Sermons on Proactive Faith:

The Challenge Of Faith

Contributed by Douglas Phillips on Jan 13, 2010

AS CHRISTIANS WE MUST UNDERSTAND THE CHALLENGE TO OUR FAITH IN OUR WORLD TODAY. WE MUST MAKE A STAND FOR WHAT WE BELIEVE IN. THE CHALLENGE IS WHETHER OR NOT WE WILL.

THE CHALLENGE OF FAITH 1 KINGS 18:16-46 INTRODUCTION: THEY SAY IT’S GOOD FROM TIME TO TIME TO START A MESSAGE WITH A JOKE OR A FUNNY STORY. KNOWING MY SENSE OF HUMOR, THAT IS ALWAYS A SCARY UNDERTAKING, BUT I DID COME ACROSS A STORY THAT I FOUND FUNNY AND I HOPE YOU DO AS WELL IT APPEARS ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 18:16-46

Denomination: Baptist

The Anatomy Of Faith Series

Contributed by Byron Harvey on Jan 18, 2010

This message is from my expository series through Romans.

“The Anatomy of Faith” Romans 4:13-25 November 30, 2008 What is faith? • Bertrand Russell, in Why I am Not a Christian: “Faith is a firm belief in something for which there is no evidence.” Is it? • H.L. Mencken: “Faith is a conviction which cannot be ...read more

Scripture: Romans 4:13-25

Denomination: Evangelical Free

Faith On Trial

Contributed by Timothy Brown on Jan 30, 2010

Our faith will be tested. The question is can we stand up to the test?

Text: Acts 5:27-32 Title: Faith on Trial Introduction: (play Perry Mason track) Raymond Burr (the eponymous attorney Perry Mason), Barbara Hale (Perry’s very capable private and proper secretary Della Street), William Hopper (Perry’s detective of choice Paul Drake), Connie Cezon ...read more

Scripture: Acts 5:27-32

Denomination: Baptist

The Prayer Of Faith ! Series

Contributed by John Wright on Feb 2, 2010

James teaches that when the sick call for the elders that the elders are to pray "the prayer of faith", which was prayed by elders that had had the apostles to lay their hands upon them and they would be praying with miraculous power, which is not possibl

INTRODUCTION #35 1. Please open your bibles to James 5:15. 2. In a previous lesson, from James 5:14, we discussed three different instructions that James gave to those who were sick and living during the days of miraculous healing of the sick. Those three instructions were first to be applied ...read more

Scripture: James 5:15

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Faith For The Doubting

Contributed by Don Schultz on Apr 5, 2010

What is the cause of doubt? The cure?

Monday: John 20 We begin in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Let us pray: Dear Lord Jesus Christ, bless us as we gather here this morning. Help us to pay attention. Help us to grow in our faith. Be with us, and send to each one of us here this morning, ...read more

Scripture: John 20:19-31

Denomination: Lutheran

Faithful Dependence Series

Contributed by Todd Leupold on Apr 28, 2010

Why dependence on God is necessary and how it can be found and developed.

FAITHFUL DEPENDENCE Series: “7 Spiritually Healthy Habits” Perth Bible Church Sunday, October 25, 2009 AM Rev. Todd G. Leupold INTRODUCTION: Health sure seems to be a 'hot topic' these days, whether one is talking about insurance, government plans, H1N1, what to eat or not ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Walking By Faith

Contributed by Sherman Gordon on May 9, 2010

No Matter what may have you down, the ability to get up and overcome such a situation is within you. All you have to do is keep the faith.

WALKING BY FAITH ACTS 14:8-10 8In Lystra there sat a man crippled in his feet, who was lame from birth and had never walked. 9He listened to Paul as he was speaking. Paul looked directly at him, saw that he had faith to be healed 10and called out, "Stand up on your feet!" At that, the man jumped ...read more

Scripture: Acts 14:8-10

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Faith Is Dead Series

Contributed by Tyler Edwards on May 12, 2010

Something is missing from the church today, and people are starting to notice. Too often the church fails to offer what it advertises: life.

1. Something is happening (Preview to a Vision week 1) January 10, 2010 A Faith without Works is Dead About 40 years ago there was a famous tightrope walker named George Blondin. As a publicity stunt he decided to walk across Niagara Falls on a tightrope. On the appointed day they stretched a ...read more

Scripture: James 2:14-26

Denomination: *other

Faith In Healing

Contributed by Richard Hosea on Feb 15, 2010

Tell the story of the healing of Jairus' daughter and the healing of the woman with an issue of blood

Faith in Healing This story based on Mark 5:21-43 Simmons Loop Baptist Church 2-14-2010 pm Once when Jesus was teaching and healing on the banks of the Sea of Galilee, He told his disciples that they were going to the other side. Upon reaching the west side of the lake at Capernaum a large crowd ...read more

Scripture: Mark 5:21-43

Denomination: Baptist

Faith In Need

Contributed by Daniel Austin on Mar 1, 2010

In this lesson we meet two very different people who have two things in common, both are n deep need of help and both look to Jesus to meet their need.

Faith in Need 08/03/08 AM Text – Mark 5:21-42 Our lesson today deals with two of the very best examples of faith to be found in all the scriptures. We will meet two very different people who have two things in common, both are suffering tragedy, in deep need of help and both look to Jesus to meet ...read more

Scripture: Mark 5:21-42

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Faithful Living

Contributed by Daniel Austin on Mar 1, 2010

Faithful living requires believers to give up whatever hinders their relationship with God, to lay aside sin, and to run with endurance.

Faithful Living 10/05/08 PM Text: Hebrews 12:1-2 INTRODUCTION The need for a faith that endures Hebrews 6:11-12 “And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence so as to realize the full assurance of hope until the end, so that you will not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 12:1-2

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Discipline And Faith

Contributed by Michael Deutsch on Mar 10, 2010

In order to become the person Christ calls us to be, we must discipline ourselves.

1 Corinthians 9:25-27 November 8, 2008 DISCIPLINE For the past 6 Saturdays, we had a lot of fun in the NETS volleyball program. We learned what Jesus meant when He said to love God with all of your heart, soul, mind and body; and to love your neighbor as yourself. We also played lots of ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 9:25-27

Denomination: Baptist

Outrageous Faith Series

Contributed by Sean Harder on Mar 18, 2010

Abraham shows outrageous faith in response to God's unreasonable request that he sacrifice his promised son Isaac. Clearly faith is shown through our obedience.

Let me share a story from Chuck Swindoll. “Four guys decided to go mountain climbing one weekend. In the middle of the climb, one fella slipped over a cliff, dropped about 60 feet and landed with a thud on the ledge below. The other three hoping to rescue him yelled, ‘Joe, are you ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 22:1-24

A Faith That Leaps Series

Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Apr 27, 2009

As Habakkuk accepts God’s righteous judgment he finds the incredible grace gift of faith that causes him to rejoice & rise to new places of faith & strength. In accepting the fearful, challenging Word of God, he found grace to soar above circumstances

HABAKKUK 3:18-19 A FAITH THAT LEAPS / The Leaping of Faith [Lamentations 3:20-26] Habakkuk has placed his faith in his God of Grace and Glory not only for the survival of his nation but for his personal existence and well being also. Judah was an agrarian economy. She derived most of her ...read more

Scripture: Habakkuk 3:18-19

Denomination: Baptist

Sufficient Faith

Contributed by Bruce Howell on Apr 28, 2009

Sufficient faith is that which is both apprehended and declared openly.

Sufficient Faith Mark 5:21-34 21 Jesus got into the boat again and went back to the other side of the lake, where a large crowd gathered around him on the shore. 22 Then a leader of the local synagogue, whose name was Jairus, arrived. When he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet, 23 pleading fervently ...read more

Scripture: Mark 5:21-34

Denomination: Wesleyan