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  • Great Expectations

    Contributed by Larry Grant on Sep 28, 2025
    based on 1 rating
     | 138 views

    Frederick Douglass said, “It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.” Deuteronomy 28:13 teaches that WHILE YOU ARE HERE “The Lord will make you the head and not the tail and you shall be above and not beneath.”

    Jeremiah 29:4-11 KJV “Great Expectations” September 28, 2025 “Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, unto all that are carried away captives, whom I have caused to be carried away from Jerusalem unto Babylon; Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of ...read more

  • Sermon On A Helping Hand

    Contributed by William Meakin on Jul 15, 2020
     | 2,797 views

    Helping those in need

    Barack Obama, the former 44th President of the United States once said: “The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. Don’t wait for good things to happen to you. If you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the world with hope, you will fill yourself with ...read more

  • Embrace Opportunities In The New Year

    Contributed by Nettie J Pennington on Jan 4, 2025
     | 280 views

    Big Idea: The time is now; lay old habits and troublesome ideas to rest!

    Prayer: Father God, Lord Jesus, hallowed is Your holy name; thank You for supplying our needs (Your endless love, a renewed heart, family and friends, a roof over our head, clothes on our back, and food on our table). Thank You for forgiving our sins and encouraging us to forgive others. As we ...read more

  • Jesus In Action

    Contributed by Steve Malone on Mar 3, 2004
    based on 19 ratings
     | 7,504 views

    And in this chapter the good Doctor records for us 4 encounters that Jesus had with 4 very different people...(

    "JESUS IN ACTION" LUKE CHAPTER 7 INTRODUCTION Before the world was created -- before man was ever formed by the hand of God. God the father; God the Son; and God the Spirit were together. They have always been....THEY WERE/ARE/WILL ALWAYS BE... When Moses asked God who should he tell ...read more

  • Surprise! Series

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Mar 23, 2016
    based on 1 rating
     | 10,692 views

    If you’ve lost all hope, trust Jesus with your life, and don’t be surprised by His delays, His devotion, and His deliverance when it finally does come. It will be far greater than anything you’ve ever asked for: a resurrection instead of a healing.

    John Ortberg, pastor of the Menlo Park Presbyterian Church in California, talks about a friend of his, who used to work as a denominational official in Minnesota. One of his jobs was to travel to little rural communities where they didn't have churches to do funerals. He would go out with a funeral ...read more

  • "Making Crooked Roads Straight"

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on Dec 6, 2003
    based on 105 ratings
     | 15,818 views

    John the Baptist is a great example to anyone wanting to be a follower of Jesus Christ.

    Luke 3:1-6 “Making Crooked Roads Straight” By: Rev. Kenneth Sauer, Pastor of Parkview United Methodist Church, Newport News, VA www.parkview-umc.org Johnny and his wife went to the funeral of cousin Billy at a little country church just down the road that they admired. But when they went inside, ...read more

  • Walking In The Masters Footsteps! Series

    Contributed by Izak Shipman on Mar 6, 2004
    based on 41 ratings
     | 14,525 views

    A call for ordinary people to get involved in our world, doing what Jesus wants us to do, using Him as example.

    Walking in the Masters footsteps! I’m going to talk to you today about Walking in the Masters footsteps! First of all: the master that I’m talking about is Jesus Christ Isaiah 9:6 For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will ...read more

  • Unwrapping The Good News

    Contributed by Bradley Boydston on Oct 14, 2004
    based on 34 ratings
     | 3,320 views

    First person narrative on the unwrapping of Lazarus.

    I was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. My wife was good friends with both Martha and Mary and so when their brother Lazarus died she wanted to go out to the mourning site. We couldn’t go on the first two days because of the work in the field but we went for the third and fourth ...read more

  • Walk In Repentance Series

    Contributed by Gregg Bitter on Mar 5, 2003
    based on 16 ratings
     | 5,595 views

    The parable of the Pharisee and tax collector teaches us that repentance humbly confesses our unworthiness and trusts in God’s verdict that he justifies and forgives us because of the payment Jesus made in our place

    Grace and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. The Word of God through which the Holy Spirit touches our hearts this evening is recorded in Luke 18:9-14 To some who were confident of there own righteousness and looked down on everybody else, Jesus told this parable: “Two men ...read more

  • Will The End Really Come? Series

    Contributed by Dan Campbell on Mar 31, 2003
    based on 39 ratings
     | 5,570 views

    Our world today is filled with unavoidable suffering. Famine, epidemics, earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, and tornadoes inflict untold suffering on humanity. We have no way of counting how many have suffered or died because of such disasters.

    WILL THE END REALLY COME? Revelation 6:9-17 Our world today is filled with unavoidable suffering. Famine, epidemics, earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, and tornadoes inflict untold suffering on humanity. We have no way of counting how many have suffered or died because of such disasters. On ...read more

  • Sorrow-The Way To Happiness Series

    Contributed by Curtis Kittrell on Aug 19, 2003
    based on 39 ratings
     | 7,208 views

    Introduction The way to happiness is outlined in the first twelve verses of Matthew 5. Last Sunday we noted that the word translated "blessed" in the Beatitudes may also be translated "happy." In the first beatitude Jesus said the initial step toward hap

    Sorrow-The Way to Happiness Text: "Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted" (Matt. 5:4). Scripture Reading: Matthew 5:1-4; 2 Corinthians 7:10 Introduction The way to happiness is outlined in the first twelve verses of Matthew 5. Last Sunday we noted that the word translated ...read more

  • More Tragic Than Death

    Contributed by Leo Launio on Oct 24, 2003
    based on 74 ratings
     | 17,796 views

    Life is full of tragedy—sickness, lost of jobs, lost of possessions, lost of health, and death. But the greatest tragedy in life is living a life apart from God.

    October 23, 2003 INTRODUCTION: Cemetery Marker Some time ago, a man was trying to trace his family origin. In the process of his research he visited several cemeteries collecting information from the markers. At one place he came across a monument with the following inscription: Pause now ...read more

  • Comfort Those Who Mourn Series

    Contributed by Steve Mason on Aug 1, 2002
    based on 1,148 ratings
     | 149,642 views

    Funeral message that can easily be adapted and used

    JULY 16TH, 2002 JAY McCLELLAN I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR COMING HERE THIS MORNING TO EXPRESS YOUR LOVE AND SUPPORT. YOUR PRESENCE HERE IS A TRIBUTE TO JAY. PRAY ….. I WANT TO BEGIN BY SAYING HOW SORRY I AM FOR YOUR LOSS TODAY -I WISH I COULD TAKE YOUR SORROW AWAY, BUT IKNOW I ...read more

  • Effective Christian Leadership

    Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Sep 12, 2002
    based on 58 ratings
     | 7,030 views

    What makes for an effective Christian leader?

    Have you ever had one of those days when everything went wrong? It is like the lawyer speaking to his client: "I have good news and bad news." "What’s the good news?" asks the client. "The jury is deadlocked." "Well, what’s the bad?" Responds the lawyer, "They can’t decide whether to hang you ...read more

  • The Day God Eavesdropped

    Contributed by Bruce Howell on May 30, 2002
    based on 78 ratings
     | 6,942 views

    God listens carefully to those who esteem His name; they are His special possession.

    The Day God Eavesdropped Mal 3:13-18 13 "You have said harsh things against me," says the LORD. "Yet you ask, ’What have we said against you?’ 14 "You have said, ’It is futile to serve God. What did we gain by carrying out his requirements and going about like mourners before the LORD ...read more