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  • Vitamin E

    Contributed by Oscar P. Lopez, Jr. on Apr 10, 2002
    based on 27 ratings
     | 6,117 views

    Be an Encourager! The Exploits of Barnabas as the "Man of Encouragement."

    VITAMIN E Acts 4:36-37; Selected Passages By Oscar P. Lopez Jr. PROPOSITION: Something good will happen if we are going to encourage others. INTRODUCTION: 1. Greetings. 2. Discouragement: Where most Christians fall. Encouragement: What every Christians need. 3. Read Acts 4:36-37 4. Who ...read more

  • It's Time To Get Out Of The Box! Series

    Contributed by Vera Hughes on Aug 14, 2007
    based on 27 ratings
     | 18,900 views

    God has purposed you to walk in His will for your life. Many times we start believing what others have destined for our lives such as "you will never be anything; you are stupid; you are nothing". This has caused many of us to "be in a box". It’s time

    Read Scripture: Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. Definitions: Destined: to decree beforehand; to set apart for a special purpose Greatness: knowing your purpose in life and sowing it ...read more

  • That Word Our Flesh Hates...

    Contributed by Jon Mackinney on Nov 10, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,104 views

    James and John thought they were pulling a fast one. But their values were updside down.

    Passage: Matthew 20:20-28 Intro: The great thing about studying a book all the way thru is that you begin to identify recurring themes. 1. and the Bible is a book where repetition means emphasis, because it is essentially a Hebrew book. 2. ever since the Beatitudes way back in chapter 5, and ...read more

  • What Our Mother Can Do For Us

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on May 3, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,272 views

    We can have confidence in our relationship with God if we imitate the Mother of Jesus.

    Mother’s Day May 10, 2009 One of the most successful movies of all time was the 1981 blockbuster Raiders of the Lost Ark. In it, swashbuckling adventurers contended in the pre-World War II era for the privilege of finding the Ark of the Covenant, the Old Testament repository of the manna, Aaron’s ...read more

  • An Amazing Promise

    Contributed by John Harvey on Dec 4, 2007
    based on 11 ratings
     | 6,390 views

    The story of Zechariah reminds us that God promises amazing things and he always keeps his promises.

    “An Amazing Promise” December 2, 2007 God: The Christmas story is a story of an amazing birth that changed the world forever. However, it is also the story of another birth that ushered in the beginnings of Jesus’ kingdom. Zechariah was a priest in Israel. He was getting to be an old man and it ...read more

  • Celebrate And Live Your Faith

    Contributed by Mark Aarssen on Sep 26, 2008
     | 5,274 views

    Do you have joy in your life? Not happiness or contentment but joy. Is there a wellspring in you that overflows every now and then with praise for God, praise for what Jesus has done with you as a person.

    Celebrate and Live Your Faith Reading - Leviticus 23:1-14 Study – Chapter 23 Are you the kind of person that gets excited about belonging to Jesus? Do you find there are times in your life when you celebrate your faith rather than live it? Maybe my questions confuse you. After all we are all ...read more

  • Serving Others When They Should Be Serving You

    Contributed by Tom Dixon on Jan 8, 2007
    based on 14 ratings
     | 4,524 views

    Often it is in times of frustration and incessant demands that God most effectively teaches us how to have compassion and to serve others with His power.

    Mark 6:30-44 Serving Others When They Should Be Serving You Parallel passages: Matt 14:13-21; Luke 9:10-17; John 6 THE SETTING: Mark 6:27-29 1. Disciples just returned from long ministry tour through towns – they’re exhausted 2. And Jesus finds out his cousin (john the Baptist) has been brutally ...read more

  • Where's Waldo? Series

    Contributed by Mark Eberly on Aug 27, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,459 views

    Seeking means intentional effort to find. Finding Waldo is not always easy. Neither is finding his kingdom and his righteousness. Yet it is worth the effort.

    When I think of seeking or searching, “Where’s Waldo?” The busy pictures where you search for Waldo and other objects that often blend into the rest of the picture. You have to search and search to find him. Sometimes it is easy and it jumps right out at you but usually it is not. The ...read more

  • Nothing Will Ever Be The Same Again

    Contributed by Paul Stokes on Dec 20, 2005
    based on 18 ratings
     | 4,741 views

    Carol Service sermon (centred on the lyrics of a Graham kendrick song) asking how much difference Christmas makes in reality.

    Most of us will break the law this Christmas ! The list of activities that are illegal to do on Christmas Day is fascinating & ridiculous. These laws have never been repealed and are still officially on the Statute Books: It is illegal to ride or drive to church, and illegal not to attend. ...read more

  • Service To The Saints

    Contributed by Mark Aarssen on Aug 15, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,283 views

    The call to serve includes the whole body of the church. We reach out across the world following the example of St. Paul to build and encourage the church and her saints.

    Service to the Saints John 13:34 A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. John 13:35 By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another. This Sunday will mark the close of our church for the summer season. While ...read more

  • God And The City

    Contributed by Mike Fogerson on Aug 29, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,326 views

    Despite her past, Rahab ended up working for God.

    Introduction: A Joshua & Israel still are not in the promised land. 1 Jericho a 8 acres, surrounded by two walls (outer & inner; 6ft & 12 ft, respectively) w/ both walls being 30 feet high. b Many thousand people lived there, we only know one, Rahab. 2 She gave Joshua’s spies safe ...read more

  • Joseph And The Power Of The Spirit Of God

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Dec 21, 2013
     | 3,235 views

    This Advent, take St. Joseph as your model and follow God's will without reserve.

    Fourth Sunday of Advent 2013 Jesus, Mary & Joseph “Jesus, Mary and Joseph, be with me now and at the hour of my death.” Here in this first scene from the Gospel of Matthew, traditionally the oldest of the four Gospels, we hear a story that must have been passed down for at least forty ...read more

  • God’s Righteousness Displayed In The Cross Series

    Contributed by David Taylor on Jul 10, 2014
     | 4,879 views

    Three Events that Changed Everything: God’s Righteousness Displayed in the Cross

    Three Events that Changed Everything: God’s Righteousness Displayed in the Cross Romans 3:21-26 We are in the middle of a three week series, “Three Events in the Life of Jesus that Changed Everything.” Last week we looked at Jesus in the garden of Gethsemane; this week we will ...read more

  • Angel Prayer Series

    Contributed by Dr. Gale A. Ragan-Reid on Jul 23, 2014
     | 3,598 views

    The children of God that see and hear, hold visions in their hearts know of the angels' presence and know of the spiritual realm---what happens in the spirit and WAIT for the manifestation here on earth as we wait for the harvest of God.

    Angel Prayer by Dr. Gale A. Ragan-Reid (July 23, 2014) “Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing not see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall ...read more

  • Ordering Your Private World 3 - Exodus Part 9 Series

    Contributed by Dan Carroll on Jul 28, 2011
     | 4,102 views

    The third of a series of three sermons on how Moses' relationships affected his usefulness to God.

    INTRODUCTION • The hardest thing about ministry is relationships. • The best thing about ministry is relationships, building deep and close ones that change your life. • Relating to those above us, beside us and below us is crucial for ministry success. • These verses ...read more