Sermons on Intrusive Thoughts:

God's Plan From The Beginning

Contributed by Roger Hasselquist on Mar 24, 2024

When Jesus came and died on that cross in our place, it was not an after-thought. God planned it all ahead of time. Literally ahead of time.

Alba 3-24-2024 GOD'S PLAN FROM THE BEGINNING II Thessalonians 2:13-17 Anybody who remembers watching cable TV in the 2000s will likely recall a Verizon commercial campaign in which a man sporting thick-framed glasses repeatedly asks in unlikely locations, "Can you hear me now?". ...read more

Scripture: 2 Thessalonians 2:13-17

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Saul To Paul Series

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on May 19, 2024

Saul was a religious fanatical terrorist to Christians – he was the assassin of any who preached and stood for Jesus – and he thought he was doing this for God.

The Saul who became Paul! Scripture: Acts 7:54-58 54When they heard this, they were furious and gnashed their teeth at him. 55But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked up to heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. 56“Look,” he said, “I see heaven open and ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Who Will Get The Last Laugh?

Contributed by Davon Huss on Nov 24, 2020

In what ways are people laughing at God? (Many sources but seed thoughts from Reinhold Niebuhr's essay on Humour and Faith)

HoHum: A new preacher moved into town and went out one Saturday to visit some of the members. All went well until he came to one house. It was obvious that someone was home, but no one came to the door even after he knocked several times. Finally, he took out his business card, wrote on the back ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 2:3-4, Proverbs 31:25, Psalm 90:9-10, John 3:36, Psalm 2:12  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Dangerous Prayers: Search Me! Series

Contributed by Jefferson Williams on Jan 3, 2021

David asked God to search his heart, reveal his anxious thoughts, uncover his sins, and lead him in the way everlasting.

Dangerous Prayers: Search Me Psalm 139:23-24 Pastor Jefferson M. Williams Chenoa Baptist Church 01-03-2021 How’s Your Prayer Life? Let me start with a question that might make you feel uncomfortable… How’s your prayer life? For some of us that question makes us squirm in our seats. If ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

The Importance Of The Knowledge Of God

Contributed by Arsenio Segismundo on Oct 31, 2021

The knowledge of God is the most important thing in our lives. It determines the thought that we think, the words that we say, and the acts that we do.

Topic: The Importance of the Knowledge of God By Ptr Arsenio B. Segismundo Text: II Peter 1:2, “Grace and peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.” Intro: The knowledge of God is the most important thing in our lives. It determines the thought that we ...read more

Scripture: 2 Peter 1:2

Denomination: Christian Church

Mothers Of Messiah-Tamar Of Canaan Series

Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on May 6, 2021

Who would have thought a Canaanite woman, Tamar, the daughter-in-law of Judah, son of Jacob, would be in the line of Messiah Jesus?

Introduction: it’s a fact that our Lord Jesus Christ was born of the Virgin Mary. It’s also true that Mary had a mother, and she had a mother, all the way back to Eve, the first mother. Of note, Eve was not only the first female ever created, and she was not only the first mother, she was also the ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Reason Comes Home Series

Contributed by David Dunn on Oct 17, 2025

Reason returns to peace when intellect kneels beside humility—uniting thought and wonder, truth and love, to rediscover meaning beyond knowledge.

The word reason used to sound like a promise. It meant light after darkness, knowledge after superstition, progress after fear. It built microscopes and libraries, engines and empires. It made us believe that if we only learned enough, we could cure every sickness and silence every war. But ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 1:18, Proverbs 2:6, John 1:9, Romans 12:2, James 3:17  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

Strong In Christ PRO Sermon

Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Sep 24, 2025

Fixing our thoughts on Christlike virtues transforms our minds and actions, inviting God’s peace to dwell with us in everyday life.

Friends, can we slow down for a moment? What’s been swirling in your thoughts today? The ache of a deadline? The ping of a notification that didn’t bring the news you hoped for? The reel of what-ifs that wears you thin? If your mind feels like a treadmill that won’t stop, you’re in good company. ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 4:8-9

Topics: Standing Strong, Christ

What Your Tongue Saya About You

Contributed by Terry Frazier on Oct 27, 2013

We get mad when people say nasty things about us but what about what we say to ourselves? Too many times we allow satan to tear us down from the inside out and to use our thoughts against us. Believers need to bring every thought unto captivity to Christ.

What Your Tongue Says About You There have been countless sermons preached on the power of the tongue. I have preached a few of them myself over the years and many of those sermons were talking about how what we say affects other people and that’s very important because what we say to and ...read more

Scripture: James 3:2-12

Denomination: Baptist

Only You Can Prevent Forest Fires Series

Contributed by Gordon Pike on Mar 10, 2019

If I recognize that my ability to think, to speak, and to share those thoughts comes from God, then I should be very careful of how I use it, don’t you think? How many of you use the gift that God gave you to think about the gift that God gave you … the gift of thought.

“In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep. While a wind from God swept over the face of the waters. Then God said, ‘Let there be light’ and there was light … and God saw that the light was good” (Genesis ...read more

Scripture: James 3:7-12

Denomination: United Methodist

Are You Going To Relent?

Contributed by Barry O Johnson on Mar 9, 2021

Many times we face unexpected disappointments, especially when we have been praying and it seems like our prayers are not being answered. What should be our response now?

Tonight, we’re going to look at a familiar passage of scripture – Jeremiah 29. And the message tonight has three parts. The first part will be encouragement. The second part is going to be a reminder. And the third part is going to be a challenge. In Jeremiah 29 we know the background for this ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 29:11, Jeremiah 29:1-14

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

An Undivided Church Series

Contributed by Louis Bartet on Nov 16, 2003

Belonging and the desire to belong are not bad, but the desire to gain status by belonging is dangerous. This text explores Paul’s thoughts on preacher worship and the division it causes.

SERMON TITLE: An Undivided Church SERMON TEXT: 1Corinthians 1:10-17 Preached by Louis Bartet on 11-16-03 at Point Assembly of God. ---- 10But, dear brothers, I beg you in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ to stop arguing among yourselves. Let there be real harmony so that there won’t be splits in ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:10-17

Denomination: Assembly Of God

"The Crippled Boy And The King"

Contributed by Jerry Depoy on Mar 8, 2003

Simple three point outline. Dropped, Picked up, and Restored. Main thought, "No one at the table can see your crippled feet!"

Text: 2 Samuel 9:1-12 Title: “The Cripple Boy and the King” Introduction: Read 2 Samuel 4:4 Mephibosheth was only five years of age when word came that his family’s throne was now in retreat. His Grandfather, King Saul, and his Father, Jonathan, had died on the battle field. A new ...read more

Scripture: 2 Samuel 9:1-12, 2 Samuel 4:4

Denomination: Baptist

Recieving The Riches Of God Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Nov 19, 2001

The parable of the dishonest steward is perhaps the most uncomfortable one to preach on. But, there may be more there to learn than we had previously thought.

A man took his seat in the theater, but he was too far from the stage. He whispered to the usher, "This play is a mystery, and I like this type of play so much I really watching them close up so I can catch all of the dialogue. If you’ll get me a better seat I’ll give you a handsome tip." So, ...read more

Scripture: Luke 16:1-15

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Recreating God In Our Own Image Series

Contributed by W Pittendreigh on Feb 22, 2001

We build idols all of the time -- not out of wood, but out of our thoughts. We want to re-create God in our own image.

Ten Commandments Series Second Commandment -- January 23, 2000 "Re-creating God in Our Own Image" By the Rev. Dr. Maynard Pittendreigh Sunrise Presbyterian Church Miami Florida Exod 20:1-17 1 And God spoke all these words: 2 "I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 20:1-17

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed