Sermons on Heart Service:

A Memorial Service

Contributed by Melvin Newland on Oct 7, 2020

Death once was something people seemed afraid to discuss. But times have changed, & books about death & out of body experiences are best sellers, indicating that fear of death still holds many in its grip.

MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK Musical Prelude & Pictures of Deceased Welcome & Appreciation of the Family to those Present Scripture Reading & Prayer Congregational Singing Obituary, followed by Memories of the Deceased Special Music Congregational ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:1-10, Hebrews 2:15, Revelation 14:13, 1 Corinthians 15:51-52

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Valuable Service

Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Aug 22, 2021

There is no retirement in the Christian life. Your calling is active and valuable to the King until your last breath.

If you are still breathing there is time to do great things for God. Not necessary notable things. You may not get applause from your church, your name in the paper or the key to your city, but you can do great things. God's valuation is far different than man's. Matthew 10:42 And ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 10:42, Mark 9:35, Micah 6:8, James 1:27, Matthew 11:28, Zechariah 4:6  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Baptist

Easter Service

Contributed by Darrin Fish on Sep 2, 2015

Short Easter Morning Service

Easter Service, Tell the events of the previous week 1. Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Now Today The climax to one heck of a week Look at Mark 16:1-8--This is the climax of Mark’s Gospel, The Resurrection • Without the Resurrection the life and death of Jesus even though it would have ...read more

Scripture: Mark 16:1-8

Denomination: Christian Church

Funeral Service

Contributed by Christopher Arch on Jun 16, 2023

This sermon was for a funeral of a woman whose spiritual condition was unknown and struggled with anxiety.

Title: Jane Harper Funeral Message Scripture: Mt. 6:25-34 Type: Funeral Where: GNBC 6-16-23 Intro: What's worse than being trapped behind prison bars? Trying to live while avoiding capture. Sergei was a Latvian prison convict with ten months left to serve on his seven-year burglary ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:25-34

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Humble Service

Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Jul 6, 2022

Since being connected to Christ gives us an opportunity for abundance, and since being like Jesus means becoming the person God wants us to be, then we should treasure humility.

Let's start off today talking about Wi-Fi connections. With a good signal, we feel like the world is at our fingertips. We can digitally go anywhere. Unfortunately, we don't always have that good connection. It is frustrating to say the least. We might feel like a Wi-Fi connection is ...read more

Scripture: John 13:3-17, Philippians 2:8

Denomination: Baptist

The Grace Of Service.

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on May 10, 2024

A call to sober-minded watchfulness in these last days.

THE GRACE OF SERVICE. 1 Peter 4:7-11. Peter has already told us the ‘last days’ began at Pentecost (cf. Acts 2:16-18). Now he tells us that “the end of all things is at hand” (1 PETER 4:7a). Although he wrote those words nearly two millennia ago, that sense of imminence remains. The question is: ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 4:7-11

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

A Mind For Service

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Aug 19, 2020

Gifts given for the benefit of the Church.

A MIND FOR SERVICE. Romans 12:3-8. Romans 12:3. “For” connects with the immediately preceding two verses, in which it has been made clear that, as an act of gratitude for God's mercy (outlined in the whole of the preceding 11 chapters), we should submit our bodies to Him as a ‘living ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:3-8

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Christianity And Service

Contributed by Ezekiel Ette on Aug 30, 2020

The story of Paul in the Areopagus in Athens will be a nice one for philosophers and the intellectuals of the times

The story of Paul in the Areopagus in Athens will be a nice one for philosophers and the intellectuals of the times and to some extent the postmodern folks of today who neither think much about science or of religion. Yet this story is also the story of our time and of ordinary folks who are ...read more

Scripture: Acts 17:22-31

Denomination: United Methodist

Faithfulness In Service

Contributed by Kayode Omotoso on Oct 12, 2017

You must be faithful to Him who has appointed you.

As believers in God’s service, we are required of faithfulness in the delivery of our assigned duties and personal commitment to Him Who has appointed us (1Cor 4:2). And in the show of such faithfulness, we must follow the example of Jesus Christ as described in Heb 3:1-2a and Phil ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 3:1-6

Denomination: Pentecostal

Fearless Service Series

Contributed by Mary Erickson on Oct 9, 2023

The second sermon in a 4-part stewardship series. This week's focus is on the stewardship of our time and abilities.

October 8, 2023 Rev. Mary Erickson Hope Lutheran Church Stewardship Sermon – Week Two Isaiah 6:1-8; Luke 4:16-21 Fearless Service Friends, may grace and peace be yours in abundance in the knowledge of God and Christ Jesus our Lord. One of my professors in seminary was Dr. Gerhard Forde. He was ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 6:1-8, Luke 4:16-21

Denomination: Lutheran

Anointing A Man After The Heart Of God

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Nov 26, 2016

The Lord's criteria for service.

ANOINTING A MAN AFTER GOD’S OWN HEART. 1 Samuel 15:34-35; 1 Samuel 16:1-13. Israel had demanded a king, just so that they could be like the other nations. Samuel had protested, but the LORD allowed it. After all, they were not rejecting Samuel: they were rejecting the LORD (1 Samuel 8:4-7). ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 15:34-35, 1 Samuel 16:1-13

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Passion Killers In Christian Service!

Contributed by Tony Abram on Nov 19, 2006

In the service of Christ there are many things that can kill our passion for service to the King. That is why Jesus said in Luke 21: 34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of

Passion Killers for Christian Service! (Phil 3:10 KJV) That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; Phil 3:11 If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead. Phil 3:12 Not as though I had ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:10-14

How Should We Serve The Lord?

Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Jan 19, 2022

In the verse of scripture that I read to you, it states something that I wish could be true of every Christian.

Look at this verse again. We read, “For they themselves show of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God.” GOD SAVES US FOR TWO REASONS: (1) He does not want us to perish. John 3:16 makes that clear. We read, “For God so ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 1:9

Denomination: Baptist

Servitude Trumps Corruption

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Nov 1, 2023

For a priest or Levite, Malachi’s accusation that they had “corrupted the covenant of Levi” was just about the worst word he could throw at them.

Thirty-first Sunday in Course 2023 Today the Church gives us a snippet from St. Paul’s first letter to Thessalonika, and it echoes the sentiment of our psalm. The psalmist assumes an attitude we should all aspire to: “O Lord, my heart is not haughty, my eyes not lifted high; I busy myself not with ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 2:7-13, Matthew 23:1-12, Malachi 1:8-10, Philippians 2:3

Denomination: Catholic

Renewed And Refreshed Hearts Series

Contributed by Jason Cole on Feb 22, 2004

It is easy to get down and discouraged in this world and often times our hearts need to be renewed and refreshed so we can be more effective in our service to God.

“Heart Conditions: A Renewed and Refreshed Heart” Introduction: A businessman dragged himself home and barely made it to his chair before he dropped, exhausted. His sympathetic wife was right there with a tall cool drink and a comforting word. "My, you look tired," she said. "You must have had a ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 6:7-10

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ