Sermons on Spiritual Water:

Holy Spirit And Spiritual Gifts Series

Contributed by Davon Huss on Apr 16, 2012

A sermon on spiritual gifts, serving and meeting needs (Material adapted from Dr. Jack Cottrell's book, "The Holy Spirit: A Biblical Study", chapter 7)

HoHum: The former editor of Christianity Today, Kenneth Kantzer, commented once that he never knew what his gift was. He just served where he saw the need. If a man of this experience and caliber never knew what his gift was but just served where he saw a need, then this should serve as a good ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:1-30

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Six Stages Of Spiritual Sight

Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Apr 18, 2012

The blind man had been delivered from darkness and given sight by the compassion of Jesus. This formerly blind man is confronted by his neighbors, he’s confronted by the Pharisees, and by Jesus as well. We are going to concentrate on Jesus as seen by thi

The last time we were in our study in John, we looked at 9:1-7 and saw Jesus give sight to the blind man. This blind man had been delivered from darkness and given sight by the compassion of Jesus. In tonight’s study, this formerly blind man is confronted by his neighbors, he’s ...read more

Scripture: John 9:8-41

Denomination: Baptist

A Warning To Spiritual Free-Loaders Series

Contributed by Paul Barreca on Apr 28, 2012

The unsaved receive temporal blessings on account of the righteous, but God will not grant these blessings indefinitely.

If you’ve ever watched “Shark Week” or know much about sharks, you may have heard about a unique fish called Remora. They are sometimes called “suckerfish” or “shark-suckers.” These fish have a unique suction design and attache themselves to sharks, ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Spiritual Battle In The Life Of Abraham Series

Contributed by Bala Samson on May 11, 2012

Turn the hindrances and obstacles that come your way in life into ‘valuable-crisis-lessons’ rather than be stumped by it!

Abraham – Part 1 - Hindrances Genesis 12:6” Abram traveled through the land as far as Shechem. There he set up camp beside the oak of Moreh. At that time, the area was inhabited by Canaanites.” Friend, today I share an extract of the message that I preached in our recent ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 12:1-5

Denomination: Pentecostal

Spiritual Battle In The Life Of Abraham Series

Contributed by Bala Samson on May 12, 2012

We need strong faith to combat severe famine! Friend, I’m not going to tell you that you would never face problems and things will always be cozy and rosy all the time, but instead I say today, even in the midst of calamity, we need to collect ourselves

Fear not! Abraham – Part 2 Genesis 12:10”And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.” We need strong faith to combat severe famine! Friend, I’m not going to tell you that you would never ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 12:1-10

Denomination: Pentecostal

A Simple Story With Spiritual Lessons

Contributed by Dr. Jerry N. Watts on Mar 21, 2011

Every story in the Bible is loaded with Spiritual lessons for us today. In the story, an unlikely man ask Jesus to do an unlikely thing and Jesus responded in an unlikely way.

A Simple Story with Spiritual lessons Matthew 8:5-13 * Jesus was a master story-teller. In fact, some of His greatest stories are called ‘parables’ which simply defined is, ‘an earthly story with a heavenly meaning.’ Yet, the greatest stories we can read and know are like ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 8:5-13

Denomination: Baptist

Check List For Spiritual Maturity

Contributed by Ralph Andrus on Mar 25, 2011

Take a inventory of your Spiritual Life

Philip 3:10-21 - Want to know Maturity Measure growth on a chart Keep tabs on bank account Check the garden Watch the clock - What about Sp Maturity? B Starts with Salvation!!! Nothing to do with age B education - Service Test for Sp. Maturity 1. Do I Have Growing Knowledge for the Word ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:10-21

Denomination: Baptist

Spiritual Warfare - Part Three Series

Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Mar 29, 2011

Paul tells us to take on Gospel footwear and to take up the shield of faith.

Last time, we saw that the Christian warrior is one who desires to walk in the truth and who depends on the righteousness of Christ. He seeks to make sure that his daily condition matches his eternal position. Therefore, he stands fast and firm against the devil’s lies as he asks the Lord ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:10-18

Denomination: Baptist

Spiritual World In Our Midst Series

Contributed by Paul Clemente on May 2, 2011

We can be so blinded by the physical world that we miss out on God’s spiritual world provided for us!

We are at the closing Chapters of our study of the Book of Daniel. What title do we give Daniel? Daniel was a prophet! The original Hebrew word for prophet in the Old Testament is “nabiy”, meaning a spokesman or speaker. And how do we know prophets spoke for God? God gave prophets visions and ...read more

Scripture: Daniel 10:1-21

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Unwrapping Your Spiritual Gift

Contributed by David Cook on Oct 18, 2010

God has given you spiritual gift(s) to build and bless others in the body of Christ.

Question: How many ministers does CWBC have? 1? 4? Everyone? Nowhere does the Bible teach the pastor is the only minister. The Bible teaches all Christians are ministers. READ 1 Peter 4:10-11. “Each one” received a gift. God is a giver. 1. GOD GAVE YOU GIFTS. THREE GIFTS GOD GIVES YOU THE ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:3-8

Denomination: Baptist

The A C B's Of Spiritual Growth

Contributed by Rich Vanarsdalen on Jul 1, 2007

Explore the plan that God has for spiritual growth in the life of a believer; how we can mature in our relationship with God.

The A C B’s of Spiritual Growth 1 John 2:12-14 Who here would like to grow in their spiritual walk? I have yet to hear a truly “born-again” person (one who had a genuine relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ) answer NO – I’M OK – NO NEED FOR GROWTH IN MY LIFE, THANKS. We are all interested in ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 2:12-14

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Our Spiritual Independence Day

Contributed by Scott Carmer on Jul 5, 2007

On the 4th of July weekend, our minds our own our national freedom, but the Apostle Paul speaks about the more important freedom, the freedom we have in Christ.

Our Spiritual Independence Day Galatians 5:1, 13-25 (NRSV) July 1, 2007 As we come together this morning today, the word that is on our mind is “freedom.” It is a word which, in our context, brings up images of Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, the Declaration of Independence, ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 5:1-25

Denomination: Methodist

Understanding Our Spiritual Family Series

Contributed by Scott Chambers on Jul 16, 2007

A message from an expository series from the book of Galatians.

In reality there are only two ways to win a race. You can win by running faster than anyone else or by having everyone else quit before reaching the finish line. As we have traveled through the book of Galatians we have encountered a group of legalists known as the Judaizers. The legalists have a ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 6:1-10

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Spiritual Corrections For The Modern Church

Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Dec 10, 2006

Paul’s corrections of the church in Corinth

Intro: an amazing fact about the letters of Paul to the churches that most people want to over-look, is the fact that a lot of what he said was corrective in nature. I know he had mushy intro’s and long gooshy good-byes, but the meat of the letter was instruction, and reproof and correction. Since ...read more

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Spiritual Fullness Or The Overflowing Cup Series

Contributed by Andy Almendarez on Dec 11, 2006

Scripture points to various passages reminding us of God’s desire to satisfy our deepest needs and fulfill the desires of our heart. He promises to fill our ‘Spiritual Cups’ to overflowing when we hunger and thirst after righteousness.

Spiritual Fullness or The Overflowing Cup Matthew 5:6 Scripture points to various passages reminding us of God’s desire to satisfy our deepest needs and fulfill the desires of our heart. He promises to fill our ‘Spiritual Cups’ to overflowing when we hunger and thirst after righteousness. I. ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:6

Denomination: Holiness