Sermons on Lead Us Not To Temptation:

Watch Out For Delilah!

Contributed by Charles Jones on Sep 3, 2011

If you lay your head in Delilah's lap it will be bring destruction.

Judges 16:4 And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. Sampson had a strong love for Delilah but it seems she did not have love for him. There is a great analogy here between Sampson and Delilah and the church or saint of God and the ...read more

Scripture: Judges 16:4

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Eye Of The Tiger

Contributed by Ricky Nelms on Jul 22, 2010

This is a Youth Day/Teen Day sermon (but good for adults as well) which talks about how Satan is a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour and uses a real-life illustration of actor Roy Horn, who was bitten by his beloved tiger in Los Vegas.

THE EYE OF THE TIGER A teenager is… --a whiz who can operate the latest computer without a lesson but can't make a bed --a student who will spend 12 minutes studying for her history exam and 12 hours for her driver's license. Teenagers are like CATS: ** Neither teenagers nor cats turn ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 5:8

Denomination: Pentecostal

Teach Us To Pray Series

Contributed by Joel Gilbert on Aug 11, 2025

Following a time of prayer, one of Jesus' disciples asked Him to teach them how to pray. Luke records an abbreviated version of the Lord's prayer and then includes elements that encourage us to be bold in our prayer, promising provision and presence from God.

Over the last couple of sections of Luke’s gospel, we’ve considered the importance of loving God with all that we are and loving others. We’ve also reflected on the value of sitting before Jesus in order to just be with Him and learn before we get in to the practice of serving. It seems like in ...read more

Scripture: Luke 11:1-13

Denomination: Baptist

Teach Us To Pray Series

Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Feb 19, 2008

This prayer is often wrongly used, however. We are not to just mindlessly repeat it from rote memory, but we are to use it as a framework upon which we can build a prayer life that is offered to God, heard and answered by Him, and one that glorifies His

Illustration: A little boy was saying his bedtime prayers with his mother: "Lord, bless Mommy and Daddy, and God, GIVE ME A NEW BICYCLE!!!" Mom: "God’s not deaf, son. Boy: "I know, Mom, but Grandma’s in the next room, and she’s hard of hearing! Read: Matthew 6: 5 -15 Introduction: This passage is ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:5-15

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Iron Or Clay

Contributed by Daniel Olukoya on Jan 19, 2010

Some people lose their miracles after they have prayed and the Lord has laid hands on them because they do not know that they would be challenged and then problem comes.

IRON OR CLAY Dr. D. K. Olukoya The topic of our message this week is entitled, “Iron or Clay.” Luke 4:1- 7: “And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness. Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he ...read more

Scripture: Luke 4:1-7, 2 Timothy 2:20

Denomination: Pentecostal

Overcoming Temptation: Jesus’ Example In Resisting Satan Series

Contributed by Dr. Bradford Reaves on Jul 16, 2025

Jesus didn’t just defeat temptation for Himself — He demonstrated how you can walk in victory. Armed with the Word. Filled with the Spirit. Anchored in your God-given identity. Temptation is inevitable — but defeat is not.

Overcoming Temptation: Jesus’ Example in Resisting Satan June 8, 2025 Dr. Bradford Reaves Crossway Christian Fellowship Matthew 4:1-11 We’ve spent the last several months pulling back the veil on the enemy’s tactics — exposing his schemes, his snares, and his shadow games. Let’s be real: Satan is ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 4:1-11

Denomination: Brethren

The Allure Of Sin

Contributed by Rick Boyne on Aug 7, 2012

We must not give in to our temptation and be overtaken by our lusts.

The Allure of Sin August 5, 2012 Evening Service Immanuel Baptist Church, Wagoner, OK Rick Boyne Message Point: We must not give in to our temptation and be overtaken by our lusts. Focus Passage: 2 Samuel 13:1-14 Supplemental Passage: No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to ...read more

Scripture: 2 Samuel 13:1-14

Denomination: Baptist

Jesus Stands With Us Series

Contributed by H. Kevin Derr on Apr 20, 2004

Exposition of Hebrews 2:10-18

January 19, 2003 First Church of the Brethren H. Kevin Derr Hebrews 2:10-18 “Jesus stands with us” 10In bringing many sons to glory, it was fitting that God, for whom and through whom everything exists, should make the author of their salvation perfect through suffering. 11Both the one ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 2:10-18

Denomination: Brethren

Ham And Canaan’s Sins Lead To Some Of The Law Coming About

Contributed by Earl Arnold Jr on Apr 20, 2020

God uses some people to make an example of.

Ham and Canaan’s sins lead to some of the law coming about Scripture Genesis 9:20-27 Summary God uses some people to make an example of. Genesis 9:20-27 English Standard Version (ESV) 20 Noah began to be a man of the soil, and he planted a vineyard.[a] 21 He drank of the wine and became drunk and ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 9:20-27, Leviticus 18:1-30, Leviticus 19:29

Teach Us To Pray

Contributed by Dennis Fox on Jul 25, 2022

“Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep.” That is the first line of the first prayer I can remember being taught as a child. Like any good parent, our Father teaches us to pray just like our moms and dad did.

Teach Us To Pray 24 July 2022 Richardson TX “Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep.” That is the first line of the first prayer I can remember being taught. The earliest writing was found in a Protestant Monastery from the 1690’s. It’s a rather simple; only 4 lines. I ...read more

Scripture: Luke 11:1-13, James 4:3

Denomination: Other

God Uses Thorns Series

Contributed by Stephen Sheane on Nov 10, 2009

God calls us to accept, own and use our thorns to extend His grace to others.

GOD USES THORNS Years ago in the northeastern United States codfish was a big commercial business. There is a market for eastern cod all over, especially on the West Coast. The demand posed a problem to the shippers. At first they froze the cod, then shipped them elsewhere, but the freezing took ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 12:7-10, 2 Corinthians 11:1-30

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

Ambush

Contributed by John Williams Iii on Mar 3, 2021

Satan often seeks to strike from a hidden position. Whether hidden and concealed or hidden in plain sight Satan seeks to ambush us. We can only be victorious through Jesus Christ.

AMBUSH (2016) Text: Luke 4:1 – 13 As a student pastor, I had my first confirmands for a confirmation class. We were having a session, imitating how some of the very first Christians lived with the threat of persecution, one of the leaders jumped in the door and said with a ...read more

Scripture: Luke 4:1-13

Denomination: United Methodist

"Use Your Head!"

Contributed by Mike Hays on Aug 29, 2003

We must stay in God’s Word so that the lessons of faith we have learned can continue to be lived in our daily lives.

“Use Your Head!” Galatians 3:1-5 Mike was heading off to college. He had spent the last 18 years of his life with those who had loved him most, but now he was packing up, pulling out, and staking a claim on a new life of his own. When Mike arrived at the University he completed all of the paper ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 3:1-5

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

What's That In Your Hand?

Contributed by Rick Pendleton on Jan 5, 2015

Lesson: God can use most anything if we will only surrender it to him

What Is That In Your Hand? Exodus 4:1-5 Lesson: God can use most anything if we will only surrender it to him A. GOD WANTS WHAT’S IN YOUR HAND 1. God doesn’t ask you to give him what is in someone else’s hand, only what is in your hand. 2. God doesn’t ask you to give ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 4:1-5

Denomination: Baptist

Broken Things God Uses

Contributed by John Gaston on Oct 18, 2018

God has often taken broken things and made them useful again. God used a broken covenant, broken branches, and broken people to accomplish His purposes.

BROKEN THINGS GOD USES Amos 9:11-12 INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR: Driving in the Middle -- Rocky Meyerson 1. A policeman looked up to see a woman racing down the center of the road at 100 m.p.h. He pulled her over and said, "Hey, lady, would you mind telling me why you're going so fast down the middle of ...read more

Scripture: Amos 9:11-12

Denomination: Assembly Of God