Sermons on Spiritual Struggle:

Spiritual Warfare Series

Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Mar 11, 2012

Every believer should know that they were born again into a battlefield. In order to successfully live as a believer we need to know our enemies and understand how battles are won for God’s kingdom.

Every believer should know that they were born again into a battlefield. In order to successfully live as a believer we need to know our enemies and understand how battles are won for God’s kingdom. The vacuum of Paul’s absence in Corinth had allowed some false ...read more

Spiritual Superheroes

Contributed by Jon Lipka on Apr 1, 2012

God has graced us with every spiritual gift that we need for life and godliness, and has given us power through the Holy Spirit to life the life of grace.

I. OPEN: Spiritual Superheroes, even though we don’t always feel like it A. Do you like Superman? “Faster than a speeding bullet. More powerful than a locomotive. Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound.” Whenever Lois Lane, or a careless child, was in danger, and there was ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 1:15-23

Denomination: Anglican

Spiritual Idolatry Series

Contributed by D Marion Clark on Oct 3, 2012

How do you commit idolatry when you don’t believe in idols? How do you fall from grace when grace is what you most affirm? How can you be in bondage while you revel in freedom? How can you know so much when your great knowledge keeps you from knowing what

Introduction How do you commit idolatry when you don’t believe in idols? How do you fall from grace when grace is what you most affirm? How can you be in bondage while you revel in freedom? How can you know so much when your great knowledge keeps you from knowing what really matters? Let our ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 10:1-7

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Spiritual Adultery

Contributed by Mike Fogerson on Oct 8, 2012

Adultery happens in some marriages but there is another type of adultery that takes place much more often – Spiritual Adultery.

Dr. Mike Fogerson May 20, 2012 Introduction A Do you remember when Sandra Bullock won her Golden Globe for her role as Leigh Anne Tuohy in “The Blind Side?” 1 In her acceptance speech she said of her then husband, “I love you. You are so hot.” a She was married to the ...read more

Scripture: James 4:4-7

Denomination: Baptist

Spiritual Blessings

Contributed by Monte Brown on Oct 10, 2012

Life is like a ship sailing across the waters of life, sometimes the water is calm, sometimes the water is choppy, sometimes the water is filled with debris, and sometimes the water has hidden rocks.

Introduction Life is like a ship sailing across the waters of life. • Sometimes the water is calm. • Sometimes the water is choppy. • Sometimes the water is filled with debris. • Sometimes the water has hidden rocks. This morning I would like us to examine verse 1 in ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 1:3

Denomination: Baptist

Spiritual Entrepreneurs Series

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jul 22, 2013

God wants us to invest his Word; how can we do this?

Spiritual Entrepreneurs (Mark 4:21-34) 1. It is so easy to get wrapped up in our little worlds that we forget we are building an international Kingdom, the Kingdom of God. 2. Look how silly we act: FAIRBANKS, Alaska, July 19 (UPI) -- Police in Alaska said they arrested a man accused of punching ...read more

Scripture: Mark 4:21-34

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Spiritual Abduction Series

Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on May 10, 2013

We need to be alert to being spiritually abducted!

INTRODUCTION • SLIDE #1 • I cannot imagine the horror a family faces when a loved one is abducted. If you have been following the news you have heard of one the most recent cases out of Cleveland where three girls had been missing for over ten years. • They were given up for dead ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 2:8

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Spiritual Posturing

Contributed by John Mccormack on Aug 14, 2013

THE REALITIES OF SPIRITUAL POSTURING.

SPIRITUAL POSTURING INTRODUCTION: THE PROPHET ISAIAH (THE LORD SAVES) WAS AMONG THE MOST PROLIFIC OF THE MAJOR PROPHETS. HE EXPERIENCED THE COLLAPSE OF THE NORTHERN KINGDOM ISRAEL, AND THE SOUTHERN KINGDOM, JUDAH. HE LIVED UNTIL ABOUT 681 B.C. THIS STUDY SPEAKS TO SPIRITUAL POSTURING. ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 26:18

Denomination: Baptist

Spiritual Warfare

Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Aug 17, 2013

To show our enemy has been defeated 2000 years ago, we act in faith and insist on our eternal life.

I. EXORDIUM: Are we in a war? II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers III. OBJECTIVES: To show our enemy has been defeated 2000 years ago, we act in faith and insist on our eternal life. IV. TEXT: 1 Timothy 6:12 (Amplified Bible) Fight the good fight of the faith; lay hold of the eternal life to ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:12

Denomination: Pentecostal

Spiritual Gifts Series

Contributed by Pat Damiani on Sep 16, 2013

I used a jigsaw puzzle to illustrate how spiritual gifts operate in the body of Christ.

Most of you know that Mary and I really enjoy putting together jigsaw puzzles. It’s a fun activity that we can do together and we can actually talk with each other while we’re working on the puzzle. And if any of you are interested, we’ve even brought a bunch of our old puzzles to ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:1-11

Denomination: Baptist

Spiritual Networth

Contributed by John Roy on Oct 26, 2016

Are we material people trapped in spiritual bodies, or spiritual people trapped in material bodies? This sermon asserts that we need to be concerned about our spiritual net worth, because we are spiritual people.

From time to time I suspect people review their finances. In those reviews, they may take a moment to calculate their net worth. Our financial net worth is the value of all assets, minus the total of all liabilities. Put another way, net worth is what is owned minus what is owed. The value of ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 5:22-23

Denomination: *other

Spiritual Hunger

Contributed by Craig Condon on Feb 5, 2015

We must ask ourselves, “What are my hungers? Where have I gone to satisfy them and where have those choices led me? " Thank goodness Jesus provides an alternative that is healthy for us both physically and spiritually.

A burglar was arrested and appeared before a judge. The judge found him guilty and before he sentenced the burglar, the judge asked him if he had anything to say in his defense. The burglar said, “Well, Your Honour, you know how it is. The more a man has, the more he wants”. The judge ...read more

Scripture: John 6:41-51

Denomination: Anglican

Spiritual Fruit Series

Contributed by Brad Beaman on Nov 24, 2015

Your life should be more than a flurry of activity. You were meant to produce spiritual fruit. Paul uses the imagery of fruit trees to illustrate this. What you want out of a fruit tree is fruit. In the Christian life what we want is spiritual fruit.

Wouldn’t it be great if every time that you received a harsh criticism you returned it with a response of kindness? That is what it is like for the believer who has the fruit of the Spirit manifested in their life. Wouldn’t it be great the next time you are wronged, instead of rage ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 5:22-26

Denomination: Baptist

Spiritual Famine

Contributed by Robert Leroe on Aug 23, 2015

When we neglect God and His word, when we turn to God-substitutes, the result is spiritual dryness. When we want God to leave us alone, He just might. Amos tells what it will be like to live without a prophetic voice.

“Spiritual Famine” Amos 8:9-14 Pastor Bob Leroe, Cliftondale Congregational Church, Saugus, Massachusetts (23 Aug 2015) In 1968, the USS Pueblo, a Navy intelligence ship, was captured by North Korea, a week before the start of the “Tet Offensive” in Vietnam. The ...read more

Scripture: Amos 8:9-14

Denomination: Congregational

Spiritual Gifts Series

Contributed by Tim Zoltowski on Jan 24, 2016

This message discusses the purpose of the gifts of the Spirit and the plan that God has for His people to use them to serve others. In 2 Peter 4, each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace

I would like to talk to you today about the Gifts of the Spirit. If the last three sermons have hit home with you then you are likely encouraged, even excited, to serve the Lord as Christ's ambassadors. You realize that you are a new creation and cannot live the way you used to. Not that you have ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:1-11

Denomination: Bible Church