Sermons on Timidity:

Overcoming Fear Thru The Sound Judgment We Have In Christ Series

Contributed by Bobby Stults on Jan 30, 2015

Overcoming fear can only be accomplished by relying on God's power and love to strengthen us and guide us, and it allows us to have sound judgment in our walk. When we rely on the God's power/love we WILL make sound judgments in our walk in Christ!

SERMON BRIEF Date Written: January 22, 2015 Date Preached: January 25, 2015 Church: OPBC (AM) Sunday FOUNDATIONAL ELEMENTS Title: Overcoming Fear thru Discipline/Focus Text: Nehemiah 4:1-14 (ESV) ETS: Here we find Nehemiah using discipline to help the people overcome their ...read more

Scripture: Nehemiah 4:1-14

Denomination: Baptist

As Man Thinketh: The Believer's Thought Life

Contributed by David Wilson on May 21, 2013

This is a summary of a series of Bible Studies on the thought Life of a Believer.

“As A Man Thinketh” Transforming our Thought Life! A Summary of lessons on the thought life of the believer! LESSON ONE- THE NEED FOR TRANSFORMATION ROMANS 12: 1-2 Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:1-2

Denomination: Baptist

Chasing The Wind - The Great Adventure

Contributed by Ray Ellis on Sep 23, 2008

he book of Acts is about “Chasing the Wind” (Holy Spirit) and living the great adventure

Chasing the Wind -Living the Great Adventure- Acts 1:4-8, Acts 2:1-2 The book of Acts is about “Chasing the Wind” and living the great adventure. The author of the book of Acts was Luke the physician. He wrote to Theophilus, a Gentile official who became a Christian through the influence of ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:1-4

Denomination: Free Methodist

Mother's Day: I Have Been Reminded

Contributed by Melvin Newland on May 14, 2014

The sermons I used to preach years ago on Mother's Day just don't fit very well today. So let me suggest some things that describe what I think motherhood is, & what the home ought to be.

MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK (Revised: 2014) NOTE: This message contains a number of illustrations and ideas gleaned from many sources that I no longer remember. But my thanks to all those who have enriched my sermon preparation!) ILL. An elementary teacher was teaching ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 1:5-7

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Send The Fire

Contributed by Allan Kircher on Mar 12, 2013

The reason people who know you aren’t interested in your God may be because you don’t have enough/presence/God/your life.

“Send the Fire” Pastor Allan H. Kircher Shell Point Baptist Church March 9 Phil 2:13-16 For it is God who works….. Time/time/ask one another, “Why can’t I win my friends to the Lord? • Family members/Co-Workers not interested? • The answer may shock you ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 2:13-16

Denomination: Baptist

Born To Reproduce Series

Contributed by Rick Burdette on Jun 10, 2013

A plan to share Christ, life evangelism, children

BORN TO REPRODUCE 1 John 1: 1-4, 1 John 2:12 (pp.855) June 9, 2013 INTRODUCTION I’ve been in ministry now for almost 35 years…3 and a half decades...in children’s ministry, youth ministry, and as a preaching minister…I’m 53…for the first years of my Christian ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Spiritual Armor Of Prayer Series

Contributed by Douglas Phillips on Sep 16, 2015

TODAY WE COME TO THE LAST OF THE ELEMENTS PAUL SPEAKS OF WHEN HE IS TEACHING ABOUT SPIRITUAL WARFARE, THE WEAPON OF PRAYER.

THE SPIRITUAL ARMOR OF PRAYER EPHESIANS 6:18-20 TODAY WE COME TO THE LAST OF THE ELEMENTS PAUL SPEAKS OF WHEN HE IS TEACHING ABOUT SPIRITUAL WARFARE. PAUL HAS TAUGHT US THAT, WHILE WE MAY FACE TRIALS AND DIFFICULTIES IN THIS WORLD, THAT THESE TRIALS AND DIFFICULTIES HAVE A SPIRITUAL ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:17

Denomination: Baptist

Covid _ Confidence Over Viral Infectious Disease

Contributed by Dr. Bruce Northam on Apr 1, 2020

COVID-19 is an acronym that stands for COronaVIrus Disease of 2019. It is a form of SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) a virus first identified in 2003 and it is causing worldwide panic, but this morning I want to look at another acronym, COVID: Confidence Over Viral Infectious Disease!

In a message a few weeks ago I used the story of the Golden Gate Bridge. At the time it was completed in 1937, it was the longest suspension bridge in the world. During the first phase of the project 23 men fell to their deaths in the icy water. Workers were hard to keep due to the poor working ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 1:7-14

Denomination: Baptist

Testimony From Prison Series

Contributed by Derek Geldart on Mar 18, 2023

While the Philippians wanted to know how Paul was doing so that they might further provide aid to help reduce his suffering, Paul wanted his “partner” to know that while he was in chains, the word of God certainly was not being restricted!

Paul’s Testimony from Prison Philippians 1:12-18a Online Sermon: http://www.mckeesfamily.com/?page_id=3567 “Life is a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away” (James 4:14). The more sicknesses we endure and funerals we attend the more we tend to think about the ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 1:12-18

Denomination: Baptist

Choose Your Weapons Wisely

Contributed by Bruce Lee on Jun 2, 2025

One day a man was walking down the street, saw a hole, and fell in it. The next day the man walked down the street and saw the hole and fell in again. The third day the man partially changed his course but still fell in the hole.

Choose Your Weapons Wisely “By the humility and gentleness of Christ, I appeal to you—I, Paul, who am “timid” when face to face with you, but “bold” toward you when away! 2 I beg you that when I come I may not have to be as bold as I expect to be toward some people who think that we live by the ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 10:1-4

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

You're Not A Stranger Anymore

Contributed by Roy Mason on Aug 5, 2001

Paul, in writing to the Ephesians talks about being “near and far.” Notice that Jesus has brought us all into relationship with one another through faith. What are the steps to being “brought near”?

You’re Not A Stranger Anymore © 2001, Dr. Roy Mason But now in Christ Jesus you who formerly were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. --EPH 2:13 NASB Do you ever remember being the “new kid in town”? Going to a new school for the first time is a traumatic experience. Our ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 2:13

Denomination: Baptist

Christian Courage

Contributed by Martin Field on Aug 7, 2001

Reflecting on Joseph of Arimathaea’s courage in stepping forward to bury Jesus, the sermon encourages Christians to be bold and courageous today.

In the Episcopal Church, today is the feast day of Joseph of Arimathaea, one of the more obscure New Testament characters. All that is known for certain about Joseph comes from the Gospel narratives of Jesus’ burial. Though John speaks of Joseph as a secret disciple of our Lord, and associates ...read more

Scripture: Luke 23:50-56

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

How To Love The Lord

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 16, 2003

Why is it that so few seem to understand Christ’s intention in the greatest commandment? Worshiping the Lord involves growing in maturity in four key areas.

How to Love the Lord (Mark 12:28-30) "What commandment is the foremost of all?" Jesus answered, "The foremost is, ’Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is one Lord; and you shall love the Lord your God with all our heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.” ...read more

Scripture: Mark 12:28-30

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

All We Like Sheep

Contributed by Mike Turner on Dec 21, 2003

Sheep need shepherds......so do people !

“All We Like Sheep” Isaiah 53:6 Isaiah utilizes a picture here of sheep going astray to describe the spiritual condition of the people. Numbers 27:17 Moses warned the children of the Lord that they not act as sheep w/o a shepherd. Yet that was the very thing that Jesus saw when he looked out ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 53:6

Denomination: Baptist

Communicate, Will You? Series

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 21, 2006

We should do our best developing the skills that affect everyday life, like communication.

Communicate, Will You? (topical) 1. A man with a wife and daughter picked up the phone and dialed his home. There was a phone in the kitchen and an extension upstairs. Two female voices answered simultaneously, “I’ve got it,” followed by two clicks as both hung up. Bits and Pieces, Dec, 1991, p. ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:29

Denomination: Independent/Bible