Sermons on Pricked In Their Heart:

What Proceeds From The Heart

Contributed by Mary Erickson on Aug 17, 2020

Cleanliness is about what comes from our heart. What emerges from our heart will either defile us or draw us closer to God.

August 16, 2020 Hope Lutheran Church Pastor Mary Erickson Matthew 15:10-28 What Proceeds from the Heart Friends, may grace and peace be yours in abundance in the knowledge of God and Christ Jesus our Lord. Jesus’ behavior in our gospel story today is more than a little shocking. How can the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 15:10-28

Denomination: Lutheran

What The Heart Of The Gospel Is.

Contributed by Dr.w.samuel Legon on Nov 8, 2016

Why all should be saved by the Godly hand of the Lord.

WHAT THE HEART OF THE GOSPEL IS. Romans5: 7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. 8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Much more then, ...read more

Scripture: Romans 5:7-10

Denomination: Baptist

Whose Guarding Your Heart?

Contributed by Ernie Arnold on Feb 21, 2019

This sermon focuses on guarding your inner sacred space; your Holy of Holies - your heart. It shares how we can protect our heart by allowing God's Holy Spirit to rule and reign.

Scripture: Proverbs 4:23- 27; Matthew 22:35-40 Theme: Guarding Your Spiritual Life Title: Whose Guarding Your Heart? This sermon focuses on guarding your inner sacred space; your Holy of Holies - your heart. It shares how we can protect our heart by allowing God's Holy Spirit to rule ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 22:35-40, Proverbs 4:23-27

Denomination: Nazarene

Easter-Its A Matter Of The Heart

Contributed by George Bannister on Mar 14, 2016

An encounter with the risen Christ is life-transforming. Meeting the risen Christ on the Emmaus road changed the perspective and actions of the two men in the Gospel account. Taking the Easter message to heart can do the same for his disciples today.

Text: Luke 24:13-35 Topic: “It’s A Matter of The Heart.” INTRODUCTION: A- Tell the Easter Story (Luke 24:1-12). B- Read the text (Luke 24:13-35). TS: What Easter means to you is “is a matter of the heart.” There is a three-step progression that will make it a ...read more

Scripture: Luke 24:13-35

Denomination: Baptist

Create In Me A Clean Heart

Contributed by Joel Hoyer on Nov 8, 2018

10th in a Lenten Series on Psalm 51

Psalm 51:10 3/18/18. (Create in Me a Clean Heart #10) Create in me a Clean Heart So, let’s just acknowledge the elephant in the room at least for some and say that it’s truly March madness. For those of you who stayed up late last night you were rewarded with what is called a “buzzer beater” ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 51:10

Denomination: Lutheran

Heart Knowledge Turns On The Light

Contributed by Charlie Roberts on Nov 13, 2018

Nobody’s relationship with God has to be boring and if it is let me tell you, God’s not the one who’s making your relationship boring, you are!

John 14:26 NKJ But the [a]Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you. TBS all the things Jesus did, all the miracles He performed were so numerous there would never be enough pen and paper ...read more

Scripture: John 14:26, Psalm 103:1-5

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Clean Hands And Defiled Hearts Series

Contributed by Christopher Benfield on Oct 18, 2017

I fear too often we major on the minor things and neglect the greater aspects of our faith and service unto the Lord. Jesus confronted the hypocrisy and neglect of the Pharisees. This passage reveals similarities to the modern church.

Clean Hands and Defiled Hearts Mark 7: 1-23 It has been a while since we’ve heard from the scribes and Pharisees, but they were a continual nuisance to the Lord as He ministered among the people. It appears they followed Jesus as often as they could, seeking any means to accuse Him and discredit ...read more

Scripture: Mark 7:1-23

Denomination: Baptist

Strong Wine Engraved On The Heart Series

Contributed by Fr Mund Cargill Thompson on Oct 28, 2017

A sermon for Bible Sunday

“Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly.teach and admonish one another in all wisdom; and with gratitude in your hearts sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs to God.” (Colossians 3:16) “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly.” When I was 14, I took my Religious Studies O Level a year ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 24:30-35, Nehemiah 8:1-12, Colossians 3:12-17, Luke 1:46-55

Denomination: Anglican

God Speaks To Our Hearts Series

Contributed by Derek Geldart on Jul 16, 2018

When one becomes too busy to read the Bible, meditate and pray; business becomes the unrivaled archenemy of spiritual authenticity and a god to that person! To find out how to slow down to hear the voice of God please read this sermon

God Speaks to our Hearts Psalms 46:10 Online Sermon: http://www.mckeesfamily.com/?page_id=3567 God is speaking but are you listening? While we would all like to say, “if God spoke to me I would hear Him,” how often does the noise of this high paced, frantic world we live in drown out the gentle ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Open The Eyes Of Our Hearts

Contributed by John Williams Iii on Apr 17, 2021

Paul spoke about the “eyes of the heart” being opened for all believers. How do we see God’s working in our lives? Do we have enough of God’s light in our lives to see His call on our lives? Do we have faith, and enlightenment, hope and power only as far as the eye can see?

Ephesians 1:15 – 23:  I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love[a] toward all the saints, and for this reason 16 I do not cease to give thanks for you as I remember you in my prayers. 17 I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 1:15-23

Denomination: United Methodist

He Heals The Broken Hearted

Contributed by John Gaston on Apr 25, 2021

Many people experience tragedies that cripple them emotionally & spiritually. They accept the idea that they will always be crippled. But Jesus came to heal the broken hearted and even to do a heart transplant. There is hope!

HE HEALS THE BROKEN HEARTED Isa. 61:1, NKJV INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR: ALL TO CHARITY 1. When Mr. Blodgett won 25 thousand dollars on a TV game show, the master of ceremonies asked him what he was going to do with the money. 2. He replied, "It will probably all go to charity." The ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 61:1, Ezekiel 36:26

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Purity Of The Heart & Holiness

Contributed by Justin Steckbauer on Apr 26, 2021

Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity. 1 Timothy 4:12 (ESV)

Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity. 1 Timothy 4:12 (ESV) It's amazing how God lines things up. Because I've been thinking about this topic endlessly in the past 6 months. Purity. The further and ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 12:1-3, 1 Timothy 4:12, Proverbs 27:19, Jeremiah 17:9, Proverbs 23:7  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Salvation Army

Open Eyes, Open Hearts

Contributed by Reuben Bredenhof on May 2, 2021

The gospel is veiled to sinners, the eye of our heart is closed, yet God has devised a free and accessible solution in Christ Jesus. By him, God shines his Word into the darkness of our hearts, so that we may see him truly, and walk in the light of life.

Some of you may have enjoyed the benefits of cataract surgery. With this simple operation, one usually done in less than fifteen minutes, doctors remove the clouded lens of the eye and they replace it with a clear, artificial lens. Most people go home the same day with vision that is dramatically ...read more

Scripture: John 8:1-12, John 9:1-7

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Love That Conquered A Hardened Heart

Contributed by John Williams Iii on May 5, 2021

The absentee prodigal father had a son who was becoming a prodigal son. ... the lack of a stable father figure in his life was having a negative impact on G (George Foreman... withheld and told later in the Paul Harvey style). It was G’s mother who held the family together.

LOVE THAT CONQUERED A HARDENED HEART Text: I John 5:1 -6 1 John 5:1-6  Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the parent loves the child.  (2)  By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 5:1-6

Denomination: United Methodist

Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled

Contributed by Reuben Bredenhof on May 13, 2021

The ascended Christ wants us to be where He is. Jesus wants us to join him, even standing in the glorious presence of the Father, “that where I am, there you may be also.” And there in his presence, we will have lasting peace forever.

When parents are headed out for the evening, they might give their teenaged children some last-minute instructions: “Don’t forget to feed the dog. No fighting. Turn the lights off when you go to bed. We’ll be home by eleven.” Parting words, then they’re gone. Something like this is happening in ...read more

Scripture: John 14:27

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed