Sermons on Spiritual Stones:

The Fruit Of Joy Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Mar 8, 2021

Joy is a feeling that no matter how hard life is, I have the best that life can offer in Christ. Anyone can feel good and be happy when all is going well and life is free of negatives. But with the fruit of joy you can rejoice in the Lord always, even when life is full of negatives

Martin Clark said every church should have a humor committee because there are more funny things that happen in church than in a zoo, for people are funnier than the animals. God made man to be the only creature on earth who can laugh because of his sense of humor. Christians need a sense of ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 5:22-23

Nailing Down Your Need For The Cross

Contributed by Perry Fowler on May 12, 2022

Today, we’re going to the cross and take notice. We we’re going to hear what Jesus said about the cross as He foretold His death. In His words of we understand why Calvary was so necessary. From Jesus’ lips, what does He tell us that that cross does for you and me?

If you were to Google the phrase: “The day that changed the world” what do you think would come up? Here’s a few book titles with the that contains the phrase “Changed the world “in their title. Here are a few examples: a) Gunpowder: The History of the Explosive that Changed the World. b) Cod: The ...read more

Scripture: John 12:20-32

Denomination: Baptist

Laziness

Contributed by Milo Velebir on Jul 26, 2007

Laziness is a rebellion and wickedness and it brings destruction of the temple/body od Christ. As living stones we are called to live, be active in the building and not sit in the wall.

Laziness Do you like to be called lazy? Of course not. Who would? But would you believe that the Holy word of God calls somebody lazy? Well, it does. So let’s start with pointing our fingers to someone who was described in the Bible as lazy - this is the safe start. Titus 1,12-13 : "Cretans are ...read more

Scripture: Titus 1:12-13, Titus 1:12

Denomination: Lutheran

Practicing In The Local Church Series

Contributed by Jeff Van Wyk on Aug 2, 2013

Exercise your spiritual gift so that the Body can be edified and encouraged

Practicing In The Local Church Understanding Spiritual Gifts The spiritual gifts can be found in the following passages of Scripture: Romans 12:6-8 - Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, let us prophesy in proportion to our ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:6-8

Denomination: Charismatic

Garden Gleanings

Contributed by David Welch on Aug 4, 2018

This message shares insights from gardening to spiritual growth.

Chico Alliance Church “Garden Gleanings” 1. Soil preparation & cultivation Any garden must have soil in which to grow. The soil must be prepared in order to best germinate the seed and sustain the plant. I tried to germinate some bean plants this year outside the soil to give it a good ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 13:1-31, 1 Corinthians 3:5-9, Leviticus 26:15-20

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

In The Beginning! Series

Contributed by Michael Deutsch on Oct 16, 2021

Part 3 of a look at spiritual warfare. Looking back to the Fall in Genesis 3 to learn from Adam and Eve.

Spiritual Warfare - 3 In the Beginning October 17, 2021 For the past 2 messages we’ve been looking at spiritual warfare. We looked at the fact that we’re in a war, that satan is out to destroy us, if we allow him. Then we looked at the start of it all, the fall of satan, some of the reasons and ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 3:1-7, 1 Peter 2:22-24

Denomination: Baptist

The Fruit Of Love

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Mar 8, 2021

Love is the highest virtue man is capable of giving or receiving. You cannot give God or man any higher gift than the gift of love. The highest goal of life is to be like Christ. The only way to approach this goal is to be a person filled with love.

Howard Thurman in Disciplines Of The Spirit, tells of one of the most unusual jobs. A large General Hospital hired a high school girl to be there mice petter. Her sole occupation was to take white mice out of their cages several times a day and pet them. They had learned that when mice are made ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 5:22-23

Did You Sell Your Soul To The Devil And Now Want It Back?

Contributed by Gordon Brownlee on Oct 8, 2024

The lie of the devil is a person can never escape his clutches. Yet it doesn't matter how deep into darkness we have gone, Jesus provides us away of escape at the Cross.

Read it or watch it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMGZ4fRF0nY Lately within the entertainment industry we have heard from numerous entertainers that have confessed to selling their souls to the Devil. The motivation has been to gain some sort of worldly advantage; success, fame and ultimate self ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 5:8, Romans 7:5-6

Denomination: *other

Save The Wells

Contributed by Thomas Custer on May 4, 2014

we as saints need to re-dig the wells of our fathers. We have grown up with poor performing wells and we believe it is normal. This message was to remind us that there is more power available than we are tapped into. we need to repair the wells!

For thousands of Malian women in the northern city of Gao, the day starts in the middle of the night. Women tie on veils, grab jerry cans and walk through the sandy streets in hopes of getting a good spot in line. they are not waiting for a black friday sale… tickets to a show… a ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 26:18

Denomination: Pentecostal

Power To Face Your Giants

Contributed by Randy Bataanon on Sep 13, 2010

What are the giants that are challenging you today? Stand up now and face your giants by the same tactics that God has given to David!

POWER TO FACE YOUR GIANTS 1Sa 17:1 Now the Philistines gathered their armies for battle and were assembled at Socoh, which belongs to Judah, and encamped between Socoh and Azekah in Ephes-dammim. 1Sa 17:2 Saul and the men of Israel were encamped in the Valley of Elah and drew up in battle array ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 17:33-58, 1 Samuel 17:1-32

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

God Manages His Vineyard Well

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Mar 18, 2025

Jesus reworks the old parable of the vineyard to fit the new barbarism. He directs the moral at the human vineyard managers, the religious and secular men who treat the Law and Temple as their personal fiefdom.

Friday of the Second Week of Lent 2025 St. Matthew’s Gospel is moving toward its climax, which is called Holy Week. Frequently we see Jesus crossing swords verbally with his adversaries. Jesus was an out-of-towner, considered a religious zealot and “hick” by the secular and religious authorities ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 118:22, Genesis 37:3-4, Genesis 37:12-13, Genesis 37:17-28, Psalm 105:16-21, Matthew 21:33-43, Matthew 21:45-46, Matthew 21:44, John 11:49-51  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Catholic

The Heart Of The Matter

Contributed by David Dunn on Oct 17, 2025

God’s grace replaces our stone hearts with living ones, using unlikely means to prove salvation beats only by His mercy.

Ezekiel 36 : 26 — “I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you.” --- 1. The Vegetarian With a Pig’s Heart My ex-wife’s grandfather was a conservative Adventist doctor in Napa City—the kind of man who read Ministry of Healing like it was Mosby’s Medical Dictionary and treated ...read more

Scripture: Ezekiel 36:26, Psalm 51:10, Galatians 2:20, Jeremiah 17:9, Luke 15:2  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

The Game Plan - Setting A Spiritual Game Plan For Your Life With Jesus

Contributed by Michael J Mcinally Jr. on Aug 12, 2015

Do you have a spiritual Game Plan? We make plans in all other areas of our lives, we have a game plan for our career, for our kids education, or maybe even how you will buy your first home. Let's make a Game Plan for our spiritual lives today.

Are any of you sports fans? This time of year is one of the worst times when it comes to sports. Unless you watch NASCAR, regular season MLB, or Golf there really isn’t a whole lot going on. But before that we have had a very exciting year in sports. In January, we had the first ever college ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 1:1-9, 1 Kings 2:2-3

Denomination: *other

Doctor Jesus

Contributed by Chuck Brooks on Nov 5, 2020

Just like with a medical doctor, there are diagnostics that can be performed that will shed light on a person's spiritual condition...

The other day I took Shannon to her pediatrician because she had been having stomach pains. I noticed how the nurse took Shannon’s vitals—weight and temperature. Afterwards the doctor came in and asked Shannon to sit up on the gurney. Dr. McDaniel listened to Shannon’s heartbeat and breathing. ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 26:2

Denomination: Independent/Bible

The Destructive Nature Of Man’s Human Spirit

Contributed by Gordon Brownlee on Apr 14, 2025

The Old and New Covenants meet with God in different ways. But few have asked whether these differences create spiritual powers that work against the Christian life. This maybe why Paul struggled with a Church in transition.

The Destructive Nature of Man’s Human Spirit Life sets before us an interesting journey of discovery. Within that journey we record what our eyes perceive as beauty, what our hearts cherish as food for the soul and what our spirit learns of eternity. Hence every endeavor in life relies upon body, ...read more

Scripture: Ezekiel 36:26, 2 Corinthians 5:17

Denomination: *other