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  • Proving Your Faith Series

    Contributed by Brian Bill on Feb 22, 2019
    based on 3 ratings
     | 14,847 views

    We’re not saved by works, but saved people do God’s work.

    Proving Your Faith James 2:14-26 Rev. Brian Bill February 23-24, 2019 I’ve always enjoyed reading church signs. Here are some of my favorites… • Whoever is praying for snow…please stop. I confess. That’s on me. • God’s love is deeper than this snow. I’m so grateful for Gary Pinger’s ...read more

  • Revival In One Verse

    Contributed by Scott Delashaw on Dec 30, 2009
    based on 9 ratings
     | 3,748 views

    All Gods people need to know concerning revival can be found in one verse of scripture.

    This verse identifies the who, what, where, when, why, and how of revival! 1. The people of revival- Gods people. No other group or organization 2. The position of revival- Humility. Size, affluence, etc. irrelavent. 3. The pursuit of revival- Praying & seeking Gods face. He is the ...read more

  • Don’t Sell Your Birthright Series

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Oct 7, 2010
    based on 5 ratings
     | 62,998 views

    Believers have rich inheritance rights as children of God, but like Esau some have sold their birthrights. Please, Believer, don’t sell your birthright like Esau: don’t sell your priesthood; don’t sell God’s promises; and don’t sell your power over sin.

    Just a year ago (on September 16, 2009), an article in The Washington Post began with these words: “The king folds her own laundry, chauffeurs herself around Washington in a 1992 Honda, and answers her own phone. Her boss’s phone, too.” The article was about Peggielene Bartels, a secretary in the ...read more

  • Why God Lets Friends Die Series

    Contributed by Glenn Durham on May 1, 2008
    based on 16 ratings
     | 7,554 views

    God love his people through sorrow and death to eternal pleasure and everlasting joy.

    Scripture Introduction John 11 contains the well-known story of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead, and (for trivia fans) the shortest verse in the Bible is in this chapter. We also find here the last of the seven miracles (or “signs” as John calls them) which structure this book. Miracles (of ...read more

  • Keep The Fire Burning

    Contributed by Billy Ricks on Sep 20, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 18,346 views

    Why does the fire of revival burn so brightly but so shortly? What can the church do to keep the fire in our belly burning brightly? Stop filling the church with people and ask for the people to be filled with God!

    Intro: Second Timothy is Paul’s farewell address to Timothy and the church at large. Paul is in prison in Rome waiting for execution. This is one of the letters that Paul wrote called the Pastoral Epistles. That simply put is the pastoral letters. First and Second Timothy and Titus make up the ...read more

  • Worship 1 Series

    Contributed by Joe Friend on Feb 6, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,392 views

    There are people in churches everywhere that think that the service is about them or about the people in general. We get into this mentality sometimes where we think we are the AUDIENCE. But we’re not the AUDIENCE God is the audience. The service isn’t

    I am the recipient of gifted people.  Ed Lair does the bulletins every week.  Ed Rhoades finds people to do communion meditations.  We have wonderful people to donate their time and energy to come and play instruments every week.  Also everyone who pours their ...read more

  • Elisha, The Holy Man Series

    Contributed by Rev. Dr. Andrew B Natarajan on Nov 1, 2025
     | 257 views

    The Holy Scriptures give us the records of a good number of Saints, who were unquestionable people of character approved of God.  They were such a people of commitment to the Lord. One among them is Elisha, the Holy Man.

    01.11.2025 All Saints Day Theme: Holy Man Text: 2 Kings 4:8-10   Greetings: The Lord is Good and His love endured forever! Introduction: In the entire Bible only a few persons are called ‘HOLY MAN’. One is Elisha, second one is John the Baptist apart from Jesus(John 6:69). The Holy ...read more

  • The Greatest Proof Series

    Contributed by Clark Sneed on Oct 7, 2005
    based on 10 ratings
     | 4,028 views

    How you treat people is perhaps the greatest evidence that God reins in your heart.

    Dominating Theme: How you treat people is perhaps the greatest evidence that God reins in your heart. Manuscript: Please turn in your Bibles to Luke 13:18-21. “Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it? 19It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man ...read more

  • How To Respond To Those Who Fail To Appreciate You 

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 41 ratings
     | 4,958 views

    Throughout history some of the greatest people have been the least appreciated. Even worse, some of the most deserving people have been misunderstood, despised and rejected by those they tried to serve. Moses was a noble man of God who qualified as one of

    1. Throughout history some of the greatest people have been the least appreciated. Even worse, some of the most deserving people have been misunderstood, despised and rejected by those they tried to serve. Moses was a noble man of God who qualified as one of histories most under appreciated heroes. ...read more

  • God's Perfecting Processes

    Contributed by Ted Sutherland on Feb 8, 2001
    based on 107 ratings
     | 7,755 views

    God knows why people do what they do and how to change them.

    Gods Perfecting Process or How to Profit from Your Problems James 1:1-8 Murphy’s laws: * “Nothing is as easy as it looks; everything takes longer than you think; if anything can go wrong it will.” * “A day without a crisis is a total loss.” * “The chance of the bread falling with the peanut ...read more

  • A Messiah Of Faith Series

    Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Sep 23, 2009
    based on 5 ratings
     | 6,468 views

    If we want to be people of faith we need to put our faith to work.

    A Messiah of Faith Text: Matt. 8:1-17 Introduction 1. Illustration: One night, I had a wondrous dream; One set of footprints there was seen. The footprints of my precious Lord, But mine were not along the shore. But then some stranger prints appeared, And I asked the Lord, "What have we here?" ...read more

  • Hope In Uncertain Times

    Contributed by David Flowers on Jan 11, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,454 views

    Christians are to be people of hope, above all else. Why all the paranoia and suspicion?!

    Hope In Uncertain Times Wildwind Community Church David Flowers November 15, 2008 Today’s message is called Hope in Uncertain Times. I am not up here today to preach a political sermon. My concern is not with politics, which concern the affairs of this world, but rather my concern is with the ...read more

  • The Church Jesus Built Series

    Contributed by David Owens on Oct 6, 2014
     | 7,675 views

    The church is the people of God and we should strive to simply be the church that Jesus built.

    A. Introductory comments. B. Today’s sermon begins a series of lessons that I plan to deliver in the coming weeks. 1. I’ve titled the series UR Church – Be the church of Christ. C. The story is told of a young girl was sitting with her grandmother, who had presented her with ...read more

  • Add To Your Salvation…

    Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Jan 14, 2022
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,916 views

    Many people take great delight in trying out different restaurants in town.

    Many people take great delight in trying out different restaurants in town. Sometimes you can hear folks around church saying, "Let's get together, I have found a G-R-E-A-T restaurant!” When a RESTAURANT serves good food, at a reasonable price the customers will keep coming back for ...read more

  • "Peter, Feed My Sheep” (15 Of 21)

    Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Mar 11, 2022
     | 1,982 views

    Many people take great delight in trying out different restaurants in town.

    Sometimes you can hear folks around church saying, "Let's get together, I have found a G-R-E-A-T restaurant!” When a RESTAURANT serves good food, the customers will keep coming back for more, even if they have to travel a long distance to get there. The same thing is true for a CHURCH. ...read more