Sermons on It Was Meant To Be:

Running The Race Every Day Series

Contributed by Dean Courtier on Aug 14, 2012

Does God have first place in your life? Every day or just for a couple of hours on a Sunday? God is not an after thought. God is meant to be our focus, our purpose, our reason, the centre of our life.

Running the Race Every Day Have you been watching the Olympics? Are you enjoying them? There have been good stories and bad from the Olympics - has there been any specific stories or events that has caught your attention? Maybe one of the lowest points of the olympics was in The Badminton ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 12:1

Denomination: Pentecostal

Fruit Of Our Lives

Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Apr 4, 2015

The Jews consecrated their first-fruits to God as His in a special sense. All Christians are meant to be the first-fruits, the promise and earnest of better work (Romans 8:23). What are the fruits being manifested from your lives?

Opening illustration: In the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Kerri Strug faced the trial of her life. She had injured her ankle on the vault and was in great pain as she approached her final attempt to determine whether the U.S. gymnastics team would win the gold medal. She moved the crowd with an ...read more

Scripture: James 1:12-18

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Paradoxical Sayings Of Jesus: Lose Your Life To Save It Series

Contributed by James Wallace on Jul 30, 2018

Perhaps Jesus' most challenging saying of all is that to save your lives we must be willing to lose it for His sake and the Gospels. We explore what this really means practically, and whether Jesus meant for it to be literally true.

The Paradoxical Sayings of Jesus Lose Your Life to Save It Mark 8:31-39 We continue in our summer series on the paradoxical sayings of Jesus. Jesus said a number of things which violate common sense, and seem to be impossible with regard to all the realities we face in this world, and would not ...read more

Scripture: Mark 8:31-38

Denomination: Bible Church

Paul's Imprisonment Advanced The Gospel

Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Mar 21, 2016

To show that GOD meant us to be living sacrifices here on earth for the furherance of the gospel. Matthew 28:19 (Amplified Bible) Go then and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Sp

I. EXORDIUM: Are you an offering? Yes. A living sacrifice. II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers/unbelievers III. OBJECTIVES: To show that GOD meant us to be living sacrifices here on earth for the furherance of the gospel. Matthew 28:19 (Amplified Bible) Go then and make disciples of all the ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 1:12

Denomination: Pentecostal

Perseverance Series

Contributed by John Lowe on Jan 15, 2021

There will be the test of the seductions which seek to lure us from the right way. There will be the tests of the dangers, the sacrifices, and the unpopularity, which are so much a part of the Christian way. But they are not meant to make us fall; they are intended to make us soar.

Title: Perseverance Text: James:1:3-4 (KJV) 3Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. 4But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. Introduction F. J. A. Hort, the New Testament scholar, writes: “The Christian must expect to ...read more

Scripture: James 1:3-4

Denomination: Baptist

Stand And See The Day Of Salvation

Contributed by Charlie Roberts on Mar 28, 2021

What the devil has meant for harm, God is going to turn around for the good of all those who Love Him. Also for those who are going to come to know Him and love Him in the coming days ahead!

Stand and see the day of Salvation! John 10:10-11 NKJ 10 The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly. We use to say, we live in a day and age where the accuser, is pulling out all the stops. ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 5:8, Ephesians 4:6, John 10:10

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Yoke That Gives Us Rest

Contributed by Barry O Johnson on Apr 15, 2020

When we understand what Jesus meant when He said “my yoke is easy and my burden is light,” then we will be able to access the peace and quietness that comes with knowing that we are not battling the things in life by ourselves.

We’re going to begin with a poem that I’m sure you have either heard or heard of it. It’s Footprints In the Sand by Mary Stevenson “After the last scene of my life flashed before me, I looked back at the footprints in the sand…. I noticed that at many times along the path of life, especially at ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 11:28-30, 1 Kings 19:12

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Is There More To It? Series

Contributed by Alis Cerrahyan on Jul 5, 2019

As we resist this life's useless pressures and their effects one by one; we start seeing that eternal bliss isn't just meant for an afterlife. But it's also for here and now.

How many times have we said; "If only I had seen that coming!" or "I'm never doing this again!" And more often than not; we go back and step into the same muddy situation. Is it because we haven't quite gotten the lesson or could it be because we want to approach it with ...read more

Scripture: Romans 7:18, Philippians 4:6-7

The Danger Of Talking To God

Contributed by Ernie Arnold on Jan 9, 2019

This sermon is about having a One on One Conversation with God. It looks at what that meant to several people in the Scriptures - Adam, Cain, Abraham, Moses and Samuel in particular. It also reveals how gloriously dangerous and life transformative it can be

Scripture: 1 Samuel 3:1-11; Psalm 29 Theme: One on One With God Title: The Danger of Talking to God This sermon is about having a One on One Conversation with God. It looks at what that means to several people in the Scriptures - Adam, Cain, Abraham, Moses and Samuel in particular. It ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 3:1-11

Denomination: Nazarene

Daniel—understanding A Dream

Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Oct 7, 2020

The king of Babylon had a dream that bothered him, but nobody could tell him the dream or what it meant. Daniel offered to do this very thing. After Daniel prayed, God showed Daniel the dream and its meaning.

Introduction: After the events of chapter 1, Daniel and his three close friends were part of the king of Babylon’s staff. At a certain unspecified point, the king had a dream which he simply could not understand or figure out. When the other wise men could not tell the king what he had dreamed, he ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

If I Had Just Looked Up

Contributed by Wayne Lawson on Feb 6, 2023

The imagery of this Psalm is meant to give a sense of the comprehensive care of God for those who look to him. I must admit the most challenging times of my life, happened when I failed to “Just Look Up.”

TITLE: IF I HAD JUST LOOKED UP SCRIPTURE: PSALM 121 This morning we’re going to look at a Psalm about looking up. Charles Spurgeon called this A Psalm Of The Eyes. Psalm 121 is written to speak to the heart, the simple, poetic formula is meant to hit home in a memorable way. The imagery of ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Steady And Unswayed In God's Faithfulness

Contributed by Ed Lu on Feb 9, 2022

Have you ever been blamed for actions that was meant for the good of others? Have you lost friends, even members of your own family because somehow THEY have developed an idea that YOU were the bad guy?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qjx1duoyfZA Have you ever been blamed for actions that was meant for the good of others? Have you lost friends, even members of your own family because somehow THEY have developed an idea that YOU were the bad guy? Story of a woman whose husband had been slipping ...read more

Scripture: Numbers 16:1-22

Denomination: Baptist

Parable: The Laborers Of The Eleventh Hour Series

Contributed by John Lowe on Dec 20, 2017

Jesus said “many that are first shall be last, and the last shall be first.” He meant to teach just one thing: That some who think they’re first in the world are going to find themselves last in heaven.

Perea Parable: The Laborers of the Eleventh hour Matthew 20:1-16 1 For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire laborers into his vineyard. The parable of the laborers is found only in Matthew. It is connected to the preceding ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 20:1-16

Denomination: Baptist

A Study Of Psalm 32 Series

Contributed by T.j. Conwell on Jan 2, 2018

David knew what it meant to experience forgiveness from God. His desire, having known it, was to tell anyone who might read this about it. Do we share the same desire in our life?

A Study of Psalm 32 Psalm 32 Introduction - Good evening … short intro on new format - Open to all, may allow more to attend due to busy schedules - Comments can be seen by all, questions can be asked through comments - Encourage participation … strengthening of faith of one another is key - ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 32:1-11

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Days Of Noah Series

Contributed by Dennis Lee on Oct 5, 2020

Today's Sermon is part of our "End Times Doctrines" series. Today we are looking at about what Jesus meant when He said the end of times will be like the Days of Noah.

End Times Doctrine “Days of Noah” *** Watch: https://youtu.be/I8_aDNuCy2w As we look at the deteriorating moral values of our nation, the increasing divorce rate, abortion, pornography, drug addiction, child abuse, along with sexual deviancy in all its various forms, violent crimes and the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 24:37, Matthew 24:36-44, Genesis 6:3-13

Denomination: Foursquare