Sermons on Lift Up Your Heads O Gates:

Time To Engage: "Breaking Up The Fallow Ground”

Contributed by Dennis Lee on Mar 16, 2025

Revival in our land, a revival of our faith to see hearts and lives changed and transformed is a cry that we’re hearing and starting to experience not only around the world, but in our own country. The request to revive us was actually a prayer for God’s mercy (Psalm 85:6)

Time to Engage: Breaking Up the Fallow Ground Watch on YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63h6FPTfw5Y Revival in our land, a revival of our faith to see hearts and lives changed and transformed, is a cry that we’re hearing and starting to experience not only around the world, but ...read more

Scripture: 2 Chronicles 7:14, Hosea 10:12, Psalm 139:23-24, Galatians 6:7-8, Job 4:8, 2 Corinthians 9:6, Psalm 119:88  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Foursquare

Serve Your Purpose PRO Sermon

Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Jan 10, 2024

Encourages trusting in God's unique purpose for each individual, passionately pursuing it, discerning His plan, and aligning oneself with His divine will.

Good morning, beloved friends and family of faith. As we gather together in this sacred space, we find ourselves standing on the brink of a new day, a new week, and a new opportunity to seek the face of our Almighty God. Today, we will be turning our hearts and minds towards the Book of Psalms, ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 57:2

Topics: Aligning, God's Plan

Get Your Roar Back

Contributed by Sajayan Chacko on Jan 28, 2024

Roar is the sign of Domain

I Like to start my speech with something funny A husband and wife had been married for 60 years and had no ?secrets except for one: The woman kept secret box that ?she forbade her husband from ever opening. But when she was on her deathbed—and with her blessing—he opened the box and found a ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 28:1

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Don't Be Afraid To Wear The Coat - Genesis 37:1-4 Series

Contributed by Scott Turansky on Jul 25, 2021

God gave him dreams and as these dreams kind of guided him in the beginning, later on he gets thrown in a cistern and he’s taken off to Egypt.

Well I’m excited today because today we get to start the story of Joseph. Now the story of Joseph is a story that takes up a quarter of the book of Genesis from chapter 37 all the way to the end. More than a quarter of the whole book. So we’re going to spend some time learning about Joseph. We ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 37:1-4

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Burn Your Bridges And Kill Your Spiders! Series

Contributed by Chuck Sligh on Aug 27, 2017

God wants His people to burn their bridges and kill their spiders. This is how we deal with sin in our lives.

Burn Your Bridges and Kill Your Spiders! Series: Acts Chuck Sligh August 27, 2017 TEXT: Please turn in your Bibles to Acts 19. INTRODUCTION I’m going to start off my message with what I’ll end it with, which is this statement: When you come to God’s truth, God wants you to do two things: Burn ...read more

Scripture: Acts 19:8-20

Denomination: Baptist

Perfect Progress

Contributed by Olayinka Alamu on Apr 2, 2003

You must never get slack or give up on what God is doing in your life

INTRODUCTION We are living in a time when the only way you will make a difference in this world is to stir up the gift and calling of God in our lives. Anything you have received from the Lord is good and is enough. You must never get slack or give up on what God is doing in your life. (Hebrews 6: ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 6:1

Denomination: Pentecostal

Share Your Testimony And Tell Your Story.  

Contributed by Lola Olanrewaju on Jan 22, 2018

Testimony is about the wonderful things God has done for us. As we experience the awesome power of God’s divine intervention , we need to be sharing our story so that our testimony will be permanent.

King Nebuchadnezzar said in (Daniel 4:2): "I thought it good to declare the signs and wonders that the Most High God has worked for me."  I think this is a brilliant verse, for someone like king Nebuchadnezzar to declare the goodness of God upon his life. Basically, Testimony is about the ...read more

Denomination: Pentecostal

You're A Winner! - Genesis 25 Series

Contributed by Scott Turansky on Jul 24, 2021

Esau sold his birthright to Jacob.

It’s fun to listen to the birds out there, isn’t it? Alright. Question: Who knows the longest running game show on TV? What do you know? What do you think it is? Not Jeopardy. What else? The Price Is Right! Not the Wheel of Fortune. The Price Is Right. In 1956 The Price is Right came out. It’s ...read more

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Set Your Standards

Contributed by Germain Brown on Nov 13, 2000

Do not settle for less than what you want to acheive because in the Lord, everything is possible.

SET YOUR STANDARDS 2 CORINTHIANS 7:1 SAYS: “HAVING THEREFORE THESE PROMISES,DEARLY BELOVED, LET US CLEANSE OURSELVES FROM ALL FILTHINESS OF THE FLESH AND SPIRIT, PERFECTING HOLINESS IN THE FEAR OF GOD.” I REMEMBER AS A LITTLE KID, IN DALLAS, TEXAS, WE LIVED RIGHT NEXT TO A ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 7:7, Ephesians 4:24

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Facing Your Fears Series

Contributed by C. Philip Green on Nov 7, 2013

Face your fears with faith. Trust God who knows the future, because He controls the future to refine and purify His own.

In 1973, Producers hired a young director to make a movie based on Peter Benchley's novel about shark attacks called Jaws. That movie launched Steven Spielberg’s career at the age of 26 with its scary special effects. In fact, the movie was so scary that even to this day millions of ...read more

Scripture: Daniel 11:2-35

Denomination: Evangelical Free

Forgetting Your Past, Releases Your Future Series

Contributed by Jeff Budzinski on Sep 22, 2007

For the past two weeks we have discussed how to change and the importance of change in our lives. This week, in order to change to take place and for us to become effective Christians, we must forget our past and embrace our future. The Word talks a lot

Introduction · For the past two weeks we have discussed how to change and the importance of change in our lives. · This week, in order to change to take place and for us to become effective Christians, we must forget our past and embrace our future. · The Word talks a lot about letting go of our ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:12-14

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Defending Your Faith

Contributed by Dean Rhine on Jan 24, 2006

The book of Jude

“Defending Your Faith” Jude 1/20/02 - Lakeview Intro: It is good to be here this morning. Now you know that while we’ve been having some mighty cold weather up here this past week, Pastor Hubert and Cheryl have been “suffering for the Lord” down in sunny Florida. I hope you’ve been praying for ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Where Is Your Weapon

Contributed by Steven Witt on Nov 9, 2006

Illustrating the current tactics of the devil to disarm Christians of their spiritual weapons.

Where Is Your Weapon? November 12, 2006 Text: 1 Samuel 13:16-22 Introduction 1 Tim 6:12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were also called and have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses. · Christians conscripted at birth · When we ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 13:16-22

Denomination: Baptist

What Goes Up Must Come Down

Contributed by Nickolas Kooi on May 25, 2017

A law of gravity is this: What comes up must come down! We see that this is true in our faith life as we look at the Acts reading of the Ascension of Jesus.

Do you know who this person is? This person has the world record for the most valuable and expensive tooth. In 2002, the person’s tooth was valued at $35,700. Albert Einstein kept a picture of this person on the wall in his study alongside of other famous scientists that he looked up to. At the ...read more

Scripture: Acts 1:6-11

Denomination: Lutheran

Loving Your Neighborhood Series

Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Apr 1, 2016

In order to follow Christ requires serving others.

Loving Your Neighborhood Text: Acts 19:13-38 Introduction 1. Illustration: In the book, The Externally Focused Church, it says, "People need exercise for physical health and service for spiritual health. We learn from the Scriptures, but we grow by serving others" (Chp. 4). 2. It's simple, ...read more

Scripture: Acts 20:13-38

Denomination: Methodist