Sermons on Open Up:

Stand Up Or Sit Down (Put Up Or Shut Up)

Contributed by Jonathan Powell on Dec 7, 2012

Sermon based upon the thought of commitment to Christ - commitment to others.

Stand Up or Sit Down (Put Up or Shut Up) Hebrews 10:19-25 April 13, 2008 AM Sermon God has richly blessed our church with many decisions over the past few months. He has richly blessed us with good attendance and faithful giving. He has blessed us with His presence during worship. He’s ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 10:19-25

Denomination: Baptist

Open Our Eyes To Follow Jesus

Contributed by John Dobbs on Jan 15, 2019

We began our year with prayers that God would open our eyes to help us find Jesus. Today we continue that prayer asking God to help us follow Jesus.

We began our year with prayers that God would open our eyes to help us find Jesus. Today we continue that prayer asking God to help us follow Jesus. Psalm 25:4-5 “Show me your ways, Lord, teach me your paths. Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 3:1-17, Psalm 25:4-5

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Tear Open The Heavens And Come Down

Contributed by Stephen Aram on Jul 1, 2019

Do you realize how much we need God to intervene in our world? The prophet Isaiah modeled for us a heart longing for God.

This morning we are going to look at a deeply heart-felt prayer from the Old Testament prophet, Isaiah. As I read it for you perhaps you’ll recognize that his longing for God to come and stir up God’s people of his day is a longing that many of us are also feeling deep down inside. And perhaps ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 64:1-12

Going Up!

Contributed by John Gullick on Jan 25, 2016

A sermon that encourages folk to move up into the purposes of God. The second point uses material I got from the internet.

Going Up - Experiencing something different Ezra 10 4, Rise up take courage and do it. Mark 1 - 17 Don’t you want to experience something different in 2016? Do you want to go up not down? Well I want to assure you life will be different but I want to tell you you have to choose ...read more

Scripture: Mark 1:17

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Wake Up!

Contributed by Eric Bates on Jan 4, 2005

Current events indicate that Jesus’ coming is near. This sermon emphasizes the importance of watching for His return.

Text in () indicates power point slide... Prayer (Car covered in snow) What better time to get away; Blizzards in the Midwest and Texas; Torrential rain and flooding in California. So, when the travel agent suggested a sunny beach resort far from the hustle and bustle of life, nothing could seem ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 24:27-31

Denomination: Adventist

Jesus Diaries - Making An Open Door Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jul 3, 2002

Jesus promised Philadelphia an open door. What did it open to? And why would Philadelphia (a church of little strength) rate such an honor?

OPEN: There’s a story about a guy who happened to be visiting a friend who took him to an old one-room church building in the backwoods of Arkansas. He didn’t realize what kind of church it was until the minister started pulling rattlesnakes out of a burlap bag & passing them up one side of the ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 3:7-13

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Times Up

Contributed by Thomas Bowen on Dec 27, 2004

Those that wait on the Lord are included in the kingdom.

Acknowledgement – I found great value in a Christmas Sermon series by Darren Ethier – A fellow contributor to this site. His sermons are called “Christmas Perspectives Series.” Times UP! Luke 2:21-39 To get everyone up to speed as to where we are for the sermon today. I have been sharing with ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:21-39

Denomination: Congregational

Suit Up Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Aug 30, 2020

We're fighting an enemy we can't see... but then we can't see Covid either. World rulers have geared up to fight Covid and will not be satisfied until that enemy is defeated. Are we as committed to defeating our enemy?

OPEN: It was an early morning in Los Angeles, CA several years ago. A motorcycle policeman named Bob Vernon saw a red pickup truck speeding through a stop sign, and he turned on his siren and gave chase. When the pickup pulled over, and Vernon approached the driver’s side door to ask for ID. But ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:10-20

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Hands Up!

Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Mar 3, 2022

We hear the words “Hands Up” used in two ways.

1. IT IS USED IN A NEGATIVE WAY For example, when a criminal walks into a bank and says “Hands up,” everyone within the range of his voice knows what he means. The reason the criminal wants everyone to put their “Hands up” is because this signifies that everyone within the sound of his voice has ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 17:8-13

Denomination: Baptist

Hands Up!

Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Mar 23, 2022

We hear the words “Hands Up” used in two ways.

1. IT IS USED IN A NEGATIVE WAY For example, when a criminal walks into a bank and says “Hands up,” everyone within the range of his voice knows what he means. The reason the criminal wants everyone to put their “Hands up” is because this signifies that everyone within the sound of his voice has ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 17:8-13

Denomination: Baptist

Lighten Up! Series

Contributed by Patrick Slack on Sep 26, 2011

Have you ever know or seen someone so wound up they were fixing to burst? It can be a sad sight. Have you been in that place where you were so stressed out or wound up that you lost all your joy? Are you living with Joy in your life or you letting your

Lighten Up? Opening Video: Patch Adams Joy Have you ever know or seen someone so wound up they were fixing to burst? It can be a sad sight. Have you been in that place where you were so stressed out or wound up that you lost all your joy? Are you living with Joy in your life or you letting ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 5:22-24

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Level Up

Contributed by Greg Carr on Sep 22, 2015

Three things to help us get to a higher level in our walk with God. Included in this sermon is a kid's sermon I did before the adult sermon.

Kids Sermon So he departed from there, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he was with the twelfth. Then Elijah passed by him and threw his mantle on him. 1 Kings 19:19 NKJV Elijah needed a replacement and God sent him to a young man named ...read more

Scripture: 2 Kings 2:7-9

Denomination: Pentecostal

From Closed Doors To Open Minds

Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Apr 29, 2006

Contemporary Chrsitians are tempted to sit behind the secure walls of the church rather than engage the enemy of sin in the world. But, Christ Jesus calls us to leave the closed doors and open our minds to his gospel by living and sharing it with others.

Luke 24: 36 – 48 Closed Doors to Open Minds Intro: Agoraphobia – fear of open spaces – people who cannot go outside and spend their entire life closed up inside a house or apartment. I’ve often wondered how these people earn a living or get their groceries. What happens when they get sick? --- ...read more

Scripture: Luke 24:36-48, Acts 3:1-7

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Cross Opens Our Eyes

Contributed by Mike Cleveland on Nov 9, 2008

The disciples on the road to Emmaus had their eyes opened when the bread was broken. The songwriter wrote, "at the cross, at the cross, where I first saw the light..." The cross opens our eyes.

Johyn 8. Nicky Cruz was the leader of the toughest gang in New York City. His Satanist parents abused him brutally, so he grew up a hardened man void of love and full of hate. “I wanted to do to others what my mother did to me,” Nicky says. “I used to feel good when I hurt people.” But privately, ...read more

Scripture: John 8:12-30

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Open The Windows Of Heaven #1

Contributed by Dr.w.samuel Legon on May 28, 2012

Heanvens windows were open in days of old to to men of God.

OPEN THE WINDOWS OF HEAVEN #1 Malachi 3: 10Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that ...read more

Scripture: Malachi 3:10

Denomination: Baptist