Sermons on Spring Of Gihon:

Enter With Thanksgiving!

Contributed by Melvin Newland on Oct 10, 2001

With all my heart I believe we are a people & a nation that have truly been blessed by God. And of all those who "give thanks to Him and praise His name" our name should be at the top of the list!

MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK (REVISED: 2015) TEXT: Psalm 100 A. One of the most beautiful Psalms of thanksgiving is the 100th Psalm. Please follow along as I read: "Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth. Serve the Lord with gladness; come before ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 100:1-5, Psalm 100:1

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

No Greater Love

Contributed by Steve Klink on May 19, 2004

Memorial Tribute to Pat Tillman

Text: John 15:13 How many of you are busily caught up with Spring cleaning and sprucing up? It has been a good year for that hasn’t it. Nature doesn’t seem to be able to make up her mind whether it’s Winter, Spring, or Summer does she? I kind of like it because the prolonged coming of Spring ...read more

Scripture: John 15:13

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Christ-Like Witnessing

Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Oct 28, 2005

There is no greater honor than to be a part God’s work which is telling others about Jesus Christ. This message gives you Biblical truths to sharing about God’s gift of Salvation

Turn your Bibles to John 4:13-14 Title: Christ-like Witnessing Theme: Following the Lord’s Example in Witnessing Introduction: There is no greater honor than to be a part God’s work which is telling others about Jesus Christ. In John chapter four Jesus is passing through Samaria. When He ...read more

Scripture: John 4:13-14

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

It's Not What We Think

Contributed by Steve Malone on Aug 10, 2005

The man Jesus heals in John 5 teaches us that what we think we need for our life to be right may not be the full answer.

"IT IS NOT WHAT WE THINK" TEXT: JOHN 5:1-15 INTRODUCTION Today as we continue our study of John’s Gospel we will look at another "Jesus Encounter", this encounter comes from chapter 5 and is entitled IT IS NOT WHAT WE THINK. [READ - 5:1-15] Several years ago while I was in Bible College my ...read more

Scripture: John 5:1-15

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Salvation Comes From The Lamb Series

Contributed by Timm Meyer on May 15, 2003

EASTER 4(C) - Salvation come from the Lamb of God, our Good Shepherd, as He provides divine forgiveness and heavenly blessings.

SALVATION COMES FROM THE LAMB REVELATION 7:9—17 MAY 11, 2003 REVELATION 7:9-17 9After this I looked and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and in front of the Lamb. They were wearing ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 7:9-17

Denomination: Lutheran

Good News For The New Year

Contributed by Steve Miller on Jan 15, 2006

If you can’t see a bright future, Good News! 1)God created you & wants you to know He cares about what’s happening 2)God is walking with you through your trouble & has a plan for you to live victoriously 3)God is always on the move & wants you to keep up

Good News for the New Year; Isa 43.18-21 (adapted from James T Draper, Jr.’s sermon by the same title, published in Preaching with Passion, Draper, ed., Broadman and Holman Publishers, Nashville, TN, 2004) Since the New Year began, we have been seeing the Scripture tell us how to prepare ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 43:18-21

Denomination: *other

A Tale Of Two Waters

Contributed by Ken Pell on Mar 2, 2008

To encourage the congregation to draw near to Christ in order to find a genuine quenching for their spiritual thirst.

A Tale of Two Waters John 4:6-42 (portions) {NIV} Sermon Objective: To encourage the congregation to draw near to Christ in order to find a genuine quenching for their spiritual thirst. Supporting Scripture: Exodus 17:1-7; 1 Corinthians 10:1-4; John 7:37-39 4Now he had to go through Samaria. ...read more

Scripture: John 4:4-42

Denomination: Nazarene

The Cure

Contributed by Nate Barbour on Oct 25, 2006

Learn how to conquer lukewarm Christianity in this message about the cure!

The Cure Conquering Lukewarm Christianity 06.11.06 I. Introduction Today we’re talking about “The Cure: Conquering Lukewarm Christianity.” Last week, Pastor Suzie began in the beginning talking about God’s relationship with Adam. Well, I want to take you to the end, to the book of Revelation. ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 3:14-20

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Kingdom Everywhere

Contributed by David Flowers on Jul 3, 2009

What is God’s Kingdom? How do we identify it? This one-off message (departing from the Waking the Dead series) examines the Kingdom of God.

Kingdom Everywhere Wildwind Community Church David K. Flowers April 24, 2009 If you read the gospels, you will see that Jesus was constantly referring to the Kingdom of God, or – in Matthew – the Kingdom of Heaven. Jesus spoke of this kingdom as an actual thing. You don’t need a preacher to ...read more

Scripture: Luke 13:18-21

Denomination: Free Methodist

Seeing A New Thing

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jun 29, 2008

Some of us are just not observant and do not see what God is doing. We let fear paralyze us, we do not see what an international church means, and we need to bear a testimony of excitement about all that God is doing in this church.

Many of you know that I recently spent a week in Kentucky and Indiana doing a family history search. My companion for that week in archives rooms and on cemetery grounds was my younger brother, who is a professor at Southwestern Baptist Seminary in Texas. We planned for that particular week, as ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 43:1-21

Denomination: Baptist

How To Overcome A Complaining Attitude Series

Contributed by Randy Hamel on Jul 9, 2008

Sermon reviews the Israelis in the desert, how they complained and wanted to go back to Egypt instead of the Promised Land. The message gives some practical ways to overcome complaining.

Breaking Free Series – July 6th How to replace a complaining attitude – Numbers 11:1-10 Acknowledgement: James MacDonald ’Lord Change My Attitude Before It’s Too Late’ Introduction Man went to monastery – where he stayed for three years. They only allowed him to say 2 words a year – at the end ...read more

Scripture: Numbers 11:1-10

Thirsty?

Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Nov 30, 2006

A study of our longing and need for a relationship with God and how only He will satisfy it

1. Title: Thirsty? 2. Text: Isaiah 55; John 4:1-15; 7:37-39, Matthew 5:6; Psalm 84; Psalm 42; et al 3. Audience: Villa Heights Christian Church, AM crowd, April 24, 2005 4. Objectives: -for the people to understand the importance of longing for a closeness to God and to understand how to better ...read more

Scripture: John 4:1-15

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

"The Seventh Seal" Series

Contributed by Andy Grossman on Nov 24, 2009

As study of the eighth chapter of Revelation

“The Seventh Seal” November 29, 2009 1When he opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. 2And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and to them were given seven trumpets. 3Another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 8:1-13

Denomination: Holiness

Water Series

Contributed by Troy Richards on Dec 9, 2010

Part four of looking at four elements in faith.

-we’ve done earth, we’ve done air, we’ve done fire. There’s only one left. Water. -here’s the funny thing about water, it is necessary for life. This is why we hear so much about finding life out in space. Really, we have found nothing. There is no life. We ...read more

Scripture: John 4:14

Denomination: Methodist

Healed Hearts Series

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Oct 19, 2010

The fearful heart cannot accept what God offers; but the healed heart receives freedom from shortcomings, confidence before the world, and liberty from becoming a controller of others.

Takoma Park Baptist Church, Washington, DC; November 23, 1986 By now you are probably weary of heart, this several weeks of dealing with what I have called, "heart diseases." By now you may have felt that everything that could be said about the heart in a Biblical reference had been said, maybe ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 35:1-10

Denomination: Baptist