Sermons on own the scriptures:

Your Own Pillar Of Fire

Contributed by Denn Guptill on Feb 2, 2025

Sometimes we wish we had a pillar of fire to guide us through the wilderness. This message looks at the Wesleyan Quadrilateral as one suggestion.

It was 1987, I was pastoring in Truro, and co-chairing a young adult’s event just outside of Washington, DC. I had been in DC for the weekend, looking at hotels and meeting space, and I was making my way back to Allentown, Pennsylvania, with my co-chair, Dwight Addington. Dwight pastored Bethany ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 13:17-22

Denomination: Wesleyan

Heaven Has Its Own Sound

Contributed by Wayne Lawson on Aug 5, 2019

The noise was real. It was like a mighty wind. Sometimes God manifests Himself in unusual ways.

TITLE: HEAVEN HAS ITS OWN SOUND SCRIPTURE: ACTS 2:1-4 What an exciting event found in the opening pages of Luke’s account in this power packed Book of Acts. Place yourself in the narrative if you can. • It is a dramatic scene • The Apostles are gathered together in one place • The Apostles ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:1-4

Denomination: Baptist

After Its Own Kind

Contributed by Randall Lavere Ii on Apr 28, 2007

A message on the importance of being a Godly example.

After its own kind Gardening season is here. It’s that time of year to get out the seeds, and starts, and start to plant. We garden because we like to enjoy the fruit of our labor. No one sows just to let the weeds take over. It’s a lot of work, but it is well worth the wait. Tilling up the ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 1:11-12

Denomination: Charismatic

Making Faith Your Own Series

Contributed by David Moore on Aug 3, 2004

making faith your own

First off, happy Father’s Day. Be nice to your Father’s today. I’m told that flashing electric ties are nice presents, at least that’s what my dad told me the first time I got him one, so that’s been his gift ever since. Just a handy last minute gift idea from your caring pastor. Have you ever had ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 2:12-30

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Choose Your Own Adventure

Contributed by Monty Newton on Oct 5, 2015

Good and godly peop-le are rooted in the Word of God.

Title: Choose Your Own Adventure Text: Psalm 1 Thesis: Good and godly people are rooted in the Word of God. Introduction “Choose Your Own Adventure” is a series of children’s gamebooks where each story is written from a second-person point of view in which the reader assumes ...read more

Scripture: Job 1:1-6

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Guilty Of Our Own Undoneness

Contributed by Ralf Bergmann on Sep 8, 2004

Many people have heard the statement that history often repeats itself. Many have also perhaps heard that the reason we study our history, is so that we learn from the past and not make the same mistakes over and over and over.

Sermon Title: Guilty of our own Undoneness Text: Isaiah 1:1-4 Date: July 11, 2003 Context of Scripture: Many people have heard the statement that history often repeats itself. Many have also perhaps heard that the reason we study our history, is so that we learn from the past and not make the ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 1:1-4

Denomination: *other

Act Your Own Wage! Series

Contributed by Randy Hamel on Nov 3, 2008

Sermon looks at what the Bible says about debt and how to become debt free

Managing Well Series – Part 2 – November 2, 2008 Act your own wage! We live in a culture of instant gratification. Buy it now and pay later. Now this causes enormous complications both personally, as couples, and for our households. The Bank of Canada reports that ‘for every dollar of disposable ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 22:7

After My Own Heart PRO Sermon

Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Feb 22, 2024

Explores how to find favor with God, fulfill His elevation, and remain faithful in His charge, using David as a biblical example.

Welcome, beloved congregation. It is always a joy to gather with you in the house of our Lord, to share in the fellowship of the spirit, and to be nourished by the Word of God. Today, we find ourselves in the book of Acts, specifically Acts 13:22. A verse that is a beacon of God's favor, His ...read more

Scripture: Acts 13:22

Topics: Found Favor

Conquering Our Own Demons

Contributed by Scott Jensen on Feb 4, 2009

We all have demons that we struggle. Sin is something that even the Apostle Paul fought off. With Jesus’ help, we can conquor even the most difficult of our own demons.

Conquering Our Own Demons Mark 1:21-28 Introduction We all have something in common with the Gospel message we heard a moment ago. Just like the man with the unclean spirit, we have our own demons to content with. We may not have an actual devil in us, but we do have issues which plague us from ...read more

Scripture: Mark 1:21-28

Denomination: Lutheran

Who Owns Your Soul?

Contributed by Corey Laughary on Jan 8, 2007

Are you selling your soul to evil without realizing it? How do we let God really be in charge in our lives? What are some of the fads Christians fall into- that they shouldn’t.

"Who owns your soul?" Mark 8:27-38 + bonus commentary Mark 8:27-38- Who owns your soul? 27 Jesus and his disciples went on to the villages around Caesarea Philippi. On the way he asked them, "Who do people say I am?" 28 They replied, "Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still ...read more

Scripture: Mark 8:27-38

Denomination: Baptist

Fix Your Own Hotdog

Contributed by Tony Grant on Oct 3, 2005

Some things people should do for themselves, and some things are too much to bear alone, and we need to help them, and it is wisdom to know the difference.

Fix Your Own Hotdog GL6:1-5 07/24/05 2424 words I invite you to turn in your Bibles now to Galatians chapter six and follow along as I read verses 1-5. 1 Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 6:1-5

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Have Thine Own Way PRO Sermon

Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Nov 30, 2023

This sermon encourages believers to trust in God's plan, allow Him to shape their lives, and follow His divine direction, even in challenging times.

Good morning, dear friends. It is a joy to be here with you today, to share in the warmth of fellowship, the strength of faith, and the richness of God's Word. We are gathered here, not by chance, but by divine appointment, under the watchful eye of our Creator, our Father, our Potter. Let's turn ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 64:8, Proverbs 3:5-6, Psalm 86:11

Topics: Submitting, God

Build Your Own Altar

Contributed by James Bryant on May 25, 2002

What will you do when your Hero of the Faith is no longer?

"BUILD YOUR OWN ALTAR" Joshua 22:9-12 (9) And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel out of Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go unto the country of Gilead, to the land of their possession, whereof ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 22:9-27

Denomination: Baptist

A Priest In Your Own Home

Contributed by Rev Ken Shedenhelm on Jun 13, 2013

Christian fathers are called to be faithful in many ways, They are called to lead their families spiritually, to live exemplary lives, and to represent Christ at home.

“A good father should be… sober, decent, supportive, patient, authoritative, respectful, playful, fair, affectionate, exemplary, engaged, and present.” Can I hear an “amen”? According to an article that appeared in the Chicago Tribune a few years ago, good fathers ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 24:14-15

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Your Own Personal Alcatraz Series

Contributed by Byron Harvey on Feb 8, 2001

This is part six in a series on Galatians (my assoc. preached part five, so sorry it’s missing!)

The Triumph of Grace ¡§Your Own Personal Alcatraz¡¨ July 2, 2000 This Morning¡¦s Text ¡V Galatians 3:15-25 ¡§Brethren, I speak in terms of human relations: even though it is only a man¡¦s covenant, yet when it has been ratified, no one sets it aside or adds conditions to it. Now the promises were ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 3:15-25

Denomination: Evangelical Free