Sermons on Stir It Up:

Wrapping Up A Memorable Trip

Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 22, 2010

WRAPPING UP A MEMORABLE TRIP (PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request - email: gcurley@gcurley.info)

Reading: Acts chapter 14 verses 21- 28: A Quick Review • The two missionaries (Paul & Barnabus) had been away from home for months. • They had journeyed from Antioch of Syria to Derbe which is in modern day Turkey. • During this first missionary journey; • Paul & ...read more

Scripture: Acts 14:21-28

Denomination: Brethren

Breaking Up Is Hard To Do

Contributed by Ken Crow on Dec 11, 2009

It is time to break up with our oppressors and move ahead to our promise land with Jesus.

Breaking Up is Hard To Do Exodus 14:12-14 (King James Version) Pastor Ken Crow 12Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 14:12-14

Denomination: Church Of God

Wake Up And Smell The Coffee

Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Dec 29, 2009

The church needs to wake up because the time of Christ’s coming is soon.

Wake Up And Smell the Coffee Text: Rom. 13:11-14 Introduction 1. Illustration: This little grandmother was surprised by her 7 year old grandson one morning. He had made her coffee. She drank what was the worst cup of coffee in her life. When she got to the bottom there were three of those ...read more

Scripture: Romans 13:11-14

Denomination: Methodist

Abused And Used But Not Used Up

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jan 3, 2010

We must determine that the children with whom we are surrounded are God’s gift and God’s assignment for us, no matter how difficult or inconvenient they are.

I received a letter the other day from someone very close to me. His letter was written hurriedly, because I had written him asking some questions. He felt he needed to answer those right away. He had a conviction he wanted me to hear immediately. I had asked him if he was going to leave his ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 2:17-22

Denomination: Baptist

Get Up And Look Again!

Contributed by Johnny Knight on Jan 26, 2010

It takes time for a: -Vision... Provision...Revival...Blessing...to come through.

GET UP AND LOOK AGAIN! Text: Habakkuk 2:1-3 “I will stand on my watch and set myself on the rampart, and watch to see what He will say to me, and what I will answer when I am reproved. Then the Lord answered me and said: ‘Write the vision and make it plain on tablets, the he may run who ...read more

Scripture: Habakkuk 2:1-3

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Time For A Heart Check Up

Contributed by Dr.w.samuel Legon on Jul 3, 2010

We need to know its condition.

TIME FOR A HEART CHECK UP How is your heart today when it comes to God? 1. Is your heart DECEITFUL ? The Lord says it is by nature. Jer. 17:9The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? 2. Do you have a DOUBLE ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 17:9

Denomination: Baptist

Don't Cover It Up Series

Contributed by Mark Elkins on Jul 7, 2010

Confessing our sin.

Bandaids on the Bathroom Mirror The drunk husband snuck up the stairs quietly. He looked in the bathroom mirror and bandaged the bumps and bruises he’d received in a fight earlier that night. He then proceeded to climb into bed, smiling at the thought that he’d pulled one over on his ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

"He Lifts Me Up"

Contributed by Ken Sauer on Feb 5, 2010

The Christian life does not end when we say, "Yes."

John 21:1-19 “He Lifts Me Up” By: Rev. Ken Sauer, Pastor of East Ridge United Methodist Church, Chattanooga, TN As you know, we lost a dear saint this past week—Emmett Hart. About 6 weeks ago or so, and I think it was the last Sunday Emmett was able to make it to church... …a seemingly healthy ...read more

Scripture: John 21:1-19

Denomination: United Methodist

Take Up The Shield Of Faith Series

Contributed by Paul Clemente on Mar 8, 2010

We are to take up the Shield of Faith; but remember, it is mainly for defense not offense; know your apologetics, defend your faith, and not be offensive!

Is there evil in the world? All we have to do is follow the recent quadruple murder here in Milwaukee, which includes 2 babies!! Did you know that one of the ladies murdered witnessed the murder of her own mother when she was a kid right here in Milwaukee? Although God through Jesus Christ has ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:10-18

Denomination: Independent/Bible

It's Time To Wake Up

Contributed by Don Baggett on Mar 18, 2010

God expects His people to produce good fruit, and He gives this example as a warning for His people to wake up.

The superscription at the top of the page in my Bible says, "A parable of a vineyard." Parables use an obvious situation to bring out a far deeper truth. It has been said that "Parables are earthly stories with heavenly meanings." Let me give you something about the setting of Isaiah 5. When ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 5:1-6

Denomination: Baptist

Who Dug Up The Roof

Contributed by Denn Guptill on Apr 3, 2010

Who were the men who were willing to step outside the norm and dig a hole in a roof for the benefit of a friend?

As they moved closer to the crowd their hopes begin to sink, what they thought would be a fairly simple task had taken on monumental proportions. When the suggestion came up to take their lame friend to Jesus everyone thought it was a great idea, all they had to do to get their friend to walk was ...read more

Scripture: Mark 2:1-12

Denomination: Wesleyan

Keep Up The Good Work! Series

Contributed by Jonathan Mcleod on May 18, 2010

You reap what you sow.

[To receive free sermons by email each week, please contact jonrmcleod@yahoo.com] WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND How many of you have already done some gardening this spring? Anyone plant any seeds? There is a principle in agriculture and in Scripture: You reap what you sow. Do not be deceived: ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 6:7-10

Denomination: Baptist

Manna - Waking Up To Reality Series

Contributed by Peter Loughman on Apr 5, 2008

Getting through dry times, is not done by the use of your wits, your education, your determination, or the power of positive thinking. Getting through dry times requires a supernatural solution.

So, I get a call late one night, it is the sister of a good friend of mine – she never calls. There is a long pause after I answer. Then a little chit chat, then quickly comes the news: A childhood friend of mine, her sister, has just died of lung failure, she was only 38. I’m floored. I’m not sure ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 16:1-36

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

An Up Front Word On Backsliding

Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Apr 11, 2008

How correctable are you? Does God have permission to speak to your heart? What if what He says to you today requires you to humble yourself? Link inc. to formatted text, audio & video, PowerPoint.

An Up Front Word on Backsliding Proverbs 14:14 http://gbcdecatur.org/sermons/Backslide.html The word backslider has a negative ring to it. Most people cringe or tighten when they hear the word, just like we do when we hear the names “Judas” or “Jezebel” or when the word “hypocrite” is ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 14:14

Denomination: Baptist

Locked Up In Your Memory

Contributed by Gregory Thomas on Apr 17, 2009

A message that will show how we lock up the memories of our past and allow them to prohibit us from moving foreward.

Locked Up In Your Memory Genesis 16: 1-3 They set out from Elim, and all the congregation of the people of Israel came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after they had departed from ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 16:1-3

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational