Sermons on Raise Us Up With Jesus:

Do You Love Jesus?

Contributed by David Parks on Jun 2, 2004

If I were to ask for every one who loves Jesus to raise his hand, surely everyone here would raise his had, But do you really love Jesus? Man who said, “The Love of Jesus fills my heart’ but refused to obey his teaching. Consider our text

Do You Love Jesus? TEXT: John 21:15-17 INTRODUCTION: 1. Do your Really Love Jesus? 2. If I were to ask for every one who loves Jesus to raise his hand, surely everyone here would raise his had, But do you really love Jesus? 3. Man who said, “The Love of Jesus fills my heart’ but refused to obey ...read more

Scripture: John 21:15-17

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

This Is Us: Isaac's Family Series

Contributed by Michael Larsen on Jul 22, 2019

Everyone has a family and every family has a story. What we want to get pressed deep within our hearts through this series is that God is an integral part in your Family Story.

Today we are continuing our new family series called This is US. Everyone has a family and every family has a story. What we want to get pressed deep within our hearts through this series is that God is an integral part in your Family Story. We’re going to take a look at several Bible Families ...read more

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Lifting Up Of Smoke

Contributed by Greg Irby on Jun 15, 2013

In the Bible, we find wickedness compared to a fire. We understand the analogy. Isaiah used such a comparison. The same fires which destroyed Israel may well be smoldering in our nation today

THE LIFTING OF SMOKE ISAIAH 9 Text: Isaiah 9:18 Isaiah 9:18 18 For wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke. Introduction: How many of you have ever been near ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 9:18-20

Denomination: Baptist

Locked Up, But Coming Out

Contributed by Anthony Collins on Jan 27, 2012

Encouragement to trust in Jesus Christ

Galatians 3:22-23 NIV IT’S LOCKED UP, BUT IT’S COMING OUT I. Locked Up In Trails (Peter – “think it not strange concerning the fiery trials”) A. Disappointment – distress – rebellion – overwhelming sorrow - loneliness B. Death of the thing we ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 3:22-23

Denomination: *other

Give Up Hope

Contributed by John Covell on Oct 17, 2001

My goal is for you to become hopeless-give up hope of changing the past, give up hope of changing what others have done to us, and give up hope of changing ourselves.

Hopeless. Have you ever felt like that? Totally without hope? You tried everything you could think of, you’re at the end of your rope, with no more solutions in sight and you wonder—am I hopeless? Now, I hope that the video and the actors didn’t make you think we’re down on counseling—we’re not. I ...read more

Scripture: Luke 23:21-43

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The King Herod Within Us

Contributed by Bruce Ball on Dec 1, 2005

A sermon that shows all of us have a little King Herod in us, but Christ brings a sword to put that nature to death so a new nature can rise up.

To many of us, we are the center of our own universe, aren’t we? To many of us, we are the only one who counts. And, too many of us think that God is our co-pilot. Let me start by saying that if God is your co-pilot, you had better change places with Him as quickly as you can. In MATTHEW ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 10:34-35

Denomination: *other

God's Wake Up Call

Contributed by Roger Roark on May 23, 2007

Sometimes God gives us a wake up call

God’s wake up call Jonah 1:1-2:10 [openiong] A married couple were on vacation and staying overnight at a motel. They had to get up early the next morning to continue their travel, so they called the front desk for a wake up call the next morning. The front desk called, and the wife got up and ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Baptism Of Jesus Series

Contributed by Harry J. Colegrove on Sep 7, 2012

Lessons learned from the Baptism of Jesus wrapping up with a brief lesson on the Baptism in the Holy Spirit

Gospel of Luke 3:21, 22 We are in a message series on the Gospel of Luke The word “gospel” literally means “good news” So, you could say that this series is about “The good news of Luke” What exactly is this good news? Simply put, it’s the life story of ...read more

Scripture: Luke 3:21-23

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Step Up To The Plate Series

Contributed by Larry Turner on Aug 20, 2015

Spiritual warfare is confined to within us. Satan is defeated and powerless unless we chose to give him his power back. This sermon looks at 5 ways we can do that.

Let me begin today with a reminder of what Sun Tzu wrote in his book “The Art of War.” “It is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles; if you do not know your enemies but do know yourself, you will win one and lose one; ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 2:15

Denomination: Foursquare

What's Up With Envy? Series

Contributed by Bruce Landry on May 23, 2005

We are admonished in God’s word to put away envy. Let us study how envy can destroy our lives if we do not take authority in Christ to put it away.

ENVY (Heb. qin’â; Gk. phthonos). (1) That discontented feeling that arises in the selfish heart in view of the superiority of another (real or imagined), nearly tantamount to jealousy (Psalm 37:1; Psalm 73:3; Proverbs 24:1, 19; Phil. 1:15; etc.). (2) That malignant passion that sees in another ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 1:15

Denomination: Baptist

What The Bible Teaches Us About Satan

Contributed by Mark Atherton on Mar 26, 2001

An attempt to clear up some confusion about this topic

What Can Learn From The Bible About Satan? I used this as a Sunday evening Sermon/Bible Study. There is alot of confusion about this area and alot of teaching that seems to unbiblical. I tried to be very biblical in this and did not go beyond what Scripture teaches us about the enemy of our ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 3:1-9, Job 1:1-22

Denomination: Holiness

"Heads Up!"

Contributed by Daniel Habben on Dec 2, 2012

"Heads Up!" 1) Advent warning 2) Advent rejoicing

“Heads up!” (Toss nerf ball to someone in the congregation.) It’s a good thing NAME took my warning seriously otherwise the ball would have bounced off his bean. Balls flying into crowds are not uncommon at baseball games. At the stadium I frequented as a boy in Japan, the ushers ...read more

Scripture: Luke 21:25-36

Denomination: Lutheran

"Up A Tree?"

Contributed by Ken Sauer on May 2, 2018

A sermon about salvation by grace no matter who you are or what you have done.

“Up a Tree?” Luke 19:1-10 “As Good as It Gets” is a 1997 comedy. In it Jack Nickolson plays Melvin Udall, a crude, obsessive-compulsive author who offends everyone he meets. But Melvin becomes enamored with Carol Connelly, a waitress played by Helen Hunt. She has seen Melvin at his worst, ...read more

Scripture: Luke 19:1-10

Denomination: United Methodist

Wake Up!

Contributed by Tim Patrick on Jul 25, 2005

This sermon is a call to be spiritually alert when we are tempted to be spiritually sleepy.

Some time ago Judy (my wife) and I attended a funeral on a Sunday afternoon. At that funeral I had an embarrassing experience with drowsiness. In fact, to be totally honest¡I fell asleep at the funeral. Falling asleep was not so bad. The embarrassing part occurred when Judy elbowed me and I jumped. ...read more

Scripture: Mark 14:37-41

Denomination: Baptist

Wake Up!

Contributed by Daniel Habben on Dec 4, 2004

Wake up from the hypnosis of hypocrisy and wake up to the greatness of Christ’s finery.

In 547 B.C., King Croesus of Sardis marched to fight King Cyrus of Persia. Croesus was defeated and retreated to his fortress-like city of Sardis where he thought he would be safe from further attacks. Even when the Persian army filled the valley below Croesus slept soundly thinking the enemy would ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 3:1-6

Denomination: Lutheran