Sermons on There Is A Plan:

Emergency Planning

Contributed by Richard Down on Jan 7, 2011

Emergency planning means getting ready for when things go wrong. This sermon considers how well we are prepared for things to go wrong in our Christian lives and how God can lift us back up when we fall.

Many years ago when I was rather younger and fitter than I am now I was a member of a local Rescue Team. Our remit was partly Mountain Rescue but since the mountains in our area were rather made up of hills and moors this was not the dramatic role you might expect. We tended to get calls to assist ...read more

Scripture: John 21:1-17

Denomination: Christian Church

A Man With A Plan Series

Contributed by Monty Newton on Feb 1, 2011

Jesus makes himself known thorugh his followers.

Title: A Man with a Plan Text: Matthew 4:12-23 Thesis: Jesus makes himself known through his followers. Epiphany Series: Encountering Christ in Epiphany • The First Sunday after Epiphany: Christ’s Identity. The First Sunday after Epiphany we encountered Christ at his baptism where ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 4:12-23

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Plan Ahead

Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 27, 2010

Plan Ahead (PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request - email: gcurley@gcurley.info)

Reading: James chapter 4 verses 13-17 Ill: A golfer nervously approached the first tee, • It was a hazardous hole with a green surrounded by water, • And he debated if he should use his new golf ball or an old one. • Deciding that the hole was too treacherous, ...read more

Scripture: James 4:13-17

Denomination: Brethren

God's Plan

Contributed by Darren Rogers on Aug 16, 2007

God uses many different types of people that we would never choose - He can use you!!

God’s Plan It never ceases to amaze me the people that God chooses to do His work. We would choose “the wise, the mighty, the noble”.Vs 26 1 Corinthians 1:27 – 31 We often think that God cannot use us. We have no talents that God can use. We have no ability We have no education. We have no ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:27-31

Denomination: Baptist

A Perfect Plan Series

Contributed by Shawn Drake on Feb 27, 2010

This is the 3rd sermon in the series "God’s Gift Of..."

Family Worship December 6, 2009 Bel Aire Baptist Church Series: God’s Gift Of… [#3] A PERFECT PLAN Ruth 3:1-18 Introduction: Do you ever get tired of waiting on God to do something? You know, sometimes it just seems like God needs a little “prodding” or a little help ...read more

Scripture: Ruth 3:1-18

Denomination: Baptist

Future Plans Series

Contributed by John Telgren on Jan 8, 2006

What we can learn from Paul’s future plans as he lays them out in Romans is what the nature of our focus should be. Our three-fold focus should involve our mission to save the loss, our devoted fellowship with each other, and prayer, which is a reflection

Introduction: Have you every noticed how things get so hectic as we approach the holiday season? You can’t even go to the store to get something simple like a gallon of milk without fighting the crowds. Yet, when we finally do arrive at the holidays, everything slows down. There is a peaceful ...read more

Scripture: Romans 15:14-33

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Plan Of Christmas Series

Contributed by Billy Ricks on Dec 21, 2014

God had a precise plan for us that began before the first pebble was placed on the earth. It was designed to have a direct personal impact.

Intro: Do you remember the Looney Tunes cartoon with Wile E Coyote aka Ralf E Wolf and Sam the Sheepdog. Wile E is always planning and scheming to capture and eat the sheep. Wile E seems to always have the best plans, like the time he lulled Sam to sleep with sleep dog sleep music. But int the ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:8-12

Denomination: Baptist

Promise And Plan

Contributed by Rick Pendleton on Jan 1, 2015

What a great promise… FOR US …even when we sin… even when He has to punish… GOD STILL LOVES US and God will still forgive us.

Promise and Plan Matthew 3:1-6 Blackness… cold silent darkness… hopeless and lifeless darkness That is the only way to describe the condition of Palestine… the Holy Land… as the calendar changed from BC to AD. It was a “period of silence” … God had turned ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 3:1-6

Denomination: Baptist

Plans And Prayers

Contributed by Roger Hasselquist on Jul 26, 2022

A month ago I saw a plaque that had a different take on Robert Frost's poem. It said something like this: “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by. Now where in the world am I?

Alba 7-24-2022 PLANS AND PRAYERS Romans 15:22-33 In determining the purpose in the will of God for us, sometimes we just don't get it right. There once was a middle-aged farmer who had been desiring for years to be an evangelist. He was out working in the field one day when he decided to ...read more

Scripture: Romans 15:22-33

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Plans, 2023.

Contributed by Howard Strickland on Dec 30, 2022

7 Things to apply when it comes to plans and direction for the future 2023.

Plans, 2023. Galatians 5:13-15TPT What is it with plans that spell failure? I’ve noticed Calhoun probably has 10 vape shops (not an exaggeration). They seem to be empty with customers. I just wonder how much time was spent in planning/surveys? The old saying, If You Fail to Plan, You Plan to ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 5:13-15, Colossians 3:12-14

Denomination: Pentecostal

A Change Of Plans

Contributed by Mary Erickson on Feb 9, 2022

A sermon for the 5th Sunday of Epiphany, Year C

February 6, 2022 Hope Lutheran Church Rev. Mary Erickson Luke 5:1-11; 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 A Change of Plans Friends, may grace and peace be yours in abundance in the knowledge of God and Christ Jesus our Lord. There’s a Yiddish saying: “We make our plans and God laughs.” No matter how much we ...read more

Scripture: Luke 5:1-11, 1 Corinthians 15:1-11

Denomination: Lutheran

Estate Planning

Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Apr 16, 2023

When you know you’ll have to depend on your friends when your luck goes sour, you build in as much good will as you can along the way.”

Levi was puzzled. The last time Jesus told a story about a rich man whose steward was mismanaging the estate while the owner was away, the owner kicked the guy out and brought in a new men. He understood that. It was like God was the rich man and the Pharisees and the priests were the stewards, and ...read more

Scripture: Luke 16:1-12

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Man With A Plan

Contributed by Todd Catteau on Mar 1, 2022

This sermon uses God's plan for Abraham in Genesis 12 to remind us that God is a God who plans and calls us to faithful obedience even when the plan is vague and challenging.

Man with a plan The Old Testament is essentially a story about a family – the family of a man named Abraham who lived about 2000 years before Jesus and he is introduced in Genesis 11. We don’t know how early this is in the history of the world but in the Biblical account it’s pretty early. In ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

A Surprise Or A Plan? Series

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jan 25, 2021

The church began as a Messianic Jewish movement, but became a trans-cultural Messianic movement. How can we explain this?

A Surprise or a Plan? (Romans 9:22-33) 1, I heard about a pastor after he would preach a man would say to him, “Pastor, that was a warm message today.” or the man would say, “Pastor, that was a warm sermon” or he would sometimes say, “I appreciate those warm words.” One day the preacher caught him ...read more

Scripture: Romans 9:22-33, Acts 3:18-21

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Planning And Praying Series

Contributed by David Owens on Mar 16, 2020

This sermon on the second half of Romans chapter 15 gives us insight into how to make plans to serve the Lord, and how to carry them out with prayer, like the apostle Paul did.

A. Once there was a young woman who brought her fiancé home to meet her parents. 1. After dinner, her mother told her father to find out more about the young man, so the father invited the fiancé to his study for a talk. 2. “So what are your plans?” the father asked the young ...read more

Scripture: Romans 15:14-33

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ