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New Mercies I See

Contributed by Gerald Roberts on Jan 11, 2011

Paul shares with us each day as we look forward we awake to new mercies each day.

New Mercies I see as I look forward Eph 3:1-12 Origin of The New Years Resolution began 153 BC. January 1 was a fixed new year’s day for the Roman calendar. Romans has mystical god named Janus basically this is where we get the name of the month January. Janus had two ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 3:1-12

Denomination: Methodist

Let Us Sing To The Lord Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Apr 2, 2011

Our song of praise wells up from our heart as a response to God's saving act: we believe in God, in His Son, and we sing.

Monday in 4th Week of Lent April 4 2011 The Spirit of the Liturgy “In the Lord, I have trusted: I will exult and I will rejoice in Thy mercy: because Thou hast regarded my lowliness.” The words of today’s Introit make more real the meaning of Lent, that despite our lowliness, ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 30:4-12

Denomination: Catholic

Prime The Pump For The New Year By Gerald Van Horn

Contributed by Gerald Van Horn on Dec 12, 2012

The New Year is a time to prime the pump.

Prime the Pump for the New Year by Gerald Van Horn Text. Ezekiel 47:1-12 It’s not too early to think about the New Year. The word “new” just sticks out as exciting. Time to prime the spiritual pump. Ill. I was pastor of small country church when I began my ministry. We lived in ...read more

Scripture: Ezekiel 47:1-12

Denomination: Assembly Of God

The High Calling Of God In Christ Jesus Series

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Dec 25, 2016

There are two sides to the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

I. THE HIGH CALLING OF GOD IN CHRIST JESUS. Philippians 3:14. When we are converted, we have a change of mind, a change of heart. Yet this is not only a once-for-all experience, but also an on-going process which will not be completed this side of eternity. We have been changed, we are being ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:14, Romans 8:28-39, Romans 10:8-13

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Seek God Diligently Series

Contributed by Obeth Jebakumar on Mar 28, 2021

We should know how to seek our living God. Our God is not like any other gods made of stone and clay. Our God is more powerful than any billionaire or any President in this world. We should seek Him diligently.

SEEK GOD DILIGENTLY Hebrews 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. 1). FAITH … At first, this verse reminds us that FAITH is the most important thing in the life of a ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 11:6

Denomination: Methodist

The Word Became Flesh Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Mar 24, 2021

Who ever heard of the guest getting more and greater gifts than the one whose birthday is being celebrated? Only at Christmas does this happen, and that is why it is such a joyous birthday.

Everybody in the world has a birthday. It doesn't make any difference if they are rich or poor, black or white, or educated or uneducated. Everybody has one in every age. Methuselah had 969 of them before he died, and that was the world record until Jesus came. Jesus only had 33 birthdays ...read more

Scripture: John 1:1-14

Dont Run The Race For Fun, Run To Win

Contributed by Richard Papafio on Jun 20, 2019

This Christian life we live is a race, make sure you are in the best of shapes always. So you can win the race. Stay fit to win

May the peace of the Lord be with you. Topic: *DONT RUN THE RACE FOR FUN, RUN TO WIN* 1 Corinthians 9:24-27 King James Version (KJV) 24 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. 25 And every man that striveth for ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 9:24-27

Denomination: Charismatic

The Devil Made Me Do It??? Series

Contributed by Eric Grenier on Apr 26, 2018

Temptation has more to do with following our flesh then following the devil. Satan can ONLY tempt us to do what we WANT to do.

James 1:9-18 9 Believers who are poor have something to boast about, for God has honored them. 10 And those who are rich should boast that God has humbled them. They will fade away like a little flower in the field. 11 The hot sun rises and the grass withers; the little flower droops and falls, and ...read more

Scripture: James 1:9-18

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Mary As Ark Of The Covenant

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on May 26, 2018

"the original Protestant reformers maintained the traditional love and respect shown by and in the Church for the Blessed Virgin Mary."

Visitation of the Blessed Virgin 2018 Reformation/Revolution John the Baptist was a prophet, and at the presence of Mary and the newly-conceived Jesus, his cousin, he did a little dance in his mother’s womb. Scripture scholars tell us that the OT scene evoked in the minds of first-century Jewish ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:39-56

Denomination: Catholic

Remembering On Memorial Day

Contributed by Arlen Payne on May 21, 2020

Memorial Day should be about remembering those who gave their lives for our freedom. It is a time to remember

Remembering on Memorial Day Psalm 22:25-29 Intro. This is Memorial Day week-end It’s sad that many do not know nor recognize what this day was for. It was to be a day for mourning and remembering those who had died in battle. Memorial Day was started after the civil war the remember ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 22:25-29

Denomination: Baptist

Becoming A Christian Philosopher

Contributed by Don Campbell on May 15, 2023

The word “philosophy” means a love of wisdom. Paul said, "Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ” (Col 2:8). There must be two kinds of philosophers.

BECOMING A CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHER Practical Principles for Living or Detached Musings? INTRODUCTION A. In 1972 I took Introduction to Philosophy at Shawnee College, Ullin, Illinois under an old professor named Dr. Pepper, who looked like Colonel Sanders. 1. I learned that the word philosophy ...read more

Scripture: James 1:5, James 3:15-18, Proverbs 7:5-9

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Twentieth Sunday In Ordinary Time- Clever Dogs

Contributed by Paul Andrew on Jul 4, 2023

The woman understood the testing or riddle or allegorical challenge of Jesus.

Jesus puts Jews and gentiles under the same roof, and the first to get there is the Canaanite woman from our Gospel today. In fact, you could say that the day the gospel went to the dogs was the day it came to us. In Catholic Christianity, the word dog is used positively in mottos, by saints, ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 15:21-28

Denomination: Catholic

The Kingdom Of Heaven

Contributed by Gerald Roberts on Jul 27, 2020

We see in the text a different idea of what heaven is like, It like a mustard seed, it like Yeast, Its like a treasure in the field, and its like a net.

The Kingdom of Heaven Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52 1. Jesus wants us to know what Heaven is like many many places in the Scripture we learn about Heaven • The Scriptures say God dwells there Ecclesiastics says God “God is in heaven • Texts tells us it’s a city, Matthew tells us it’s a garden, John ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 13:31-52

Denomination: Methodist

Interruptions

Contributed by Jimmy Haile on Jul 5, 2022

Those big interruptions that come into people lives.

. John 16:33-“These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” Those big interruptions that come into people lives. Those shattering kind of things-the death of a loved one, a ...read more

Scripture: John 16:33

Denomination: Baptist

God's Trophies

Contributed by Grant Adams on Jun 9, 2021

Most of us like to have trophies, which we can display. At school, home, business, and church. Trophies for sports, hunting, etc. I ask myself, “Does God have any trophies?” Does He have anything He can glory in? Yes, He does! Both in the Old and New Testaments.

Most of us like to have trophies, which we can display. At school, home, business, and church. Trophies for sports, hunting, etc. I ask myself, “Does God have any trophies?” Does He have anything He can glory in? Yes, He does! Both in the Old and New Testaments. 1. Noah, Abraham, Moses, David, and ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 1:20-24

Denomination: Baptist