Sermons on Joel Osteen:

"Seek Righteousness…seek Humility”

Contributed by Michael Otterstatter on Feb 27, 2023

Sackcloth and ashes. Fasting and weeping. Tearing clothes and pulling out hair. Lying face down in the dirt. What does repentance look like for New Testament believers? The Prophet Zephaniah reminds of us what believers do when they are repentant.

Sackcloth and ashes. Fasting and weeping. Tearing clothes and pulling out hair. Lying face down in the dirt. Those are some powerful pictures of repentance, wouldn’t you agree? And what were Old Testament believers saying with these traditions? Wearing clothes made from rough ...read more

Scripture: Zephaniah 2:3, Zephaniah 3:11-13

Denomination: Lutheran

Great Expectations

Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jun 23, 2023

John the Baptist's followers struggle with changing their allegiance to Jesus.

Zach was tired. He had been coming down to Tiberias every week for almost two months, bringing news and food to John in prison, and it looked like he’d probably be doing it for the rest of the year. Nothing had changed. After Herod arrested John for publicly accusing him of incest and adultery, ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 11:2-11

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Expectations & Evidence

Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Apr 16, 2023

Yeshua was saying, “Don’t be upset because I’m not what you expected. You’ve got my credentials. Now trust me for the rest of it.”

Zach was tired. He had been coming down to Tiberias every week for almost two months, bringing news and food to John in prison, and it looked like he’d probably be doing it for the rest of the year. Nothing had changed. After Herod arrested John for publicly accusing him of incest and adultery, ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 11:2-11

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Ultimate Wilderness Guide

Contributed by Alison Bucklin on May 15, 2023

Lack of belief is a sin because if you don't understand that reunion with God is the purpose of life, you will wind up lost. Literally.

I was 8 years old when my family moved to Brazil. Everything changed: language, food, customs, weather. And one of the things that I at least did not expect was the absence of school buses. If Dad couldn’t take us we had to take public transportation: a taxi, a tram, a bus. We usually took a city ...read more

Scripture: John 16:4-16

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

As In The Days Of Noah

Contributed by John Oscar on Nov 16, 2021

Pastor John teaches on how Jesus predicted the kind of world that we live in today

As In the Days of Noah CCCAG 9-19-21 Scripture- Matt 24:36-44, Genesis 6, 7 Does anyone remember the old Billy Joel song called “We Didn’t Start the Fire?” It was one of the most famous music videos of all time. In the video, He lists several dozen historical events that have occurred in his ...read more

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Sound The Alarm - Yom Teruah - Days Of Repentance

Contributed by William Akehurst on Sep 18, 2023

Friday began Rosh Hashanah, the day of repentance. This is your wake-up call sounding the alarm. Time is Short, JESUS is Coming! Have you changed? Have you turned your heart to GOD? There’s no better time than NOW.

2023.09.17.Sermon Notes – SOUND THE ALARM - Days of Repentance William Akehurst, HSWC Big Idea: Friday began Rosh Hashanah, the day of repentance. This is your wake-up call sounding the alarm. Time is Short, JESUS is Coming! Have you changed? Have you turned your heart to GOD? There’s no better ...read more

Scripture: Leviticus 23:24-25, Joel 2:1, 1 Corinthians 15:52, 1 Thessalonians 4:16-18, Revelation 22:12-14, Genesis 4:7, Ezekiel 12:1-2, Matthew 23:27-28, Luke 13:1-5, Lamentations 3:40-41, 2 Corinthians 13:5, 1 Peter 1:13-16, Acts 17:30-31, Micah 7:18-19, Hebrews 9:27, Revelation 3:5, Revelation 20:12-15, 2 Corinthians 7:8-10, Acts 3:19-21, Matthew 3:8, Titus 2:11-14, Mark 1:14-15, Acts 2:38-39, Acts 10:43, John 3:16, Romans 10:8-10, Romans 10:13, 1 Peter 1:13-23  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Sermon On The Mount Lesson 22

Contributed by Bill Prater on Jan 8, 2001

Lesson 22

Lesson 22 Matthew 6:10 "...Thy kingdom come..." Having opened our prayer with praise, we now move to the part of our praying where we begin to petition the Father. The first petition deals with the coming of His kingdom. There is actually two aspects of the coming of God’s kingdom. I. THE ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:10

Denomination: Baptist

The Harvest

Contributed by Billy Kryger on Aug 28, 2002

Missions is the nearest and dearest thing to the heart of God. In this passage Christ shares His burden with His Disciples.

Introduction: · This account is repeated in Mark 4, Luke 10 and John 4. · Jesus is trying to impress upon the hearts of His Disciples the importance of world-wide missions · Missions is the nearest and dearest thing to God’s heart · He had been preaching, teaching and healing all day · He shared ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 9:35-38

Denomination: Baptist

(Lesson 4) Elijah: An Encounter Out Of Discouragement

Contributed by Elmer Towns on Apr 10, 2003

Elijah ran into the desert because Queen Jezebel threatened to kill him. He encountered God, not in a mighty force to destroy the evil rule of Jezebel, but in a still, small voice to send Elijah back into service.

A. INTRODUCTION: I KINGS 19:3-18 1. Miraculous food. God provided for Elijah’s needs. "The ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook" (I Kings 17:6). 2. Miraculous source. "The barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 19:3-18

Denomination: Baptist

Who Is This Man Jesus – Prayer Series

Contributed by Floyd Johnson on May 4, 2003

The sixth in a series looking at the life of Christ, this sermon looks at two prayers that Jesus delivers - the Priestly prayer of John 17 and the Lord’s prayer.

Intro.: Pastor Joel Smith tells a cute story about his daughter: One night a father heard his young daughter speaking, although she was alone in her room. The door was cracked just enough so that he could see that she was kneeling beside her bed in prayer. Interested to find out what ...read more

Scripture: John 17:1-26, Matthew 6:8-13

Denomination: Methodist

The Holy Spirit, I Want To Know Him

Contributed by Jim Parisi on Jan 15, 2003

The Lord Uses Lessons For His Truth

The Holy Spirit, I want to know HHM 1-12-03 Scripture: Mark 1: 9, 10: 9 It came to pass in those days that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John in the Jordan. 10 And immediately, coming up from the water, He saw the heavens parting and the Spirit descending upon Him ...read more

Scripture: Mark 1:9-10

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

God Gives And Forgives

Contributed by J. Yeargin on Nov 7, 2005

Most Christians make it habit to limit the Almighty God. We know He is big, but do we realize how much He wants us to have more of His provisions?

Introduction: We love and serve the One and only God Who desires for us to have more (of Him), while we often expect to have just enough to get by. That is, God is so abundant in His giving while we (sometimes) feel we don’t have enough. Most Christians make it habit to limit the Almighty God. ...read more

Scripture: Luke 11:5-13

Denomination: Assembly Of God

The Flood

Contributed by Matthew Miles on Jan 13, 2006

This is for those of you who don’t know what the Lord has got in store for you. Maybe this sermon will help you out...

Hey everybody I got a word from the Lord today. I went to church last night and we had the Holy Ghost fire up in there, and when worship was over, my youth pastor stood up and said, "Listen... not with your physical ears but listen in the Spirit." Well I heard something that I’m not going to say ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 18:41

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Eleventh Hour

Contributed by Daniel Chua on Feb 10, 2005

The last shall be first. We belong to a generation that will see the culmination of the previous moves of God. He is visiting His Church again with a revelation of power, presence and praise!

The Eleventh Hour (Matthew 20:1-8) God is the owner of the vineyard Psalm 24:1 The earth [is] the LORD’s, and all its fullness The vineyard is a type of the Church John 15:5 "I am the vine, you [are] the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 20:1-8

Denomination: Independent/Bible

God's Recipe For Revival

Contributed by Naveen Balakrishnan on Jun 1, 2005

The LORD speaks to Solomon and to us in this matter that He will truly hear us when we turn to Him in brokenness.

“GOD’S RECIPE FOR REVIVAL” 2 CHRONICLES 7:14 1. God’s REQUIREMENTS. (v. 14a) Genesis 17:1; Deuteronomy 10:12-13; 28:10; Jeremiah 7:22-23; 9:23-24; Micah 6:8; Matthew 23:23 a. A Call to PREPARE. (v. 14a-i) If My people, which are called by My Name, shall humble themselves Leviticus 26:40-41; ...read more

Scripture: 2 Chronicles 7:14

Denomination: Baptist