Sermons on Materially Poor:

How To Be A Godly Employee

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Mar 10, 2003

Contentment is a rare quality in today’s culture, but it is extremely liberating! Materialism, striving for rank , back-stabbing, and discontent lead to emotional, mental, financial, and spiritual bondage

HOW TO BE A GODLY EMPLOYEE 1. TRUST IN GOD ONLY. Trust in no one but GOD. People will disappoint you. God created you and has a wonderful plan for your life. He is too good to do wrong, and too wise to make a mistake. Let His peace abide in you. (Proverbs 3 :5-6) 2. WORSHIP GOD ONLY. Don’t ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:6-11

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Clues To Contentment Series

Contributed by Chip Monck on Aug 29, 2006

This is the final in a series of sermons based on Paul’s letter to Timothy as a guide to how the church should behave. This message explores living in contentment with our material condition.

(Opened message with showing of U2 “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” Music Video) Even though that song is now pushing 20 years old, it may more than any other song continue to describe our culture today. A culture littered with people who are searching, running, scaling, looking for ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:6-9

Denomination: Wesleyan

Secrets To Prayer

Contributed by Christopher Martin on Jul 23, 2007

A sermon on prayer originally preached August 8 & 9, 1998 at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Garner, Iowa. Some material from Rev. Clyde Kieschnick.

Pentecost 9C/Proper 12 Luke 11:1-13 “The Secret(s) to Prayer” Assistance from: Rev. Clyde Kieschnick It never fails-you see someone doing something you’d like to be able to do-or something you’d like to be able to do better on your own. So you ask what the secret to their success is. For ...read more

Scripture: Luke 11:1-13

Denomination: Lutheran

Burnt Stones

Contributed by Daniel Chua on Jun 1, 2005

The Church is God’s preferred dwelling place on the earth. He’s building for Himself a glorious temple. What sort of building materials is He looking for?

BURNT STONES And he spoke before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, "What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they fortify themselves? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they complete it in a day? Will they revive the stones from the heaps of rubbish--stones that are burned?" Nehemiah ...read more

Scripture: Nehemiah 4:2

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Excuses

Contributed by Brian Mccutchen on Feb 8, 2005

Moses gives God four excuses as to why he shouldn’t be the one to lead. Much of the material is taken from Chuck Swindoll’s book on Moses.

Excuses! Introduction: A. For forty years, Moses has been living in exile. This is a long to time to live in the shadow of failure. Without any warning, The Lord spoke the hardest words for Moses to hear: “And now the cry of the Israelites has reached me, and I have seen the way the ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Four Words To Change Your Life

Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Mar 4, 2005

"Thy Sins Are Forgiven"...excellent sermon material by Jon Daniels lends itself to a very visual sermon, whether using the free Powerpoint at our website or not.

4 Words 2 Change U Life Luke 7:36-50 Powerpoint for this and hundreds more free sermons at our website: http://www.gbcdecatur.org/sermons/4Words.html 4 Words 2 Change U Life Luke 7:36-50 Can four words really change your life? Sure they can! Examples: I’m sorry, it’s cancer. Yes, you are ...read more

Scripture: Luke 7:36-50

Denomination: Baptist

Play Dough Or Pliable Clay?

Contributed by Craig Benner on Jan 7, 2012

Don't be a silly putty christian. Bouncing around and taking on all shapes and forms. The Potter is looking for material that He can mold and make into a vessel of honor.

Pliable Clay or Silly Putty? Text: Jer. 18:1-6 What substance are you? If only a vase could speak. It started out as an ugly chunk of dough, placed upon the wheel of the potter, spun around uncountable times with pressure applied; shaping and reshaping. Then it was sent to a ferociously hot ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 18:1-6

Denomination: Pentecostal

Holy Spirit And Spiritual Gifts Series

Contributed by Davon Huss on Apr 16, 2012

A sermon on spiritual gifts, serving and meeting needs (Material adapted from Dr. Jack Cottrell's book, "The Holy Spirit: A Biblical Study", chapter 7)

HoHum: The former editor of Christianity Today, Kenneth Kantzer, commented once that he never knew what his gift was. He just served where he saw the need. If a man of this experience and caliber never knew what his gift was but just served where he saw a need, then this should serve as a good ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:1-30

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Pride And Going Beyond What Is Written

Contributed by Davon Huss on Jul 1, 2013

A textual sermon on 1 Corinthians 4:7 (Material adapted from Dave Swavely's book, Who Are You to Judge?, chapter 6 "Pride Questioned and Convicted)

HoHum: C.S. Lewis said that the worst evil is pride. “According to many Christian teachers, the essential vice, the utmost evil, is Pride. Unchastity, anger, greed, drunkenness, and all that, are mere flea bites in comparison: it was through Pride that the devil became the devil: Pride leads ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 4:1-7

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Against The Crystal Ball

Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 12, 2013

A sermon on Isaiah 48 and demons and how they can know the future (Material adapted from Dr. Jack Cottrell's book, God Most High, pg. 101)

HoHum: Francis MacNutt quotes Walter Wink in his book “Deliverance from Evil Spirits" writes: "...if you want to bring all talk to a halt in shocked embarrassment, every eye riveted on you, try mentioning angels, or demons or the devil. You will quickly be appraised for signs of pathological ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 48:1-15

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Justification

Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 26, 2013

A sermon on justification preached on a Sunday night (Material adapted from John Stott's book, The Cross of Christ, chapter 7 The Salvation of Sinners, section under Justification)

HoHum: Let's say we where caught speeding down the highway. We are doing 100 mph, obviously slightly out of the acceptable speeding window. We go to court and just as the judge is about to throw the book at us, someone steps forward and says, "I will pay the fine. I will take the punishment." And ...read more

Scripture: Romans 3:10-28

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Baptism And The Church Series

Contributed by Davon Huss on Jul 15, 2014

A sermon on how baptism relates to the church (Material adapted from Daniel Overdorf's book, Rediscovering Community, chapter 10 Sacramentally Participating pg. 241- 254)

HoHum: How can one be baptized without the church? Christians are the church. If not a Christian then not part of church, if a Christian then part of church. We have no record of anyone in the NT baptizing themselves. Imagine someone coming to the point of wanting to be baptized, they come ...read more

Scripture: Romans 6:1-7

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

A Christian Is... A Friend Series

Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 27, 2015

A Christian is a friend of Jesus (Material adapted from Bob Tinsky's book, A Christian Is... God's Answer to Man's Question, chapter 6, pgs. 91-98)

HoHum: A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked- Bernard Meltzer WBTU: I had several friends when I was in grade school. We played Monopoly, fished in the pond, played hide and seek in the cornfields and woods, terrorized the ...read more

Scripture: John 15:13-15

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

We Speak Of A Savior Series

Contributed by Davon Huss on Jul 3, 2015

More like a Bible study from 1, 2 Timothy and Titus (material adapted from the North American Christian Convention Bible study by JK Jones)

HoHum: Survivor Eva Hart remembers the night, April 15, 1912, on which the Titanic plunged 12,000 feet to the Atlantic floor, some two hours and forty minutes after an iceberg tore a 300-foot gash in the starboard side: "I saw all the horror of its sinking, and I heard, even more dreadful, the ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

We Speak Of A Charge Series

Contributed by Davon Huss on Jul 30, 2015

More like a Bible study from 1, 2 Timothy and Titus (material adapted from the North American Christian Convention Bible study by JK Jones)

HoHum: Go over (Hopefully sing) Hymn # 479 A Charge to Keep I Have In a recent book, Presidential Praise: Our Presidents and Their Hymns authors C. Edward Spann and Michael E. Williams Sr. note that the title of President George W. Bush’s autobiography, A Charge to Keep, was drawn from ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 4:1-2

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ