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Add It Up

Contributed by Robert Butler on Jun 16, 2020

I don’t know if this has ever happened to you but it happens to me way too often. I meet someone and at first blush I’m excited because they seem to be as committed to the same ideas as me. However, over time, I realize we aren’t alike as I thought.

I don’t know if this has ever happened to you but it happens to me way too often. I meet someone and at first blush I’m excited because they seem to be as committed to the same ideas as me. However, over time, I realize we aren’t alike as I thought. They haven’t changed. I am noticing their ...read more

Scripture: John 8:38, 2 John 1:1-13

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

It Adds Up Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Apr 23, 2017

One of the problems in too many churches is the issue of "Whose church is this?" The answer to that question is summed up in this simple phrase: "The Lord Adds to His Church." What can that mean to us and how can it change how the church functions?

OPEN: How many people were baptized into Christ at Pentecost? (about 3000 souls) That story in Acts has inspired many churches, evangelists, missionaries and 1000s of others to attempt to reach as many as they can to bring more and more people to Christ. One such church was one from New Jersey ...read more

Scripture: John 1:12-13, Acts 2:36-47

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Charging Up Series

Contributed by Lanny Smith on Apr 20, 2021

All batteries need to be charged to be effective. The Holy Spirit "charges up" the disciples and empowers them to take Jesus' message out to the world.

Charging Up   • Electric cars. Different spots to plug in and charge up. • Hyundai develops universal charging station based on car wash wands. • The charger looks like this: [image] • It’s a universal charger. • Cars aren’t the only thing that aren’t “one size fits all.” • Let’s take that ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:1-38

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

"Dried Up”

Contributed by Sean Dees on Mar 1, 2022

There are seasons in our life that can become dry. It's in the dry places God is preparing you to move.

Intro: Today Lord willing I want to talk to you about being “DRIED UP.” Now I know that there are some here today that feel as if your “BROOK” is dried up. It could be your finances, your marriage, your prayer life, your witness, your health, or your spiritual life has dried up; it could be ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 17:1-9

Buckle Up! Series

Contributed by Gregory Tucker on May 13, 2021

What’s the first thing you suppose to do when you get into your car?

Why do you buckle up? Over 63% of people killed in accidents aren’t wearing seat belts. Seat belts save over 9,500 lives each year. Derrick Thomas the late defensive end of the Kansas City Chiefs wasn’t wearing a seatbelt, when he lost control of his car on an icy highway. He was ejected as was ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:10-11

Wake Up! Series

Contributed by Scott Maze on Sep 28, 2021

The Bible says to have no partnership with people who do these evil things. What kind of people am I to avoid? People who are sexually immoral, impure, greedy for people and things. Avoid partnering with people who speak trash, talk foolish, and joke crudely.

A twelve-year-old Taiwanese boy was visiting an art exhibit in 2015 when he accidentally tripped at a museum. Thankfully he was ok because he broke his fall by reaching out to support himself on a 350-year-old painting valued at $1.5 million. Insurance paid for the restoration, and I am sure he ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:6-14, Psalm 10:4, 1 Corinthians 5:9-10

Denomination: Baptist

Thumbs Up!

Contributed by Bala Samson on Jan 7, 2018

Pastor, church and rebuking spiritual leaders are your RIGHT THUMB which he would cut off and maim you. Caveat!

Thumbs up! Judges 1:6“Adoni-bezek fled; and they pursued him and caught him and cut off his thumbs and big toes.” We hear an incident in the Bible about a Canaanite king Adoni Bezek; when the people of God went for war against the Canaanites , he tried to flee but they caught him and did ...read more

Denomination: Pentecostal

Growing Up

Contributed by Perry Greene on Sep 30, 2018

Our maturity in Christ involves our holiness.

1. Children often ask, “What will you be when you grow up? a. A life’s vocation is what is meant by the question. I thought I would join the Navy, Not Ministry b. There is an old rhyme that children used to say when counting the sections of an orange or petals on a flower that was supposed to ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:1-3

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Drink Up!

Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Feb 12, 2018

Normally this phrase is not associated with anything spiritual. But today, we will see that it's of ultra importance to drink up when it comes to the water Jesus offers.

DRINK UP! INTRODUCTION: Normally this phrase is not associated with anything spiritual. But today, we will see that it's of ultra importance to drink up when it comes to the water Jesus offers. 1) Living water. In John 4 we read about Jesus' encounter with the woman at the well. Jesus and his ...read more

Scripture: John 4:7-42, John 7:37-39

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Look Up Series

Contributed by Jefferson Williams on Jul 11, 2022

Paul transitions from creed to conduct by reminding the Colossians of their position, priorities, past, and God's promises.

Above All: A Study in Colossians Colossians 3:1-4 Pastor Jefferson M. Williams Chenoa Baptist Church 07-10-2022 Where We’ve Been I’ve never actually started a sermon this way before. The verses that we will study today are the hinge verses of Colossians. Every letter or story has a hinge, a ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 3:1-4

Denomination: Baptist

Man Up

Contributed by Gerald Roberts on Jun 16, 2012

The sermon is how Joshua man-ed up when he had to become the leader after Moses died. On this fathers day men need to man up.

Joshua 1:1-8 "ManUp" It doesn't matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was. -- Anne Sexton When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 1:1-8

Denomination: Methodist

Give It Up

Contributed by Rick Boyne on Jun 25, 2012

Give up the things that keep you from following God.

Give It Up May 18, 2008 Evening Service Immanuel Baptist Church, Wagoner, OK Rick Boyne Message Point: Give up the things that keep you from following God. Focus Passage: Luke 9:22-27 Introduction: Jim Elliott, “He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot ...read more

Scripture: Luke 9:22-27

Denomination: Baptist

Gear Up

Contributed by Rajendra Kadia on Sep 22, 2015

What do we need to do to maintain healthy relationships?

GEAR UP! Our relationship with Christ (vertical relationship) is very important . Today we are going to focus on our relationships with others in a family, in a community and in a church. 1. Definition of gear: A gear or cogwheel is a rotating machine part having cut teeth, or cogs, which mesh with ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:1-31

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Level Up

Contributed by Greg Carr on Sep 22, 2015

Three things to help us get to a higher level in our walk with God. Included in this sermon is a kid's sermon I did before the adult sermon.

Kids Sermon So he departed from there, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he was with the twelfth. Then Elijah passed by him and threw his mantle on him. 1 Kings 19:19 NKJV Elijah needed a replacement and God sent him to a young man named ...read more

Scripture: 2 Kings 2:7-9

Denomination: Pentecostal

Follow-Up!

Contributed by Bala Samson on Sep 10, 2013

Some people need to be followed-up ad infinitum in order to win them for Christ!

Follow-up! “Let's go back and visit each city where we previously preached the word of the Lord, to see how the new believers are doing'” (Acts 15:36). I remember back while working for a bank, I attended an irate customer call that was meant for my boss, the customer spewed exotic ...read more

Scripture: Acts 15:36

Denomination: Pentecostal