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Faithful to the Finish
Peter's final call to a young and growing church
Grace and Glory
A short series through the highlights of 1 Peter
Entrusted
Gifts, risk, and the return of the King
Luke 5:1-11 and Isaiah 6:1-8. What is the starting point for Christian service?
Today’s gospel reading is probably very familiar to you. If you attended Sunday school as a child, it is a Bible story that is popular to tell children. But familiarity can create blindness. In our familiarity with something, we can fail to see what is there. I enjoyed studying to prepare this ...read more
Scripture: Luke 5:1-11, Isaiah 6:1-8
One of the best ways for us to love one another is to serve one another. Christ has set us free so that we can serve. Jesus is our greatest example of how to be a servant. There is always some way and someone we can serve.
Introduction: A. I read about a minister who was organizing opportunities for people in his church to do small acts of kindness in the community as a demonstration of Christ’s love. 1. He phoned several neighborhood grocery stores and asked for permission to serve their customers. 2. As he talked ...read more
Scripture: Galatians 5:13-15, Ephesians 2:8-10, Philippians 2:5-8, Matthew 20:25-28, John 13:1-17 (view more) (view less)
Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ
Paul set us a good example of serving God through his afflictions, with fortitude and with integrity.
It is amazing and beautiful to see how Paul comes to know God and experience Him as the God of all comfort despite his trials and tribulations. • Most people would complain about their sufferings and question God. “Why me?” and “What this?” when we have been serving Him so faithfully? • Some may ...read more
Scripture: Hebrews 12:3, 2 Corinthians 2:1-5, 2 Corinthians 7:5-9, Matthew 5:33-37
Denomination: Independent/Bible
If you act with courage, perhaps God will fight with you, and for you.
We've reached the point, in the book of Joshua, where it's mostly focused on the allocation of the land to the twelve tribes of Israel. It's important. It needs to be here. You should read it once, at least, if for no other reason than to keep seeing little notes about how Israel ...read more
Scripture: Joshua 14:6-13, 1 Timothy 5:9
2 Timothy 3:10-17 shows us how to serve God.
Introduction According to John MacArthur, “Paul had three overriding priorities in his life: to know Christ, to defend Christ’s truth (Scripture), and to minister in Christ’s name.” In Paul’s two letters to Timothy, defending Christ’s truth was dominant. In our study last time in 2 Timothy ...read more
Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:10-17
Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed
A brief sermon intended for a communion service (about an 8-9 minute talk).
The entire life of Jesus can be summed up in this short slogan: “Wake up. Serve. Repeat.” If Jesus were to have T-shirts printed for all His disciples, like I do for my earliteens for campmeeting [I direct the 13-15 year-old program at our annual 9-day family campmeeting at Camp ...read more
Scripture: John 13:1-4
Denomination: Adventist
Paul writes that we should guard ourselves from growing weary of doing God's work. He reminds that we will reap what we sow.
God’s Truth Stays the Same, Our Understanding Changes (Isaiah 45:22-25) 1. The English language began as Anglo Saxon, a Germanic language similar to Friesen. When the Vikings conquered England, they brought in their words and grammar. Then the French Normans conquered England and mixed in French. ...read more
Scripture: Galatians 6:7-10
Denomination: Baptist
1 of ? Jesus bore witness of His Messianic identity to a religious woman who was reluctant to believe. How/When will God’s people turn the reluctancy of the religious? Turning religious reluctance God’s way requires...
TURNING RELIGIOUS RELUCTANCE—John 4:1-26 Turning the Religious Lost Attention: When I was a young tween-ager(9-12 yrs.) Daddy bought me a ‘Cox’ brand miniature ‘Baja Bug’ Volkswagen. It was about a foot & 1/2 long & was built to scale. It had fat tires mounted on shiny plastic ‘mag’ wheels. It ...read more
Scripture: John 4:1-42
Holes. Gaps. Stretched. Should this be the case? We are gifted to help. We are needed. We are the answer to an age-old problem.
Help Wanted Pt. 2 - Water Boys I. Introduction We are in the middle of a national worker shortage. According to the National Federation of Independent Business, 67% of business owners were trying to hire workers in May 2022, and 92% of those seeking to hire reported few or no qualified applicants. ...read more
Scripture: John 2:1-11
Denomination: Pentecostal
Veterans over the last two centuries have sacrificed so much to obtain & preserve these precious freedoms, & more besides. That is why we honor veterans: To tell them “Thank you” for keeping us free.
MELVIN NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK TEXT: 2 Timothy 2:3-4; James 1:2-3; 2 Corinthians 10:4-5; Luke 8:14; Philippians.3:8 In many ...read more
Scripture: 2 Timothy 2:3-4, 2 Corinthians 10:4-5, James 1:2-3, Luke 8:14, Philippians 3:8 (view more) (view less)
How will you die?
There is a country song by Toby Keith that says, "We're all just killin' time until the Good Lord takes us home and the best that you can hope for is to die with your boots on." The phrase die with your boots on has been around a long time and has been used to describe good guys and bad guys ...read more
Scripture: 2 Timothy 4:5-8
This is a sunrise message with a theme of why do we get up early on Easter for a sunrise service.
Why Am I Here, It’s Cold Out Here Revelation 5:1-14 Intro: As I mediated on what God would have me say to you this morning, I would come back time and time again to the same theme. What would bring people out this early in the morning to what we call a sunrise service? What would cause people to ...read more
Scripture: Revelation 5:1-14
Sermon for the 3rd Sunday of Easter, Year C, 2013
John 21: 1 – 19 / Do You Love Me? Intro: Each person has been asked at least one of these questions by someone who has some “feelings” for them: Do you love me? Why do you love me? Or How much do you love me? If we were able to ask Jesus that question, he might answer: ...read more
Scripture: John 21:1-19
Many of become ineffective Christians, because of the sin our lives. God gives us a second chance to get it right.
2 CHANCE JESUS? (All my sermons use illustrations found on sermoncentral.com and passages are NIV unless noted) I have studied many different passages of scripture, I have read and re-read several passages and felt a different leading many times. One of my favorites books in the Bible is the ...read more
Scripture: 1 Timothy 1:1-20
How will the child of God be known throughout eternity? The Word of God hints at the transformation and testifies to the importance of God’s knowledge of who we are.
Your name is important. Perhaps your name reveals the aspirations your parents had for you; perhaps it speaks of their honour for some other person who bore the name before you. Whatever their intention may have been in naming you as they did, your name has come to reflect your character, for ...read more
Scripture: 3 John 1:15, 3 John 1:1
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