Sermons on Rivers In The Desert:

Seven Words One Friday - 5 "The Word Of Suffering" Series

Contributed by Ralph Andrus on Apr 4, 2012

I THIRST ❶. Identifying Thirst ❷ . Humiliating Thirst ❸ Intense Thirst ❹. Quenching Our Thirst

Jn. 19:28-29- “I thirst,” - Only found in John - It is the shortest of the words that Jesus speaks from the cross. In Greek it is just one word, dipso There's an old "Kingston Trio" (Kingston Trio was formed in 1957 ) Tom Dooley, Lemon Tree, This Land is Your Land – Brought ...read more

Scripture: John 19:28-29

Denomination: Baptist

God's Rx For What Ails You Series

Contributed by Maurice Mccarthy on Aug 12, 2013

A discussion on trials. All trials go back to what we believe about God (the trial of your "Faith"). Message ends with some medicine for those in trials.

God's RX For What Ails You We are in a series of messages based on the book of James entitled, "Seeing things from the right Angle." Today we are gong to be talking about seeing trials from the right angle, but more than that we are going to talk about thriving in a trial, and not just ...read more

Scripture: James 1:2-4

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Great Commission Series

Contributed by Julian Silva on Jan 9, 2003

To Challenge the people to a call to the Mission Field.

I. Introduction: Scripture Reading: (Mark 16:15) "And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature." While I was working in the V Corps Chaplain’s office in Frankfurt, Germany; I came in contact with many wonderful Christian individuals. One of the most ...read more

Scripture: Mark 16:15-20, John 4:35

Denomination: Baptist

Longing For That Water Part 2

Contributed by Joe Rowland on Oct 16, 2008

A lot of Christians are “Longing For That Water” they used to drink, but are not willing to let Jesus be in control of their whole life. It is time to give all of ourselves over to God not just part.

Longing For That Water Part 2 Psalm 107:1-9 1 O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. 2 Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy, 3 And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 107:1-9

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Encouragement In Troubled Times

Contributed by Kenneth Trent on Nov 9, 2008

Not many would question that we are living in troubled times.

ENCOURAGEMENT IN TROUBLED TIMES "Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in His law doth he meditate day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 1:1-3

Denomination: Baptist

New Beginings

Contributed by Steven Devroy on Mar 26, 2024

God gives each of us a wonderful gift and that is a new beginning. A second chance.

Opener: Good Morning Church! We are so happy that you have joined us this morning. We are beginning the new year right and so I want to talk to you this morning about new beginnings. So many of you know that I enjoy hitting the golf course now and again. I am not saying that I am really good at ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:17, Isaiah 43:18-19

Denomination: Assembly Of God

I Am That I Am

Contributed by Mark A. Barber on Feb 4, 2017

God is the one who is the seeker and reveals Himself to us.

I AM that I AM Exodus 3:1-15 It was business as usual in all the rest of the world. The world was entirely ignorant of an event that was to take place in a remote desert. Yet it is what happened here that has changed the world and not whatever decrees might have come that day from the throne of ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 3:1-15

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Testing God Series

Contributed by D Marion Clark on Apr 20, 2016

Testing God is the recurring theme as the psalmist recounts the waywardness of the Israelites. Three times it is mentioned, each time presenting insight into the different perspectives between them and God about their relationship.

Psalm 78:17-20, 40-41, 56-58 Testing God 12/27/09 D. Marion Clark Introduction You are familiar with the temptations of Jesus in the wilderness. Satan presents three temptations, all of which Jesus refutes, each time by quoting Scripture. For one of the temptations Satan sets Jesus on the ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 78:17-58

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Journey With Christ Series

Contributed by C. Philip Green on Dec 28, 2012

If we want to follow Christ, we must recognize our sin, recognize the Son and repent.

Some time ago (1996), the staff at the Bridger Wilderness Area in the Teton National Forest in Wyoming received the following responses on comment cards from hikers on their trails. These are actual responses! Trails need to be wider so people can walk while holding hands. Trails need to be ...read more

Scripture: Mark 1:1-20

Denomination: Evangelical Free

Wells Of Salvation

Contributed by Wayne Burnett on Jul 23, 2001

IN JOHN CHAPTER 4 JESUS WAS THE WELL FROM WHICH THE SAMARATAN WOMAN DRANK. EVERY BELIEVER IS A "WELL OF SALVATION". ARE YOU DRAWING OUT THE, LIVING WATER FOR THE THIRSTY PEOPLE OF THIS WORLD? HAVE YOU TOLD SOMEBODY ABOUT JESUS LATELY?

WELLS OF SALVATION JOHN 4:6-14 I. JESUS - THE SOURCE OF LIVING WATER A. The background of this event B. Jesus - the source of living water -John 7:37 In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. C. Jesus - ...read more

Scripture: John 4:5-14

Denomination: Church Of God

Advent - God's Judder Bar.

Contributed by John Gullick on Dec 18, 2002

A sermon that considers how Advent is a time of preparation for the Christian.

There is a tarsealed road at East Gore that leads to the river. Along this road are a series of deliberately built bumps like judder bars. They have been put there to restrain the young people who like to race along that road. The concern is to slow them down and to prepare them for entering East ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 3:1-12

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Move Out And Move Forward

Contributed by Chad Bolfa on Aug 22, 2010

There are times when the waiting must end, and we must move forward on what God has spoken to us, this sermon helps in those times when it is time to move out and move forward.

Move out and Move Forward Deuteronomy 1:1-8 Introduction: Probably one of the most humiliating experiences of my life was failing seventh grade. There were all my friends I started school with moving on to the eigth grade and here I was staying in the seventh grade with a whole bunch of kids I ...read more

Scripture: Deuteronomy 1:1-8

Denomination: Baptist

So, What's Wrong With Avis?

Contributed by John Beehler on Jan 10, 2003

There’s nothing wrong with being #2 as long Jesus is #1.

So, What’s Wrong With Avis? To say John the Baptist was unique would be an understatement. He had taken a Nazirite vow. Now a Nazirite vow contained 3 main conditions: refrain from wine and other intoxicants, not allow a razor to touch one’s hair, and not go near a dead body -–not ...read more

Scripture: Mark 1:4-11

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Being Blessed

Contributed by Douglas Snipes on Dec 8, 2010

We can either be blessed or bound. Let

BEING BLESSED Psalm 1 Everyone wants to be blessed. I have never met anyone yet who wanted to be cursed and not blessed. The sad thing is that most people either do not know how to be blessed or if they do know they refuse to do what it takes to be blessed. An old Chinese proverb says, “If ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 1:1-6

Denomination: Baptist

Eclipsing Doubt Series

Contributed by Quint Pitts on Dec 9, 2009

Third message in a series on the life of Joshua. This happened to fall on Veterans Day Weekend at our church and it was written with that in mind.

Eclipsing Doubt Heroes—The Secret—(part 3) In the battle of the Argonne in October 1918, the allies were attempting to break German lines when Cpl Alvin York and his men came upon well-hidden machine guns on high ground. As he later put it, "The Germans got us, and they got us right smart . . . ...read more

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