Sermons on Sitting In Ashes:

Because Of You, Jesus Series

Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Aug 21, 2016

Isaiah 61:1-4 shows us the wonder of the Anointing of the Lord. Because of You, Jesus the good news is preached, the broken hearted are restored, captives are set free and the favor of the Lord is a present reality today!

Because of You, Jesus! Because of You #1 (August 21, 2016) Isaiah 61:1-4 1 The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 61:2-4

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Word Of God Series

Contributed by Rev. Dr. Andrew B Natarajan on Sep 30, 2016

Meditate the Word of God day and night

Malachi 3:16 Meditate His Name By Rev. Andrew B Natarajan 1. Meditating the Name of the Lord. The name of God is power, omniscience, justice, goodness, mercy, and truth. My meditation will be pleasing to the Lord. (Ps. 104:34). His name was sacred; it was a fruitful ...read more

Scripture: Malachi 3:16

Denomination: Methodist

Untended Fires

Contributed by John Telgren on Feb 11, 2017

It is important to tend to your spiritual health or you can get burned out in your faith.

"Untended fires soon become just a pile of ashes." I came across this quotation some time ago and it always resurfaces in my memory when we go camping and make a campfire. The last time we went camping was in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. We built a nice warm fire in the cool of the evening ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 1:6

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

In Moments Like These!

Contributed by Tony Abram on Oct 24, 2010

IN MOMENTS LIKE THESE! My wife is a Gospel Singer and one of her favorite chorus is 'In moments like these'. I recently read something from Rick Warren and got the inspiration for this outline message about the moments we spend before the Lord! Time is

IN MOMENTS LIKE THESE! My wife is a Gospel Singer and one of her favorite chorus is 'In moments like these'. I recently read something from Rick Warren and got the inspiration for this outline message about the moments we spend before the Lord! Time is one of them most important blessings God has ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 103:1-12

Jonah

Contributed by Ian Humphrey on Nov 10, 2015

REVIVAL

Jonah 3 1. A Look At The Man v's 1-3 He Was :- (a) A Changed Man 3 So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD Immediate Obedience So Jonah arose Implicit Obedience and went unto Nineveh Impressive Obedience according to the word of the LORD (b) A Chastened Man 1 the ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 3:1-10

Denomination: Holiness

The Mountains Removed

Contributed by Ian Humphrey on Nov 10, 2015

Revival

Zechariah 4 1 - 10 v 6 Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts. 1. THE MISSION ...read more

Scripture: Zechariah 4:1-10

Denomination: Holiness

A More Just And Believing Society Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Feb 14, 2015

Putting aside our self-will is the key to evangelizing our society.

Thursday after Ash Wednesday 2015 Joy of the Gospel What does it profit a human being to gain everything and lose himself in the process? These words are stark and challenging, like an ice-water drenching for our minds and hearts here at the beginning of Lent. I think of pop icons, both secular ...read more

Scripture: Luke 9:22-25

Denomination: Catholic

Apostates Hijack The Messiah's Arrival To Whitewash Criminal Mayhem

Contributed by Frederick Meekins on Jan 13, 2015

Apostates Hijack The Messiah's Arrival To Whitewash Criminal Mayhem

The TransFORM network is a “progressive community formation network.” Right from the get go, anyone with a lick of sense can tell that his outfit isn't playing with a full theological deck. Any doubting it only need to consider what the organization was proposing for the Christmas and ...read more

Scripture: John 2:15

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Mystery.

Contributed by Roy Fowler on Jan 24, 2015

God's Grace and Mystery of Christ.

CHILDRENS MESSAGE: Years ago, my father coached a team of eight-year-olds. He had a few excellent players, and some who just couldn't get the hang of the game. Dad's team didn't win once all season. But in the last inning of the last game, his team was only down by a run. There was one boy who had ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 3:1-12

Denomination: Independent/Bible

The Man Of Sorrows

Contributed by Ian Humphrey on Nov 6, 2015

The Man Of Sorrows

Isaiah 52:13 - Ch 53 The Man Of Sorrows I. The Majesty of the Man 1) The Majesty of His Sovereignty - 13 Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high. Behold :- His Humiliation “Behold, My Servant (Incarnation), His Examination ...read more

Denomination: Holiness

The Promises Of An Empty Tomb

Contributed by Clay Gentry on Sep 10, 2013

It seemed all the hopes and dreams of the disciples were dashed when Jesus died on a cross but then came the news His tomb was found empty. His empty tomb held so many promises. We'll consider some of those promises in this lesson.

n the day that Jesus died on the cross, it seems that the hopes and dreams of His disciples were crushed. Their teacher had been killed. Judas, one of their own, had betrayed Him and now he was also dead. The crowds that once had flocked to Jesus were no longer around. The events of the last few ...read more

Scripture: John 20:1-10

Denomination: *other

The Strange History Of The Man Of God

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Jul 13, 2013

A warning to those who wander from the path of the LORD.

THE STRANGE HISTORY OF THE MAN OF GOD 1 Kings 13:1-32 ‘There is a way that seems right to a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death’ (Proverbs 14:12; Proverbs 16:25). This strange episode, in the midst of the Jeroboam cycle in the books of Kings, demonstrates the interplay ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 13:1-32

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Humility: The Quiet Virtue Speaks

Contributed by Paul Andrew on Aug 10, 2019

22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle C. Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time

Rabbi Simcha Bunim, a great Polish Hasidic master, taught that “Everyone must have two pockets, with a note in each pocket, so that he or she can reach into one or the other, depending on the need. When feeling lowly and depressed, discouraged or disconsolate, one should reach into the right ...read more

Scripture: Luke 14:1-14

Denomination: Catholic

Hope Amid Hopelessness

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Aug 17, 2019

God is good, and all things work together for good.

HOPE AMID HOPELESSNESS. Lamentations 3:19-26. It is all too easy to forget that these words of hope and encouragement have been drawn out of the midst of the Book of Lamentations. Jeremiah penned these among the ashes of Jerusalem, a city once known as ‘the joy of the whole earth’ (Psalm ...read more

Scripture: Lamentations 3:19-26

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Fasting Lesson 3 Series

Contributed by Elmer Towns on Feb 15, 2019

Fasting is a spiritual discipline for inward communion with God.

A. INTRODUCTION: MATTHEW 6:16-18 “When you fast, don’t make it obvious to others, as the hypocrites who try to look mournful or disheveled like they didn’t comb their hair, or wash their face. Don’t try to get people to admire you for fasting. That is the only reward you will get. But when you ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 16:16-18

Denomination: Baptist