Sermons on Striking Out:

Keep It Spiritual

Contributed by Daniel Cabrera on Apr 4, 2012

what starts in the spirit , tends to be worked out in the flesh, how can we keep it spiritual

Text. Gal 3: 3b Intro: How can we keep it spiritual this year, as we become all we can be? As the scripture teaches: we can begin in the spirit and find ourselves wanting to obtain our goal by human effort.. Keeping It Spiritual: I. STARVE FLESHLY APPETITES Our flesh has an appetite..Gal 5: 19 ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 3:3

Denomination: Christian Church

Lesson 2: Now Is Imperative

Contributed by Elmer Towns on Jan 14, 2011

God holds out lives in His hands. Learning to live every moment to glorify Him.

A. INTRODUCTION 1. God holds your “time” in His hands. “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever” (Heb. 13:8). “I am (He) . . . who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty” (Rev. 1:8). 2. It’s never too early to start. a. Mozart at ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 13:8

Denomination: Baptist

Standing And Waiting For What?

Contributed by Anthony Lacy on Feb 23, 2011

A message for believers that points out the near return of Jesus and the impact that truth should have on us.

Standing and waiting Or Where am I standing and what am I waiting for? Undoubtedly being a Christian in this decade brings challenges and dynamics that were never dreamt of 50 years ago. This is true in society and within the church. In reality there is no resting place where we can be shielded ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 24:1-8

Denomination: *other

Rain Comes By Obedience><drought By Sin

Contributed by Kerry Dunn on Mar 12, 2011

If your looking to find out why the rain don't come,look know farther!!

Rain comes by obedience Drought by sin scripture;1Kings18:1-46 In these scriptures, Elijah the man of God called for judgment that the Heavens would be shut up and it would not rain. which that is a judgment that God had previously laid out as a judgment for sin. At this time it had not ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 18:1-46

Denomination: Pentecostal

Blessed Are The Poor In Spirit

Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on Mar 15, 2011

We have as much of the Spirit of God within us as we clear out room of ourselves.

Blessed Are The Poor In Spirit Lent #1, March 13, 2011 Matt. 5:3 Intro: Welcome to the first Sunday in Lent, the season of preparation for Easter. While many of us like the idea of spontaneity, with its surprise and playfulness, we also recognize that the things in life that really are ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:3-12

Denomination: Baptist

Wait Before You Go - The Great Commission Part 4 Series

Contributed by Mike Rickman on Jul 30, 2011

Before we can carry out the Great Commission we need the power of the Holy Spirit.

July 31, 2011 Morning Worship Text: Luke 24:44-49; Acts 1:8 Subject: The Great Commission Part 4 Title: Wait Before You Go – The Spirit’s Role in the Great Commission This is part four of our five part series on the Great Commission. Today we are going to focus on a couple of different aspects ...read more

Scripture: Luke 24:44-49

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Don't Be Afraid

Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Aug 6, 2011

You have to get out of the boat and trust Jesus to lead you in order to do the will of God.

Matthew 14: 22 -33 / Don’t Be Afraid Intro: A woman was walking down a city street when she heard a voice in her ear say, “STOP!” Startled, she did and a brick fell from the roof above and fell right in front of her. She could have been killed. A few days later, she was ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 14:22-33

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Pause!

Contributed by Jason Bonnicksen on May 15, 2011

Remembering that we need to take time out and pause -- to rest our bodies, and to rest with God.

I remember growing up on Sundays we would always take time out of each week, go to church, and then we would rest and spend an afternoon together as a family and friends in fellowship and relationship. My folks didn’t go off to their jobs on Sundays, and all of the house-work was done ...read more

Denomination: Lutheran

The Offer Of Life In The Light

Contributed by Anthony Zibolski on Oct 1, 2010

God desire is for His people to walk in the light of God after they are drawn out of the darkness of this world.

The offer of life in the light Deuteronomy 30:11-20 Introduction- last week we looked at covenants. We closely looked at what God expects from us once we accept Jesus Christ as Lord of our lives. ...read more

Scripture: Deuteronomy 30:11-20

Denomination: Nazarene

The Window Seat

Contributed by Pastor/Author: Terry Sisney on Oct 12, 2010

A warning to those with worldly tendencies (the danger of being a little more out than in).

I’m a very positive person, and I always try to speak a word that will lift people up and encourage them and help them to possess all the promises of God. But along the way sometimes in order to get the blessings we have to be corrected, or we might have to make some adjustments. I feel tonight ...read more

Scripture: Acts 20:7-12

Denomination: Pentecostal

Come And Get It

Contributed by Johnny Carver on Mar 5, 2009

The need for the Church to develop a hunger for the presence of God to be able to carry out the mission of Christ in the world.

Scripture: Psalms 34:1 – 8 Title: “Come and Get It” Introduction: David had been on the run many times during his life time. Each time he had discovered how wonderfully God had taken care of him. / In 1 Sam. 21 David was being chased by King Saul and He and his men sought refuge in the city of ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 34:1-8

Denomination: Pentecostal

Humble Perseverance

Contributed by Ned Bartlebaugh on Mar 18, 2009

how to Humbly Persevere as we live out our Christian life in today’s society.

Title: Humble Perseverance Introduction: Today we are looking at two parables in Luke 18. These two parables teach us how to Humbly Persevere as we live out our Christian life in today’s society. a. The purpose of the first parable is given to us; to show us that we should always pray and not ...read more

Scripture: Luke 18:1-14

Denomination: Baptist

No Greater Love Series

Contributed by Michael Stark on Dec 24, 2009

Christ’s birth is an example of sacrifice that is lived out in the lives of those who follow Him.

*1 John 4:10-12* “In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 4:10-14

Denomination: Baptist

Truth

Contributed by Greg Nance on Dec 28, 2009

This one word stands out in John’s gospel. What is God trying to tell us?

Truth John 18:28-38 How many of you like to be told the truth? We may like to be told the truth when it favors us, but what about when it does not? How many of you ladies have said, “Do I look fat in this?” What do you want to hear? When we hear the truth from God, it is not always what we ...read more

Scripture: John 18:28-38

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

This Is How We Overcome

Contributed by Rodney Burton on Jan 27, 2009

God tells us in Revelation how we overcome, but it is still up to us to live it out.

“THIS IS HOW WE OVERCOME” Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say: Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ. For the accuser of our brothers, who accuses them before our God day and night, has been hurled down. They overcame him by ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 12:10-11

Denomination: Assembly Of God