaven! Psalm 45 Introduction: Psalm 45 – is one of if not the most magnificent songs of praise and worship found in the 150 Psalms that made up the Hebrew Hymbook. Story Behind the Psalm: Don’t know who the human penman was that wrote Psalm 45… wants no glory for himself… ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Sermon On Brighter Days

Contributed by William Meakin on Jan 1, 2024

As we enter the dawn of a new year, our thoughts may primarily turn to elements of hope.

Guy Finley, an American writer and philosopher once remarked: “Our greatest strength isn't our ability to imagine brighter days ahead, it is that we are empowered - in every present moment - to effortlessly dismiss any dark thought or feeling that, left unattended, diminishes our happiness.” ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 4:7, Acts 1:8, John 3:19, Matthew 16:26

Is Today Your Day?

Contributed by Charlie Roberts on Jun 3, 2018

Sometimes, the plan that God has to bless us, doesn’t always make perfect sense to us, Guess what? It doesn’t have to! You know why? Because it's God's Plan and not your plan!

Ephesians 5:8-10,15-17 NIV For you were once(P) darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light(Q) 9 (for the fruit(R) of the light consists in all goodness,(S)righteousness and truth) 10 and find out what pleases the Lord. 15-17 So, then, be careful how you live. Do not be ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:8-10

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

World War Won! - Memorial Day - Independence Day Series

Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Mar 25, 2003

Good for this time of continuing war...Eye-opening scriptures to help lay people understand why war is sometimes necessary, and sometimes even recommended by God. Link included to Formatted Text and Powerpoint.

World War Won! Prov. 14:34 http://gbcdecatur.org/sermons/WarAndFreedom.html Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people. We take our freedom for granted. Here we sit today, praying, singing, fellowshipping, worshipping God together, reading His Word…w/out fear of ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 14:34

Denomination: Baptist

Memorial Day 2025

Contributed by Jeff Pearce on May 30, 2025

The greatest soldier

Memorial Day 2025 John 15:13 READ 1 Timothy 3:16 Intro: In April 1863, in Columbus, Georgia, after decorating graves of her two sons who died representing their beloved south-land, an elderly woman walked to two mounds of dirt at the corner of the cemetery to place memorial flowers there also. ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 3:16, John 15:13

Denomination: Other

Creation Day 4 Series

Contributed by Bobby Stults on Jan 8, 2014

Day 4 of Creation carries a great deal of significance in understanding and comprehending just what God did in the Creation event!

A great deal of this sermon leans heavily on a sermon/Bible study taught by John MacArthur – June 6, 1999. Accessed online Jan 8, 2014 (http://www.gty.org/Resources/Sermons/90-215) Wed Night Bible Study - Creation Lesson/Sermon 3 - Days 4 Genesis 1:14-19 (ESV) Creation Bible Study - ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 1:14-19

Denomination: Baptist

Remembrance Day Poppy

Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Nov 4, 2006

The Poppy used on Remembrance Sunday is a symbol of sacrifice by brave men and women in warfare but the Christian Church also has a symbol of sacrifice in the Cross of Jesus

What is so special about a poppy on Remembrance Day? Why not use a pansy? Scarlet poppies grow naturally in conditions of disturbed earth throughout Western Europe. The destruction brought by the Napoleonic wars of the early 19th Century, transformed bare land into fields of blood red poppies, ...read more

Scripture: John 15:13

Denomination: Baptist

Memorial Day 2020

Contributed by Damien Saylor on Jun 9, 2020

Many are alive, many are free, because of the people who are willing to risk, & even lay down, their lives for others.

Sermon Memorial Day 2020 - Tomorrow we celebrate Memorial Day. It is a day that we look back at all that have fallen in past wars. - It’s seems our war with Iraq has become as distant as our civil war. As we are currently fighting such a war as this virus today. - So ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 1:18-19

Denomination: Baptist

The Burden Lifting Day Series

Contributed by Pastor Dempsey Daniels on Dec 6, 2003

The Burden Lifting Day

A. God’s prophetic plan is always on Schedule. 1. Some periods sem to witness a faster pace of fulfillment. 2. Examples of seemingly slow times a. Israel captivity 400 years b. The 400 years of silence 3. Examples of swift fulfillment a. The deliverance from Egypt ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:5-177

Denomination: Baptist

God's Day Off Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Mar 23, 2021

As Christian we ought to have it clear in our minds that we are no longer under the law with all of its Sabbath regulations. If we were, we are all storing up the wrath of God for the day of judgment.

I had the unique opportunity to talk deeply about biblical matters with a wealthy orthodox Jew. Among other things we talked about the Sabbath. He was a very conscientious Jew who knew his Bible quite well, and so I asked him how he reconciled operating a business on Saturday when the ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 2:1-3