Sermons on Physical Exercise:

Are Your New Year's Resolutions Really New?

Contributed by Ryan Akers on Jan 2, 2007

Everyone makes resolutions each year to lose weight, work less, exercise. But those resolutions have no eternal impact. God gives us resolutions to make that will impact us for eternity.

Are Your New Year’s Resolutions New? Well, how was your Christmas? I know that I had the absolute best Christmas ever! Not only did I get to spend Christmas day with my wife, daughter and parents but Taylor, the greatest wife a man could ever have pulled the biggest surprise for me. Of course ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 8:56-57

Denomination: Wesleyan

Trust In The Lord

Contributed by Benny Paul on Jan 16, 2016

Trust is Faith in ACTION!!! It is the manifestation of our faith in our thoughts and actions. It is far easier to have faith in God; there are unbelievers who have this. It is a lot harder to exercise trust in Him...

Trust in the Lord Proverbs 3:5-6 Faith vs. Trust: Is faith the same thing as trust? If not, what is the difference? Faith is a noun: It is something we HAVE... (Hebrews 11:1 "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen."). but faith is not trust... Trust is ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 3:5-6

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Speech Seasoned With Salt

Contributed by Bishop Prof. Julius Soyinka on May 18, 2018

Words have power, and proper use of that power requires wisdom. We need to recognise the positive uses of the power of speech, and seek divine direction for exercising wisdom in what we say.

SPEECH SEASONED WITH SALT Study Text: Colossians 4: 6 Introduction: - Words have power, and proper use of that power requires wisdom. We need to recognise the positive uses of the power of speech, and seek divine direction for exercising wisdom in what we say. - In the words of Solomon: “The power ...read more

Denomination: Pentecostal

New Year's Resolutions

Contributed by John Hickman on Dec 29, 2013

Recognizing the feeling of "let-down" after Christmas may mean we're following the wrong calendar. This sermon is a different take on the resolutions to Eat Better, Lose Weight and Exercise More.

(Need large Snow Globe hidden behind pulpit) For too many people this is what Christmas looks like. (BRING OUT AND SHAKE SNOW GLOBE WHILE SINGING): “You’d better watch out, you’d better not cry. You’d better not pout, I’m telling you why. Rudolph the Red-Nosed ...read more

Scripture: John 10:10

Denomination: Charismatic

Four Great Freedoms In Christ Sermon Iii: Freedom Of Worship Series

Contributed by Charles Cunningham on Sep 11, 2019

A priceless gift - a blessing that we often take for granted and do not realize how much we would grieve if we lost it - is Freedom of Worship, as a nation and as an individual. Therefore, exercise it!

FOUR GREAT FREEDOMS IN CHRIST SERMON III: FREEDOM OF WORSHIP Did you ever lose something that meant a lot to you and you never really appreciated how much it meant to you until you lost it? I suppose every one of us at one time or another has lost, for example, a ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 4:10

Taking Action Through Faith SermonCentral

Contributed by SermonCentral on Sep 11, 2023

Trust is Faith in ACTION!!! It is the manifestation of our faith in our thoughts and actions. It is far easier to have faith in God; there are unbelievers who have this. It is a lot harder to exercise trust in Him...

Today, we will explore the topic of trust and how it relates to our faith in God. Trust is not the same as faith; it is the active expression of our faith through our thoughts and actions. While it may be easier to have faith in God, it is much harder to exercise trust in Him. Trust requires us to ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 3:5-6

Topics: Faith, Trust In God

Power Of Authority Series

Contributed by Dr. Tom Badia on Feb 27, 2024

God has established structures of authority which affect your life. These authorities are important if you desire spiritual power. If you are not properly under authority then you cannot exercise authority.

SERIES: UNDERSTANDING POWER PRINCIPLES POWER OF AUTHORITY - POWER PRINCIPLE FOUR OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this lesson you will be able to: • Explain why you must be under authority in order to exercise authority. • Explain how Jesus was a man of authority under authority. • Identify ...read more

Scripture: Romans 13:1

Our Civic Duty

Contributed by Michael Stark on Nov 7, 2025

Christians must serve as salt and light in our world. As part of our responsibility in the world, we must be good citizens, fulfilling the will of the Lord by wise exercise of our participation in the civic process.

“You shall appoint judges and officers in all your towns that the LORD your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment. You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality, and you shall not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the ...read more

Scripture: Deuteronomy 16:18-20

Denomination: Baptist

A Place To Belong Series

Contributed by Jeffrey Kellum on Feb 25, 2004

The level of commitment you see in new members depends on how much time, prayer and intentional effort you put into their growth.

INTRODUCTION: NEED: To Develop a plan to turn attenders into members (for a similar perspective see Warren, Purpose Driven Church, Chapter 17) If our goal is to get people to come down that isle and tell us they will join this church, our plan can be rather simple. 1. Make them comfortable when ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 2:19-22

Denomination: Baptist

The Foolhardy Faith Of Jephthah - Part 2 Series

Contributed by Thomas Fortini on Nov 2, 2020

God honor’s faith, even though at times it is exercised in a somewhat short-sighted, impulsive, rash, and venturesome way. But if we do so, it is never without consequences! The story of Jephthah reminds us of that.

Title: Foolhardy Faith of Jephthah (Part 2) VI. The Proof of the foolhardiness of the vow! Judges 11:30b “If you give the Ammonites into my hands, 31 whatever comes out of the door of my house to meet me when I return in triumph from the Ammonites will be the Lord’s, and I will sacrifice it as a ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 11:32-34

Having Amazing Faith

Contributed by Anthony Zibolski on Sep 6, 2011

Faith must be exercised or it becomes limited. You will never do what God desires of you in your own strength. Faith works best in the impossible realm because that is where God does His best.

Amazing Faith Luke 6:46-6:49 Introduction- Talk to you about faith! If you had to describe your faith, what would it look like? Better yet, how would someone else describe your faith? Is it out of the box? Extreme? Expectant? Or would you have to shaky, unstable, overtaken by times of doubt? I want ...read more

Scripture: Luke 7:1-10

Denomination: Nazarene

How God Grows Us Through Struggles Series

Contributed by Jim Butcher on Nov 7, 2018

This difficult passage points us toward who we are in Christ and how He grows us.

HOW GOD GROWS US THROUGH STRUGGLES: 1. AN EASY LIFE? God does not take away our struggles, though He does ensure they don’t overwhelm us. - 2 Corinthians 4:8-9. - In verses 8-9, Paul shares four statements that we’d rather not hear. They speak clearly to an uncomfortable truth: God’s goal is ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:8-11

Denomination: Baptist

Routines, Ruts, & Revolutions

Contributed by Joshua Blackmon on Jul 7, 2024

Ancient Israel's wilderness wanderings have lessons for us. I gave ChatGPT detailed prompts and it helped me organize my thoughts for this sermon. I'm not completely satisfied with it, but I will rework it and preach it again.

Title: Routines, Ruts, & Revolutions Opening: This quote is often attributed to the genius of Albert Einstein. Before him, art critics and psychological theorists had recognized the idea. However, it seems that the true origin of the saying in its most often quoted form is from a person at an ...read more

Scripture: Deuteronomy 2:1-3

Denomination: Pentecostal

God's Sovereign Choice

Contributed by Efren V. Narido on Jan 8, 2023

God, however, is not only Holy in exercising His love and mercy. He is also Sovereign in His Holiness. And in His Sovereignty, He displays not only His absolute Sovereign Power, but also His Sovereign choice.

“So the LORD said, ‘I will wipe from the face of the earth the human race I have created — and with them the animals, the birds and the creatures that move along the ground — for I regret that I have made them.’ But Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD” (Genesis 6:7-8, NIV). Are you ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 6:7-8

Denomination: Baptist

Father's Day 2025: Successful Parenting

Contributed by Benjamin Utomo on Jun 12, 2025

This sermon (inspired by Pastor Charles Stanley) discusses the seven key aspects of successful parenting, They are spirituality, moral, emotion, relationship, physical, vocational, and financial.

Introduction: Proverbs 22:6 (NKJV) – “Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” Parenting is a divine assignment that shapes the future of our children and, ultimately, society. To raise children successfully, we must guide them ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 22:6, Proverbs 10:9, Psalm 34:18, Ephesians 4:2-3, 1 Corinthians 6:19-20, Colossians 3:23, Proverbs 21:5  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational