Sermons on Ruined Lives:

Living Into God’s 'a' PRO Sermon

Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Nov 3, 2025

God’s presence gives us courage and strength to face new challenges, assuring us that we are never alone as we step forward in faith.

Some of us walked in today with a smile for others and a storm inside. You’ve been staring at a calendar date that scares you. There’s a chair at the table that sits empty. There’s a decision lurking in your inbox with your name on it. Life does that. It brings us to riverbanks we’ve never crossed, ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 1:1-9

Topics: Surrender, Trust, Faithfulness

Living Life To The Fullest...god's Way!

Contributed by Landon Lewis on Jul 31, 2002

God has a purpose for each of our lives, and we can learn to make the most out of every day by learning to live life to the fullest, His way, and not just simply exist!

A little girl asks her mother, “Mommy, why do you cut off the ends of the meat before you cook it?” The girl’s mother goes on to tell her that she thought that it adds flavor by allowing the meat to better absorb the spices, but perhaps she had better ask her grandma since she had learned it from ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 1:10-12, Matthew 6:26

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Live Like You Were Dying

Contributed by Ben Johnson on Feb 8, 2007

We must take advantage of every opportunity, of everyday, of every moment to live life on purpose!! Unfortunately however, many times we get so caught up in the details of our day to day life that we just don’t take the time to SEIZE EVERY MOMENT!

Live Like You Were Dying using SONG ILLUSTRATION: "Live Like You Were Dying" -by country artist Tim McGraw REFERENCE: Phil. 3:7-16 A young soldier and his commanding officer got on a train together. The only available seats were across from an young attractive woman who was traveling with her ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:7-16

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Concerning Wisdom Series

Contributed by Michael Luke on Jun 12, 2009

The importance of wise living

SERIES: BE SATISFIED “CONCERNING WISDOM” ECCLESIASTES 7:10-29 Two young engineers applied for a single position at a computer company. They both had the same qualifications. In order to determine which individual to hire, the applicants were asked to take a test by the department manager. ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 7:10-29

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Living Life With The Fellowship Of The Holy Spirit

Contributed by Dr. Stanley Vasu on Sep 2, 2001

1.RELATIONSHIP 2.REFINING 3.REST 4.REVELATION 5.REQUESTS 6.RESISTANCE 7.RELEASE

LIVING LIFE WITH THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE HOLY SPIRIT OUTLINE 1.RELATIONSHIP 2.REFINING 3.REST 4.REVELATION 5.REQUESTS 6.RESISTANCE 7.RELEASE THE MESSAGE LIVING LIFE WITH THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE HOLY SPIRIT 1. RELATIONSHIP The Lords wants to provide us a relationship with the Holy ...read more

Scripture: Zechariah 4:6

Denomination: Pentecostal

We're Living In Two Realms

Contributed by Tom Tarpley on Aug 20, 2012

The Book of Job teaches us that the things happening in the Spiritual world affect us on a daily basis in our Physical world..

Much credit goes to Rev. Mike Riches for some of the ideas in this sermon. Text Job 1:6 -19; Job 2:7-10; INTRODUCTION Where is your Passion? What is it that gives you the most joy in your life? If someone had asked me that question before I gave up the street life--my answer would have been, ...read more

Denomination: *other

Living A Life That Makes A Difference In 2009

Contributed by William Jones on Dec 31, 2008

A call to return to God and His mission in 2009.

Living a Life that Makes a Difference in 2009 Haggai 1:8b, 9 (Message) “…rebuild the Temple. Do it just for me. Honor me. You’ve had great ambitions for yourselves, but nothing has come of it.” Good morning and Merry Christmas! And I will through in a Happy New Year as well! This morning I ...read more

Scripture: Haggai 1:8-9

Denomination: Baptist

Living For A Higher Calling Than Me Series

Contributed by Charles Whitmire on Jan 27, 2008

This is the third message in the Contrarian’s Guide series. This week we look at idols, and how as odd as it sounds, if we are not careful our idol becomes "me."

This is our third message in our contrarian series - we’ve been looking at things from a little different perspective, or vantage point. Last week we talked about slowing down - rather than speeding through life, maybe if we slowed down we could learn to hear God. The week before that we talked ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:1-6

Denomination: Baptist

I Have A Job For You Series

Contributed by Thomas Bowen on Aug 31, 2006

Stephen was called to ba Marter...To give his life for God. How can truth ruin your day?

I have a job for you Acts 6:1-8:1 Today we are taking a huge chunk of scripture and we are going to jump through it very quickly. In reality we are only going to highlight some of the really big things in this section. This block of scripture starts with an internal view of things happening ...read more

Denomination: Congregational

Borrowed Breath Series

Contributed by John Oscar on Mar 9, 2025

Pastor John teaches how Belshazzar's refusal to yield to God brought him and his kingdom to ruin.

Borrowed Breath Book of Daniel Series Daniel 5 CCCAG March 9th, 2025 Scripture- Daniel 5 Introduction A few notes before we begin this message today. Before we dive into Daniel 5, a quick note: I got some emails concerning that I missed something about how to identify the antichrist in last week’s ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 16:11, Romans 5:8

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Celebrating Christmas When The Unexpected Occurs Series

Contributed by Scott Kircher on Dec 5, 2011

How do you celebrate Christmas or life for that matter when unexpected events ruin your best laid plans?

Celebrating Christmas…when the Grinch shows up! Celebrating Christmas when the unexpected Occurs Matthew 1:18-25 To be truly be able to celebrate Christmas when the unexpected occurs, you must… Expect the unexpected to Occur Trust God’s Sovereignty when the Unexpected ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 1:18-25

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Scrooges Of Christmas Series

Contributed by Denn Guptill on Dec 3, 2012

Not every Scrooge at Christmas is a classic Ebeneezer type Scrooge, this message looks at the different Scrooges who try to ruin Christmas

The Scrooges of Christmas Bah, Humbug, Scrooge is like Bond, everyone has a favorite. For some there is no Scrooge like Alistair Sim, he was the actor who portrayed Scrooge in the clip we just saw. He also reprised the role in an Oscar winning short film in 1970. Maybe it is Albert Finney in ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 2:1-8

Denomination: Wesleyan

Healthy Independence-9

Contributed by Byron Sherman on Oct 27, 2020

9 of ? The prophet Jeremiah contrasted two major aspects of Independence—Independence from God versus independence from the world. Dependence upon YHWH brings independence from worldly influence. How can I be independent of worldly influence? A Healthy Independence Engages...

HEALTHY INDEPENDENCE-IX—Jeremiah 17:11(:1-14) Attention: The following was written by a pastor describing one of his experiences... I love children. I love being around them & watching them play. Once in a while, I get it into my head to give a children's sermon. Even though I know I ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 17:11, Jeremiah 17:1-14

Denomination: Baptist

Living The Spiritual Life Part One

Contributed by Joe Bedy on Nov 28, 2001

To understand leading a Spirit led life, we must understand what it means to worship God in Spirit and in truth.Is it more than Sunday morning?

Central Christian Church of St. Petersburg November 28 2001 Tell Bears and Buccaneers joke. One of the ideas I was given for Sermon topics was the question: "How do I live the Spiritual life." The statement was made that "I still struggle with temptation and sin." Jesus said" John 4:23 "But an ...read more

Scripture: John 4:23-24, Romans 12:1-2

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

God's Ten Commands For Peaceful Living Series

Contributed by Paul Barreca on Jul 3, 2014

James 4:7-10 is a series of ten rapid-fire instructions that provide God’s Ten Commandments for restoring peace in your relationships.

Our study of James 4 has focused on the results of following worldly wisdom as opposed to godly wisdom. This theme of two kinds of wisdom was introduced in chapter 3. “But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth.” (James ...read more

Scripture: James 4:7-10

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational