Sermons on Thanks Living:

The Encouragement Among Believers Series

Contributed by Dr. Bradford Reaves on Oct 22, 2020

Life is full of surprises. Life is full of stresses and burdens. When we chose to follow God's will, the stresses and burdens of life can pull against His perfect will. That's why believers need each other and need to encourage one another.

Grace Community Church Winchester, VA Rev. Bradford Reaves, Sr. Pastor www.GraceCommunity.com Watch this message https://youtu.be/dmWN4pn5UVY Introduction Have you ever had a situation, where you did the right thing, but the people around you were actually disappointed or angry with you? Over ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:38-56, Galatians 6:2, Romans 8:31, 2 Corinthians 4:17, Mark 10:27, Matthew 17:20, Hebrews 10:24-25, Ephesians 6:10-12  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Brethren

The 12 Apostles: John Son Of Zebedee

Contributed by John Gaston on Mar 22, 2015

Here is the mysterious person who leaned on Jesus at the last supper, the only one of the 12 to die a natural death, and who was vouchsafed with the greatest prophetic insight of any person in Scripture.

THE 12 APOSTLES: JOHN SON OF ZEBEDEE INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR 1. Rabbi Levy was walking home from synagogue one Sabbath when he saw Issy, a leader in his congregation, going into ‘The Chinese Crab’ restaurant. 2. As he looked through the window, Rabbi Levy saw Issy order a plate of ...read more

Scripture: Mark 3:13-17

Denomination: Assembly Of God

God Of Great Reversals

Contributed by Randy Bataanon on Oct 6, 2018

The situation is not favorable, their enemies seems prospering, they were condemned to die and the time is running out as the clock is ticking to their end. Esther and Mordecai were about to discover the God of great reversals.

THE GOD OF GREAT REVERSALS The situation is not favorable, their enemies seems prospering, they were condemned to die and the time is running out as the clock is ticking to their end. Esther and Mordecai were about to discover the God of great reversals. It can happen to you. It can happen to ...read more

Scripture: Esther 9:1

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Why Should We Love Our Enemies, What’s In It For Us?

Contributed by Gordon Mcculloch on Feb 24, 2019

Maybe we should ask, what harm can be caused by not loving our enemies; does it really work against us, does it do us that much harm.

This sermon was delivered Gordon McCulloch to the congregation at Holy Trinity in Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland on the 24th February 2019; Holy Trinity is a Scottish Episcopal Church in the Dioceses of Glasgow and Dumfries. Genesis 45:3-11, 15 1 Corinthians 15:35-38,42-50 Luke 6:27-38 Psalm ...read more

Scripture: Luke 6:27, Genesis 45:3

Denomination: Episcopal

The People Had A Mind To Work

Contributed by Doug Fannon on Mar 4, 2019

Giving ourselves first to the Lord, we can be amazed at what god can and will do through us.

For the past two weeks we have been looking at “The Revitalization of the Lord’s House and People.” We examined in 2 Kings 12 and 2 Chronicles 24 how Joash rallied the people to give to the repair of the temple. Then Last week we look at how after the Jews return from Babylon, they got sidetracked ...read more

Scripture: Nehemiah 4:6, Nehemiah 6:15-16

Denomination: Baptist

Corinthians: Church Matters (6)

Contributed by Scott Bayles on Mar 7, 2019

We can learn a lot from the Corinthians' mistakes. In chapter 12, Paul tells us that church should be a place of Action, Acceptance, and Affection!

Church Matters: Correcting the Corinthians (6) Scott Bayles, pastor Blooming Grove Christian Church: 12/14/2014 Let me start this morning by sharing a riddle with you. There was a perfect man who met a perfect woman. After a perfect courtship, they had a perfect wedding. Their life together ...read more

Denomination: Christian Church

What Judas Missed-10

Contributed by Byron Sherman on Mar 7, 2019

10 of ? Judas missed the entirety of that which took place from the time of his leaving the Lord’s supper(13:30) until he arrived in the Garden of Gethsemane, with those who would arrest Jesus(18:3)! Judas Missed...

WHAT JUDAS MISSED-X—John 13:31–14:11(John 13:18--17:26) OR--‘WHILE YOU WERE OUT/AWAY’ Attention: Early in February 2019, our church was given two boxes of green bananas & three cases of ‘Silk’ brand Soy Milk with an expiration date of March 10, 2019. We announced that both were available to ...read more

Scripture: John 14:2

Denomination: Baptist

"Having Done All... Stand”

Contributed by Bubot Parago on Mar 15, 2019

Notice that the full armor of God that Paul had outlined for every Christian is complete but without back covers meaning to say that a Christian warrior is designed to always equipped to advance, and never given instruction to back down, retreat or surrender.

Introduction: The Bible teaches, from beginning to end, of the existence of the invisible world, the world of the spirit. A world of angels and demons, yet a world that we touch daily as those who have been given not merely a body, but a spirit. This invisible world is difficult to believe in for ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:10-18

Denomination: Pentecostal

God's Friend (James 4)

Contributed by Victor Yap on Apr 4, 2019

THE PURSUIT OF UNHAPPINESS (JAMES 4)

GOD’S FRIEND (JAMES 4:1-10) A clergyman once met an old schoolmate of whose activities he had long been ignorant, and finding him a judge of good standing congratulated him upon his success in life. As they were parting, the clergyman said to him, “And best of all, Judge, I find you are a member of ...read more

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Goodbye For Now (Acts 15:35-40)

Contributed by Victor Yap on Apr 4, 2019

GOODBYE DOES NOT MEAN FOREVER (ACTS 15:35-40)

GOODBYE FOR NOW (ACTS 15:35-40) One of the most unedifying church fights made public was the Ethiopian and Egyptian Coptic church in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in nowhere more sacred than Jerusalem, visited by hundreds of thousands of pilgrims and tourists every year. A long-running dispute ...read more

Scripture: Acts 15:35-40

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Rotten To The Core

Contributed by Thomas Swope on Jul 17, 2019

A study in the book of Jeremiah 24: 1 – 10

Jeremiah 24: 1 – 10 Rotten to the core 1 The LORD showed me, and there were two baskets of figs set before the temple of the LORD, after Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the princes of Judah with the craftsmen and smiths, ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 24:3

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

"don't Give Up!"

Contributed by David Nolte on Aug 6, 2019

Sometimes we feel like "throwing in the towel" -- but that is precisely when we must not give up!

“DON’T GIVE UP!” Psalm 27:1-6 David P. Nolte There are some things in life that attack us: wasps (ask Lonnie or me about that); injuries and illnesses; false accusations; enemies of the church, the Bible and God; an unresolved guilty conscience, temptations fitted to our own desires, to name ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 27:1-6

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Breaking Down The Walls

Contributed by Stephen Aram on Aug 8, 2019

Just as the Apostle Paul had to deal with separations between Jewish and Gentile Christians in his day, we need to deal with separations between white and black churches (and many other ethnicities as well) today.

(This sermon was preached in 1997 and needs updated examples) There was once a subway car, almost empty, except for a Chinese man and a Jewish man, who sat in their seats, silently, holding their newspapers high as they read. Suddenly the Jewish man stood up, rolled up his newspaper, walked over ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 2:11-22

Here Comes The Judge -The Transformation Of Gideon

Contributed by Otis Mcmillan on Aug 29, 2019

When God comes to Gideon, he was busy working, threshing wheat, in a winepress! God come to us when we are doing the everyday things in life. God is a Present Help in the time of trouble. Here in our lesson, God chooses to alleviate the suffering of His people by calling Gideon to be a judge.

Subject: Here Comes The Judge -The Transformation of Gideon From a Zero to Hero by The Power of God's Word" Text: Judges 6:11-24 Introduction: The period of Israel's history in the book of Judges is like a merry-go-round; a time full of ups and downs. It was a time when every man did ...read more

Scripture: Judges 6:11-24

Denomination: Methodist

Nothing Shall Stand Against You Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Sep 1, 2019

Even the 1960 movie "Inherit The Wind" mocked this miracle. Skeptics have long maintained that the world would be torn apart if the earth stopped rotating and the Sun stood still. Find out why those skeptics were wrong.

The U.S. Civil War was the most devastating in American history. From 1861 to 1865 – the War dragged on for four long years. Part of the reason it lasted so long was that Union Generals would delay and postpone and stall, saying that they were so outnumbered they needed more time to prepare. ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 10:1-14

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ