Sermons on Hot Water:

Faith_it's A Verb!

Contributed by Larry Scott King on Mar 22, 2014

Exercising your Faith. Faith is a strong spiritual muscle but if it isn't exercised it becomes weak. Faith is not stagnate, It moves and shakes. Faith needs action to work to its fullest strength.

What is faith? Faith is a little word that is often taken for granted. The word faith is thrown around by a lot of different people in a lot of different ways. Everyone has faith to some degree or another. An atheist may not have faith in God but he or she has faith in something. If they drive a ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 8:5-10, Galatians 5:13-16

Denomination: United Methodist

If You Can't Make Them Drink, Leave Them Thirsty!

Contributed by Charlie Roberts on Nov 12, 2013

Her faith had moved Jesus to heal her, her hunger and thirst for Jesus....not her condition and certainly not her pleas, brought about the miracle she was so desperately seeking! Amen?

If you can't make them drink, leave them thirsty! Matthew 5:6 NKJ Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, For they shall be filled! The MSG bible says it this way....You’re blessed when you’ve worked up a good appetite for God. He’s food and drink in the best ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:6

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

What Will You Leave On The Table?

Contributed by James May on Feb 16, 2005

Moses missed out on entering the Promised Land of Canaan because of his actions at the Waters of Meribah. What will we miss out on if we disobey God, even once?

WHAT WILL YOU LEAVE ON THE TABLE? by Pastor Jim May Nearly a year ago I was forced to take an early retirement from the job that I had worked at for over 23 years. In the process I managed to lose approximately half of the retirement income that I would have received if I could have stayed only ...read more

Scripture: Deuteronomy 3:23-27

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Come And Be Satisfied Series

Contributed by William Morris on Feb 15, 2003

The forth message in a series of messages on the Great Invitations of the Bible. This message deals with God’s Invitation to us to come and drink the living water and eat teh bread of life.

Sermon by: Dr. Todd Morris Text: Isaiah 55:1-2 Title: Come and Be Satisfied (Great Invitations of the Bible) Date: February 16, 2003 Introduction: If you look back at Isaiah 54 you will find that it is a chapter of preparation for a great invitation. It is a chapter of comfort and faith. In ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 55:1-2

Denomination: Baptist

How To Be Filled With The Holy Spirit Series

Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on May 8, 2003

50-DAYS TO PENTECOST Jesus offers "living water" to those who are thirsty. What prerquisites did Jesus say were necesary in order to be filled with the Holy Spirit?

✎ When was the last time you fed a baby oatmeal? Peaches or applesauce? How about my all time favorite green beans or peas? Regardless of what you may be serving when your baby does not want to eat his or her entire body gets engaged in the struggle. The jaws become cast iron letting ...read more

Scripture: John 7:37-39, Acts 2:4

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Are You Secure In Christ?

Contributed by Darren Ethier on Mar 22, 2002

Some of you may remember the water incident in Walkerton, Ontario, Canada. Our church is about a 10 minute drive away and this is a message I preached following the tragedy.

ARE YOU SECURE IN CHRIST? If there is one thing that the tragedy in Walkerton has taught people it is that we really take our water for granted. We never thought twice about taking a drink from our taps or taking a bath – or letting our kids play in the sprinklers – but this Ecoli thing has all ...read more

Scripture: John 3:16, Romans 3:23

Denomination: Pentecostal

Desire: "It'll Make You Or Break You” Series

Contributed by David Yarbrough on Jan 28, 2002

. Righteousness is not an optional spiritual supplement but a spiritual necessity. We can no more live spiritually without righteousness than we can live physically without food and water.

Intro: “Mommy I’m so thirsty. I want a drink.” Susanna Petroysan heard her daughter’s pleas, but there was nothing she could do. She and four-year-old Gayaney were trapped beneath tons of collapsed concrete and steel. Beside them in the darkness lay the body of Susanna’s sister-in-law, ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:6

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

How's Your Diet?

Contributed by Curt Cizek on Sep 21, 2007

We get so much watered down theology these days. We need to have a voracious appetite for God’s word. This is an encouraging message to get after it.

When our son was born he was feeding very well. We found out later he had acid reflux. He was basically on a starvation diet because he wasn’t eating very much and he wasn’t keeping much down at all. When I went to Ranger school I lost about 20 pounds in just a few weeks and I was fortunate to ...read more

Denomination: Lutheran

Fainting Because Of Unbelief

Contributed by Ralph Andrus on Jul 22, 2007

If you should have nothing left in this world; for all the waters that cover the sea are not so much as a spoonful, compared with the boundless and infinite fullness of God’s all sufficiency

PowerPoint Transitions + New Slide > Transition In X Transition Out ____________________________________________________ + 13 Fainting Because of Unbelief 7/22/07 Ps 27:13 - 2 Cor 4:1-18 +” Jesus Paid It All” + Window of the Soul Ps 27:13 Note italics + Ps 27:13 . > > > > > > > 7 ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 27:13

Denomination: Baptist

It's About Time

Contributed by Roger Nelmes on Jan 30, 2008

Here is your chance…come to the altar…the waters are being stirred up even now! Your season is now…it’s about time for your breakthrough!

It’s about Time Illustration: New Year’s Resolutions… John 5:1-8 (NAS) 1 After these things there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 2 Now there is in Jerusalem by the sheep {gate} a pool, which is called in Hebrew Bethesda, having five porticoes.3 In these lay a ...read more

Scripture: John 5:1-8

Denomination: Pentecostal

Publicly Identifying With Christ

Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Mar 23, 2013

I would propose to you that the Lord is not bound to the doctrine of men, but longs for Christians to have Holy Spirit illumination of God’s Word about water baptism.

Title: Publicly Identifying With Christ Topic: Water Baptism and Your Responsibility Introduction: The church often struggles under the results of the cancers of traditionalism, legalism, denominationalism, and faddisms. For example, there was a season when certain denominations worked with ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 28:18-20

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

I’ve Been Here Too Long

Contributed by Gregory Thomas on May 5, 2011

John five indicates that there is a man known only by his issue that was at the pool of Bethesda, (Mercy House) - (Church). Waiting for the stirring of the water... He was at a place of help, hope and healing.

I’ve Been Here too Long John 5: 1-8 John five indicates that there is a man known only by his issue that was at the pool of Bethesda, who dealt with this issue for 38 years and did ...read more

Scripture: John 5:1-8

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Kingdom Of God: What Are Its Requirements?

Contributed by Margaret Olubiyi on Jun 27, 2018

Jesus answered, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. " John 3:5

"Jesus answered and said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born [a]again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” Nicodemus said to Him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?” Jesus answered, “Most assuredly, I say ...read more

Scripture: John 3:3-5

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Trust The River...

Contributed by John Gullick on Jan 8, 2018

A sermon that uses river analogies - i.e Revelation 22 psalm 46 and Ezekiel 46 to talk about how to understand God's love in a white water world

1 John 4 7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 8 He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. 9 In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 4:7-17

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Have You Been To The River? Series

Contributed by Ken Henson on Jan 12, 2019

In our spiritual lives, Jesus invites us to hear the flow of cleansing, life giving water in our souls. We are His river and His Tree of Life for this world.

Chapter 22 1. and he showed me a river of water of life, clear like crystal, pouring out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. 2. In the middle of the its street, and of the river, on this side & on that, a Tree of Life, making twelve fruits for each month, each giving ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 22:1-2

Denomination: *other