Sermons on Spiritual Sacrifices:

Faith That Fortifies For The Fight

Contributed by John Gaston on Feb 14, 2025

Hezekiah did all the right things in preparing for spiritual warfare with Sennacherib: He rebuilt the walls, organized the soldiers, stopped up the springs, entered into intercession each time threatened, encouraged his people, and held onto God in faith.

FAITH THAT FORTIFIES FOR THE FIGHT 2 Chron.32:1-23 INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR 1. A man was having trouble getting his neighbor to keep his chickens fenced in. The neighbor kept talking about chickens being great creatures, and as such they had the right to go where they wanted. 2. The man was ...read more

Scripture: 2 Chronicles 32:1-23

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Facing The New Year

Contributed by Richard Bowman on Dec 29, 2025

Contrast between faithfulness and popularity. Are we willing to sacrifice popularity for faithfulness?

FACING THE NEW YEAR Warsaw Christian Church, Richard M. Bowman, Pastor Emeritus Text: John 12:42-43; Nevertheless even among the rulers many believed in Him, but because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue; 43 for they loved the praise of men ...read more

Scripture: John 12:42-43

He Did It All PRO Sermon

Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Nov 20, 2023

Explores Jesus' purposeful sacrifice, His selflessness, and the promise of eternal salvation.

Good morning, dear family in Christ. We gather today, not as individuals, but as a community of believers, united in our common love for our Lord Jesus Christ. We are here, not because we are perfect, but because He is. We are here, not because we have all the answers, but because He does. In the ...read more

Scripture: John 10:10

Topics: Jesus, Paved The Way

Be Fully Armed Series

Contributed by David Welch on Oct 28, 2006

7th in a series on Spiritual Warfare

Chico Alliance Church September 10, 2006 Pastor David Welch "Spiritually Aware, Alert, Armed and Aggressive" Pt 7 I. Be Aware II.Be Alert III. Be armed & aggressive A.Be fully empowered Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might. Ephesians 6:10 All the armament in the ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:10-15

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

"i Can See Clearly Now"

Contributed by Howard Gunter on Mar 18, 2020

The miracle of healing physical blindness and understanding spiritual blindness

Message/Devotion March 22, 2020 John 9:1-41 I Can See Clearly Now The Reading A Man Born Blind Receives Sight 9 Now as Jesus passed by, He saw a man who was blind from birth. 2 And His disciples asked Him, saying, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” 3 Jesus ...read more

Scripture: John 9:1-41

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Jesus Grew

Contributed by Stephen Aram on Mar 26, 2020

Have you been saved? Great. But that's only the beginning. Jesus had to learn obedience and effective ministry. Are you on the path to becoming a useful disciple for God?

Last week we looked at a touching moment in Jesus’ infancy. His parents brought their infant son to the temple to be dedicated to God. They wanted nothing but God’s best for their special son. And in the temple God brought them across the path of one of his true saints, Simeon, who loved their ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:40

"o Lord, Revive Thy Work"

Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Mar 24, 2022

All over this great country of ours, CHURCHES have revival services each year. Many of these churches schedule them in the FALL and in the SPRING of the year.

While it is good that churches schedule these services frequently, it is equally good that they recognize that before a church can experience a HOLY GHOST REVIVAL MEETING, they must know WHAT A REAL HOLY GHOST REVIVAL IS. A Holy Ghost Revival consist of at least three things, such as: 1. It is a ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 6:1-8, Habakkuk 3:2

Denomination: Baptist

Heroes In Unlikely Places

Contributed by Michael Stark on Nov 11, 2007

A Remembrance Day message asking us to recall that love is the motive for sacrifice.

JOHN 15:13 HEROES IN UNLIKELY PLACES “Greater love has no one than this, that someone lays down his life for his friends.” September 11, 2001 shocked a complacent world from its lethargy into enforced wakefulness. Before that day, police and fire fighters were often thought of as necessary ...read more

Scripture: John 15:13

Denomination: Baptist

Becoming A Servant Series

Contributed by Michael Deutsch on Jun 5, 2021

An ongoing look at spiritual disciplines. Today we look at Servanthood

Spiritual Disciplines: Service June 6, 2021 It’s the night of the Passover celebration, you don’t realize this will be the last meal you eat with Jesus. You’re one of Jesus’ disciples and you walk into the room and you expect someone to wash your feet . . . You see water, a towel, but there’s ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 2:3-7, John 13:13-17

Denomination: Baptist

"I Am Gifted" Series

Contributed by Sean Harder on Mar 5, 2014

What is Christ’s gift? Well it’s the spoils of his victory over sin and death. We know that he has all authority in heaven and on earth, he has inherited all of creation. So the measure of his gift is unlimited.

“I Am Gifted” (Eph 4:1-16) One of my best friends when I was growing up played hockey with me. We did everything together. Played army at construction sites, floor hockey in his huge basement, tobogganed on the hill behind his house, rode dirtbikes, went to the same school. He ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:1-16

5 Areas Where Satan Attacks A Family

Contributed by Sajayan Chacko on Feb 13, 2024

Unless The Lord builds the family, the laborer’s work in vain (Psalm 127:1). It is time for us to point our guns back at Satan and ask God to restore our families..

(Case Study- Life of Joab) Jobs family was perfect. Satan took special permission to attack him, saying thou has blessed him abundantly, that’s why he loves you and worship you, take away everything from him, then you will know his true color Jobs family was attacked by devil in 5 areas of his ...read more

Scripture: Job 1:14-19, Job 2:7-8

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Growing In Christ Series

Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Nov 12, 2024

In this process of being grounded in and sharing Christ, we should be growing in Christ. For a church to survive, for a Christian to remain strong in their conviction, each of us needs to be growing in Christ.

Let's start off today by imagining a friend that gives you the gift of a new road bike. You always dreamed of taking a bike out on the road and you're now equipped and outfitted to hit the road. But what if you never used that bicycle? The gift by itself doesn't take you places and ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 1:9-29

Denomination: Baptist

No Turning Back

Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Jan 7, 2012

There are times in our spiritual lives when we want all the blessings of heaven, but with the least amount of sacrifice possible. There are times when we live our Christian lives in such a way that we seem to be saying, “What is the least amount that I ha

Opening illustration: Surprised to see an empty seat at the Super Bowl stadium, a diehard fan remarked about it to a woman sitting nearby. “It was my husband’s,” the woman explained, “But he died.” “I’m very sorry,” said the man. “You know, I’m really surprised that a relative or friend didn’t ...read more

Scripture: Luke 14:25-35

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Hallowed Be Your Name Series

Contributed by Scott Maze on Jun 3, 2021

Anyone who is serious about Jesus will want to grow in prayer. One of the quickest ways to check the health of your spiritual life is to answer this question: How’s your prayer life?

Every faith has some form of prayer. Muslims stop whatever they’re doing five times a day to pray as you’ll hear the wailing cries of prayer callers in many Asian cities. Incas and Aztecs went so far as to sacrifice humans in order to attract their gods’ attention. And millions of people who attend ...read more

Scripture: Luke 11:1-2, Matthew 6:5-13

Denomination: Baptist

Living By The Spirit Series

Contributed by David Owens on Oct 7, 2019

Living by the Spirit and not the flesh involves having our trust, our mind and our obligations in the right things.

Introduction: A. Maybe you heard the story of the man who owned a 1973 Pontiac classic car and loved it more than anything. 1. His instructions in his will were to bury him in his Pontiac. 2. So when he died, that’s what they did: they dressed him up in his suit, hat and white gloves, propped him ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:1-13

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ