Sermons on Taking Up Our Cross:

Pick Up The Oars!

Contributed by Tom Fuller on May 5, 2003

This week we’re going to talk about the difference between how we want to be perceived as Christians, and how we should be perceived. Learn how we’re nothing special, but we’ve got an important job to do.

How do you like to be seen? What’s the image you like to portray to the outside world? Maybe for you its self confidence, or knowledgeable, or “too cool for school”. At a golf course, four men approached the sixteenth tee. The straight fairway ran along a road and bike path fenced off on the ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 4:1-21

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

Time To Straighten Up Series

Contributed by Rick Stacy on Mar 3, 2008

2 of 4 on Hebrews (2nd part of study). This message focuses on the warning about not falling away from following God in Hebrews 6

A Severe Warning It is impossible… Hebrews 6:4a We are continuing in our series on “Hebrews – Higher Standards – Less Sin… You may not have noticed but are logo is a take-off from the Meijers stores. They are pushing the idea of higher standards and lower prices! We’re talking about a ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 6:4-8

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Cleaning Up The House

Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Jan 10, 2003

David in Psalms 101:1-4 shares some insights with us on how to be pure

INTRODUCTION • I want to ask you to raise your hand if you cleaned you house up your house a month ago. • How many of you cleaned it again the next week and the next week? Raise you hand if you cleaned you house a month ago and then you cleaned it AGAIN this past week. • Now raise you hand if you ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 101:1-4

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Train Up A Child

Contributed by Jeff Simms on Jan 29, 2004

to encourage the church to make children’s ministry a priority and to encourage parents

Train Up a Child Deut 6:4-7 Primary Purpose: To talk about the responsibility of parents and the church to raise up their children to a mature faith in Christ. When I first met many of you, I talked to you for a little bit about what some of my goals are for the church. I mentioned prayer, ...read more

Scripture: Deuteronomy 6:4-7

Denomination: Baptist

Come Up Hither

Contributed by Pastor/Author: Terry Sisney on Jul 31, 2002

The call of the Spirit of God is always to a Higher Place, To see more and To be more in God.

Re 4:1 After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter. 2Co 3:18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 4:1, 2 Corinthians 3:18

Denomination: Pentecostal

Train Up A Child

Contributed by Rodney Burton on May 23, 2009

In this Mother’s Day sermon, we view the concept of TRAIN up a child. What exactly goes into that process?

Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it. Proverb 22:6 “Train” in the Hebrew is chanak (khaw-nak’) and appears 5 times. Once here it is translated as train or train up. The other 4 times it is translated as dedicate. This is the Hebrew word used to ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 22:6

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Am I Forever Trapped?

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jan 13, 2016

Do you live in the right house? Is everyone right? Are you correctable? Who will take ownership for where you are?

AM I FOREVER TRAPPED? I LIVE IN THE RIGHT HOUSE! By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com WHAT IS LIFE? HOW DID I GET HERE? John 16:33 (MSG) I've told you all this so that trusting me, you will be unshakable and assured, deeply at peace. In this godless world you will continue to ...read more

Scripture: John 16:33

Denomination: Assembly Of God

The Ups And Downs Of Life Series

Contributed by Johnny A. Palmer Jr. on Feb 10, 2012

Live is a mixed bag.

Intro: 1. One wrote, "Life on planet earth has its ups and downs; its pleasures and pains. This is illustrated clearly in Gen. 21. Sarah giving birth to Isaac was a tremendous high; but then, a cloud settled over the household, as Sarah watched Ishmael mock her son. As a result she insisted that he ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 21:1-34

Denomination: Baptist

Growing Up Spiritually

Contributed by Howard Strickland on Aug 1, 2012

Q&A: What would truth be without love? Puffed up knowledge. However, truth mixed with love becomes a powerful spiritual mixture that will convert the helpless and the hopeless. Doctor RT. Kendall was asks the question: “What is the number one reason p

Growing Up Spiritually Ephesians 4:14-16NLT Then we will no longer be immature like children. We won’t be tossed and blown about by every wind of new teaching. We will not be influenced when people try to trick us with lies so clever they sound like the truth. 15 Instead, we will speak ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:14-16

Denomination: Pentecostal

Do Not Give Up PRO Sermon

Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Sep 29, 2023

To explore the power of faith, hope, and love through the story of the healing at the pool of Bethesda.

Good morning, church family! Today, we'll be exploring a wonderful piece of scripture from the book of John, chapter 5, verses 1-5. We're going to delve deep into the power of faith, the strength of hope, and the encouragement of love. As we gear up for this exploration, let's ponder upon a quote ...read more

Scripture: John 5:1-5

Topics: Perseverance

The Greatest Promise Ever Given Series

Contributed by T.j. Conwell on Dec 25, 2024

The greatest gift was given to us by a God who has never given up ON us! In this, we must see, know, and remember who He is every day of our lives.

2024 Christmas Series – Part 5 Sermon 5 – The Greatest Promise Ever Given Luke 2:16-21 Introduction - James 1:17-18 says, “Whatever is good and perfect is a gift coming down to us from God our Father, who created all the lights in the heavens. He never changes or casts a shifting shadow. ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:16-21, John 3:16, Hebrews 13:8

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Wise Up In 2002 Series

Contributed by James Westervelt on Jan 15, 2002

"Everyone is invited to enroll in the ’School of Solomon.’ These words are written over its doors: ’The young, the simple, the foolish - welcome!’

WISE UP in 2002! Have you ever done something, and then, almost as soon as you did it, wonder how you could have acted so foolishly? Have you ever had a disagreement with someone then gotten into a full-blown argument because you lost control of your temper and said things that were unwarranted ...read more

Scripture: James 1:5, Proverbs 1:20-23

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Get Up And Go Series

Contributed by Sean Harder on Dec 9, 2009

When God said Go, Abram didn’t whine or argue, he just went.

George Bernard Shaw once quipped, “If other planets are inhabited, then they must be using the earth for their insane asylum”. Funny but if we look at the world, it doesn’t seem so far fetched does it? I’m sure that’s what it must have looked like after God confused everyone at Babel. After the ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 12:1-20

Hold Up On That Roundup!

Contributed by Mary Erickson on Jul 20, 2020

Jesus tells the parable of the wheat and the weeds to reveal characteristics of the Kingdom of God. God's kingdom isn't obsessed with judgment and eradicating evil, and neither should we.

July 19, 2020 Hope Lutheran Church Pastor Mary Erickson Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 Hold Up on that Roundup! Friends, may grace and peace be yours in abundance in the knowledge of God and Christ Jesus our Lord. My father loved tending a garden and he passed that love along to me. When I was about 7 ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 13:24-43

Denomination: Lutheran

Hold Him Up

Contributed by Jerry Flury on Feb 7, 2015

Like Moses, your pastor cannot and is not expected by God to do the work by himself. Like Moses pastors need others who will hold his arms high that they may be steadied and that he may be able to lead as God would have him do.

Hold Him Up Exodus 17:8-13 Under the leadership of Moses, God delivered Israel from Egypt and was led into the wilderness in route to the Promised Land. In their journeying, Israel came to Rephidim. There at Rephidim, the Amalekites, nomadic descendants of Esau, began to conduct assaults against ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 17:8-13

Denomination: Baptist