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Are You Really Ready

Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Jan 24, 2001

based on 125 ratings

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This sermon uses the parable of the 10 Virgins to force us to consider whether or not we are prepared to meet the Lord.

Are You Really Ready? Eccl 9:11-12 Matthew 25:1-13 Text Matthew 25:1-13 Sometimes in life we live for the deadline, and don’t take advantage of the present time. How many of you have had teachers who told you this assignment is due in three weeks so start working on it now? You spent ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 25:1-13

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Free Indeed

Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Jun 30, 2005

based on 8 ratings

| 5,201 views

A sermon prepared for Independence Day Sunday, the thesis of this message is that true, real freedom is found only in Jesus.

Free Indeed --John 8:31-38 --Galatians 5:1, 13-26 I consider myself a very patriotic American. I love our country. If there is one thing I could change about my years in ministry, it would be the fact that I wish I had become a military chaplain; I believe that would have been a most ...read more

Scripture: John 8:31-36

Denomination: Methodist

The Manger Is The Perfect Place For The Messiah To Be Found Series

Contributed by Joel Pankow on Nov 29, 2005

based on 75 ratings

| 11,073 views

This sermon focuses on the location of the Christ - in the manger - and what significance that has to us today as we prepare for Christmas.

December 14, 2005 The Third Sign of Christmas to Come: Lying in a Manger Luke 2:12 This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger. People don’t normally do their Christmas shopping at Burger King. They go there to eat a Whopper and some fries and ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:12

Denomination: Lutheran

A Future To Ponder Series

Contributed by Mike Gilbert on Dec 29, 2007

based on 9 ratings

| 8,329 views

How to face the future. Last message of the year or first message of new year, preparing for the coming year.

INTRO> It was one of the famous lines from “Gone With the Wind”: Scarlett O’Hara was the speaker. The line: “Oh, I don’t want to think about that today. I’ll think about that tomorrow, because after all...tomorrow is another day!” -->Another person expressed the same idea at the end of last ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:34-38

Denomination: Baptist

Can These Bones Live?

Contributed by Jason Jones on Oct 24, 2007

based on 6 ratings

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Exposition of Ezekiel 37:1-14 regarding the raising of the dry bones in preparation for our revival week

Text: Ezekiel 37:1-14, Title: Can These Bones Live? Date/Place: NRBC, 10/28/07, PM Opening illustration: The treacherous enemy facing the church of Jesus Christ today is the dictatorship of the routine, when the routine becomes "lord" in the life of the church. Programs are organized and the ...read more

Scripture: Ezekiel 37:1-14

Denomination: Baptist

How Can I Make It Through Suffering? Series

Contributed by Ross Anderson on Oct 25, 2005

based on 4 ratings

| 3,878 views

Be prepared for times of suffering, lest affliction cause you to lose your grip on your relationship with God.

Be prepared for times of suffering, lest affliction cause you to lose your grip on your relationship with God. I. DON¡¦T BE DUMBFOUNDED BY SUFFERING (12-13) 12 Dear friends, do not be surprised at the painful trial you are suffering, as though something strange were happening to you. 13 But ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 4:12-19

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Keys To Revival Series

Contributed by Terry Owens on Apr 11, 2001

based on 131 ratings

| 11,905 views

There is a great need for revival; learn what we must do to prepare for God’s great outpouring.

I don’t think there’s a question in anyone’s mind that our nation, our city, and our church needs revival. There’s a darkness that’s settling over our cities and our churches. It’s the encroachment of satanic influence. It’s driving families to turn against each other. Matthew 10:21-22 “And the ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 85:6-13

Denomination: Church Of God

"The King Is Coming" Series

Contributed by Danny Moss on Jan 5, 2002

based on 64 ratings

| 7,737 views

This sermon reveals the preparations that we all need to make to welcome the coming King of Kings, and Lord of lords.

THE KING IS COMING Text-2nd Thessalonians 2:1-12 "Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our fathering together unto him, That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter ...read more

Scripture: 2 Thessalonians 2:1-12

Denomination: Baptist

Facing The Coming Days

Contributed by Henry Maxey on Oct 1, 2004

based on 8 ratings

| 4,081 views

With all the changes in our nation the past years, how to prepare ourselves and our children to stay with God.

INTRODUCTION: Recently, my grandson had his 16th birthday, my son had his 40th and I had my 69th. I began to think about the changes in this nation of ours in my grandsons 16 years, my sons 40 years and my 69 years. My, dramatic in all areas. From our morals, to crime, to ethics, to ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 16:1-11

Denomination: Baptist

What Will The Resurrection Be Like? And How Can I Be Sure I'm Ready? Series

Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Jul 17, 2003

based on 16 ratings

| 4,620 views

The purpose of this sermon is to give a simple overview of the resurrection and then give some practical steps to prepare ourselves for it.

1 Corinthians What Will the Resurrection be Like? And How Can I be Sure That I Will Be Ready? 1 Corinthians 15:20-34 July 20, 2003 Intro: A. [illustration] John G. Paton, a nineteenth-century missionary to the South Seas met opposition to leaving his home in Scotland and going to preach to the ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:20-34

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

On The Other Side Of The Mountain

Contributed by Everett Mccoy on Jul 23, 2008

based on 38 ratings

| 10,031 views

While Abraham was walking Isaac up one side of the mountain - God was preparing his miracle on the other!

On the Other Side of the Mountain Gen 22:1-14 Abraham – God will provide – ram in bushes There are at least 2 sides to every mountain… There is the side that we see... It is where we live, breath… It is our challenges, our temptations. Then, there is the side that we do NOT see. In the ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 22:1-14

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Lord's A Comin

Contributed by Matthew Stoll on Jan 17, 2008

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The 1st Sunday in advent is a time to focus on the second coming of Christ and making sure we are prepared.

It’s hard to believe but we are already into the Christmas season, and I’m not talking about the shopping season that began on black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving. I am referring to the Christian season we call Advent. As I’ve already mentioned we are in the first Sunday of Advent which ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 24:30-51

Denomination: Methodist

Being Restored By God As We Serve

Contributed by Richard Schwedes on Jan 27, 2008

based on 5 ratings

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God is constantly at working preparing and restoring His servants. This sermon discovers what it means to be a servant of God.

If a friend of yours was to ask you what it means to be a servant of God, how would you respond? In our reading from Isaiah 49 God reveals some of the things about being one of his servants. Interestingly this reading is a prophecy spoken many years before Jesus was born on earth to help people ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 49:1-7

Denomination: Lutheran

Cut To The Heart Series

Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Sep 6, 2007

based on 5 ratings

| 9,416 views

Before we can take the land, we will have to go through the pain and discomfort of spiritual preparation.

Cut to the Heart Text: Joshua 5:1-12 Introduction 1. Illustration: The Butterball Turkey company set up a hotline to answer consumer questions about preparing holiday turkeys. One woman called to inquire about cooking a turkey that had been in her freezer for 23 years. The operator told her ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 5:1-12

Denomination: Methodist

Stepping Out To Gather God's Harvestt

Contributed by John Raulerson on Mar 6, 2008

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God has prepared His harvest and we must be faithful to pray for laborers and be willing to labor ourselves.

STEPPING OUT TO GATHER GOD’S HARVEST Matthew 9:35-38 And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people. 36 But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 9:35-38

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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