Sermons on Selfless Living:

Living Stones: Commitment Vs Complacent Series

Contributed by Justin Ford on Nov 28, 2012

Part of a Capital Fundraising Campaign Series. This message was centered on the temptation for churches to grow complacent (like the Israelites) in the midst of blessing

LIVING STONES (4): COMMITMENT VS COMPLACENT JOSHUA 6-8 Take out notes and find Joshua chapter 6 We are in the 4th week of our “Living Stones” series 4 weeks ago, the SPT presented the church with a 2 Phase Master Plan that would allow us to relocate to the 18 acres of land we own ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Born To Die, Living In The Shadow Of The Cross

Contributed by Jerry Flury on Dec 12, 2012

Christ was born to die. From the moment He was born, the Cross at Calvary cast its shadow upon that Infant and would never leave Him until He had finished His mission. He was born to die.

Born to Die, Living in the Shadow of the Cross John12:27–28.” At Christmas we like to think of the Baby lying in a manager. We like the warm and tender feelings we get from songs like “Away in the manger” and “Silent Night”. The world by large does not give ...read more

Scripture: John 12:27-28

Denomination: Baptist

Live Like You Were Dyin' Series

Contributed by Rob Yanok on Oct 5, 2013

“Life is a dash between two numbers on a tombstone, and everybody should enjoy that dash” Dr Neil Shulman (Movie Doc Hollywood) 18 times a minute you breathe, 25,920 times a day FREE of Charge. Learn to live your life with passion

Live Like You Were Dyin’ Life is valuable. “Teach us to number our days and recognize how few they are; help us to spend them as we should.” Psalm 90:12 (LB) Don’t turn over a new leaf. Turn over a new life. “Life is a dash between two numbers on a tombstone, and ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 39:4-5

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Living A Thankful Life (Thanksgiving 2013)

Contributed by Jimmy Dillon on Nov 22, 2013

Part of being a Christian is living a thankful life. One of the main discriminators that sets us apart from the world should be living a life of thanksgiving. There are four elements that are in this passage that speak of our living a thankful life.

Living A Thankful Life 1 Chron 16:8-13 & 23-36 Intro The day before Thanksgiving an elderly man in Phoenix called his son in New York and said to him, "I hate to ruin your day, but I have to tell you that your mother and I are divorcing; 45 years of misery is enough. We’re sick of each ...read more

Scripture: 1 Chronicles 16:8-36

Denomination: Baptist

"Live Like You Were Dying" Series

Contributed by David Henderson on Jul 30, 2013

Too many of us live in what we might call the “world of someday.” We say “someday when things settle down or when I get older I’ll really live for God.” When does someday come? Let iststart today.

REEL DISCIPLESHIP “Live Like you were Dying” John 10:10 On Memorial Day weekend, most of us stop to remember those who have gone on before us and especially those who were killed in battle. Some of you will go to the cemetery and place flowers on your loved ones grave and you may ...read more

Scripture: John 10:10

Denomination: Baptist

Faith, Born Of An Encounter With The Living God Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Aug 24, 2013

Faith gave John the Baptist both perseverance and effectiveness.

Today Mark introduces us to one of the most corrupt men of his day, King Herod. This Herod, Herod Antipas, was one of the surviving sons of Herod the Great, the Idomenean who had tried to kill the infant Jesus three decades earlier. We could call him “Herod the Lesser,” because he was ...read more

Scripture: Mark 6:17-29

Denomination: Catholic

How Can I Live In Hope? Series

Contributed by David Cook on Sep 4, 2012

Peter offers hurting Christians biblical encouragement on how they can live in hope every day. 1 - Recognize It's Basis, 2 - Rejoice in Response, and 3 - Recall God's Grace.

Have you ever been in a situation that seemed hopeless? What did you do? Who did you turn to? It’s easy to lose hope in America today. Why? Raising godly families is not easy, Increasingly secular society, Societal institutions do not support Christian values, etc. Q: Christians can lose ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 1:1-12

Denomination: Baptist

Attitude's To Be In Our Lives Part 1 Series

Contributed by Tom Feola on Oct 24, 2012

God wants certain attitudes in our lives and the best attitudes that we can have are from the Beattitudes. This is a 4 part teaching on the 9 Beattitudes that Jesus gave us.

Attitudes To Be in our lives Part 1 Matthew 5:1-12 (NKJV) And seeing the multitudes, He went up on a mountain, and when He was seated His disciples came to Him. 2 Then He opened His mouth and taught them, saying: 3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, For theirs is the kingdom of ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:1-12

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Attitude's To Be In Our Lives Part 2 Series

Contributed by Tom Feola on Oct 24, 2012

God wants certain attitudes in our lives and the best attitudes that we can have are from the Beattitudes. This is part 2 of a 4 part teaching on the 9 Beattitudes that Jesus gave us.

#3. Matthew 5:5 (NKJV) “Blessed are the meek, For they shall inherit the earth.” Attitude 3 - We need an attitude of being TEACHABILITY. Meekness is not weakness Most people seem to think that meek means weak, a spineless person without any backbone at all. But the word ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:5-6

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Attitude's To Be In Our Lives Part 3 Series

Contributed by Tom Feola on Oct 24, 2012

God wants certain attitudes in our lives and the best attitudes that we can have are from the Beattitudes. This is part 3 of a 4 part teaching on the 9 Beattitudes that Jesus gave us.

Matthew 5:7 (NKJV) Blessed are the merciful, For they shall obtain mercy. Matthew 5:7 (AMP)Blessed (happy, to be envied, and spiritually prosperous — with life-joy and satisfaction in God's favor and salvation, regardless of their outward conditions) are the merciful, for they shall obtain ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:7-8

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Attitude's To Be In Our Lives Part 4 Series

Contributed by Tom Feola on Oct 24, 2012

God wants certain attitudes in our lives and the best attitudes that we can have are from the Beattitudes. This is part 4 of a 4 part teaching on the 9 Beattitudes that Jesus gave us.

Attitude To Be Part 4 Matthew 5:9 (NKJV) “Blessed are the peacemakers, For they shall be called sons of God.” Attitude 7 - We need an attitude of PEACEMAKING. Matthew 5:9 MSG "You're blessed when you can show people how to cooperate instead of compete or fight. That's when you ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:9-12

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Acts 3 - The Power Of The Living Christ Series

Contributed by Christian Cheong on May 19, 2013

Choose to believe in His presence. Know the authority we have in Christ. God’s power flows through faith. Pray and believe God will act.

I want to talk about the NAME – the Name JESUS, the power of the living Christ. [Read Acts 3:1-16] This was the first recorded miracle of the disciples in the book of Acts. • This was unlike the Peter and John that we read about in the Gospels. • Here they were bold and confident. They saw a ...read more

Scripture: Acts 3:1-16

Denomination: Independent/Bible

How To Live Until You Die Series

Contributed by Billy Ricks on May 20, 2013

Paul was in prison and the Philippians were in poverty. How are we to face similar fearful times as followers of Jesus. Paul teaches us the key to this with just a short sentence. "For me to live is Christ."

Intro: Paul was in prison and the Philippians were in poverty. Have you ever wondered how some face fearful times with such faith. Paul is giving clear encouragement to us today. Our faith will overcome fearful times when we discover Jesus doesn’t add to our life He is our life. We as ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 1:21-26

Denomination: Baptist

So What's Wrong With Living Together?

Contributed by David Owens on Jun 3, 2013

In this sermon, we examine what the Bible says about cohabitation, and what the Bible says about marriage. The we examine the common reasons people give for why cohabitation is okay.

Introduction: A. How many of you remember the children’s playground song where you use the name of a boy and a girl whom you want to embarrass (we will use Jack and Jill). 1. It goes like this: Jack and Jill, Sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G, First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes ...read more

Scripture: Deuteronomy 6:24-25

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Life You Really Want To Live Series

Contributed by C. Philip Green on Jun 4, 2013

If you want to truly live, then acknowledge that Jesus is the Christ headed for the cross and follow Him anyway even if it might cost you everything.

City Slickers is a movie that describes the adventures of three friends having mid-life crises. They escape the city and head west for a two-week cattle run to discover what's important in life. Before they leave, Mitch (played by Billy Crystal) shares what he does for a living at Dad's Day at ...read more

Scripture: Mark 8:27-38

Denomination: Evangelical Free