Sermons on Loaves And Fishes:

Mission Awareness

Contributed by Mark Aarssen on Apr 28, 2008

Jesus did not restrict himself to the wealthy or the healthy. He did not restrict himself to those he knew but reached out to people of all nationalities of His time. He reached out to religious and non-religious people to Jews and Gentiles, to pagans and

Mission Awareness Sunday Today we celebrate the Call to Missions with Presbyterian Churches across Canada. It is an opportunity for us to focus on what God has called us to and the success and continued need for us to be vigilant in our efforts since the world remains a place that needs the ...read more

Scripture: John 6:1-14

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Makings Of A Miracle Series

Contributed by Guy Caley on Nov 10, 2004

7th in the series "Miracles in Matthew." The feeding of the multitude teaches us how we can be a part of God’s miraculous work.

Intro Hattie May Wiatt lived near a church where the Sunday School was very crowded, one day the pastor, Russel Conwell found her crying outside the building because there was no room inside and he told her that one day when they had raised enough money they would have buildings big enough to ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 14:13-21

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Feeding Of Five Thousand PRO Sermon

Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Sep 25, 2023

To explore Jesus' compassion, the transformative power of faith and prayer, and God's miraculous provision as illustrated in the story of Jesus feeding the five thousand.

Good morning, friends! Today, we're going to dig into a well-known passage from the book of Matthew. It's a story that beautifully illustrates Jesus' deep compassion for the suffering, the transformative power of faith and prayer, and the miraculous provision of God. Oswald Chambers once wrote, ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 14:13-21

Topics: Jesus's Compassion

Here's Your Sign

Contributed by David Roth on Oct 3, 2015

Proper 13 (b) Christ Himself is the sign that we should believe Him and believe in Him, that He is sent from God to do His Will, and make us to be His people.

John 6 J. J. May the words of my mouth, and the meditations of our hearts, be acceptable in Thy sight, O Lord, our Rock and our Redeemer. Amen. “Here’s your sign” What are the signs of our times? It seems like there could be lots of them. America seems to be plowing full ...read more

Scripture: John 6:22-35

Denomination: Lutheran

Guess Who Came To Dinner

Contributed by Milton Bradford on Mar 15, 2002

The woman who anointed Christ regardless of what others knew or thought about her, and her act of love is memorialized by Christ. I believe that scripture shows us this woman has a name -- Mary the sister of Martha and Lazarus.

By Pastor Milton O. Bradford, Good Hope Baptist Church Cleveland Ohio Luke 7:36-50 And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee’s house, and sat down to meat. And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at ...read more

Scripture: Luke 7:36-50, John 12:1-8

Denomination: Baptist

Fishers Of Men - Catching Our Fill

Contributed by Scott Jensen on Feb 3, 2011

Evangelism - through the Great commission, we are tasked to be the fishers of men.

Introduction Today’s Gospel message is a continuation of the readings we’ve heard in the previous weeks, and a work toward Jesus’ ministry here on earth. Starting with Christmas, we heard the message about the joy of our Lord coming into this world for our benefit. The story ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 4:19

Denomination: Lutheran

On The Shores Of Galilee

Contributed by Peter Johnstone on May 27, 2011

A Post Resurrection appearance of Jesus that mirrors the gospel and invites us to follow him

The 21st chapter of John’s Gospel is one of the strangest and most mysterious chapters in the gospel. It is such that, if this chapter didn’t exist at the end of John’s Gospel (and you only had chapters 1 to 20) there is no way under heaven that you guess that it existed! You ...read more

Scripture: John 21:1-14

Denomination: Methodist

Catchin Anything?

Contributed by Jeffrey Sims on Oct 5, 2013

A sermon about being equipped to be fishers of men and being intentional about winning souls

I can’t think of any other pastime better than fishing, except maybe hunting. Well either way they run a close race, but you know what they say “bad day fishing beats a good day at work anytime.” You may not know it by looking at me but I know a little bit about fishing. Growing ...read more

Scripture: Luke 5:1-11

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Launch Out In Devotion Series

Contributed by Jerry A. Burns on Jul 5, 2013

A message about seeing the Lord in our life everyday

Let Down Your Nets Pastor Jerry Burns launch Out Into the Deep Luke 5:1-11 (KJV) 1 And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret, 2 And saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were ...read more

Scripture: Luke 5:1-10

Denomination: Baptist

Responding To The Call

Contributed by Jon Lipka on Feb 26, 2012

The Lord calls each of us to be his representatives to the world, sharing his life to those around us in a peculiar way.

“The time has come.” What is this time that has come? The time that has come is the fulfillment of Israel. From the cut off, burned out stump of Jesse, a shoot arose; from that shoot a single flower blossomed, producing a seed. Which seed fell to the ground, and thence arose a new ...read more

Scripture: Mark 1:14-20

Denomination: Anglican

A Catch Jesus Provides

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Jan 30, 2022

Do we experience Jesus while we’re working? Are we ready for church growth? Do we see daily miracles? Let’s find out in Luke 5:1-11.

Prelude Do we experience Jesus while we’re working? Are we ready for church growth? Do we see daily miracles? Let’s find out in Luke 5:1-11. Fishermen “So it was, as the multitude pressed about Him to hear the word of God, that He stood by the Lake of Gennesaret, and saw two boats standing by ...read more

Scripture: Luke 5:1-11

Denomination: Baptist

Jonah Series

Contributed by Roshelle Brenneise on Jun 23, 2023

Jonah means “dove” – timid, fearful, senseless, and we will quickly discover that the character in our story fits his name.

June 24, 2023 Jonah means “dove” – timid, fearful, senseless, and we will quickly discover that the character in our story fits his name. Jonah was a real person. He lived in the Northern kingdom of Israel during the reign of Jeroboam II (793-753 BC) • 2 Kings 14:23-25 - …. Jeroboam son of ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 4:9-11, Nahum 3:1, Psalm 139:7-10, Isaiah 55:6-7, Romans 5:6-8, 2 Peter 3:9  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

Eternal Treasures

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Mar 6, 2024

Is our focus on earthly kingdoms or the kingdom of God? How much do we treasure the things of God? Let’s examine heaven’s treasure in Matthew 13:44-52.

Eternal Treasures Is our focus on earthly kingdoms or the kingdom of God? How much do we treasure the things of God? Let’s examine heaven’s treasure in Matthew 13:44-52. Like black mustard, the kingdom of heaven will grow large, not stay small like exclusive sects teach. Like leaven it affects ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Listen 1: "the Call To Cast" Series

Contributed by Lynn Sims on Apr 28, 2025

Jesus doesn’t wait for perfect people. He walks right into our daily lives, invites us into something greater, and says, “Follow Me.”

Fishing for Men - Series Listen #1: The Call to Cast Matthew 4:18–20 (KJV) 18 And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers. 19 And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 4:18-20

Denomination: Other

The Kingdom Net Premium Sermon

Contributed by PRO Premium on Oct 8, 2023

This sermon explores the concept of the Kingdom of God as a fishing net, emphasizing our role in spreading the good news of Jesus to as many people as possible, regardless of their worthiness, and leaving the final judgement to God.

The Kingdom of God is like a fishing net set to collect as many souls as possible. The concern is not with the kind of people “caught” in the divine fishing net, rather, the concern is just for the net to be filled. We are to join God in spreading the Kingdom net by sharing the good news of Jesus. ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 13:47-50

Topics: Kingdom Of God, Divine Fishing, Spreading The Gospel

Sermon Series: Hooked