Sermons on Spiritual Caution:

Remembering Your Spiritual Growth Series

Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Sep 21, 2011

This test involves remembering your spiritual growth as is mentioned in 1 John 2: 12-14. This test involves remembering. It’s a good thing to remember.

This evening we take test #3 for proving if we really know God. That test involves remembering your spiritual growth as is mentioned in 1 John 2: 12-14. This test involves remembering. It’s a good thing to remember. It’s good to remember what stories you have told so that they don’t come back ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 2:12-14

Denomination: Baptist

Transformation: Experiencing Spiritual Growth Series

Contributed by C Jordan on Nov 4, 2011

God’s desire is that we would be transformed into the image of Jesus, bearing the fruit of the Spirit in our lives. This happens as we engage in the spiritual disciplines.

TRANSFORMATION #1: EXPERIENCING SPIRITUAL GROWTH OPENING QUOTE: “How do I grow? What does a spiritually mature person even look like? Will I ever really be any different? … The Christian gospel insists that transformation… really is possible. Never easy. Rarely quick. But possible… It begins to ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:2

Denomination: *other

Ritualism Versus Spiritual Reality Series

Contributed by Dennis Davidson on May 20, 2010

God desires to curb the trend toward formalism in religion which is satisfied with meeting external observation. To obey the moral precepts & principles of the word is infinitely more important than ceremonies & man-made traditions.

ZECHARIAH 7: 1-7 RITUALISM VERSUS SPIRITUAL REALITY [Ezra 6:1-11] The seventh and eighth chapters are the third distinct division of the prophecy. In the first portion was the call to national repentance and turning to the Lord for His Covenant blessings. After a national turning to God ...read more

Scripture: Zechariah 7:1-7

Denomination: Baptist

Unload Your Spiritual Backpack

Contributed by Alan Shulver on Jan 8, 2012

you need to forgive yourself!

One of my greatest passions is walking long distances and hiking. I have had the opportunity to hike in some of the most scenic parts of the country, including the mountains surrounding Tucson and Arches National park in Moab Utah. While some of my hiking adventures have been while I was on ...read more

Scripture: Acts 38:1

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Spiritual Growth In The Kingdom Of God Series

Contributed by Donald Rapp on Jul 24, 2010

By using the mustard seed as an illustration for the growth of the kingdom Jesus is demonstrating the amazing power of the gospel and its effect on people.

Spiritual Growth in the Kingdom of God The Book of Mark Mark 4:26-34 I. Introduction A. As we have seen the parables of Mark 4 primarily concern themselves with issues of the Kingdom of God. 1. Specifically they deal with the spiritual aspect of the Kingdom. a) That is the realm in which we live ...read more

Scripture: Mark 4:26-34

Denomination: Baptist

The Sobering Standards Of Spiritual Success

Contributed by Joseph Stapleton on Aug 20, 2010

Success is so many things to so many people, but the Bible tells us what Success really is.

SOBERING STANDARDS FOR SPIRITUAL SUCCESS (ALL my sermons use illustrations from sermoncentral.com and all scripture is NIV unless otherwise noted) All of us want to be successful, but first one must understand what success is. Webster’s defines success 1. Favorable or desired outcome, 2. The ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 1:7-8

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Cherish Your Spiritual Heritage

Contributed by Daniel Habben on Aug 29, 2010

Cherish Your Spiritual Heritage 1) It’s only yours through faith 2) It’s only yours by grace

When I worked on a thoroughbred ranch in northern Japan, I knew which horses I needed to take extra care of simply by looking at the placards that hung above each of the horse’s stalls. These placards recorded equine bloodlines. Mr. Wimpy might not sound like a promising racer but if he was ...read more

Scripture: Romans 9:1-9

Denomination: Lutheran

Results Of Being A Spiritual Child

Contributed by Martin Wiles on Sep 4, 2010

Benefits are always attractive when applying for a job, but the benefits of being God's child surpass anything an employer could offer us.

RESULTS OF BEING A SPIRITUAL CHILD GALATIANS 4:21-5:1 INTRODUCTION When we stop to think, there are many blessings we receive from our parents. It is the cooperation of the parents in the first place that makes our birth possible. If it were not because of the demonstration of love by a man and ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Do Not Neglect The Spiritual World Series

Contributed by Paul Clemente on Mar 19, 2012

Constantly see and experience the spiritual world of God in your life!

Hold up a clear plastic bottle; What do I have in my hand?? Yes, I have a plastic bottle, but even though we cannot see it, there is also air in this bottle! The air inside is actually holding the bottle together! If I take the air out of it……….. the bottle collapses! Now, let us not forget that ...read more

Scripture: Luke 8:40-56

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Holy Spirit And Spiritual Gifts Series

Contributed by Davon Huss on Apr 16, 2012

A sermon on spiritual gifts, serving and meeting needs (Material adapted from Dr. Jack Cottrell's book, "The Holy Spirit: A Biblical Study", chapter 7)

HoHum: The former editor of Christianity Today, Kenneth Kantzer, commented once that he never knew what his gift was. He just served where he saw the need. If a man of this experience and caliber never knew what his gift was but just served where he saw a need, then this should serve as a good ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:1-30

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Six Stages Of Spiritual Sight

Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Apr 18, 2012

The blind man had been delivered from darkness and given sight by the compassion of Jesus. This formerly blind man is confronted by his neighbors, he’s confronted by the Pharisees, and by Jesus as well. We are going to concentrate on Jesus as seen by thi

The last time we were in our study in John, we looked at 9:1-7 and saw Jesus give sight to the blind man. This blind man had been delivered from darkness and given sight by the compassion of Jesus. In tonight’s study, this formerly blind man is confronted by his neighbors, he’s ...read more

Scripture: John 9:8-41

Denomination: Baptist

A Warning To Spiritual Free-Loaders Series

Contributed by Paul Barreca on Apr 28, 2012

The unsaved receive temporal blessings on account of the righteous, but God will not grant these blessings indefinitely.

If you’ve ever watched “Shark Week” or know much about sharks, you may have heard about a unique fish called Remora. They are sometimes called “suckerfish” or “shark-suckers.” These fish have a unique suction design and attache themselves to sharks, ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Spiritual Battle In The Life Of Abraham Series

Contributed by Bala Samson on May 11, 2012

Turn the hindrances and obstacles that come your way in life into ‘valuable-crisis-lessons’ rather than be stumped by it!

Abraham – Part 1 - Hindrances Genesis 12:6” Abram traveled through the land as far as Shechem. There he set up camp beside the oak of Moreh. At that time, the area was inhabited by Canaanites.” Friend, today I share an extract of the message that I preached in our recent ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 12:1-5

Denomination: Pentecostal

Spiritual Battle In The Life Of Abraham Series

Contributed by Bala Samson on May 12, 2012

We need strong faith to combat severe famine! Friend, I’m not going to tell you that you would never face problems and things will always be cozy and rosy all the time, but instead I say today, even in the midst of calamity, we need to collect ourselves

Fear not! Abraham – Part 2 Genesis 12:10”And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.” We need strong faith to combat severe famine! Friend, I’m not going to tell you that you would never ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 12:1-10

Denomination: Pentecostal

A Simple Story With Spiritual Lessons

Contributed by Dr. Jerry N. Watts on Mar 21, 2011

Every story in the Bible is loaded with Spiritual lessons for us today. In the story, an unlikely man ask Jesus to do an unlikely thing and Jesus responded in an unlikely way.

A Simple Story with Spiritual lessons Matthew 8:5-13 * Jesus was a master story-teller. In fact, some of His greatest stories are called ‘parables’ which simply defined is, ‘an earthly story with a heavenly meaning.’ Yet, the greatest stories we can read and know are like ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 8:5-13

Denomination: Baptist