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Why Were You Chosen

Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Aug 25, 2019

We are chosen by God to become workers in the fields for God to reap a great harvest among the lost.

Why Were You Chosen 1 Samuel 10:17-24 Matthew 9:35-38 Ephesians 2:8-10 August 25, 2019 Have you ever been chosen for something that caught you completely off guard and you were surprised by it? One day a man by the name of Saul went looking for his father’s donkeys that had been lost. ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 10:17-24, Ephesians 2:8-10, Matthew 9:35-38

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

And They Were Filled With The Holy Spirit

Contributed by The Rev Deniray Mueller on Jan 30, 2018

Holy Spirit at Pentecost

When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind. Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to ...read more

Denomination: Episcopal

Not Where We Once Were

Contributed by William R Lutz on Mar 31, 2014

HAVE WE LOST OUR COMMITMENT

HOW MANY OF US COULD LOOK BACK WEEKS, MONTHS OR YEARS AGO AND SAY YOU WERE MORE COMMITTED TO THE LORD THEN; THAN YOU ARE TODAY, IT’S NOT A GOOD PLACE TO BE. OUR EXCUSES CAN BE MANY LUKE 24:54-62 - 5 4So they arrested him and led him to the high priest’s residence, and Peter was ...read more

Scripture: Luke 24:54-62

Denomination: Assembly Of God

We're Better Togehter

Contributed by Keith Broyles on Oct 7, 2014

You can’t fulfill God’s purposes for your life by yourself. We need Community.

As Americans, we idolize independence. In America we have the Declaration of Independence. We like songs like, “I’ve Got to Be Me,” and “I’ll do it My Way.” We love the Lone Ranger and quickly forget the Lone Ranger had Tonto. But, we like the idea of being ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 1:1-18

Denomination: Methodist

"You Were Made For A Mission" Series

Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Oct 24, 2013

We can help fulfill the Great Commission as we commit to fufilling our custom mission.

In our consideration of God’s different purposes for your life, we have mentioned the fact that life is preparation for eternity. You’re going to do four things in heaven forever and ever and ever. And God wants you to practice those here on earth. The first is worship, knowing and ...read more

Scripture: Acts 1:8

Denomination: Baptist

Why Were You Chosen? Series

Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Apr 24, 2020

Paul reveals God plan for the redeemed, as he shows: 1) Why God Chooses (Ephesians 1:3), 2) When God Chooses (Ephesians 1:4), and 3) For What did God Choose (Ephesians 1:5-6a)

Ephesians 1:3-6a [3] Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, [4] even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love [5]he ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 1:3-6

Denomination: Other

We’re Already On The Way . .

Contributed by The Rev Deniray Mueller on May 4, 2020

through Jesus and following his teachings, we are well on our way to eternal life

May the words of my mouth and the way, the life and the truth be engraved upon our hearts. We need to step back to the evening of the last supper. The disciples were gathered and Jesus was trying to make them understand the events that were about to transpire. And the disciples just couldn’t wrap ...read more

Scripture: John 5:24, John 14:1-14

Denomination: Episcopal

Where You Were Called

Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Jan 26, 2021

Be sure God has not called you to stay where you are before you run off to be used of Him.

Is it not odd that people who believe in the omnipresence of God seek somewhere they feel closer to Him. He not the God of the oceans, the mountains or the fields. He is the God of the universe so wherever you are He is there. If you are not hearing from Him it is not a location problem. It is ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 7:20

Denomination: Baptist

Though Jesus Were A Son

Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Dec 26, 2013

To show that our sufferings were already taken by JESUS on the Cross so we will no longer suffer.

I. EXORDIUM: Are you still suffering? II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers III. OBJECTIVES: To show that our sufferings were already taken by JESUS on the Cross so we will no longer suffer. IV. TEXT: Hebrews 5:8 (Amplified Bible) 5:8 Although He was a Son, He learned [active, special] obedience ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 5:8

Denomination: Pentecostal

What Were You Told

Contributed by Rodney V Johnson on Jan 12, 2014

This message focuses on how we lose our dreams or forget what God has told us about ourselves and our children when we experience different things in our life.

What Were You Told? Scripture: Eph. 4:22- 24; Prov. 18:21; Luke 1:11-38; Heb. 11:1 Introduction: As we enter into a new year many of us have made resolutions about things we are going to do differently this year. Most of these resolutions are based on personal desires of things we would like ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:11-38

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

But I Thought They Were Saved!

Contributed by Pastor Jeff Hughes on Jan 22, 2014

You can't be a backslider unless you slid forward to begin with!

This week we take another break from our series in Revelation with a look at the topic of losing one's salvation. Rather than to look at the doctrine of Eternal Security in depth, we will take a short look at it tomorrow then look at some of the reasons that people think that a person can lose ...read more

Scripture: John 10:27-30

Denomination: Bible Church

Whatever Were You Thinking? Series

Contributed by Michael Stark on Jun 4, 2021

If we dishonour Christ by treating the Lord's Table with disdain, we can anticipate His discipline.

“Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty concerning the body and blood of the Lord.” [1] “Whatever was he thinking?” That is the question that was no doubt on the minds of many Canadians when they first read of the fall of Colin ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 11:27

Denomination: Baptist

Where Were You, God

Contributed by Les Buttolph on Sep 13, 2022

(9/11 was a day that shocked America. Despite the tragedy, God did not cause the catastrophe, nor was He indfferent to our suffering. He was there, helping us, suffering with us.

Today is a solemn day of remembrance of the day that’s become known as 9/11. A day when America, seemingly secure in the fact that no foreign enemy had attacked us on American soil since the War of 1812, when the White House was partially burned by the British. But as much of America was waking ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 52:4-17, John 11:17-37

Denomination: Other

You Were Bought With A Price

Contributed by Mark A. Barber on Jan 10, 2024

According to the Westminster Confession, the entire duty of man is to "Glorify God and enjoy Him forever. How do we do this? For the Second Sunday after the Epiphany

You Were Bought with a Price: A Sermon for the Second Sunday after the Epiphany 1 Corinthians 6:12–20 NKJV All things are lawful for me, but all things are not helpful. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any. Foods for the stomach and the stomach for foods, ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 6:12-20

Denomination: Independent/Bible

How Many Were There?

Contributed by Michael Koplitz on Oct 17, 2023

What is important to remember about Jesus funeral?

How many were there? Rev. Dr. Michael H. Koplitz John 19:31-42 John 19:31 Then the Jews, because it was the day of preparation, so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), asked Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be ...read more

Scripture: John 19:31-42

Denomination: United Methodist