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  • Triumph In Christ Despite Tragedies

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Dec 11, 2024
     | 430 views

    John felt God’s authority inside his heart to proclaim that the Messiah was in the midst of His people, and why he was able without fear to tell people how to act, how to get ready for Christ’s coming.

    Third Sunday of Advent 2024 Just imagine fifty-six years. If you are as old as I am, subtract fifty-six years from your age and reflect on what your life was like in that year. You’ll see a huge difference in your life, in the culture, in the Church, in a little over a half-century. Now think of ...read more

  • What Men Wish Women Knew About Them Series

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Sep 16, 2008
     | 4,630 views

    Based on the "5 Love Needs of Men and Women" by Gary Rosberg

    What Men Wish Women Knew About Men Ephesians 5:21-22 (The Message translation) 
Dramatic reading. Narrator: An English professor from the University of Phoenix told his class one day: “Today we will experiment with a new form called the tandem story. The process is simple. Each person will ...read more

  • Hearts Ablaze For Serving Financially Series

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jan 3, 2001
    based on 45 ratings
     | 3,928 views

    We need to have hearts that are ablaze with giving to the Lord financially

    Hearts Ablaze for serving through financial giving. Thesis: We need to have hearts that are ablaze with giving to the Lord financially. Illustration: Giving on the edge While Eric Hulstrand of Binford, North Dakota, was preaching one Sunday, and elderly woman, Mary, fainted and struck her head ...read more

  • Fulfilled

    Contributed by Gerry Pratt on Feb 7, 2002
    based on 10 ratings
     | 4,549 views

    As Christians, we need to seek fulfillment, contentment, and peace with God.

    We have been told over and over......and in many different ways that we should be fulfilled and content in Christ. A. Too often, this fulfillment and contentment is not defined and directions to achieve this goal are lacking. My questions is this: Are we all content, fulfilled, ...read more

  • Value Industry Series

    Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Jul 14, 2005
    based on 14 ratings
     | 6,376 views

    Christian parents need to model and teach a good work ethic.

    The apostle Paul gives us a powerful word here about the value of industry. He says that the people of God should be known as an industrious people. Apparently, some of the folks at Thessalonica did not heed Paul’s instructions given here, because in 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13, Paul wrote again about ...read more

  • Get Into The Game

    Contributed by Kelly Benton on Jul 18, 2014
    based on 28 ratings
     | 27,392 views

    To share we need to get into the game and get off the bench.

    In life I have noticed some very valuable lessons and the truth is no matter how I get, God is still teaching me. Stacy and I have three ornery nephews that live in Lawrence. I received a video that they made recently. They decided to make this video when their parents we gone. I suppose they were ...read more

  • Roots Alive!

    Contributed by Kathy Findley on Oct 25, 2003
    based on 74 ratings
     | 18,969 views

    The premise of this sermon is that sometimes there is much more disappointment in our hearts than hope! Advent’s message through the Prophet Isaiah is that hope is hidden deep within us, safe and secure, and is ready to burst forth in renewed life.

    Advent II- Hope It was just this word of hope the people desperately needed to hear--the words that Isaiah wrote about the dry-looking stump with a green shoot growing out of it. The Israelites felt hopeless, in despair. The words Isaiah wrote told of that despairing and proclaimed that the ...read more

  • Tough Love... Or Comfort Series

    Contributed by Fr Mund Cargill Thompson on Dec 9, 2023
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,550 views

    Our needs are different. For some of us as we prepare for Christmas we need God to give us a good kick up the backside. For others of us, we have been through such tough times that we need God to wrap his arms around us and give us a great big hug.

    A sermon for Advent 2 Year B preached at St Joseph the Worker Northolt ..................................................... Joe wicks - who here remembers Joe Wicks? During the pandemic -Joe Wicks ran his daily fitness routine and when everyone was trapped in their houses he got the exercising. ...read more

  • Mercy In The Midst Of Madness

    Contributed by Donnie Martin on Sep 13, 2007
    based on 8 ratings
     | 13,610 views

    Just like stubborn and rebellious Israel of old, we do not deserve God’s grace and mercy. But in spite of ourselves, God is always ready to extend His mercy to us; especially in the midst of life’s increasing madness.

    Mercy In The Midst Of Madness Text: Ps.61: 3-4; Ps.103: 2, 4-5; Isa.41: 13 Intro: Last night, as I bowed my head in prayer to God, I began to share with the Lord the burdens that were weighing heavily upon my heart. It was not long before hot tears began to flow down my face, as I poured out ...read more

  • The Power Of Distraction

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 6, 2017
     | 9,842 views

    When we have to cope for the long term, we need to implement God’s template for doing so. Distraction is a key element in this process, but needs to be viewed as part of the whole process.

    The Power of Distraction (Philippians 4:1-9) 1. The psychology professor was giving an oral test. She asked, "How would you diagnose a patient who screaming at the top of his lungs one minute, then sits in a chair weeping uncontrollably the next?" A sports-minded young man answered, "He's ...read more

  • God Blesses Godly People

    Contributed by Peter Toy on Apr 17, 2018
    based on 1 rating
     | 10,879 views

    Emulate Ruth's godly characteristics. Outline: 1. We have to have a humble attitude. 2. We need to be hard workers. 3. we need to be wholly dependent on Him.

    God Blesses Godly People – Ruth 2:1-23 May 5, 2013 If we become the people God wants us to be, then He will direct us in the path He wants us to take. Have you ever wondered if God made the perfect person for you? You may have heard the term, “a match made in heaven”. Let me show you a clip from ...read more

  • Surviving The Wait

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Jan 20, 2011
    based on 9 ratings
     | 12,699 views

    Waiting for God is not laziness. Waiting for God is not going to sleep. Waiting for God is not the abandonment of effort. Waiting for God means, first, activity under command; second, readiness for any new command that may come; third, the ability to do

    Opening illustration: A professor in a world-acclaimed medical school once posed this medical situation - and ethical problem - to his students: "Here’s the family history: The father has syphilis. The mother has TB. They already have had four children. The first is blind. The second had died. The ...read more

  • Revival Counter Attacks

    Contributed by Jeffrey Kellum on Feb 28, 2004
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,408 views

    This sermon addresses our need to be watchful during times of Revival and Renewal.

    INTRODUCTION: READ Acts 8:1-25 NEED: Realize Satan Counter Attacks when God is moving through His people to effect revival and spiritual renewal. DIVISION I: Persecution - Acts 8: 1-3 Explain: Satan can’t attack God so he attacks His people. And he is always in the counter attack mode, always ...read more

  • Be Careful What You Wish For Series

    Contributed by Jim Drake on Aug 27, 2007
    based on 37 ratings
     | 25,466 views

    We often look forward to eschatological events as wonderful pie-in-the-sky times. While the fulfillment of those events will result in unimaginable blessedness, we cannot forget they are initiated by judgment. Are we ready for how they will arrive?

    Be careful what you wish for. 1. Because it might not be what you expect. 2. Because you might not be as ready for it as you think. 3. Because your memory might not be as good as you think it is. 4. Because you might need to do everything you can in the present grace God gives you. AMOS ...read more

  • Rest, Response, Resources

    Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Sep 22, 2024
     | 594 views

    Ministry is simple and yet complex. We need to know the 3 Rs.

    Rest Mark 6:30 And the apostles gathered themselves together unto Jesus, and told him all things, both what they had done, and what they had taught. 31 And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no ...read more