Sermons on The Value Of Giving:

Freely Must You Give Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jul 5, 2013

Like St. Benedict, we must live simply if we are to successfully share the gospel of Jesus.

The great saints, like St. Benedict whom we celebrate today, bear witness that the words of today’s Gospel are not just for the first century. They are timeless instructions on our work of evangelism. Those who spread the good news are doing so as Jesus did. The effectiveness of the Church ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 10:7-15

Denomination: Catholic

Don't Give Up, Don't Give In, Give It All You've Got

Contributed by Steve Sheek on Oct 1, 2018

Close out of the Torah reading cycle. Stories of biblical characters and their struggles.

20180922 Parsha 151 Tree of Life Messianic Congregation Houston. Give up, give in, or give it all you’ve got Blessing Today is the day we close out the Torah cycle that we have been on since the beginning of Tree of Life back in February 2016. We had decided to do the three year cycle rather than ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 4:4, John 16:33

Denomination: *other

Live It Up! Series

Contributed by Bob Lentz on Sep 13, 2006

Our church’s theme for the year.

Live It Up! 2006 Theme 1-29-06 John 10:10 Intro. If you got the news that you only had 6 months to live…what would you do? Well, after the initial shock wore off you’d probably do what most of us would do. You’d start looking at life from ...read more

Scripture: John 10:10

Denomination: Baptist

Gratitude Series

Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Jul 12, 2004

Following Jesus’ ways brings life. Gratitude brings life.

Keys to Life Series July 11, 2004 Gratitude Romans 1:21 You may remember the famous speech in the 1987 movie “Wall Street” by Michael Douglas playing Gordon Gekko “The point is, ladies and gentleman, is that greed -- for lack of a better word -- is good. Greed is right. Greed works. ...read more

Scripture: Romans 1:21

Denomination: *other

Giving God Your Time Series

Contributed by Frederic Whittier on Mar 19, 2007

The first Stewardship sermon preached during our Stewardship campaign. God wants Christians to be good stewards of their time.

Stewardship Series #1 “Giving God Your Time” Psalm 90:12 Time is the heritage of every person. Whether a king or street sweeper, an astronomer or truck driver, a business tycoon or grocery clerk, each of us has the same number of hours. Many necessities and opportunities demand much of our day. ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 90:10-12

Denomination: Nazarene

Final Thoughts For A Pressured Church Series

Contributed by Guy Glass on Aug 23, 2006

Here in this last chapter Paul deals with some of the things a church, feeling it own pressure as well the external pressure of those outside its own doors.

FINAL THOUGHTS FOR A PRESSURED CHURCH INTRODUCTION: For everything we read about the Corinthian Church, and everything Paul attempts to teach this same church, for the most part we are left with a church struggling to identify itself to each other and in its community. It has been rocked by ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 16:1-18

Denomination: Baptist

A Commitment To Excellence Series

Contributed by Alan Perkins on Apr 13, 2001

Does excellence matter to God?

Does excellence matter to God? Does God care about quality? Is He concerned with how well things are done? Does it make any difference to God whether: the instruments are in tune; the worship team has rehearsed the songs, etc.? Some would say, "no." All God cares about is our hearts. It’s the ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 3:23-24, Colossians 3:23-25

Denomination: Baptist

Honoring Others Series

Contributed by Mark Perryman on Feb 23, 2007

This world tries to honor, but it only seems to honor those who are great, those who gave to a great cause, or have done some great feat, but what about the rest?

INTRO: It’s good to be back, vacations are nice but there is nothing like being home. I had the opportunity to travel to some different places. One of them was Washington D.C. It was beautiful and crowded. The thing that stood out to me was all the monuments. -They have monuments for honoring ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:10

Denomination: Assembly Of God

How Much Are You Worth ?

Contributed by Tim Gibson on Nov 23, 2000

What is your true worth ?

(1) Introduction: This story shows that Peter and John’s worth was not as the world measures it. They had given up such wordly wealth (see Matthew 4-18-22) but they were now worth much more! John was named the ’beloved’ of Jesus (John 21:20) and Peter was later called a ’pillar’ in the church ...read more

Scripture: Acts 3:1-10, Matthew 4:18-22

Denomination: *other

All Thy Heart

Contributed by Terry Vaughan on Nov 12, 2001

Do you love the Lord with all thy heart, Worship Him with all thy heart, seek Him with all thy heart and serve Him with all thy heart? If not, find out how you can.

WESTSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH PASTOR: TERRY VAUGHAN SERMON TITLE: All Thy Heart “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world: but that the world ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 119:1-8

Denomination: Baptist

The Great Longing Of God

Contributed by Matthew Grise on Dec 29, 2008

God longs for the full devotion of his people.

INTRODUCTION We now return to our study of the book of James entitled: Living the Real Life: Cultivating a Faith that Works. Remember as we were working through the letter we were identifying the different ways James says that true, genuine, saving faith reveals itself. We have seen everything from ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Mapping Out Your Dream

Contributed by Bob Briggs on Dec 14, 2000

Dreams to be put into action calls for a plan of setting goals.

Mapping out your dream by setting goals. Goals will create a road map for your success. Turn to Ex. 13:17-22. Moses, after the burning bush, returned to Egypt to lead the Israelites out to the Promised Land. (READ) Their success did not take the shorter road, and it was mapped out ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 13:17-22

Denomination: Pentecostal

Christian Declaration Of Independence

Contributed by Wendell Blackburn on Feb 16, 2005

The way life as a Christian should be!!

Christian Declaration of Independence I am free from failure PHILIPPIANS 4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. Here the Apostle Paul’s ability of knowing how to live skillfully on just a little or a whole lot don’t just mean that he is some kind of a spiritual ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 4:13

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Lure Of Money Series

Contributed by Chris Appleby on Aug 13, 2001

The love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. How can we fight the temptation to misuse money?

I discovered some fascinating statistics the other day. Did you know that out of 38 parables that Jesus told, 16 deal with money in some form or other? If you add up all the times that heaven and hell are mentioned, it comes to fewer times than money is mentioned. The New Testament says 5 times as ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:3-19, Matthew 6:19-34

Denomination: Anglican

Sagacity Series

Contributed by Rick Stacy on Nov 28, 2000

A Sermon Series on the Parables of Jesus. This is on the parable of the dishonest steward in Luke 16.

What's In It for Me? - Sagacity Introducing new sermon series We love to hear stories and we learn best from stories Fairy Tales. Aesop's Fables. Mother Goose Rhymes. Prairie Home Companion - Garrison Keiler Jesus was the best story teller of all. He told parables. Parables have been called ...read more

Scripture: Luke 16:1-8

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ