Sermons on Open Arms:

The Battle Ground Of The Mind? Imprisoned?

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Feb 17, 2017

There is a promise land before us, what hinders us? Often times the battle is not from without but the battle is from within... Defeat can be a state of mind? Can God? vs God can! New opportunity?

THE BATTLE GROUND OF THE MIND... IMPRISONED? There is an open door of opportunity... By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com TEXT: Revelation 3:8 I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 7:5, 2 Corinthians 3:7

Denomination: Assembly Of God

The Aura Of Rejection

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jan 10, 2018

Lord, help me understand me. Have we ever considered THE POWER OF FEAR when it comes to REJECTION? How do we handle rejection? You can use this rejection to become a better person!

THE AURA OF REJECTION, ( LORD HELP ME UNDERSTAND ME?) By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com TEXT: Isaiah 53:3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. 2 Timothy ...read more

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Gates Of The Holy City Jerusalem.

Contributed by Dr.w.samuel Legon on Jul 6, 2012

See what each gate means to you.

GATES OF THE HOLY CITY JERUSALEM. Nehemiah 3: These gates the place coming and going for travelers Buying and selling for merchants Pleading and judging for judges and elders Reading of the law for preachers (1) The sheep gate on the north wall Sacrifice Nehemiah 3:1 This ...read more

Scripture: Nehemiah 3:1-31

Denomination: Baptist

How Is Your Eyesight? Series

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Aug 25, 2014

In the Bible, we see two kinds of blindness: physical blindness and spiritual blindness. How is your eyesight?

How is Your Eyesight? (Mark 8:11-25) 1. Almost one hundred years ago — 99 to be exact, one of the greatest Gospel song writers of all time, Fanny Crosby, went home to be with the Lord. Crosby — who wrote Blessed Assurance and hundreds of other songs — was blind. 2. Technology is ...read more

Scripture: Mark 8:11-25, 2 Kings 6:19-23

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Compassion Changes Conditions

Contributed by Fr. Rian Adams on Aug 26, 2019

A sermon on how compassion changed the woman with the crooked spine, and how the synagogue ruler's religiosity resisted kindness. Compassion should always win.

Compassion Changes Conditions I cried when I read the hunchback of Notre Dame. Victor Hugo’s novel is one that stays with you your whole life because we see pieces of each character in ourselves. In the beginning, we meet Quasimodo, the hunchback of Notre Dame. It is the Festival of Fools in ...read more

Scripture: Luke 13:10-17

Denomination: Episcopal

Jesus Gives Sight, To Those Who Want It (John 9:1-41) Series

Contributed by Garrett Tyson on Feb 8, 2022

Jesus gives physical sight, and spiritual sight. By chapter's end, the only blind ones left are the Pharisees. Have to be open-minded, and know what you don't know.

At this point in the gospel of John, some of you are maybe feeling a little confused. John is not a very easy book. Jesus' words seem complicated-- they are "from above," as he is from above, and we struggle to climb up, and view things from above, and understand them from ...read more

Scripture: John 9:1-41

Jesus - The Door

Contributed by Gbemisola Fafowora on Sep 27, 2020

Jesus is the only one that opens and when He does it cannot be closed.

When God sent His only begotten Son here on earth to save us all. He did it so that we can all come back to Him through His Son Jesus Christ. There was no other way to come back to God except in Jesus and in Jesus the door was opened to His presence again. In Adam the first man the way to God was ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:6, Proverbs 8:34, 1 Corinthians 16:9

Denomination: Pentecostal

Peter’s Struggle: Overcoming The Wall Of Prejudice

Contributed by Otis Mcmillan on May 19, 2022

It was essential for Peter to admit (And us), when prejudice is in operation. Our prejudices and biases always collide with God's grace. God has no favorites; we are all equal in his sight. He welcomes whosoever!

Sermon Peter’s Struggle: Overcoming The Wall of Prejudice Scripture Reading: Acts 10: 1-23 “1 In Caesarea there lived a Roman army officer named Cornelius, who was a captain of the Italian Regiment. 2 He was a devout, God-fearing man, as was everyone in his household. He gave generously to the poor ...read more

Scripture: Acts 10:1-23, John 3:16, Revelation 5:9

Denomination: Methodist

Now - Opportunity's Door Lesson 1 Series

Contributed by Elmer Towns on Jul 13, 2023

Yesterday foundation for action, tomorrow power of dream, today action.

A. INTRODUCTION 1. What word do you say most often? ___________________ 2. What is wife’s/husband’s favorite word? ________________ 3. The most powerful thing about yesterday _______________, tomorrow ________________, now _______________. 4. Most powerful word is now: today is the tomorrow you ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 16:9, Revelation 3:8

Denomination: Baptist

The Bag Of Opportunity

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Apr 11, 2015

When the young boy's mom packed his lunch bag of a few biscuits and some fish, she never knew the opportunity of the miracle of Jesus feeding thousands? We refuse to see the opportunities for us. (I use 7 bags)

THE BAG OF OPPORTUNITY BEFORE YOU... YOU DO NOT REALIZE WHAT YOU ARE DOING? OR ARE NOT DOING? ... BE A MIRACLE FOR HURTING PERSON ... By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com Luke 6:38 (KJV) Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 25:40-45

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Blessed Be Your Name: In The Land That Is Plentiful Series

Contributed by Stephen Colaw on Nov 9, 2008

When God gives and when He takes away, our only right response is praise.

ME That song speaks to the heart of where we’re going to be for the next couple of week… Listen to the words… words that you just sang… Blessed be Your name in the land that is plentiful Where Your streams of abundance flow, blessed be Your name Blessed be Your name when I’m found in the ...read more

Scripture: Luke 17:11-19

Denomination: Wesleyan

Living With My Eye's Wide Open Part 2

Contributed by Glenn Newton on Jun 20, 2004

Allowing God to develop His vision for us in our lives... Part two a two part series on Vision

Neh. 1:10-2:6 Living With My Eyes Wide Open Part 2 Pastor Glenn Newton 3-21-04 Last week I started a conversation with you about what it means to live with you eyes wide open... We talked about how God has given each of us a great gift, a vision for our life... a reason for living..... and this ...read more

Denomination: Nazarene

Open The Eyes Of My Heart: Investing In Another World Series

Contributed by Keith Manry on Mar 2, 2004

Part 4 of a series entitled "Keeping the Beat: Heart Healthy Giving for Heart Healthy Living" Other sermons: "The Heart of the Problem", "Re-Deed Your Heart", and "Spiritual Angioplasty"

In a church in the Deep South where the preaching style was a “talk back” sort of style, the pastor was getting the congregation exited about their prospective future. The preacher said, “This church is like a crippled man who needs to get up and walk under the power of Jesus!” The congregation ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 25:14-30, Mark 12:41-44

Denomination: Methodist

Open Your Eyes And Mouths As The End Draws Near

Contributed by Joel Pankow on Oct 30, 2003

Jesus gives us signs to look for prior to his coming. We’ll see how these signs were fulfilled in Jesus’, Luther’s, and our times, and how we are to respond

November 2, 2003 Mark 13:5-11 5 Jesus said to them: “Watch out that no one deceives you. 6 Many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am he,’ and will deceive many. 7 When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. 8 Nation will ...read more

Scripture: Mark 13:5-11

Denomination: Lutheran

How Does A Mature Christian Handle Open Rebuke

Contributed by Clarence Weaver Sr on Oct 25, 2005

THIS OUTLINE DEALS WITH STEPS ON HOW TO HANDLE OPEN REBUKE. I WORTE THIS AFTER I WAS OPEN REBUKE

Praise the Lord all of my beloved Brothers and sisters in our FATHER and Savior Jesus Christ. This message is solely about me and it will explain how I handle an open rebuke for bringing honor upon myself and not honoring those that deserve honor. I was rebuke for plagiarism. As many of you that ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational