Sermons on Living Presently:

Healthy Living

Contributed by David Diyanni on May 6, 2007

God is as interested in our bodies as He is in our spirits. He want us to be healthy body, soul, and spirit.

Healthy Living I Thess 5:23-24, I Tim 2:4, I Cor 6:19-20, Rom 12:1,I Tim 4:7-8 05/28/06 Why are we at Vineyard Community Church committed to a health and fitness ministry? I Thess 5:23-24 1.Most people think a pastor is not supposed to talk about losing weight, exercise, or motorcycles, or ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24

Denomination: Vineyard

Living Stones

Contributed by Don Jones on May 7, 2007

Each time the Lord did great and mighty works amidst the Israelites they built stone memorials. Peter reveals we are the stones. Delivered at the 50th anniversary of the church.

Living Stones Joshua 3:5- 4:24 Introduction It is gratitude that prompted an old man to visit an old broken pier on the eastern seacoast of Florida. Every Friday night, until his death in 1973, he would return, walking slowly and slightly stooped with a large bucket of shrimp. The sea gulls ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Living Right Series

Contributed by Matthew Kratz on May 14, 2007

Peter called his readers to fortify their testimonies with two crucial aspects of righteous living: 1) a personal, godly discipline that is inward and private, and a 2)personal, godly deportment that is outward and public.

The Topeka, Kan.-based Westboro Baptist Church (WBC), which is not affiliated with any national Baptist organization, announced plans to protest at Virgina Tech victims’ funerals only hours after 32 people were killed in the worst mass shooting in U.S. history. They also may protest at other events ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:11-12

Denomination: Other

Living Sacrifices

Contributed by John Gaston on Mar 4, 2020

Paul the Pharisee knew everything about Temple sacrifices. Since Jesus made them obsolete and we are now priests, Paul made the conceptual leap that Christians are to be living sacrifices. Here's least 7 sacrifices we can make!

LIVING SACRIFICES: Revolutionary Terminology Rom. 12:1 INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR: CAN YOU PULL A FAKE ON GOD? 1. A teenage girl tells the story of how she faked report card. “I failed the first quarter of a class in middle school, so I made a fake report card. I did this every quarter that year.” ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:1, 1 Peter 2:5

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Living Water

Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Mar 12, 2020

We are encouraged to share the living water of the word of Christ Jesus with the world around us.

Living Water John 4: 5 - 13 Intro: Water is an inorganic, transparent, tasteless, odorless, and nearly colorless chemical substance. Water covers 71% of the Earth’s surface; while 1.7% is in groundwater. Some organisms are 90% water. About 60% of the human body is water. The brain and heart ...read more

Scripture: John 4:5-13

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Living Water

Contributed by Howard Gunter on Mar 15, 2020

The one and only source of living water

Message/Devotion March 15, 2020 John 4:5-42 Living Water The Reading 5 So He came to a city of Samaria which is called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. 6 Now Jacob’s well was there. Jesus, therefore, being wearied from His journey, sat thus by the well. It ...read more

Scripture: John 4:5-42

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Look And Live

Contributed by Wilson Oshorakpor on Apr 6, 2020

Plagues are not new. History is replete with plagues of various kinds. The Bible records a number of plagues, one of which is the that of serpents invading the camp of the Israelites. Many died but God intervened to save the Israelites.

TEXT "And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live (Numbers 21:8). "And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be ...read more

Scripture: Numbers 21:4-9, John 3:14-16, Revelation 12:9

Denomination: Pentecostal

God Lives

Contributed by Pastor Randall Timblin on Aug 16, 2019

Today we will be discussing FOUR points: 1. Our God of Antiquity 2. Our God of Yesterday 3. Our God of Today 4. Our God of Tomorrow

Hebrews 1:1 1. OUR GOD OF ANTIQUITY Ever since a man named Noah existed, God spoke to him and later prophets. We must understand that a prophet is a messenger of God. A prophet delivers important messages directly from God. They are not always received well by the general public. Noah spent ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 1:1, Daniel 2:1, Daniel 2:18-23, Daniel 2:36-45, James 1:1-11, Hebrews 1:2-11, Revelation 21:1-7  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: *other

Living With Lament Series

Contributed by David Owens on Sep 21, 2020

In this last sermon of the series on grief and lament, we explore and engage in how to live with lament. How to employ it with cases of overwhelming grief, and with cases of everyday, minor grief. The sermon ends with two examples of lament prayers.

A. Back in May, during our series about hope, I opened a sermon with a story that I want to use again today as our launching point. 1. One afternoon, a man came home from work to find two young girls from the neighborhood on the steps of his building. 2. Both girls were crying very loudly, and ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 25:1-5, Romans 12:15, 1 Corinthians 12:26

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Living Water

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Nov 30, 2013

Healing, nourishment and power for those who come to Jesus.

LIVING WATER. John 7:37-39. As the water was poured out on the last day of the feast of Tabernacles, Jesus lifted up His voice in an impassioned appeal for His hearers to come to Him (John 7:37). He alone can supply spiritual water for the spiritually thirsty, and He holds it forth as a free ...read more

Scripture: John 7:37-39

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

A Living Hope Series

Contributed by Kevin Ruffcorn on Dec 13, 2013

The Spirit breathes and brings life to old dry bones—just like he does in our lives.

Ezekiel 37:1-14 “A Living Hope” INTRODUCTION A couple of weeks ago we celebrated Thanksgiving. Turkeys graced most of our tables. By the end of the day, the carcasses of those turkeys were picked clean. Can you imagine going over to those bones—just before you throw them ...read more

Scripture: Ezekiel 37:1-14

Denomination: Lutheran

The Living Water

Contributed by Ricky Taylor on Dec 13, 2014

How the Story of the adulterous woman is a fulfillment of the Feast of Tabernacles, and foreshadows the return of Jesus to Jerusalem.

THE LIVING WATER John 7:1, After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him. 2 Now the Jew's feast of tabernacles was at hand. 3 His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go into Judaea, that thy disciples also may see ...read more

Scripture: John 7:1-14

Denomination: Pentecostal

A Living Transformation

Contributed by Ralph Andrus on Jun 25, 2013

1. What Things Do People Pursue In Life? 2. Directive Thinking 3. Why Death- v.6? 4.What Will We Believe?

Onesimus was an unfaithful servant when he fled from his master Philemon. But while on the run he came to know the Master. As a transformed man, he served God faithfully and was invaluable to Paul’s ministry. When Paul sent him back to Philemon, he commended him as one “who once was ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:5-9

Denomination: Baptist

Living The Experience Series

Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Jul 28, 2013

Once you have tasted of the goodness of Jesus nothing else will do.

Living The Experience Text: 1 Peter 2:1-3 Introduction 1. Illustration: "The greatest single cause of atheism in the world today is Christians who acknowledge Jesus with their lips then walk out the door and deny him by their lifestyle. That is what an unbelieving world simply finds unbelievable." ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:1-3

Denomination: Methodist

Ethical Living Series

Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Aug 2, 2013

Christ has called us to treat others the way He treats us.

Ethical Living Text: 1 Peter 3:8-12 Introduction 1. A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world. Albert Camus 2. Ethics are the body of moral principles or values governing or distinctive of a particular culture or group. 3. To put it in relatable terms, Christian ethics deals with ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 3:8-12

Denomination: Methodist