Sermons on Shouting With Joy:

Soul Surgery: How To Change Your Desires - Mark 12:28-31 Series

Contributed by Darrell Ferguson on Dec 29, 2025

How can the psalmist claim to have only one desire, God, when in the same psalm he speaks of his desires for various earthly things? This message shows how enjoying earthly blessings in the right way is an expression of desire for God.

For free audio or video download of this message, visit https://www.treasuringgod.com/sermons-by-scripture or my YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@DarrellFerguson. Mark 12:28-31 One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, ...read more

Scripture: Mark 12:28-31

A Worship Filled Life

Contributed by Jeff Seaman on Apr 24, 2001

Why Worship Can Change Your Life

A Worship Filled Life Part 2 Pastor Jeff Seaman The loner we live the more we learn about the way God thinks, His nature, and His character through the things and persons the Lord puts near us. For example, when Dede and I had the honor of becoming parents for the first time, our whole life ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 18:3

Denomination: Pentecostal

It’s Friday But Sunday’s A Comin

Contributed by Matthew Sickling on Jun 5, 2009

This is an Easter Sermon based on a message I once heard Dr. Anthony Campolo preach.

Introduction: What a difference a few days make. This time of the year a few days can make a big difference. It can be 75 or 80 degrees on one day and a couple of days later it could be in the 30’s or 40’s. On January 19th, 2008 President George W. Bush was the leader of the Free World and ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 27:45-54

Denomination: Baptist

Worship Wars

Contributed by Anonymous Contributor on Sep 5, 2006

This sermon attempts to address some of the divide in our church over worship music by recognizing the focus is not on our preference but on God.

In the last month or so I have heard some interesting comments. I’ve heard, “we don’t sing enough of the old hymns,” or “I don’t like the new music,” and I have also heard “we are singing too many hymns,” or “we sing songs too slow.” Interesting isn’t it? Whenever people are involved there are ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 98:1-9

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Worship Wars

Contributed by Matthew Stoll on Nov 7, 2006

Sermon to handle the increasing division over style of music in worship (contemporary vs. traditional). We sing for God’s benefit and not our own. Yet God continues to inspire us with a new song and styles of worship.

In the last month or so I have heard some interesting comments. I’ve heard, “we don’t sing enough of the old hymns,” or “I don’t like the new music,” and I have also heard “we are singing too many hymns,” or “we sing songs too slow.” Interesting isn’t it? Whenever people are involved there are ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 98:1-9

Denomination: Methodist

Prayer: An Attitude Of Gratitude

Contributed by Jim Kane on Jan 7, 2008

The third in a series of four sermons entitled, ‘Prayer as a Second Language’

This past week, our elementary, middle, and high school students joined with thousands of other Indiana students in taking the ISTEP test. I have not heard a great deal of thankfulness from my two for the test but I sense there has been a great deal of thankfulness for the conclusion of the test. ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 100:1-5

Denomination: Church Of God

It Will Be Worth It All

Contributed by Alan Perkins on Dec 22, 2002

The joy of Christmas morning fades, but the joy of Christ’s second Advent will never diminish.

This week, I read an article in USA Today, in which various celebrities were asked to name their most memorable Christmas present. These were A-list celebrities; people with money and fame; people who can have pretty much anything they want. Catherine Zeta-Jones, for example. You may know her as ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:18

Denomination: Baptist

Don't Lose Your Praise

Contributed by Apostle Bobby Hogan on Sep 19, 2011

One of the greatest weapons we have as a child of God is our praise, the devil knows this to be true and will do everything possible to silence you.

“And Michal, Saul's daughter, loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him. And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 18:20-21

Denomination: Pentecostal

Handcrafted By God

Contributed by Ajai Prakash on May 17, 2012

Is God bending, shaping, or polishing me right now? What’s my attitude: Am I thanking and praising God, or am I complaining about the process? Trials are intended not to provoke us but to prove us. See the present from the perspective of the future. Look

Opening illustration: The Steinway piano has been preferred by keyboard masters such as Rachmaninoff, Horowitz, Cliburn, and Liszt—and for good reason. It is a skillfully crafted instrument that produces phenomenal sound. Steinway pianos are built today the same way they were 140 years ago when ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:8-18

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

To Whom Is The Blessing?

Contributed by Tony Skaff on May 20, 2006

To whom is the blessing and to whom is the woe? The blessings mentioned in Luke 6 are usually misunderstood.

1stBBC To whom is the blessing and to whom is the woe? Luke 6:20-26 And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said: "Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. "Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you shall be satisfied. "Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall ...read more

Scripture: Luke 6:20-26

Denomination: Baptist

Hope - Advent 1, 2011 Series

Contributed by Dan Cormie on Nov 27, 2011

For the people of God history was (and is) always going somewhere. Life has ultimate meaning because of this hope we possess.

Dakota Community Church November 27, 2011 Hope Isaiah 35:1-10 1 The desert and the parched land will be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and blossom. Like the crocus, 2 it will burst into bloom; it will rejoice greatly and shout for joy. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 35:10

Denomination: Mennonite

Caught Between A Laugh And A Cry

Contributed by Wilson Murphy on May 1, 2004

We need to have a hunger for more of God, while being thankful for what God has already done.

Caught between a Laugh and a Cry Ezra 3:10-13 10And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the LORD, after the ordinance of David king of Israel. 11And they sang ...read more

Scripture: Ezra 3:10-13

Denomination: Pentecostal

David's Insight Into Daily Devotions

Contributed by Lee Black on Sep 21, 2002

Psalm 5 gives us some great insight about devotion.

Ps. 5 David’s Insights into Daily Devotions Intro:David in this psalms tells about his daily devotional schedule. In order to live a victorious life, all Christians need a habit of going to Christ on a daily bases. Let’s take a look at some of these insights. ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 5:1-12

Denomination: Baptist

In The Spirit -

Contributed by Mike Rickman on Aug 30, 2008

How the spirit of a man and the flesh are working in conjunction to bring God’s will.

August 31, 2008 Morning Worship Text: Galatians 5:22-23 Subject: The Spirit and the Flesh Title: In the Spirit I want to talk to you today about Revival. That’s one of my favorite subjects. I want to tell you something; there is no true revival unless it is Holy Ghost revival. I mean there is ...read more

Scripture: Romans 14:17

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Walls Come Tumblin' Down

Contributed by Joseph Smith on May 14, 2009

We run into many walls we cannot seem to get past: estrangement, grief, illness. The way past those walls is described as Sabbath, symbol, silence, and shout.

When you are up against a wall, there will be more than one way to deal with it. There will be the conventional way. And there will be the creative way. When you are up against a wall, there will be a way to break it down that costs a whole lot less than the usual way. All of us remember Mark ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 6:1-21

Denomination: Baptist