Sermons on Hechos 16:20:

Baking Bread Series

Contributed by Paul Basehore on Oct 21, 2015

If we don't work together with other believers, we will be unfinished -- like bread made without yeast.

Baking Bread Tonight we are going to finish our series on baking bread with the final step -- actually combining the ingredients together and and using an oven to bake it into something delicious. The simplest bread recipe only has three ingredients -- flour, water, and yeast. When you combine ...read more

Scripture: Acts 13:4-5, Acts 13:44-47, Acts 16:17, Acts 16:19-23, 1 Timothy 4:11-16  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Jailhouse Rock Series

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jun 11, 2018

Just as God prevails despite opposition, so does the Gospel.

Jailhouse Rock (Acts 16:16-34) [note: this title is not original -- have seen several sermons on this text with this title] 1. Late one night, a burglar broke into a house he thought was empty. He tiptoed through the living room but suddenly he froze in his tracks when he heard a loud raspy ...read more

Scripture: Acts 16:16-34

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Paul And The Pythoness

Contributed by Ernie Arnold on Apr 28, 2016

Luke shares with us the story of the salvation of the Pythoness - 1. Luke shares the story of her divination (enslavement) 2. Her Declaration concerning Paul and His mission and 3. Her Deliverance and salvation

Scripture: Acts 16:16-34 (cf. verses 16 - 18) Theme: Paul and the Pythoness Proposition: Luke shares with us the story of the young Pythoness - 1. Luke shares the story of her divination (enslavement) 2. Her Declaration concerning Paul and His mission and 3. Her Deliverance and salvation ...read more

Scripture: Acts 16:16-40

Denomination: Nazarene

The First Church In Europe

Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on May 14, 2016

The Holy Spirit barred Paul's way to the north and the south and it was then that Paul could look west to see the Man of Macedonia. He found the first Church in Europe whose leader was a woman, Lydia from Thyatira

Sermon Acts 16:6-34 My favourite book in the Old Testament is the Book of Proverbs and in the New Testament is the Book of Acts. The Book of Acts is written to Theophilus which means in Greek Lover of God from Theos meaning God and Phileo meaning love. What he a man who was Luke’s patron ...read more

Scripture: Acts 16:6-34

Denomination: Anglican

Are You Saved?

Contributed by Lalachan Abraham on Mar 3, 2017

Have you ever been asked if you are saved? A Roman jailer asked “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” (Acts 16:30)

Everyone knows this is an important question-- How to be saved is the most important quest of any human life. This quest begins when a man or woman first realizes their true state before a holy God. The Apostle Paul and Silas had been carrying the Gospel to Europe. In Macedonia they went to ...read more

Scripture: Acts 16:16-34

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Escaping Your Alcatraz

Contributed by David Edward Ray on Nov 26, 2016

Escaping your Alcatraz is a message of hope for those that are caught in their own prison of addiction, depression or anything that has us bound. All of our efforts cannot set us free. The Spirit of the Lord can.

On June 11, 1962, Clarence Anglin, John Anglin and Frank Morris tucked papier-Mache heads resembling their own likenesses into their beds, broke out of the main prison building via an unused utility corridor and departed Alcatraz Island aboard an improvised inflatable raft to an uncertain fate, ...read more

Scripture: Acts 16:16-40, 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18, James 1:2-4, Revelation 12:11, Psalm 142:7, John 8:36, Zechariah 4:6  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Assembly Of God

What Shakes When We Pray

Contributed by Jim Caswell on Jan 11, 2017

Prayer still shakes up our lives when we receive God’s power.

Title: Prayer: What Shakes When We Pray? Place: BLCC Date: 1/15/22 Text: Acts 16.16-33 [Screen 1] FAS: Television interviewer and journalist Larry King describes three farmers who gather daily in a field during a horrible drought. The men are down on their knees, looking upward, and praying the ...read more

Scripture: Acts 16:16-33

Denomination: Christian Church

The Most Important Question You Will Ever Ask

Contributed by Kevin L. Jones on Jan 26, 2018

A sermon examining the question "What must I do to be saved?"

The Most Important Question You Will Ever Ask Acts 16:16-34 In case you haven't noticed, people ask a lot of questions. One of the most prominent questions today is "what exactly is a government shutdown?" Others are asking "how long will it last?" Many people have recently began to ask the ...read more

Scripture: Acts 16:16-34

Denomination: Baptist

"Bearing Testimony In Troubled Times"

Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Jul 3, 2017

God wants to use our tests to provide a testimony.

It seems like everywhere you look today, there is someone who is predicting that troubled times are ahead. I've heard several who have claimed that our nation today is more divided than it has been since the days before the civil war. I'm not completely persuaded about that, but I do think our ...read more

Scripture: Acts 16:20-34

Denomination: Baptist

Travelling With The Apostle Paul - Silas

Contributed by Gordon Curley on Mar 26, 2018

Travelling with the Apostle Paul - Silas - sermon by Gordon Curley PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request – email: gcurley@gcurley.info

SERMON OUTLINE: (1). Silas the Leader. (2). Silas the Missionary. (3). Silas the Prisoner. SERMON BODY Readings: • Acts chapter 15 verses 22-40 • Acts chapter 16 verses 16-40. • 2 Corinthians chapter 1 verse 19 • 1 Peter chapter 5 verse 12 • 1 Thessalonians chapter 1 verse 1 • 2 Thessalonians ...read more

Scripture: Acts 16:16-40

Denomination: Brethren

In Every Situation There Is A Jesus Agenda

Contributed by Richard Papafio on Aug 14, 2018

There is a Jesus agenda in every situation or location you find yourself in

May the peace of the Lord be with you. Topic: IN EVERY SITUATION THERE IS A JESUS AGENDA Acts 16:19-24 King James Version (KJV) 19 And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the marketplace unto the rulers, 20 And brought them ...read more

Scripture: Acts 16:19-24

Denomination: Charismatic

Thanksgiving

Contributed by Brad Warne on Nov 17, 2018

A message about thanksgiving 1. Don't forget to 2. Sometimes it's a sacrifice 3.Make it a lifestyle

Thanksgiving: Analysing data from over 3.7 million reviews for 13 400 hotels in 70 countries, RewardExpert has set out to answer where the grumpiest and happiest travellers in the world come from. Grumpiest: 1. Spain 2. Ireland 3. Iceland 4. Italy Happiest: 1. Russia 2. Serbia 3. Lebanon 4. ...read more

Scripture: Luke 17:11-19, Acts 16:16-25

Unstoppable - True Authentic Worship Series

Contributed by Joseph Rodgers on Dec 10, 2018

The 10th message in a series on the book of Acts

Unstoppable – Worship in the Spirit 11/19/17 Acts 16:16-34 Sunday AM There’s much confusion today about worship. Should we sing w/ the lights on or off? Do we sing w/ a choir/orchestra or w/ a band? Do we sing hymns or contemporary songs? But what if worship had nothing to do w/ ...read more

Scripture: Acts 16:16-34

Denomination: Baptist

Jailbreak - Or Who Is In Prison Anyway?

Contributed by Roberta Karchner on May 29, 2019

Paul and Silas are imprisoned. But so is the woman with the demon and the jailer who jails them

Acts 16:16-34 Jailbreak (The Free and the not so free) Over the last few weeks, we have been exploring Acts and the way the church has spread throughout the world in the earliest days of Christianity. From Peter and the disciples standing up to the authorities, to Joppa, where Saul, an new ...read more

Scripture: Acts 16:16-34, Romans 8:38-39, Galatians 3:28

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Voice In A Close Call

Contributed by John White on Jul 12, 2019

God speaks in a special and personal way in close calls today. Life is filled with close calls and narrow escapes'

The Voice In A Close Call Acts 16:10-34 We were entering the highway at an entrance notorious as a black spot for fatal accidents. The speeding traffic was bumper to bumper. There was no opening for merger or entry. Although we stopped well back, a car entering an adjacent exit too early, missed ...read more

Scripture: Acts 16:10-34

Denomination: Baptist