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  • Is God's Word Strange To You? PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Oct 6, 2025
    based on 3 ratings
     | 90 views

    The sermon urges us to embrace God’s Word even when it challenges us, reminding us true faith means letting God, not ourselves, define truth.

    Some words woo us with comfort; others confront us with change. When the Lord speaks, His words carry weight that wakes us up. We sense His sentences brushing the dust off our Bibles and the haze off our hearts. Sometimes the pages feel prickly, passages puzzle us, and precepts press against our ...read more

  • Uncomfortable Truth PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Oct 23, 2025
    based on 3 ratings
     | 109 views

    True discipleship means trusting and following Jesus even when his words challenge us, because only he offers the life our hearts truly need.

    Friends, I’m so glad you’re here. Some of us arrive with hearts humming like a highway—noise and nagging worries at every mile marker. Others walk in weary, wanting a word that steadies the soul and stills the storm inside. Jesus meets us here. He speaks not to impress but to impart life. He ...read more

  • Keep The Way Premium Sermon

    Contributed by PRO Premium on Oct 9, 2023
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,016 views

    This sermon explores the challenging journey of faith, emphasizing the importance of maintaining a Christ-like heart and persevering in righteousness, as Jesus reinterprets primary teachings from the Rabbis of His time.

    How important are the true motives of the heart? And how important is it that your actions align with your motives, values, etc…? To some, the discrepancy between the two may be seen as hypocrisy. The idea of saying one thing and doing another. Have you ever done anything like that? The truth is ...read more

  • I Am The Light Of The World Premium Sermon

    Contributed by PRO Premium on Oct 9, 2023
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,251 views

    This sermon explores the concept of Jesus as the guiding light in our world of darkness, providing clarity and direction amidst life's temptations and challenges, and leading us towards eternal life.

    Welcome back church family! Last week we started a new 4-week series together called In His Words, which we are continuing today. As a brief recap, each week we’re looking into one of the I AM statements that Jesus makes in the gospel of John. These statements help us to better understand the true ...read more

  • How Much Faith Is Enough?

    Contributed by Tom Fuller on Aug 3, 2002
    based on 84 ratings
     | 16,333 views

    All of us know we need to have faith - but many of us have faith in the wrong thing. In this study Jesus reveals who He really is, and challenges us to trust in Him, not trust in faith.

    A school teacher injured his back and had to wear a plaster cast around the upper part of his body. It fit under his shirt and was not noticeable at all. On the first day of the term, still with the cast under his shirt, he found himself assigned to the toughest students in school. Walking ...read more

  • A Greater Kindness Series

    Contributed by Tim Diack on Mar 18, 2013
     | 7,625 views

    Sacrificial love is willing to lay down its life, and do the hard things that love demands, on behalf of another. This is the love that we experience in Christ and this is the love that we are challenged to live out with each other.

    A Greater Kindness - Ruth 3:10-18 - March 17, 2013 Series: From Heartache to Hope – The Redemption of Ruth - #8 Let me ask you a question as we start this morning: How many decisions do you figure you make in an average day? A hundred? A thousand? Ten thousand? Any ideas? Any ...read more

  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

    Contributed by Elizabeth Mccaskill on Sep 14, 2003
    based on 88 ratings
     | 14,736 views

    Just as there is a physical war between the United States of America and Iraq there is a spiritual war between the army of Satan and the children of God. Both sides has weapons of mass destruction... However the children of God shall overcome the world

    Read text: 1 John 5: 4 State subject: The power of faith State title: Weapon of mass destruction A weapon of mass destruction is an instrument used in an attack that will totally and completely destroy someone of something. President Bush said that Iraq had assorted weapons of mass destruction as ...read more

  • Potholes Of Fear Series

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Sep 26, 2005
    based on 36 ratings
     | 20,606 views

    2nd in 5 part series on overcoming the obstacles and difficulties of life using five different Psalms. We used a "journey" or "road" metaphor in terms of the bumps of success, fear, guilt, the religious rut and grief, etc.

    POTHOLES OF FEAR Navigating the Bumps of Life - Week 1 PSALM 27 INTRODUCTION:(Video-“What are you afraid of?” 2:12 www.sermonspice.com) How would you answer that question? Now, being afraid of spiders, snakes, girls or heights may not be your particular phobia but there are countless concerns ...read more

  • The Grief Gauge Series

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Oct 15, 2005
    based on 30 ratings
     | 21,685 views

    5th in 5 part series on overcoming the obstacles and difficulties of life using five different Psalms. We used a "journey" or "road" metaphor in terms of the bumps of success, fear, guilt, the religious rut and grief, etc.

    THE GRIEF GAUGE Navigating the Bumps of Life - Week 6 PSALM 116:1-8 INTRODUCTION: Paul Harvey tells the true story of a lady who went to a newspaper to report the death of her husband. She took a glowing four page report to the obituary counter. Upon seeing it, the news clerk said, "Ma’am, ...read more

  • Victory, Mistakes Or Defeat In Our Walk With The Lord!

    Contributed by Tony Abram on Feb 9, 2007
    based on 10 ratings
     | 5,140 views

    This sermon deals with acknowledging our failures. Accepting God’s forgiveness. Accepting Gods victory for your life through the Word and Holy Spirit. Look at some of these who in the natural were told they could not overcome or succeed.

    Victory, Mistakes or Defeat in our Walk with the Lord! 2 Corinthians 4: [8] We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; [9] persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. [10] We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the ...read more

  • Yes It's Worth It!

    Contributed by Steve Malone on Feb 1, 2005
    based on 44 ratings
     | 17,616 views

    Our main text today is I Corinthians 15:58. And in this verse Paul tells Christians what they need to do to overcome discouragement as they live for Christ, he tells them how to breakout, from the dungeons of despair.

    "YES! IT’S WORTH IT" TEXT: I CORINTHIANS 15:58 INTRODUCTION I am really excited about the study we will be doing together today. I was already to study another text with you this morning, BUT I was convicted, I believe by the Holy Spirit, of the need to share and study I Corinthians 15:58 ...read more

  • From Crisis To Christ

    Contributed by Vera Hughes on Feb 21, 2008
    based on 14 ratings
     | 8,672 views

    This sermon will teach you how to tap into the wisdom of God when crisis come. The keys in this sermon will tell you how you should react when crisis comes in your life. You can overcome crisis!

    Introduction: If you are going to pursue something, you need wisdom. The bible is the Word of God. It is the wisdom of God. It is a standard to live by; there is an aura about the bible. The bible is a crisis book and tells you why people entered crisis and how they got out it and how they ...read more

  • Praying Away Anxiety Series

    Contributed by Dr. Michael Eaton on Aug 10, 2017
     | 8,788 views

    This message is chapter two of my book entitled, "How To Overcome Anxiety In Life: Understanding the Will of God Through the Word of God." Take a look now@ http://tinyurl.com/y9ex4wt7

    Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. ...read more

  • Temptation

    Contributed by Ken Henson on Aug 7, 2012
    based on 5 ratings
     | 10,817 views

    Many battles are won in our minds! Temptations are first overcome in our minds because that is where the battle is and that is where the victory also is. Hiding God’s Word in our hearts is a great weapon to fight temptations.

    Matthew 4:1-17 ILLUSTRATION: My wife is a consummate shopper and she once saw this cart with variety of rugs being sold near our home. When she asked how much it was, the guy said, Rs. 17,000/-. She managed to bargain and bring the price down and she got the rug. Later another day, the same ...read more

  • What Does It Take To Be A 'good Church'? Pt 1: Smyrna Series

    Contributed by Kent Kessler on Oct 14, 2010
     | 3,372 views

    We want our church to become a 'good church' = an overcoming church in this fallen world. Let's listen to what the Spirit is saying to these churches and maybe we will overhear what He wants to say to our church today.

    THE LETTERS: Jesus’ Message To The Church In These Last Days Part 1: What Does It Take to Be A Good Church: Smyrna Have you ever watched the commentary portion of a DVD? Where the producer or actor actually speaks to you while the movie is going on so you can understand a bit more about what ...read more