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Facing shipwreck, Paul and all on board cast out 4 Anchors that saw them thru the storm safely. Link included to formatted text and PowerPoint Presentation.
Four Anchors That Will Hold Acts 27:29 http://gbcdecatur.org/sermons/4Anchors.html There will be a time in the life of most Christians that you will come upon a real storm. How you handle that storm will determine a great deal as to how you live the remainder of your Christian life. We are living ...read more
Scripture: Acts 27:14-44
Denomination: Baptist
This sermon is about faith in God in hard times.
The Anchor Still Holds! Hebrews 6:17-19 Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath: "That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for ...read more
Scripture: Hebrews 6:17-19
Denomination: Apostolic
An encourgememt for the church to join hands together and to support each other in order to complete the work of God.
DATE: February 13, 2000 TEXT: Exodus 17:8-16 THEME: "Lets Hold Hands" INTRODUCTION Incident occurs soon after Israel leaves Egypt. The Amalekites were a warlike nomadic people who would become bitter enemies of Israel throughout its history. Israel was in a hostile environment, engaged in a ...read more
Scripture: Exodus 17:8-16
Denomination: Pentecostal
To understand the spiritual war believers are engaged in and the importance of putting on the full armor of God to stand firm against the forces of evil.
Good morning, church family! Today, we're diving into a topic that's critical for every believer to understand - the spiritual war we're engaged in every day. This isn't a battle with physical weapons or soldiers, but a fight against spiritual forces of evil. Sounds intense, doesn't it? But don't ...read more
Scripture: Ephesians 6:10-20
Topics: High Ground, Relationships
This is a sermon for the second Sunday of Advent, focusing on God's peace. It is part of a 4 week series from "rethink Church"
Peace…strength to hold on Many of our Christmas songs have something in common, let’s see if we can find it in these samples of lyrics– “peace on the earth good will to all, prince of peace”, “sleep in heavenly peace”, “peace on earth and mercy ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 3:1-12
Denomination: Methodist
Holding on to those opportunities that reach our lives.
GETTING HOLD OF OPPORTUNITIES Luke 16:8,9 ““The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the people of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the people of the light. I tell you, use worldly wealth to gain friends for yourselves, so that ...read more
Scripture: Luke 16:8-9
Denomination: Assembly Of God
USING THE OPPORTUNITIES GOD GIVES US
GETTING HOLD OF OPPORTUNITIES Luke 16:8,9 ““The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the people of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the people of the light. I tell you, use worldly wealth to gain friends for ...read more
This is the most dramatic testimony of Paul’s struggle with sin. I like this text because of the transparency. Paul identifies sin that is always lurking around trying to take a hold of every beleiver.
TITLE: IT AIN’T ME SCRIPTURE: ROMANS 7:17 As much as I place focus and attention on proper English, I found it fitting this morning to stray somewhat. I could not find a better or stronger word to use than “AIN’T” to help support my thought as we labor in the Word for a ...read more
Scripture: Romans 7:17
A sermon about being caught up in something bigger than yourself.
“Exciting Enough to be Contagious” Matthew 4:18-22 Early last week I sat in my office and listened, for several hours, to a woman who lives in her van with her 32-year-old son. She was probably about 50 but looked much older. She had an extremely low view of herself, and had been abused by ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 4:18-22
Denomination: United Methodist
When the ship is being tossed, we need to drop anchor.
Holding Steady in the Storm Illustration: Max Lucado story of the houseboat, along with the Navy story Thesis: In the storms of Life we need to set anchors The first of these anchors is Prayer James 5:13-18, 1 John 5:14-15 The second of these anchors is Faith If we pray unbelieving we get ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 14:22-33
Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ
The figurative storms that we encounter in life are very real in their consequences. When they come...and they will...the Christian is wise to utilize the four anchors that God has provided.
FOUR ANCHORS THAT HOLD "Then, fearing lest we should run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern, and prayed for day to come." Acts 27:29 This frightening event occurred on Paul’s voyage to Rome to stand trial before Caesar Nero. There are several ...read more
Scripture: Acts 27:29, Acts 27:29-31
Consider some of the “anchors” we can employ in the storms of life that we face.
FOUR ANCHORS THAT HOLD "Then, fearing lest we should run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern, and prayed for day to come." Acts 27:29 This frightening event occurred on Paul's voyage to Rome to stand trial before Caesar Nero. There are several parallels we can draw ...read more
Scripture: Acts 27:29
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. Holman Christian Standard Bible You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.
Holding the Banner of Truth Text: John 8:32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. Holman Christian Standard Bible You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free. I. Holding fast to the word of life ( Phil. 2:16 ) Life means - The period between the birth and ...read more
Scripture: John 8:32
Denomination: Church Of God
Do you feel like giving up? Take the example of Caleb. There is no such thing as permament failure.
Give Me This Mountain! A little boy was afraid of the dark. One night his mother told him to go out to the back porch and bring her the broom. The little boy turned to his mother and said, "Mama, I don’t want to go out there. It’s dark." The mother smiled reassuringly at her son. "You don’t have ...read more
Scripture: Numbers 14:7-9
God shook up Peter because he wanted to shake up the world. He can also shake all of us up so he can shake up the world-and boy does it ever need to be shaken up. When we obey God, we will become fishers of men.
The story of Jesus teaching from the boat in Luke 5:1-11 occurs early in his earthly ministry. He preached to the crowd, and then he asked Peter to do something that did not make sense to Peter. He asked Peter to go fishing in the daytime. As someone who had fished in this particular area for most ...read more
Scripture: Luke 5:1-11
Denomination: Anglican