Plan for: Thanksgiving | Advent | Christmas

SermonCentral Logo SermonCentral Logo Sermon Central
Sermons
Free Sermons and Sermon Outlines for Preaching :

Sermons on how to be closer to god: showing 361-375 of 215,782

Filter Results
Close Filters

Scripture

Rating

Date

Denominations

  • Show more

Language

Structure

Sermon Type

Audience

Popular Preaching Resources

New Sermon Series Now Available

Everything you need for your next series

AI Sermon Generator

Generate sermon ideas with a safe, secure tool for solid preaching.

Biblical Sermon Calendar

Customizable sermon manuscripts for verse-by-verse preaching

Sermon Research Assistant

Free custom sermon in 5-10 minutes!

Topical Sermon Calendar

Preach with creativity and impact throughout the year

Sermon Kits for Preaching

I Desire Mercy Not Sacrifice

Experiencing the mercy of God in our lives

Ready & Faithful

Looking to Jesus for help now and hope in the future

Why Suffering?

Help your church understand God's plan in pain

  • Try PRO

    Confident Preaching

    Try PRO free and preach with confidence when people need it most.
    Free to start now
  • Eric Sellgren avatar

    How To Get Rich

    Contributed by Eric Sellgren on Nov 15, 2001
    based on 28 ratings
     | 3,283 views

    Don`t miss out on God`s riches.

    One day, a long time ago in South Africa, an old man was kneeling, digging in a river bed. He was a gold prospector, and had been for many years. Every now and then he had found a little bit of gold - not enough to make him rich - just enough to provide him with food and drink for a week or two - ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

  • Jimmy Chapman avatar

    How To Get Into Trouble

    Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on Nov 15, 2001
    based on 44 ratings
     | 4,708 views

    STEPS TO TROUBLE

    HOW TO GET IN TROUBLE Acts 27:1-44 Any Christian who studies the Bible and applies what he learns from the Bible will avoid many pitfalls in this world. In Acts 27 we find Paul, a prisoner, on his voyage to Rome. This experience in Acts 27 of Paul is not written in Scripture so that we can just ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Baptist

  • Ewen Huffman avatar

    How To Comfort Others Series

    Contributed by Ewen Huffman on Apr 15, 2005
    based on 16 ratings
     | 6,844 views

    What is God’s comfort, and how do we actually show it to others?

    How to comfort others. 2 Cor 1:1-11. WBC 17/4/05am Intro clip: live 999 call of Eight-year-old Hope from Heybridge, Essex, kept her cool when mum Melissa Cook suddenly gave birth to a baby she did not know she was carrying. From this week’s news CONTEXT Letter written by Paul (ex Saul) about 57 ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Baptist

  • Toby Powers avatar

    How Firm A Foundation!

    Contributed by Toby Powers on Jan 25, 2006
    based on 41 ratings
     | 11,975 views

    We as saints have a firm foundation in a society that is reeling and rocking from the storms of this world.

    From the Desk of Pastor Toby Powers Truth Baptist Church Bremen, GA How Firm A Foundation! Isaiah 28:14-16 Intro: In these verses we see the position of the people: v. 14- Prominent Men (rule the people), he is speaking to the leadership of Israel v. 15- Prideful Men (it shall not come unto us), ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Baptist

  • DAN SANTIAGO avatar

    How To Love The Lord

    Contributed by Dan Santiago on Feb 7, 2006
    based on 34 ratings
     | 10,389 views

    Christians can love God meaningfully.

    HOW TO LOVE THE LORD Matthew 22:34-40 ILLUSTRATION After she woke up, a woman told her husband, "I just dreamed that you gave me a pearl necklace for Valentine’s day. What do you think it means?" "You’ll know tonight." he said. That evening, the man came home with a ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Baptist

  • Steve Malone avatar

    How To Overcome Adversity Series

    Contributed by Steve Malone on Aug 3, 2004
    based on 55 ratings
     | 19,909 views

    In this message we will meet a guy named Joseph who will teach us how to overocme adversity (faith factor - part 8)

    How To Overcome Adversity The Faith Factor – part 8 Dear brothers and sisters, whenever trouble comes your way, let it be an opportunity for joy. 3For when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. 4So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be strong in ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Dean Meadows avatar

    How To Dress For Stress

    Contributed by Dean Meadows on Sep 24, 2005
    based on 57 ratings
     | 13,438 views

    This is a message on what stress is, the causes of it, how it affects us, and how we should handle it.

    How to Dress for STRESS Psalm 4:1-8 What is one thing that we all have in common that begins with the letter “S”. Now sense we are in church, most of us would probably think that I’m talking about sin. Now that is a common denominator, but not the topic of choice today. Today I want to talk to ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: *other

  • W F avatar

    How To Defeat Indecision Series

    Contributed by W F on Aug 22, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,938 views

    How to defeat the giant of indecision.

    Key verse: Elijah went before the people and said, "How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow him; but if Baal is God, follow him." But the people said nothing (1 Kings 18:21). INTRODUCTION Choice plays a big part in our lives. For instance, we can get anything we ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: *other

  • Scott Carmer avatar

    How Smart Are You?

    Contributed by Scott Carmer on Sep 18, 2006
    based on 7 ratings
     | 5,799 views

    God’s Wisdom is always available to us. How often do we take advantage of that Wisdom?

    How Smart are You? Proverbs 1:20-33 September 17, 2006 It seems as though, as technology advances, we are getting smarter and smarter. For just a minute, let’s talk about some of the ways that we are smarter today than we were yesterday. I’m going to make an assumption. I am going to assume ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Methodist

  • Dean Meadows avatar

    How Is Your Heart?

    Contributed by Dean Meadows on Jan 3, 2007
    based on 8 ratings
     | 12,817 views

    This is a sermon that deals with our heart, not the one that pumps the blood through our bodies, but the one that counts.

    How is your Heart? (Start out by taking the label off a can of cat food and then placing that label over the label of a can of tuna. Then open up that can of tuna with the cat food sticker on the outside, and begin eating it. Then revel that it is tuna) 1 Samuel 16:7 I began preparing this sermon ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: *other

  • John White avatar

    How To Survive Trouble

    Contributed by John White on Nov 13, 2005
    based on 16 ratings
     | 6,501 views

    A message of the overarching character of the love and providence of God working in the life of His child in times of trouble.

    HOW CAN WE SURVIVE TROUBLE? "For my thoughts [are] not your thoughts, neither [are] your ways my ways, saith the LORD. For [as] the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts." (Isa. 55:8-9) "Although affliction cometh not forth ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Baptist

  • David Elvery avatar

    How To Avoid The Axe Series

    Contributed by David Elvery on Nov 27, 2005
     | 4,515 views

    A Message of how to avoid God’s judment

    Luke 3:1- 15 – How to avoid the axe Have you every traveled on a road which is so pitted with potholes, you are forced to slow down. Some of them are so deep, particularly after rain, that you think you are going to be swallowed up. I’ve got this picture of an African pothole hanging on the ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Baptist

  • Wesley Bishop avatar

    How's Our Vision?

    Contributed by Wesley Bishop on Mar 13, 2004
    based on 6 ratings
     | 2,925 views

    This sermon is about knowing God’s vision for our church.

    How fast can you cover 300 miles? Five or six hours? What about on foot? The average person can walk a mile in about 15 minutes, and that’s moving pretty fast. Continuous walking would allow you to cover 300 miles in 75 hours; that’s over 3 days. Take time out to sleep, eat and take care of ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • Bill Sullivan avatar

    How Much More

    Contributed by Bill Sullivan on Jul 14, 2003
    based on 28 ratings
     | 4,312 views

    If earthly fathers love their children, how much more must our heavenly Father love us.

    How Much More Reflections of A Father’s Heart TCF Sermon June 15, 2003 Start with a little Father’s Day humor... I’ve heard this story about Jim Grinnell. Soon after his first child, Abby, was born, one day, Laura needed to go out to get some groceries, so Jim stayed home alone with Abby for the ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Ed Vasicek avatar

    How To Help The Hurting

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jan 26, 2004
    based on 98 ratings
     | 8,558 views

    God commands you to comfort others. If you really want to help others during times of crisis, grief, tragedy, personal loss, or even depression, it helps to know what you are doing.

    How to Help the Hurting 2 Corinthians 1:4-7 Intro 1. Driving through Texas, a New Yorker collided with a truck carrying a horse. A few months later he tried to collect damages for his injuries. "How can you now claim to have all these injuries?" asked the insurance company’s lawyer. "According to ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Previous
  • 1
  • 2
  • …
  • 23
  • 24
  • 25
  • 26
  • 27
  • …
  • 14385
  • 14386
  • Next