Sermons on Half Empty:

Where Did Those Baskets Come From?

Contributed by David Johnston on May 31, 2005

A great miracle took place with 5 loaves and 2 fishes, but where did the baskets come from to take up the leftovers?

Where did those baskets come from? Luke 9:10-17 Let’s look at vs. 10 again: 10 And the apostles, when they were returned, told him all that they had done. And he took them, and went aside privately into a desert place belonging to the city called Bethsaida. Meaning “house of fish” it was a ...read more

Scripture: Luke 9:10-17

Denomination: Pentecostal

Thankfulness Makes You Full Inside

Contributed by Stephen Aram on Nov 14, 2019

We can only get so far towards becoming new by trying hard or getting educated. The real power comes from inside, a changed heart, and thankfulness is a key to a changed heart.

There was a time when I thought that if we wanted to change our lives, to start good habits, or to break bad habits, all we had to do was decide to do it. We just had to choose. I come from a family with a lot of will power. But the more I have had to wrestle with my own weaknesses, the more I ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:3-4

The Model Of Compassion

Contributed by Dana Chau on Sep 28, 2003

Watch how Jesus’ compassion changed a materialistic person into a disciple.

It’s been incredibly rewarding and at the same time very busy with the arrival of Hannah. I’m very thankful for the meals some of you have dropped off to make our adjustment easier over the past week and a half. Elon suggested that we would call this ministry MACC Meals Ministry, the Marin Asian ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 9:35-38

Denomination: *other

Facing Our Obstacles Series

Contributed by Gerald Van Horn on Dec 15, 2005

A casual reading of Joshua might well be viewed as a military conquest. There is another meaning...

Facing Our Obstacles by Gerald Van Horn The Victory Side of Life #1 of a series Joshua 1:2-9 A casual reading of Joshua might well be viewed as a military conquest. We feel that there is also another meaning, as we will discover in this message. So many illustrate the crossing of Jordan as ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 1:2-9

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Dig A Ditch

Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Jan 6, 2004

God never wants us to align ourselves w/ wickedness in a common goal. Instead, our relationships with the lost are to be a one way street w/ the goal of reaching them. God saved the day when His people separated themselves. Link inc. to text and PowerPoin

Dig a Ditch! II Kings 3:16-20 http://gbcdecatur.org/sermons/DigADitch.html Dig a ditch so God can fill it! That is a clear lesson from this passage. Our God specializes in FILLING things which are EMPTY. In the next chapter we will see the familiar story of the widow woman and her empty ...read more

Scripture: 2 Kings 3:16-20

Denomination: Baptist

When The Tank Says "E" Series

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 4, 2008

Is your Christianity getting old and stale?

When the Tank Says "E" (2 Thessalonians 3:13-18) 1. How fresh is our Christianity? Howard Hendricks said, "In the midst of a generation screaming for answers, Christians are stuttering." 2. Has your faith become stale? Webster defines stale as, "tasteless or unpalatable from age <stale bread>, ...read more

Scripture: 2 Thessalonians 3:13-18

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Sole Food Series

Contributed by Mark A. Barber on Aug 10, 2013

Our purpose in life is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever. Jesus shows the way to glorify the Father, His sole food was the joy which comes from fruitful witness

Introduction Last Week we talked about the proper way to worship God. We learned the proper way to worship the Father was the way the Father directs us. This worship is not in a particular place, whether man made temples or nature. God’s temple is made in the heart of the believer by God ...read more

Scripture: John 4:27-42

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Nevertheless, At Your Word.

Contributed by Shane Brooks on Jan 9, 2006

Wait ’til you see what God wants to do for you.

Luke 5:1-11 Lets see what Jesus did with PETER--- What he wants to do with you 1. This year God wants to borrow something--- Holding on to it----LIKE KIDS---- Don’t you know what you HAVE---- GOD GAVE YOU TO BEGIN WITH--- 2. This year God wants to say something--- Cast out deep water--- Let ...read more

Scripture: Luke 5:1-11

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Lord’s Anointed

Contributed by Rick Boyne on Oct 11, 2011

We must trust God to deal justly with other believers when they sin rather than taking retribution into our own hands.

The Lord’s Anointed October 9, 2011 Evening Service Immanuel Baptist Church, Wagoner, OK Rick Boyne Message Point: We must trust God to deal justly with other believers when they sin rather than taking retribution into our own hands. Focus Passage: I Samuel 26:1-25 Supplemental Passage: ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 26:1-25

Denomination: Baptist

God's Top Ten: No Graven Images Series

Contributed by Joe Bedy on Aug 29, 2002

We may not carve them out of wood, but we carve them in our minds and they are alive and doing well!

God’s Top Ten Ex. 20:4-7 September 2002 Joe Bedy Central Christian Church Centuries ago God made man in His image and bless our hearts we have been trying to return the favor ever since and make God into our image. At least we want to make God be the way we want Him to be. Many in the world today ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 20:4-7, Isaiah 44:8-22

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Weakness Or Power Series

Contributed by Chris Appleby on May 31, 2003

Be faithful, stick to what’s been revealed to us in God’s Word and rely on God’s power to bring the growth.

There’s an old Indian Fable I heard recently. A water bearer had two large water pots which he carried on either end of a pole slung across his shoulders. One of the pots had a crack in it, so every day as he carried water to his master’s house he arrived with one full pot and one only half full. ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 4:1-21

Denomination: Anglican

God Recycles People

Contributed by John Gaston on Feb 17, 2024

God has been recycling a long time – with people! Some people are thought to be useless for any good, but God knows how to remake us into something very valuable for His kingdom.

GOD RECYCLES PEOPLE Lk. 19:1-10 INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR 1. A man was driving his bossy sister around & she told him he was driving too fast. Just to show who was in charge, he stepped on the accelerator. 2. Just then a police car pulled behind him, lights flashing. A 6’6” policeman towered ...read more

Scripture: Luke 19:1-10

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Fill It To The Rim Series

Contributed by Thomas Bowen on Jul 17, 2010

Being with Jesus seems to change people. Incarnation is an important to God's plan

Fill it to the rim The direction of our sermon time in this New Year is being guided by a mnemonic device…a simple memory aid, a word that I hope that we can all use to help us to listen for God as individuals and as a church. The word is based on the idea that the prophets of God ...read more

Scripture: John 1:1-14

Denomination: Congregational

Lessons From Jeremiah – Part 9 – Judah The Harlot Blinded By Sin Polluted The Land Series

Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Feb 29, 2024

I think the worse a man or woman is joined to sin, then the greater the blurriness of that person’s position becomes. Sin is the cancer that overtakes the ability to repent. Judah was so idolatrous; it craved after spiritual adultery with all the gods of the nations. Interesting Hosea.

LESSONS FROM JEREMIAH – PART 9 – JUDAH THE HARLOT BLINDED BY SIN POLLUTED THE LAND PART 9 - Jeremiah 2:36 – 3:1-5 CHAPTERS 2 AND 3 [A]. THEIR END WILL COME IN REJECTION – GOD REJECTS THE NATIONS ON WHOM JUDAH RELIES {{Jeremiah 2:36-37 “Why do you go around so much changing your way? Also, you ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 2:36-37, Isaiah 5:20, Jeremiah 3:1, Hosea 1:2-3, Hosea 3:1-5, Romans 11:25-28, Hosea 6:1-3, Jeremiah 3:2-3, Jeremiah 3:4-5  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Blessed To Be A Blessing Series

Contributed by James Kelley on Apr 12, 2004

Easter Sermon that deals with the blessings we have through Jesus’ resurrection and the purpose of God to use us to bless others.

BLESSED TO BE A BLESSING Romans 4:25 (This sermon and the subsequent series is inspired by the sermon series BLESSED TO BE A BLESSING, by Rick Warren of Saddleback Valley Community Church.) I think one of the easiest traps we fall into is taking the blessings of God for granted. We are so ...read more

Scripture: Romans 4:25

Denomination: Baptist