Sermons on Rachel And Leah:

Service That Makes Sense Series

Contributed by Freddy Fritz on May 30, 2009

This sermon examines what is our reasonable service and why our service is reasonable.

Scripture For the past few weeks we have been studying Romans 12:1-2. In Romans 12 the Apostle Paul begins applying the doctrine that he has been teaching for the previous 11 chapters. Now, it is not that he has made no application in the previous 11 chapters; he has. However, as he begins chapter ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:1

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

When God Wrestles With Family Tensions

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jan 16, 2009

We use avoidance, anger, anxiety, and aloneness to manage family tensions. We even use self-centered prayer. But when we let God wrestle with us, we are changed and we accept vulnerability in family life.

The most critical issue in family life is not anger or argument. It is avoidance. What plagues most families is not that they are embroiled in fighting or torn by argument. What destroys families is that people drift apart from one another; they avoid one another. You see, if you fight with ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Olympic Or Smack Down

Contributed by Christopher Lanham on Feb 17, 2005

Is your prayer life real or just an exaggerated production?

Genesis 32: 22-32 Olympic or Smack Down? Prosper CRC: Falmouth, MI April 8, 2001 PM On a Thursday night not to long ago I caught a few minutes of WWF Smack Down, trying to get a current picture of what comes to mind when the word wrestling is mentioned. It has been quite a few years since I ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 32:22-32

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Love Deeply Series

Contributed by Troy Borst on Mar 9, 2016

Peter, like Jesus, John, and Paul commands us to love others deeply.

LOVE DEEPLY 1 Peter 4:8 READ 1 Peter 4:8 “Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.” JACOB AND ESAU Jacob and Esau are two brothers that we meet in Genesis 25. Even from their birth, it was said that these two brothers would not get along. In ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 4:8

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Boaz - The Kinsman Redeemer. Series

Contributed by Victor Ramlall on Mar 7, 2013

Boaz a type of our heavenly Kinsman Redeemer the Lord Jesus Christ who is ours by blood, able to redeem and willing to redeem us!

Ruth 3:8-13 KJV And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and turned himself: and, behold, a woman lay at his feet. 9 And he said, Who art thou? And she answered, I am Ruth thine handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid; for thou art a near kinsman. 10 And he said, ...read more

Scripture: Ruth 3:8-13, Ruth 4:9-15

Denomination: Pentecostal

What? You Have To Be Kidding? Feed Them?

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Apr 2, 2008

BE A FEEDER! BE AN ENCOURAGER! STIMULATE GROWTH! MAKE WHATEVER ADJUSTMENT YOU NEED TO YOUR ATTITUDES AND HEART TO NOURISH THOSE THAT NEED IT. The one that needs your love the most, probably deserves it the least. Invest love anyway!

WHAT? YOU HAVE TO BE KIDDING? SHALL WE SMITE THEM? WHAT? FEED THEM? GIVE THEM NOURISHMENT? REFRESH THEM? By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com You can quickly pass and skip some points and do this as one lesson, or develop slower as two lessons? I. ARE WE A PRODUCT OF WHAT WE EAT? IF THIS ...read more

Scripture: John 21:15-17

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Rebekah, A Marvelous Mother Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Mar 19, 2021

Good wives and mothers are those who know they cannot do all things, and so they specialize in doing well what they can do to please their mates and benefit their children.

Nathan Ausabel tells of the Jewish couple with 9 children who went to the Rabbi to get a divorce. When the question of custody came up the wife said she wanted 5 of the children and he could have 4. The husband said, "Why should I have only 4? You take the 4 and I'll take the 5." In ...read more

Trust In The Lord

Contributed by Victor Yap on Mar 2, 2025

Psalm 37, Trust

TRUST IN THE LORD (PSALM 37) An article titled “Are You Evil? Profiling That Which Is Truly Wicked” talks about Selmer Bringsjord, a logician, philosopher and chairman of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Department of Cognitive Science who has developed a sort of checklist for determining ...read more

Denomination: Independent/Bible

A Protective Mother

Contributed by Troy Borst on May 7, 2025

We honor the women who have sheltered us. We thank the ones who clucked, and cried, and charged, and comforted.

A PROTECTIVE MOTHER Exodus 2:1-4 #MothersDay INTRODUCTION… Famous Mothers Today is Mother’s Day! It is a day to honor those women in our lives who have made an eternal difference. Maybe it was the woman who gave birth to you, but it also may be an aunt, a sister, or another dear woman who has ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 2:1-10

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Pre-Mothers' Day: "... Because Her Hour Has Come ..." Series

Contributed by Ken Harris on May 6, 2007

The purpose of this sermon is to motivate the hearers to affirm to others, in wake of Mothers’ Day, many mothers forget the anguish of child birth.

6 May 2007 U.S. Army Chaplain (MAJ) Ken Harris Fort Ord Chapel Seaside, California BIG IDEA: Seeing their baby and experiencing the joy of being a mother causes many mothers to forget the anguish of birth. References: John 16:16-22 (RSV); Psalm 30:5 (KJV) For his anger endureth but a moment; ...read more

Scripture: John 16:16-22

Denomination: Pentecostal

Our Great God

Contributed by John White on Nov 22, 2006

A testimony to the greatness of a God so great He is beyond the capacity of man’s finite mind to comprehend.

OUR GREAT GOD Isaiah 55:8-11 Perhaps you have heard of the little boy in the Sunday School class who, during activity time, was busily drawing and sketching. His teacher, wishing to show her interest and encourage him, said, "Sammy, what are you drawing?" He calmly replied, "God." ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 55:8-11

Denomination: Baptist

State Of The Church

Contributed by Terry Cavanaugh on Apr 26, 2002

This message looks at the four pillars of a growing Church; evangelism, outreach, worship, and fellowship.

State of the Church Dear friends, It has been one year since we gathered for worship in the Auditorium of the Warren local high school on a cool Sunday morning. That Sunday morning just a year ago, many in this community prophesied doom for the new church starting in the High School. I heard, ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 16:18, 1 Corinthians 3:6

Denomination: Methodist

Purpose #3: You Were Created To Become Like Christ Series

Contributed by Dan Borchert on Dec 9, 2003

Deals with Purpose #3 specifically growing during difficult times

Romans 8:28-29 Purpose #3: You Were Created To Become Like Christ Growing through tough times Introduction A. Sometimes life is easy B. Sometimes we learn, grow, and laugh the whole entire time C. Let me give you some good advice, enjoy those times! D. Those times will not always be there E. Those ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:28-29

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

The God Of Christ Paid Back

Contributed by Dr. Gale A. Ragan-Reid on Dec 14, 2014

Christ Jesus saved but God warns those who sin of the lake of fire and scripture tells us that Christ Jesus will judge. It is right for Christ Jesus to judge us since he saved us (God saved us through his Son Christ Jesus).

THE GOD OF CHRIST PAID BACK by Dr. Gale A. Ragan-Reid (December 14, 2014) “And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. He that overcometh shall inherit all ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 21:1-8

Denomination: Friends

Truth Resuscitated Series

Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Mar 25, 2016

A foundational message for this series, to establish the essential nature of truth

(precede with video bumper intro - "Landings") If you watch gymnastics, you know how important the ending is; the landing. An athlete can go through the whole routine flawlessly, and then comes the landing. If she “sticks it,” the crowd goes crazy. If she waivers, everyone groans. ...read more

Scripture: Romans 1:18-25

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ