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  • A Veteran’s Day/Thanksgiving Day Message Series

    Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Nov 18, 2022
     | 2,852 views

    There's only a couple of weeks between Veteran's Day and Thanksgiving Day. This message is an attempt to combine features of each holiday.

    (Note: Based on and edited from a message preached November 13, 2022 at First Baptist Church, Chamois, MO. This is not an exact transcription.) Introduction: Veteran’s Day was originally called Armistice Day in honor of the Armistice ending the First World War. This Armistice took place on “the ...read more

  • Remember And Return To Give Thanks

    Contributed by David Zachrich on Nov 18, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,410 views

    Did you know … that, according to a recent national poll, the three most popular holidays in our country are: Thanksgiving, Memorial Day, and Christmas?

    Friends in Christ, Did you know … that, according to a recent national poll, the three most popular holidays in our country are: Thanksgiving, Memorial Day, and Christmas? Approximately 91% of us observe them in some way, but when asked about observing Thanksgiving this year, 25% of us said, ‘No, ...read more

  • Taking Christ Out Of Christmas

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on Dec 2, 2023
     | 2,213 views

    If Christmas has become a "cultural" holiday, This message looks at what happens when we try and take out all of the religious elements.

    Have you noticed that every year, people seem more intent on secularizing Christmas? They wish you a “Happy Holiday” or “Seasons Greetings” and then have presentations at school that make no mention of the Manger or the Wise Men, let alone the Christ Child. Now, I may be a little overly sensitive, ...read more

  • God Bless America!

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on May 15, 2001
    based on 407 ratings
     | 37,398 views

    The song says, “God bless America, land that I love…” I’m convinced that God has blessed America. But the Bible teaches that to whom much is given, much is expected. If so, then God must expect a lot from America.

    MELVIN NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK REVISED - 2015) This Wednesday will be Veterans’ Day. As that day dawns, will you pause to think about what it signifies: the men & women who offered themselves in service to their country - & those who made the ultimate sacrifice so ...read more

  • Thanksgiving: Giving: There Is A Secret In This Sermon

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Nov 17, 2006
    based on 21 ratings
     | 9,480 views

    A Thanksgiving Sermon - Imagine. Your life when you take the words of Jesus……Seriously

    There was a man who was in desperate need – all he needed was a little cash and he could get by. So he decided to go from house to house to see if there were any odd jobs he could do. After being turned down by several home owners he came upon a house where an older woman answered the door. He gave ...read more

  • The Thankful Prayer Of God Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Nov 20, 2006
    based on 101 ratings
     | 30,118 views

    It used to be said that Christians looked like they’d been weaned on sour pickles and raised on prune juice. But that should never be so. We ought always to be thank filled people. Find out why.

    OPEN: A farmer was sitting down to breakfast at local restaurant and bowed his head in prayer. A couple of young men at the next table thought that was a bit odd and they made fun of him quietly as he prayed. When he finished his prayer, they chided him: “Hey old man, does everybody pray over their ...read more

  • Creating Memories Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jun 1, 2004
    based on 66 ratings
     | 14,237 views

    God used memories (the feast days) to help His people "remember" who they were and who they belonged to. How can we use the same principle for our children?

    OPEN: Memorial Day originated when Southern women scattered spring flowers on the graves of soldiers during the Civil War. They honored the Northern dead as well as their own in this way. After the war, General John A. Logan (commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic) named May 30th as a ...read more

  • We've Got A Secret Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Nov 25, 2002
    based on 86 ratings
     | 20,682 views

    There’s a secret to being contented and thankful. Do you know what it is?

    (During the Song Service, we sang “Blessed Assurance,” “Tell Me The Story,” and “Near the Cross” = and I prefaced their singing by noting that they were all written by Fanny Crosby) OPEN: In Budapest, a Jewish man went to his rabbi and complained, "Life is unbearable for my family & I. There are ...read more

  • Love People, Use Things

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jan 31, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,786 views

    Thanksgiving Eve sermon 1989: We have a hard time giving up our attachment to things material. We do need to feel, however, that what we use makes a difference for someone -- a way to love them.

    When we read that the city of Washington is going to get everybody out of an infamous homeless shelter by Christmas, because that shelter is no longer fit for human habitation, we have a variety of reactions. Some react at the thought that we still have not come very far at settling the issue of ...read more

  • And The Greatest Of These Is Love

    Contributed by Bruce Ball on Feb 15, 2009
    based on 18 ratings
     | 16,982 views

    A 5-point sermon dealing with different types of love, including the love God has for us and the love we are to have for His church.

    As humans, our emotions can vary widely throughout a whole range of subjects. And while this is certainly true, since Valentines day was yesterday, I want to focus on love. We are capable of feelings several types of love, too, and each type has its own focus of intensity. There is an old ...read more

  • But Where Are The Nine? Series

    Contributed by C Jordan on Oct 16, 2010
    based on 13 ratings
     | 53,081 views

    One day, Jesus healed ten lepers, but only one of them returned to give thanks. Where are the other nine?

    BUT WHERE ARE THE NINE? OPENING SCRIPTURE: “Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever. Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, Whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy… Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness, And for His ...read more

  • "America – Land That I Love” God Series

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jul 7, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 18,726 views

    God loves the United States and He is warning her to change her path so that He can bless her again and not allow disasters to destroy her.

    “America – land that I love” Signed – “God” July 4, 2010 – Today the United States is 234 years old. "Remember Me" Lately I have become concerned about the people I represent. I no longer see the Pride in your eyes that I once seen when I traveled down your streets in the Veterans Day parades ...read more

  • Where Are The Nine?

    Contributed by Larry Wilson on Jul 31, 2010
    based on 5 ratings
     | 7,768 views

    Thanksgivng Message. If there is a prevailing sin among God’s people, it is the "attitude of ingratitude." Why do saints, redeemed by grace, indwelt by the Spirit, given eternal life and a home in Heaven ... why do we forget to be thankful?

    Where Are the Nine? Why Men are not Thankful Luke 17:11-19 November 23, 2008 We see in our text … I. The Lepers (11-13) A. The Setting (11) Luke 17:11-19 And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee. 12 And as he entered into a certain ...read more

  • The Dawn's Early Light

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Aug 15, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,448 views

    Just as Key saw that the darkness is intense before the dawn, that during battle we see enough to know that our freedom is won, and that we are at our best when we claim freedom for others, so also at the empty tomb we learn of our freedom from sin.

    At 9 o’clock the firing from the ships anchored in the harbor slackened and then stopped. It seemed as though the siege of the city might be over for the night. But an hour or so later 20 small beats set out, under cover of darkness, with a driving rain pelting down. Their oars muffled, they ...read more

  • A Command For The Compulsive

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Aug 27, 2009
    based on 13 ratings
     | 6,599 views

    Sabbath rest addresses our compulsive need to be busy by giving us a day for authentic enjoyment, by providing a vivid contrast with other days, and by giving us a glimpse of eternal rest.

    God rested. Well, why not? After all, He had had a busy week, almost as busy as ours! Some of us have had weeks like that, when we’ve had to build the moon and the stars, separate the waters from the dry land, and bring forth swarms of living creatures, all in one week. Every parent knows what ...read more