Sermons on Heavenly Bodies:

Use The Gifts That God Has Given You

Contributed by Charles Mccall on Nov 12, 2001

God has given you a gift to be used to glorify God and to edify the body of Christ.

Every believer in Christ has been given a gift by the Holy Spirit to be used to glorify God and to edify the body of Christ. It does not matter if you are young or old, male or female, black or white, educated or uneducated, rich or poor, Baptist or Pentecostal, Methodist or Catholic; if you ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 4:10-11, 1 Peter 4:1-11

Denomination: Baptist

Ok To Have A Beer? Series

Contributed by Jason Jones on Oct 12, 2010

Exposition of 1 Cor 6:12-14 regarding Christian liberty and purpose of the body.

Text: 1 Cor 6:12-14, Title: OK to Have a Beer? Date/Place: A. Opening illustration: tell about people offering me alcohol, cussing, and drinking with the preacher in ME B. Background to passage: not really all that sure about how this flows into the context of the entire letter, except that Paul ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 6:12-14

Denomination: Baptist

How Shall We Live?

Contributed by Howard Strickland on Oct 23, 2008

This question should be asked and answered by every believer. This word was very important to our body.

How Shall We Live? Text: Acts 4:13-20 13 Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated and untrained men, they marveled. And they realized that they had been with Jesus. 14 And seeing the man who had been healed standing with them, they ...read more

Scripture: Acts 4:13-20

Denomination: Pentecostal

What Does Jesus See?

Contributed by Jim Kane on May 18, 2009

Communion Meditation for March 1, 2009 and the first of the Lenten Series, ‘The Body of Christ.’

We begin our Lenten Series for this year under the theme of ‘The Body of Christ.’ I picked this theme because I believe that it ties in with the two themes that we have already studied this year: being a peacemaker and a missionary. I also picked it because I believe as Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians ...read more

Scripture: Luke 23:34

Denomination: Church Of God

What About What The Bible Doesn't Say

Contributed by Michael Bolin on Jun 7, 2009

what we eat is irrelevant-- but how our actions affect others in the body is not irrelevant.

In our scriptures this morning, Paul moves now to a heated Corinthian dispute over an issue of doctrine. Should Christians eat meat from animals that have been offered first to pagan deities, and can they take part in a dinner party the host dedicates to a god or goddess? Doesn’t it seem peculiar, ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 8:1-13

Denomination: United Methodist

The Smallest Member Matters

Contributed by Rodney V Johnson on May 25, 2013

This message focues on the importance of every member of the body being important including our youth.

The Smallest Member Matters Scriptures: 1 Corinthians 12:12-25; Introduction: During our last Youth Sunday service, Nikki spoke to the youth and told them that they could make a difference in this world. She stressed that it was not about how old they were; where they lived; how much money ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:12-25

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Understanding Spiritual Gifts

Contributed by Jeff Van Wyk on Mar 11, 2013

Spiritual gifts are given to prepare God's people for service and for building up the body of Christ.

Understanding Spiritual Gifts The spiritual gifts can be found in the following passages of Scripture: Romans 12:6-8 - Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, let us prophesy in proportion to our faith; or ministry, let us use it ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:6-8

Denomination: Charismatic

Prayer For Revival

Contributed by Dr. C. David White on Aug 25, 2002

EVERY BODY NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF FINDING THIER WAY BACK FROM FAILURE.

Prayer for Revival (Psalm 51) 1 ¶ To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.>> Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. 2 Wash ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 51:1-17

Denomination: Baptist

Prayer For Unity Series

Contributed by C. Philip Green on Jun 7, 2014

As we pray for the unity of the body of Christ, pray for power, for love, and for the fullness of God Himself.

At a wedding rehearsal in Concord, California, the pastor was explaining the symbolism of the unity candle. “After the middle candle is lit,” he said, “blowing out the two side candles means the two become one.” “Oh,” someone in the wedding party exclaimed. ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 3:14-21

Denomination: Evangelical Free

The Vital Church Series

Contributed by Ron Tuit on Jul 26, 2014

The Spirit-energized Pentecost Church was the, miraculous, sharing, attractive growing Body of Believers.

The Vital Church Acts 2:43-47 Acts 2:41: So then, those who had received his word were baptized; and that day there were added about three thousand souls. 42 They were continually devoting themselves to the apostles' teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. The ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:43-47

Denomination: Baptist

Worship God With Your Temple

Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Feb 18, 2015

To show that our thoughts is a powerful tool to worship GOD that is placed within this temple (body).

I. EXORDIUM: Are you a worshipper of GOD? Yes, I have my thoughts fixed on GOD. II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers III. OBJECTIVES: To show that our thoughts is a powerful tool to worship GOD that is placed within this temple (body). IV. TEXT: Psalms 48:9 (King James Version) 48:9 We have ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 48:9

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Stones Throw

Contributed by Perry Greene on Mar 16, 2015

The tablets of stone on which the ten commandments were written are a representation of the body and ministry of Jesus.

1. Jury The story is told of the sharecropper who was charged with stealing his landlord's mule. The landlord was a rich and domineering man who had few friends among the common people, but the evidence against the defendant was overwhelming. When the jury retired to consider the verdict, they were ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Find Everything You’re Looking For In A Living Jesus

Contributed by Daniel Habben on Apr 16, 2017

Mary was so busy looking for a dead body that she almost missed the living Jesus!

In warmer climates this morning this is what’s happening: the Easter Egg Hunt. Look closely at the picture and count how many red Easter eggs you see. I’ll give you five seconds. (Then take the picture away.) So, how many children were in the picture? You have no clue do you? You weren’t looking ...read more

Scripture: John 20:11-18

Denomination: Lutheran

Pentecost.

Contributed by Claude Alexander on May 31, 2017

The Day of Pentecost. The birth of the Church where the Jew and the Gentile worship God as one body.

Day of Pentecost. Leviticus 23 Verses 15-21 Introduction The Bible is a remarkable book made up of 66 books in two major divisions. Both Old and New Testaments are equally and totally inspired by God. The apostle Paul wrote " For whatever was written in the past was written for our ...read more

Scripture: Leviticus 23:15-22

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Divided And Dying

Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Jun 9, 2021

The enemy has used divide and conquer to split the Church/Body and he is doing it well.

"Division is devastating to effectiveness." Tim Dilena. Division in the Body has possibly done more damage to Western Christianity than heresy. That said, we cannot unite around anything but truth. Ten churches of like faith in a town or even ten miles away are a bar to ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 133:1, Ephesians 4:3, Ephesians 4:13

Denomination: Baptist