Sermons on Lift Up Your Heads O Gates:

Building The Walls And Hanging The Gates

Contributed by Rev. Richard Norman on Apr 12, 2008

Prayer is the first step to achieving desired results.

Building the Walls and Hanging the Gates October 29, 2006 Penn Yan NY Neh 1:1-5 In the month of Kislev in the twentieth year, while I was in the citadel of Susa, 2 Hanani, one of my brothers, came from Judah with some other men, and I questioned them about the Jewish remnant that survived the ...read more

Scripture: Nehemiah 2:9-18

Denomination: Nazarene

Les Portails Doivent Être Ouvertes (The Gates Must Be Opened - French) Series

Contributed by James Dina on Jan 11, 2022

Si ces portes restent fermées, cela limitera notre service à Dieu ; mais lorsque ces portes sont ouvertes, nous aurons une croissance exponentielle de l'église, une amélioration de ses finances et d'abondantes bénédictions.

LES PORTAILS DOIVENT ÊTRE OUVERTES "Après avoir passé la première et la deuxième circonscription, ils arrivèrent à la porte de fer qui mène à la ville, et qui s'ouvrit d'elle-même ; ils sortirent et traversèrent une rue, et ...read more

Scripture: Acts 12:10, Mark 7:34-35, Isaiah 60:11, Revelation 2:25, Psalm 126:2  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Pentecostal

Never Give Up Series

Contributed by Greg Lindsey on Mar 8, 2020

Overcoming whatever you may be facing in your life.

You know I love that video but my favorite moment of all is when she stops, out of breath, the path is too hard, the journey is too tough, it’s time to just throw in the towel and quit. But just in that moment she lifts her head and you can see the determination in her eyes as she pushes forward, ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 12:6-10

S.o.s.

Contributed by Dean Meadows on Apr 10, 2010

This is a sermon that deals with get the HELP we all need.

SOS April 4, 2010 Psalm 121:1-2 I will lift up my eyes to the hills-- From whence comes my help? My help comes from the LORD, Who made heaven and earth. SOS is the title of my sermon and a term we all have heard of. It is the international Morse Code Distress signal. It also became associated ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 121:1-2

Denomination: *other

Up To This Point

Contributed by Larry Turner on Dec 26, 2014

We can't control what each day brings. So,what has God done for you up to this point in your life?

Today we find ourselves in the time between the celebration of Christmas and the beginning of a New Year. Some of us may not be quite ready to let go of Christmas just yet. Perhaps your decorations are still up. So I will give you today a blend of two holidays, Christmas and New Years. This ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 7:3-12

Denomination: Foursquare

Wake Up To Your Cinderella Story

Contributed by Daniel Habben on Nov 18, 2008

Wake Up to Your Cinderella Story 1) Your tormentors will not overwhelm you 2) Your heavenly God-Father has adorned you

If you had to compare your life to a fairytale, what fairytale would it be and what character would you play? If you’ve made some investments recently that others have scoffed at, you may feel a bit like Jack, in Jack and the Beanstalk. He traded the family cow for a handful of “magic” beans that ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 52:1-6

Denomination: Lutheran

Jesus - The King Of Glory

Contributed by Gbemisola Fafowora on Dec 12, 2019

Jesus is called the King of Glory and when we have Him in our lives He will always show up in His glory.

The WORD of God records in the book of Psalm 24: 7 - 10 that Jesus is the King Of Glory Lift up your heads, O you gates! And be lifted up, you everlasting doors! And the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, The Lord mighty in battle. Lift up your ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 29:3, Acts 7:2, Habakkuk 3:4

Denomination: Pentecostal

Ripping Up Your Spiritual Resume Series

Contributed by Jefferson Williams on Aug 10, 2023

Paul rips up his spiritual resume and becomes obsessed with knowing Christ more.

Technicolor Joy: Philippians 3:4-11 Pastor Jefferson M. Williams Chenoa Baptist Church 08-06-2023 Pick Me Several years ago, I was on a team charged with finding our next worship/arts pastor. We put together a new job description and then sent out an ad and eventually received over 300 ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:4-11

Denomination: Baptist

Facing Up To Your Emotional Wounds Series

Contributed by Perry Fowler on Jun 22, 2023

We all have emotional wounds. Can you heal?

In Forrest Gump, Forrest's lifelong friend Jenny had endured a childhood of abuse and neglect at the hands of her father. In one scene, Forrest and Jenny visit her old house, and Forrest watches as Jenny throws stone after stone at the weather-beaten old house which held so many painful ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 42:7-28

Denomination: Baptist

Stirred But Not Changed

Contributed by Dr. Jerry N. Watts on Feb 21, 2010

During the Triumphant entry, people were stirred up to the point of being shaken, but were they changed? How does this speak to us?!?!

Stirred but Not Changed Matthew 21:1-11 * This is one of the most ‘well-known pre-Easter’ stories in scripture. Fulfilling the prophecy, our Lord Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey with pomp and circumstance befitting a King. People lined the road, took off their coats laying them ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 21:1-11

Denomination: Baptist

It’s Too Stuffy…. Series

Contributed by Bala Samson on May 17, 2013

As a little boy my son who has heard about heaven and hell and how ‘only’ Jesus is the way to Heaven would ask me each time he saw a huge group of non-Christians, ‘would they go to heaven or hell?’

It’s too stuffy…. Luke 13:24"Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I say to you, will seek to enter and will not be able. As a little boy my son who has heard about heaven and hell and how ‘only’ Jesus is the way to Heaven would ask me each time he saw a huge ...read more

Scripture: Luke 13:24

Denomination: Pentecostal

King Of Glory Series

Contributed by Keith Andrews on Sep 22, 2008

It is hard to capture the glory of God in a definition. In fact, it is hard to define the word Glory. It is also hard to understand what it means to give glory to our God.

King of Glory Sermon by CH(CPT) Keith J. Andrews All scripture marked ESV: The Holy Bible : English standard version. 2001. Wheaton: Standard Bible Society. Psalm 24: A Psalm of David. Reads: 1 The earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein, 2 for he ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 24:1-10

Denomination: Baptist

When You Think You're Going Under

Contributed by Keith Linkous on Jun 22, 2002

Don’t despair, Christ is there. And He desires to lift you up when you think you’re going under.

We have all had that “sinking feeling,” haven’t we? We’ve all had our share of storms. There are various types of storms in life. 1. Situational storms. This is when circumstances seem to plot against you and everything seems to go wrong. Murphy’s law is in full force. Everything seems to go ...read more

Scripture: Mark 4:35-41

Denomination: Pentecostal

Jesus' M.o.

Contributed by Bruce Howell on Nov 3, 2005

Examining the method that Jesus used when ministering to the physically challanged. He tailored it to the individual and his need.

JESUS’ M.O. I. HE TOOK HIM ASIDE (v.33) A. Personal attention--value of the individual B. Private audience--saved him embarassment C. Almighty God sees us as individuals, not masses D. Principle: deep and lasting healing comes from being alone with God II. HE PUT HIS FINGERS ...read more

Scripture: Mark 7:31-37

Denomination: Wesleyan

The God Of Restoration Series

Contributed by Godday Osoba on Feb 23, 2023

Remember in scripture Many who they taught could not amount to anything again... That word of Restoration visited them and they became the controller and solution.

Hear me! When the Lord visit you my beloveth, The work of Restoration in the life of a man do put the mockers and their wise to shame... Remember in scripture Many who they taught could not amount to anything again... That word of Restoration visited them and they became the controller and ...read more

Scripture: Joel 2:25-27, Luke 5:1-8, Jeremiah 30:17, Psalm 145:14-21

Denomination: Pentecostal