Sermons on Provides:

Making Sense Of Suffering Series

Contributed by David Taylor on Nov 1, 2016

The Life of Joseph Making Sense of Suffering Genesis 37

The Life of Joseph Making Sense of Suffering Genesis 37 David Taylor October 16, 2016 This week we start our final series in Genesis, The Life of Joseph, in chapters 37-50. Joseph is seventeen, the second youngest in the family, and the favored son. One day after he has been tending the flocks ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 37:1-36

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Ways God Works

Contributed by Monty Newton on May 4, 2015

God is at work in critical circumstances and strange encounters.

Title: The Ways God Works Text: Acts 8:26-40 Thesis: God is at work in critical circumstances and strange encounters. Introduction In 1440 Johann Gutenberg invented the movable type printing press which was capable of cranking out 3,600 pages a day… just 60 years later the printing press ...read more

Scripture: Acts 8:26-40

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Today’s Starting Lineup Series

Contributed by Thomas Swope on May 14, 2015

A study of the book of Ester beginning with a background review of chapter 1 verses 1 - 2

Ester 1: 1 – 2 Today’s Starting Lineup 1 Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus (this was the Ahasuerus who reigned over one hundred and twenty-seven provinces, from India to Ethiopia), 2 in those days when King Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the ...read more

Scripture: Esther 1:1-2

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life Series

Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Mar 4, 2014

We keep on the bright side when we keep our eyes on Jesus.

Always Look At The Bright Side Of Life Text: Phil. 1:12-19 Introduction 1. Illustration: This past week I came across this story I thought you would find interesting. Obviously a fellow Pastor posted it. He said, "I was recently contacted by a pulpit committee that was interested in my ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 1:12-19

Denomination: Methodist

Obedient Disobedience

Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Oct 7, 2014

Since childhood we know Daniel's story only from his perspective ... God shut the mouths of the lions. Let's reconsider the story from the lions perspective. How frustrating to see a large meal and be unable to eat it. If they don't get Daniel out of ...

Opening illustration: In 1988, Wally Magdangal was pastoring an underground church in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He was a Filipino lay pastor of Christian foreign workers wishing to gather for worship. In 1992, soon after the conclusion of the Gulf War, the house church had grown to over three hundred ...read more

Scripture: Daniel 6:10-23

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

You Just Gotta Laugh Series

Contributed by Tim White on Apr 15, 2013

Isaac is born and we learn lessons about how God works in our lives.

“Happy is the person who can laugh at himself. He will never be short on entertainment,” someone said. This chapter links back to Genesis 17, 25 years before. Gen 21:1-2 The LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did to Sarah as he had promised. 2 And Sarah conceived and ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 21:1-7

Denomination: Baptist

“hard Hearts And Providential Pots: More On God’s Sovereign Character” Series

Contributed by Ron Tuit on Apr 27, 2013

Romans 9 gives an excellent and clear view of the excellence and Sovereignty of God in choosing some for salvation and honorable eternal service to His Glory.

“Hard Hearts and Providential Pots: More on God’s Sovereign Character” Romans 9: 13-29 God does not “choose” people for salvation according to race, religion, ancestry, or ability, but ...read more

Scripture: Romans 9:13-29

Denomination: Baptist

About My Assignment... Series

Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Jun 24, 2014

How content are you with your God-given assignments in life?

“Soul Talk: About My Assignment…” Ps. 16 We’ve all receive assignments – perhaps from a teacher, a coach, a director, a boss, or a commanding officer. Even the government assigns us to certain categories and requirements. Some assignments we like and some we do not; ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 16:1-11

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Only Wise God

Contributed by Davon Huss on Dec 10, 2013

A sermon on the wisdom of God (Outline and some material adapted from Dr. Jack Cottrell in his book, God the Ruler; last point adapted from John Piper at: http://www.desiringgod.org/resource-library/sermons/the-great-work-of-the-only-wise-god)

HoHum: Who were the Wise Men in the long ago? Not Herod, fearful lest he lose his throne; Not Pharisees, too proud to claim their own; Not priests and scribes whose province was to know; Not money changers running too and fro; But three who traveled, weary and alone, With dauntless faith, ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:21-31

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Facidng The Storms Of Life

Contributed by Monte Brown on Jan 22, 2015

Life isn’t easy it is not always a bed of roses, or maybe it is and sometimes that bed of roses is filled with thorns. So how do you deal with those thorns that may crop up in your life from time to time?

Facing the Storms of Life John 6:15-21 Monte T. Brown January 18, 2015 Sunday Morning Stapp Zoe Baptist Introduction: Life isn’t easy it is not always a bed of roses, or maybe it is and sometimes that bed of roses is filled with thorns. So how do you deal with those ...read more

Scripture: John 6:15-21

Denomination: Baptist

The Sovereignty Of God - Palm Sunday

Contributed by Tim Melton on Mar 15, 2021

He is our Sovereign God. His praises will continue for eternity and His children will experience His faithfulness forever. Today submit yourself to our Sovereign God and walk securely in His eternal embrace.

At times in scripture we see that God instructed his prophets to speak his instructions to God’s people. At other times God instructed his prophet to present to his people an object lesson or living example of the idea that God was trying to communicate. We find an example of this in Luke ...read more

Scripture: Luke 19:28-44

More Than A Pretty Face: Seeing Character In My Future Mate Series

Contributed by Scott Maze on May 24, 2021

External beauty, attractiveness are always temporary. But internal beauty can get stronger and stronger not only in all of this life but throughout all of eternity.

Many of you know of Benjamin Franklin, one of the fathers of our country, was also the ambassador to France. And while he was in France, he was a member of a literary society. So Ben Franklin, without letting this agnostic literary society know where he had gotten the story, shared with them the ...read more

Scripture: Leviticus 25:25

Denomination: Baptist

Get Your Hope Back Series

Contributed by Scott Maze on May 24, 2021

Visualize this: picture hope as a rope. Picture your invisible hope as something that is visible like a rope. We are in Fort Worth, Texas – cowboy country! Think of your hope as a lasso for a moment? What is your lasso attached to right now? Where you attach your hope?

Early on, the story of Ruth is a series of setbacks for the story’s main characters, a couple of women, Ruth and Naomi. The rest of the story is their climb back. It’s kind of a Cinderella story, only so much better! And you’ll see why in the moments to come. Why should you look at the Ruth right ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

The Test Of A Stranger Series

Contributed by Scott Maze on May 24, 2021

Watch Joseph’s strategy here. Joseph is alternating the sun and the frost in order to break the brothers open to God. When things alternate between really hot and really cold, it breaks things. It breaks the ground.

We’ve called Joseph’s life a roller-coaster… … where his dips included two years of languishing in prison and eleven years of slavery. And we meet him in today’s story, he’s been promoted over the world empire, Egypt, and second only to Pharaoh inside the world’s most important nation of the time. ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

The Reach Of God's Grace Series

Contributed by Christian Cheong on Feb 19, 2018

We see God reaching out to a foreigner and leading him to faith in Himself. This is the goodness and grace of God. It cannot be earned or be bought.

God’s grace goes international. Let’s read 2 Kings 5:1-19. God remembers His own and cares for His own, but His own does not mean only the people of Israel. • It refers ultimately to everyone who is willing to acknowledge God, believe and worship Him, as the one and only true God. • So God’s ...read more

Scripture: 2 Kings 5:1-27

Denomination: Independent/Bible