Sermons on Religion Is Not Relationship:

Owning My Relationship With God

Contributed by Bruce Lee on Jun 4, 2025

I want to talk about how life goes better when you start your day with God.

Owning My Relationship with God “…work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; for it is God who works both to will and to do for His good pleasure.” Philippians 2:1-13 KJV Intro: I want to talk about how life goes better when you start your day with God. Your relationship with God ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 2:1-13

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Church Is A Place Of Ritual Or Relationship? Series

Contributed by Shaila Touchton on Oct 14, 2025

In what areas of your life might you be prioritizing ritual over relationship with God?

As Christians, we must examine our hearts and ensure that our worship is genuine, not just a ritual. Let's explore few examples of how some Christians and churches may be going through the motions without a personal relationship with Christ. 1. Sunday Service Attendance Without Heartfelt ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 119:113, James 1:27

Understanding Our Relationship With God SermonCentral

Contributed by SermonCentral on Sep 6, 2023

The ultimate goal of a true Christian is to understand and know God. This desire surpasses all others in importance.

What is the greatest desire of a Christian? Throughout the Bible, we see that the great men and women of God express their passion for truly knowing Him. Moses asks God to reveal His glory (Exodus 33:18). David compares his longing for God to a deer panting for water (Psalm 42:1). And Paul declares ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:10

Topics: Knowing God, Christian Life

Breaking Marital And Relationship Barriers Series

Contributed by Rev. Samuel Arimoro on Jan 15, 2026

God’s Word empowers believers to break barriers in marriages and relationships, bringing unity, love, and divine protection.

BREAKING MARITAL AND RELATIONSHIP BARRIERS By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: Ecclesiastes 4:12 Key Verse: “Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.” (Ecclesiastes 4:12) Supporting Texts: Genesis 2:24; Ephesians 5:25-33; 1 ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 4:12

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Christ At The Center Of Our Relationships PRO Sermon

Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Oct 13, 2025

The sermon calls us to embody Christ’s selfless love in everyday actions, making His love visible through unity, humility, forgiveness, and patient care for one another.

Good morning, dear friends. If your week felt hurried and your heart feels thin, you’re in the right place. Take a breath. Set your shoulders down. Imagine the Savior kneeling with a towel at His waist, looking into the eyes of people who would soon scatter, and speaking a command as tender as it ...read more

Scripture: John 13:34-35, Ephesians 4:2-3, 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

Topics: Christlike Love, Relationships

A Place Of Favor With God (Exodus 33:1-17) Series

Contributed by Garrett Tyson on Feb 14, 2023

After the golden calf, the future between God and Israel is murky, and unsettled. Into that, enter Moses, a man who has God's favor, and who God knows by name, and who has a close relationship with God.

Today, I want to read through three separate, but related, episodes in Exodus. Each of these three, by themselves, would make a great devotional, or sermon. There's something in each of them that is worth stopping, and just thinking about. But when we combine them, like I think we are ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 33:1-17, Luke 2:52

Discipleship Will Cost You, Part 5 Series

Contributed by T.j. Conwell on Mar 15, 2026

When it comes to following Jesus, we have to ask the important distinction: Do we really know Him? Or do we just know about Him? Jesus explores this topic amongst the religious in the Temple, and it truly speaks to us today!

John, Part 31 Series: Discipleship Will Cost You, Part 5 Passage: John 7:25-31 FOCUS: Continuing our focus on Discipleship and its personal cost to us Discipleship: the process of becoming like Jesus through obedience / submitting LAST WEEK: Jesus is teaching in the synagogue; last ...read more

Scripture: John 7:25-31, Genesis 49:10, 2 Samuel 7:12-16, Micah 5:2, Jeremiah 4:22  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Presumption

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Dec 9, 2007

Religion does not create a relationship with God, nor does ritual. It is refinement born of repentance that shapes that relationship. Repent, relate, and receive.

“Dr. Livingstone, I presume?” Famous words supposedly spoken by journalist Henry Morton Stanley somewhere in Tanganyika at the end of his expedition to find the missing explorer. “I presume”. It means, “I think I know what I am doing. Would you please confirm it for me? You look like what I ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 3:1-12

Denomination: Baptist

To An Unknown God

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jan 15, 2010

Our world is incurably religious and is filled with people on a spiritual search. We find it easy to talk religion, but our calling is to share our relationship with the living Christ.

We are incurably religious! Wherever you go, you will find that people are religious. We are groping for something we never quite find. Ride with me up and down Sixteenth Street, here in the city, or out New Hampshire Avenue, past Colesville. The architecture is ample proof that people are ...read more

Scripture: Acts 17:16-33

Denomination: Baptist

The Myth And The Magic, The Moment And The Master

Contributed by Ronald Law on Jul 6, 2006

Objective:- Show congregation that Christianity is more than a religion or a magical solution to their problems, it is a relationship.

Mark 5:24-34 The Myth and the Magic, The Moment and the Master Objective:- Show congregation that Christianity is more than a religion or a magical solution to their problems, it is a relationship. Introduction The story of the woman who reached through the crowd and touched the hem of His ...read more

Scripture: Mark 5:24-34

Denomination: Methodist

The Deception Of New Age Spirituality A Biblical Perspective Series

Contributed by Shaila Touchton on Nov 24, 2025

New age religion can be concerning for Christians because it often promotes ideas that contradict biblical teachings. Its pantheistic views of God, emphasis on personal experience over scripture

New age religion can be concerning for Christians because it often promotes ideas that contradict biblical teachings. Its pantheistic views of God, emphasis on personal experience over scripture, and focus on self-realization can lead Christians astray from their faith's core principles. ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 2:18-23

God's Purpose For My Life (Living With An Eternal Perspective)

Contributed by Ed Cheng on Jul 14, 2016

God has a specific purpose for your life. It is that you come to know Him intimately and enjoy His presence in a relationship that is deeply personal and satisfying. This glorifies Him when you know Him in such a way!

God’s Purpose for my Life (Gaining an Eternal Perspective) Col. 1:15-16 (NIV) The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 1:15-16

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

God's Humble Servants Honored Series

Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Apr 2, 2009

God has had enough of people who do not listen to His word & despise those who do. God will one day judge those who are depending on externals to establish their relationship with Him, who delight in their way instead of the Lord’s way.

ISAIAH 66: 1-6 GOD’S HUMBLE SERVANTS HONORED As the climax to the book, this chapter describes the Lord fulfilling some of the promises He has made. The Lord had promise to distinguish between His true people and those who honor Him with their lips but whose hearts are far from Him (especially ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 66:1-6

Denomination: Baptist

The Descent Of The West From God: From Theism, Naturalism, To Nihilism And Existentialism

Contributed by Justin Steckbauer on Jul 20, 2022

We see a slide taking place in regard to worldview. For human history some form of religion or deism was the chief worldview

We see a slide taking place in regard to worldview. For human history some form of religion or deism was the chief worldview. Yet over the history of humanity, we see the descent of human worldview, as if one were taking steps down a flight of stairs, from theism, the original underpinnings of ...read more

Scripture: John 3:16

Denomination: Salvation Army

Life Without Rules

Contributed by David Smith on Aug 14, 2010

Therefore do not let anyone condemn you in matters of food and drink or of observing festivals, new moons, or sabbaths. These are only a shadow of what is to come, but the substance belongs to Christ. Do not let anyone disqualify you, insisting on self-ab

I’m struggling with Colossians this week - not with the ancient people of Colossae of course but with St Paul’s letter to the Colossians, and not with the whole letter either but with one word in one verse that really has me bamboozled: Therefore do not let anyone condemn you in matters of food and ...read more

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican