Sermons about Reasons For Doing

A Time To Do; A Time Not To Do

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Sep 24, 2024

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What comes to us when our breath stops, when our days pass and we don’t even make a shadow anymore?

Friday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Course 2024 Our first reading from the Book of Ecclesiastes/Qoheleth today may be for older Americans one of the ten most familiar Bible quotes. The atheist singer Pete Seeger penned “Turn, turn, turn” in 1959 and it became a Billboard number one song when ...read more

Scripture: Luke 9:18-22, Psalm 144:1-4, Ecclesiastes 3:1-11

Denomination: Catholic

Do We Really Want To Grow? Series

Contributed by James Lee on Nov 12, 2014

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The main reason a church does not grow is that it doesn't want to grow. Is that where are?

In his book Comeback Churches, Ed Stetzer said this: “Comeback churches cast a compelling vision for outreach. They made intentional, strategic efforts to move outward. ** The main reason a church does not grow is that it doesn’t want to grow. Everyone in the church should be engaged ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:58

Denomination: Baptist

Diagnosing The Reason For God’s Wrath Series

Contributed by Pat Damiani on Oct 6, 2014

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This passage answers three important questions about God's wrath: 1) What is it? 2) How is it revealed? 3) Why do we deserve it?

A week ago Friday, a man went to the emergency room at a Dallas hospital with flu like symptoms. Even though he told a nurse that he had recently returned from Liberia, the hospital sent him home. Two days later, after his symptoms continued to worsen, that same man was finally admitted to the ...read more

Scripture: Romans 1:18-23

Denomination: Baptist

Using Money To Direct Our Hearts Series

Contributed by Simon Bartlett on Jul 25, 2022

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Jesus tells us not to store up treasure on earth but to store up treasure in heaven. Doing that is certainly a much better investment! But an even bigger reason to do that is that where we put out treasure directs our hearts.

We’re continuing in our series in the Sermon on the Mount and today we’re having the last talk in the series for the time being. Today, I’m going to focus on the first three verses of today’s passage, verses 19-21, and one phrase in particular. In v.19, Jesus says, ‘DON’T store up treasure on ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:19-24

Denomination: Baptist

Why Do We Need To Give Thanks

Contributed by Naveen Balakrishnan on Jun 1, 2005

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Paul gives us the reason for thanksgiving in this marvelous passage in Ephesians.

“WHY DO WE NEED TO GIVE THANKS?” EPHESIANS 5:20 We need to give thanks because God has commanded us… 1. To give thanks ALWAYS. (v. 20a) Giving thanks always 1 Chronicles 16:8, 34-35, 41; Psalm 18:49; 30:4, 12; 75:1; 79:13; 92:1; 97:12; 105:1; 106:1, 47; 107:1; 118:1, 29; 119:62; 122:4; ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:20

Denomination: Baptist

Seven Reasons To Seek A Personal Revival

Contributed by Wayne Searls on Jan 12, 2009

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PROPOSITION: To motivate the hearer to seek a fresh moving of God in his life.

INTRODUCTION: REVIVE [Heb chayah, khaw-yaw’]: a prim. root; to live; keep or make alive; give or promise life; recover, repair, or restore to life. I. A REAL REVIVAL WILL MOTIVATE YOU IN YOUR PRAYER LIFE Psalms 80:18 Then we will not turn back from You; Revive us, and we will call upon Your ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 57:5

Denomination: Nazarene

Why We Do Baby Dedications

Contributed by Patrick O'loughlin on Feb 5, 2007

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3 reasons why we do baby dedications based on Mark 10:13-16

Title: Why we do baby dedications. Mark 10:13-16 The Message “The people brought children to Jesus, hoping that He might touch them. The disciples shooed them off. But Jesus was irate and let them know it. “Don’t push these children away. Don’t ever get between them and me. These children are at ...read more

Scripture: Mark 10:13-16

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Why Do Bad Things Happen To Good People?

Contributed by Gene Gregory on Mar 17, 2006

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A look at several biblical reasons for Christian suffering.

WHY DO BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE? - Read 2 Corinthians 11:16-33 As we look at this passage, we wonder, "If God is in control, and He is; and if God is all powerful, and He is; why did He let all of this stuff happen to His man Paul? If God is in control, why do bad things happen to ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 11:16-33

Denomination: Baptist

Serving: A Reasonable Act Of Sacrifice

Contributed by Stephen Robinson on Jul 2, 2012

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When Christian are more interested in what they drive, what they wear and the house they live in they are saying that serving God is more about getting stuff than about sacrifice. But what kind of life does Jesus want us to pursuer? A Life of Service.

Today message is called Serving: A Reasonable Act of Sacrifice Reasonable Service (NKJV) Romans 12 1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. God’s Perfect ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 2:5-8, Philippians 2:1-11

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Reasons To Avoid The Mud Hole. Series

Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Jul 30, 2010

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WE have reasons to avoid the mud hole of sin on our life.

INTRODUCTION • SLIDE #1  Look at that mud hole, that looks fun as long as someone else is doing the clean up.  Do you remember being a kid and being drawn to mud puddles, water pebbles, and mud holes?  There was something about the mud that as a young boy it had an ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 1:17-21

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Come On...be Reasonable Series

Contributed by Steve Malone on Jan 4, 2005

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This message looks at chapter one of Isaiah. We see God pointing out the sin of the people and offering to clean them up. (Is - part 2)

"COME ON...BE REASONABLE" TEXT: ISAIAH CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION IN AUGUST OF 1980 I LEFT -- UP STATE NEW YORK WHERE I WAS RECEIVING TRAINING IN THE NAVY TO GO TO JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA TO GET MARRIED.... IT WAS A LONG DRIVE AND I COULDN’T WAIT TO GET THERE. WHEN I ARRIVED I PULLED INTO THE ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 1:1-31

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

A Reason To Put Faith In Jesus Series

Contributed by Jim Luthy on Feb 3, 2003

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An event in Jesus’ life that caused his disciples to really trust him.

A Reason to Put Faith in Jesus John 2:1-11 Pastor Jim Luthy It’s not only possible, but even probable that some of you came this evening struggling to put your faith in Jesus. Some may have come with a friend or with your parents with a general idea of who Jesus is and what Christianity looks ...read more

Scripture: John 2:1-11, Psalm 4:1-8

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Rowing Rowers Reach Reason Series

Contributed by Mack Armstrong on Jun 7, 2008

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The sailors in Jonah refused, at first, to rid the boat of this troubling person, but later did so. They serve as a type of a person ridding oneself of sin.

JONAH 1:13 ROWING ROWERS REACH REASON I. RESPECT: A. Response: B. Resourceful. C. Resilient. II. RISKS: A. Resistance. B. Retention. C. Ruination. III. REMEDY: A. Recognition. B. Removal. C. Restoration. With Jonah’s confession over, the sailors decided that they would not ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 1:1-13

Denomination: Methodist

Some Reasons For Unanswered Prayer Series

Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Feb 21, 2007

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In today’s sermon I want to suggest some reasons why perfectly proper prayers may go unanswered.

Scripture Some time ago I read a story about a young boy who was praying for a bicycle for Christmas. But his family was very poor, and when Christmas morning came there was no bicycle. A family friend, who was not very sensitive, said to the boy, “Well, I see that God did not answer your prayer ...read more

Scripture: Romans 1:13

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Ten Reasons For Family Devotions

Contributed by Rodney Fry on Sep 3, 2006

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Need a Family Devotion and why

Ten Reasons for Family Devotions Scripture: Psalm 119:9-11, especially verse 9 How can a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed according to Your word (NKJV) Introduction: I’d like to deal with a once-popular subject that has fallen on hard times-family devotions. This old phrase simply means ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 119:9-11

Denomination: Baptist

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