Sermons about Sitting In Ashes

The Old Man Is Dead. So Quit Trying To Wake Him Up!

Contributed by Ian Johnson on Jun 29, 2006

based on 34 ratings

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Trying to train the old nature is as fruitless as going to a cemetery and trying to get its inhabitants to sing the national anthem!

THE OLD MAN IS DEAD. SO QUIT TRYING TO WAKE HIM UP! Trying to train the old nature is as fruitless as going to a cemetery and trying to get its inhabitants to sing the national anthem! The Church is running around trying to wake up the old man, trying to train him to do well! The Old man is ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:17

Denomination: Pentecostal

Losing Our Identity

Contributed by Joe Rowland on Jan 7, 2006

based on 8 ratings

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Have you ever felt like you werent’ sure who you were in Christ? He is always with you no matter what you go through in life.

Losing Our Identity Genesis 42:5-10(N.A.S.) 5. So the sons of Israel came to buy grain among those who were coming, for the famine was in the land of Canaan also. 6. Now Joseph was the ruler over the land; He was the one who sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph’s brothers came and bowed ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 42:5-10

Denomination: Assembly Of God

The Centerion's Understanding Of Authority Series

Contributed by John Gaines on Jan 30, 2006

based on 17 ratings

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A Roman centerion teaches us some valuable lessons in understanding how we can be right with God.

THE CENTERION’S UNDERSTANDING OF AUTHORITY 1. Matthew 8:5-13 (NKJV) Now when Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to Him, pleading with Him, 6 saying, "Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, dreadfully tormented." 7 And Jesus said to him, "I will come and heal him." 8 The ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 8:5-13

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

To Be Planted Like A Tree In Jesus Christ

Contributed by Charles Mccall on Nov 5, 2005

based on 18 ratings

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To be planted like a tree, you must be a believer and a doer of God’s word.

Psalms 1:1-3 Jeremiah 17:7-8 Topic-To be planted like a tree in Jesus Christ The book of Psalms is known as the song book of the bible. In the book of Psalms, there are over 150 worship and praise songs that has been used in many various worship and devotional services throughout the world ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 1:1-3

Denomination: Baptist

Spiritually Ambitious

Contributed by Rule Digal on Nov 28, 2005

based on 14 ratings

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What is your greatest aspiration in life? Are you like James and John who aspired a closer relationship with Christ?

Theme: Spiritually Ambitious Text: Mark 10:35-42 Introduction A. In every funeral service, lengthy eulogies would not be missed to hear. But, what is its purpose? B. Newspapers give space for obituaries. What are they for? It is man’s last attempt to impress the world that he does matter; that ...read more

Scripture: Mark 10:35-42

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Wake Up To Your Cinderella Story

Contributed by Daniel Habben on Nov 18, 2008

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Wake Up to Your Cinderella Story 1) Your tormentors will not overwhelm you 2) Your heavenly God-Father has adorned you

If you had to compare your life to a fairytale, what fairytale would it be and what character would you play? If you’ve made some investments recently that others have scoffed at, you may feel a bit like Jack, in Jack and the Beanstalk. He traded the family cow for a handful of “magic” beans that ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 52:1-6

Denomination: Lutheran

Our Lord Calls Us

Contributed by Timm Meyer on Feb 12, 2009

based on 5 ratings

| 3,211 views

Epiphany 5(C) -- Our loving Lord calls us from among all the sinful to go out among all the sinful with God’s forgiveness.

OUR LORD CALLS US (Outline) February 8, 2009 -- EPIPHANY 5 -- Isaiah 6:1-8 INTRO: Today’s verses reveal to the whole world an awesome God. The seraphs declared: "Holy, holy, holy is the LORD Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory." There is no God like this – none! This is ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 6:1-8

Denomination: Lutheran

Whose Birthday Is It Anyway?

Contributed by Bryan Fink on Dec 13, 2008

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The purpose of this message is to help put Christmas back into proper perspective at the beginning of the season.

“In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) And everyone went to his own town to register. So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:1-7

Denomination: Methodist

You Might Be A Pharisee (What Not To Do)

Contributed by Spencer Homan on Dec 15, 2008

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This sermon focuses on what NOT to do as Christians, looks at comparing ourselves to the Pharisees.

Matthew 23:15 15 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you cross sea and land to make a single convert, and you make the new convert twice as much a child of hell as yourselves. “You Might Be a Pharisee” It’s hard for us to fully realize… just how cool the Pharisees were in ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 23:15

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Mothering Sunday: The Comfort Of God

Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Mar 20, 2009

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God does not [just] comfort us to make us comfortable. He comforts us to be comforters.

Chippie the parakeet never saw it coming. One second he was peacefully perched in his cage. The next he was sucked in, washed up, and blown over. The problems began when Chippie’s owner decided to clean Chippie’s cage with a vacuum cleaner. She removed the attachment from the end of the hose and ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1:3-7

Denomination: Anglican

Standing In The Shadows Of Greatness

Contributed by Alvin Hathaway, Sr. on Mar 21, 2009

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We stand in the shadows of greatness because we are spiritually weak, morally weak, physically weak.

Standing in the Shadows of Greatness Description of Standing in the Shadows of Motown – Backup Band We are all standing of the shadows waiting for our moment when the spotlight is taken off of someone else and placed on ourselves. Unfortunately if your ascension is based upon someone else’s ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 3:2

Denomination: Baptist

A Man I Once Knew (Real Heroes)

Contributed by Sanford Colquitt on Mar 23, 2009

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A tribute to dedicated men and women every where who live their life almost without notice. But rest assured some one is watching.

Sunday, March 22, 2009 A MAN I ONCE KNEW Intro: It’s wonderful to hear about and strengthen ourselves on the lives of biblical heroes. Their stories never get old & perhaps they are more inspiring as we grow older. Some suggest they are outdated and some even suggest that they are ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 12:1-5

Denomination: Pentecostal

Grasshopper Mentality

Contributed by Dean Morgan on Sep 10, 2004

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When they saw the Nepthalim they said they became like “grasshoppers.” We want to look at this “grasshopper” complex later in the message.

TEXT: Joshua 14:6-15; Numbers 13:26-33 TITLE: GRASSHOPPER MENTALITY Throughout this message I will be referring back to Numbers 13. In Numbers 13 we have the report of the spies as they returned back to Moses and the Children of Israel. None of the 12 that went could deny that the land of Canaan ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 14:6-14

Denomination: Pentecostal

"Pride, Humility, Forgiveness

Contributed by Tim Zingale on Oct 19, 2004

based on 38 ratings

| 8,167 views

A sermon for the 21st Sunday after Pentecost Proper 25 Parable about the Pharisee and tax collector

21st Sunday after Pentecost Proper 25 Luke 18:9-14 Sermon "Pride, Humility, Forgiveness 9* ¶ He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and despised others: 10 "Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11* ...read more

Scripture: Luke 18:9-14

Denomination: Lutheran

Prospering In A New Church Plant

Contributed by Darron Edwards on Apr 9, 2004

based on 97 ratings

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How to prosper in a new church plant, start-up, or re-start congregation

HOW TO PROSPER IN A NEW CHURCH PLANT Habakkuk 3: 17 - 19 INTRODUCTION: I have the greatest respect for anyone who can do anything from scratch. It is so easy to go out and "buy the instant formula" or purchase the product already made so that all that needs to happen is a "re-heating process". ...read more

Scripture: Habakkuk 3:17-19, Habakkuk 3:17

Denomination: Baptist

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