Sermons on Prisons:

The God Who Breaks Yokes Series

Contributed by Rev. Samuel Arimoro on Jul 31, 2025

God’s desire is that no child of His remains in bondage. Jesus came to destroy the works of the devil, including every form of yoke (1 John 3:8).

THE GOD WHO BREAKS YOKES By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: Isaiah 10:27 Supporting Texts: Nahum 1:13, Galatians 5:1, Matthew 11:28-30, Acts 10:38, Luke 13:11-16 INTRODUCTION: Yokes are spiritual, emotional, mental, and physical burdens that bind individuals, families, or communities in ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 10:27

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Go! And Sing In The Night – Trusting God’s Love In The Darkest Hours Series

Contributed by Dean Courtier on Aug 21, 2025

Have you ever been awake in the middle of the night, unable to sleep, burdened by the weight of worry, grief, or fear? The silence of night often magnifies our struggles. It is in those moments we ask, “God, where are You?”

Go! And Sing in the Night – Trusting God’s Love in the Darkest Hours Psalm 42:8 – Go! And… Series Introduction: Singing When the Night is Long Have you ever been awake in the middle of the night, unable to sleep, burdened by the weight of worry, grief, or fear? The silence of night often ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 42:8, Lamentations 3:22-23, Acts 16:25-26, Philippians 4:6-7, Romans 5:8, John 11:25  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Pentecostal

Keys To Attracting Divine Favour

Contributed by Rev. Samuel Arimoro on Jun 7, 2025

Divine favour is a gift, but it is not random. It is attracted by how we live, how we relate with others, and how we walk with God. Love, integrity, humility, obedience, praise, and prayer create an atmosphere where favour thrives.

KEYS TO ATTRACTING DIVINE FAVOUR By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: Proverbs 3:3-4 Supporting Texts: Psalm 5:12, Esther 2:15-17, Genesis 39:21, Daniel 1:9, Luke 2:52 INTRODUCTION: Divine favour is the supernatural grace and kindness of God that positions an individual for exceptional ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 3:3-4

Denomination: Assembly Of God

When God Confuses Us

Contributed by Michael Blitz on Dec 14, 2025

When God’s plans confuse us, as they did John the Baptist, Jesus reminds us that His kingdom begins with mercy before judgment—and blessed is the one who trusts Him even in the waiting.

Good MORNING. Advent, Christmas and the New Year invite us to look at expectations, not only expectations for our own lives, but also the expectations we can make about God. Our Gospel lesson from Matthew shows us how even the best of us, someone like John the Baptist, can make assumptions about ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 11:2-11

Denomination: Anglican

How Not To Pray

Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Jan 27, 2005

Brief Message w/ good illustrations...In answering the disciples request "Teach Us To Pray", Jesus told them how NOT to pray: Don’t Pray HAZY, Don’t Pray CRAZY, and Don’t Pray LAZY. Powerpoint at website.

How Not to Pray Mt. 6:5-13 Powerpoint for this and hundreds more free sermons at our website: http://gbcdecatur.org/sermons.html "The proper way for man to pray," said Deacon Lemuel Keyes; "The only proper attitude is down upon his knees." "Nay, I should say the way to pray," said Reverend ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:5-13

Denomination: Baptist

What We Have In Christ

Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Sep 29, 2005

Possessing the Best

Intro: Three of the most beautiful books in the Bible are the prison epistles. Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians. We have some of the greatest teachings on the position of the church and the power of the believer found in these epistles. In the midst of prison, Paul is writing to these churches ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 1:15-23

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Praise In The Life Of The Believer Series

Contributed by Pastor/Author: Terry Sisney on Jul 30, 2002

Praise is a mighty weapon of warfare in the life of the believer, when we learn how to excercise ourselves in praise regardless of our emotions we have taken a big step toward consistent victorious living.

Ps 150:6 Let everything that hath breath praise ye the Lord. Make the choice to rejoice, Ps.9:2 I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most high. Ps.34:1 I will bless the Lord at all times, his praise shall continually be in my mouth, my soul shall make her ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 150:6, Psalm 9:2

Denomination: Pentecostal

Changing The World Around Me Series

Contributed by John Raulerson on Dec 13, 2007

Jesus called us "salt" and "light" which are both change agents to the world around them.

Series: Being the Body CHANGING THE WORLD AROUND ME Matthew 5:13-16 In June 1990 the world watched in amazement the destruction of the Berlin Wall and the fall of the Iron Curtain. People were finally free from the communist rule of the Soviet Union. This change in political rule did not ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:13-16

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

When Your Life Gets Interrupted

Contributed by Rev. Jim Wilson on Aug 18, 2007

When your life gets interrupted, each day our lives face unexpected things that happen, how you can turn those things around for God’s glory and learn to live in victory !

Life’s interruptions are those times in life when things just don’t seem to go the way we had planned. Interruptions can either make us or break us. We can learn from life’s experiences, or we can become resentful and close ourselves off to all that God has for us. For example, in the Old ...read more

Scripture: Luke 8:28

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Distribution Of God's Wealth Series

Contributed by Shawn Drake on Mar 13, 2019

This is the 9th sermon in the "Accounting" series from the Book of Ephesians.

Series: Accounting [#9] DISTRIBUTION OF GOD’S WEALTH Ephesians 3:1-13 Introduction: Ephesians 3 begins a new division in Ephesians. Paul starts the chapter with the phrase, “For this reason” or for this purpose. Paul is showing God’s eternal purpose for believers in every generation. Through ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 3:1-13

Denomination: Baptist

Where Is Joseph Series

Contributed by Bala Samson on May 14, 2013

Alas, the great, powerful pagan monarch Pharaoh found ‘none’ in his colossal palace to give him a piece of advice and interpret the dream for him among the plethora of magicians and wise men of Egypt!

Where is Joseph! Genesis 41:8”…..there was no one who could interpret them (the dream) for Pharaoh.” In the wee hours of this morning as I read the Bible, the above scripture caught my attention! Alas, the great, powerful pagan monarch Pharaoh found ‘none’ in his ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 41:1-10

Denomination: Pentecostal

Rejoice In The Lord - Always!

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Oct 20, 2013

Not rejoice in the Lord 'anyway' - but Rejoice in the Lord "Always".

REJOICE IN THE LORD - ALWAYS! Philippians 4:4-7. It was midnight, and in a certain prison in Philippi, the Apostle Paul and his missionary companion Silas had been left to languish in chains in a dark dungeon. However, if we were to listen in at the door we would not hear the moans and groans ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 4:4-7

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Franklin Graham: 'political Correctness Gone Amok'

Contributed by Ronnie Miller on Mar 1, 2012

God have mercy on those who persecute, deny, blast our Lord Jesus and put some dead god's word in the mind of children. Why do most deny Jesus? Why do some look for other gods? I have said many times when you put the truth in the face of a heathen , th

Franklin Graham: 'Political Correctness Gone Amok' I receive newsletters from the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association from time to time because Brenda and I spent a week at The Cove in Asheville, NC for a seminar a few years ago. I usually just skim over them without really reading them but, the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 11:2-6

Denomination: Baptist

The Day Between

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Mar 26, 2016

The Church meditates on the resting of Christ in the grave on Holy Saturday.

Homily for Holy Saturday 2016 Our celebration of Tenebrae today puts us back into the second day, the day after Jesus’s death, Jesus’s one sacrifice on the Day that Changed the World. It is a day of reflection. The tabernacle in this chapel is empty. The Blessed Sacrament has been ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 16:1-10

Denomination: Catholic

Genuine Faith (2 Timothy 1)

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on May 10, 2024

Do we have that same genuine faith possessed by past generations? Let's examine this in 2 Timothy 1.

Is the faith within us the same as in past generations? Has God saved us too by undeserved grace? Should we also hold the pattern of sound Gospel words in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus? Will we guard through the Holy Spirit that good thing which was committed to us? Let’s find out in 2 ...read more

Denomination: Baptist