Sermons on Practical Holiness:

"Cornelius' House"

Contributed by Ken Harris on May 17, 2009

The purpose of this sermon is to motivate the hearers to affirm to others that when the Holy Spirit fell on the people in Cornelius’ House - their hearts were transformed and they began to prophesy.

17 May 2009 Sixth Sunday in Easter U.S. Army Chaplain (MAJ) Ken Harris Fortress Chapel Contingency Operation Site (C.O.S.) Sykes Tall-afar, Iraq BIG IDEA: When the Holy Spirit fell on the people in Cornelius’ House, before they knew it, they were transformed (and had become new), and were ...read more

Scripture: Acts 10:44-48

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Son-Maker Spirit

Contributed by Eloy Gonzalez on May 30, 2009

Pentecost: A sermon focusing on the double edged sword: Being led by the Spirit puts us at odds with the world. Not being led by the Spirit puts us at odds with God.

Text: [14] …Those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. [15] For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, "Abba, Father." [16] The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children. ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:14-16

Denomination: Lutheran

Spirit-Filled Church

Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Oct 18, 2012

Signs and wonders in nature are not to be taken lightly, because they are not given for trivial reasons. God’s power displayed by signs and wonders in nature in the last days will be unprecedented because it will serve to confirm and signify one of the gr

Spirit-Filled Church [Acts 2: 1-4; 13-21] Opening illustration: During our ministry in the Middle-East at one of the underground churches a gentleman used to walk around 5 miles to attend that worship and fellowship. He had a lowly job at a remote construction site in the wilderness and could ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:1-21

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Fullness Of God Pt 1 - Rethinking The Spirits Role Series

Contributed by Dan Cale on Nov 5, 2012

Hmm. “Filled up to all the fullness of God”, sounds nice doesn’t it, but what does it mean and how does it happen? Paul prays for the church in Ephesus where he pastored for 3 years. He prays for something profound to happen in their midst, and it star

The Fullness of God Pt 1 – Rethinking the Spirits Role Eph 3:14-21 Hmm. “Filled up to all the fullness of God”, sounds nice doesn’t it, but what does it mean and how does it happen? Paul prays for the church in Ephesus where he pastored for 3 years. He prays for something ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 3:14-21

Denomination: *other

The Fullness Of God Pt 2 - The Comforter Has Come Series

Contributed by Dan Cale on Nov 5, 2012

Jesus says that He will ask the father and send us another Helper. The word helper is the word Parakletos in the Greek. It’s one of those Greek words that is difficult to translate into a single English word. It can be translated Comforter, Helper, adv

The Fullness of God Pt 2 – The Comforter has Come John 14:16-27 We started last week talking about rethinking the Spirits role in our lives and our Church. We talked about rediscovering the work of this third person of the Trinity – the God who seems to be all but forgotten in the ...read more

Scripture: John 14:16-27

Denomination: *other

The Fullness Of God Pt 3 - You Will Recieve Power Series

Contributed by Dan Cale on Nov 5, 2012

You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you… Dunamis – Power, might, strength – the meaning of this word is not stored power like a battery but power to enable to work to accomplish. The disciples were interested in political power –

The Fullness of God Pt 3 – You Will Receive Power Acts 1:6-8; 4:31-37 We have been talking about rediscovering the work of the Holy Spirit in the church this third person of the Trinity – the God who seems to be all but forgotten in the church of the 21st century. Last week we talked ...read more

Scripture: Acts 1:6-8

Denomination: *other

The Fullness Of God Pt 4 - Transformation Series

Contributed by Dan Cale on Nov 5, 2012

We’ve talked about 2 important words Parakletos (comforter) and Dunamis (Power). Today I want to share with you another word metamorphoô – it means to transform – we get the English word metamorphosis from this word. In the world of the 21st century c

The Fullness of God Pt 4 – Transformation Galatians 5:16-26 We have been talking about rediscovering the work of the Holy Spirit in the church this third person of the Trinity – the God who seems to be all but forgotten in the church of the 21st century. We’ve talked about 2 ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 5:16-26

Denomination: *other

The Fullness Of God Pt 5 - Charisma Series

Contributed by Dan Cale on Nov 5, 2012

We’ve talked about 3 important words Parakletos (comforter) and Dunamis (Power), Metamorphoô (transform). Today we look at one last word in this series – the word is Charisma – means gifts. Spiritual Gifts.

The Fullness of God Pt 5 – Charisma I Cor 12 We have been talking about rediscovering the work of the Holy Spirit in the church this third person of the Trinity – the God who seems to be all but forgotten in the church of the 21st century. We’ve talked about 3 important words ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:1-31

Denomination: *other

Fresh Fire: Supernatural Power Series

Contributed by Dean Courtier on Dec 11, 2012

Are you experiencing the full power of the Holy Spirit in your life Are you limiting the flow of power to your life? Do you only allow a small trickle of power to flow? Are you willing to experience the full flow of Holy Spirit Power in your life?

Fresh Fire: Supernatural Power We are at the end of our eleventh month in our Fresh Fire series. On the Holy Spirit. 11 months - doesn't seem possible does it? Have you enjoyed the journey so far? In January we considered: “the Spirit in the World Today” February The Spirit in the ...read more

Scripture: Acts 1:8

Denomination: Pentecostal

Fresh Fire: Presence, Prayers & Power Series

Contributed by Dean Courtier on Dec 11, 2012

Each of us is different. But every single one of us is designed to be empowered by The Holy Spirit. If you feel like your not operating properly, if you are always saying to yourself “there must be more to the Christian life than this” than maybe the pr

Fresh Fire: Presence, Prayers & Power Do you like gadgets? I love gadgets. I think it is safe to say that if you took away my Computers, iPod, iPad and iPhone for a day I would find it difficult to survive without going crazy. The ability to communicate is important to me. The other day our ...read more

Scripture: John 16:13-15

Denomination: Pentecostal

Why Not Be Spirit Filled? Series

Contributed by Charlie Roberts on Aug 1, 2012

When Jesus said “Greater works than these shall you do, because I go to My Father”, Do you suppose that, that was going to be possible according to our own abilities and our own will power?

The Holy Spirit (part 2) Why not, be Spirit filled? You know you don’t have to be, my oldest sister told me, when I first started going to a spirit filled church. You don’t have to be spirit filled to go to heaven she said and a lot of other people have given the same advice to others over the ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:6

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

We Have Been Hurt, We Have Been Used, We Have Failed, We Need Healing Series

Contributed by Dean Courtier on Aug 21, 2012

The Holy Spirit took fisherman, former prostitutes, ex-religious leaders, tax collectors, and various family members of Jesus and the other disciples and formed them into a united group we call the church.

Today across our group of churches is Healing and Wholeness Sunday. We are a Pentecostal Church and we believe that God can and does Heal people every day. So why do we have a specific day dedicated to Healing and Wholeness? In many ways today is no different from any other day but often we ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:1-21

Denomination: Pentecostal

How Do I Know That I'm Led By The Holy Spirit? Series

Contributed by Tim Brock on Sep 16, 2011

The Holy Spirit is the one whom the Lord has ‘called alongside of us’ to give us help. But how do we know when we're being led?

Andy Rooney (60 Minutes) once said that the (2) most popular books in any bookstore are Cook books & Diet books: (1) tells you how to cook it & the other (1) tells you why you shouldn’t eat it We live in a confusing world that’s difficult to find our way in @ times: so long before we ...read more

Scripture: John 14:5-27

Denomination: Christian Church

10 Reasons Why Speak In Tongues.

Contributed by Tony Abram on Jun 9, 2011

The Baptism of the Holy Spirit! 10 Reasons Why Every Believer Should Speak in Tongues. In this outline here are some good reasons to pray in the spirit. Perhaps all will not agree but we all as believers know the need of earnest prayer and seeking the fac

The Baptism of the Holy Spirit! 10 Reasons Why Every Believer Should Speak in Tongues. This is an experience subsequent to salvation. Joel 2:28 (KJV) And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men ...read more

Scripture: Joel 2:28-29

Marks Of ‘spirit’ Filled

Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Oct 13, 2011

Are you joyful, thankful and submissive? Then you are being controlled by God’s Spirit. This filling is a continual experience, for we constantly need to be filled with God’s all sufficient, inexhaustible supply of spiritual power if we are to continually

Opening illustration: Story of a famous oil field called Yates Pool ~ During the depression this field was a sheep ranch owned by a man named Yates. Mr. Yates wasn’t able to make enough on his ranching operation to pay the principal and interest on the mortgage, so he was in danger of losing his ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:18-21

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational