Sermons on Proportion:

Holy Perfume To Give Out God's Goodness

Contributed by Dennis Selfridge on Dec 13, 2003

How to give out God’s goodness through Communion

HOLY PERFUME TO GIVE OUT GOD’S GOODNESS Exodus 30:22-38 We are going back to a time when Moses was being given the information about building the Tabernacle in the Old Testament. This starts in Chapter 25 or Exodus and runs through chapter 30. At the end God gives special instructions about how He ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 30:22-38

Denomination: Wesleyan

Building On Our Legacy Series

Contributed by Alvin Hathaway, Sr. on May 21, 2011

You preserve your sacred space by fulfilling your commitments that build upon your legacy.

Sunday, October 12, 2008 “Building On Our Legacy” Text: Deuteronomy 16: 9 – 17 We continue this month’s series under the general theme: Preserving Our Sacred Space. To preserve is not to memorialize or commemorate, but it is to make the preparations now for some future ...read more

Scripture: Deuteronomy 16:9-17

Denomination: Baptist

The I Do's And The I Dont's

Contributed by Mark Opperman on Sep 29, 2015

I’d like to look at the commitment a person makes when they call on the Lord and join their lives with Him! I’d like to start with some things to avoid (The I don’ts) and then we’ll look at what it means to say “I do” to the Lord.

Intro: Most of you are probably familiar with traditional wedding vows. Mine went something like this: Mark, do you take Robin to be your wedded wife, to live together in marriage? Do you promise to love her, comfort her, honor and keep her for better or worse, for richer or poorer, in sickness ...read more

Scripture: Deuteronomy 6:5

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Disappointments

Contributed by Paddick Van Zyl on Oct 3, 2014

Why do we get disappointed in life? Is God behind our disappointments?

Sermon by Pr. Paddick Van Zyl 3 Oct 2014 Title: Disappointments Intro: Disappointment is the feeling of dissatisfaction that follows the failure of expectations or hopes to manifest. Similar to regret, it differs in that a person feeling regret focuses primarily on the personal choices that ...read more

Scripture: Luke 8:49-50

Denomination: Pentecostal

"hidden Faith In The Storms Of Life” Series

Contributed by Bubot Parago on Apr 27, 2018

Three questions in such a short event in the life of the disciples and Jesus.... Three questions that I pray would be answered today and for the rest of this week and hopefully for the rest of our life.

Mark4(AMP) 35 On that same day [when] evening had come, He said to them, Let us go over to the other side [of the lake]. 36 And leaving the throng, they took Him with them, [just] as He was, in the boat [in which He was sitting]. And other boats were with Him. 37 And a furious storm of wind [of ...read more

Scripture: Mark 4:35-41

Denomination: Pentecostal

Who Is Worthy? Series

Contributed by David Taylor on Mar 26, 2015

The Throne and The Lamb, part 6 Revelation 5:1-14 Universal Challenge (vs. 1-2) Universal Inadequacy (vs. 3-4)

The Throne and The Lamb, part 6 Who is Worthy? Revelation 5:1-14 November 16, 2014 We are in the middle of our series, “The Throne & The Lamb,” based on Revelation, chapters four and five. We finished chapter four last week and are starting five today. In chapter four we saw the ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 5:1-14

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Test Me In This

Contributed by Joseph Neil Adams on Jan 1, 2008

I felt challenged to preach this because of the un-biblical approach to giving in my largest Church, & try to explain that our giving either honours or dishonours God.

Proverbs 3:1-18 Malachi 3:6-12 Texts: Proverbs 3:9 -10 ‘Honour the LORD with your wealth, with the first fruits of all your crops; then your barns will be filled to overflowing, and your vats will brim over with new wine. ’ Malachi 3:10 ‘Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 3:1-18

Denomination: Methodist

Discovering Genesis, Part 7 Series

Contributed by T.j. Conwell on Oct 9, 2011

Part 7 of this series examines society's behavior(s) during the life of Noah, and sets up the foundation for a great catastrophe known as The Flood. (Ref: Genesis 6:1-11)

Discovering Genesis, Part 7 Genesis 6:1-11 Introduction - This morning, we saw the earliest revelation of Jesus through Ch. 5’s lineage - Man (is) appointed mortal sorrow; (but) the Blessed God shall come down teaching (that) His death shall bring (the) despairing rest. - This evening, we ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 6:1-11

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

(Section 5) Prayer That Resists Satan Series

Contributed by Luther Sexton on Mar 23, 2019

In a successful prayer, both the petitioner and the petitioned gain.

LET US PRAY (Section 5) V. PRAYER THAT RESISTS SATAN A. Our Prayer has Three Aspects 1. We ourselves. 2. The God to whom we pray. 3. Our enemy, Satan. The petitioners are we; the petitioned is God. In a successful ...read more

Scripture: Luke 18:1-8, 1 John 3:8

Denomination: Pentecostal

Ash Wednesday

Contributed by Ian Bullock on Feb 16, 2021

What does the journey of Lent mean to us, and why is Ash Wednesday such an important beginning point for us as Christians.

In the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen. Remember thou art dust and to dust thou shalt return, turn away from sin and be faithful to Christ. Words which we recognise to be as central today to our worship, as our act of communion. They signal the beginning of the Holy season of Lent ...read more

Scripture: John 8:1-11, Joel 2:1-2

Denomination: Anglican

Forgive As God Forgives Series

Contributed by Mary Erickson on Feb 25, 2021

God desires that our hearts become a soft soil where the seed of forgiveness might germinate and take root.

February 24, 2021 Hope Lutheran Church Rev. Mary Erickson Matt. 6:7-15; Matt. 18:23-35 Forgive as God Forgives Friends, may grace and peace be yours in abundance in the knowledge of God and Christ Jesus our Lord. We all need role models. Our first role models are our parents. Children are ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:7-15, Matthew 18:23-35

Denomination: Lutheran

Soul Man

Contributed by Kenneth R. Jenkins on May 24, 2021

With the help of the Holy Spirit, we're going to talk about a “SOUL MAN”.

BACK IN 1967, there was a song composed by Isaac Hayes and David Porter, called “Soul Man”. It first became successful as a number 2 hit single by Atlantic Records soul duo Sam & Dave, which consisted of Samuel “Sam” Moore and David “Dave” Prater. Over 53 years later in 2019, “Soul Man” was ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 3:1-17

Denomination: Baptist

Sermon On The Sin Of Sloth

Contributed by William Meakin on Nov 18, 2020

Sloth is considered one of the seven deadly sins

Benjamin Franklin, an American polymath and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States once stated: “Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that's the stuff life is made of.” Proverbs 15:19 states: “The way of a sluggard is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 10:18, Proverbs 12:27

Seventeenth Sunday In Ordinary Time, Cycle A -- 17th Sunday, Year A

Contributed by Paul Andrew on May 25, 2020

It’s so important that ordinary Catholics read Scripture as a devotional inquiry which the Catholic Catechism calls “the intimate sense of spiritual realities which believers experience.”

A foolish old farmer, so the story goes, concluded one day that the oats he had fed his mule for years were simply costing him too much. So, he hatched a plan: He mixed a little sawdust in with the feed, and then a little more the next day, and even more the next, each time reducing the amount of ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 13:44-46

Denomination: Catholic

Paradigm Shift: Panic? God Is In Control!

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Mar 15, 2020

The is a paradigm shift, a new pattern developing right before our eyes. We do not have to worry or live in fear. God told us this would happen. He is trying to prepare us for the next event. Not a doomsdayer, just a servant of hope.

PARADIGM SHIFT: PANIC? GOD IS STILL IN CONTROL ---TRUST HIM… By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com GOD IS NOT CAUGHT BY SOME SURPRISE… GOD IS IN COULD AND CLEARLY WARNED US OF WHAT IS GOING ON TODAY 2,000 YEARS AGO. Should we trust the hands of a mighty God? Did God see this ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 24:7, Luke 24:11, Luke 21:28

Denomination: Assembly Of God