Sermons on Sleeping In Church:

Psalm 3 - How To Sleep Peacefully In Times Of Distress Series

Contributed by Rob De Jongh on Oct 15, 2020

David is in great distress, yet manages to sleep peacefully. How?

In Psalm 3 and 4 David is obviously in great distress. Many times he repeats his cry for help, “save me” or “hear my cry!” How interesting, then, that in verse 5 David says “I lay down and slept”. How could someone sleep whilst in a state of such trouble and anxiety? I laid me down and slept; ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 3:5, Psalm 4:4, Psalm 4:8, Matthew 8:24-26

How To End Your Day With God And Sleep Sweetly

Contributed by David Leach on May 6, 2015

How to end your day with God and sleep sweetly

Will your day end in fellowship with God? Are you still right with God walking in total forgiveness and free from care? Or did one of these things happen during the day to separate you from God? Did somebody do or say something or not do something that offended you? Did you do something or say ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:26-27

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Let The Church Be The Church

Contributed by Chris Cuthbertson on Jun 6, 2024

God wants His church to grow and He commissioned us to evangelize, and if the church is doing its job it should grow, but numerical growth in itself is not evidence that God is blessing. It’s important to remember that the goal is to try to restore the church of the 1st century in its principles.

Let the Church Be the Church Acts 2: 36 – 47 A newspaper reporter was doing a story on growing churches, and in preparation for that story he interviewed a number of preachers. I want to share the questions asked of these preachers and then give you my answers to them. One of the questions he ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:36-47, John 3:16-17, Acts 2:22, Mark 4:26

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Are We Going To Sleep Our Way Through Life? Series

Contributed by Douglas Dudley on Feb 10, 2005

Some people think it,s better to just sleep through life. The whole world changes when we do, so GOD says, "WAKE UP!"

“Walking Up the Sleepyheads” Text: Romans, Chapter 13 I love to sleep! What I mean is I LOVE to sleep! But sometimes, I sleep too much—or I’m asleep at the wrong times, when I should be accomplishing something. Sleep is a natural function of our bodies and we all need a certain amount of ...read more

Scripture: Romans 13:11-14

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Be The Church

Contributed by Christian Cheong on Apr 7, 2014

Jesus says, "I will build My Church." Our growth comes through the church. The church make an impact.

Read Matt 16:13-19 16:18 - And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it. JESUS: I WILL BUILD MY CHURCH That’s our confidence! The word CHURCH is used only TWICE by Jesus, and recorded for us only in the Gospel of ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 16:13-19

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Stand On Guard For Thee

Contributed by Mark Aarssen on Jun 29, 2011

Is our Christian witness putting some people to sleep? There is a world all around us that has fallen asleep concerning the things of God. They have fallen asleep when it comes to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Some of them are even in Christ’s church.

I Stand on Guard for Thee Acts 20:7-12 Illustration: Upon entering a little country store a stranger noticed a sign saying "DANGER! BEWARE OF DOG!" posted on the glass door. Inside, he noticed a harmless old hound dog asleep on the floor near the cash register. He asked the store's owner "Is that ...read more

Scripture: Acts 20:7-12

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Church

Contributed by John Gullick on Sep 1, 2002

A Sermon that discusses the nature of the church

The Church. In the world today there are many kinds of people. There are many races, classess, occupations - languages and so on. Among a myriad of distinctions that qualify people in different ways to belonging to one group or another there is a distinction of incredible importance. MT 16:13 ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 16:13-15

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Church

Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Feb 24, 2022

In the year 2002, the Catholic church has come under fire by the news media because of the corruption in the Catholic priesthood.

Those who have studied the history of this church have known something about this corruption for many years. For example, some of the problems today we are hearing about are: (1) THE HOMOSEXUAL PROBLEM IN THE PRIESTHOOD On the Fox News Channel, on “The Factor,” they reported that about 50% of ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 16:15-18

Denomination: Baptist

The Church

Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Mar 23, 2022

In the year 2002, the Catholic church has come under fire by the news media because of the corruption in the Catholic priesthood.

Those who have studied the history of this church have known something about this corruption for many years. For example, some of the problems today we are hearing about are: (1) THE HOMOSEXUAL PROBLEM IN THE PRIESTHOOD On the Fox News Channel, on “The Factor,” they reported that about 50% of ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 16:15-18

Denomination: Baptist

Be The Church!

Contributed by Scott Bayles on Jun 2, 2009

This is an alliterated, textual sermon on "being the church", using Phoebe as an example. PowerPoint is avaible too, just e-mail me.

BE THE CHURCH! Scott R. Bayles, pastor First Christian Church, Rosiclare, IL A mega-church in Vista, California made headlines last October when they canceled all of their worship services over the weekend. Rather then meeting together in an air-conditioned sanctuary, North Coast Church closed its ...read more

Scripture: Romans 16:1-2

Denomination: Christian Church

For All Those Who Fall Asleep In Church

Contributed by Johnny Creasong on Apr 22, 2009

The real question is not “Why did God let Eutychus fall asleep?” The real question is: “Was anyone but the Apostle Paul awake?”

For All Those Who Fall Asleep in Church Acts 20:7-12 Church sleepers beware. If you think you can get away with sleeping in church then watch out! “A man who went to Church with his wife always fell asleep during the sermon. The wife decided to do something about this and one Sunday she took a ...read more

Scripture: Acts 20:7-12

Denomination: Church Of God

No Time To Snooze

Contributed by Rodney Burton on Jan 27, 2009

The church must be in an awakened state to deal with the issues she is facing.

KJV: And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. Let us walk honestly, as ...read more

Scripture: Romans 13:11-14

Denomination: Assembly Of God

The Church Vs. The Church

Contributed by Jack Russell on Feb 7, 2004

Man’s view of the church is often very different from the one Jesus demonstrated and Paul described.

I can stand anywhere in my back yard and see my church. It sits rather majestically at the apex of our little town. Its stained glass windows chronicle its founders. Inside, a huge chandelier hovers over our pew. I don’t know who appointed us to sit in that particular pew, but it must have been ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 2:13-22, Matthew 13:16-18

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Church’s Mandate Series

Contributed by Billy Noel on Jan 2, 2010

The church’s primary function is to win souls

The Church’s Mandate Matthew 28:16-20 James Stewart says “defective evangelism produces defective Christianity and defective Christianity produces defective churches and defective churches produce defective Christianity and defective Christianity makes for defective evangelism, it’s a vicious ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 28:16-20

Denomination: Christian Church

Be A Church Not Just In A Church

Contributed by Howard Gunter on Dec 11, 2017

Church is the PEOPLE, not the building.

Be A CHURCH Not Just In A Church Colossians 1:18 18 And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence. Acts 11:26 And when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. So it was that for a whole year ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 22:16-19, Ephesians 3:20-21, Romans 12:4-5, 1 Corinthians 12:12-27

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational