Sermons on joyful obedience:

Love And Obedience.

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Aug 1, 2023

Loving your neighbour in these end times.

LOVE AND OBEDIENCE. Romans 13:8-14. I). LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOUR. Romans 13:8-10. The imperative, “To no one nothing owe you (all), but to love one another” (Romans 13:8a) follows on from the discussion of being subject to ‘the powers that be’ who - whether we voted for them or not - are ...read more

Scripture: Romans 13:8-14

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Giving Obediently Series

Contributed by Brad Beaman on Jan 20, 2023

Our obedience in giving equates to our love for God. We are to acknowledge God’s ownership of everything. This requires faith because we believe that God will provide our needs. We give a tithe to God and he will supply with the remaining ninety percent.

This is a very serious look at giving since the opposite of obedience to God is disobedience. There is no neutral ground between obedience to God and disobedience to God. “I the Lord do not change. So you, the descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed. 7 Ever since the time of your ancestors you ...read more

Scripture: Malachi 3:6-10

Denomination: Baptist

Obedience And The Fish

Contributed by Diana Tyler on Feb 9, 2023

Jonah started out in rebellion but was given a second chance.

Jonah has a very interesting story. It's only 4 chapters, but a lot can be learned from this book. In the first chapter, the Lord had told Jonah to go to Nineveh and cry out against it because its wickedness was so great. But instead of obeying God, Jonah ran away. Jonah 1:1-3. There are going ...read more

Obedient Citizens

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Jun 21, 2023

Leaders of nations that oppress Christians are only hurting themselves by persecuting their best citizens. Let's look at why in Romans 13.

Leaders of nations and communities that oppress Christians don’t realize that they are harassing some of their most loyal citizens. A Christian value is to be obedient citizens? We obey civil laws because God wants us to. Every person should place themselves under the authority of the government. ...read more

Denomination: Independent/Bible

How To Be Obedient

Contributed by Rev. Duraimony Dickson on Jul 17, 2020

God calls us to obey Him and His word. And we must obey Him with a heart of integrity, humility, without hesitation, and total surrender. God rewards those who obey with the blessing of eternal life and freedom from sin and death.

How to be Obedient “So, Samuel said: “Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed than the fat of rams.” I Samuel 15:22 In our daily life, we know that obedience is a very essential ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 15:22, Acts 13:22

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Obedience To God

Contributed by Anitha Jabastion on Aug 13, 2020

Sins committed with good intentions were also punished by God. Wrong actions cannot be sanctified by good intentions. If we are careful to obey the Lord, we will have the peace and joy of the Lord in our hearts and the Lord will be with us amidst all our difficulties.

2 Samuel 6:1-8 Again David gathered all the choice men of Israel, thirty thousand. And David arose and went with all the people who were with him from Baale Judah to bring up from there the ark of God, whose name is called by the Name, the Lord of Hosts, who dwells between the cherubim. So they set ...read more

Scripture: 2 Samuel 6:1-8, Numbers 4:15, Romans 10:1-3, Matthew 7:21-23

Being Obedient

Contributed by Scott Jensen on Aug 16, 2020

The Israelites grumble again against God. Moses responds to their grumbling with anger and loses the privilege of entering the Promised Land. Moses responded with anger and disrespected God. We can learn a few things form an angry man who lashed out against the Creator.

Introduction Today’s topic is “Being Obedient” and as I look around our society in this COVID-19 time, I see a lot of people who are challenged with being obedient. Many businesses have signs that say you have to wear a mask to enter, yet many don’t obey that sign. We hear repeatedly that we ...read more

Scripture: Numbers 20:2-12

Denomination: Lutheran

The Faithful And Obedient

Contributed by Dr Fr John Singarayar Svd on Aug 19, 2022

The Faithful and Obedient

  The Faithful and Obedient   Scripture Luke 12:32-48   Reflection Dear sisters and brothers, Being faithful is the theme of the scripture text. Being faithful does not mean being a slave. Being faithful is knowing the Master. How do we know the Master? Learning people or knowing ...read more

Scripture: Luke 12:32-48

Denomination: Other

Faith And Obedience

Contributed by Andrew Dixon on Aug 22, 2022

Walking with God is a journey of a life time, but it also involves faith and obedience on our part at every stage.

For our meditation today we will focus on Joshua 18:3,“So Joshua said to the people of Israel, "How long will you put off going in to take possession of the land, which the LORD, the God of your fathers, has given you?” (ESV) These are the words of Joshua to the people of Israel who had been ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 18:3

Denomination: Other

An Act Of Obedience Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Mar 20, 2021

Baptism is an act of obedience to Jesus who said to go into all the world and baptize in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. It was an act of obedience on Philip's part to baptize the Ethiopian and act of obedience on his part to be baptized.

Some of the best things in life can be so bad. It is somewhat shocking, but Lewis B. Smedes in his book Caring and Commitment points out that even commitment can be a bad thing. The purpose of the book is to get Christians more committed, but he points out the negative side of this very ...read more

Scripture: Acts 8:26-40

An Act Of Obedience Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Mar 29, 2021

The New Testament makes it clear that all who believe in Jesus as their Savior are to be baptized, and so for those who submit to do so it is an act of obedience.

The whole duty of man is to love God and keep His commandments. From paradise lost to paradise regained this is the teaching of the Bible. The one condition for man's abiding in Paradise was obedience to God's command. In Rev. 22:14 we read, "Blessed are they who do His commandments, ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 10:1-5

Overcome By Obedience Series

Contributed by John Dobbs on Sep 17, 2021

A truly amazing story in the OT is the promise that God made to Abram and Sarai that involved them having a son. Sarai unable to have children. The Promise was unexpected! As time went by, both of them passed the age of childbearing and there was a lot of mystery around God’s promise.

Overcome By Obedience Genesis 21:1-3; Genesis 22:1-14 Introduction A truly amazing story in the OT is the promise that God made to Abram and Sarai that involved them having a son. Sarai unable to have children. The Promise was unexpected! As time went by, both of them passed the age of ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 22:1-14

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Essence Of Obedience

Contributed by Efren V. Narido on Mar 31, 2024

We have our own idea of what the essence of obedience is. But, according to Jesus, just what is it?

“Now great crowds accompanied him, and he turned and said to them, ’If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. Whoever does not bear his own cross ...read more

Scripture: Luke 14:25-35

Denomination: Baptist

The School Of Obedience

Contributed by Victor Yap on Apr 15, 2022

All we like sheep

THE SCHOOL OF OBEDIENCE (JOHN 6:1-14) https://bible.ryl.hk/web_en Grammar Bible (English) https://bible.ryl.hk/web_Bah Tatabahasa Alkitab (Indonesian) https://bible.ryl.hk/web_Esp Biblia de Gramática (Spanish) https://bible.ryl.hk/web_Tag Gramatika Bibliya (Filipino) https://bible.ryl.hk ...read more

Scripture: John 6:1-14

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Obedience Of Faith.

Contributed by Roy Fowler on Dec 19, 2020

It's Believing and Obeying. Not one or the other. Baby Jesus went on a journey for us. From His birth that we celebrate on Christmas Day to His Death for our Salvation.

Scripture Text: Romans 16:25-27 NLT 25 Now all glory to God, who is able to make you strong, just as my Good News says. This message about Jesus Christ has revealed his plan for you Gentiles, a plan kept secret (A Mystery) from the beginning of time. 26 But now as the prophets foretold and as the ...read more

Scripture: Romans 16:25-27

Denomination: Independent/Bible