Sermons on Spiritually Dead:

Moving Into Spiritual Maturity

Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Mar 14, 2007

Paul’s prayer for spiritual maturity in the church

Intro: do you remember a time in your life where you matured past something that was childish? I remember it well. My parents would take us to the park and I would swing, slide down the slide, do the merry-go-round and have a great time. But there came a time when it became childish, and I moved ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 1:9-14

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Goals For Spiritual Life

Contributed by Bledar Valca on Mar 27, 2007

Emphasises the need to have goal in the spiritual life

SPECIFIC GOALS FOR MY SPIRITUAL LIFE. Philippians 3:12-14 “Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:12-14

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Bearing Spiritual Fruit

Contributed by Christopher Nerreau on Feb 29, 2008

Jesus said - "every bracnh in ME (this means Christians) that does not bear fruit He [the Father] takes away, and every branch that bears fruit He [the Father] prunes, today lets look more closely at this.

BEARING GOOD FRUIT (John 15:1-10) INTRODUCTION Each fall I take my children to the apple orchard just down the road from my house. Last year as we were walking through the orchard, I noticed my youngest son (Ben) picking up an apple off the ground to eat. The apple was rotten and I told him not ...read more

Scripture: John 15:1-10

Denomination: Orthodox

Spiritual Highs And Lows Series

Contributed by John Harvey on Mar 10, 2008

The baptism and temptaions of Jesus give us principles for living the Chrisitna life.

“Breathless” A Study of the gospel of Mark “Spiritual Highs and Lows” March 9, 2008 Me: Last week was an awesome week here at LifeQuest. We had a great service and the baptism celebration. But on Monday, I was back into the routine of life. It is always hard to sustain a really spiritual high ...read more

Scripture: Mark 1:9-13

Denomination: Baptist

Overcoming A Spiritual Deficit

Contributed by Scott Carroll on Mar 12, 2008

INVESTING IN THE KINGDOM

OVERCOMING A SPIRITUAL DEFICIT 8/23/07 2 Cor 4:15-18 15 For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God. 16 For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:15-18

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Spirituality For The Rest Of Us

Contributed by Paul Newell on Mar 18, 2008

We seem to make the whole "knowing God" thing much harder than God ever did? Life is hard, knowing God is what makes sense out of life.

Spirituality For the Rest of Us 2 Peter 3:18, “But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.” Intro: Why should following Jesus Christ be so “hard”? If I had a dollar for every time I’ve heard someone tell me: “Oh, Pastor Paul, it’s so haaarrrrdddd…” “Pastor, you ...read more

Scripture: 2 Peter 3:18

Denomination: Baptist

Defining Spiritual Success Series

Contributed by Aarron Ellerman on Mar 19, 2008

Paul ends Galatians with a warning and two keys to spiritual success.

Series: Study of Galatians Text: Galatians 6:11-18 Title: “Defining Spiritual Success” • Paul starts with a warning: Beware of Bragging (11-13) Vv. 11-12 • Beware of those people who like to boast of their successes; even their own spiritual growth and accomplishments. o That is not a mark of ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 6:11-18

Denomination: Baptist

Being A Spiritual Christian

Contributed by William D. Brown on Mar 27, 2008

how to be a spiritual christain

We will be talking primarily to do with the faith of Abraham as he believed God. Genesis 12:1-5 1Now the LORD had said unto Abram, “Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee: 2And I will make of thee a great nation, and I ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 12:1-5

Denomination: Baptist

Our Spiritual Position Series

Contributed by Aarron Ellerman on Mar 28, 2008

Part 1 in our Ephesians series: How to Walk God’s Trail. Realizing who we are and what we have in Christ.

Series: Ephesians: How To Walk God’s Trail Text: Ephesians 1:1-6 Title: “Our Spiritual Position” Introduction • There are many terms used to describe our Christian lives and how we are to carry it out: it is called our walk, our purpose, being in God’s will; however they all have the idea of doing ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 1:1-6

Denomination: Baptist

Spiritual Seeds Of Stewardship

Contributed by Billy Ricks on Apr 1, 2008

From the beginning of creation man was placed under God’s authority and given responsibility. That responsibility was to be a caretaker of the resources God had provided. Learn where the seeds of stewardship are planted.

Intro: Was stewardship made up by the early ministers of the church? Did they merely preach it to fill the coffers or offering plates? Is stewardship simply the way that pastors and other “ministers” multiply their earnings? Many of you know that is not the case. However there may be as much ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 1:15-17

Denomination: Baptist

Spiritual Discipline Of Journaling Series

Contributed by Michael Deutsch on Jan 15, 2008

How journaling helps us grow in our Christian faith and become more Christ-like. part 2 of 13 on Spiritual Disc.

Spiritual Disciplines - Journaling Joshua 1-4, Various January 13, 2008 Family vacations . . . you can have some amazingly fun time on them. Sometimes when you come back from your vacation you feel like you never went. There’s the laundry and the recovery of vacations . . . but there are a few ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

The Spiritual Side Of Giving

Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Jan 23, 2008

Tithing is a matter of obedience, and God blesses us when we are faithful.

The Spiritual Side of Giving Text: Mal. 3:6-12 Introduction 1. Illustration: A new survey conducted by the Barna Research Group shows that...born again Christians are much more generous than the norm, but very few give 10% or more of their income - a proportion described in the Bible as a ...read more

Scripture: Malachi 3:6-12

Denomination: Methodist

A Healthy Spiritual Life Series

Contributed by Nathan Johnson on Feb 1, 2008

No matter where we are in life, we should always be spiritually fit and healthy. But some have spiritual flab that needs to be dealt with.

A Healthy Spiritual Life Griffith Baptist Church – 2/24/08 A.M. Service Text: Daniel 1:3-15 Key verse: Daniel 1:8 - But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the ...read more

Scripture: Daniel 1:3-15

Denomination: Baptist

Quenching Spiritual Thirst

Contributed by Christopher Nerreau on Feb 8, 2008

Are you spiritually thirsty? Today we will look at 1. Who is spiritually thirsty 2. Why they are spiritually thirst 3. How to quench spiritual thirst In the story of the woman at the well

“Quenching Spiritual Thirst” John 4:6-18 02/10/08 by Dcn. Chris Nerreau INTRODUCTION: May the words of my lips and the meditation of my heart be always acceptable in thy sight, giving praise, glory and honor to Your name our Rock and our Redeemer. Amen! Thirst is an amazing thing, it is the ...read more

Scripture: John 4:6-18

Denomination: Orthodox

"Three Spiritual Laws"

Contributed by Andy Grossman on Feb 15, 2008

Three Spiritual laws that affect your life every day. 1. The law of life and death 2. The law of the Increase 3. The law of the harvest

“Three Spiritual Laws” February 17, 2008 We are all governed by laws. Right now there is a political battle going on over who is going to be the law makers. The liberal side wants more laws and more regulations to protect and take care of people, they say. The conservative side wants fewer ...read more

Scripture: Job 1:9-10

Denomination: Holiness