Sermons on spiritual tune up: showing 316-330 of 195,404

Spiritual Hunger

Contributed by Jeremy Poling on Apr 18, 2012

Staying spiritually healthy encourages appetite.

mak-ar'-ee-os supremely blest; by extension fortunate, well off: - blessed, happy Matt 5:6 “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, For they shall be filled.” That verse describes a blessing that I want to live in for the rest of my life. I don’t want to ever ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:6

Denomination: Pentecostal

Spiritual Discernment Series

Contributed by Chuck Gohn on Jul 5, 2022

This sermon focuses on how to make decisions that are in alignment with the Will of God.

I want to open with a question. How many of you regret some of your past decisions? If we are honest with ourselves, we have all made decisions that we have come to regret even on a daily basis, whether it is the restaurant we choose, the menu item that we pick. It could be something as major as ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 1:9-11

Denomination: Christian Church

Spiritual People

Contributed by J. Yeargin on Feb 17, 2003

Paul wrote in his letter that he wanted to speak to the SPIRITUAL PEOPLE, but was not able to.

SPIRITUAL PEOPLE Text: I Corinthians 2:14 thru 3:1 This morning I want to look at three types of Christians the Bible teaches. They are all very different from one another. I have never met anyone who was not one of these three. You cannot be kind of like one and kind of like another. As ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:13-14

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Spiritual Illumination

Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Sep 12, 2014

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Spiritual Illumination John 16:13; I Cor. 2 http://gbcdecatur.org/sermons/SpiritualIllumination.html I can speak to ears, but only God can speak to hearts! That's supernatural revelation...the Spirit of God opening our eyes to the truths beyond our intellect. Now, spiritual illumination... 1 ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 2:7-14

Denomination: Baptist

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

Spiritually Mature

Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Feb 28, 2022

One of the easiest things in the world to do is to assume something.

For example: • If we read that one POLITICIAN is corrupt, it is easy for us to assume that all politicians are corrupt • If we read that one DOCTOR is corrupt, it is easy for us to assume that all doctors are corrupt • If we read that one CAR DEALER is corrupt, it is easy for us to assume that ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 2:6-7

Denomination: Baptist

Spiritual Nobility Series

Contributed by Carl Allen on Dec 6, 2007

Stephen was in many ways a forerunner to Paul. He boldly confronted the synagogues of foreign Jews in Jerusalem, possibly even entering them to debate their members. Stephen faced fierce opposition, even to the point of physical persecution. It is even

Spiritual Nobility Acts 6:8-15 Intro This passage marks a transition in the book of Acts. Up to this point, Peter has been the dominating figure, fulfilling his calling by taking the gospel to the people. Another figure of importance looms on the horizon: the apostle Paul, who is introduced at ...read more

Scripture: Acts 6:8-15

Denomination: Baptist

A Spiritual Influencer

Contributed by Maurice Mccarthy on Aug 26, 2020

There are a lot of people who are called influencers. Youtube and twitter are full of them, and many are getting rich doing just that. They influence people for all kinds of reasons. In Acts 1:8 Jesus said we would get power to be able to speak into people's lives to influence them for eternity.

A Spiritual Influencer PPT 1 Message Title It seems like everyday I hear a person described as a youtube influencer. These are people who have followers, and get paid by advertisers for other people listening to them babble on about whatever it is they are known for. Adventure travelers. Makeup ...read more

Scripture: Acts 1:8, Hebrews 4:12, 1 Samuel 3:19, 1 Corinthians 2:14

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Spirituality Trap

Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Feb 24, 2023

We have a tendency to see the shining mountaintop moments or the depths of despair as being the most spiritually significant. But genuine spirituality surfaces - and matures - in the daily decision to forgive, to tell the truth, to resist a temptation or to hold our tongues.

My mom tells me that when we were little she could dress my sister and me up for church in starched white petticoats and send us out to play in the yard until time to leave for church and be absolutely certain that we wouldn’t have a spot on us. We LOVED to dress up. There was no way we were going ...read more

Scripture: Luke 9:28-36, Exodus 34:29-35

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Spiritual Battle

Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Sep 15, 2002

To win the battle, you must: 1. Understand the reality of evil. 2. You must be prepared for battle. 3. You must be strengthened by prayer.

Neville Chamberlain was known for his policy of appeasement. As the prime minister of Britain before World War II, he knew that the country was still weary from the first World War, and wanted to avoid a European war at all costs. The problem was that at the same time Hitler was planning to ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:10-18

Denomination: Methodist

Spirituality And Speed Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Mar 22, 2021

God said, "Quick, leave Jerusalem immediately." God is usually not in a hurry, but in His dealings with Paul in this chapter, the name of the game is speed.

Jamie Buckingham has written 20 of the best Christian book of the past decade. And in one of them called The Last Word he tells of how, even for a Christian sometimes, everything can go rapidly wrong. He lived in a quiet country home, but it was one with an unusual water system. He had a cut off ...read more

Spiritual Cholesterol Series

Contributed by Ross Mitchell on Jan 24, 2001

The sermon deals with the hardening of the spiritual heart.

The Heart of the Matter (Part Three) "Spiritual Cholesterol" Introduction A. "For this people’s heart has become calloused; their ears are hard of hearing, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 95:1-8, Exodus 17:1-7

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Spiritual Paradox Series

Contributed by Mark Busch on Aug 4, 2005

Samson never fully relied on God and so he died just for revenge.

The Spiritual Paradox Judges 13 Page 230 in pew Bible Judges 13:1-7 Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the LORD, so the LORD delivered them into the hands of the Philistines for forty years. 2A certain man of Zorah, named Manoah, from the clan of the Danites, had a wife who was sterile ...read more

Scripture: Judges 13:1-7

Denomination: Holiness

Spiritual Disciplines Series

Contributed by Michael Deutsch on Jan 15, 2008

An introduction sermon for a 13 week series on exploring various Spiritual Disciplines, designed to help the church draw closer to Christ and grow in Christlikeness.

Spiritual Disciplines: Introduction January 6, 2008 1 Timothy 4:7-8 John 10:10 {Video of me shooting free throws and talking about spiritual disciplines} Not a bad basketball player, even when the camera is on me. I was hitting in crunch time, the pressure was on and there were no retakes. Just ...read more

Scripture: John 10:10

Denomination: Baptist

Spiritual Growth

Contributed by Delray Lentz on Nov 15, 2023

o Do you have an intentional plan for your own spiritual growth? o Do you know what spiritual growth is? o Have you asked God how you can serve in His church and in His Kingdom.

Last week after our church meeting, Crystal prayed us out, and as she was praying the word “nesting” came to her. What a perfect way to describe the situation for CPC and perhaps THE church as well. Also, during our meeting, discipleship was discussed. CPC is a young church in terms of our launch ...read more

Scripture: 2 Peter 3:18, 1 Corinthians 3:3, Colossians 1:9-10