Sermons on Stop It:

How To Enter God's Rest Series

Contributed by Frank Lay on Sep 12, 2004

In spite of the fact that Jesus paid it all for us on the cross, people continue to struggle, trying to earn the Christian life. If that is your situation today, I plead with you to stop trying, and start trusting. Be diligent to enter into that rest.

HOW TO ENTER GOD’S REST Hebrews 4:11-16 "Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest, lest anyone fall after the same example of disobedience." "Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 4:11-14

Denomination: Baptist

Wrestling In Prayer Series

Contributed by Alan Mccann on Sep 13, 2004

We all need to learn that satan wants to stop us praying (ephesians 6) and that we need to wrestle against that. added to this we need to be challenged to persevere in prayer - like the men and women of faith in scripture

WRESTLING IN PRAYER Isn’t it amazing how quick the pace of life is? Are you not astounded that every 18 months or so the speed of a computer doubles? We all use to think the www was quick with a dial up connection but now we have broadband and isdn lines. We have instant everything. You can go ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:10-12

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

Digging Again The Old Wells

Contributed by Kenneth Trent on Oct 25, 2003

As Isaac dug again the wells his father Abraham had dug years before, so we would be wise to re-dig some spiritual wells in our lives that may have become stopped up.

DIGGING AGAIN THE OLD WELLS “Now the Philistines had stopped up all the wells which his father’s servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, and they had filled them with earth. And Abimelech said to Isaac, "Go away from us, for you are much mightier than we." Then Isaac departed from ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 26:15-19

Denomination: Baptist

Requires Gathering The Resources Series

Contributed by Rick Stacy on Oct 21, 2002

Sermon 3 of 4 on Building a great church. How did it happen that in the course of building a place of worship that the people were giving so much that it was becoming a distraction to the actual work and Moses had to tell them to stop?

Building A Great Church Requires that You Gather the Resources Exodus 36:1-6 The LORD has given to Bezalel, Oholiab, and others the skills needed for building a place of worship, and they will follow the LORD’s instructions. Then Moses brought together these workers who were eager to work, and he ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:21-33, Exodus 36:1-6

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Channel Of God's Blessings

Contributed by Christian Cheong on Jun 11, 2008

Christ’s work did not stop with His departure. We are God’s agent of change in the lives of many who are crippled spiritually today. Let us touch lives, through faith in Christ’s Name.

For this crippled man, every day is the same. • The same spot, the same crowd, the same scene, the same routine. • Every day he would be carried and dropped at Temple gate called Beautiful. • The congregation recognised him “as the same man who used to sit begging at the temple gate…” He has ...read more

Scripture: Acts 3:1-10

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Digesting The Golden Veal - Golden Calf Series

Contributed by Peter Loughman on Jun 16, 2008

We today fool ourselves. There is sin in our lives and we may stop the sin, we may see to it that the sin is eliminated from our lives – but that is not the same as being repentant and turning away from our sin.

Mark Twain was a man who became quite hostel towards the Bible and towards the Christian faith. He was so persistent in his attacks upon Christianity, that his wife, who was a devote Christian, became so discouraged, she eventually turned her back on Jesus Christ – something Mark Twain regretted ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 32:17-35

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Completing Christ

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Oct 10, 2009

Our lives find meaning and completeness if we first recognize what God has already done in us, if we see that God never stops working in any life, and if we devote ourselves to His purposes.

If I were to take you to my home this afternoon, I could show you a parable of the human condition. My house would tell you a whole lot about our family, of course, but it also would tell you about the whole human problem. You see, our house is unfinished. It is incomplete. Oh, it was built in ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 1:21-29

Denomination: Baptist

Keep The Fire Burning

Contributed by Billy Ricks on Sep 20, 2008

Why does the fire of revival burn so brightly but so shortly? What can the church do to keep the fire in our belly burning brightly? Stop filling the church with people and ask for the people to be filled with God!

Intro: Second Timothy is Paul’s farewell address to Timothy and the church at large. Paul is in prison in Rome waiting for execution. This is one of the letters that Paul wrote called the Pastoral Epistles. That simply put is the pastoral letters. First and Second Timothy and Titus make up the ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 1:6

Denomination: Baptist

The Responsibility Of Evangelism

Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Apr 19, 2008

In our text from Acts 18 I see the responsibility of evangelism. 1- We must preach Christ even though we are tentmakers 2- We must continue to preach until people stop listening

INTRO.- ILL.- A church member of John Henry Jowett’s church said that he heard Jowett preach every Sunday and a friend responded with: "WHAT A TERRIBLE RESPONSIBILITY!" It is terrible to have to listen to some preachers and I may well be one of those! But we are supposed to be responsible when ...read more

Scripture: Acts 18:1-11

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Jesus Is Coming! R U Ready? Series

Contributed by Mark Whitehead on Oct 16, 2011

Know: Jesus IS coming back – sooner than you expect! Do: Stop living for this world’s rewards - Start living for eternity’s rewards. Question to answer today: Are you ready?

End Times Series Connecting with God Connecting with our Faith Jesus IS Coming! R U Ready? October 9, 2011 Victory Pastor Mark Whitehead Know: Jesus IS coming back – sooner than you expect! Do: Stop living for this world’s rewards - Start living for eternity’s ...read more

Scripture: Titus 2:11-14

Denomination: Assembly Of God

It's About Seeing

Contributed by Ronnie Miller on Jul 28, 2011

Jesus stopped and had compassion for one of those blind men and I don’t think it was by just coincidence. We are going to look at this part of the blind mans life and how he was made whole forever

You would think that while Jesus Christ was teaching to His own people that they would sit in amazement and soak in all that He could teach them while He was here on this Earth. But that was just not the case. As a matter of fact it looks like that if they had studied and believed the Old ...read more

Scripture: John 9:1-29

Denomination: Baptist

When Life Isn't Fair Series

Contributed by C. Philip Green on Sep 1, 2011

When life is unfair, put your faith in the Lord; be faithful to Him; and if things get worse, keep your faith in the Lord. Don’t stop trusting the One, the only One, who is absolutely trustworthy.

One of my favorite stories, which I’m sure I’ve told before, is about a young paratrooper who was learning to jump. He was given the following instructions: First, jump when you are told; second, count to 10 and pull the ripcord; third, in the unlikely event that it doesn't open, pull ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 39:1-23

Denomination: Evangelical Free

Do Good Men Make Good Fathers?

Contributed by Gregory Mc Donald on Sep 5, 2011

Training and proper discipline based on love will result in a family that will be a true testimony of God's grace. And the buck stops with you, dad! You are the one who will stand before a holy God and answer for the way your children are raised.

DO GOOD MEN MAKE GOOD FATHERS? 1 SAMUEL 2-4 A father of five children had won a toy at a raffle...so he called his kids together to decide which one of them should get the present. So he asked them, "Who is the most obedient... who never talks back to your mother...who does everything she says?" ...read more

Pouring Out Of The Bowl Judgments Series

Contributed by Jerry Cosper on May 23, 2012

There is a big difference between the bowl judgments and the other judgments. The seal judgments and the trumpet judgments will be limited judgments. But the bowl judgments are total judgment. The bowl judgments will stop man’s ungodly ways upon earth.

At the end of the world, right at the close of the period of history that the Bible calls the great tribulation there is judgment coming to this earth. There are three judgments during the last days of human history. 1. The seven seal judgments 2. The seven trumpet judgments. 3. The seven bowl ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 16:1-21

Denomination: Baptist

What The Bible Says About Things That Accompany Salvation Series

Contributed by John Lowe on Jun 30, 2012

One misleading notion that has stopped the spiritual growth of countless Christians is the idea of salvation is a termination point rather than a starting point. It is almost as though some people, when they are saved, look back on that experience and sa

Title: What the Bible Says About Things That Accompany Salvation Text: “But, beloved, we are confident of better things concerning you, yes, things that accompany salvation, though we speak in this manner” (Heb. 6:9) Scripture Reading: Hebrews 6:7-12 Let’s begin our study ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 6:7-12

Denomination: Baptist