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Power Shifts - Abundance Premium Sermon

Contributed by PRO Premium on Oct 9, 2023

"Power Shifts - Abundance" is a sermon series focused on understanding and implementing personal "power shifts" to aid in the fulfillment of the Great Commission, addressing the current stagnation in global evangelism.

China missionary, J. Hudson Taylor, has stated, “God’s work done in God’s way will never lack God’s supplies.” Most of us who live and work in the Great Commission community would utter a hearty “Amen” to that statement, yet we all see regular shortfalls. The effort we spend fundraising should ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 2:8, Isaiah 43:18-19

Topics: Great Commission, Power Shifts, Spiritual Abundance

Sermon Series: Power Shifts

Will The Prodigals Ever Come Home? Series

Contributed by Alan Mccann on Jun 3, 2008

We pray the prodigal meets the father and not an older brother when they come home

Luke 15.11-32 Will the Prodigals ever come Home? I want you to listen to the title of this sermon: Will the Prodigals ever come home? You know the simple answer, and the most honest answer, to that question this morning is: I don’t know! I genuinely do not know if your ‘prodigal’ will come ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:11-32

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

Obedience

Contributed by Leonard Davis on Jul 21, 2009

God saved you and me for a purpose. Most of the time we concentrate on How to be saved, we also need to discover Why we are saved.

OBEDIENCE When I was in school, the thing that could strike fear in the hearts of almost every student was the Pop Quiz. The unannounced examination is a great way for the student to know, “am I getting what the teacher is teaching?” In our evangelism studies, we were given a question that would ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 2:10

Denomination: Baptist

The United States, A Dream Realized: Natural Law, Legal Positivism, & The Founders Views Series

Contributed by Justin Steckbauer on Mar 20, 2021

I’d like to take you back in time to the birth of this nation. The year is 1775, and the British are marching in the dead of night to capture the guns of the colonial militia.

I’d like to take you back in time to the birth of this nation. The year is 1775, and the British are marching in the dead of night to capture the guns of the colonial militia. Four riders launch into the night to awaken the minute men. The colonials succeed, and beat the British to their supplies ...read more

Scripture: 2 Chronicles 7:14, Joshua 4:21-24

Denomination: Salvation Army

Going Down The Rabbit Hole Of Perceived Reality: What Is The Truth Beyond Tyranny And Consumerism?

Contributed by Justin Steckbauer on Mar 27, 2021

It began with a question... Why am I here? What is the truth behind this blue green ball flying through space? It felt like something new began when I started that question.

It began with a question... Why am I here? What is the truth behind this blue green ball flying through space? It felt like something new began when I started that question. I broke free from the 9 to 5 life, from the television, the bars, the social media, and all of that, and came into a larger ...read more

Scripture: John 3:16, 1 Peter 3:15

Denomination: Salvation Army

The Possibility Of Marriage Without Love

Contributed by Abiodun Adeniyi on Feb 12, 2008

you could marry a person you never loved

THE POSSIBILITY OF MARRIAGE WITHOUT LOVE There are so many things that happened in life that most people would not want to believe that they ever happened, such is the issue of getting married to someone you never loved. Since we all have agreed that love is an important and an irreplaceable factor ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 29:15-30

Denomination: Pentecostal

Kingdom Inefficiency

Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Jul 8, 2011

Jesus keeps reaching out to us, even though we have rejected him.

First Presbyterian Church Wichita Falls, Texas July 6, 2008 KINGDOM INEFFICIENCY Isaac Butterworth Matthew 13:1-9 (NIV) 1 That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the lake. 2 Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people stood on ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 13:1-9

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Umbrella Protection Of The Church

Contributed by Terry Moore on Sep 13, 2010

Why we need to be in and stay in the church!!

The Umbrella Protection Of the Church The Umbrella Protection Of the Church I Peter 1:3-7 3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4To an ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 1:3-7

Denomination: Charismatic

Occupy Till I Come

Contributed by Mark Aarssen on Sep 26, 2008

Jesus has entrusted us with much as his servants. We know salvation and freedom from sin; we know the power of his word to change lives. We know the truth of the Gospel and the eternal hope that if brings. We possess all these valuable things and more

Occupy Till I Come Luke 19:11-26 Well it’s time for our annual summer break and we will not have Sunday service again until the first week in September. So I was thinking how can I motivate you to continue to grow in the Lord while we close for repairs to our sanctuary? The text of today’s ...read more

Scripture: Luke 19:11-26

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Ultimate Conspiracy

Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Feb 6, 2012

Got Theories? Here's the facts!

The Ultimate Conspiracy I have heard quite a few conspiracy theories since I became a Christian in 1975. It seems like every year there are new and wilder theories as well as supposedly absolute proof that the old ones are true and we best beware. What they all miss is the ultimate conspiracy ...read more

Scripture: 2 Thessalonians 2:1-12

Denomination: Baptist

On Social Distancing

Contributed by Mark A. Barber on Apr 4, 2020

Jesus broke cardinal rules of social distancing

On Social Distancing Mark 1:40-42 As I was contemplating writing the manuscript for my Easter sermon which because of COVID-19 will have to be delivered on-line, I was troubled at the mass fear I see all around me concerning this virus. So before Easter, I must needs remember the suffering of Holy ...read more

Scripture: Mark 1:40-42

Denomination: Independent/Bible

The Race

Contributed by Roshelle Brenneise on Feb 9, 2024

The race of faith is not a sprint. It is a marathon.

February 10, 2024 In every sport there are winners and losers. Very rarely will you have a tie and never will you see all the competitors cross the line at the same time. Only one gets the Stefanos crown – the crown of victory. The Super Bowl is tomorrow. Last September 32 teams started ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 4:7-8, Colossians 3:2, 1 John 2:15, 1 John 5:4, Hebrews 10:19-23, Hebrews 10:35-39, Hebrews 12:1-2, 1 Corinthians 9:24-25, Hebrews 12:3  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

Take Up Your Cross

Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Oct 11, 2025

Jim Eliot, once famously wrote in his diary on 28th October 1949: “He is no fool who gives up what he cannot keep, to gain that which he cannot lose” . And Jesus says something similar in this morning's Gospel reading

Lk 14:25-33 Take up your cross and follow me Jim Eliot, an American missionary who was killed on 8th January 1956 taking the Gospel to the Waodani people in Ecuador - once famously wrote in his diary on 28th October 1949: “He is no fool who gives up what he cannot keep To gain that which he ...read more

Scripture: Luke 14:25-33

Denomination: Anglican

Greatest Investment Advice Ever Given

Contributed by Eric Kramer on Feb 26, 2005

Investment advice, in a long story format, edit according to your needs, not copywrited, bible quotes taken from internet bible quotes, feel free to add to or edit this paper any way acceptable to God. I am no expert and dont claim to be, no formal theol

The Greatest Investment Advice Ever Given The king held vast amounts of gold in his treasury, so risk another investment, especially in a foreign country. It was far to travel; over 1,000 miles away, and 2 countries buffered him between his well-defended lands and the Italian peninsula’s Roman ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 25:14-15

Denomination: Catholic

Unknown People Of Significance

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jun 2, 2009

Unknown people of significance are the real heroes of today and they deserve to be honored and remembered for their sacrifice. Their sacrifice of their lives, their precious time, their loyal hearts, have bestowed on us our personal freedoms today.

“The unknown names of significance” “A band of brothers” Thesis: Unknown people of significance are the real heroes of today and they deserve to be honored and remembered for their sacrifice. Their sacrifice of their lives, their precious time, their loyal hearts, have bestowed on us our personal ...read more

Scripture: 2 Samuel 23:1-39

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational