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Be What You Are Called To Be. Let God Be God In The Process

Contributed by Joel Pankow on Jun 25, 2024

Timothy's call as a young pastor would be difficult work, like a soldier going to war. What were Paul's principles for his life, and for all Christians in some senses? Find out.

7.7.24 2 Timothy 2:1–13 (EHV) Trinity Ev. Lutheran, Bay City 1 You then, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. 2 Entrust the things you heard from me, in the presence of many witnesses, to faithful men who will also be able to teach others. 3 Share hardships as a good ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 2:1-13

Denomination: Lutheran

Healing And Grace Beyond Pride And Power

Contributed by Mathew Philip on Oct 21, 2024

Pride and Ego can become barriers to blessing.

2 Kings 5:9-14 "So Naaman went with his horses and chariots and stopped at the door of Elisha's house. Elisha sent a messenger to say to him, 'Go, wash yourself seven times in the Jordan, and your flesh will be restored, and you will be cleansed.' But Naaman went away angry and ...read more

Scripture: 2 Kings 5:9-14

Denomination: Other

The Realization Of God’s Guidance-2

Contributed by Byron Sherman on Oct 28, 2025

2 of ? Luke records prophetic events surrounding the birth of John the Baptist. God’s ‘guidance’(1:79) has been realized or brought to fruition. ?How is God’s guidance realized? God’s guidance is realized thru a Prophetic...

The REALIZATION Of GOD’s GUIDANCE-II—Luke 1:60-64(:57-80) Attention: 1:76-79—““And you, child[John], will be called the prophet of the Highest; For you will go before the face of the Lord[Jesus] to prepare His ways, To give knowledge of salvation to His people By the remission of their sins, ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:60-64, Luke 1:57-80

Denomination: Baptist

When Ego Rules

Contributed by David Dunn on Nov 5, 2025

When ego rules, possibility collapses; when Christ reigns, humanity rises — sharing His life, not His throne, through divine power and grace.

The Tower in the Heart “If God exists, then everything is possible.” That single conviction built the ark, parted the sea, and rolled the stone away. The moment a man or woman believes there is a living, limitless God, the boundaries of human reason start to melt like frost in sunlight. But ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 3:5, Isaiah 14:14, John 15:5, 2 Peter 1:3-10, Philippians 2:6-8  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

Not By Might But By My Spirit

Contributed by Derek Geldart on Nov 8, 2025

This sermon proclaims that God’s work in rebuilding His temple—and in strengthening His people today—is never accomplished by human effort but solely by the empowering, obstacle-flattening, hope-renewing work of the Holy Spirit.

Not by Might but by My Spirit Zechariah 4:1-9 Let’s begin with the remarkable story of how God’s people — weary from exile yet renewed by hope — rebuilt the house of the Lord. Because of their idolatry, moral corruption, and rejection of God’s prophets, the nation of Judah fell to ...read more

Scripture: Zechariah 4:1-9

Denomination: Baptist

Redeeming The Time Series

Contributed by Lane Hastie on Jul 27, 2020

Without question…we are all called to be good-stewards of the time God has given us. BUT…we’re called to be more than managers of our time. We are specifically called to REDEEM the time.

I’d like you to imagine with me…that your bank account has just been credited with $1440. And let’s imagine that this happens every single day. No balance is allowed to be carried over from one day to the next. The entire balance is deleted each evening. What would you do? Hopefully…you’d ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 9:27, Psalm 144:4

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Sermon 11 - Investing Your Life In Reaching People Series

Contributed by David Owens on May 19, 2025

The mission for all disciples of Jesus includes helping others become followers of Jesus. We are to be "fishers of men" and help others learn to do the same.

A. Today’s sermon brings to a conclusion this series on outreach that I called “Mission Minded Disciples.” 1. In today’s sermon, we are going to focus on Jesus’ “famous last words,” but before we do, I thought it might be fun to think about some other not so “famous last words.” 2. Here are the Top ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 28:19-20, Acts 1:8, Matthew 4:19

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Fruit Of The Spirit (Bible Study) – Longsuffering And Kindness Series

Contributed by Christi Campione on Jun 14, 2025

This week’s study will give you a thorough understanding of why we should never pray for longsuffering (slow to anger, patience), or any other fruit in our lives. Once we learn to use the other fruit, patience and kindness is easy! We’ll study that all this week.

Download Sermon PDF for easy reading and printing: https://myprayernotebook4life.wordpress.com/sermon-pdfs/ Password: SermonCentral This week’s study will give you a thorough understanding of why we should never pray for longsuffering (slow to anger, patience), or any other fruit in our lives. ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 5:22-23, James 1:19-20, Ephesians 4:26, Romans 5:3, James 1:13-15  (view more)  (view less)

God's Perfecting Processes

Contributed by Ted Sutherland on Feb 8, 2001

God knows why people do what they do and how to change them.

Gods Perfecting Process or How to Profit from Your Problems James 1:1-8 Murphy’s laws: * “Nothing is as easy as it looks; everything takes longer than you think; if anything can go wrong it will.” * “A day without a crisis is a total loss.” * “The chance of the bread falling with the peanut ...read more

Scripture: James 1:1-8

Denomination: Baptist

Highway To Excellence

Contributed by Ralf Bergmann on Jun 27, 2002

The only teamwork that we were born with was for the furthering of the team that consists of me, myself, and I. Satan likes the divided church, because a single Christian will fall easier then a church united. In warfare one of the greatest strategies i

Text: Philippians 4:1-8 Sermon Title: Highway to Excellence Oskaloosa Community Church Sunday, August 20, 2000 Scripture Introduction: In the Scripture just prior to this mornings reading, Paul has just finished telling us that we should have a goal in our lives and that goal is Christ. Everything ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 4:1-8

Denomination: *other

Present Joy

Contributed by Alan Perkins on Jun 30, 2002

We find joy, not in circumstances, but in knowing and trusting in the present promises of God.

All of us desire to have joy in our lives. No matter what we call it – happiness, gladness, delight, good cheer – we would all like to experience more of it. As we are reminded on this Independence Day, the quest for joy is even enshrined in our Declaration of Independence as a God-given right: "We ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:16

Denomination: Baptist

What A Great Opportunity! Series

Contributed by Leroy Redding on Oct 19, 2006

This is 6th in the series of the seven churches mentioned in Revelation 2-3

Anyone else tired of all the road construction going on around here? It’s so frustrating to not be able to go on the street you want to, or to have to wait and wait and wait for your turn to go because of all the new construction. Road blocks and road diversions can be frustrating! Road blocks ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 3:7-13

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

In The Garden

Contributed by Keith Manry on Mar 29, 2007

This is part II in the series 24. It is a first person narrative from the perspective of Mark. The preaching idea: Prayer isn’t always a garden of serenity; sometimes it’s a wrestling mat.

In case you weren’t with us last week, we’ve begun a brand new series of sermons entitled 24, based on the last 24 hours of Jesus Christ. What makes this particular series of sermons so unique is that I will be sharing from the perspective of characters present during the events. These story-like ...read more

Scripture: Mark 14:27-52

Denomination: Methodist

The Exact Representation Of God's Being

Contributed by Jonathan Twitchell on Oct 26, 2006

The author of Hebrews states that Jesus is the radiance of God’s glory, and the exact representation of His being. In a world where God’s message is so often drowned out by the noise around us, it is good to be reminded that God continues to speak to His

If you ever happen to listen to Positive 89.3 on Saturday nights, you know that Joe Polek and I often enjoy sharing humorous stories from the news between the songs that we play. If you listened last night, you would have heard us talking about a variety of mistranslations with humorous results. ...read more

Denomination: Nazarene

God's Gps

Contributed by James May on Mar 8, 2009

God has a God Positioning Spirit that will lead us through life’s highway if we will let Him.

God’s GPS Pastor Jim May My wife Pat and I both have our birthdays in March, and in the first week of April we will also celebrate our 41st wedding anniversary. While I am thinking of that let me say thank you very much for your kindness, your cards and for the nice suit that the church bought ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 11:11-13

Denomination: Independent/Bible