Sermons on Principles: showing 196-210 of 28,004

Come And See: Principles For Evangelism

Contributed by Devin Hudson on Jan 22, 2002

5th sermon in a John series

Come and See: Principles for Evangelism John 1.35-51 It is perhaps the Christian’s greatest fear. What is it? personal evangelism, sharing one’s faith with another person. After all, I may not know what to say. They might ask me a question I cannot answer. I might fail. I am not gifted in ...read more

Scripture: John 1:35-51

Denomination: Baptist

Paul's Principles For Handling Crises

Contributed by Paul Fritz on May 21, 2004

Paul came out of his crises even stronger in faith, courage, hope, and credibility. Every crisis that you pass through will either make you bitter or better - the choice is up to you!

How Paul the Apostle Handled Crises Acts 27:21-Acts 28:1-20 Illustration: Test pilots have a litmus test for evaluating problems. When something goes wrong, they ask, "Is this thing still flying?" If the answer is yes, then there’s no immediate danger, no need to overreact. When Apollo 12 ...read more

Scripture: Acts 27:21-25

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Eleven Principles Of Intercessory Help

Contributed by Paul Fritz on May 26, 2004

We all need intercessory help. Better than a professional lawyer, the Spirit never loses a case. It reminds me when I lived in Nigeria an intercessor or a mediator was necessary to resolve every conflict. This required an authoritative intercessory figure

Eleven Principles of Intercessory Help Rom 8:26,27 - "The Spirit helps us in our weakness for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but the Spirit intercedes for us according to the will of God." Illustration: We all need intercessory help. Better than a professional lawyer, the Spirit never ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:26-27

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Leadership Principles For Successful Living

Contributed by Ray Ellis on May 9, 2006

From the life of Joshua we find ledership principles for successful living. These lessons are helpful for families, parents and individuals.

Leadership Principles for Successful Living -Integrity of the Heart- Joshua 1:1-8 From the life of Joshua we find leadership principles for successful living. From Joshua’s life and character we can learn helpful lessons on spiritual leadership for families, parents and individuals. Are leaders ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 1:1-8

Denomination: Free Methodist

The Principle Of Life Through Death

Contributed by George Barton on Jun 28, 2006

Using John 12:24 as a text, the sermon demonstrates that the principle of life through death was true in the resurrection of Christ and is true also in agriculture, the Christian life, the resurrection of the Christian and in Christian giving.

THE PRINCIPLE OF LIFE THROUGH DEATH REVISED JUNE 28, 2006 (John 12:24 NIV) I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. Introduction Today I should like to preach concerning a very ...read more

Scripture: John 12:23-37

Denomination: Baptist

The Principle Of Profitless Hard Work

Contributed by Daniel Olukoya on Jul 28, 2004

On the front, Jesus prayed for fruit, in the middle, He bore fruit afterwards he thanked God for fruit so work as if you were to live a hundred years, pray as if you were to die tomorrow.

The Lord will do special things through this message. It will release you into your divine destiny and will become a positive memorial in your life. Therefore, I want you to decree loud and clear like this: "My heavens, open by fire now, in the name of Jesus." "Every Pharaoh that is pursuing my ...read more

Scripture: Luke 5:1-3

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Biblical Principle Of Long Life

Contributed by Daniel Olukoya on Mar 5, 2004

God wants His children to have longevity of life that is why he makes provision in the bible for our bodies to be spiritually, physically, mentally and emotionally balanced.

In the last few years, we have witnessed or heard about a lot of tragedy. People that were expected to be alive were dead. A lot of young people were dead and some of them were born again. Is it God’s will? No. We must also realize that the devil has some powers to kill but the only strongest power ...read more

Scripture: Deuteronomy 6:1-2, Ecclesiastes 6:1-2

Denomination: Pentecostal

Principles To Being Sold Out

Contributed by Dave Kinney on Sep 14, 2007

At times we have to strip ourselves of the stiff and wooden qualities and disrobe ourselves of the contentment and complacency that strangles our devotion to holiness and boldness.

Romans 1:13-17 There’s no doubt about Paul - he was sold out for Christ! He could not have accomplished such a life of faith without this trait! A verse that stands out regarding being sold out for God is... Matthew 6:33 “Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness...” The word “seek” ...read more

Scripture: Romans 1:13-17

Denomination: Baptist

Principles To Guide Our Prayer Series

Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Jan 29, 2007

There are three principles to guide our prayer that I want to show from Romans 1:9-12.

Scripture Today is the first Sunday of our Annual Week of Prayer. And so it seems appropriate to skip a few verses ahead to Romans 1:9-12 to learn about some of the Apostle Paul’s principles as they relate to prayer. Let’s read Romans 1:9-12: "9 God, whom I serve with my whole heart in preaching ...read more

Scripture: Romans 1:9-12

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Path Principle - New Year's Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jan 14, 2008

Many people are "directionall challenged". In other words, they have no goals in their lives and often end up in painful relationships and situations because they don’t plan to get anywhere in their lives.

OPEN: On New Year’s Day, 1929, Georgia Tech played UCLA in the Rose Bowl. In that game a young man named Roy Riegels recovered a fumble for UCLA. Picking up the loose ball, and he ran 65 yards toward goal line. Unfortunately… he had gotten confused… it was the wrong goal line. One of his ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Biblical Principles Of Bible Study

Contributed by Thomas Lanthrip on Sep 23, 2006

I’m convinced that most of the church members, that makeup the body of Christ, are ill equipped for service. The prime reason for this is in the lack of biblical understanding of the mysteries of God that flow from the Word to those that are poorly nouris

The Biblical principles of Bible Study 2 Timothy 2: 1-26 Intro: I’m convinced that most of the church members, that makeup the body of Christ, are ill equipped for service. The prime reason for this is in the lack of biblical understanding of the mysteries of God that flow from the Word to those ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 2:1-26

Denomination: Baptist

Principles For Recovering The Fire Of God

Contributed by Richard Deem on Oct 12, 2006

The irony is that Israel was in the midst of a DROUGHT, and yet the people were commanded to pour water on the sacrifice! Don’t miss this: They were instructed to put their most precious possession on the altar if they were to experience God’s Fire!

PRINCIPLES FOR RECOVERING THE FIRE OF GOD 1 Kings 18:36-39 "And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 18:21-39

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Paul's Apostolic Principles And Practices

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Sep 14, 2002

Paul’s Apostolic Principles and Practices - He gave some as apostles...

Paul’s Apostolic Principles and Practices Illustration:A one-legged school teacher from Scotland came to J. Hudson Taylor to offer himself for service in China. "With only one leg, why do you think of going as a missionary?" Asked Taylor. "I do not see those with two legs going," replied George ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:11-16

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Principles Of Receiving From God

Contributed by Adedotun Ojelabi on Sep 28, 2001

Highlighted Seven Major levels of prayer and ten things that can hinder answered prayers.

PRINCIPLES OF RECEIVING FROM GOD by Adedotun Ojelabi Communication with the Almighty God is a common denominator to all children of God worldwide. Most believers at one point or the other have been faced with questions like “what is the Lord saying concerning this ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 7:7

Denomination: Pentecostal

Principles In Financial Giving To The Church

Contributed by Scott Coltrain on Mar 26, 2007

This is a review of some Scriptural principles that apply to our participation in the Church Offering or Collection.

Of all the items of worship, the one that gets the least of attention is the Offering. I think that is the case for a couple reasons - First, we do not place much emphasis on the Offering because we do not want to be grouped together with other churches and religious ministries that focus a ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 16:1-2

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ