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Hope In Christ Series

Contributed by Asif M Sadiq on Mar 24, 2020

Pastor Asif M Sadiq (Sunday Sermon Delivered Live on 22-03-2020) HOPE “ So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed” (John 8:36) God has already informed us in the Bible through prophets and prophesies long ago concerning the things and problems world is facing today.

Pastor Asif M Sadiq (Sunday Sermon Delivered Live on 22-03-2020) HOPE “ So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed” (John 8:36) God has already informed us in the Bible through prophets and prophesies long ago concerning the things and problems world is facing today. “These things ...read more

Scripture: John 8:36, Exodus 13:1-2, Exodus 13:12-14

Children Of Light

Contributed by Thadius Sales on Mar 27, 2020

Out of the darkness comes the light. Every workday, at dawn’s early light, Kevin Napier crawls into a long, black hole. Coal mining is safer than it used to be, though it’s still dusty and dirty, and there’s always concern that something terrible could happen deep inside a cramped shaft.

Ephesians 5:8–14 NRSV 8 For once you were darkness, but now in the Lord, you are light. Live as children of light— 9 for the fruit of the light is found in all that is good and right and true. 10 Try to find out what is pleasing to the Lord. 11 Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:8-14, John 8:12, John 3:20

Denomination: United Methodist

The Intense Trials Of David's Early Life: Victory, Persecution, Battle & Patience

Contributed by Justin Steckbauer on Apr 24, 2021

The Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you go on grieving over Saul? I have rejected him as king of Israel. But now get some olive oil and go to Bethlehem, to a man named Jesse, because I have chosen one of his sons to be king.” -1st Samuel 16:1-2

The Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you go on grieving over Saul? I have rejected him as king of Israel. But now get some olive oil and go to Bethlehem, to a man named Jesse, because I have chosen one of his sons to be king.” -1st Samuel 16:1-2 “So Jesse sent for him. He was a handsome, ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 22:1-2, 1 Samuel 16:1-2, 1 Samuel 16:12-13, 1 Samuel 16:18, 1 Samuel 19:1-2  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Salvation Army

Who Cares? Series

Contributed by Gordon Pike on Aug 22, 2021

Has our prosperity made us so oblivious and so apathetic that we are no longer willing to leave our pleasures long enough to protect and heal the nation that so many others have sacrificed to give us? Even if America has reached that point, we Christians must rise above the apathy around us.

[NOTE: The beginning of this sermon is referring to flooding that occurred where I live in western North Carolina.} Wow! What a week, amen? Life can come at you from out of nowhere and turn on a dime, can’t it? Last Sunday we gathered here to worship and had no idea how our little corner of ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 1:3-5, 1 Timothy 6:17-19, Malachi 3:10, Romans 13:1, 1 Timothy 2:1-3  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: United Methodist

It's Good To Be Home - A Homecoming Service Sermon

Contributed by Duane Wente on Aug 28, 2023

If you’ve ever been traveling for a long time, one of the first things we say when we get home is “it’s good to be home!” The same is true about our spiritual home on earth, the church. By studying the story of the lost boy, we can see why “it’s good to be home!”

Introduction Video Ill.: The Prodigal (Abridged) - The Skit Guys The Dream Home Is Dead Source: Adapted from Julie Kilcur, “The Dream Home Is Dead,” CT magazine (September, 2020), pp. 33-40 https://www.preachingtoday.com/illustrations/2022/november/dream-home-is-dead.html Copied from Preaching ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:11-32, Galatians 6:1-3, Ephesians 4:11-13, Ephesians 4:15-16

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Surrendered Leaders, Transformed Communities

Contributed by Anitha Jabastion on Sep 23, 2025

All around us, as leaders, we long to see real change. We try different strategies, programs, and initiatives. Sometimes we pour so much energy into them, yet true and lasting transformation seems just out of reach. That raises the question: How can we see our communities truly transformed?

Introduction All around us, as leaders, we long to see real change - in our families, in our neighborhoods, in our churches, and in our nation. We try different strategies, programs, and initiatives. Sometimes we pour so much energy into them, yet have you felt like - true and lasting ...read more

Scripture: 2 Chronicles 7:14

You've Been Marked!

Contributed by Je Layugan on Oct 17, 2023

God marked Cain for protection after Cain killed his brother Abel. The mark on Cain is a sign of a cursed spirit, yet at the same time a symbol of God’s mercy, an assurance for us that wherever we have been, whatever we have become, God still loves us, God still longs for us.

There were these 2 brothers who asked their parents, “Why can’t we live in that beautiful garden with all kinds of animals and fruit-bearing trees?”. The mother replied, “Because when your dad and I were young, we were foolish and disobeyed its creator. We were expelled from that place created ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 4:1-17, Isaiah 64:6

Denomination: Pentecostal

God’s Appointed Time Series

Contributed by Shine Thomas on Dec 14, 2023

God has put dreams and desires in our lives. We all have goals we want to accomplish and situations we believe to turn around but so often when things are taking a long time, when the going gets tough we tend to think negatively and get discouraged. Maybe you have started

INTRODUCTION God has put dreams and desires in our lives. We all have goals we want to accomplish and situations we believe to turn around but so often when things are taking a long time, when the going gets tough we tend to think negatively and get discouraged. Maybe you have started well, with ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 4:4, John 17:1, Romans 5:6, Genesis 24:17, Romans 8:28, Romans 13:11, Genesis 50:20  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Some Do, Some Don't!

Contributed by Johnny Knight on Jan 26, 2010

Some do! Some don’t! Usually the number is very limited - small. If you do, and the number is even one, then you are blessed! If you stop and think about it, it doesn’t take long for you to count them. After I tell you about what I am referring, you may w

Some Do, Some Don't. Text: 1 Corinthians 10:24 "Do not look out only for yourselves. Look out for the good of others also." George Eliot wrote, "Oh, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person; having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but to pour them all out, just as they ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 10:24

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Celebrate!

Contributed by Tim Smith on Oct 19, 2009

We all do it. Every day, all day long, everywhere you go, you do it. I do it, your parents did it and their parents did it as well. Whether you consider yourself that kind of person or not, you still do it. What is it? Worship. We cannot help but worship…

Celebrate! Isaiah 6:1-8 We all do it. Every day, all day long, everywhere you go, you do it. I do it, your parents did it and their parents did it as well. Whether you consider yourself that kind of person or not, you still do it. What is it? Worship. We cannot help but worship…..something. It’s ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 6:1-6

Denomination: Methodist

The Prodigal Son

Contributed by Austin Mansfield on Apr 1, 2007

When we hear this passage, we usually picture ourselves as the son who transgressed our loving Father through our sinful lives. Whatever our own particular sins may be, we relate to, we long for, we even expect, a loving God who’ll throw his arms out wide

Additional Text: 2 Corinthians 5:17-21 In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to you, Lord, my rock and my redeemer. Amen. (Psalm 19:14) (The Slave – Captured) A 16-year-old boy was captured by ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:11-32

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

If God Is With Me Then Why Doesn't He Fix My Problems? Series

Contributed by David Henderson on Aug 12, 2012

Before you can get your life fixed you must decide that you actually want it fixed. While this may sound oddd. Look at v. 6. “When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had already been in that condition a long time He said to him, ‘Do you want to

“If God is with me, then why doesn’t He fix my problems?” John 5:1-15 Jesus has now come up from the city of Cana to the city of Jerusalem to celebrate one of the religious feasts. In Jerusalem there were different gates to enter and they were used for a variety of purposes. ...read more

Scripture: John 15:1-15

Denomination: Baptist

My Comfort!

Contributed by Bala Samson on Jan 18, 2015

At times we don’t need a lecture, we don’t need the ‘Red Sea’ miracle to be narrated, we don’t need a long advice, we don’t need a sermon – all we need when we stand broken, forlorn and discouraged is a kind word,

When you have nowhere to go except to His throne! Psalm 119:50”This is my comfort in my affliction, that your promise gives me life.” At times we don’t need a lecture, we don’t need the ‘Red Sea’ miracle to be narrated, we don’t need a long advice, we ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 119:50

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Climb

Contributed by Charlie Roberts on Oct 28, 2018

there’s always going to be something to take your focus off of the truth, someone telling you can’t do this or that, but God would have me tell you, you can. As long as you focus on Jesus your life coach, your guide and instructor, there’s no mountain you can’t climb

“Lead me on to the top of the mountain, lead me safe to the other side, take my hand dear Lord and guide me, as long as you're going I don't mind the climb!” Those are the lyrics from the song Lead me on, by the Ernest Carter Trio. In life, everyone wants to go to the top of the mountain, very ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 6:7-13

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Joseph Series

Contributed by John Lowe on Feb 20, 2022

Joseph, son of Jacob and Rachel, lived in the land of Canaan with ten half-brothers, one full brother, and at least one half-sister. He was Rachel's firstborn and Jacob's eleventh son. Of all the sons, Joseph was preferred by his father, who gave him a "long coat of many colors."

Joseph is an important figure in the Bible's Book of Genesis. He was the first of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel (Jacob's twelfth child and eleventh son). He is the favorite son of the patriarch Jacob, and his jealous brothers sell him into slavery in Egypt, where he eventually ends up ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 37:1-11

Denomination: Baptist