Sermons on restfulness: showing 196-210 of 68,038

Rest In The Arms Of God Series

Contributed by Robert Fa’atoia-Collins on Mar 19, 2008

Pain and sorrow has scar our lives each and every day, we often seek other means to comfort us and give us peace of mind. However, in Christ Alone Our Hope Is Found.

Key Verses: 94:12-19, 22, 23. In this Psalms we find David praying to God to take revenge against his enemies, and to judge the wicked people that are so cruel to God’s people. But as he closes this chapter, David praises God’s comfort and loving care. He reassured us that by obeying Jesus, we ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 94:12-23

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

Laboring To Enter Into That Rest

Contributed by Mark Roper on Feb 1, 2008

Be cause of Jesus we can find rest in the midst of toil, trouble, and conflict.

Laboring to enter into that Rest I. Need For Rest In The Twenty Four Hour Society, Martin Moore-Ede says our most notorious industrial accidents in recent years—Exxon Valdez, Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, the fatal navigational error of Korean Air Lines 007—all occurred in the middle of the ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 4:11

Denomination: Church Of God

Experiencing God's Rest Series

Contributed by Scott Kircher on Oct 31, 2008

Sermon 5 in Hebrews series

Experiencing God’s Rest Slide It is good to rest. Everyone here today, I am certain looks forward to rest at some point or another. Especially in today’s society, there is so much emphasis put on busyness and work, that it seems rest is hard to come by. We go to work and labor all day, we come ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

"The Rest Of The Divine" Series

Contributed by Clark Tanner on Nov 13, 2008

Sermon 10 in a study in HEBREWS

“Therefore, let us fear if, while a promise remains of entering His rest, any one of you may seem to have come short of it. 2 For indeed we have had good news preached to us, just as they also; but the word they heard did not profit them, because it was not united by faith in those who heard. 3 ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 4:1-11

Denomination: Orthodox

The Rest Of The Story: Mephibosheth Series

Contributed by Tim White on May 17, 2009

After receiving the grace of David, did Mephibosheth betray his benefactor? Some great lessons on grace and the believer.

The Rest of the Story: Mephibosheth 2 Samuel 16:1-4 David and Jonathan’s vow: 1 Samuel 20:14-17 - Jonathan said: 14 "And you shall not only show me the kindness of the LORD while I still live, that I may not die; 15 "but you shall not cut off your kindness from my house forever, no, not when the ...read more

Scripture: 2 Samuel 16:1-4

Denomination: Baptist

God Rested That Day

Contributed by Preacher Fo Real on Apr 13, 2007

Simple sermon on the creation

God rested that day. Genesis 1 – 3 I. The Spirit of God comes out of the dark, shapeless void to take an embryonic mass and breathe life into it. When God speaks, light comes into existence. The light conquers the dark, and then God rested that day. II. God made the sky to be beautiful and ...read more

Denomination: *other

Now For The Rest Of The Story

Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Apr 16, 2007

Our text follows the story after Jesus’ resurrection from the dead. What happened? In our text we will see these things unfold: 1- The lie that was told 2- The vision that was spiritual 3- The command that was established 4- The promise that was ce

INTRO.- ILL.- As far back as anyone could remember, Kris knew where he was going. He was clean-cut boy, bright and well behaved. The kind of kid any parent would be proud to call their son. His father was a major general in the Air Force and immensely proud of his son when Kris announced his ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 28:11-20

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Repentence, Rest And Reverberations

Contributed by Ryan Sato on May 11, 2007

This sermon but challenges us to think about how we are living as the people of God and how we might shake up our thinking, our relationships, and our communities of faith. . . not just for “shaking’s” sake, but because God is prompting us.

Tonight our theme is REVERBERATIONS…what does it make you think of? Perhaps the younger people in your community who pump up the bass in your neighborhood and shake your windows with their Hip-hop grooves? Well, hopefully, our reflections on REVERBERATIONS will go deeper than that tonight...not ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 11:1-30

Denomination: Baptist

And Now For The Rest Of The Story...

Contributed by Stephen Becker on Oct 13, 2007

A sermon investigating the Good Samaritan and Good Works, in light of the Grace of Jesus Christ. We do God’s good works not to be saved because Jesus has done everything for our salvation; rather we do good works because we are saved.

And Now…the Rest of the Story Luke 10:25-37 The Parable of the Good Samaritan Stephen Becker, M.Div. St. Peter’s Lutheran Church Seventh Sunday After Pentecost, July 15, 2007 How many people here have heard of the story of the Good Samaritan before? It’s a parable that is taught often in Bible ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:25-37

Denomination: Lutheran

God Rested That Day Series

Contributed by Preacher Fo Real on Oct 26, 2007

This is the entire sermon.

God rested that day. Genesis 1 – 3 Chapter 1: The dark quiet chaotic colossal expanse Most scientists and scholarly philosophers speculate that the universe began in what has come to be known as the Big Bang. However, there is another more realistic version of the creation of the earth and the ...read more

Denomination: *other

Entering God's Rest

Contributed by Doug Morrell on Dec 24, 2006

As believers we have entered into His rest by grace (peace with God) AND that we also must make every effort to obtain what God has already provided (peace of God)...

“Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following their example of disobedience” (Heb. 4:11). From God’s Word we learn that rest has several meanings: * The seventh day of creation and the weekly Sabbath celebrating it (Gen. 2:2; Heb. 4:4-9) * The ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 4:11

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Living In His Rest

Contributed by Sean Lester on Jan 18, 2007

You can have a resurrected life characterized by peace and contentment. This passage of scripture tells you how.

Life Raised and at Rest Rev. Sean D. Lester April 20, 2003 Introduction: A. The Israelites were birthed from Egypt for the purpose of becoming a new nation of holy people in the land occupied by sinful people. B. The journey from Egypt was supposed to be short. They would enter the new country ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 3:1-15

Denomination: Pentecostal

Rest In His Righteousness Series

Contributed by W F on Sep 20, 2004

If we want to Kick-start our faith, we must learn to rest in God’s righteousness (Part 4 "How to Kick-start Your Faith")

How to kick-start your faith Part 4 4:1-2 Rest in His Righteousness. INTRODUCTION One of the greatest dilemmas in the Christian faith is to accept that God loves us yet still sends some people to hell. It’s a problem that can paralyse our faith, if we don’t it get sorted out early in our journey. ...read more

Scripture: Malachi 4:1-2

Denomination: *other

The Rest; A Faith That Shines

Contributed by Melvin Shelton on Mar 20, 2006

Now if we want a faith that shines, I believe we need to look at the faith of the people the writer names in the closing chapter.

The rest; a faith that shines Hebrews 11:32-40 03/19/06 Each year or more than once a year, there will be a magazine that usually will list the top 100 people in the world. As we conclude our study of Hebrews 11, I believe we could not conclude it in any greater fashion. We come to a list of Bible ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 11:32-40

Denomination: Baptist

There's Rest At The Rock

Contributed by Jerome Cade on May 24, 2005

When your heart is overwhemled God will lead you to the Rock that’s higher than yourself. Jesus is bidding that you come and receive what He has to offer at the Rock.

There’s a gospel song that’s being played over the airwaves; it says, "…when my heart is overwhelmed... lead me to the rock, lead me to the rock that’s higher than I." What an awesome song! We are all overwhemled during various stages of our lives and God has a place he wants to lead us to; ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 11:28-30, Psalm 62:2

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational