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Lesson 8: Preach For Application Series

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Mar 7, 2018

Making our sermons relevant and practical

Lesson Goal The purpose of this lesson is to help us always make our sermons relevant for daily use and our congregations doers of the word and not hearers only (James 1:22). Lesson Intro There is nothing worse than hearing a pie in the sky, unrealistic sermon from a young preacher who has no ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

The Touch That Sets Us Free

Contributed by James Hayden on Oct 30, 2006

You can’t be bound, if you’ve been touched

THE TOUCH THAT SETS US FREE MARK 5: 25-29 25) And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years, 26) And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse, 27) When she had heard ...read more

Scripture: Mark 5:25-29

Denomination: Baptist

How To Approach God Series

Contributed by John Hamby on Feb 8, 2001

Introduction to a study of the Lord’s Prayer and an examination of the first six words, "Our Father who art in Heaven."

A Study of the Lord’s Prayer Lesson # 1 Introduction : How to Approach God Almost all of our prayers begin by rushing into a series of petitions in which we pour out to God our problems, our needs, our irritations. This only reinforces the focus of ...read more

Scripture: Luke 11:2-4, Matthew 6:9-13

Denomination: Baptist

Sermon # 45 - Thy Will Be Done Series

Contributed by Andrew Dixon on Jul 28, 2023

How do we know the will of God for our lives? What happens when one submits to the will of God? There are wonderful examples of people in the bible who totally surrendered their will to God, and read on to know the outcome of their decisions.

Mary submitted to the will of God We read in Luke 1:38, Then Mary said, "Behold the maidservant of the Lord! May it be to me according to your word." And the angel departed from her. (EMTV) The characteristic of Mary that makes her so unique and special, was the fact that though she ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:38, Psalm 143:10, Matthew 1:18, Matthew 1:19, Matthew 1:24, Psalm 58:4-5, Acts 9:6, Psalm 32:8-9, Matthew 2:13-14  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Other

Learning To Listen

Contributed by Jeffrey Sims on Jul 1, 2025

This is all about getting to know the Shepherd and how to identify the things in life that drown out the voice of Christ... And hopefully it can help us learn to Listen to Jesus

John 10:27 – "My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me." Have you ever tried to have a conversation in a noisy room? Maybe you were at a party or a busy restaurant, and no matter how loud you spoke or how much you leaned in, the message just didn’t get through. It’s ...read more

Scripture: John 10:27, James 1:22

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

What I Think Of When I Hear Jesus' Name

Contributed by Bradley Kellum on Dec 2, 2009

What’s the biggest problem people face? What’s the greatest news anyone could ever hear? What’s the greatest decision that every person faces? These 3 questions get answered in this evangelistic Christmas sermon.

Introduction Whenever I think of Christmas, there are a lot of names I think of immediately: Santa Claus Kris Kringle St. Nick Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer I think of all the names of the people on my list that I had to shop for this Christmas I think of the names of gifts I would like to ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 1:18-21

Denomination: Baptist

Strength For The Journey Series

Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Dec 8, 2014

This sermon is an overview of the qualities that helped Ezra succeed in his return to Israel along with 3000 other exiles to reestablish proper worship among the Jews.

Strength for the Journey - Ezra INTRODUCTION: Summer is almost here! How many of you have some sort of travel plans for this summer? Is anyone planning to join about 3,000 people for a 900 mile hike? That’s what we read about in the Book of Ezra. That would be like walking from San ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Stand Fast

Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Jan 23, 2024

In the military, you were given a command to stand fast and await further orders even when you saw others marching. Too many Christians, especially new ones, run off at the command of men or emotions missing the Lord's command.

Is it not odd that people who believe in the omnipresence of God seek some place where they feel closer to Him. He not the God of the oceans, the mountains or the fields. He is the God of the universe so wherever you are He is there. If you are not hearing from Him it is not a location ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 7:20

Denomination: Baptist

The Sin Of Quenching The Spirit 1 Thessalonians 5:19 Series

Contributed by James Lee on Nov 19, 2013

When you hear the word quench do you think about being thirsty? Most of us usually assume that the word means to do away with a tremendous thirst.

When you hear the word quench do you think about being thirsty? Most of us usually assume that the word means to do away with a tremendous thirst. Paul is not saying that we should not give the Holy Spirit a drink of water. The way he uses the word here different from the way we normally think of ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:19

Denomination: Baptist

I Love Farming

Contributed by Ronnie Miller on Oct 25, 2012

We have a lot of churches and TV Evangelists, Pastors, Preachers today using Gods word like dynamite. Now, Gods word is powerful and shaper than any two edged sword the Bible says but, Jesus says it is a seed. A seed is something that is planted and grows

I love farming Luke 8:4 And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable: 5 A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it. 6 And some fell upon a ...read more

Scripture: Luke 8:4-8

Denomination: Baptist

Let,s Stir This Place Up

Contributed by Dr.w.samuel Legon on Sep 18, 2010

Are you listening for the trumpet to sound?

LET,S STIR THIS PLACE UP 2nd Peter 1:13Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance; We have set around long enough with folded hands; with a clod defeated spirit. Its time to get stirred up And get ...read more

Scripture: 2 Peter 1:13

Denomination: Baptist

A Habit For Life

Contributed by Daniel Austin on Mar 16, 2010

As another year is about to begin, and many resolutions are being made, let daily bible reading be one of the top resolutions on your list

A Habit For Life 12/27/08 AM Reading: Psalm 119:1-10 Introduction: It is almost the end of another year; New Years Day will be this Thursday which for many of us means New Years resolutions are in order. And that idea, the desire to make this coming year better then the one now ending, the desire ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 119:1-10

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

I Heard It Through The Grapevine

Contributed by David Dunn on Oct 6, 2025

Staying connected to Jesus — the True Vine — keeps us from living on secondhand faith, rumor, or hearsay; it grows firsthand fruit.

Introduction — “The Gospel According to Motown (and Ma Bell)” Back in the day of homesteading, some of my relatives lived on a farm. It was a big day when the telephone company finally strung wire out to the countryside, hooking up rural America to the world. These early installations usually ...read more

Scripture: Romans 10:17, Galatians 5:22-23, Psalm 1:1-3, Jeremiah 17:7-8

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

Don't Just Listen!

Contributed by Eric Grenier on Apr 26, 2018

We need to DO what we have HEARD!

James 1:18–25 18He chose to give birth to us by giving us His true word. And we, out of all creation, became His prized possession. 19Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters: You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry. 20Human anger does not produce the ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:17-32, James 1:18-25

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

God's Invitation Leads To A Crisis Of Belief Series

Contributed by Matthew Stoll on Apr 10, 2008

Part 6. When we hear from God we are at a crisis of belief where we will have to choose whether we will step out in faith or not.

We have been in a series titled “Knowing and Experiencing God” because, truth be told, many times in our Christian life we are just going through the motions. Perhaps we go to church on Sunday, maybe we do our daily devotions (reading the Bible & praying), generally we try to be a good person, do ...read more

Denomination: Methodist