Sermons on Open Mind:

Avoiding Half-Minded Living Series

Contributed by Stan Rodda on Aug 3, 2005

Too many people live lives of worry and anxiety. This sermons deals with letting go of your worry through God.

Avoiding Half-Minded Living! Every person has baggage and so far I have not met one person who likes their baggage. Everyone wants a place to check their bags. They all want a place to lie down and rest and put their cares aside for a while. Today we are going to look at a form of baggage that ...read more

Scripture: Daniel 6:16-23

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Peace Of Mind Is A Piece Of God

Contributed by Pat Cook on Aug 30, 2005

Christmas devotional about peace.

Luke 2:8-14 - Peace of Mind is a Piece of God Peace is a popular word around the Christmas season, but what is it? It is a theme of Christmas, and a theme of the Christian life. OT (shalom): happiness, health, favor, prosperity, safety in mind, body or estate NT (eirene): says all this but adds ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:8-14

Denomination: Baptist

Make Up Your Mind Series

Contributed by Juan Lane on Sep 5, 2005

Men we need to make up our minds about we we want

Make Up Your Mind (Divorce Series) Scripture Reference: James 1:8 James 1:8 - A double minded man is unstable in all his ways. INTRODUCTION First of all I would like to say that when God ordered me to start this series on divorce I ran just like Jonah. I never wanted to teach on divorce ...read more

Scripture: James 1:8

Denomination: Pentecostal

Living Together With Like Minds Series

Contributed by Kenneth Henes on Jun 23, 2004

Paul discusses two actions that will give us like minds.

LIVING TOGETHER WITH LIKE MINDS Philippians 2:1-11 INTRODUCTION A. Spock performing the Vulcan mind meld on Star Trek at the OK Corral, so they would think the bullets were not real. • We have a better basis for which to have like minds, and Paul gives it to us before he calls for us to have ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 2:1-11

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Mind Your Own Business!

Contributed by Kenneth Trent on Dec 21, 2002

In our daily life, we need to mind our own business by establishing a right relationship with God and sharing the gospel with the lost.

MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS! “Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life and attend to your own business and work with your hands” I Thessalonians 4:11 NASB I. WE MIND OUR OWN BUSINESS WHEN WE ESTABLISH A RIGHT RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD! In order to establish a right relationship with God, we begin by ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:11

Denomination: Baptist

Mind Your Own Business

Contributed by Edwin Hardy on Nov 4, 2004

The church needs to remember the work God has left us to do and then get busy doing it.

Mind your own Business 1 Thessalonians 4:7-11 Wouldn’t it be great if everybody would mind their own business? Wouldn’t it be great if everybody did what he or she was supposed to do? Wouldn’t it be great if there weren’t so many busybodies? People who were more concerned about your affairs than ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:7-11, 1 Thessalonians 4:7

Denomination: Baptist

Enemies Of Faith - A Divided Mind

Contributed by Mike Hullah on Feb 16, 2005

Faith is the Victory but there are enemies of faith that steal our victory. This sermon deals with one of them "A Divided Mind"

ENEMIES OF FAITH – A DIVIDED MIND Faith is the victory that overcomes the world – but there are enemies of faith which we need to look at in order to combat them – the first we are going to look at is “A Divided Mind” James 1:5-8 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 5:5-8

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Avoiding The Captivity Of Your Mind

Contributed by Brian La Croix on Jun 10, 2009

Discussion of the idea that we need to follow the philosophies of Christ rather than the philosophies of the world.

Avoiding the Captivity of Your Mind Colossians 2:6-8 June 7, 2009 NOTE: THE ME/WE/GOD/YOU/WE FORMAT IS FROM ANDY STANLEY’S BOOK, "COMMUNICATING FOR A CHANGE." Me: My heart broke last week when I found out that New Hampshire’s governor had signed a bill into law allowing gay marriage. New ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 2:6-8

Denomination: Wesleyan

Combat In The Mind Part I Series

Contributed by Gregory Thomas on Jul 27, 2009

Shows the effect sin has on us because of the fall of man

1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? 2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: 3 But of the fruit of ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 3:1-7

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

#3: Mind Blowing Decisions Series

Contributed by Kirk Devine on Oct 13, 2008

This series deals with issue of being a Christian in more than name only. These messages are designed to show the believer what it really means to be a child of God and a called out disciple.

MIND BLOWING DECISIONS PHILIPPIANS 1:27-2:16 (Series Theme: 1 Corinthians 9:24-27) “Mind blowing decisions causes head on collisions Mind blowing decisions causes head on collisions So I talk to myself, I give plenty time To all these decisions lying in my mind Holding hands or put my ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Make Up Your Mind

Contributed by Anthony Zibolski on Dec 27, 2012

Christmas is a reminder of the decision we need to make for Christ. Make up your mind is a sermon to get your congregation thinking again about the decisions that have to be made.

Make up your mind James chapter 1:5-8 This morning I have a Christmas thought, not necessarily a Christmas message. Next Sunday, we will look at the Christmas story. Looking at Matthew 1 and Luke 2. I want to look for a moment at the earthly parents of the Christ child. I want you to see the ...read more

Scripture: James 1:5-8

Denomination: Nazarene

Samson, A Double-Minded Man

Contributed by Rick Pendleton on Jan 14, 2013

Samson was the quintessential example of the double minded man... unstable in all he did.

Samson: A Double-Minded Man Judges 16 Introduction: Samson has long been a negative example held up before children and adults. He is a negative example of ... uncontrolled passion, an undisciplined life, a disobedient servant, and a carnal believer. But the truth is that Samson was a jumble of ...read more

Scripture: Judges 16:1-31

Denomination: Baptist

Refreshing Our Minds On The Basics Series

Contributed by Gordon Weatherby on May 17, 2013

When students go back to school in the fall Often a teacher will give them a test the very first few days. this is not for marks, but to find out where they are. At times in the Christian walk it is also good to have a time of spiritual inventory to rem

REFRESHING OUR MINDS ON THE BASICS (Sermon 1 of 3 in the Series Back To The Classroom) Col. 2:13-15 Dorn Ridge Sept. 6, 2009 INTRODUCTION: I. WE WERE DEAD IN SINS. – Col. 2:13a. 1.) Dead is a state of being in which there is separation. A.) Though we do not have a ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 2:13-15

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

A Bowed Back And A Handicapped Mind

Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Jan 6, 2012

The spirit of infirmity can hurt the body and the mind.

Luke 13:10-13 KJV And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. [11] And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself. [12] And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said unto her, ...read more

Scripture: Luke 13:10-13

Denomination: Pentecostal

Oh Be Ye Sober Minded

Contributed by Robert Glass on Sep 9, 2011

An examination of what is sober minded thinking and the sobering effects of drinking.

Being Sober Minded In (Titus 2:6) The Apostle Paul wrote to Titus, Likewise exhort Young men to be sober minded. What does it mean to be sober minded? (1 Thes 5:6) Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober. Sober minded means to be of good behavior. (1 Tim 3:2) A ...read more

Scripture: Titus 2:6

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ