Sermons on Longing For Home:

When Adults Go Wild

Contributed by Mike Fogerson on Sep 26, 2006

There is an MO for wayward children to find their way home.

When Adults Go Wild Luke 15:11-24 May 28, 2006 FBC, Chester Mike Fogerson, Pastor Introduction: A Video clip, "The Prodigal Son" from Sermonspice.com 1 Mark Twain was asked who the greatest storyteller of all time was and he answered, "Jesus." a He was ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:11-24

Denomination: Baptist

Preparing Your Family For The Storms Of Life Series

Contributed by Ivan Casteel on Sep 30, 2004

Helping our homes through the difficult times.

MAKING YOUR HOME OPERATE SMOOTHER! SERMON #4 DATE 9-25-04 PREPARING YOUR FAMILY FOR THE STORMS OF LIFE! Genesis 2:20-25 Ge 2:20 And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him. 21 And the LORD ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 2:20-25

Denomination: Baptist

Our Father’s Great Love For Us

Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Jan 10, 2012

We need not grow weary of life’s long journey on earth since the Lord is with us. We need not fear what happens along the way especially since it will ultimately lead us to our home! What a gracious loving Heavenly Father we have in God!

Intro: This is the first of fifteen “Songs of Degrees” (Psa. 121-134). Pilgrims sang responsively as they annually went up to Jerusalem to celebrate their major feasts: Passover, Pentecost and Tabernacles (Deut. 16:16). The theme is often God's protection over His pilgrim people. The ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 121:1-8

Denomination: *other

Our Father’s Great Love For Us

Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Jan 10, 2012

We need not grow weary of life’s long journey on earth since the Lord is with us. We need not fear what happens along the way especially since it will ultimately lead us to our home! What a gracious loving Heavenly Father we have in God!

Intro: This is the first of fifteen “Songs of Degrees” (Psa. 121-134). Pilgrims sang responsively as they annually went up to Jerusalem to celebrate their major feasts: Passover, Pentecost and Tabernacles (Deut. 16:16). The theme is often God's protection over His pilgrim people. The ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 121:1-8

Denomination: *other

"the Party Is Over"

Contributed by Samuel Stephens on Nov 14, 2020

God says The Party is Over .. Go Home!

The Party Is Over  .. Daniel 5 5 King Belshazzar gave a great banquet for a thousand of his nobles and drank wine with them. 2 While Belshazzar was drinking his wine, he gave orders to bring in the gold and silver goblets that Nebuchadnezzar his ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

God's Plan For The Husband

Contributed by Ed Taylor on May 6, 2002

God has a wonderful plan for the husband in the home.

1. Things change over the years don’t they? · If we’re not carefully investing in our marriage, our homes that were once filled with burning love & passion become cold & crusty houses. A husband’s reactions to his wife’s colds during seven years of marriage: First year: "Sugar dumpling; I’m ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:25-33

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

God Honors Mothers

Contributed by Jerry Smith on May 8, 2014

So often when we read similar texts, the father is named first. But, in this case perhaps the Lord placed the mother first to show her importance to the family unit.

MOTHER’S DAY EXHORTATION Leviticus 19:3 Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God. 1. GOD HONORS MOTHERS In most places, when God speaks relating to parents in the Bible, we usually hear about the father first. However, God speaking to the ...read more

Scripture: Leviticus 19:3, Leviticus 19:1-3, 1 Timothy 5:4, 1 Timothy 5:8, John 19:25-27, 1 Timothy 5:2, 2 Timothy 3:15, 2 Timothy 1:5, Ephesians 6:1, Proverbs 23:22  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Father Hunger

Contributed by Jeremy Houck on May 13, 2005

We are created with a longing that only a father can fill.

Father Hunger Hosea 11:1-9 In premarital counseling we spend a lot of time talking about the future bride and grooms parents, and focus a great deal on the dads. We spend time talking about their relationships, favorite memories, the ways that they were disciplined, and what they like and don’t ...read more

Scripture: Hosea 11:1-19

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Rebekah: The Mother Of Esau And Jacob Series

Contributed by Matthew Kratz on May 7, 2021

Rebekah the Mother of Esau and Jacob, is a lesson in struggling through: First, 1) A disappointed home (Genesis 25:19-21), 2) A distressed home (Genesis 25:22–23) and 3) A divided home (Genesis 25:24–28).

Genesis 25:19–28 19 These are the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son: Abraham fathered Isaac, 20 and Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean, to be his wife. 21 And Isaac prayed to the LORD for his wife, ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 25:19-28

Denomination: Other

Payday For Mom

Contributed by Russell Brownworth on May 13, 2002

Not working outside the home? There’s enough to be done within the home to keep ten women busy (and probably twenty men). Consider the wages...

May 12, 2002 Erma Bombeck writes; For the first 4 or 5 years after I had children, I considered motherhood a temporary condition -- not a calling. It was a time of my life set aside for exhaustion and long hours. It would pass. Then one afternoon, with 3 kids in tow, I came out of a ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 2:9, Exodus 2:2-9

Denomination: United Methodist

Breaking The Chains Of Spiritual Captivity

Contributed by Melvin Maughmer, Jr. on Jul 12, 2020

Throughout history people have longed for freedom from captivity and oppression, people today long to be free from captivity, spiritual bondage, and oppression

Breaking the chains of Spiritual Captivity By Bishop Melvin L. Maughmer, Jr. OPENING: - The greatest illusion mankind faces all the time is that they are free from the oppression of the devil when in actuality Satan has captured their soul, body and spirit. This is a dangerous situation. It is ...read more

Scripture: Luke 4:18, Isaiah 61:1, Ephesians 6:12, 2 Corinthians 10:14

Denomination: Apostolic

Aged Parent Series

Contributed by Davon Huss on May 25, 2015

A sermon on the struggles of caring for an aged parent (material adapted from Marilyn Fanning's book, The Not So Golden Years)

HoHum: My dad would often joke that he needed to treat his children well because his 4 children would choose his nursing home. He wanted to make sure he got the best nursing home so he had to treat us well. One day my dad was talking about this on the phone with me and I came up with an idea. I ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:1-3

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Parable Of The Seed

Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Jul 2, 2005

The distance been the ear and the heart is a mighty long one

SMB 03-07-05 NR 10-07-05 Story: In the 19th Century (before radar was invented) ships avoided each other by looking out for beacons or lights on other ships. And they communicated with each other by flashing messages to each other by light in a sort of Morse code. One day a battleship was ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 13:1-23

Denomination: Anglican

Living Among Giants

Contributed by Arthur Miller on Oct 7, 2020

Have you ever lived among the giants? This is an important question that will help encourage us as we serve Christ.

INTRODUCTION Have you ever lived among the giants? Many of the great fantasy books have a land of giants. Of course we have great children’s literature with giants as well. You have Jack and the Bean Stalk. That giant was not so friendly when Jack stole his gold egg laying goose. Then you have ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Modeling Moms

Contributed by Ajai Prakash on May 5, 2011

The home is where a woman provides the expressions of love for her husband and her children. The home is where she leads and guides and teaches and raises the godly generation. The home is where she is protected and secured from other men and potentially

Opening illustration: A preacher tells how he was once entertained by a teacher and his wife who had two boys in their middle teens. He writes, "Im­mediately on entering, I felt the home atmosphere. They were evidently a fine Christian family. However, I noticed that the carpet in the living room ...read more

Scripture: Titus 2:3-5

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational