Sermons about Pastoral Support

New Rules By Which To Live Series

Contributed by Kevin Ruffcorn on May 12, 2007

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Christian community is not only vital to our spiritual health, it is vital to our mission and ministry as Christians.

John 13:31-35 “New Rules By Which To Live” INTRODUCTION Families … you’ve got to love them. Not only are they a cornerstone in our society, but they play a major part in each and every one of our lives. We may not have reached the imagined perfection of Ozzie and Harriet, or Ward and June ...read more

Scripture: John 13:31-35

Denomination: Lutheran

Engaging The Community: It Is Going To Be A Fight

Contributed by Joe Harding on May 21, 2005

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Our God has called us to engage the community around us and it will be a fight!

ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY: IT IS GOING TO BE A FIGHT EXODUS 17: 1-17 FEBRUARY 20, 2005 INTRODUCTION: BEYOND REDEMPTION? There are about 600 inmates who await execution in the state of California. A dozen of these are women. All of them have committed heinous crimes. But that doesn’t stop Ann Baker, a ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 17:1-17, Exodus 17:17

Denomination: Baptist

How You Can Be A Minister

Contributed by Daniel Difranco on Jun 23, 2006

based on 18 ratings

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This message is designed to help every believer perform acts of service and ministry.

How YOU Can Be a Minister. What can I do? I don’t have any useful skills. I’m not smart enough. I’m too old. I’m too young. I have a disability. I don’t have enough time. Isn’t that someone else’s job? Have you ever had some of these thoughts or questions when thinking about ministry? It is ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:11

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The People Of God: Laymen Series

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Sep 12, 2011

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What are the implications of God calling we who make up the church “saints?” How do saints relate together?

The People of God: Laymen (2 Corinthians 1: 1b-2) 1. A friend was in front of me coming out of church one day, and the preacher was standing at the door as he always is to shake hands. He grabbed my friend by the hand and pulled him aside. The Pastor said to him, "You need to join the Army of the ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1:1-2

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Elijah & Obadiah Series

Contributed by Robert Leroe on Oct 6, 2013

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Obadiah was a good man in a bad place, risking all to protect God's prophets...his concerns resonate with anyone with a stressful job, and show us the path to encouragement and reassurance.

It would be easy to skip over this passage as merely a transition, leading to the exciting confrontation that follows on Mount Carmel. Yet this brief episode in the life of Elijah is for anyone who feels discouraged and defeated. Following three years of drought, three years of decisively ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 18:1-15

Denomination: Congregational

Beware Of Diotrephes

Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Dec 9, 2019

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If Jesus is not in control of your church it is not a church. It is a religious club often managed by a Diotrephes.

3 John 1:9 I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not. 10 Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, prating against us with malicious words: and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, ...read more

Scripture: 3 John 1:9-10

Denomination: Baptist

The Pandemic And The Virtualization Of The Church

Contributed by Patrick Usifo on Apr 20, 2020

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The new normal and the changes coming for the church of our Lord Jesus Christ.

The new normal, the digitization of the church For the first time in the history of the church, the church went online moving from the brick wall to the silicon wall. Worldwide the church family is moving with urgency and agility trying to set up facilities and be able to contact everybody on the ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 11:3-10

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Table-Waiting 101 Series

Contributed by Mike Gilbert on Jul 21, 2008

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The purpose and role of deacons.

INTRO>John Seamands tells the story of a German soldier who was wounded and ordered to go to a military hospital for treatment. When he arrived, he saw two doors. One was marked, “For the slightly wounded,” and the other was labeled, “For the seriously wounded.” He entered through the first door ...read more

Scripture: Acts 6:1-7

Denomination: Baptist

The Full Measure Of The Blessing Of Christ

Contributed by Davon Huss on Oct 1, 2013

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A sermon on missions and missionaries taken from Romans 15:15-29 (Material adapted from R. Paul Stevens from article called "The Full Blessing of Christ" in book "Romans and the People of God" pg. 295- 303)

HoHum: One illegal method of learning something about someone is to read their mail. Now I know that there are many times when we read Paul’s epistles that we suspect he has been reading our mail. But Romans 15 and 16 is one occasion in which the Spirit of God enables us to read Paul’s ...read more

Scripture: Romans 15:15-29

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

When All Is Said And Done, It Isn't

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jan 10, 2009

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We come to a point when we feel depressed and think our lives have no meaning. Then God blesses us with physical, spiritual, and emotional sustenance, and sends us out to bless someone specific.

"What are you doing here?" What a question! Has anyone ever asked you that? "What are you doing here?" You were some place where nobody expected to see you, but you turned up, and that was the reaction. I have heard it in the grocery store. I cannot go to this Safeway up here without running into ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 19:1-18

Denomination: Baptist

The Power Of The Blessing

Contributed by Peter Balogun on Jun 6, 2006

based on 36 ratings

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Why all this struggle for God’s blessing when there is an easy way to it. Find out the short-cut to having God’s blessings

Adam and Eve never struggled to have anything they needed while in the garden of Eden. They enjoyed God’s blessing. What is the secret? Read the passage above and then follow on in this study. One vital thing people pray and seek for in life is blessings. Every man, woman, boy and girl wants it. ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 1:28-30

Denomination: Pentecostal

A Love That Forgets And Forgives

Contributed by Jim Kane on May 18, 2009

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The fifth sermon of a post-Easter series on Love.

(Slide 1) It was a conversation that has stuck with me over the years. I was not a part of the conversation, per se, but I was a part of the audience that listened. I think that it took place in 1986 but I cannot remember. It was, I remember, a Sunday night at the church where I was serving as a ...read more

Scripture: Luke 6:27-28

Denomination: Church Of God

The Power Of Giving

Contributed by Doug Morrell on Apr 12, 2005

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Whether good seed or bad, in season or out, to overcome problems, reach your destiny and potential, become fruitful, to be renewed in mind, body and spirit, we must follow God’s seedtime and harvest principle.

We excuse ourselves from the great privilege, honor and duty of seeding into the Kingdom of God when we assign to others that which is clearly our responsibility. God founded the principle of seedtime and harvest: "As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold ...read more

Scripture: Malachi 3:8

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Let God's People Move Up Series

Contributed by Dana Chau on Aug 24, 2003

based on 19 ratings

| 6,495 views

Discover how to bridge the gap between clergy and laity and restore the value and usefulness of God’s people

(Message title and Scripture passage taken from John Maxwell’s series, MAKE YOUR MOVE) This morning’s message title could be better stated as “Let God’s People Move Back Up.” We’re not talking about promotion, but rather restoration, as we continue in our series on The Dynamics of Church. In ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 4:7-11

Denomination: *other

Sixth Commandment (7 Of 12)

Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Apr 14, 2022

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There is a book on the market called the Shoot-em up Society by Harry Hollis, Jr. The purpose of the book is to revealed on the cover of the book. We read, “An appeal for Christian alternatives to the insanity of violence.”

But we do not have to read a book to discover that we live in a violent society. Every day we hear news reports of all kinds of violence around the world. Illus: Death is always sad, but it seems we are troubled the most when a murder has gone on a rampage and shot down innocent people that they ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 19:13-20

Denomination: Baptist

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