Sermons on Preparing For Future:

How To Overcome A Slump

Contributed by David Dewitt on May 4, 2004

The greatest slump that we can experience as Christians is a loss in our love for Christ. This is a message that I prepared for Superbowl Sunday 2004.

How to Overcome a Slump Revelation 2:1-7 February 1, 2004 Morning Service Introduction As everyone knows I really like football and today is one of the greatest days in professional football; its Super bowl Sunday. This is the game that determines who is the champion of the entire league. It is ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 2:1-7

Denomination: Church Of God

Wisdom's Invitation Series

Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Jan 12, 2012

Wisdom's invitation is not given without costly preparation so let those who hear come & enjoy life at God's table.

PROVERBS 9: 1-6 WISDOM'S INVITATION [Matthew 22:1-4 / Luke 14:15-24] In chapter 8, wisdom appears when the world formed and populated. Wisdom anticipated the needs of man and provided a remedy. There wisdom stood and spoke from the high stage of the heaven. In chapter 9 we get a view from ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 9:1-6

Denomination: Baptist

The Highest Form Of Worship Series

Contributed by Grant Van Boeschoten on Sep 3, 2007

Worship in it’s highest form is giving your future to God in radical obedience. Learn from Abraham’s example in Genesis 22.

My goal for the message this morning is to see you worship God this day and place your future on the altar of sacrifice before God because, “Worship in it’s highest form is “giving your future to God in radical obedience”. There are steps you take to get to the place where you offer your life ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 22:1-20

Living In Eternity

Contributed by Jake Kircher on Jun 11, 2007

Is eternity only a future thing? No, it fact, it has already started. Which aspect of eternity are you displaying in your life on a daily basis?

Tonight, I would like to spend some time together thinking about eternity. To help us begin to wrap our minds around this huge topic, I want to start off by just brainstorming what comes to mind when we see or hear this word. What comes to mind? What do you feel? ***Allow a few minutes to ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 4:17

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Mommy Dearest Series

Contributed by Mike Gilbert on Jun 18, 2007

Biblical characteristics of a godly woman.

There is a difference between a mother and a mom. I realize today is called Mothers’ Day, but I really believe we should understand it and celebrate it more as Moms’ Day. The truth is, every mother should be appreciated for the fact that she allowed a child within her to be carried to the point of ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 31:7-31

Denomination: Baptist

The Blessed Hope PRO Sermon

Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Oct 23, 2025

God’s grace gives us hope for the future, assurance of His love, and purpose for today as we wait expectantly for Christ’s return.

Welcome, friends. If you walked in today with your shoulders a little slumped, your steps a little slow, take heart. God has a way of meeting us in the middle of our Mondays. He brings hope to hurried schedules and comfort to cluttered hearts. He knows the doctor’s call you didn’t want, the bill ...read more

Scripture: Titus 2:13-14

Topics: Jesus' Return, Second Coming

Blessing Kids Series

Contributed by Rick Stacy on Apr 25, 2005

4 of 6 on family. This message was given on a Baby Dedication Day. Several Sermon Central contributors were used in preparation for this message.

Blessing Kids “I prayed for this child, and the LORD answered my prayer and gave him to me. Now I give him back to the LORD. He will belong to the LORD all his life...” Hannah - 1 Samuel 1:27-28a Question: Have you ever given your children back to God? (Some of you are thinking, “I’d like to ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 1:27-28

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Can I Trust You With This? Series

Contributed by Maurice Mccarthy on Jan 30, 2012

Nehemiah had a heart that cared, knees that bent, a mind that prepared and feet that went. This week we will talk about a heart that cared.

Can I Trust You With This? PPT 1 Series Slide PPT 2 Text: Nehemiah 1 Ne 1:1 The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah. Now it happened in the month Chislev, [in] the twentieth year, while I was in Susa the capitol, Ne 1:2 that Hanani, one of my brothers, and some men from Judah came; and I ...read more

Scripture: Nehemiah 1:1-4

Denomination: Pentecostal

Monumental

Contributed by Gordon Pike on Aug 27, 2019

This sermon was preached at a church celebrating their 164th anniversary. We must not forget the blessings of the past because they serve as powerful reminders that whatever we face now or in the future as individuals or as a church, God is able.

A friend of mine, pastor out at Long Church, was late to one of our weekly lectionary meetings. When he got there, he showed us a picture on his cell phone that explained why he was late. About a dozen goats had gotten loose in the church cemetery. Three of them were standing on tomb ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 4:1-7, Joshua 4:19-24, Mark 16:2-4

Denomination: United Methodist

Making Resolutions That Last

Contributed by Matthew Rogers on Dec 6, 2001

Since resolutions make us consider the future, the best New Year’s resolutions are the ones we’ll enjoy throughout eternity.

December 28, 1997 INTRODUCTION A. You did it! You made it through another year. In a few days 1997 will be history. And a new year is right around the corner. A year full of possibility and opportunity. 12 months. 52 weeks. 365 days. 8760 hours. 525, 600 minutes and 31,536,000 ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:12-14

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Looking Way Ahead

Contributed by Eric Hanson on Jan 15, 2013

Heaven is real, and son is the future featuring a new Heavens, New Earth, and the New Jerusalem! Is Heaven just floating around on a cloud? No Way! It's amazing!

LOOKING WAY AHEAD Pastor Eric J. Hanson January 13, 2013 The most defining event in this life is the moment of death. Every time that someone near to us dies, it reminds us all that this present life is not permanent. As a pastor, I have often been present to observe the reactions of family ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 21:1-5

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Shaped For Serving God Series

Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Dec 14, 2004

This is my version of Rick Warren’s Sermon for the 40 Days Of Purpose. It deals with all of us being prepared to do ministry.

Shaped For Serving God 11-7-2004 Purpose Driven Church Part 5 1 Samuel 17:32-40 John 13:1-17 There was a young man in his late teens, that was pretty much considered as a nobody by his family because he was the youngest of eight sons. He had the job of taking care of the sheep. No ...read more

Scripture: John 13:1-7

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Last Lightning Strike - Christ's Second Coming Series

Contributed by E. Venn on Nov 29, 2005

Many people, Christians included, are scared to death of Christ’s Second Coming. Why? What does the Bible teaches about preparing for Christ’s Soon Return? How can we prepare? What difference does the Second Coming make in my life?

Presented at the Seventh-day Adventist Church, in Moscow, ID on November 12, 2005, Pastor E. Douglas Venn Opening Text: "For just like the lightning, when it flashes out of one part of the sky, shines to the other part of the sky, so will the Son of Man be in His day.¡¨ Luke 17:24 New American ...read more

Scripture: Luke 17:24

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

The Price Of Leadership Series

Contributed by Ricky Sinclair on Feb 20, 2013

How did God prepare Moses to be His man to lead the Hebrews out of Egyptian bondage? He prepared him not in a day, but over time, not through en event, but with a process. Of course, others before Moses waited years for god to fulfill His leadership dev

How did God prepare Moses to be His man to lead the Hebrews out of Egyptian bondage? He prepared him not in a day, but over time, not through en event, but with a process. Of course, others before Moses waited years for god to fulfill His leadership development process: Noah – waited 120 ...read more

Denomination: *other

Your Heart's Desire

Contributed by Jon Lipka on Jun 17, 2012

Having the desire of our hearts rightly aligned with God is critical, for God will eventual grant it; if we have prepared our hearts through constant training to receive God, we have a heavenly reward, but it we have prepared it to reject God,our payment

You know when you ask—nay, beg—God to do something or give something to you… Have you ever the request denied, and found out that what God refused, what you desired so badly, ultimately would have been harmful to you? Not everything we desire is wholly aligned with God’s ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 20:4

Denomination: Anglican