Sermons on Ready Or Not:

Are You Ready For This?

Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Jul 11, 2006

This is a look at our preperation for heaven. Asking the question are you prepared?

What are you looking forward too? So often if were honest things we look forward to dont always live up to our expectations. I remember my Kids getting really excited about the magic of Disneyland Paris. They had watched the magic of the advertising campaign on TV, it loooked great. But the ...read more

Scripture: John 14:1-14

Denomination: Baptist

Are You Ready For Christmas? Series

Contributed by Doug Henry on Dec 28, 2006

A look at how to prepare for the coming of Jesus from the teachings of John the Baptist.

I was in Wal-Mart a few months ago with a mission. It was the end of the summer season, so I went to the lawn and garden section to check out the sales on all the stuff you use to keep your yard and property looking nice. I went there with the intention of buying a weed eater if the price was ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 3:1-10

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Are You Ready For A Revolution

Contributed by Melvin Maughmer, Jr. on Oct 27, 2006

Are you tired of Church as usual? Do you want to experience God. Do you want to tear do traditions. Are you a revolutionary.

“Are You Ready for a Revolution” By District Elder M.L. Maughmer, Jr. Acts 16:16-20 & 17:1-6 Now when you have a subject such as this “Are you ready for a Revolution”, you immediately develop 2 distinct groups of people. The 1st group is those that sit on edge with a snarl on their face ...read more

Denomination: Apostolic

Getting Ready For Revival Series

Contributed by Leroy Redding on Oct 18, 2006

This is the first in a series on the seven churches mentioned in Revelation 2-3

I am praying for, and believe, by faith that revival will take place in us in the next few months! I am praying for, and believe, by faith that God is going to do some extraordinary things among us during the next few months! I am praying for, and believe, by faith that we will have an ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 2:1-7

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Ready Mix Gods

Contributed by Tim Patrick on Sep 7, 2005

This sermon shows the sin of building idols in our person lives.

Introduction- As an introduction I show the congregation a picture (on power point) of me holding a box of ready mix biscuit mix in my hand. State: Ready mix biscuit mix can be a wonderful thing. It accommodates people who have busy schedules. It accommodates people (like me) who do not know how ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 32:1-6

Denomination: Baptist

Getting Ready For Eternity

Contributed by C Jordan on Feb 15, 2008

Everyone must stand before the judgment seat of Christ, and because of the reality of this coming Day, we would be wise to meditate on the Scriptural truths concerning Heaven and Hell, and get ready for eternity.

GETTING READY FOR ETERNITY ILLUSTRATION: Father Murphy goes into a local bar in Dublin and approaches the first man he sees. "Do you want to go to Heaven?" he asks and the man says, "Indeed I do, Father." "Then for goodness sake," commands the priest, "leave this pub right now." He then goes to ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 7:13-14

Denomination: *other

Get Ready For A Shift!

Contributed by Vera Hughes on Feb 20, 2008

Do you feel like you are in turbulent place in your life and nothing seems to be going right? I have good news for you! God is shifting you into a place of blessing! Get ready for a shift!

Scriptures: Isaiah 40:1-5 Psalm 126:1-6 As we read in the scriptures, Isaiah was prophesying to a people who were in a backslidden state. They knew that they were the apple of God’s eye through the covenant that Abraham had with God. Abraham obeyed God and God counted him as righteous. Because ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 40:1-5

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Are You Ready For Retirement?

Contributed by Douglas Kinney on Dec 20, 2007

Millions have made Him their Savior, but how many have made Him their Master?

Are you prepared for retirement? Statics reveal that 2 out of 3 people are unprepared for retirement. I will confess that in the sense the latest ad poseses the questions I fall in the 2 catagory. On the other hand, if the question merely meanst I am ready to quit work and start playing golf for ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 7:21-24

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Are You Ready For Christmas

Contributed by Michael Nesmith on Dec 21, 2007

A reflection and response to the age old question of, Are you ready for Christmas?

Over the past few days as I encounter people I am often asked a question that is commonly asked this time of the year which is, “Are you ready for Christmas?” Every Christmas getting ready seems to be everyone’s main focus. And the definition of our getting ready encompasses a broad spectrum of ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:1-20

Denomination: Catholic

Keep Watch & Be Ready

Contributed by Christian Cheong on Jan 3, 2008

In Jesus’ last sermon before He was betrayed, He stressed the need to keep watch and be ready for His return, emphasizing it with three parables. Are you doing what He expects from you? This ought to be our concern today.

We’ve just read a portion of Jesus’ last sermon to His disciples before He was betrayed. • It stretches from Chapter 23 to 25, with a large part of it about His second coming. • This is the main theme of His long message. It is understandable, since He is about to leave them. • Jesus needs to tell ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 24:36-46

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Are You Ready For Jesus?

Contributed by Stephen Becker on Nov 26, 2007

The Sermon explores what it means to be truly ready for Jesus, in this life and being prepared for His return. Living a Christian life is more than talking about religion, we have to “walk the walk;” we need to be spiritually ready. Three messages o

Are You Ready for Jesus? Matthew 24:36-44; 25:1-13 Stephen H. Becker, M.Div. St. Peter’s Lutheran Church 1st Sunday in Advent; December 2, 2007 I once saw a story on the evening news where a photographer was also a skydiver, and he jumped with a number of skydivers from a plane to videotape the ...read more

Denomination: Lutheran

Getting Ready For Christmas Series

Contributed by David Dewitt on Nov 26, 2007

God did a great deal to get everything ready for the first Christmas and the arrival of His Son

Getting Ready for Christmas Matthew 1:1-17 November 25, 2007 Morning Service Introduction Here we are one month away from Christmas Day. The stores are already filled with people searching for gifts. The streets are filled with impatient drivers. The weekends will be filled with anxiety over doing ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 1:1-17

Denomination: Church Of God

Getting Ready For Heaven

Contributed by Dennis Selfridge on Dec 15, 2007

Four ways of what we need to do to worship rightly

GETting READY FOR HEAVEN! Matthew 2:1-12 How are you doing in getting ready for Christmas? Is your card list longer this year? Do you think there are more presents to buy? Do you have all the decorations up? We get ready for Christmas in different ways. Do you find big crowds where you ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 2:1-12

Denomination: Wesleyan

Getting Ready For The Cross

Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Mar 5, 2008

Jesus will be the Passover Lamb! The ANNOUNCING of the cross, the ARRANGING of the cross, the ANOINTING for the cross. Link inc. to formatted text, audio, and PowerPoint Template.

Getting Ready for the Cross Matthew 26:1-13 http://gbcdecatur.org/sermons/GettingReadyForTheCross.html I. The Announcing of the Cross – by Christ v. 1-2 Jesus tells His disciples that He will be crucified in 2 days at the Passover Feast. It was a lamb that was killed at the first Passover when ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 26:1-13

Denomination: Baptist

Ready Because Of Christ

Contributed by Brian La Croix on Mar 23, 2008

Easter Message reflecting on the fact that because of Christ we can be ready to face God when we die.

Ready Because of Christ 1 Corinthians 15:12-20, 54-55 Easter Sunday, March 23, 2008 NOTE: THE ME/WE/GOD/YOU/WE FORMAT USED IN MY MESSAGES IS BORROWED FROM ANDY STANLEY’S BOOK, "COMMUNICATING FOR A CHANGE." Me: I shared this story the first Easter I was here, back in 2001, but we’ve got a number ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:12-20

Denomination: Wesleyan