Sermons on strength of the ox:

Finding Strength For The New Year

Contributed by Ray Ellis on Dec 28, 2009

A message on finding strength during times of personal and national crisis and challenge. Given the last Sunday in 2009.

Finding Strength for the New Year Where do you find strength in times of personal and national challenges? Where do you find strength when a member of your family has a pre-mature death? How do you make it through hurtful experiences that are not justified? Last November I attended a church ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 22:1-5

Denomination: Free Methodist

Adding Strength To Your Family

Contributed by David Cook on May 6, 2010

5 Ways to add strength to your family.

Compare Today’s TV Families (Kardashian's, Desperate Housewives, Family Guy,etc. vs. the Huckstables, Walton’s, Brady Bunch, etc. It’s so common today to see families breaking apart instead of coming together, growing stronger, making a difference, living God's way. ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

The Joy Of The Lord Is Our Strength

Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Jan 8, 2008

Happiness depends on circumstances; joy is an attitude rooted in the Person of Jesus Christ and our daily relationship with Him.

The Joy of the Lord Is Our Strength --Nehemiah 8:1-10 An epiphany is a sudden flash of understanding or a moment of a sudden and great realization. Epiphany in this sense may also be called a serendipity. The two are similar terms although serendipity usually refers to a pleasant discovery we ...read more

Scripture: Nehemiah 8:1-10

Denomination: Methodist

When Our Strength Is Gone

Contributed by Chris Jordan on Jan 25, 2009

What do you do when your strength is gone, and you lose your hope, joy, peace and victory? God’s Word gives us four keys to restoring our strength and victory.

WHEN OUR STRENGTH IS GONE YOGI BERRA QUOTES: (Yogi was a catcher for the New York Yankees) • I really didn’t say everything I said. • You should always go to other people’s funerals. Otherwise they won’t come to yours. • Never answer an anonymous letter. • If you come to a fork in the road, take ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 30:1-19

Denomination: *other

Give Of The Strength Of Your Youth

Contributed by Victor Yap on Jun 28, 2008

Kings of Judah, Pt. 9 (Final)

GIVE OF THE STRENGTH OF YOUR YOUTH (2 CHRONICLES 34) The greatest chess player of all time is arguably Gary Kasparov. He was the world’s youngest-ever champion at the age of 22 and was the undisputed king for the last two decades. The enigmatic and charismatic Russian Jew was known for holding his ...read more

Scripture: 2 Chronicles 34:1-33

Denomination: Independent/Bible

As Is The Man, So Is His Strength

Contributed by Skip Alexander on Jul 7, 2008

Father’s Day

I. A young couple decided to wed. As the big day approached, they grew apprehensive. Each had a problem they had never before shared with anyone, not even each other. The groom-to-be, overcoming his fear, decided to ask his father for advice. "Father," he said, "I am deeply concerned about the ...read more

Scripture: Judges 8:1-21

Denomination: Baptist

The Joy Of The Lord Is My Strength

Contributed by Michael Hollinger on Sep 30, 2007

A Revival Sermon for a congregation that needs to hear God cares about their joy. (And in the context of Israel’s first revival even!)

Title: The Joy of the Lord Is My Strength Text: Neh 8:9 – 12 Joy is P_ermissable___________ - Is Self-Control religious? - 1 John 1.4 Joy is D_esirable_____________ - 2 Cor 1.24 Joy is E_ssential_____________ - Heb 11.6 Question: Is joy a “nice-to-have,” or is it something more? ...read more

Scripture: Nehemiah 8:9-12

Denomination: Baptist

Strength For The Weak, Shoes For The Walk.

Contributed by Ronnie Miller on Sep 6, 2012

There are 3 degrees of growth in a Christian life in Isaiah chapter 40. The first one is the young Christian shall mount up as an eagle. The second is the adult Christian shall run. And the third is the mature Christian shall walk. God will furnish you s

Strength for the weak, shoes for the walk. Isaiah 40:28 Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding. 29 He giveth power to the faint; and to them ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 40:28-31

Denomination: Baptist

Our Weakness, His Strength Series

Contributed by D Marion Clark on Dec 25, 2012

Gethsemane communicates to us that there is a spiritual reality beyond what we can see and experience for now – God’s holiness, his perfect justice, the pure love between Father and Son, the horribleness of sin, our full depravity, the reality and necessi

Introduction We have all experienced moments in our lives when we felt like the weight of the world was on our shoulders. A difficult decision lay before us, and the responsibility felt as though it would crush us. Either the task was extremely difficult to accomplish, or the consequences of our ...read more

Scripture: Mark 14:27-42

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Strength Of Sex And The Silence Conspiracy Series

Contributed by Olu-Timi Lewis Afolabi on Jan 5, 2014

THERE IS THE NEED FOR CHRISTIANS AND NON-CHRISTIANS TO KNOW THE NEGATIVE AND POSITIVE IMPACT OF SEX ON PEOPLE'S DESTINY. PEOPLE TAKE SEX FOR GRANTED AND ARE PAYING DEARLY FOR THE CONSEQUENCE OF THEIR INDISCRETION.

THE STRENGTH OF SEX AND THE SILENCE CONSPIRACY The energy of sex is so strong that its intensity is said to be matchless by any emotions ever known to mankind. It is a phenomenon that is greater and more pervasive than alcoholism, drug, food, football and gambling addiction combined. If not so ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 0:1-12

Denomination: Evangelical Free

Increased All The More In Strength!

Contributed by Bala Samson on Jul 6, 2015

Self-pity has sabotaged growth in many lives, many have acted so stupidly in the past that they have failed to manifest their potential to do something useful and wonderful with their lives .

Increased all the more in strength! Acts 9:22 ”Saul increased all the more in strength, and confounded the Jews who lived in Damascus by proving that Jesus was the Christ.” When Apostle Paul was running from pillar to post and persecuted on all sides, the Bible says he increased all ...read more

Scripture: Acts 9:22

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Lord Is Our Saving Strength

Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Jul 26, 2015

To show that GOD, our LORD GOD, the LORD JESUS is both our Boldness (Strength) and our Fortified Place.

I. EXORDIUM: Is the LORD your Strength? Yes. Psalms 28:8 II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers III. OBJECTIVES: To show that GOD, our LORD GOD, the LORD JESUS is both our Boldness (Strength) and our Fortified Place. IV. TEXT: Psalms 28:8 The Lord is their [unyielding] Strength, and He is the ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 28:8

Denomination: Pentecostal

God, Our Indwelling Strength

Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Jan 22, 2014

To show that CHRIST is inside of us both the Wisdom and Power of GOD for us.

I. EXORDIUM: Is CHRIST dwelling inside of you? II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers III. OBJECTIVES: To show that CHRIST is inside of us both the Wisdom and Power of GOD for us. IV. TEXT: Hebrews 6:18 (Amplified Bible) 6:18 This was so that, by two unchangeable things [His promise and His oath] ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 6:18

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Joy Of The Lord Is Your Strength

Contributed by Mark A. Barber on Feb 20, 2014

What is the lesson to be learned from the passage which includes "The Joy of the LORD is Your Strength?

The Joy of the LORD is Your Strength Nehemiah 8:5-12 Introduction Most of us have probably heard the words “The joy of the LORD is your strength”, even though you may not know it comes from the book of Nehemiah in the Old Testament. But just what does this mean? Is it simply a call to ...read more

Scripture: Nehemiah 8:5-12

Denomination: Independent/Bible

The Lord Will Give You Strength

Contributed by Matthew Davaughn Cox on Apr 9, 2013

Your strength comes from God

The Lord will give you the strength to stay where he wants you to stay. The Lord knows where he wants everyone to be. If you were meant to be there, then God will keep you there. Even when you are weak God will give you the strength to stay where he wants you to stay. No one can make you go ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 10:6

Denomination: *other