Sermons on Jesus Is The Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me:

Jesus And John, The Apostle! Series

Contributed by Larry Vollink on Feb 6, 2021

Learning how Jesus loved His best friend, John, as 'the disciple whom Jesus loved."

Who is this disciple whom Jesus loved so tenderly? Is he a real person, or a secret person that does not want to identify himself? As Jesus chose him, he was a fisherman, and called the son of Zebedee, and brother to James. He also wrote the gospel of John and the Epistles of I, II, and III, John ...read more

Scripture: John 13:21-26

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Good & Best In The Kingdom Series

Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Aug 12, 2013

In Prioritizing the Word of God, we must be : 1) Devoted to the Best (Luke 10:38-39), without settling for and being: 2) Distracted by the Good (Luke 10:40-42).

The word “priority” is a commonly used one today. Books and seminars purporting to teach people how get their lives in order by understanding and setting their priorities abound. As people’s lives become more frenetic, frantic, disjointed, and disconnected, they battle to stay focused on what ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:38-42

Denomination: Other

A Lot Can Happen In Just 3 Days PRO Sermon

Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Mar 17, 2024

This sermon explores Jesus's promise of resurrection in John 2:19, emphasizing our need for Christ's love, guidance, and salvation, and the hope His resurrection brings.

Good morning, dear siblings in Christ. It is a joy to see each and every one of you here today, gathered in unity and love to hear the Word of God. We are here to seek wisdom and understanding, to find comfort and guidance, and most importantly, to glorify our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Today, ...read more

Scripture: John 2:19

Topics: Resurrection, Truth, Life

Standing Strong In An Ever-Changing World

Contributed by John Daniel Johnson on Nov 25, 2018

There is a strategy for standing strong in this ever-changing world. Isaiah records God's Words to a Nation that ready calls evil good and good evil.

Standing Strong in an Ever-Changing World Scripture Reference: Isaiah 5:20-21 & Hebrews 12:12-15 Preached at Mount Zion Baptist Church on November 25, 2018 Delivered by Rev. John Daniel Johnson Illustration— A young woman graduated college with a degree in Education. She got her first job as a ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 5:20-21, Hebrews 12:12-15

Denomination: Baptist

She Touched Me

Contributed by Robert Rust on Oct 18, 2000

You will remember last week that Jesus and his disciples had taken off from one shore of Lake Galilee and headed to the opposite side of the lake.

You will remember last week that Jesus and his disciples had taken off from one shore of Lake Galilee and headed to the opposite side of the lake. While they were in the middle of the lake, a storm came up and Jesus calmed the sea. In today's story, we have Jesus and his disciples on the other side ...read more

Scripture: Mark 5:21-43

A Disciple. Me?

Contributed by Denn Guptill on Aug 11, 2003

Who is a disciple and what does it cost?

Luke 14:33 So no one can become my disciple without giving up everything for me. Salvation is free but it’s not cheap, did you catch that? Salvation is free but it’s not cheap. Christ said, and I quote So no one can become my disciple without giving up everything for me.What a statement, any one ...read more

Scripture: Luke 14:25-33

Denomination: Wesleyan

Follow Me! Series

Contributed by Michael Deutsch on Sep 17, 2022

A new series looking at what the church is called to be. Looking at it in a little different way.

The Church Matthew 4:18-25 September 18, 2022 Has anyone ever been talking to you and you silently wondered, and maybe if you were brave enough, you asked “so . . . what’s the point?” I once had a person telling me a story about something that happened in their life and they actually said, “to ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 4:18-25

Denomination: Baptist

Every Mother's Child Matters

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jan 7, 2010

Sarah's me-ism blinded her to Ishmael's value; Abraham's comfort blinded him to how best to support Hagar and Ishmael; Hagar, like many of our mothers, had to trust God in the desert. We today must support the Hagars of this world.

The barren landscape seemed to dance before her eyes, as she looked toward a horizon littered with debris, strewn with the rubbish of thousands of careless people who had gone this way. Filthy and dirty as it was, though, it seemed to dance before her eyes, for the sun was high above and hot; the ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 21:8-20

Denomination: Baptist

The Best Moment To Repair An Injury

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Dec 11, 2023

Forgiveness-based reconciliation is truly a divine Gift.

Third Sunday of Advent 2023 As I’m looking over our reading from this late chapter of Isaiah, almost certainly written during or after Israel’s Babylonian exile, I am struck by the intersection of the promises God makes to us: good news for the afflicted, healed hearts for the brokenhearted, ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:46-54, 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24, John 1:19-28, Isaiah 61:1-11

Denomination: Catholic

Call Me Crazy Series

Contributed by Troy Walliser on Feb 23, 2023

Our hope in the resurrection will be VINDICATED on the last day. Press forward in confident ASSURANCE because Jesus came out of the grave!

Call Me Crazy Acts 26:1-32 You know throughout the centuries of human existence there have been those who dared to dream and imagine things that were, to their contemporaries, the epitome of crazy. History has since vindicated them, but at the time they made their bold proclamations, they were ...read more

Scripture: Acts 26:1-32

Denomination: Baptist

How Can I Ever Trust? Series

Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Oct 16, 2014

It's interesting how we view famous people or those in authority over us. We want them to be distinctively different from us and yet we long for them to be human enough that they're like us - we feel the same way towards God.

“Soul Talk: How Can I Ever Trust?” Ps. 31 It’s interesting how we view famous people or those in authority over us. We want them to be distinctively different from us and yet we long for them to be human enough that they’re like us – we want them to be removed from us ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 31:1-24

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

One Thing I Do Know

Contributed by Heather Cook on Jan 4, 2019

This starts with a story of a young boy who has a pivotal moment that changes the focus of his whole life. Just as the blind mans interaction with Jesus changed his.

When you think about the narrow streets of Paris at night, under the glow of the sparkling Eiffel tower, with a chilly summer breeze blowing down the promenade that sends lovers close together, you might find it romantic and enchanting. But pan out, to a 12-year-old boy…sitting alone on a bench, ...read more

Scripture: John 9:24-25

Denomination: Adventist

Easter: Unstoppable Jesus

Contributed by Dj Thomsen on Mar 31, 2021

What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object? Easter shows us the victor.

During the season of lent we’ve been talking about our Unstoppable God and we've been following Jesus on his road to the cross and marveling at all of the ways that he is unstoppable. When Jesus sets off on his path toward the cross no one could stop him, even when they told him he was crazy, ...read more

Scripture: Mark 16:1-8

Denomination: Lutheran

I Need You To Touch Me!

Contributed by Michael Stark on Mar 16, 2024

We often delay seeking Christ's help until desperation drives us to Him. He stands ready to deliver us when we come to Him confessing our need for Him to touch us.

“When [Jesus] came down from the mountain, great crowds followed him. And behold, a leper came to him and knelt before him, saying, ‘Lord, if you will, you can make me clean.’ And Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, ‘I will; be clean.’ And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.” ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 8:1-3

Denomination: Baptist

Only One Thing

Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Oct 15, 2012

I. EXORDIUM: What do we really need in this life? II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers III. OBJECTIVES: To show that we only need JESUS IV. TEXT: Luke 10:42 (New Living Translation, Second Edition) There is only one thing worth being co

I. EXORDIUM: What do we really need in this life? II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers III. OBJECTIVES: To show that we only need JESUS IV. TEXT: Luke 10:42 (New Living Translation, Second Edition) There is only one thing worth being concerned about. Mary has discovered it, and it will not be ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:42

Denomination: Pentecostal