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Don't Sell The Farm!

Contributed by John Gaston on Apr 4, 2016

What if when the prodigal son came home from the hog pen, he found that his father & brother had sold the farm? Today's churches have sold out their original fire and zeal. Will your prodigals find the same church they left?

DON'T SELL THE FARM! Luke 15:11-20 INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR 1. Harvey is an old widower living in a convalescent home. Attending social functions there, he met Martha, a widow, and slowly fell in love with her. 2. After a Bingo game, he finally got up the nerve to ask her to marry him. She said, ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:11-20

Denomination: Assembly Of God

God's Favorite House Part 2: The Cost Of Intimacy Series

Contributed by Randy West on Mar 13, 2002

Over and Over I have tried to bring us to a newness of God. I have tried to bring us to an overwhelming experience, the likes of which we have heard about in such stories as, the great Asuzu street revival. The great revivals in Toronto, Missouri, and Pen

God’s favorite house!!! Part 2 The Cost of Intimacy INTRO: Over and Over I have tried to bring us to a newness of God. I have tried to bring us to an overwhelming experience, the likes of which we have heard about in such stories as, the great Asuzu street revival. The great revivals in Toronto, ...read more

Scripture: Song of Songs 5:5-7

Denomination: Church Of God

Looking For A Good Room

Contributed by Jon Lipka on Oct 14, 2012

Wealth holds us back from inheriting eternal life: but wealth is anything earthyl that we hold onto as valuable in opposition to things heavenly. We must melt down these idols and consecrate the gold to the temple.

“What must I do to inherit eternal life?” (Mk. 17:17). There are two alternates to eternal life: eternal death and temporal life. Neither is appealing. Eternal life is worth struggling for. The rich young man asked the Lord what must he do. He understood that attainment of heaven was ...read more

Scripture: Mark 10:17-27

Denomination: Anglican

How To Hit The Bulls Eye Series

Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Aug 12, 2011

We cannot be on target with God unless we have the courage to grab hold of the gracious realities of peace with God.

“Between the Lines: How to Hit the Bull’s Eye” Romans 5:1-11 During my high school years I spent two summers working as a counselor at the local YMCA Day Camp. In that capacity I was often an instructor – including teaching archery. Being totally inexperienced in that field, I quickly learned that ...read more

Scripture: Romans 5:1-11

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Knowing The Shepherd's Voice

Contributed by Kerry Haynes on May 7, 2017

Jesus gave two images of himself: He is our good shepherd, so we can trust his voice and follow him. And he is the gate, our entry into salvation and ultimate security.

John 10:1-11 Knowing the Shepherd’s Voice In John’s thematic gospel we see different pictures of who Jesus Christ is to us. John included seven “I am” statements, where Jesus publicly identified himself with the great “I am,” Yahweh, the covenant God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the One who would ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 7:17, Romans 8:31-39, John 10:1-11

Denomination: Baptist

Compassion

Contributed by Lou Nicholes on Nov 19, 2004

Real ministry shows compassion that flows from one heart to another. It is true that the deepest theology ever written flows from Paul’s pen but his writings changed the world because they first touched the human heart. This passage shows the secret of hi

THOUGHTS ABOUT THE PASSAGE: The story is told of General William Booth, the founder of the Salvation Army, and the day Queen Victoria of England asked to meet with him. Because she had heard so many favorable things about his work in the slums, she asked him for the secret of his success. “Your ...read more

Scripture: Romans 1:8-15

Denomination: Baptist

Mercy Rewrote My Life

Contributed by Ethel Lamazon on Nov 22, 2020

Have you ever messed up so bad that you felt that is only I could do it all over again , but let me tell you that I know a man that has a pen dipped in the blood of mercy that can rewrite your story

MERCY REWROTE MY LIFE (SERMON) Luke 6 36 Therefore be merciful, just as your Father also is merciful. I’LL ASK THE QUESTION THIS MORNING, WHAT IS MERCY, HOW DO WE GET MERCY TO MOVE ON OUR BEHALF Mercy is a love that responds to human need in an unexpected or unmerited way. At its ...read more

Scripture: Luke 6:36

Imitating God

Contributed by Norman Bernad on Sep 27, 2022

Paul has been fervently writing down God’s Words for the church as the Holy Spirit has guided his pen across the page. He has been working on communicating to us how it is we can stand out as light in a darkened world.

Psalms 127 1. Ephesians 5:1-2 1 Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children 2 and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. Paul writes to the church at Ephesus and tells them to imitate God. Paul has ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:1-2, Psalm 127:1

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Dead Or Alive? Series

Contributed by Gregory Mc Donald on Sep 5, 2011

The life of faith is more than a private transaction of the heart with God. It is a life of active consecration seen in the obedience which holds nothing back from God..and the concern that holds nothing back from human need.

DEAD OR ALIVE? JAMES 2:14 26 Read 14 26 Pray James started out chapter 2 by addressing those who have faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. This is the common characteristic of all Christians...it's what binds us together...its what makes us the body of Christ. But v. 14 begins to raise the ...read more

Scripture: James 2:14-26

The Measure Of Man Series

Contributed by Byron Harvey on Oct 29, 2001

This is installment 3 in my series "Anchor Points: Holding On to the Truth in a Post-Modern World."

<b>Anchor Points The Measure of Man</b> Genesis 1:26-31 February 13, 2000 Anchor Point #3: <b>God created Man in His Own Image</b> Thus far in our study we have traced some of the elements of modern culture which are serving to change the rules of how people perceive reality. We are ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 1:26-31

Denomination: Evangelical Free

A Blind 20/20 Visionary

Contributed by Jeremy Farmer on Jul 17, 2002

Why don’t you have vision, and what’s holding you back?

Intro: They say that there is no one so blind as he who will not see. In this story, we are presented with a man who was absolutely blind. Bartimaeus could see nothing with the physical eyes with which he had been born, yet he could see things one a spiritual level that others were blind to. He saw ...read more

Scripture: Mark 10:46-52

Denomination: Pentecostal

What's The Difference Between Heaven And The New Jerusalem? Series

Contributed by Jim Butcher on Aug 1, 2003

This message explores the unique and important place that the New Jerusalem holds in our future as Christians.

What’s the difference between heaven and the New Jerusalem? THREE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS: 1. Are heaven and the New Jerusalem the same thing? - Answer: “No.” - Revelation 21:2 indicates that they are different, since it speaks of the New Jerusalem coming down out of heaven. The New ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 21:1-4

Denomination: Baptist

The Truth, The Whole Truth And Nothing But The Truth, So Help Me God

Contributed by Mark Witherden on Dec 6, 2003

Hold on to the truth in an age where truth has become anything you want it to be.

The truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help me God Isaiah 56:1-2 Isa 56:1 Thus says the LORD: "Keep justice, and do righteousness, For My salvation is about to come, And My righteousness to be revealed. 2 Blessed is the man who does this, And the son of man who lays hold on ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 56:1-2, Psalm 119:160

Denomination: Pentecostal

Hand It Over

Contributed by John Nadasi on Aug 5, 2004

When our blessings become our curses, it is because we are holding on too tightly.

Luke 12:32-40 Paonia United Methodist Church August 8, 2004 Life is hard. No, I mean it. Life in and of itself is rough. We get up, We encounter situations we would just as soon avoid, We deal with people we would just as soon pass on by, We struggle just to make ends meet… And, no ...read more

Scripture: Luke 12:32-40

Denomination: Methodist

I Will Not Quit, Because Of The Pit

Contributed by Michael Woods on Jul 7, 2005

This message will encourage you to hold on and not give up when life is giving you the pits!

Message By: Dr. Michael L. Woods, Sr. “When Life has you in the pits-I will not Quit Because of the Pit” Psalm 143:7-11 7Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit. 8Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 143:7-11

Denomination: Pentecostal