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  • Will You Rsvp Or Decline? PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Feb 16, 2024
    based on 3 ratings
     | 744 views

    This sermon explores the parable of the Great Banquet, emphasizing the importance of accepting God's invitation and prioritizing His call over worldly excuses.

    Good morning, beloved congregation. It is a joy to stand before you today, to share the timeless truth of God's Word. As we gather in this sacred space, let us prepare our hearts to receive the divine message that awaits us in the Gospel of Luke, chapter 14, verses 15-24. The renowned Christian ...read more

  • The Fundamentals Of Friendship

    Contributed by Brian Atwood on Oct 5, 2005
    based on 34 ratings
     | 7,630 views

    Fundamentals of Friendship from Paul’s joyful letter to the Philippians.

    In Paul’s letter to the church at Philippi he talks a lot about joy. One of the things you can’t imagine a joyful person being without is friends. Joyful people make friends. Joyful people are friends to others. If you really want to enjoy your life you will need friends. God created us to ...read more

  • A Change Is Needed

    Contributed by Ernest Canell on Jan 2, 2001
    based on 174 ratings
     | 11,652 views

    God promises us a new relatinship with Him

    A CHANGE IS NEEDED Jeremiah 31:31-34 Jeremiah 31:31-34 “Behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, not like the covenant which I made with their fathers in the day I took them by the hand to bring them out of the ...read more

  • Servant Leadership

    Contributed by Roddy Chestnut on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 214 ratings
     | 24,319 views

    Intro.: 1.

    Intro.: 1. It happened in the Spring of 1981 .......... perhaps you remember it. a. President Reagan had just been shot by John Hinckley. 1) Washington was shocked and stunned. 2) Vice-President George Bush was not immediately available. 3) Even at the White House no one was sure what was going ...read more

  • The Operating System Series

    Contributed by Russ Barksdale on Jul 22, 2015
     | 4,288 views

    Marriages work best when they operate by God’s design

    1/26 The Operating System Genesis 1-3 What’s the operating system for marriage? Basic Setup #1: The nature and role of a man is to initiate Genesis 2:7; 15-18 Priority of Primacy: the first has priority and authority Ephesians 5:22-23; 25 First, place this in ...read more

  • Pentecost: The Glory Is Back

    Contributed by David Ferguson on Apr 3, 2014
     | 5,979 views

    The glory of God, which was manifested among Moses and the Israelites and in the person of Jesus, now rests inside you and me.

    I. Reminders of His glory “When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly there came from heaven a noise like a violent rushing wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. And there appeared to them tongues as of fire distributing ...read more

  • Love Is Patient And Kind Series

    Contributed by Pat Damiani on Aug 8, 2016
     | 10,569 views

    When I love like Jesus loves I look beyond what a person has been to what he or she can become

    Many of you are probably familiar with this quote that has been attributed to Mahatma Gandhi: I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ. Although that often repeated statement is attributed to Gandhi, there is actually no evidence that he ...read more

  • Spiritual Mourning Series

    Contributed by Mitchell Skelton on Dec 26, 2004
    based on 14 ratings
     | 6,384 views

    As much as being "poor in spirit" is diametrically opposed to the conventional wisdom of today’s culture, so to with the thought that happiness could be connected with mourning. If there is one thing that the world tries to avoid it is mourning. Everyth

    Spiritual Mourning Matthew 5:4 #2 of 8 in series INTRODUCTION Last week we started a series of sermons on the Beatitudes of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount. We considered poorness of spirit and the role it plays in salvation. One must first realize that he is in sin before He can come to ...read more

  • Train Up A Child In The Way He Should Go Series

    Contributed by Brett Crosson on May 10, 2019
     | 9,250 views

    It is crucial to train our children well, so they will not depart from those things we embed within their hearts and lives.

    “Train up a child in the way he should go and even when he is old he will not depart from it.” (Proverbs 22:6) Definition of this word...train...in the original Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary: “to narrow, to initiate, to discipline, to dedicate. Let’s look at each of these words so that we can ...read more

  • Be Proactive Series

    Contributed by Pastor Dempsey Daniels on Jan 1, 2004
    based on 26 ratings
     | 16,177 views

    1 or 7 in series on Personal Change

    Be Proactive Proverbs 29:18 In most dictionaries you won’t find our word of emphasis though it is used in most management literature. It means more than merely taking initiative. It means that we are responsible for our own individual lives. Our behavior is a function of our decisions, not our ...read more

  • Husband & Wives, Heirs Together Series

    Contributed by Philip Myers on Nov 8, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,799 views

    The relationship between Husband and Wife

    HUSBAND AND WIVES HEIRS TOGETHER (PART ONE) Introduction I Peter 3:1-12 Ephesians 5:22,25, 33 Wives – adornment of beauty that will last (comes from within). God’s marriage plan: Wives Submit to husband (being a doer of the Word) – “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” God ...read more

  • To See Or Not To See

    Contributed by Bradley White-Findeisen on Mar 8, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,461 views

    receiving or not receiving spiritual sight

    All through Scripture, blindness is used to represent the spiritual inability to see God's truth. As a man is physically blind, he cannot see God's visible revelation. That is he can't see the trees and the earth and the sky. But as a man is spiritually blind, he cannot see God's invisible ...read more

  • God's Way In The Wilderness

    Contributed by Jaco Bester on Feb 13, 2013
     | 13,794 views

    A reflection on the fact that God often meets us in the most difficult places...

    MEETING GOD IN THE WILDERNESS... ISAIAH 40:1-11 Introduction: Someone once said that it is “only when we are brought to the end of ourselves (in other words our own strength and ability) that we are in a position to see more of God than we have seen.” How true is it that it is often ...read more

  • Call Him - Mark 10:49 Series

    Contributed by Darrell Ferguson on Feb 3, 2024
     | 1,647 views

    Do you need more motivation to share your faith beyond just feeling compassion for the lost? This brief message will help.

    This passage shows Bartimaeus taking initiative in coming to Jesus. That is a valid way to look at salvation, teaching us that free grace doesn’t come easy. How that fits with divine sovereignty is a mystery. Mark 10:46 Then they came to Jericho. As Jesus was leaving the city with his disciples ...read more

  • Road Rules - Pt. 3 - Hurdles Series

    Contributed by Steve Ely on Sep 2, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,509 views

    On your mark, get set, GO . . . We are all running. Life is a race. To run well, you must run smart.

    Road Rules Pt. 3 – Hurdles I. Introduction As I have been telling you I was a runner in high school. I joined my school’s Cross Country Team and begin to train! (Slide 2) By finishing 11th in State I earned my letterman’s jacket. Out of the lessons that I learned running we have ...read more