Sermons on Set Your Heart:

Witnessing To Your Enemy Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Oct 28, 2012

How could you possibly witness to someone who’s hurt you? Someone who has gone out of their way to make you miserable? Paul and Silas did it. Can you do it too?

OPEN: In the 1870s, in the Old West, a town called Truckee, California decided to build a jail. This wasn’t just any old jail - this was wonder to behold. The walls were 32 inches thick at the lower level and there were no windows unless one counted the small vents for each cell. The ceilings were ...read more

Scripture: Acts 16:16-34

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

What Is Your Calling? Series

Contributed by Stephen Sheane on Apr 10, 2018

Reviewing, renewing and resting in your calling

WHAT IS YOUR CALLING? Two Kentucky horse racing stable owners had developed a keen rivalry. Each spring they both entered a horse in a local race. One of them thought that having a professional rider might give his horse an edge in the race, so he hired a hot-shot jockey. Well, the day of the race ...read more

Scripture: John 21:15-19

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

Keeping Your Vows Series

Contributed by Brian Bill on Aug 26, 2024

Be on guard when you worship God by drawing near to revere Him.

Keeping Your Vows Ecclesiastes 5:1-7 Rev. Brian Bill August 24-25, 2024 Many years ago, Beth and I attended a large church in another community. On that particular day, as a way to celebrate the start of summer, a number of members came running on to the platform holding beach balls which they ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 5:1-7

Denomination: Baptist

Come To Your Senses

Contributed by Andrew Hamilton on Jun 14, 2006

O God, bring us to our senses today and purify them. Cause us to remember your Son Jesus … who paid a debt that wasn’t His for a people who couldn’t pay.

Come to Your Senses: Luke 22:14-20 Once there was a man who dared God to speak. Burn the bush like you did for Moses, God. And I will follow you. Collapse the walls like you did for Joshua, God. And I will fight for you. Still the waves like you did on Galilee, God. And I will listen to ...read more

Scripture: Luke 22:14-20

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

Consider Your Neighbor Series

Contributed by John Dobbs on Feb 9, 2019

D. L. Moody and Charles Spurgeon were great preachers of the 19th century. Moody admired Spurgeon from a distance and looked forward to the opportunity of meeting him in London. On that historic day...

Introduction: D. L. Moody and Charles Spurgeon were great preachers of the 19th century. Moody admired Spurgeon from a distance and looked forward to the opportunity of meeting him in London. On that historic day, Spurgeon answered the door with a cigar in his mouth. Moody was aghast. “How could ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

What Is Your Name? PRO Sermon

Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Sep 27, 2023

Explore Jacob's transformative encounter with God at Peniel, and emphasize the significance of struggle and wrestling with God in our own spiritual journeys.

Good morning, church family. Isn’t it amazing how God reveals himself in the most unexpected ways and places? Today, we're turning our attention to an encounter that strikes us with its intensity and its significance. It's a story of wrestling, of struggle, and ultimately, of transformation. We're ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 32:22-32

Topics: Peniel, Face Of God

You’re Not Alone Youth Sermon

Contributed by Youth Sermons on Sep 5, 2023

No matter what we're going through, we can have peace knowing that Jesus is with us. We can trust that he will never leave us or forsake us. And with Jesus by our side, we can face any fear or challenge that comes our way.

Do you remember the story of Joshua? Dude was chosen to lead a whole nation into a new land. No pressure, right? But God was like, 'Hey, I've got your back. I was with Moses, and I'll be with you. So be brave, don't freak out.' God was telling Joshua he wasn't alone. Now, let's fast forward to the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 28:20, Joshua 1:1-9, John 16:33

Topics: Faith, Divine Presence, Fear Management, Spiritual Strength

Watch Your Feet

Contributed by Denn Guptill on Oct 23, 2000

A look at walking in obedience to God

Let me start this morning by asking you a question: What route did you use to get here today? How many people arrived via the Bedford Highway from either direction? Ok, how many came straight in from Hammonds Plains along the Hammonds Plains Rd? What about via the Bi-Hi again from either ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 35:8-10

Denomination: Wesleyan

How Is Your Soil

Contributed by Douglas Vincent on Dec 9, 2003

I describe four types of soil in Matthew 13 with an emphasis on changing the condition of our soil.

When Watching the Krispy Kreme Donut machine, or as I like to call it the “Dream Machine.” I noticed something that made me very upset. At the end of the conveyer they were throwing away a bunch of the donuts. First there is the dough plopper that makes the doughnut shape. But as I watched I ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 13:1-23, Galatians 5:22-23

Denomination: Methodist

Surviving Your Marriage Series

Contributed by Alan Perkins on Mar 27, 2001

In order to survive your marriage, you need to: (1) seek to serve rather than be served, and (2) stop trying to change each other

When a man and woman are first married, they typically share a dream of having a wonderful, loving, life together. But too often, after a few years their marriage resembles a field of battle more than a field of dreams. It may not be all-out warfare; the combatants may be able to put up a ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 20:28, Matthew 7:3-5

Denomination: Baptist

Honor Your Mother

Contributed by Rodney V Johnson on Aug 28, 2007

Mother’s day message

Mother’s Day 2003: Honor Your Mother Ephesians 6:2-3; Deuteronomy 5:16 Ephesians 6:2. “Honor your Father and Mother which is the first commandment with a promise, so that it may be well with you, and that you may live long on the earth.” Deuteronomy 5:16: “Honor your father and your mother, ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:2-3

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Love Your Neighbor Series

Contributed by Tyler Edwards on May 12, 2010

Something is missing from the church today, and people are starting to notice. Too often the church fails to offer what it advertises: life.

2. The Greatest Commandment February 21, 2010 Love your Neighbor I find it amusing when people talk about the loving feeling they have for each other. We often think of love as this warm blanket on a cool winter night. Love is like snuggling up to a fire it just fills you with nice toasty ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 4:20-21

Denomination: *other

Escaping Your Prison Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Aug 2, 2020

As Christians we're supposed to live a different life than those around us. But how can we do that when we're surrounded with so many temptations to do things we know we shouldn't do?

Back in the 14th century, in the region we now call Belgium, there was a duke by the name of Raynald III. Raynald had a nickname – Crassus. Crassus means fat, and he was fat because he really liked to eat. He liked to EAT … a lot! In the course of time, he had a violent quarrel with his younger ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:17-32

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Continue In Your Faith

Contributed by Michael Otterstatter on Sep 24, 2021

The Apostle Paul declared that we have salvation “if you continue in your faith.” Let’s take the “if” out of it! Although that is a sober warning, let’s make it our goal through God’s strength to continue in our faith.

About a month ago, I had the opportunity to travel to Peru where my daughter was completing a six-week rotation at as a pharmacy student. She is in her final year of pharmacy school and her professors encourage their students to get a wide variety of experiences including some in foreign ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 1:21-29

Denomination: Lutheran

To Swerve Or Not To Swerve? Series

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Sep 6, 2016

The Jews and Jewish believers so cherished Moses, they were tempted to exalt him above Jesus, or to make them equals. Jesus demands to be our primary loyalty.

To Swerve or Not to Swerve? (Hebrews 3:1-14) 1. Doug Anderson recently shared a joke with me that illustrates the distinction between cause and correlation. Here goes. An Amish man and his son are at the shopping mall for the first time. They see two shiny doors open (an elevator) and an elderly ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 3:1-14

Denomination: Independent/Bible