Sermons on I Am The True Vine:

Ichoose To Submit Series

Contributed by Steve Ely on Nov 6, 2008

Choosing may be the greatest power and privilege that we have as humans. The power of choice separates us from the angels and animals. We are faced with multiplied thousands of choices during the course of our life. We are faced with easy choices, silly

iChoose Pt. 2 – I Choose To Submit I. Introduction How many choices have you made this week? How many did you make this morning? Let me show you one of the choices those of us over the age 30 will remember. Remember this? A small box of crayons? Then out of nowhere our choices exploded and we ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 24:14-15

Denomination: Pentecostal

I Almost Quit

Contributed by Lorenzo Edwards on Oct 24, 2006

Some Time in our Life Situations may come up to make us ALMOST won’t to quit. But Jerimiah said it was like fire shut up in my bones. When God has put fire inside of you, you can not quit!

I Almost Quit! Jeremiah 20 8-11 August 6, 2006 Pastor Edwards Have you ever been in a situation where it seemed to be over bearing? Maybe it was a job or a relationship. Maybe it was a task you had that seemed not to go right. It seemed the harder you tried the more things seems to go wrong. When ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 20:8-11

Denomination: Baptist

I Will Share The Ministry Series

Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 15, 2002

3rd in a series on what is expected of members in the church?

Sermon for 9/3/2000 MBA- Mop Bucket Attitude Introduction: A. Dr. Karl Menninger, a world-famous psychiatrist, was answering questions after giving a lecture on mental health when one person asked, “What would you advice someone to do if he felt a nervous breakdown coming on?” Most people ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:1-31, Romans 12:1-8

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Me, Myself, And I

Contributed by Charles Mallory on Aug 29, 2001

How we can keep from becoming enslaved to the demon of greed by understanding the concept of gracious giving.

IN REGARDS TO WEALTH, O.J. SIMPSON WAS ONCE QUOTED AS SAYING, “I SIT IN MY HOUSE AND SOMETIMES I GET SO LONELY IT’S UNBELIEVABLE. LIFE HAS BEEN SO GOOD TO ME. I’VE GOT A GREAT WIFE, GOOD KIDS, MONEY, MY OWN HEALTH -- AND I’M LONELY AND BORED... I’VE OFTEN WONDERED WHY SO MANY RICH PEOPLE COMMIT ...read more

Scripture: Luke 12:13-21

Denomination: Free Methodist

My Mouth And I

Contributed by David Wilson on Sep 7, 2006

A Bible Study which demonstrates that we ARE responsible for our speech because what we say comes from who we are! The purpose is to remind believers of the need to control their attitudes AND their speech!

Grant Avenue Baptist Church 2215 Grant Avenue Redondo Beach, CA 90278 (310) 376-7890 Pastor David Wilson Pastor’s Cell Phone (310)213-4586 My Mouth and I I’m certain that you have had the sad experience of saying something and then immediately responding to your own words by saying, "I ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 15:18

Denomination: Baptist

This Is What I Seek

Contributed by Michael Fogaras on Aug 23, 2002

What should a Chrisian seek after? Spiritual Desire, Love for God’s House,Spiritual Vision.

THIS IS WHAT I SEEK PSALM 27:4 Rev. Michael Fogaras ¡§One thing I ask of the LORD, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD and to seek him in his temple. If there is one thing in my walk with God I desire most ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 27:4

Denomination: Pentecostal

I Know Him!

Contributed by Melvin Newland on Jan 21, 2001

The greatest news is not that Paul knows Christ, or that John knows Christ, or that Peter knows Christ, but that we can know Jesus Christ, too. That is the greatest news of all!

MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK (REVISED: 2019) TEXT: 2 Timothy 1:12,14; Matthew 25:33-40 ILL. There once was a radio program whose announcer would proclaim, "People do the craziest things!" Whether from carelessness or stupidity, some things ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 1:12-14, Matthew 25:33-40, Matthew 26:6-9

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

"I Shall Return"

Contributed by Brian La Croix on Dec 5, 2001

Easter Message relating Christ’s promise to return again!

“I Shall Return” Various Scriptures Introduction March 11, 1942. Corregidor, in the Philippines. I’m sure most of the WWII veterans in the congregation today can tell you what happened that day. The Japanese forces were invading the Philippines, and on a day that marked the beginning of a ...read more

Scripture: John 14:1-25

Denomination: Wesleyan

I Dont Know

Contributed by Wayne Lawson on Oct 10, 2023

The dying thief realized his sin nailed him to the cross. But he also realized that his sin nailed Jesus to the cross.

TITLE: I DON’T KNOW SCRIPTURE: ST. LUKE 23:39-43 / II CORINTHIANS 5:21 This particular text is ordinarily reserved for Holy Week or Good Friday Service. However, it is a text that we should examine as often as we can. We are somewhat familiar with the text, and I challenge you this morning to ...read more

Scripture: Luke 23:39-43, 2 Corinthians 5:21

Denomination: Baptist

I'm Anointed

Contributed by Dr. William D. Poovey on Apr 12, 2015

2 Corinthians 1:21 Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God;

“I’m Anointed” John 14:12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. John 5:20 For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all ...read more

Scripture: Luke 4:18-19

Denomination: Foursquare

I Shall Dwell

Contributed by Alvin Hathaway, Sr. on Mar 21, 2009

David also understood that the Lord’s house was a place for revelation, a place for regulation, and a place for restoration.

Psalm 23:6 “I Shall Dwell” You don’t chose God, God chooses you. How many people realize that God has chosen them? You can determine that by understanding that God knows you, God has called you, and that God embraces you. If you have had an exilic experience, an exilic experience is one ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 23:1-6

Denomination: Baptist

How Was I To Know?

Contributed by Keith Broyles on Mar 21, 2021

This sermon is a first-person narrative from the perspective of the innkeeper. We have all too often made the innkeeper into a bad guy. What if he did everything for the family that he could do?

Well, it would seem I was between a rock and a hard place. I was in a situation, where there were no easy answers. I looked hard for the simple answers because, you know, they say the simplest is always the best. But, it wasn’t a simple lesson I faced. Later in his life Jesus faced several of those ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:1-20

Denomination: Methodist

I Believe In God

Contributed by John Kapteyn on Oct 18, 2000

This is the first message in a series on the Apostles' Creed. The theme is that what we believe affects our mind which is to renew us to a pattern of living which is not of this world but of God.

Introductory Considerations 1. What is it that you believe? If someone you work with or live near was to ask this, how would you respond. If I to ask you to come forward and share with church, what would you say. 2. One of hardest things is to explain what we believe as Christians. Somehow many ...read more

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Just If I'd

Contributed by Charles Mallory on Aug 10, 2006

We can be made righteous in God’s sight.

IF YOU WATCH ENOUGH DAY-TIME TELEVISION, YOU’LL SOON CONCLUDE BY ALL THE “COURT-STYLED” PROGRAMMING THAT AMERICANS HAVE A LOVE AFFAIR WITH SEEKING JUSTICE. HUMAN NATURE DESIRES TO FAVOR ITSELF. HUNAN NATURE WILL INSTINCTIVELY ENTICE US TO GO THROUGH A LOT OF EFFORT AND TROUBLE TO ENSURE THAT WE ...read more

Scripture: Acts 13:38-39

Denomination: Free Methodist

Though I Be Absent

Contributed by Jerry Shirley on May 22, 2008

Pre-Vacation Message. Paul shows the church how to follow God and not man. We should see a summer surge, not a summer slump. No more, "When the cat’s away the mice will play!" Link inc. to text, audio, PowerPoint.

THOUGH I BE ABSENT Col. 2; Phil. 2; I Cor. 3 http://gbcdecatur.org/sermons/ThoughIBeAbsent.html One of the Apostle Paul’s greatest joys was to hear about one of his churches continuing to grow and serve God…one of his deepest fears was that they would backslide in his absence. Col. 2: 5 For ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 2:5

Denomination: Baptist