Sermons on Practiced Prayer:

Start At Mizpah, End At Ebenezer

Contributed by David Dunn on Dec 10, 2025

New Years Sermon. Start at Mizpah with surrender and you will end at Ebenezer with testimony — the God who meets your return will become your help.

A new year always greets us like a doorway — one side opening toward the unknown, the other side framed by everything we’ve lived through to get here. We step into January with a mixture of hope and hesitation, expectation and reflection. It’s human nature to look forward and backward at the same ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 121:2

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

Four Cartons Of Milk

Contributed by David Dunn on Dec 25, 2025

Listening is a posture of presence that communicates care; hearing words is not enough—true listening keeps hearts open and relationships alive.

Let me start with something familiar. Have you ever been in a conversation where you were doing everything right on the outside—nodding at the right moments, making eye contact, even saying “yeah” or “uh-huh”—and then suddenly you realized you had absolutely no idea what the other person had just ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 11:15, Revelation 2:11, Mark 4:23, Psalm 40:1, Psalm 34:17  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

Zaccheaus Series

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jan 4, 2026

God is inviting each of you to pull up a chair next to Him this new year in 2026 – Yes, even next to His table – to have a conversation with Him – to even ask questions of Him.

Video Transition: Chairs! Series: Pull Up a Chair - Zach! Thesis: God is inviting each of you to pull up a chair next to Him this new year in 2026 – Yes, even next to His table – to have a conversation with Him – to even ask questions of Him. (Reference the banner) Key Verse on the banners for ...read more

Scripture: Luke 19:1-10, 1 Peter 4:8-10

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Breaking Through Denial: Repentance Without Fear

Contributed by David Dunn on Jan 6, 2026

David’s sin deepened through denial, but repentance broke deception, revealing grace already present, restoring joy, relationship, and healing for believers.

There are some biblical stories we approach with a certain hesitation—not because they are unclear, but because they are too clear. We know them well enough to feel their weight before a single word is spoken. The story of David and Bathsheba is one of those stories. It is not a comfortable ...read more

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

Life The Grave Could Not Keep

Contributed by David Dunn on Jan 22, 2026

Death interrupts life, but God confronts it directly, restores what was lost, and promises a future where the grave does not prevail.

(A message centered on life, not escape.) Death is not something most of us think about very often—until it interrupts us. It interrupts a conversation that wasn’t finished. A relationship that still had words left unsaid. A life that was still in the middle of becoming something. Death rarely ...read more

Scripture: Romans 6:23, 1 Corinthians 15:20-26, John 11:25-26, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-17, Revelation 21:3-4  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

Christ The Giver Of Life Series

Contributed by Brian Bill on Jan 26, 2026

A right vision of the risen Savior transforms how we view the sanctity of life.

Christ the Giver of Life Revelation 1:17-20 Rev. Brian Bill January 24-25, 2026 A lot of things happened in 1973. I was a teenager with a face full of acne and an appetite for adventure. Beth was a cute ten-year-old dreaming of her Prince Charming from Packerland. Notre Dame topped the college ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 1:17-20

Denomination: Baptist

Know That I Am The Lord God. Exodus 7-8 Series

Contributed by William Akehurst on Feb 7, 2026

GOD reveals HIS supremacy over every false authority, confronts hardened hearts, and delivers HIS people through a mediator - foreshadowing the greater redemption that would come through JESUS CHRIST. True freedom comes only through complete surrender to the LORD.

2026.02.08.Sermon Notes. KNOW THAT I AM THE LORD GOD. Exodus 7-8 The God Who Makes Himself Known William Akehurst, HSWC SCRIPTURES: Exodus 7:1-25, Exodus 8:1-32, Hebrews 1:1-3, 1 Timothy 2:5, John 1:14, 2 Corinthians 3:5, Isaiah 42:8, Colossians 2:15, Genesis 3:15, Psalms 20:7, Matthew 26:28, ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 7:1-25, Exodus 8:1-32, Hebrews 1:1-3, 1 Timothy 2:5, John 1:14, 2 Corinthians 3:5, Isaiah 42:8, Colossians 2:15, Genesis 3:15, Psalm 20:7, Matthew 26:28, Hebrews 3:13, John 12:37, Psalm 115:4-8, Hebrews 7:25, Romans 1:20, 1 Peter 2:9, Romans 8:1, Luke 9:62, John 8:36, John 10:27, 1 Corinthians 5:7  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Extraordinary And Ordinary

Contributed by Brian Bill on Dec 22, 2024

God will move Heaven and earth to reach you.

Extraordinary and Ordinary Luke 2:8-20 Rev. Brian Bill December 21-22, 2024 How many of you have read or seen the movie called, “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever?” I listened to the audio book earlier this month and found myself laughing and crying. In this classic tale, the Herdman siblings, ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:8-20

Denomination: Baptist

Love God Above All Else Series

Contributed by Jefferson Williams on Jul 14, 2025

Commandment 1 - love God above all else

Ten Words to Live By: Put God First Exodus 20 Pastor Jefferson M. Williams Chenoa Baptist Church 07-13-2025 I Pledge Allegiance When I subbed at the junior high, we began every morning with The Pledge of Allegiance. Most schools still do the pledge in the morning. The Pledge of Allegiance ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 20:1-2

Denomination: Baptist

Preparation Series

Contributed by Jefferson Williams on Mar 3, 2025

Moses tries to kickstart the deliverance process and ends up on the backside of the desert.

The Story of Moses: Preparation Exodus 2:11-25 Pastor Jefferson M. Williams Chenoa Baptist Church 03-02–2025 Obituary Last week, I helped Debbie, Patrick’s daughter, write his obituary. It’s a strange thing to write an obituary of someone you loved. It’s even stranger to read your own ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 2:11-25

Denomination: Baptist

A Fairy Tale Religion

Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Mar 22, 2025

Many churches promote “Easy-Believism” today in their churches.

This is a dangerous teaching! Why? God has given us the gospel of Christ to take into the homes of lost people and show them what the Lord can do for them if they will accept Him as their Lords and Savior. The gospel of Christ is the only gospel God has given to the church to reach a lost ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 38:1-15

Denomination: Baptist

Getting Along With Others Series

Contributed by Brian Bill on Mar 24, 2025

If we want the gospel to move along, we must get along.

Getting Along with Others Philippians 4:2-3 Rev. Brian Bill March 22-23, 2025 Several years ago, Thom Rainer, former CEO of Lifeway Resources, conducted an online survey to assess what kinds of conflict congregations are afflicted with. After sifting through a long list, he picked his favorites ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 4:2-3

Denomination: Baptist

Easter 2025: When Adversity Comes

Contributed by Rodney V Johnson on Apr 15, 2025

Everyone faces times of adversity but it is how we view and respond to the adversity that determines how those times will affect us. The disciples experienced this when Jesus was arrested and crucified. Their response can teach us about responding to adverse times.

Easter 2025 – When Adversity Comes Scripture: John 8:12; Mark 10:32-34; 16:9-11; James 1:2-3 Good morning Strangers Rest and happy Easter. This is surely the day the Lord has made so let us rejoice and be glad in it! Today we pause to commemorate the death and resurrection of our Lord and ...read more

Scripture: John 8:12, Mark 10:32-34, Mark 16:9-11

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Who Do You Say That I Am? Easter 2025

Contributed by Jefferson Williams on Apr 21, 2025

An Easter message from Matthew 16 and I Corinthians 15

Who do you Say that I Am? Pastor Jefferson M. Williams Matthew 16:13-16; I Cor 15:1-3 Chenoa Baptist Church 04-20-2025 (Easter!) Who is this Man? He never wrote a book. But more books have been written about Him than any other person. He never wrote a song. But more music has been composed ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 16:13-16, 1 Corinthians 15:1-3

Denomination: Baptist

My Sheep Know My Voice

Contributed by Patty Groot on May 12, 2025

This is a 3 point sermon: 1. Jesus is speaking, but not everyone hears him. 2. Jesus knows you. 3. Nothing can take you from him.

Good morning, church! It is always a joy to be with you in worship, and I'm delighted we're diving into this passage today from John's Gospel. It's one of those sections of Scripture that seems so simple at first glance—Jesus talking about sheep and shepherds again. But if we slow ...read more

Scripture: John 10:22-30