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Delight Yourself In The Lord

Contributed by John Gaston on Jan 23, 2026

Do we enjoy God? Do we enjoy all the things related to God? His Church, His Word, worship, prayer? I want to be a person who delights in the Lord!

DELIGHT YOURSELF IN THE LORD Ps 37:4 INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR: THE ANSWER NOT RECOGNIZED 1. A group of UT trained managers were given the assignment of measuring the height of a flagpole. 2. When they got to the flagpole with ladders and tape measures, the difficulty began. They were falling off the ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 37:4

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Getting Ready For The Last Supper

Contributed by James May on Mar 15, 2011

Elijah met the Widow of Zarephath just as she was preparing to eat her last supper. It's a wonderful story of God's provision if we would only learn to trust him.

Getting Ready for the Last Supper Sunday, March 13, 2011 PM By Pastor James May If there’s one prophet of the Old Testament that I love reading about it has to be Elijah. Here was a real man of faith and of power; at least most of the time. Like all the rest of us, Elijah had a few ups ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 17:1-18

Denomination: Independent/Bible

On The Run And Searching For Water

Contributed by James May on Feb 26, 2012

Like the deer pants after water, the people of God are often hounded by adversity and the enemy of our souls. Often we find ourselves running the wrong way, becoming thirsty and dry spiritually. It's time we started running to Jesus, our only true sourc

On the Run and Searching for Water By Rev. James May I know that I’ve told this before, but I want to begin this message again by bringing to your mind the story of the lion and the gazelle that dwell on the Serengeti plains of northern Africa. Every morning in Africa a gazelle wakes up. ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 42:1-11

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Keys To Contentment

Contributed by John White on May 8, 2010

We are not necessarily called to be happy, but are commanded to be content.

KEYS TO CONTENTMENT Philippians. 4:1 - 19 Do you remember the prayer of the impatient Christian? It goes something like this, "Lord please give me patience, and I want it right now!" We also know that when we pray for patience we may be praying for trouble because experience and scripture tell us ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 4:1-19

Denomination: Baptist

Big Pause Series

Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Nov 20, 2011

Big living means setting aside special moments to worship and to re-calibrate our lives according to God’s word.

Nehemiah 8 Introduction: They did a lot of things right when they founded America, but as a country we started over with holidays. I’m not sure that was so smart. Countries in Europe have been hanging on to their holidays for centuries. The right calendar will give you some of them: ...read more

Scripture: Nehemiah 8:1-18

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Antidote For Depression

Contributed by Dr. Craig Nelson on Mar 6, 2021

There has been an ever-increasing rise of personal individualism that has led to multiple dysfunctional and destructive trends resulting in people either willingly or unwillingly distancing themselves from others and struggling to make meaningful personal connections.

"Then God said, "Let us make human beings in our image, to be like us. They will reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, the livestock, all the wild animals on the earth, and the small animals that scurry along the ground. So God created human beings in his own image. In the ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 1:26-27, 1 John 5:18, Psalm 23:6, Ephesians 2:19, Hebrews 10:25  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Freedom From Worry

Contributed by Jeff Taylor on Jul 20, 2024

Why worry? Webster defines worry as to afflict with mental distress. To afflict with mental distress. That's called mental anguish. Worry cannot change the past. But it can ruin the present. Worry will get you only one place ahead of schedule. And that one place is the cemetery.

Why worry? Webster defines worry as to afflict with mental distress. To afflict with mental distress. A teenage son, who was away at college, sent his dad a telegram. The telegram said, "Dear dad, I've been in a serious car crash. I've broken both legs and both arms, and I'm in a ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 4:6

Denomination: Pentecostal

What Is My Purpose Series

Contributed by John Oscar on Mar 26, 2021

Taken from Sermon Central's "Created for Significance" Series and heavily edited, we look at why we were created.

What’s My Purpose? Created for Significance- Week 1 March 7th, 2021 Scripture-Luke 14:1–24 Today we're going to start a journey in discovering one of the most important things you need to know for your life. One of the reasons we have so much disfunction in our culture is because most ...read more

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Nick At Night Series

Contributed by C. Philip Green on Jun 28, 2023

If you want to see the Kingdom of God, you must be born again, the Son of Man must be lifted up, and you must believe.

When Abraham Lincoln ran for Congress in 1846, he faced a tough opponent: Peter Cartwright. Cartwright was a raw-boned, circuit-riding, Methodist preacher, known throughout the state of Illinois. During his 65 years of circuit-riding ministry, he baptized nearly 10,000 converts. During the ...read more

Scripture: John 3:1-21

Denomination: Evangelical Free

How Can The Lord Help Me Overcome Stifling Bureaucracy?

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000

What should my Biblical response be to heavy bureaucracy? Bureaucracy - Oppressive and inflexible adminstration.

What should my Biblical response be to heavy bureaucracy? Bureaucracy - Oppressive and inflexible adminstration. 1. Ask the Lord for the grace to comply with stated regulations and procedures. Paul writes, "Do you want to be free from fear ofthe one in authority? Then do what is right and he ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 10:14

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Turning Vision Into Reality

Contributed by David Salyer on Dec 21, 2000

How to take God’s vision for our lives and act upon it.

Turning Vision into Reality Proverbs 16:3 I know that I have told you the story of the president of the coke company and how he had a vision for coke when he took over the company years ago, and that of course was that every person in this world would have the ability to hold a coke in their ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 16:3

Denomination: Pentecostal

Some Unusual Things To Be Thankful For

Contributed by Larry Jones on Feb 27, 2001

We should be thankful for God’s eternal gifts.

Some Unusual Things To Be Thankful For Psalm 100 Today we are going to eat lunch together- reminds me of a note I once got from Jenny Visiting a church to preach- was going to eat afterward Opened it before I got up, All it said was KISS -Pastor said that’s sweet I quickly corrected him and ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 100:1-5

Denomination: Baptist

Do Your Best And God Will Do The Rest

Contributed by Wayne Burnett on Jan 15, 2001

Often in life we must do the best we can and leave the results in God’s hands

DO YOUR BEST AND GOD WILL DO THE REST ESTHER 6:1-11 (1) FOCUS - “ON THAT NIGHT THE KING COULD NOT SLEEP...” I. THE HISTORY BEHIND THE BOOK OF ESTHER II. MORDECAI AND ESTHER HAD DONE ALL THEY COULD DO A. Mordecai was limited in what he could do B. Esther was limited in what she could do C. The ...read more

Scripture: Esther 6:1-11

Denomination: Church Of God

The Crowd And The Core

Contributed by Wah Lok Ng on Nov 13, 2006

This sermon shows the difference between the Crowd who followed Jesus for what they can get and the Core group of disciples who followed Him to serve.

THE CROWD AND THE CORE By Ng Wah Lok Text : John 6:1-14 Introduction. This Bible passage is the record of Jesus feeding 5000 people. It is one of His most spectacular miracles as it touched the masses. Many of Jesus’ miracles were performed on individuals but this particular one blessed 5000 ...read more

Scripture: John 6:1-14

Denomination: Charismatic

Getting The Word To Work

Contributed by Richard Reid on Aug 18, 2006

Can the word of God work for me?

Getting the Word to Work James 1:22-24 8/7/06 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind ...read more

Scripture: James 1:22-24, James 1:23

Denomination: Pentecostal