Sermons on Need To Be Ready:

Ready For War PRO Sermon

Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Sep 25, 2023

Recognize the reality of spiritual warfare, understand the necessity of preparation, and embrace the power of God's armor to stand strong against the forces of darkness.

Good morning, church family! Today, we're going to dive into a topic that is absolutely essential for every believer: spiritual warfare. We often hear about this, but do we truly understand the gravity of it? Are we prepared to face the battles that are waged in the unseen realm? C.S. Lewis once ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:11-18

Topics: Spiritual Warfare

Ready To Listen

Contributed by Bala Samson on Nov 12, 2023

Today how many can say, "Lord, I am ready to listen to your voice through this devotion!?"

Ready to listen Acts 10:33"So I sent for you immediately, and it was good of you to come. Now we are all here in the presence of God to listen to everything the Lord has commanded you to tell us.” READY TO LISTEN: Today how many can say, "Lord, I am ready to listen to your voice through ...read more

Scripture: Acts 10:33

Denomination: Pentecostal

Ready To Be Different Series

Contributed by Scotty Killingsworth on Sep 25, 2003

The church is still the best hope for the world, but the church is in trouble. I could list the problems, but the list would exceed the time allotted for this teaching time. I’m not sure listing the challenges are necessary because you know the problems

This sermon was preached by Scotty L Killingsworth to the Evergreen Congregation on September 28, 2003. This sermon is the last installment in the series – Ready The sermon title is, Ready to be different Biblical Text 1 Thessalonians 5:1-24 The church is still the best hope for the world, ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:1-24

Denomination: Baptist

Are You Ready?

Contributed by Melvin Shelton on Sep 12, 2004

Now this morning I want to pose a question for What will make us go? Now that we know that we ought to go, what is it that will make us go?

Are you ready? Rom. 1:14 -- 16. 09/12/04 For the last three Sunday mornings we have been talking about the main business of the church. The main business of the church is to win souls to Jesus. We call that evangelism, and we want to be an evangelistic church. We want to see people come to ...read more

Scripture: Romans 1:14-16

Denomination: Baptist

Ready & Faithful Youth Sermon

Contributed by Youth Sermons on Sep 5, 2023

In this passage, we receive the encouragement from Christ to be faithful and to remain ready. We can remain faithful because He is a good shepherd who looks over His flock. We stay ready because we don’t know the day or the hour when Christ will return, but we trust that He is coming soon.

Today, we're going to talk about being ready and faithful. Life can be pretty unpredictable, right? Sometimes we're prepared for what's coming, and other times, we're caught off guard. But when it comes to our faith, Jesus wants us to be ready and faithful all the time. So, let's dive into our main ...read more

Scripture: Luke 12:32-40

Topics: Second Coming, Spiritual Preparedness, Faithfulness, End Times

A Ready Witness Series

Contributed by Dean Rhine on Nov 3, 2016

How to be faithful in witnessing

1 Peter 3: A Ready Witness - 9/21/14 Turn with me this morning to the end of your bibles, to the book of 1 Peter.  As you are turning there, let me ask you why you are here this morning.  Why do we come to church?  We come to worship, we come to gain encouragement, we come to learn.  We come ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 3:1-14

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Everything Is Ready

Contributed by Austin W. Duncan on Sep 25, 2025

Jesus pictures the kingdom as a banquet—an invitation to joy. In Luke 14:7–24 He confronts pride, exposes excuses, and calls for a humble, wholehearted response to His invitation—today, not “someday.”

The next couple of weeks we're going to be spending time in Luke 14, in a mini-series called "Come to the Table." I named the series this because - don't you just love invitations to eat? At first I thought that "Let's Eat" may have been a better title for this ...read more

Scripture: Luke 14:7-26

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Are You Ready?

Contributed by Michael Walther on May 24, 2011

This sermon addressed the problem of hypocrisy based on the Parable of the Ten Virgins. Hypocrisy can only be cured by recognizing it and by discovering Jesus' unhypocritical love for us.

Introduction It’s foolish to be a pretender. Just ask John Corcoran. John never learned to read in elementary school. Somehow the teachers just kept passing him along. When he got to high school he became at expert at cheating. He turned in other people’s work. He said ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 25:1-13

Denomination: Lutheran

Are You Ready?

Contributed by Brian La Croix on Jun 22, 2008

A very last-minute message given during a service after the death of my father-in-law the previous week.

Note: this message was put together in about 2 minutes during the singing portion of the service, and was not the message I had intended to give! Therefore this is a very sparse outline. The audio version fleshes this out, and I would encourage you to listen to that as you look at this ...read more

Scripture: James 4:13-17

Denomination: Wesleyan

Get Ready!

Contributed by Dr. Jeffrey Dukeman on Dec 20, 2018

Mary's visitation of Elizabeth is the first great journey of Luke's Gospel; in it God helped her and helps us to get ready for Christmas.

Over the last few weeks we’ve been making preparations for Christmas. We’ve put up Christmas trees, Christmas lights, and Christmas decorations. We’ve listened to Christmas music, bought Christmas presents, and perhaps tried to be a little nicer to others. We’ve said our prayers to God, thanking ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:39-56

Ready For The Harvest

Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Apr 25, 2024

Jesus taught that harvest time can be anytime (John 4:35). He demonstrated this as He helped a Samaritan woman trust Him as her Savior.

Opening illustration: A business executive, after hearing an inspiring sermon, said to the preacher, “Your sermon was excellent. However, if you were one of my employees, I would have to fire you.” Then he explained, “You’ve sold me completely, but you didn’t close the deal.” The preacher was ...read more

Scripture: John 4:27-39

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Ready To Go Series

Contributed by Paul Decker on Apr 23, 2002

We must be ready to proclaim Jesus.

READY TO GO Acts 2:14-36 S: Witness Th: Discipleship Month—Freed to Minister Pr: WE MUST BE READY TO PROCLAIM JESUS. ?: How? How is it done? KW: Stages TS: We will find in Acts 2:14-36, four stages of Peter’s explanation that demonstrate a readiness to proclaim Jesus. The ____ stage of ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:14-36

Denomination: Baptist

Getting Ready

Contributed by Steve Malone on Mar 29, 2004

In this text Paul tells us 3 things about the second coming. (1 Thessalonians pt - 5)

“Getting Ready For The Second Coming” 1 Thessalonians Part Five 4:13-5:11 A new preacher had just begun his sermon. He was a little nervous, and about ten minutes into the talk his mind went blank. He remember what they had taught him in seminary to do when a situation like this would arise- ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Ready For Change Series

Contributed by Paul Decker on Feb 4, 2008

Be ready for the change God desires to bring.

READY FOR CHANGE Exodus 1.1-22 S: Change Th: Movin’ On Up! Pr: BE READY FOR THE CHANGE GOD DESIRES TO BRING. Type: Inductive I. THE PAST II. THE SMALL PICTURE III. THE BIG PICTURE IV. FAITH AND FAITHFULNESS PA: How is the change to be observed? • Understand that the blessings of the past don’t ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 1:1-22

Denomination: Baptist

Getting Ready Series

Contributed by Ralph Juthman on Feb 25, 2012

A yielded heart will take us through the river that leads to the Promised Land.

COURAGEOUS LIVING P.4 Getting Ready Joshua 3 INTRODUCTION For every challenge that God gives us there will always be a corresponding obstacle to challenge our faith. As followers of Jesus it is imperative to identify the challenge, then make a choice. Will we move forward in faith and overcome the ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 3:1-17

Denomination: Pentecostal