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Let The Christians "Pray Up"

Contributed by Neal Gray on Apr 30, 2002

"Pray?" you ask. "Why pray?" you ask. Because prayer is our great privilege! Talk to God. Let God speak to you. Let the Christians "pray up."

"A Wide Door for Effective Service: Let the Christians ’Pray Up’" Author: Dr. Neal Gray Passage: John 17:9-23, KJV Purpose: "Pray?" you ask. "Why pray?" you ask. Because prayer is our great privilege! Talk to God. Let God speak to you. Let the Christians "pray up." INTRODUCTION This Sermon ...read more

Scripture: John 17:9-23

Denomination: Holiness

Guidelines From The Great Commission

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jul 15, 2003

You have complete authority that is necessary for completing His great commission in the word of God. Help people to utilize the authority of the scriptures in all aspects of their personal lives, relationships and ministries. Do not hesitate to make disc

Guidelines From the Great Commission (Matt 28:16-20) Most Christians are content to be spectators instead of becoming obedient disciple-makers. True blessings, power and fulfillment is found in being a multiplying disciple-maker. Let us see how we can think, do and become what the Lord’s will ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 28:16-20

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Let Go Of Sinful Anger Series

Contributed by Denn Guptill on Oct 26, 2014

Is anger ever right? When is it wrong? How do we deal with our anger?

Yoda said “Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.” And Yoda could have been talking about the movie Frozen. Elsa’s fear of losing her sister Ana, led to the explosion that you just saw which ultimately led to the ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:26-27

Denomination: Wesleyan

The Tensions Of Choices Series

Contributed by Monty Newton on Mar 23, 2015

At every turn Jesus faced down the tensions of his choices... and did the right thing to the glory of God and the good of others.

Title: The Tensions of Choices (Someone introduced me to DQ Orange Julius Smoothies this week… Text: John 12:220-33 Orange, Strawberry Banana, Berry Pomegranate, Mango Pineapple. Oh, the inhumanity!) Thesis: At every turn ...read more

Scripture: John 12:20-33

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Lust Series

Contributed by Aneel Aranha on Dec 10, 2014

One of the deadliest of the seven sins, lust can destroy the soul. Here is how it works and how we can deal with it.

Before we begin talking about lust, we need to talk a little about sex. Hugh Hefner didn’t invent it. Neither did Hollywood. Nor the authors of the Kama Sutra. God created sex, and like everything he made it was beautiful. He didn’t waste any time getting to it either. Merely two ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 6:18-20

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

If God Is Love, Why Did He Hate Esau?

Contributed by Dr. Craig Nelson on Nov 4, 2024

“Yet I have loved Jacob, but Esau I have HATED, and I have turned his mountains into a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals’” (Malachi 1:2-3 NIV - emphasis mine)

The Bible is very clear that God’s essence is love (1 John 4:7-10). He has always been love, even before He created the first human beings. He has always sought to have a close relationship with them because they were made for this love. The entire story of humanity is wrapped up within it. Love is ...read more

Scripture: Luke 11:11-13, Genesis 27:29, Proverbs 6:16-19, Malachi 1:2-3

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Article 25. Marriage Series

Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Mar 17, 2010

Pastor Vaughan unpacks Gods design for marriage taking us right back to creation and shows how we are made for hetrosexual relationships within the context of marriage. That marriage has divine origins but has to be worked out here on earth due to our

Introduction. The Sanctity of Marriage today is under attack from all quarters of society and state, this of course is not something new society and states have often attacked and ignored and imposed their own take on the God given institution of marriage. Ever since the fall of humanity, people ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

The Husband's Side Series

Contributed by Brien Sims on Jun 19, 2008

This is about how the wife should treat her husband and what he feels and expects. These points come from the book Love & Respect by Dr. E. Eggerichs.

Have you ever felt unloved or uncared for by your spouse? He was too busy with his sports game, shop work, chopping wood, etc. to spend time with you. He comes home tired from work and just ready to zone out and watch television for a bit and doesn’t understand why you keep talking and won’t leave ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:33

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

H Is For Help, Helper Series

Contributed by Larry Brincefield on May 30, 2007

A study of the word Help/Helper

Introduction 1. A blonde goes to the post office to buy stamps for her Christmas cards... She says to the clerk, "May I have 50 Christmas stamps?" The clerk says, "What denomination?" The blonde says, "God help us! Has it come to this? Give me 6 Catholic, 12 Presbyterian 10 Lutheran 10 ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:28

Denomination: Nazarene

Marriage Matters

Contributed by Kelly Benton on Feb 16, 2014

To stimulate a desire to have a truly Christian marriage and not just to be married.

VIDEO: “Rethink Marriage” (Worship House Media) I believe that our culture's definition of marriage and what it really takes to last a lifetime is much different from God’s definition. We live in a world today in which marriage is seriously over looked, downplayed, and even ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 2:7-24, Genesis 2:7

Denomination: Other

Good Words–thoughtful Words Series

Contributed by Dennis Davidson on May 3, 2012

Words can be a powerful force to bring about evil or good. Words can hurt & injure, or words can soothe & heal. Words can mislead, or words can guide. Each of us is responsible for the type of words coming out of our mouth. May this study about good

GOOD WORDS are THOUGHTFUL WORDS PROVERBS 12:25 It has been estimated that a talkative person may speak 30,000 words a day. Thus it would be wise to ask our self an important question, "How do our words, be they many or few, affect others?" Words can be a powerful force to bring about evil or ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 12:15-25

Denomination: Baptist

The Missing Family: The True Cost

Contributed by Terry Frazier on Sep 8, 2013

With the assault continuing on the nuclear, god ordained and created family, what is the cost to all of us as Americans? Almost all of the problems we have as a society can be traced back to the vanishing family especially the absentee fathers and mothers

The Missing Family: The True Cost I know that I have preached a sermon or two about the family and what it means to God and to our society and I used to think that I couldn’t preach on a subject more than a couple of times ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 2:18-24

Denomination: Baptist

Loving The Brethren-7 Series

Contributed by Byron Sherman on Sep 20, 2016

7 of 8. Peter exhorted the aliens to love their brothers & sisters in Christ as they were also loved by God. Christians are to love as they are loved by God. But how are they to live out that love? God’s love is lived out thru an encounter with...

LOVING THE BRETHREN-VII—1Peter 1:22—2:12 Attention: Doll Money There was once a man & woman who had been married for more than 65 years. They had grown old together. They had shared everything. They had talked about everything. They had kept no secrets from each other except that ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

The Gift Of The Magi - Myrrh

Contributed by Todd Catteau on Dec 9, 2022

Who exactly knows if the Magi had any particular reason why they chose the gifts they did. This sermon explores the possible symbolism of the aromatic gift of myrrh.

The Gifts of the Magi - Myrrh We’re looking at the three gifts of the Magi as recorded by Matthew. Last week we explored how frankincense could represent the high priesthood of Christ – a high priesthood that is greater than the OT priesthood by virtue of Jesus’ holiness and the sufficiency of his ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Saul's Conversion Series

Contributed by Simon Bartlett on Aug 27, 2023

Saul's conversion shows us that God can reach anyone and change anyone. Ananias' acceptance of Saul is a wonderful example. And Paul's reflection on the event reminds us of just how important it is to be baptized.

I don’t often think about Nottingham. I can’t remember ever visiting it. It’s 200 miles away and we haven’t had reason to go there. But Nottingham is an up-and-coming city. A few years ago, The Times newspaper named it as the most improved city in its survey of the best places to live. ...read more

Scripture: Acts 9:1-19

Denomination: Baptist