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  • What Can God Do In My Life? Series

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Dec 2, 2003
    based on 35 ratings
     | 5,240 views

    This is part 1 of a series of sermons on What God is doing in the lives of people at Bethany Church.

    The question I have for you today is this: Why did God choose Noah? When God destroyed the world with a flood, there were approximately one million people living. So Noah was really one in a million. Why did God choose to work in Noah’s life? Imagine if you were God, what kind of person would ...read more

  • Words And Wisdom For Doomsday Believers

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Nov 24, 2007
    based on 8 ratings
     | 3,039 views

    What about the end of time? When is the second coming? Are we seeing signs of it today with all the wars and troubles in the world?

    “…for I will give you words and wisdom that none of your opponents will be able to withstand or contradict.” V. 15 INTRODUCTION: Are we seeing signs today of the end of time with all the wars and other troubles in the world? MAKING SENSE OF TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READING • Does this discussion of ...read more

  • I Love The Commercialism Of Christmas--No Joke!

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Dec 9, 2007
    based on 14 ratings
     | 6,103 views

    I don’t think any of us are really ready to give up the traditions of this holiday season. So why not think about what we love about this time of the year? (Based on an article by Rev. Thomas Shepherd) ________________________________________

    How do you like this time of the year? Shopping center parking lots clogged with car headlights like a starry night sky in the country. Mindless, but welcoming music drifting over hordes of harried, hopeful, hesitantly happy holiday hunters. Shop ’til you’re top-heavy, arms full of packages, ...read more

  • You Get What You Order Series

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Oct 15, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,869 views

    What is the best way to get what you want? Ask for it! Jesus said, "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you!" In many ways life is like a restaurant, because YOU GET WHAT YOU ORDER! The second guid

    Matthew 7:7-8 ‘Ask, and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you. For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who searches finds, and for everyone who knocks, the door will be opened. INTRODUCTION: You’ll decide what you want and it will ...read more

  • Fulfill Your Divine Purpose

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Oct 21, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 14,276 views

    You were made to fulfill your divine purpose

    For we are what God has made us….. Ephesians 2:10 INTRODUCTION: "We are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works ...." • Our English word "poem" comes from this Greek word translated "workmanship." Think about it--there is no one in the world like you. We all compare ...read more

  • Complaint-Free World Reprised Series

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Oct 28, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,407 views

    Today is Celebration Sunday for the year 2007 here at Bridgewater United Methodist Church. This fall we’ve been talking about and studying guidelines to living a more abundant life.

    INTRODUCTION: Review of guidelines to an abundant life: • I must tithe all that I receive to the person, place, or institution where I receive my spiritual food. • I must set clear-cut, tangible goals. • I must forgive everyone all the time, including myself. • I must seek, discover, and follow my ...read more

  • Life Is For Living (Not Dying)

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Nov 6, 2007
    based on 14 ratings
     | 5,309 views

    The issue of life after death touches all of us -- sometimes with enormous intensity. What are some Biblical passages that might address this issue?

    SERMON OUTLINE AND NOTES Life Is for Living (Not Dying) Luke 20:27-38 V. 36 -- Indeed they cannot die anymore, because they are like angels and are children of God, being children of the resurrection. If we humans die, will we live again? That’s my question. All through these difficult days I keep ...read more

  • What A Gift!

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Dec 25, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,703 views

    A Christmas Eve sermon reflecting on the greatest gift given to humanity.

    A re-writing of I Corinthians 13 from a Christmas perspective (source: online) If I decorate my house perfectly with plaid bows, strings of twinkling lights, and shiny balls, but do not show love to my family, I am just another decorator? If I slave away in the kitchen, baking dozens of Christmas ...read more

  • Have An Audacious Christmas

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Dec 30, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,462 views

    A sermon for the 4th Sunday in Advent

    Jack Shea, writer and theologian shares his thoughts about how to send out Christmas greetings. Shea writes: “Some Christmas I am going to send out a Christmas card that will look like this. On the cover there will be three images. The first image will be a star brightly shining but it will be ...read more

  • Window Of The Soul

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Jan 20, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,527 views

    You can be more than you think in the present moment by opening your heart to the Spirit of Christ who has taken away the sin of the world.

    Today I want you to hear this from the opening pages of the Scripture: Then God said, ‘Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness… So God created humankind in his image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. (Gn. 1:26, 27). According to an ...read more

  • Prescription For A Meaningful Life

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Jan 20, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,965 views

    The Baptism of Jesus and his calling provides a model for responding to our calling through our baptism.

    And a voice from heaven said, ‘This is my Son, the Beloved, with whom I am well pleased.’ – v .17 ‘Whoever has two coats must share with anyone who has none; and whoever has food must do likewise.’ (Lk. 3:11). The story of Jesus’ baptism raises questions meaningful to my own baptism: • "What ...read more

  • In Less Time Than The Blink Of An Eye

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Feb 3, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,587 views

    A sermon for Transfiguration Sunday about the transforming power of Christ’s Spirit

    In today’s Gospel Lesson, on the Mount of Transfiguration, the awesome power and glory of God was mysteriously revealed in Jesus Christ. That scene is described in this way in The Message version of the event: Jesus took Peter and the brothers, James and John, and led them up a high mountain. His ...read more

  • The Devil's Sunday

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Feb 3, 2008
     | 4,534 views

    A sermon for the First Sunday of Lent about the temptation of Jesus and the implications for your life.

    INTRODUCTION: WHAT DO YOU MEAN THIS IS THE DEVIL’S SUNDAY? • The first Sunday of Lent for 19 centuries on the church calendar has focused on the temptation by the devil of Jesus. • Much of the symbolism of Jesus’ 40 days in the wilderness comes from the Hebrew Scripture story of the Exodus (vv. 1 ...read more

  • Salvation Sunday

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Feb 17, 2008
     | 3,426 views

    Salvation is more than words or concepts. Understanding salvation is a matter of experiencing it.

    I. Today I have a new sermon, but I have an old message-- the message of salvation. Jesus’ conversation with Nicodemus - where, he says to Nicodemus— "I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again." II. What do these words mean—how do you explain ...read more

  • We Are Co-Creators With God

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Apr 20, 2008
    based on 5 ratings
     | 24,316 views

    There is great Biblical emphasis on the reality that God often comes to us most clearly in the midst of our work.

    INTRODUCTION: ATTITUDES ABOUT LIFE’S WORK • “Here lies Tammas Jones. Born a man. Died a grocer.”-- An epitaph on an old tombstone in Scotland. • “The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.” -- Henry David Thoreau • “Life is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying ...read more