Sermons on Heart:

Ash Wednesday: Confronting Sin

Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Mar 10, 2011

A talk given at our evening Ash Wednesday service. Jesus's death on the cross has paid the price for our sins but our bad habits, bad behaviour and the things that trip us up still need to be confronted.

A young man once visited the great German preacher Martin Luther to ask for his advice. He said that he was constantly plagued by wrongful desires and lustful thoughts and did not know what to do. Martin Luther’s reply was typically blunt and to the point. He said, “You can’t stop ...read more

Scripture: James 4:1-10

Denomination: Anglican

Bad Behaviors That Always Betray You Series

Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Mar 18, 2011

We don’t just give up bad behaviors; we put to death the old self.

First Presbyterian Church Wichita Falls, Texas March 20, 2011 BAD BEHAVIORS THAT ALWAYS BETRAY YOU The ABCs of Spring Cleaning: Part 2 Isaac Butterworth Colossians 3:1-17 (NIV) 1 Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 3:1-17

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Stranger In A Strange Land

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Feb 27, 2010

For Prayer Breakfast given by a Francophone African church. We must respond to immigrants because God commands it, our history demands it, it serves our own best interests, and the Gospel includes it.

Valentine Michael Smith was born on Earth, raised on Mars, and returned to Earth. He never felt fully at home in either place. But his interaction with Earth, when he returned as a young adult, transformed Earth culture and impacted many lives. His most important contribution to Earth was the ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 2:11-22

Denomination: Baptist

Worship In Spirit And In Truth

Contributed by Timm Meyer on Mar 19, 2010

Lent 3(A) - Believers worship in spirit and in truth. Worship is much more than a place. Worship is our way of living.

WORSHIP IN SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH (Outline) March 7, 2010 - Lent 3 - JOHN 4:15-26 INTRO: Each Sunday believers gather together in churches to draw near to God. In such worship places believers have a certain closeness to God as God draws near to them in his holy word. Visible churches ...read more

Scripture: John 4:15-26

Denomination: Lutheran

Living Above Our Storms: Part 3 - The Reasons For Storms In Our Lives Series

Contributed by Sidney Sumida on Oct 6, 2009

Discovering the three main reasons why God allows us to experience hardships and difficulties

THE REASONS FOR STORMS IN OUR LIVES Reading Text: Proverbs 6:23, Romans 8:28-29 INTRODUCTION As stated in our previous teaching series, no one is exempt for the storms of life. Trials, tragedies, and misfortunes will come to the righteous as well as the unrighteous (Matthew 5:45), ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:28-29

Denomination: Charismatic

To Have All Of Him, He Has To Have All Of Me! (Hix)

Contributed by Jimmy Haile on Oct 17, 2009

These are the greatest commandments, if you can obey these two, you will be able to obey the others!

Mark 12:29-31 Man and wife go to a marriage counselor and after a length discussion, the marriage counselor walk over to the wife grabs her by the shoulders, pulls her up to him and kisses her on the mouth and then turns to her husband and says, ‘She needs ...read more

Scripture: Mark 12:29-31

Denomination: Baptist

Blessed Be Your Name: In The Land That Is Plentiful Series

Contributed by Stephen Colaw on Nov 9, 2008

When God gives and when He takes away, our only right response is praise.

ME That song speaks to the heart of where we’re going to be for the next couple of week… Listen to the words… words that you just sang… Blessed be Your name in the land that is plentiful Where Your streams of abundance flow, blessed be Your name Blessed be Your name when I’m found in the ...read more

Scripture: Luke 17:11-19

Denomination: Wesleyan

Hardening Of The Hearteries

Contributed by Joseph Smith on May 8, 2010

October 1986: We are like Pharaoh; we become stubborn when our plans do not go as we expected, and we attempt to force our way. But the difference between being merely good and being great is to be radically obedient to God's will.

The physicists used to speak of the hypothetical question: what happens when an irresistible force meets an immoveable object? What happens when a force defined as beyond the capacity of anything to resist it comes into collision with an object so firmly fixed, so deeply rooted, that it can, by ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Asa's Mistake

Contributed by Andy Grossman on Feb 19, 2011

Four things we can learn from King Asa's mistakes. Even though he was fully committed to God all his life he still made mistakes and errors in judgment.

Asa’s Mistake February 20, 2011 “At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah and said to him: “Because you relied on the king of Aram and not on the LORD your God, the army of the king of Aram has escaped from your hand. Were not the Cushites and Libyans a mighty ...read more

Scripture: 2 Chronicles 16:7-9

Denomination: Holiness

Super: Naturally! A Heart To Pray, Eyes To See And Hands To Heal

Contributed by C Jordan on Mar 24, 2015

If we want to make a difference in people's lives, we need to have a heart that prays, eyes that see, and hands that heal.

SUPER: NATURALLY! #3: A HEART TO PRAY, EYES TO SEE AND HANDS TO HEAL THE BIG IDEA: If we want to make a difference in people's lives, we need to have a heart that prays, eyes that see, and hands that heal. KEY TEXT: Acts 3:1-10 1. A PEOPLE WITH A HEART TO PRAY: “Now Peter and John went up ...read more

Scripture: Acts 3:1-10

Denomination: *other

Penitence And Repentance

Contributed by Craig Condon on Feb 28, 2015

Confession is the act of inviting God to walk the acreage of our hearts and clear our hearts of anything that hinders our relationship with him. Once he has done this, we can come before him with thankful hearts.

How many of you have ever had a spotlight shined directly on you? Was it a comfortable experience? In 1 John 1:5-10 God is described as light, and sometimes that light is very uncomfortable when it’s shined on us. God is infinitely holy, utterly righteous and morally pure. He shines his light ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 1:5-10

Denomination: Anglican

Have Peace. Take Heart. Don’t Be Troubled Or Afraid Series

Contributed by Dean Courtier on Nov 12, 2017

In this world we will encountered hardships, we will encounter difficulties, we will encounter circumstances and situations, BUT God will grant us peace.

We continue in our series on discovering our destiny and on this Healing and Wholeness Sunday we are going to consider how we can “Take heart in trials and sorrows”. If we could live in a world where there is no trouble, no difficulties, no conflicts, no difficult circumstances, no worrying ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 4:6-7, Isaiah 26:3-4

Denomination: Pentecostal

'loans, Laziness & The Lord’s Heart'

Contributed by Gordon Curley on May 23, 2023

'Loans, Laziness & the Lord’s Heart' - chapter chapter 6 verses 1-19 - sermon by Gordon Curley (PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request – email: gcurley@gcurley.info)

SERMON OUTLINE: Loans (vs 1-3) Laziness (vs 6-11) Lord’s heart (vs 12-19) SERMON BODY: iLL: • A father and son went fishing one day. • After a couple hours out in the boat, • The boy suddenly became curious about the world around him. • He asked his father, “How does this boat float?” ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 6:1-19

Denomination: Brethren

Complete Forgiveness Series

Contributed by J.d. Tutell on Feb 24, 2012

Do we have a heart of forgiveness or fault finding? How we answer this question reveals if our heart is fully committed to God.

A lawyer was reading the will of a rich man. All of the people who were mentioned in the will were required to attend: “To you, my loving wife Rose, who stood by me in rough times, as well as good, I leave her the house and $2 million.” “To my daughter Jessica, who looked after ...read more

Scripture: Luke 7:36-50

Denomination: Baptist

Don''t Be A Fool

Contributed by Wilson Oshorakpor on Jun 9, 2021

The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom but the fool says in his heart that there is no God. Like a child, foolishness is bound in the heart of the unregenerated man or woman.

TEXT: Ecclesiastes 7:9 "Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools." DEFINITION The King James Bible dictionary defines a fool as: 1. One who is destitute of reason, or the common powers of understanding, an idiot. 2. In scripture, fool is often ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 22:15, Titus 3:3-4, Ecclesiastes 7:9

Denomination: Pentecostal