Sermons on personal favoritism: showing 586-600 of 149,145

"Growth In Giving Means Personal Growth" Series

Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Jan 23, 2008

As we learn to obey God’s call to support his work through our giving, the result will be personal growth.

As Christians, we are called to grow in our faith. We are called to be disciples of Jesus Christ, which means that we are to grow through the practice of certain spiritual disciplines: Bible study, prayer, witnessing, forgiveness, and the discipline we will consider over the next few ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:6-11

Denomination: Baptist

Particular Prophet Promised Personal Parish Series

Contributed by Mack Armstrong on Jan 24, 2008

Jonah, called by God to preach for Him, chooses to runaway. His journey begins alright, but his ending is far different than his start

JONAH 1:1, 2 PARTICULAR PROPHET PROMISED PERSONAL PARISH I. PANORAMA: A. Parent. B. Potentate. C. Politics? II. POSITIVES: A. Person. B. Publication. C. Proof. II. PERSONAL: A. Privilege. B. Positive. C. Postscript. Jonah is one of those Bible characters that seems to have ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 1:1-2

Denomination: Methodist

8 Principles For Personal Prosperity In 2008

Contributed by Dave Kinney on Jan 28, 2008

Rarely does anyone stumble into success! Success comes when one plans, prepares and is persistent about it! Learn how to be personally prosperous in your walk with God!

Tomorrow night at 11:59 pm, over one billion people all across the world will be watching as the “ball” drops in New York City’s Times Square. That got me to wondering about the history of the New Year’s Eve “ball” and what I discovered was intriguing: • The 1st “time-ball” was installed on top of ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 3:1-28

Denomination: Baptist

Six Steps To Personal And Corporate Revival

Contributed by Howard Strickland on Feb 3, 2008

Jesus Christ continues forever as our unchangeable priest saving souls and making intercession for us! Therefore, because this is Jesus’ mission we can, and should have personal and corporate revival.

Six Steps to Personal and Corporate Revival Text: Hebrews 7:24-25 But He, because He continues forever, has an unchangeable priesthood. 25 Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them. Jesus Christ ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 7:24-25

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Most Religious Person I Know

Contributed by Brian Buriff on Jun 3, 2008

The problem and solution to Legalism & Self-Imposed Religion

I. PROBLEM OF JEWISH LEADERS IMPOSING RULES OF CONFORMITY ON COLOSIANS A. New Gentile Christians – struggling to wrap their brains around new-found faith B. Warning About Jewish Leaders 1. “Let no one judge you…” “Let no one cheat you…” (v. 16,18) 2. They are intrusive into things they have not ...read more

Denomination: Church Of God

How To Be The Person God Wants Me To Be Series

Contributed by Patrick O'loughlin on Nov 27, 2007

How can I become the person God wants me to be?

Text: Galatians 3:1-14 Title: How to be the person God wants me to be Introduction “Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified.” (v1b) Many of you have seen the movie “The Passion of the Christ”. The Passion of The Christ was a great movie because... 1.It was the ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 3:1-14

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Patriarch, Potentate Predict Perfected Person Series

Contributed by Mack Armstrong on Sep 1, 2007

The Patriarch Abraham and the Potentate Melchisedec predicted and pointed to the Perfect Person who would later come and supercede their time on this Earth.

HEBREWS 7:1-10 PATRIARCH, POTENTATE PREDICT PERFECTED PERSON I. PATRIARCH: A. Progenitor. B. Prostration. C. Passing. II. POTENTATE: A. Positions. B. Pronouncement. C. Prototype. III. PERSON: A. Promise. B. Provision. C. Permanence. We come to the third time in this short ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 7:1-10

Denomination: Methodist

6 Ways To Bring Personal Growth

Contributed by Howard Strickland on Oct 13, 2007

Growing in Christ is what it’s all about!Remember we have someone greater than Solomon to learn from!

Personal Growth Text: Proverbs 1: 5 5.A wise man will hear and increase learning, and a man of understanding will attain wise counsel, The famous football coach John Wooden once said, “What counts, is what you learn after you know it all.” Teddy Roosevelt said, “There’s ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 1:5

Denomination: Pentecostal

Plotting Plotters Provide Personal Pitfalls Series

Contributed by Mack Armstrong on Sep 10, 2008

A Dinner invatation given by one of the chief Pharisee to publicly humilate Jesus failed miserably

LUKE 14:1-6 PLOTTING PLOTTERS PROVIDE PERSONAL PITFALLS I. THE PLOT: LUKE 14:1, 2 A. Premeditated. B. Participants. C. Plant. II. THE PRAGMATISM: LUKE 14:3, 4 A. Proposition. B. Procedure. C. Parting. III. THE ...read more

Scripture: Luke 14:1-6

Denomination: Methodist

Seven Reasons To Seek A Personal Revival

Contributed by Wayne Searls on Jan 12, 2009

PROPOSITION: To motivate the hearer to seek a fresh moving of God in his life.

INTRODUCTION: REVIVE [Heb chayah, khaw-yaw’]: a prim. root; to live; keep or make alive; give or promise life; recover, repair, or restore to life. I. A REAL REVIVAL WILL MOTIVATE YOU IN YOUR PRAYER LIFE Psalms 80:18 Then we will not turn back from You; Revive us, and we will call upon Your ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 57:5

Denomination: Nazarene

The Hardest Person In The World To Forgive….myself. Series

Contributed by Thomas Bowen on Apr 27, 2008

God has forgivn us now it is time to forgive ourselves.

The hardest person in the world to forgive….myself. Matt 26:69-75 Last week we started a series of sermons that I call “About the F word.” We started with the subject of “Ultimate forgiveness.” I suggested that “Ultimate Forgiveness” is that the forgiveness that every person feels a need for ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 26:69-75

Denomination: Congregational

The Type Of Person Needed For Times Like These Series

Contributed by Preacher Fo Real on Jun 26, 2009

Sermon on current events

My fellow good people of all religions and fellow good people of no religions and the children of God; Today, there is a great need for us to become the type of human being that our simple existence in these tedious times demands from us. Although, the belief in God is often mistakenly seen as a ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:25-37

Denomination: *other

Becoming A Person Who Refreshes Others Series

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jul 3, 2009

Being a Christian who refreshes others is a great legacy!

Becoming A Person Who Refreshes Others (Philemon 1-7) 1. Coincidences: My experience with Dan Leach in Reston, VA. 2. Paul the Apostle recognized that coincidences are not always coincidences; there is more rhyme and reason in seemingly chance events than we can realize. 3. Paul had experienced ...read more

Scripture: Philemon 1:1-7

Denomination: Independent/Bible

The Claims Of Christ: Jesus Is God In Person Series

Contributed by Jim Drake on Nov 16, 2009

As part of our ongoing study in the book of John, we will spend the next several messages examining some of the claims of Christ. In each of these messages we will see different ways that Jesus claims to be God. Today we will see Christ’s claim that He

If you were with us last week, you’ll notice that we’re in part of the same passage we were then. Last week we started in verse 16 and looked at how and why the Jewish leaders rejected Jesus and wanted to kill Him. At the same time, we looked at how we reject Jesus for the same reasons. We found ...read more

Scripture: John 5:17-18

Denomination: Baptist

The Least Important Person In The Christmas Story Series

Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Dec 24, 2010

In this message we learn that Anna understood three truths about the coming of Jesus Christ.

Scripture We have just listened to the story of the birth of Jesus in our Scripture Lessons. We heard about the angel Gabriel, Mary, Joseph, the shepherds, the wise men, Herod, and others. Most of these characters are familiar to us. Tonight, however, I want to talk about the least important ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:36-38

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed