Sermons on Make A Difference:

Becoming People Of Impact

Contributed by Dan Cormie on Jan 10, 2005

What to do to make a difference. Leadership is influence - Here’s help on how to develope it.

27, June 2004 Dakota Community Church Becoming People of Impact Introduction: There are many ways to make an impact. Some large ways: Matthew 4: 23-25 23Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 4:23-25

Denomination: Mennonite

Rally Around Life Series

Contributed by Mark Pierce on May 25, 2010

What do Christ followers rally around? What makes the difference during discouraging times?

Rally Around Life – 03.22.09 Introduction – You’ve heard the expression “Rally Around the Flag.” It is where our national anthem, “The Star Spangled Banner” comes from. Francis Scott Key, as a prisoner aboard a British ship, saw the American flag still ...read more

Scripture: Numbers 21:4-9

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Be Different Series

Contributed by Shawn Drake on Mar 31, 2015

This is the 2nd sermon in the series "Don't Be Discouraged". Christians, we are to be different than those of the world.

Series: Don’t Be Discouraged [#2] BE DIFFERENT 1 Peter 1:13-2:3 Introduction: As I look around and see all of the evil going on in the world it’s easy to get discouraged. We can throw our hands in the air and give up, or blame things on the younger generations, or quit trying, or ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

The Difference

Contributed by W Pittendreigh on Feb 22, 2005

Peter and Judas are very much alike! Both are apostles. Both rise up the ladder of success -- Peter the spokesman of apostles and Judas the treasurer. And both deny and betray Christ. The difference is -- to whom to they turn in their darkest moments?

The Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper is full of meaning. It is a spiritual food that nourishes our souls. It is a part of worship Christ commands of us. It is an experiencing of the presence of Christ in a real and tangible way. It is something we do as a community – we never ...read more

Scripture: John 6:51-71

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Difference Series

Contributed by Dr. Abraham Obadare on Mar 26, 2024

Many people wonder what the big deal is about Jesus' resurrection since there have been other people who woke up from the dead. Jesus, however, is different from everyone else. He is the only one who rose and never did again. Halleluiah!

So what Jesus resurrected? Has he been the only one who has ever been raised from death? Yes, to this question, there is no big deal because so many other people have been raised from death. Example before Jesus: • The widow of Zarephath’s son - 1 Kings 17:22 • The Shunamite’s son - 2 Kings ...read more

Scripture: John 14:1-3, Romans 4:25, 1 Peter 1:3, Romans 6:9

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Difference

Contributed by Byron Sherman on Dec 14, 2001

Many claim to offer truth. The ability to recognize error is easier than you might think and is essential to your Christian witness.

THE DIFFERENCE—Deuteronomy 13:1-5 Not of no consequence but powerfully delusive. A large company offers to fly Bob out to a meeting business class. During the return flight they were given gourmet brownies and cookies. Not hungry, Bob decides to save them for later, so he places them in an air ...read more

Scripture: Deuteronomy 13:1-5, Deuteronomy 13:6-9

Denomination: Baptist

The Difference

Contributed by Dario Salas on Oct 18, 2000

Jesus in this verse was talking about times to come, if we read the previous chapter we will find out that the diciples were very curious on knowing the end times sings, they ask Jesus about His second comming and what will be the world situation prevously to His comming! Jesus answer them with a w

Jesus in this verse was talking about times to come, if we read the previous chapter we will find out that the diciples were very curious on knowing the end times sings, they ask Jesus about His second comming and what will be the world situation prevously to His comming! Jesus answer them with a ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 25:1

No Difference

Contributed by Greg Smart on Oct 19, 2002

Many people think that being a "good" sinner is better than being a "bad" sinner. In God’s eyes there is no difference.

There Is No Difference Text: Romans 3:22-"For there is no difference" 1.NO DIFFERENCE IN THE DEPRAVITY OF THE HUMAN HEART The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it? Jer 17:9. As it is written, there is none righteous, no, not one: There is none that ...read more

Scripture: Romans 3:22

Denomination: Baptist

The Change Of The Resurrection

Contributed by Daniel Owens on Jan 9, 2008

Did the resurrection make a difference to those first disciples? How? Can the resurrection make a difference today? I believe so! Let me spend the balance of our time together this morning with two areas of our thinking in which the resurrection

In the midst of “Desert Storm,” Sept. 27, 1991, Ruth Dillow from Illinois received a heartbreaking message from the military. Her son, Private First Class Clayton Carpenter, had stepped on a mine in the Persian Gulf and had been killed. Mrs. Dillow wrote, “I can’t begin to describe my grief and ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:10

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Mustard Seed Series

Contributed by Russ Barksdale on Jun 24, 2019

“If you have the faith of a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, go jump in the ocean, and it would. His point is that it’s not the size of your faith that makes a difference; it’s the size of your God that makes a difference.

Mustard Seed (Luke 13:18-19) Jesus came preaching one message: “Repent, for the kingdom of God is near!” Then He backed it up with 31 separate and distinct stories that gave us snapshots of what the kingdom of God, the kingdom of heaven is like. We call these parables: para ballo stories ...read more

Scripture: Luke 13:18-19

Denomination: Baptist

Walking In The Newness Of Life Series

Contributed by Alvin Hathaway, Sr. on May 20, 2011

You can walk in the newness of life because God makes a difference, God makes us distinctive, and God makes us determined.

Sunday, August 31, 2008 “Walking in the Newness of Life” Text: Romans 6:4 We should now be able to proudly proclaim that we are free from the addiction of sin. After our 12 steps in nine weeks program which was designed to break that addiction, every one of us should be able to ...read more

Scripture: Romans 6:4

Denomination: Baptist

"The Difference Christ Makes Between "Flesh,” And "Spirit.”

Contributed by Dr. Jerry Morrissey on Mar 8, 2002

March 17, 2002 -- FIFTH SUNDAY IN LENT Ezekiel 37:1-14 Psalm 130 With the LORD there is mercy and plenteous redemption. (Ps. 130:6-7) Romans 8:6-11 John 11:1-45 Color: Purple Title: “The difference Christ makes between “flesh,” and “spirit.” Rom

March 17, 2002 -- FIFTH SUNDAY IN LENT Ezekiel 37:1-14 Psalm 130 With the LORD there is mercy and plenteous redemption. (Ps. 130:6-7) Romans 8:6-11 John 11:1-45 Color: Purple Title: “The difference Christ makes between “flesh,” and “spirit.” Romans 8:6-11 This text is in the middle of chapter ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:6-11, Romans 1:1-10

Denomination: Lutheran

Be A Difference-Maker Series

Contributed by Patrick Nix on Jul 9, 2010

Only one life that will soon be past, only what’s done for Christ will last.

“of some have compassion, making a difference.” Jude 22 Not long ago, off the coast of the Dominican Republic, a couple was attempting to break the free-diving record (a sport of testing how deep a person can go on one gulp of air). After Audrey had descended to the predetermined depth of 561 ...read more

Scripture: Jude 1:20-23

Denomination: Baptist

God's Gift

Contributed by Daniel Haas on Apr 4, 2009

Make a difference in people’s lives! Help someone make that transformational experience of "I once was lost, but now am found"

Amazing Grace - Amazing grace, how sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me - I once was lost, but now am found, was blind but now I see - Can you see the pattern? - John Newton, the author of the lyrics to Amazing Grace, was born in 1725 in Wapping, London, United Kingdom. After a brief time ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 2:1-10

Denomination: Congregational

Different Freedom, Different Father And Different Faith Series

Contributed by Dean Courtier on Mar 21, 2019

If you are in Christ, if you have repented and accepted Jesus as your Lord and Saviour then the Bible says you are a child of God. Your relationship with God has been restored, you are reconciled to our Heavenly Father.

Do you want other people to like you? I think the answer for all of us is yes. In our heart, we all have a desire to be approved – to be liked. Often we allow our sense of self-esteem to be based on the opinions others have of us. Why is it that we so often feel or think badly about ourselves? Is ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:1-39, Romans 7:24-25, 2 Peter 3:9

Denomination: Pentecostal