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"When You Run Out"

Contributed by Leonard Hunt on Jun 20, 2005

What to do when you have ran out of all possibilities?

I. HAVE HIM AROUND: A. V. 2 SAYS THAT JESUS WAS CALLED, INVITED TO THE WEDDING. JESUS COULD NOT HAVE WORKED THAT MIRACLE IF HE WAS NOT THERE. SINCE HE WAS THERE HE COULD SOLVE THE PROBLEM THEY HAD. LET ME SUGGEST THAT MAYBE MIRACLES HAVE NOT BEGUN TO HAPPEN IN YOUR LIFE BECAUSE YOU HAVE NOT ...read more

Scripture: John 2:1-10

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Shouldn't We Stay Away From Them?

Contributed by Dan Erickson on Nov 25, 2000

Trying to avoid contact with those who don't share our faith in Christ is a mistake that Christians have often made throughout the centuries

(Jim and Sue are sitting in the living room after dinner. Jim is reading the paper; Sue is knitting -- or something.) JIM: (Starts to put down the paper.) Well, Sue, I'd better go to bed. I want to get to the office early tomorrow morning. SUE: Oh, Jim, I'm so glad you like your new job. Isn't it ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 5:9-11

Denomination: Baptist

When Storms And Troubles Won't Go Away Series

Contributed by Clarence Eisberg on Sep 28, 2006

2nd in the series James Troubles and Storms come into the life of a Christian. Not "if" but "when" James provides direction and hope

In Jesus Holy Name August 27, 2006 Text: James 1:1-4,12 Pentecost XII, Redeemer “When Storms and Troubles Won’t Go Away” The Book of James 2nd in the Series Max Lucado in his book “Eye of the Storm” tells this story: Chippie the parakeet never saw it coming. Once second he was ...read more

Scripture: James 1:1-4

Denomination: Lutheran

Finding God In Narnia: In A Land Far-Far Away Series

Contributed by Marty Boller on Nov 3, 2005

#2 of 8 Narnia teachings. Geared to help you draw out and apply the powerful scriptural truths found in C.S. Lewis’ classic: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe.

This sermon uses a “tour guide” to take your listeners through the Land of Narnia. My wife, Sandy, dressed as a typical tour guide with a winter coat & hat. I began the teaching with a review of the 3 major points shared in our first week’s teachings…only to be ‘interrupted’ by the Narnia tour ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 18:3-4

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Breaking Away From The World Brings An Uneasy Peace

Contributed by Thomas Black on Apr 28, 2006

We don’t need to offend unbeleivers because we follow Jesus. Let the Cross offend them, but not us.

I once worked at a grocery store which employed a truck-driver and while his instructions were basically to get a load from point A to point B he felt on occasion that in order to meet a deadline he would have to speed or otherwise break a few laws. Yet the double edge to the sword was if he got ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 31:22-55

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

When We Need To Get Away From It All Series

Contributed by Brian Atwood on Feb 13, 2003

Third sermon in the series, "Reality Prayer - How to Ask So God Will Answer".

We all want a place to go when we’re stressed or sad, tired or lonely, fearful or tempted, disappointed or discouraged - a place where we can unload our burdens and get some relief. When we feel insecure and inadequate we need a refuge - a shelter. We need a retreat. Prayer can transport us to ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 91:1-16

Denomination: Baptist

You Can’t Run Away From Problems Series

Contributed by Matthew Kratz on May 31, 2009

In Ruth 1 1-5 we see the danger of trying to run away from our problems illustrated

It is an undeniable fact that many of the life’s problems we grapple with in the present are the result of what has happened to us in the past, whether as a result of our own deliberate choices or because of circumstances which were quite beyond our control. The person we are today is a product ...read more

Scripture: Ruth 1:1-5

Denomination: Other

Receiving God’s Comfort To Give It Away Series

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Sep 19, 2011

The pattern is all over Scripture: we cannot separate our vertical relationship to God from our horizontal relationship to others; the vertical always influences the horizontal. This is true in the realm of comfort.

Receiving God’s Comfort to Give It Away (2 Corinthians 1:3-7) 1. Yesterday Marylu and I went to the Ko-ko-mah encampment as we do every year. We love the smell of campfires cooking food, crafts and arts done in an 1800’s style, the music, the costumes, the re-enactments. 2. When ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1:3-7

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Stay Away From Worldliness : King Ahaz Life

Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Jan 18, 2013

I. EXORDIUM: Are you worldly? II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers III. OBJECTIVES: To show worldliness will not benefit you. IV. TEXT: 2 Kings 16:2-4 (New Living Translation, Second Edition) Ahaz was twenty years old when he became kin

I. EXORDIUM: Are you worldly? II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers III. OBJECTIVES: To show worldliness will not benefit you. IV. TEXT: 2 Kings 16:2-4 (New Living Translation, Second Edition) Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. He did not do ...read more

Scripture: 2 Kings 16:2-4

Denomination: Pentecostal

"It Is For Your Good That I Am Going Away."

Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Aug 21, 2013

We often wish Jesus was still here today. We envy the disciples who had God in their presence. They could be with him and talk with him-physically. But here we see Jesus telling them that it’s a good thing that he’s leaving them. Let’s find out why.

“IT IS FOR YOUR GOOD THAT I AM GOING AWAY” John 16:1-7 INTRODUCTION: We often wish Jesus was still here today. We envy the disciples who had God in their presence. They could be with him and talk with him-physically. But here we see Jesus telling them that it’s a good thing that ...read more

Scripture: John 16:1-7

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Indoctrination Of Our Children In Evil. The Great Falling Away.

Contributed by Anthony Smith on Dec 29, 2011

There are many controversial subjects in the Bible, some hard to understand, the Apostle Paul was one whose writings fall within this category, but without teaching or preaching about them how then would the lost become aware of what sin is and how to be

As the state of California is ready to indoctrinate school children into the acceptance of the homosexual lifestyle we wonder where this is all going. There are many controversial subjects in the Bible, some hard to understand, the Apostle Paul was one whose writings fall within this category, ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 14:2-3

Denomination: Pentecostal

God Does Not Throw The Clay Away! Try Again!

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Mar 18, 2017

WE CAN NEVER GIVE UP ON PEOPLE. Seems, I can see farther than I can reach? We must love hard to love people and dream new possibilities. Marred clay? No excuses, try again.

GOD DOES NOT THROW THE CLAY AWAY... TRY AGAIN... By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com YOU CAN SEE FARTHER THAN YOU CAN REACH... BUT KEEP REACHING... Have you ever watched a western where the cowboy falls into QUICKSAND? The cowboys natural reaction is to kick and fight. The more the ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 18:1-8

Denomination: Assembly Of God

An Old Soldier Whose Words...never Faded Away.

Contributed by Mitchell Leonard on Nov 6, 2016

A sermon for Veterans Day or Memorial Day. It was preached on the Sunday before Veterans Day as part of honoring our Veterans for their service to our country.

2 Timothy 2:1-4 Veterans day 11/6/16 At 5:00 in the morning on the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month of 1918, in a railroad car outside Compiégne, France, the Armistice was signed which ended WW1. This day was first known as Armistice Day. ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 2:1-4

Denomination: Baptist

Believers That Don't Get Blown Away Series

Contributed by James Jackson on Jul 6, 2019

Believers who are sitting with Christ, walking with the wise, and standing against sin will be planted firmly in Christ, rooted and established with him.

Believers that Won’t Be Blown Away (Psalm 1) Please turn in your Bibles to Psalm 1 as we begin a new sermon series. For the next eight weeks we are going to be in the book of Psalms. Some of you might already be checking out, or at least wondering, “what am I going to get out of this?” Because ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Would God Ever Take Away His Word? Series

Contributed by Jim Butcher on Jun 24, 2020

What would it mean if God withdrew the knowledge of His Word?

- Unpack vv. 11-12 and the threat to take away the word of the Lord. - We don’t really know what to do with that. Let’s try to figure it out. WHAT MIGHT THAT LOOK LIKE? 1. Rejecting God’s truth, people do what they want. 2. Things start falling apart. 3. The consequences of their sin make ...read more

Scripture: Amos 8:9-13

Denomination: Baptist