Sermons on Keeping Our Focus:

Understanding Our Mission Statement

Contributed by Bob Briggs on Dec 16, 2000

What is the importance of a mission statement and how do we apply it to our mission.

I have been in a reflective mood since seeing the doctor two weeks ago. He spoke to me concerning lifestyle changes I would need to make to ensure my health and longevity. I thought about change in relationship to the church, here at Ione Assembly, and I want to speak on this today, the changes ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 55:6-9

Denomination: Pentecostal

Take Back Our Children

Contributed by Charles Mims on Mar 9, 2001

Sermon on morality, and bringing children up with moral values. For Girl Scout Sunday.

Proverbs 22:6 (KJV) 6Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. We are a nation at war! Not a war of bullets and missiles, not a war of tanks and planes, but a real war nonetheless. It is a war that is fought out in the lives of our most precious ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 20:1-17, Proverbs 22:6

Transforming Our Hearts & Minds

Contributed by Melvin Newland on Apr 16, 2001

How can we change from being the kind of person who vacillates, who lives with one foot in the world & one foot in the church, to being "all you can be" in God’s sight?

MELVIN NEWLAND, MINISTER CENTRAL CHRISTIAN, BROWNSVILLE, TX TEXT: Romans 12:1-2 ILL. The story is told that a man living out on the edge of town heard a commotion in his back yard. He investigated & discovered there was a very hostile gorilla up in his tree. ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:1-2, Proverbs 23:7, Philippians 4:8-9

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Benefits Of Confessing Our Sins

Contributed by John Kapteyn on Oct 18, 2000

Part of our weekly worship includes the corporate confession of our sins. This message considers the benefits of confession and the components of proper confession.

Introductory Considerations 1. Illustration of person who felt need to confess terrible sin. (see illustrations at end). Teaching 1. Confessing sin to pastor or priest - isn’t that a Roman Catholic thing? Didn’t that go out with the Reformation? Perhaps but the felt need we have to confess our ...read more

Scripture: Ezra 9:1-9

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

God Is Our Refuge And Strength Series

Contributed by Paul Apple on Oct 18, 2000

THE BEST FORTRESS IS THE PRESENCE OF GOD

BIG IDEA: THE BEST FORTRESS IS THE PRESENCE OF GOD I. (:1-3) THE FORTRESS OF GOD PROTECTS AGAINST ALL ATTACKS WE WILL NOT FEAR "A Mighty Fortress is our God" A. (:1) The Security of Our Fortress B. (:2-3) The Power of the Attacks Pictured as the Powerful Forces of Nature II. (:4-6) THE ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 46:1-11

Denomination: Independent/Bible

His Commission Our Mission

Contributed by Gary Osteen on Oct 18, 2000

In this commission Jesus pointed out: 1.

In this commission Jesus pointed out: 1. Our Ministry - sharing the message with all the world. 2. Our Message - The good news of the gospel. 3. Our Miraculous credentials - God backs up the preaching of the word. ...read more

Scripture: Mark 16:15-18

Overcoming Our Faulty Presuppositions 

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000

It is often true that before we can learn new things we have to be willing to unlearn faulty presuppositions. Many people harbor faulty assumptions about themselves, other people or their circumstances. To wrongly assume something about another is to ent

1. It is often true that before we can learn new things we have to be willing to unlearn faulty presuppositions. Quote: "As a man thinks within himself, so he is." (Prov. 23:7) Many people harbor faulty assumptions about themselves, other people or their circumstances. To wrongly assume ...read more

Scripture: Acts 10:23-34

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

A Mighty Fortress Is Our God

Contributed by Joel Schulz on Sep 14, 2001

A special sermon for the September 11, 2001 tragedy.

Psalm 46 Pastor Joel Schulz September 16, 2001 A MIGHTY FORTRESS IS OUR GOD I am sure that for most of you, this past Tuesday started out like any normal day. It did for me. But that sure changed in a hurry, didn’t it? After my wife had called me out of my office to see such a strange ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 46:1-11

Denomination: Lutheran

Slaying The Giants In Our Lives

Contributed by Bud Martenn on Sep 19, 2001

Giants do not go away, they have to be faced and defeated

Num.13:26-14:11; I Sam.17:3-4; II Sam.21:15-22 1. A Giant is anything that STANDS between you and God’s plan for you 2. A Giant is anything that SEEMS bigger than you and your desire to serve the Lord 3. A Giant is that which is STRONGER than us and cannot be faced alone I. THE TRUTH ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 17:3-4

Denomination: Baptist

God's Answers For Our Excuses

Contributed by Stephan Brown on Sep 28, 2001

A look at the excuses that Moses gave God for not accepting his call and the answers that God gave Moses to those excuses. Parralels the call of Moses with our call to evangelism and shows how Christ gives the same answers to our excuses. This sermon is v

God’s Answers for Our Excuses Exodus 3:9 –4:13 Introduction: Ex. 3:9-10 – Exodus records God’s calling of Moses to lead His people out of bondage in Egypt. Matt. 28:18-20 – Jesus also calls us to GO and lead his children out of bondage today. Not a physical slavery, but a slavery to sin. Even ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 28:18-20

Denomination: Assembly Of God

God Responds To Our Prayers Series

Contributed by Wah Lok Ng on Oct 5, 2001

When we pray, the ear, eyes, hand and heart of God respond to our prayers.

GOD RESPONDS TO OUR PRAYERS BY NG WAH LOK Introduction. When people pray, God moves. God responds to our prayers. Often , we are waiting for God to move. But God will not move until His people pray. Every revival is birthed in prayer. In my song “Every Time I Pray”, I used the phrase “Every ...read more

Scripture: 2 Chronicles 7:12-15

Denomination: Charismatic

Fitting Truth Into Our Box

Contributed by Carlton Coon on Oct 12, 2001

Allowing God to explode our pre-conceived ideas.

Fitting Truth Into Our Box I heard the story of a couple who married, over the years when the wife would prepare to cook a roast she would do as she had seen her mother do. She would cut off the small end of the roast. Years passed, and children were born. One day when the couple’s daughter was ...read more

Scripture: Acts 14:8-12

Denomination: Pentecostal

A Noticable Difference In Our Work Series

Contributed by Steve Malone on Jul 12, 2001

As we conclude this series in Colossians we see that having Jesus in our life should make a noticeable difference in our work. (Jesus is enough part 9)

Jesus Is Enough - Part 8 "There Should Be A ND At Work" What you do 40+ hours every week, whetehr in the home the school room or the workforce - matters to God...... Question; Do you feel, that what you during the week matters to God? Listen - it is important that you do, because when you ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

What Is Right In Our Church?

Contributed by Shawn Drake on Aug 7, 2001

We constantly hear what is wrong with our churches all of the time, but what is right in our churches?

Sunday Evening August 12, 2001 Bel Aire Baptist Church WHAT IS RIGHT IN OUR CHURCH? Ephesians 5:25-27 Introduction: I have had several comments lately that I have been whipping on the church pretty hard. I have been told that everything being said in the sermons are negative and are ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:25-27

Denomination: Baptist

Is God Ignoring Our Nation? Series

Contributed by Jim Luthy on Aug 14, 2001

Is God ignoring our nation? The evidence might make us wonder if the God of all creation has forgotten us.

Is God Ignoring Our Nation? Hosea 4 Pastor Jim Luthy Is God ignoring our nation? The evidence might make us wonder if the God of all creation has forgotten us. I offer our environment as evidence. We in the church like to call it creation, giving God glory for it, but also leaving him ...read more

Scripture: Hosea 4:1-9

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational