Sermons on Step Forward:

"Making A Difference For God”--Practical Steps For The Jabez Territory Series

Contributed by Don Hawks on Mar 16, 2002

Understanding that God’s ways are higher than our ways will help us to apply God’s practical formula for traveling the Jabez territory--and to know when God has shown up in our lives.

(Powerpoint slides and audience outline available) Today I continue with part 5 of the challenges of the prayer of Jabez. Today I want to stimulate your thinking about how to make a difference for God, what are some practical steps for the Jabez territory. Much of this message today was ...read more

Scripture: 1 Chronicles 4:9-10, Isaiah 55:8-9

Denomination: Methodist

How To Respond When Your Toes Get Stepped On

Contributed by Jim Butcher on May 14, 2013

A look at how we should respond when an uncomfortable word of rebuke comes our way.

[Drama idea: Frame as a cheesy commercial. Three people on a pew, two getting convicted and visibly uncomfortable (squirming, facial agitation), one blithe and unconcerned. After a while, the other two ask him how he’s not bothered. He shows off his steel-toed boots. He got the ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 18:11-18

Denomination: Baptist

Excuse Me While I Step On Your Toes

Contributed by Ronnie Miller on Oct 18, 2012

Paul is telling his dear friends in Philippi let nothing be done in quarreling or self-esteem. Verse 4 says Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. There is the word that some folks just clean forget…..OTHERS!

Excuse me while I step on your toes. Philippians 2:3 Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. 4 Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. 5 Let this mind be in you, which was ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Stumbling Over God’s Stepping Stone Series

Contributed by David Dykes on Oct 30, 2014

God’s wrath has been revealed throughout history. It is being revealed right now. Why does God show us some demonstrations of his wrath in history? To warn us. To teach us that one day God is going to judge sin.

INTRODUCTION I heard about a pastor after he would preach a man would say to him, “Pastor, that was a warm message today.” or the man would say, “Pastor, that was a warm sermon” or he would sometimes say, “I appreciate those warm words.” One day the preacher ...read more

Scripture: Romans 9:19-33

Denomination: Baptist

An Overlooked Key First Step Toward Spiritual Harvest

Contributed by Jim Butcher on Mar 6, 2014

A look at the evangelism prayer that Jesus told us to pray (but we don't) as well as five of the reasons we need this prayer.

THE SIMPLE, OBVIOUS, PATHETIC, MYSTIFYING TRUTH: We do not pray this prayer. - Matthew 9:38. - I do not have an explanation for this. - It’s not hard to do. It’s not hard to understand. It’s not controversial. Yet it’s rare that any of us pray this prayer at all. ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 9:37-38

Denomination: Baptist

God Makes A Step Our Way With The Love Of God Series

Contributed by Preacher Fo Real on Apr 9, 2015

I choose not to argue with the words of God found in the Quran, Torah, or Holy Bible because the truth must be spoken whether it offend our sinful souls or not.

I proclaim a much-overlooked truth in this statement. Allah, Jehovah, God, or however you chose to call Him is the the same God. He is the God found in the Torah. He is the God found in the Quran as well as the Holy Bible. Now in all of the aforementioned books, the reader digest versions of God ...read more

Scripture: Mark 12:28-30

Denomination: *other

Necessary Steps On The Way Back Home (Part 1)

Contributed by Kevin L. Jones on Apr 18, 2015

Examining the proper steps toward restoration to a right relationship with the Father.

Necessary Steps On The Way Back Home (Part I) Psalm 51:14-17 Some weeks back there was a post on Facebook about a young man who was lost and could not find his way back home. Tricia El-Sharkaway posted a picture with this description: "My children and I have known (this young man) for several ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 51:14-17

Denomination: Baptist

Necessary Steps On The Way Back Home (Part 2)

Contributed by Kevin L. Jones on Apr 19, 2015

Examining the proper steps toward returning to a right relationship with the Father.

Necessary Steps On The Way Back Home (Part II) Psalm 51:14-17 Last week my father and I drove to Springville to look at a car. The man who was trying to sell it gave me his address and I put the information in my GPS. My trusty little technological boss lady (GPS) took me right to Springville. At ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 51:14-17

Denomination: Baptist

Steps A Minister Has To Do To Be Successful In His Ministry!

Contributed by Tony Abram on Jan 16, 2016

Being a minister requires more than what he expects his people to be to have a life of victory. Can we do it? These steps may help.

STEPS A MINISTER HAS TO DO TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN HIS MINISTRY! Mat 14:19 (KJV) And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 4:19-27

3 Basic Steps Required Living The Life Of Faith!

Contributed by Tony Abram on Jun 17, 2018

3 BASIC STEPS REQUIRED LIVING THE LIFE OF FAITH! Before I was considered a soldier in the army, I had to go to Fort Knox to what is called a ‘BASIC BOOT CAMP’. It was there I was trained and learned what was required of a soldier. I believe that a person

3 BASIC STEPS REQUIRED LIVING THE LIFE OF FAITH! Before I was considered a soldier in the army, I had to go to Fort Knox to what is called a ‘BASIC BOOT CAMP’. It was there I was trained and learned what was required of a soldier. I believe that a person who comes to Christ and is born again also ...read more

Don't Look Back Series

Contributed by David Dunn on Apr 3, 2025

Life can sometimes feel like we are trapped in the past, weighed down by painful memories or regrets. We often find ourselves unable to move forward from past hurts. The Good News is that God offers us a new beginning in Christ.

In Great Expectations, Charles Dickens paints the picture of a woman, Miss Havisham, whose life was shattered on her wedding day. Left at the altar, jilted, humiliated, and heartbroken, Miss Havisham’s life stopped. The clocks in her house ceased ticking, the wedding cake became covered in cobwebs, ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:12-14

Holy Discontent Series

Contributed by John Bright on Mar 22, 2021

This is the second of four sermons introducing Band Meetings in a new way for today. Here is a link for more information - “Discipleship Bands: A Practical Field Guide” (download a free copy at https://discipleshipbands.com/ )

Series: “Bringing Back the Bands” “Holy Discontent” 2 Corinthians 3:17-18 A sermon for 1/31/21 Pastor John Bright 2 Corinthians 3 “17 Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. 18 But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 3:17-18, John 3:16, 1 John 3:16, John 8:31-34, John 14:12-14  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Methodist

The Cost Of Following Jesus Series

Contributed by John Bright on May 9, 2022

Working through the Gospel of Luke using consecutive expository preaching.

“The Cost of Following Jesus” Luke 9:23-27 A sermon for 1/30/22 Fourth Sunday after Epiphany Pastor John Bright Luke 9 “23 Then He said to them all, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me. 24 For whoever desires to save his life will ...read more

Scripture: Luke 9:23-27, 2 Timothy 3:16-17, James 1:22-25, Romans 12:2

Denomination: Methodist

Part 1 - Genesis 18:1-15 - The Power Of One Small Step Series

Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Jun 26, 2010

Watching television as the dramatic pictures were broadcast to the world, I was aware that something momentous had happened and I have never forgotten the images of that man. I was 14 years old.

Part 1 - Genesis 18:1-15 - THE POWER OF ONE SMALL STEP As a boy he was active in the Boy Scouts, and had earned the rank of Eagle Scout. He was only the second person in his family to attend college. In 1950, a week after his 20th birthday, he became a Naval Aviator and then later an ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 18:1-15

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Proverbs

Contributed by John Mccormack on Nov 24, 2015

A WELL ORDERED LIFE IS GOD'S PLAN FOR YOU!

PROVERBS OBSERVATION: KING SOLOMON WAS WISE IN MANY WAYS AND AUTHORED MOST OF THE PROVERBS. PROVERBS DIRECTS YOU TO A WELL ORDERED LIFE. JEWISH TRADITION SUGGESTS THE PROPHET NATHAN COACHED HIS WRITINGS. AGUR AND LEMUEL, ALSO WISE MEN, WROTE SOME OF THE PROVERBS. UNFORTUNATELY, HIS LATTER ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 2:1-4

Denomination: Baptist