Sermons on Insignificant Things:

Momma, What Is In The Bottom Of The Barrel?

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Dec 9, 2014

Things may look hopeless, but God can provide our needs... Look in the barrel...

MOMMA, WHAT IS IN THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL? By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com I have an old fashion looking barrel with a little meal in the bottom... beneath the meal, I have a big printed sign: MIRACLE... YOU CAN NOT SEE MIRACLE UNTIL THE MEAL IS ALMOST GONE... I. WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 17:1-16

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Quiet Sharp Focus!

Contributed by Bala Samson on Aug 18, 2013

Train your eyes! Let your eyes not meander towards the wrong things! Control!

QUIET SHARP FOCUS! 2 King 2:10”…if you see me as I am being taken from you, it shall be so for you..” “Keep your eye on the ball” is a mantra for many golfers and golf instructors!” Someone said: “Quiet Eye training, as the name suggests, is an attempt to ...read more

Scripture: 2 Kings 2:1-10

Denomination: Pentecostal

Behold!

Contributed by Perry Greene on Aug 26, 2013

God wants us to see and understand the things he says. We must BEHOLD!

1. Deuteronomy 11.26-27 2. "Behold" -- Perceive; approve; consider; discern; make to enjoy; take heed to; have respect for; implies visually seeing * [Use glasses in order to see better and appreciate art, etc. * God has used visual aids to help us behold his actions -- Fiery and Cloudy Pillars; ...read more

Scripture: Deuteronomy 11:26-28

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Indispensible Gift

Contributed by Pastor/Author: Terry Sisney on Feb 7, 2015

As children of God there is only really one thing we can't live without

as we look in Ezekiel 37: 1-10 it begins with the prophet of God standing in the valley of dry bones. A man of God surrounded by death, hopelessness, and despair. As far as the eye can see there is only brokenness emptiness, death. This is the valley of death. Dreams have died here, hope for ...read more

Scripture: Ezekiel 37:1-10

Denomination: Pentecostal

Washing The Feet Of My Family Series

Contributed by Davon Huss on Feb 20, 2015

We will be discussing 4 things that contrast to illustrate how to wash the feet of our family

Introduction: A woman is depressed so she went to her doctor. After examining her and talking with her the doctor said that she did not need medication to deal with her depression. What she needed to do is loving acts of service for someone for the next 14 days. The woman began making excuses ...read more

Scripture: John 13:1-17

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Take It Now

Contributed by Pastor/Author: Terry Sisney on Apr 5, 2015

Every thing that God has promised you waits for the claim of faith to take possession.

Que Sera Sera How many have heard that song? It was a song made popular by Doris Day There was a Doris Day Show that came on with her beautiful voice singing that song. Que Sera Sera (It means) Whatever will be will be (The song says (The futures not ours to see Que Sera Sera). This song ...read more

Scripture: John 11:1-44

Denomination: Pentecostal

Come Unto Me

Contributed by Anthony Zibolski on Dec 14, 2018

That we would come as simple as a child to Jesus and receive the things He desires for us.

Come unto me Matthew 11:20-28 Introduction- This morning if you would turn to Matthew 11:20-28. We will dig into the passage that most have heard of. We read come to Jesus to find rest… Most have no clue what that means or what to do with it. We see what appears to harsh words from Jesus to ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 11:20-28

Denomination: Nazarene

Why Mary? Why The Virgin Birth? Series

Contributed by Doug Fannon on Dec 17, 2018

Why Mary? why not Mary? God can do extraordinary things with ordinary people.

We have been looking at the Why’s of Christmas. We considered first of all, why Christmas at all? Why did Christ come? We then looked at the timing of Jesus’ coming, why did God pick out that particular time in history 2,000 years ago for Jesus to come? The fact is I have a lot a questions. I ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:26-38

Denomination: Baptist

Fire! Baptism! Discerning This Time

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Jun 1, 2016

Division: a declaration of how things will be, rather than an imperative of how they should be.

FIRE! BAPTISM! DISCERNING THIS TIME. Luke 12:49-56. There is a measure of dissonance as this passage comes crashing through Jesus’ symphony of peace. “Fire!” begins the Greek of Luke 12:49. “Fire I came to cast into the earth, and what will I if it be already kindled?” Fire speaks to us of ...read more

Scripture: Luke 12:49-56

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Word Series

Contributed by Nickolas Kooi on Aug 16, 2017

God's Word is a powerful thing. It is where God is found, and the instrument that He works through.

Last week, when my wife and I were doing a 10 hour car trip with our four-year-old nephew, we did everything that we could to keep him entertained. As you do that, you can really scrape the bottom of the barrel in trying to find ways to keep him entertained and happy. At one point, we were ...read more

Scripture: Romans 10:5-16, Deuteronomy 30:11-14

Denomination: Lutheran

Has Your Lamp Gone Out?

Contributed by Chris Smith on Sep 28, 2017

If we're living in the last days, what's the ONE thing i need to do?

Has Your Lamp Gone Out? Matthew 25:1-13 NIV “At That Time” What time? Matthew 24 the disciples ask, “what will be the signs of your coming and the end of the age?” These are 2 separate events, His coming and the end. Here are some major biblical events. We are focusing on one end time event, His ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 25:1-13

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Do People Still Want To See Jesus?

Contributed by Jeffrey Sims on Mar 20, 2018

This sermon talks about things in our world but points toward the hope found in Jesus

You know, things have changed a lot since I was a kid. I remember when everything revolved around the church and these days it seems we juggle church around everything else and I think it causes society to lack something, and sometimes I wonder, do people still want to see Jesus, do folks still ...read more

Scripture: John 12:20-22

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Seeking, Knowing, Serving

Contributed by Thomas Clawser on Feb 19, 2017

Seeking God begins with attitude, not activity. Seek Him with reckless abandon in all things.

An ancient Chassidic parable tells the story of Yechiel, the young grandson of a Chassidic rabbi, who once played hide-and-seek with a friend. When it was his turn to hide, he found a great hiding place where he waited, somewhat impatiently, for his friend to find him. He waited and waited; it ...read more

Scripture: 1 Chronicles 28:1-10

Denomination: Other

Is This Not The Friendliness That I Require?

Contributed by Fr Mund Cargill Thompson on Mar 1, 2017

Making sure our actual fasting is backed up by the things that need to lie behind it

...... You have a colleague at work. You are always very friendly towards him. You greet him with a smile. You ask after his family. You ask what he did over the weekend. You make him a cup of tea. But behind his back, you take the credit for all his work so that you end up getting a promotion ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 58:1-12

Denomination: Anglican

Heaven-According To Genesis Series

Contributed by Jim Caswell on Apr 26, 2017

Heaven is revealed in the book of Genesis. What are some things we will get to do in heaven?

Title: Heaven- According To Genesis Place: BLCC Date: 5/7/17 Text: Genesis 1-3, Revelation 19-21 CT: Heaven is revealed in the Book of Genesis. [Screen 1] FAS: In fall 2014, Rolling Stone magazine interviewed Stephen King, who has spent his career writing about death. When the interviewer ...read more

Denomination: Christian Church