Sermons on Productive Rest:

The Rest Of The Story

Contributed by Charles Salmon on Apr 9, 2005

Sermon on the meaning of the ascension to modern Christians.

The Rest of the Story Acts 1:9-12 INTRO.: The ascension to Heaven is the last earthly event of Jesus’ ministry. It is the completion of the resurrection. He was raised, not only to renewed physical life, but to resume His Heavenly life as well. If we believe in the resurrection of Jesus, this ...read more

Scripture: Acts 1:9-12

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Resting In The Lord Series

Contributed by David Jenkins on Aug 19, 2004

Resting in the Lord

Resting in the Lord Psalm 3:1-2, “1 O LORD, I have so many enemies; so many are against me. 2 So many are saying, "God will never rescue him!"[1] Interlude” 2 Samuel 15 12While he was offering the sacrifices, he sent for Ahithophel, one of David’s counselors who ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 3:1-6

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Rest In God Series

Contributed by Frank Lay on Sep 12, 2004

The inspired writer uses three historical events that illustrate for us the rest God has in store for His children.

REST IN GOD Hebrews 4:1-11 Two artists attempted to paint a picture of peace. The first drew a beautiful scene. He painted an ocean still as a pond, showing a graceful sailboat passing by. Overhead the sky was blue, flecked with light, fluffy clouds. And on the shore children played in ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 4:1-11

Denomination: Baptist

The Rest Is God's Series

Contributed by Thomas Black on Feb 2, 2005

God has called upon us to walk before him in holiness, and has revealed that he is powerful enough to make his promises come to pass.

Pastor’s note: I wanted to call this "A Cut above" but couldn’t bring myself to do it. Passage: Genesis 17:1-27 In Genesis 15 God came to Abram and introduced repeated to him the Abrahamic covenant and it’s central tenant; that of God’s undeserved blessing to Abram. God took Abram outside the ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 17:1-27

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Rest Of The Story

Contributed by William Mouser on Mar 2, 2005

On the Mount of Transfiguration, Christ gives us a foreview of the Kingdom to come, and our glorification within it.

Second Sunday in Epiphany, Exodus 34:29-35; Mark 9: 1-7 “The Rest of the Story” Paul Harvey is famous with his features entitled “The Rest of the Story.” The premise of the feature is that some stories are compelling, interesting, fascinating, and that they reach a point where it would seem ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 34:29-35

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

Working At Resting Series

Contributed by Stephen Wright on Dec 12, 2004

Shall we go forward, following Jesus Christ, trusting Him for salvation or shall we turn back to our old way of life?

Working at resting! The Jewish believers to whom Hebrews was written were facing important decisions. Did they go forward, following Jesus Christ; trusting Him for their salvation? Or did they go back to their old way of life with its thousands of years of history and traditions? Hebrews has ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Rest For The Stressed

Contributed by James Botts on Aug 29, 2002

“Rest For The Stressed” will look at three commands Jesus gave for people who are weary and stressed out. Religion is a heavy burden, but Jesus invites us to experience real rest for our souls.

The Crossing Community Church “Rest For The Stressed” Pastor Jim Botts August 11th, 2002 Introduction We live in a very tense, uptight and fast paced world filled with hurry... A Tahoma, Washington newspaper carried the story of Tattoo the basset hound a while back. Tattoo didn’t intend to go for ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 11:28-30

Denomination: Baptist

Resting In The Lord Series

Contributed by John Walls on Sep 16, 2002

What areas in which we can rest in the Lord

RESTING IN THE LORD Psalms 37:7 Part 1 Introduction: At the pastor’s fellowship the other day, one of the preachers made the point that sometimes we get more out of the messages when the Lord gave us a thought. Then He mentioned in his message about resting in the Lord. That sparked me to reread ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 37:7

Denomination: Baptist

Resting In The Lord Series

Contributed by John Walls on Sep 16, 2002

Continuing in the area of resting in the Lord

RESTING IN THE LORD Psalm 37:7 Part 2 Introduction: Last week we picked up this Psalm and saw the promises of Our Great God. When I reflect on the promises of God, my heart has this song in its heart. "How Great Thou Art" Our God is great. He is great because He is not with our hands. He is ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 37:7

Denomination: Baptist

Resting In The Lord Series

Contributed by John Walls on Sep 16, 2002

Final message in the areas of Resting in the Lord

RESTING IN THE LORD Psalm 37:7 Part 3 Introduction: In this final message on this verse, I talk about resting in the providence of God. We saw in the last messages that we can rest in the promises of God. The promises of God are promised made by God Himself. They are made backed by His ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 37:7

Denomination: Baptist

Rest Assured Series

Contributed by Mary Lewis on Aug 3, 2003

Fourth Commandment: How the Sabbath gives us a picture of salvation

Rest Assured Introduction – Why don’t we keep the Sabbath? One “Frank & Ernest” cartoon shows Moses bringing the 10 Commandments to the people, and one of them says, “Could you make copies? We’d like to begin a loophole search” If a Christian regularly broke the 6th commandment (Do not murder) ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 20:8-11

Denomination: Baptist

A Day Of Rest Series

Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Feb 14, 2003

Commandment #4 and its implication for today

INTRODUCTION • How many of us have wished for more hours in the day? We think if we have more time we could get more done! More hours in the day would just make for a more hectic day for most of us. • How many of us feel like our batteries are about to run down? Our lives seem to be more hectic ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 20:8-11

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Just Rest

Contributed by Darron Khan on May 30, 2002

This message was desinged to highlight the importance of rest in the life of Christ-followers. It encourages its audience to understand rest from God’s perspective.

Just Rest Celebration Service April 7, 2002 It has been said: We can worry or we can worship. Strangely enough, busy people find it a whole lot easier to worry than to worship. Warren Wiersbe once said, “The ability to calm your soul and wait before God is one of the most difficult things in the ...read more

Scripture: Mark 6:31, Genesis 2:1-3

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Rest Of The Story Series

Contributed by Dave Bootsma on Aug 30, 2006

"Maker of Heaven and Earth". Our personal life story makes no sense outside of the ultimate story. Why did God create?

"I had always felt life first as a story,” said G.K. Chesterton. “And if there is a story, there is a story teller.” From his childhood Chesterton knew in his heart that somehow he had stumbled into a great Tale. His life was a journey to understand that Tale, and his quest took him - quite ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 1:1-27

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Discipleship: Rest

Contributed by Kemuel Travis on Sep 27, 2006

To show that God wants us to rest ourselves from our labors on occasion.

-This morning, it’s ok to sleep during the sermon -Tomorrow is Labor Day -A day off from work for many filled with picnics, BBQ’s, shopping, recreation, telethons and other activities -Labor Day History -It’s whole purpose is to pay tribute to the contributions American workers have made for the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 11:28-30

Denomination: Wesleyan