Sermons on Kingdom Priority:

Does Your Faith Show In Your Priorities?

Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Jul 30, 2024

Let's talk about our faith and the part it plays as we make plans, set our goals, and prioritize things in our life.

Today let's talk about our faith and the part it plays as we make plans, set our goals, and prioritize things in our life. We all make plans and there's nothing wrong with planning. In fact, the Bible has several proverbs that encourage us to make plans. But does your faith have a part in ...read more

Scripture: James 4:13-17, James 5:7-11

Denomination: Baptist

Finding A Way For Jesus Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Sep 21, 2014

Jesus said we should seek first the Kingdom of God. What is that Kingdom and how do I go about making it a priority in my life?

OPEN: Back in 1999 Eddie Stankey died at the age of 83. Now you might ask – who is Eddie Stankey? (I'm glad you asked). According to Time magazine - Eddie Stankey “was a pugnacious, pennant-winning 2nd baseman.” He battled his way through 11 seasons for the champion Brooklyn ...read more

Scripture: Luke 9:23-27, Matthew 6:33, Matthew 6:1-33

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Bring The Reign Series

Contributed by Billy Ricks on May 6, 2012

What results does the Lord ship of Jesus bring to the life of His followers? Are their priorities and practices that come from the working of the Holy Spirit in the life of Jesus' saints/disciples.

Mark Driscol “Men are prone to chauvinism or cowardice, too little or too much.” What we need to be prone to is Christlikeness. How do we do that? Make the kingdom of God, the reign of Christ your priority. Matthew 6:33 “but seek first His kingdom (reign/rule) and His ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:33

Denomination: Baptist

You Will Long To See

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Jul 31, 2018

When times are tough, what do we long to see? Do we long to hear once more the stories of Jesus?

Prelude This week several stories of firefighters and a police chief losing their homes to wildfires have emerged. They had no time to mourn their losses, because they had a job to do in continuing to fight. Something greater than personal loss drove them on, they longed to see others saved. When ...read more

Scripture: Luke 17:20-37

Denomination: Baptist

Exposing The Kingdom Focused Church Series

Contributed by Dr. Jerry N. Watts on Sep 16, 2007

Inspired by several resources. Gene Mimms’ books "The Kingdom Focused Church" and "Kingdom Principles for Church Growth, Rick Warren’s "Purpose Driven Church and Thom Rainer’s "Simple Church."

EXPOSING THE KINGDOM FOCUSED CHURCH Matthew 16:18-19 / Matthew 28:18-20 > Have you ever taken a picture, taken it to be developed, and it came back “out of focus?” Do you remember your frustration? And do you remember that your frustration was control somewhat by basically 2 factors; how ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 16:18-19

Denomination: Baptist

Time To Engage: "Prioritize To Jesus"

Contributed by Dennis Lee on Jan 12, 2025

Making Jesus our priority means that we’re putting Him first on our list. If our priority is Jesus, where we prioritize our lives to Him, then everything else falls into place. And to make Jesus our priority, we need to look to Jesus’s life and see what He prioritized.

Time to Engage: The Journey to Discipleship “Prioritize To Jesus” Watch on YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AowWVNs98m0 Last week we began our new series entitled “Time of Engage” as we continue our vision that we’ve been called to undertake. And we looked at the overflowing ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:10, Mark 1:14-15, Luke 17:20-21, Matthew 6:33, Luke 22:42, Ephesians 5:15-17, 1 John 3:16, Romans 12:1  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Foursquare

Seeking God's Kingdom First PRO Sermon

Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Feb 10, 2024

The sermon encourages prioritizing God's Kingdom and righteousness over earthly pursuits, and seeking alignment with God's desires and attributes.

Good morning, beloved. Isn't it a blessing to be gathered here today, in the house of the Lord, surrounded by our brothers and sisters in Christ? We stand here, not by our own strength or merit, but by the boundless grace of our Heavenly Father. It is this same grace that has brought us together ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:33

Topics: Seek, First

The Joy Of Discovering God's Kingdom PRO Sermon

Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Sep 26, 2023

Explore the joy of discovering, investing in, and experiencing the Kingdom of God, as illustrated in Matthew 13:44-52.

Good morning, church family. If you've ever experienced the thrill of finding a valuable item at a yard sale or the excitement of seeing your investment multiply, then today's sermon will resonate with you. We'll be diving deep into Matthew 13:44-52, exploring the joy of finding, investing in, and ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 13:44-52

Topics: Joy, Kingdom

The Most Important Priority (The First Commandment) Series

Contributed by Timothy Peck on Jan 10, 2001

There’s nothing more important in life than having the right God in the right place in our lives.

Note: This sermon was introduced with a drama called "Idle Idols"). Can you feel the barbs of truth as we laugh? Funny, but painfully true of life in the end of the 20th century. Our culture is littered with false gods, whether they be entertainment idols or motor homes, sports memorabilia or ...read more

Scripture: Deuteronomy 5:7

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Quiet Time: "The Priority Of A Quiet Time!" Series

Contributed by Kyle Sullivan on Jun 16, 2011

Sermon Series I preach when our Church went through Rick Warren's C.L.A.S.S. Christian Life And Service Seminars Thanks to Rick Warren for the Foundation of this Sermon Series

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 Every day of our lives, Almighty God gives us 86,400 seconds or 1,440 minutes equals to 24 hours each and every day! Definition: TIME-- "the measured or measurable period during which an action, process, or condition exists or continues." Question: What will you use your ...read more

Scripture: Daniel 6:1-28

Denomination: Baptist

Your Highest Priority: To Seek After God

Contributed by John Gaston on Sep 17, 2018

An awesome message about the power of prayer, with many new insights from Scripture and great illustrations. It will preach.

YOUR HIGHEST PRIORITY: TO SEEK AFTER GOD INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR: Church Growth 1. Johnny’s mother looked out the window and noticed him “playing church” with their cat. The cat was sitting quietly and he was preaching to it. She smiled and went about her work. 2. A while later she heard loud ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:33, 2 Chronicles 12:14

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Shift, Part 4: Shift Your Priorities Series

Contributed by James Jackson on Oct 28, 2020

A look at five "one thing" statements in Scripture, and what they can teach us about what really matters

Good morning. Please turn in your Bibles to Luke chapter 10. This morning will be a little different though, because instead of diving deep into one passage, we are actually going to be turning to several different passages of Scripture. So you might want to flex your fingers to get them limbered ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:38-42, Luke 18:18-23, Philippians 3:10-14

Denomination: Baptist

Kingdom Of Heaven (Part 6) Series

Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Aug 31, 2015

What is clearly revealed here is that doing the will of God must ultimately find expression in following Jesus. You cannot do God’s will and not follow Christ. Apart from allegiance to him by faith, there is no salvation.

Opening illustration: One dark and stormy night, a gang of thieves broke into a jewelry store, but they were on a mission with a difference. They didn't steal a thing. But they carefully went round the whole shop and switched all the price tags. Then they left. The next day, the staff came in, and ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 19:23-30

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

We Are Called! Series

Contributed by John Oscar on Jan 9, 2020

Beginning of Year Sermon reminding people they were created for a purpose and mission in God's Kingdom. Heavily Adapted from a series offered by Sermon Central *note*- parts of this sermon refer to the death of our associate pastor the day before

We are all Called! Made for Mission: Week 1 CCCAG January 5, 2020 Scripture- Matthew 9 Today we are going to start a 6 week series that will help focus us in the new year. It’s called “Made for Mission” and we will be focusing on how God has made each one of us to fit within His Kingdom as part ...read more

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Seek First The Kingdom Of God

Contributed by Ewen Huffman on Jun 17, 2005

The remedy for worry, fear, purposelessness, frustration and lack of provision and the recipe for a fulfilled, fruitful and God-pleasing life. (As close to a formula as I ever get!)

"Seek first the Kingdom of God" Mt 6:28-34 WBC 19/6/05am You know I’m not strongly ’formulaic’ - life isn’t that simple - formulas can let you down But I have a formula for you this morning. I have a guaranteed recipe… remedy for: - worry (here), provision (here), life, church!, purposelessness, ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:28-34

Denomination: Baptist