Sermons on Passion For Jesus:

Psalm 90 – A Passion For The Present Moment

Contributed by Joey Nelson on May 4, 2006

There will come a time for you when God drops a sign in your life that causes you to seriously question your life-path, your priorities and be forced to deal with your dreams and aspirations. It is a defining moment when you see life screaming by, you que

INTRODUCTION Opening Statement: I’m reminded of the sign that was posted on the land of an Indiana farmer who had a problem with people taking a short-cut by cutting across his land. The potential trespasser would read: “If you are going to cross this field, you had better do it in 9.8 seconds; ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 90:1-17

Love: Passion Or Promise? Valentine - Marriage

Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Feb 10, 2005

Does love sustain our commitment or should commitment sustain our love? The story of Gomer and Hosea is a spiritual Valentine from God to us! Love is a promise that ENDURES, PROCURES, and SECURES. Powerpoint at website.

Love: Passion or Promise? Hosea 2-3 Powerpoint for this and hundreds more free sermons at our website: http://www.gbcdecatur.org/sermons/PassionOrPromise.html In our nation, a divorce is granted every 26 seconds. Slightly more than half of all marriages, and nearly 60% of all remarriages end ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Misplaced Zeal

Contributed by Jon Mackinney on Jun 16, 2011

We are impressed with zeal. Certainly the Jews of Jesus day had tremendous zeal; passion for what they believed. But zeal and passion can easily be focused on the wrong thing.

Passage: Matthew 23:1-39 Intro: We are impressed by zeal, passion 1. see our Mormon friends riding their bike es 2. on way to seminary, remember seeing a Moonie selling candy bars in the freezing rain. 3. we even have a grudging admiration for zeal that causes a radical Muslim to kill ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 23:1-39

Denomination: Evangelical Free

He Who Endured Hostility Series

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Apr 11, 2011

Jesus Christ is so much at the center of everything that we can sometimes learn more about him from the Old Testament than we can the New!

He Who Endured Hostility (Isaiah 50:4-11 with Hebrews 12:1-3) 1. Who we are is either a great blessing or a great curse. "You can be pleased with nothing when you are not pleased with yourself." Lady Mary Wortley Montagu. 2. When I have to deal with grouchy, negative people, I console myself as ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 50:4-11

Denomination: Independent/Bible

A Passionate Pursuit Of God Part 2

Contributed by Ronald Crandall on Dec 21, 2002

Deals with our struggles in life as we walk around the presence of God, rather than in the presence of God

A passionate pursuit of God Part 2 By:Dave Bakker Exod 19:10-20 10 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes, 11 And be ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 20:18-21, Exodus 19:10-25

Denomination: Pentecostal

Seven Marks Of A Soul Passionate For God

Contributed by Rodney Johnson Sr., on May 26, 2019

This sermon reminds us that nothing should hinder our passion for God. David found himself in a wilderness fleeing from Absolom but he remained passionate about God.

Here are 7 marks of a soul passionate towards God: I. Priority of God (vs 1-2) (Early will I seek Thee) II. Praise to God (vs 3-4) ( My lips shall praise Thee) (I will lift my hands in your Name) III. Pleasure in God (vs 5) (My soul shall be satisfied with marrow and fatness) IV. Preoccupied ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 63:1-11

Denomination: Baptist

Walking In His Footsteps (Palm Sunday/Passion Sunday)

Contributed by John Williams Iii on Apr 6, 2022

Jesus Christ is the living Word---God’s Word made flesh giving to us the words of life through His learned tongue to help us from our weariness. Jesus was also given the ability to know how it is that we listen and obey or ignore and rebel (Isaiah 50:4- 5).

WALKING IN HIS FOOTSTEPS Text: Isaiah 50:4- 9 Isaiah 50:4-9  "The LORD God has given me a learned tongue, so that I may know how to sustain the weary with words. And morning after morning he wakens, and he wakens my ear to listen like those who are being taught.  (5)  My ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 50:4-9

Denomination: United Methodist

Drafting Behind Jesus Series

Contributed by Guy Glass on Sep 5, 2003

Sixth sermon in a series dealing with how we can make a difference for Christ in the world. this message looks at the concepts of loving God with my energy, passion, and desire, and loving others more than things or activities.

DRAFTING BEHIND JESUS Matthew 22:36-40 John 1 INTRODUCTION: Drafting is a term used in a variety of sport requiring some sort of motion. In layman’s terms it is the positioning of oneself, behind another moving individual or object for the purpose of rest and avoiding the resistance and friction ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 22:36-40, John 1:1

Denomination: Baptist

Jesus Prayed For Those He Loved Series

Contributed by Robert Galasso on Mar 9, 2002

As Jesus prayed with great passion in the garden for his disciples, that same prayer was for all of those who would follow him.

Introduction: Our Lord was about to go through a great trial of horror on the cross and yet, he took the time in the middle of his own agony to lift up in earnest prayer to his Father the needs of his followers. Jesus prayed for his disciples, including those of us who follow him today. He ...read more

Scripture: John 17:1-26

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Aint No Power Like Resurrection Power

Contributed by Ron Theis on Jul 8, 2010

Easter Sermon on the Power of The Resurrection

Ain’t No Power Like Resurrection Power Luke 24:1-12 I. INTRODUCTION A. A day of good news 1. There seems to be plenty of bad news these days. 2. This is a day of Good News. 3. It is resurrection day. 4. Without the Resurrection of Jesus, there could be no Good News. B. The events leading ...read more

Scripture: Luke 24:1-12

Denomination: Baptist

God's Heart For The Lost

Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on May 4, 2007

in the deepest place of God’s heart is an intense, burning, passionate love for people. All people.

God’s Heart For People September 22, 23 2002 Intro: Today I want to share with you what I believe to be in the deepest place of God’s heart. You see, we do not serve a God of intellect – who looks at the state of the world and responds by analyzing the causes and hypothesizing about what ...read more

Scripture: John 3:16

Denomination: Baptist

Jonas Stutzmann's Chair For Jesus

Contributed by Scott Carmer on Feb 4, 2008

Stutzman, an old order Amishman who built a chair for the return of Jesus, was wrong about a lot of things. But he had a passion for the presence of God. Do we?

Jonas Stutzmann’s Chair for Jesus I Corinthians 3:10-19a February 3, 2008 On a chilly, rainy day in October of 1871, Jonas Stutzmann was buried in the old Stutzmann cemetery in Holmes County, Ohio. He died in the home of his son Daniel and one of his last wishes was that his casket be carried to ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 3:10-19

Denomination: Methodist

The Last Supper Series

Contributed by D Marion Clark on Dec 22, 2012

Jesus will take the occasion of this significant meal to demonstrate how God has prepared his body for the sacrifice he will soon make.

Introduction We come to another meal, this one in which Jesus participates in the planning. It is the Passover meal. Mary took the occasion of the previous meal to honor her Lord, and, as Jesus interpreted her act, to prepare his body for burial. Now he will take the occasion of this ...read more

Scripture: Mark 14:12-21

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Way Of The Cross

Contributed by Don Hawks on Mar 17, 2008

A Confirmation sermon for Palm/Passion Sunday

SERMON OUTLINE AND NOTES The Way of the Cross Matthew 26:36-46 (Jesus): “I am deeply grieved, even to death… My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me; yet not what I want but what you want.” Vv. 38 -39 "This sorrow is crushing my life out... My Father, if there is any way, get me ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 26:36-46

Denomination: Methodist

Who Killed Jesus?

Contributed by Keith Broyles on Dec 3, 2007

I Last year, at the beginning of Lent, the movie that everyone was talking about was the movie you watched here last night, Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ. As a Christian it was rather heartwarming to me that there was so much interest in a movie

I Last year, at the beginning of Lent, the movie that everyone was talking about was the movie you watched here last night, Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ. As a Christian it was rather heartwarming to me that there was so much interest in a movie that obviously was religious. I don’t ...read more

Scripture: Luke 23:13-49

Denomination: Methodist