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  • The Mystery Of Emmanuel, God With Us. Part 1 Series

    Contributed by Richard Laraviere on Sep 20, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,648 views

    Rekindling the passion and mystery of God coming to earth as a child.

    The mystery of, Emmanuel, God with us I used approx. 14 minutes of the video, “The life of Jesus” DVD as the opening for my message. A. Have we lost the wonder, the mystery of it all? 1. When was the last time God mystified you? When was the last time you were lost in the ...read more

  • How God Keeps Us From Evil Series

    Contributed by Nathan Johnson on Jan 2, 2008
     | 9,616 views

    Part of God’s special plan for us is protecting us from that which we cannot protect ourselves. He knows our frailties and has His watchcare over us to help us in our confrontation daily with evil.

    How God Keeps Us From Evil Griffith Baptist Church – 12/30/07 P.M. Service Text: Psalm 28 Introduction The story is told of a farmer in a Midwestern state who had a strong disdain for “religious” things. As he plowed his field on Sunday morning, he would shake his fist at the church people who ...read more

  • Knowing The One Who Has Called Us

    Contributed by Mark Opperman on Sep 2, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,984 views

    God wants people to know who He is and what He is like so we can answer His call with full assurance that He is with us and will accomplish His purposes through us.

    Knowing the One Who Has Called Us Caller ID: Before you answer a call, it sometimes helps to know who is calling. Caller ID may be one of the greatest inventions since sliced bread. Many of you already have an idea of what is meant by answering God’s call. It is a call to do life with Him ...read more

  • Let Us Not Grow Weary Of Doing Good

    Contributed by Richard Futrell on Oct 7, 2010
    based on 5 ratings
     | 7,693 views

    This is how we live as God’s people. 1.) We help restore those caught in sin. 2.) We help carry one another’s burdens. 3.) We support our pastor and the work of this congregation. 4.) We do what is good.

    Intro Why do we as a people want to support public schools, various health programs, water and sewer services, and Social Security? You might be thinking, “Well, it’s because I have to pay taxes.” Or on a day like today, July 4th, you might say that you are doing your patriotic duty as an ...read more

  • A Messiah Who Helps Keep Us Focused Series

    Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Oct 23, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,196 views

    Jesus teaches us to focus on what is really important.

    A Messiah Who Keeps Us Focused Text: Matt. 15:1-20 Introduction 1. Illustration: [Children have] a great need to know where behavioral boundaries are and who has the courage to enforce them. Years ago, during the early days of the progressive-education movement, an enthusiastic theorist decided ...read more

  • What Jesus Taught Us About Death

    Contributed by Cameron Bottema on Jan 3, 2013
     | 6,625 views

    Jesus Confessed, Confronted, and Conquered Death!

    Introduction: There are many ideas about death that are stated by various people. One study of interest involved the interviewing of several hundreds of terminally ill patients in a hospital. The interviews were conducted for the purpose of attempting to discover their attitudes toward death. ...read more

  • God Sent Jesus To Give Us Peace Series

    Contributed by David Simpson on Jan 15, 2013
     | 7,361 views

    Amidst a world of turmoil and war and sin, Jesus came to bring peace.

    Sermon Lanier Christian Church David Simpson November 25, 2012 God Sent Jesus to Give us Peace Luke 1:67-79 We went to see the movie: "Lincoln" last week. It is the story of a small part of Abraham Lincoln's presidency as he sought to free the slaves. It portrayed briefly the horrors of the ...read more

  • Why Does God Make Us Wait?

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Nov 1, 2012
    based on 2 ratings
     | 10,301 views

    A look at some of the major reasons that God doesn't always answer our prayers when we want Him to.

    A Nagging Question: Why does God make us wait? - Genesis 15:1-3. The questions linger in our minds. Even someone with as great a faith as Abraham struggled with these questions. I want to look at some of the main reasons that He makes us wait. I realize this is not as good as telling you that ...read more

  • Give Us Today The Food That We Need

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Nov 11, 2012
     | 3,798 views

    A short talk from a series on the Lord's Prayer at our evening service. To pray, "Give us today our daily bread" is to recognise that God is the giver. It may also require us to be part of the answer to other people's prayers as per James 2:15-16.

    The Lord’s Prayer is the model for prayer taught by Jesus. It is the skeleton, the frame, upon which we build when we pray. Yes, we can and do pray it word for word, but if we think the Lord’s Prayer is like a fixed recipe, or worse, if we think this model prayer is like a spell, or ...read more

  • God Protects Us And We Dont Know It

    Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Dec 1, 2012
     | 6,361 views

    I. EXORDIUM: Are you grateful to GOD in all things? II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers III. OBJECTIVES: To develop the attitude of gratitude in us. IV. TEXT: 1 Samuel 23:14 (New Living Translation, Second Edition) David now stayed in

    I. EXORDIUM: Are you grateful to GOD in all things? II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers III. OBJECTIVES: To develop the attitude of gratitude in us. IV. TEXT: 1 Samuel 23:14 (New Living Translation, Second Edition) David now stayed in the strongholds of the wilderness and in the hill country ...read more

  • What Does Jesus Want Us To Remember?

    Contributed by Mark Haines on Sep 11, 2011
    based on 20 ratings
     | 20,360 views

    The phrase "in remembrance of me" is familiar to Christians everywhere. It is carved into most communion tables or altars. It's repeated as often as our churches observe the Lord’s Supper. But what does this phrase mean?

    Text: For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me.” In the same way, after supper he took the ...read more

  • Before The Holy Spirit Can Use A Believer

    Contributed by Dr.w.samuel Legon on Sep 29, 2011
     | 2,418 views

    The Holy Spirit must be strong in us

    BEFORE THE HOLY SPIRIT CAN USE A BELIEVER Gal.3: 3Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh? 4Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet in vain. 5He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth ...read more

  • Know Your Spiritual Gifts And Use Them! Series

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Oct 13, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,169 views

    Paul tells us all to know our spiritual gifts and know how to use them for the common good of the church. We also need to know that we all have different gifts but this is God’s plan and it’s a good thing to have diversity. We also need to know that each

    Series: What is the Spirit saying to the church? I received the idea for this sermon at International House of Prayer during my spiritual retreat there. I have also been asking this question to every pastor I know. Their responses have varied but my series topics are based on their responses and ...read more

  • Lord Teach Us To Pray - Praying With Excellence Series

    Contributed by Mark Nichols on Mar 18, 2013
     | 8,868 views

    LORD TEACH US TO PRAY. Each of these 4 key phrases holds immeasurable meaning! May we be encouraged by each of these words.

    TEXT: Luke 11:1 TITLE: “Teach us to Pray with EXCELLENCE -- Part 1” TOPIC: PRAYER OCCASION: Burnside Christian Church, January 6th 2008 PROP.: LORD TEACH US TO PRAY. Each of these 4 key words holds immeasurable meaning! May we be encouraged by each of these ...read more

  • God’s Victory Plan For Us

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on Mar 30, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 9,300 views

    1. Serve like our Savior (vs. 1-4 & 12-14). 2. Humble your heart (vs. 5-6). 3. Cast your cares on the Lord (vs. 7). 4. Be determined to resist the devil (vs. 8-9). 5. Count on God to complete what He started (vs. 10-11).

    God’s Victory Plan for Us 1 Peter 5:1-14 Sermon by Rick Crandall Grayson Baptist Church - Feb. 24, 2013 *Remember when the Saints were winning a few years ago? -- Of course we do. Everybody loves a winner! And Christians: we are winners for all eternity! Jesus Christ won the victory for us ...read more