Sermons on Listen When You Pray:

Short, Sweet And Ignorant

Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 19, 2016

There is common phrase that is often heard from people who have attended weddings, baby dedications and other religious ceremonies, "That was short and sweet, just like I like it."

Short, Sweet and Ignorant The Consequences of Not Wanting To Hear From God The Bible says, "Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. To draw near to listen is better than to offer the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they are doing evil." (Ecclesiastes 5:1) There is ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 5:1

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Listening To Last Words

Contributed by David Zachrich on May 19, 2025

Before Jesus departed from His disciples to return to heaven, after His crucifixion and resurrection to pay for the sins of the world, He offered several final messages that were – and still are – important.

Revelation 21:1-6,12-20 Last words … Friends in Christ, When children leave home after high school or college, words are shared between parent and child to express love. When a loved one passes, if there is an opportunity, last words are shared are also shared to express love and gratitude. ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 21:1-6, Matthew 28:16-20, John 14:1-6

Denomination: Lutheran

Listening To The Woman At The Well

Contributed by Evelyn Weston on Feb 25, 2005

Lent 3A: First person sermon. The Samaritan woman recounts her meeting with Jesus, and how sharing with others what God has done in your life can help your faith grow.

Grace to you and peace, sisters and brothers, from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus— who is * the Messiah. Amen I have a story to tell you today about something that happened when I was much younger, a few thousand years younger. It happened when I was living in the small town ...read more

Scripture: John 4:5-42

Denomination: Lutheran

Listening For The Right Sound

Contributed by Mike Rickman on Feb 14, 2023

We have the ability to here the voice of the Lord and believe what we hear.

Listening for the Right Sound I used to go coon hunting in my younger days. Now for those of you who don't know about racoons, they are nocturnal animals. So you hunt them at night. I never had a coon dog but had friends who did. We would hunt on Charlotte’s family farm. Highway 61 ran right ...read more

Scripture: Mark 4:35-41

Denomination: Assembly Of God

It's Time To Listen

Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Nov 29, 2002

Jesus is worthy of our life and our obedience!

Introduction • A little boy was in a relative’s wedding. As he was coming down the aisle he would take two steps, stop, and turn to the crowd (alternating between bride’s side and groom’s side). While facing the crowd, he would put his hands up like claws and growl. So it went, step, step, ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 1:1-4

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Shut The Door And Listen

Contributed by Dr.w.samuel Legon on Oct 12, 2010

We dont know what can and will do if we just listen to him and obey him.

SHUT THE DOOR AND LISTEN 2 Kings 4 1Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to take unto him ...read more

Scripture: 2 Kings 4:1-6

Denomination: Baptist

Listening To The Right Voice Series

Contributed by Brian Williams on Aug 16, 2022

The only way we will not be fooled or led astray is to know His voice. He’s our Good Shepherd and He calls to us to come through Him into the fold. He’s the gate and the gate offers us protection, peace, freedom and security from those who would attempt to turn us from following the Shepherd.

John 10:1-10: 1 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber. 2 But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. 3 To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own ...read more

Scripture: John 10:1-6

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Listening With Our Eyes Series

Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Nov 14, 2003

Jesus’ words lead if we will listen

One of the top three needs for human beings is to find a place where they fit in. It can be called by fancy terms like self-affirmation, identity or sense of belonging but it boils down to finding a place where they feel at home. In the world in which we live there are a lot of places that want ...read more

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Listen To Your Mountaintop!

Contributed by The Rev Deniray Mueller on Aug 16, 2017

we learn the most from our mountaintop experiences; Trransfiguration of Jesus

Even as a child, I loved to watch clouds – as they moved, changed shapes and colors – they fascinated me. If you follow my Facebook page, you know I am frequently posting hundreds or maybe even a thousand pictures of sunrises and sunsets and the formation of clouds that surround them. Some people ...read more

Scripture: Luke 9:28-36

Denomination: Episcopal

Stop, Look, Listen Series

Contributed by Tony Clarke on Apr 14, 2002

Sermon is the second message in our series "Unapplied Truth: The biggest sin in the Church. Sermon looks at our rejection of the influence of the Holy Spirit.

Text: St. John 16:7-13 Theme: Look, Listen and Learn Humanly speaking, we love simple principles. We love it when someone takes something highly complex, and makes it simple. We love how to seminars, books and videos. There is a problem when we want more “how to” without having the corresponding ...read more

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Listening For God And Others Series

Contributed by Anthony Zibolski on Nov 14, 2024

listening is an art and a lot of people do not have the gift.

Help Wanted: Relationship or Religion part Two listening for God and to others James 1:19-25 Good morning everyone, glad that you have joined us this morning. If you would turn in your bibles to James chapter 1:19-25 Read from Bible We started a series last week entitled Help Wanted: ...read more

Scripture: James 1:19-25

Denomination: Nazarene

Stop, Look, Listen

Contributed by Ron Hicks on Jul 10, 2006

$2,500 WAS PAID FOR THIS SLOGAN AND WHO KNOWS IT MAY HAVE SAVED YOUR LIFE AND YOUR NOT EVEN AWARE OF IT.

STOP, LOOK, LISTEN Deut 6:25 25 And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the LORD our God, as he hath commanded us Grand Trunk R.R contest for words at crossings. Paid $2500.00 for STOP,LOOK,LISTEN. The reason is so you don’t get killed. Many lives ...read more

Scripture: Deuteronomy 6:25

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Listen To Me Patiently Series

Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Jul 11, 2025

We are called to win souls, not arguments! So, be like Jesus and speak the truth in love.

LISTEN TO ME PATIENTLY Text: Acts 25:23-26:3 Introduction 1. “Speak softly, those who cannot hear an angry shout will strain to hear a whisper.” (https://www.pinterest.com/pin/353321533250199014/). 2. Now, I know that not all of you are on social media, but I think this, is something that all of us ...read more

Denomination: Methodist

Listen To Your Trainer Series

Contributed by Joseph Stapleton on Feb 12, 2009

A six part series on Making a Church Body Better

BETTER BODY BUILDING (part 2) All my sermons use illustrations from SermonCentral.com I also use the NIV Bible unless stated. LISTEN TO YOUR TRAINER Back in November I spoke of a series of sermons I was writing entitled “ Better Body Building.” With the start of the New Year many people ...read more

Scripture: John 14:15

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Listen To My Voice Series

Contributed by Amiri Hooker on Apr 25, 2021

The real question for us today is not, “Will God speak to me, to us today?” Instead, will we listen for that voice that is speaking? Jesus doesn’t say, “Listen and maybe I’ll have something to say.”

On this Fourth Sunday of Easter as you look at the lectionary the gospel lesson shifts from historical recounting of the events following to resurrection to Christological reflection. The goal is to assist us as we, like Mary and the disciples, seek to understand what happened and is happening to ...read more

Scripture: John 10:11-18

Denomination: United Methodist