Sermons on Spiritual Hindrance:

Spiritual Vision

Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Oct 24, 2005

Our vision reaches Up in Worship; Down in Discipleship; In with Fellowship; Out through Outreach

Spiritual Vision for our Church II Timothy 1:3-8 INTRODUCTION: About 350 years ago a shipload of travelers landed on the northeast coast of the newly discovered American continent. • The 1st year they established a town site • The next year they elected a town government • The 3rd year the ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 1:3-8

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Spiritual Coldness

Contributed by James May on Oct 30, 2005

These are the signs and results of spiritual coldness. The signs are related to the only time I went deer hunting.

Spiritual Coldness By Pastor Jim May Matthew 24:12-13, "And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved." Being from the South we have to get used to the heat. Right now though the seasons are changing and these ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 24:12-13

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Spiritual Authority Series

Contributed by Robert Higgins on Aug 23, 2006

What authority is to be wielded by those God has called? What is authority? What limits has God placed upon us?

Introduction: When a pastor begins to speak about “spiritual authority” in a church, there is always a cringe on the part of the congregation. Women expect a sermon about “submission,” deacons expect a message on “getting in line behind the pastor’s vision,” youth imagine being told they better ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 8:5-13

Denomination: Baptist

Soil Spirituality

Contributed by David Flowers on Sep 13, 2006

On this Friend Day at Wildwind, Dave makes the case that a local church is kind of like soil. As the health of a plant is determined in large part by the soil in which it is planted, so the health of a Christ-follower (or God-seeker) is determined by the

Soil Spirituality Friend Day Sept. 10, 2006 Wildwind Community Church David Flowers I want to begin by welcoming all our guests this morning. At 10:30 on a Sunday morning, especially as summer wraps up and we look toward fall, there are ten-thousand other things you could be doing at this ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 13:1-8

Denomination: Free Methodist

Spiritual Freedom Series

Contributed by Tom Shepard on Sep 28, 2010

Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. 1. Freedom from the SLAVERY OF SIN 2. Freedom from the PENALTY OF SIN 3. Freedom from the GUILT OF SIN 4. Freedom from the DEATH OF SIN

Spiritual Freedom We as Americans believe that Freedom is the birthright of every person. It makes no difference whether a person is born rich or poor. It makes no difference whether a person is red – yellow – black or white. It makes no difference what gender a person is. It makes no ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 3:17

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Spiritual Blessings Series

Contributed by Thomas H on Oct 4, 2010

This is an amazing passage which describes the spiritual blessings God has given us. Paul is so excited about these spiritual blessings that in the Greek original, this whole passage is one sentence - like a little kid whose just been to an amusement par

Ephesians 1:3-10 Have you ever met a young child who has just been to Dreamworld for the first time? Can you imagine what he might say if you asked him how was his time there. He might be so excited that he might answer something like: Well, guess what, we went to Dreamworld and first we went ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 1:3-10

Denomination: Baptist

Spiritual Refugees Series

Contributed by Thomas H on Oct 4, 2010

In this passage, Paul talks about how we used to be refugees - aliens, without citizenship and cut off from the promises of God. Then through Christ, God destroyed the barrier of sin that made us refugees and those who follow Jesus now have citizenship a

Ephesians 2:11-18 Last year, we travelled back to Australia via the USA. We had a couple of days in southern California, so we decided that we would hop down to the Mexican border and pop over into Mexico for a few hours to see what it was like. I found a town on the map called Tecate a city of ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 2:11-18

Denomination: Baptist

Spiritual Capacity

Contributed by Bill Sullivan on Apr 28, 2008

We have a spiritual capacity, but whether we are among the "strong" or the "weak" in this sense, we are called to help one another and be patient with all.

Spiritual Capacity TCF Sermon April 20, 2008 1 Thessalonians 5:14 (NASB77) And we urge you, brethren, admonish the unruly, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with all men. 1 Thess 5:14 (NLT) Brothers and sisters, we urge you to warn those who are lazy. Encourage those who ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:14

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Spiritual Power

Contributed by Olorunnisola Oni on May 3, 2008

This sermon tells us what spiritual power is and how we can receive it.

Introduction: When Jesus Christ was on earth, He was responsible for all the needs (including spiritual) of His disciples. When He was about to ascend to heaven, He recognized that they would need power. He therefore promised and reminded them on the day of ascension that they would receive power ...read more

Scripture: Acts 1:1-9

Denomination: Pentecostal

Spiritual War Series

Contributed by Dennis Cummins on May 7, 2008

The only way to strengthen both the physical and spiritual nature is through the actual battle.

WMD’s – A Spiritual War We as believers have weapons of mass destruction Warfare – 1. the process of military struggle between two nations or groups of nations; war. 2. armed conflict between two massed enemies, armies, or the like. We are in a spiritual battle: John 10:10 (English Standard ...read more

Scripture: John 10:10

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Spiritual Priorities

Contributed by Gary Birch on Jul 14, 2006

What are our Spiritual priorities? Have we got God in the correct place in our life?

Distinguished American preacher, Haddon Robinson points out that one old recipe for rabbit stew starts with this injunction: "First catch the rabbit." Robinson notes: "The writer knew how to put first things first. That’s what we do when we establish priorities -- we put the things that should be ...read more

Spiritual Kidnapping Series

Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Jul 14, 2006

What are you doing to protect yourself from being kidnapped spiritually?

INTRODUCTION • Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr., twenty-month-old son of the famous aviator and Anne Morrow Lindbergh, was kidnapped about 9:00 p.m., on March 1, 1932, from the nursery on the second floor of the Lindbergh home near Hopewell, New Jersey. The child’s absence was discovered and ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 2:8

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Spiritual Unpreparedness

Contributed by Travis Johnson on Aug 9, 2006

Jesus is coming soon. Are you prepared for His coming?

SPIRITUAL UNPREPAREDNESS Matthew 25:1-13 Intro: ILL- In April, 1988 a cameraman who was also a skydiver jumped from a plane along with several others & filmed them as they individually jumped out of the plane. After the final skydiver opened his chute something tragic happened. The cameraman, ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 25:1-13

Denomination: Holiness

Spiritual Friendships Series

Contributed by Greg Nance on May 2, 2009

Spiritual body building to be able to say, "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me" included building relationships in Christ with that end in mind.

Take a piece of “notes” paper from the pew in front of you. Write your answer to this question: What would you say are the three most important qualities of a good friend? Go ahead, write what you think are the three most important qualities of a good friend. We will be looking at this toward ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 2:1-17

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Spiritual Giftedness Series

Contributed by Tyler Edwards on May 11, 2009

The problem with Spiritual gifts is that they were intended to empower and unify the church and yet somehow we have allow the things that were designed to bring us together tear us apart. What are Spiritual gifts and what is their purpose?

5: A Life of Meaning Series February 1st, 2008 Spiritual Giftedness The subject of Spiritual gifts may be one of the more controversial issues in the church today. There are many different opinions as to what they mean and how they are visible in the body. Rather than focusing on the existence ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:1-11

Denomination: *other