Sermons on Heart Of Understanding:

It's How You Play The Game That Matters Series

Contributed by Rick Stacy on Mar 5, 2001

Sermon 1 of 3. This sermon is on Ministry and encourages people to get involved in Ministry based on Romans 12’s understanding of Mercy, Grace, and Faith.

Get in the Game It’s How You Play the Game That Matters Two Important facts about basketball Only the last five minutes count My wife, Donna, has a valid point in many games when the lead seems to seesaw back and forth between the teams. Then in the last five minutes the game intensifies and ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:1-8

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Calm In The Storm

Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jul 7, 2023

It isn’t Jesus’ job to calm our storms, but to calm our hearts so that we can face the storms with confidence and courage.

I just came back from attending my first General Assembly. It is sort of a cross between a political convention and a session of Congress. Commissioners are called together every year from all over the country to do the business of the church, and their decisions are expected to embody the ...read more

Scripture: Mark 4:35-41

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Road Where Hope Returns

Contributed by David Dunn on Oct 19, 2025

Jesus walks beside discouraged hearts, opens the Word, breaks the bread, and turns despair’s road into the path where hope returns.

Introduction — When Hope Walks Beside You and You Don’t Know It It is late afternoon on the first Easter Sunday. Two travelers walk the dusty road westward from Jerusalem toward a village called Emmaus. Seven miles, Luke says — not far, but far enough for grief to stretch every step. Their ...read more

Scripture: Luke 24:13-35, Psalm 119:130, Isaiah 53:4-5, John 20:29, Romans 15:13  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

Hebrew Word Study: Livabethini, Ravished By God's Love Series

Contributed by Justin Steckbauer on Jun 5, 2022

We’re looking at the song of Solomon chapter 4, particularly verse 9. Our scripture today says this: “You have ravished my heart, My sister, my spouse; You have ravished my heart With one look of your eyes, With one link of your necklace.”

We’re looking at the song of Solomon chapter 4, particularly verse 9. Our scripture today says this: “You have ravished my heart, My sister, my spouse; You have ravished my heart With one look of your eyes, With one link of your necklace.” Which brings us to our Hebrew word for this Sunday, ...read more

Scripture: Song of Songs 4:1-4, Song of Songs 4:9

Denomination: Salvation Army

1 - My Home Series

Contributed by Kent Kessler on Nov 5, 2024

Jesus promises to make your heart his home, if you come. “I WILL LIVE AND WALK AMONG THEM” Are you yoked with God? Is your heart His today? Have you given up everything for trusting in the Lord? Would you pray and RESPOND to Jesus. Tell him, Come HOME.

1 - THEY WILL BE MY HOME = “I WILL LIVE AND WALK AMONG THEM” 2 Corinthians? ?6?:?14?-?18? ?NIV?? 14 Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? 15 What harmony is there between Christ and ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 6:14-18, John 14:23

Denomination: Methodist

Kingdom Keys - Nehemiah Series

Contributed by Robert Butler on May 22, 2023

To fully be God’s people, everyone needs a whole heart transformation by fully surrendering to God and asking him to have his way with us.

So maybe you’ve heard it said, ‘read your bible’ so you tried and failed. Our hope as leaders is that all of us will pick up God’s word and come to understand the true nature of God. After all, the bible is God’s Word curated over centuries detailing His nature, His will, the meaning of life and ...read more

Scripture: Nehemiah 13:14, Nehemiah 13:22, Nehemiah 13:25, Nehemiah 13:29, Nehemiah 13:31, Jeremiah 31:33, Ezekiel 36:24-27  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Letting Go To Receive

Contributed by Richard Schwedes on Apr 3, 2009

To receive God’s gifts and grace we need to let go of things, attitudes and even our understanding of how things should be.

The sermon began with the following visual “I have asked Andy Broom to help me with today’s sermon.” Like every other journey we go on throughout our journey in life we pick up many packages and things. We pick up: The package of WHAT PEOPLE THINK & SAY ABOUT ME!!! The package of WHAT I ...read more

Scripture: John 12:20-33

Denomination: Lutheran

Creeds Of The Early Church: Didache And Apostles' Creed Series

Contributed by Keith Foskey on Apr 21, 2014

The Didache and the Apostles' Creed are two important documents from the early church and helpful in our understanding how early Christians understood and practiced their faith.

Church History: Examining the Creeds and Confessions of the Church Through the Ages and Why They Matter. Lesson 3: Creeds and Confessions of the Early Church - From the Didache to the Apostles’ Creed So far, in our study of church history we have seen an overview of the past 2,000 years ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:21-48

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

God's Unfailing Love

Contributed by Melvin Maughmer, Jr. on Jun 7, 2020

We undeniably live in a world that is truly crying out for love and this is or at least should be the desire of everyone’s heart that this world would be a better place.

God’s Unfailing Love By Bishop Melvin L. Maughmer, Jr. OPENING: - In 1966 Dionne Warwick sang a song titled “What the world needs now”. The word were What the world needs now is love sweet love, It’s the only thing that there's just too little of, What the world needs now is love sweet ...read more

Denomination: Apostolic

When Joy Is Our Song PRO Sermon

Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Dec 7, 2023

This sermon encourages us to receive God's message of joy and assurance through Jesus Christ, like the humble shepherds, with open hearts and minds. Key

Welcome, my dear friends, to this sacred gathering where we come together, not as strangers but as a family, bound by a shared love and reverence for our Lord. We stand here, not as solitary islands, but as a unified body, our hearts beating in rhythm with the divine melody of God's love. Today, we ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:8-20

Topics: Joy, Making Room

Light The Way Premium Sermon

Contributed by PRO Premium on Oct 9, 2023

The sermon explores the idea that the meek, broken-hearted, hungry, peacemakers, merciful, and persecuted are the salt and light of the world, tasked with guiding others towards Christ.

Have you ever been lost? What did you do? How did you find your way again? Share about a time when you were lost. Where were you and what was happening? How did you find your way again? Did you ask someone for help? Did you get out a map? Did you ask Siri for directions? Make the point that you ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:13-20

Topics: Salt And Light, Kingdom Blessings, Spiritual Guidance

A Wholly Devoted Tongue Series

Contributed by David Owens on Sep 23, 2012

Having learned about having a wholly devoted mind and heart, we now address what it means to have a wholly devoted tongue.

Introduction: A. If your tongue has ever gotten you into trouble, then please raise your hand. 1. Turn to your neighbor and say, “I’m not surprised!” 2. We are not surprised, because it happens to all of us. 3. All of us have had the experience of saying something, and then ...read more

Scripture: James 3:1-12

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Trust

Contributed by Bishop, W. F. Houston, Jr. on Jan 20, 2015

You know Beloved, Jesus says that part of the solution to a troubled heart is trust, and he tells His apostles to trust in 3 things.

Beloved, have you ever had one of those days when everything goes wrong? It doesn’t make any difference how hard you try, it just seems that everything backfires on you? The harder you try, the worse it gets. I’m convinced that all of us have had days like that. ILL. I heard a ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 14:1-6

Denomination: Other

The Day Before Easter

Contributed by Alan Perkins on Apr 15, 2001

The emotions felt by the disciples on the day before Easter mirror the way we react when we don’t understand what God is doing.

What we celebrate today is the central, defining event of the Christian faith. On this day, for the last twenty centuries, Christians have gathered together all over the world, in remote villages and in crowded cities, in cathedrals and in rented schoolrooms, just as we are doing here this morning; ...read more

Scripture: Luke 24:1-35

Denomination: Baptist

Revive Us As Our Elohim - Revive Us Part 8 Series

Contributed by Emile Wolfaardt on May 8, 2009

(PowerPoint slides freely available by emailing Emile@Wolfaardt.com) Positioning ourselves where God can powerfully revive our hearts.

Revive Us - Part 8 Revive Us as Our Elohim Genesis 1:1 This morning I want to wrap of this powerful mini series we started at the beginning of the year entitled "Revive Us." We have been studying our way through just some of the names of God. Why are we studying the names of God? Well did you ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 1:1

Denomination: *other