Sermons on Toil And Hardship:

Serving Others When They Should Be Serving You

Contributed by Tom Dixon on Jan 8, 2007

Often it is in times of frustration and incessant demands that God most effectively teaches us how to have compassion and to serve others with His power.

Mark 6:30-44 Serving Others When They Should Be Serving You Parallel passages: Matt 14:13-21; Luke 9:10-17; John 6 THE SETTING: Mark 6:27-29 1. Disciples just returned from long ministry tour through towns – they’re exhausted 2. And Jesus finds out his cousin (john the Baptist) has been brutally ...read more

Scripture: Mark 6:30-44

Denomination: Independent/Bible

What Does It Take To Get Help From The Lord

Contributed by Clint Shrum on Jan 9, 2007

WHen you need help from the Lord and it is not coming these are some things to consider

WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO GET HELP FROM THE LORD Mark 5:25-29 (Matthew 9:20 & Luke 8:42) Intro: We find here a woman who has had a physical need for some 12 years and has done all she could do within herself to be cured of this disease. She may have been wealthy or just a hard worker but ...read more

Scripture: Mark 5:25-29

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

There's No Stopping The Mission Series

Contributed by A. David Hart on Jan 13, 2007

Stephen had just been stoned, and the church again is faced with persecution but to the extreme order. They the church was being persecuted by the persecutor of persecutors, a man by the name of Saul.

THERE’S NO STOPPING THE MISSION Acts 8:1-4 There is a story told of a king in Africa who had a close friend with whom he grew up with. The friend had a habit of looking at every situation that happens as being (positive or negative) remarking for the positive “This is ...read more

Scripture: Acts 8:1-4

Denomination: Baptist

Jesus If You Love Me, Then Why Do I Hurt?

Contributed by Clint Shrum on Jan 14, 2007

Understanding why bad things happen to good people

JESUS IF YOU LOVE ME, THEN WHY DO I HURT? II Corinthians 1:1-7, Corinthians II 11:23-30 Intro: The apostle Paul is the writer of the Corinthian books. As far as I am concerned He is the greatest convert that has ever lived but even in his life we find him suffering. In II Corinthians 11 we find ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 11:23-30

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Chains, Chains, Chains

Contributed by Monte Brown on Jan 15, 2007

And the angels who did not keep their proper domain, but left their own abode, He has reserved in everlasting chains under darkness for the judgment of the great day;

And the angels who did not keep their proper domain, but left their own abode, He has reserved in everlasting chains under darkness for the judgment of the great day; Jude 1:6 (NKJV) Fallen Angels Angels that have left their first estate or fallen angels are demons. Servants of Satan! Did ...read more

Scripture: Jude 1:6

Denomination: Baptist

Valley Of B. A. C. A.

Contributed by Mark Ferrante on Jan 20, 2007

How do you respond to those times in your life when you are in a desert valley.

THE VALLEY OF B. A. C. A. Ps 84 How lovely is Your tabernacle,O LORD of hosts! 2 My soul longs, yes, even faints For the courts of the LORD;My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God. 3 Even the sparrow has found a home,And the swallow a nest for herself,Where ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 84:1-7

Denomination: Assembly Of God

When Life Isn't Fair

Contributed by Steven Chapman on Jan 24, 2007

As a Christian how should I react? What should I say? What should I do when I am treated unfairly? The greatest test of the Christian life is ones attitude when LIFE DOESN’T MAKE SENSE. For many of us life has been very smooth: health, prosperous, happy.

When Life Isn’t Fair Book of Job As most of you are aware I attempt to have my sermons lined out months in advance. This morning I have something to say that has not been on the burner for that long. But I bring a message that I feel that someone here needs. I am not sure who that someone is and ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Burden Of The Bondwoman

Contributed by Cleavon Matthews Sr. on Jan 26, 2007

Our burdens often give birth to our blessings.

THE BURDEN OF THE BONDWOMAN Genesis 21:8-21 By Cleavon Matthews January 25, 2007 INTRODUCTION It was a celebratory occasion. It was a time of laughter, delight, and merriment. Abraham made a great feast. Isaac was weaned. He escaped the danger of infantile fatality. There was undoubtedly ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 21:8-21

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Hope In Suffering Series

Contributed by Jason Jones on Jan 31, 2007

Exposition of 1 Peter 3:18-22

Text: 1 Peter 3:18-22, Title: Hope in Suffering, Date/Place: LSCC, 2/5/06, AM A. Opening illustration: tell the story of the girl that I met in OT Survey in seminary who had a small scar on her right thumb. But don’t tell the end of it. B. Background to passage: Peter uses Christ as his first ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 3:18-22

Denomination: Baptist

A Call To Arms Series

Contributed by Jason Jones on Feb 1, 2007

Exposition of 1 Peter 4:1-6

Text: 1 Peter 4:1-6 Title: A Call to Arms Date/Place: LSCC, 2/12/06, AM I. INTRODUCTION A. Opening illustration: 9/11 changed the course of history. After a few days of our heads spinning, we were all on board that the people who did this would pay. So when President Bush used language of ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 4:1-6

Denomination: Baptist

Are You A Christian Weirdo? Series

Contributed by Jason Jones on Feb 1, 2007

Exposition of 1 Peter 4:12-19

Text: 1 Peter 4:12-19, Title: Are you a Christian Weirdo? Date/Place: LSCC, 2/26/06, AM A. Opening illustration: talking the other day to someone down south who asked about the snow. Piper talking the other day about the anomaly of the American church for the past 300 yrs and the 164K martyrs this ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 4:12-19

Denomination: Baptist

The Furnace And The Sky

Contributed by Michael Hollinger on Feb 4, 2007

You meet the Lord in the furnace long time before you meet him in the sky

Title: The Furnace and the Sky Text: Daniel 3.19-30 MP: Jesus is always with us, if only we have the eyes to see him. Intro: Part of what fascinates me about the Bible is that it shows me how to see the things that I cannot see. Seeing C.S. Lewis said it so well: “God whispers to us in our ...read more

Scripture: Daniel 3:19-30

Denomination: Baptist

Fallenness

Contributed by David Flowers on Aug 19, 2006

Dave tals about you don’t have to deal with your brokenness before God will love you. God knows your brokenness, and has loved you all along.

Fallenness Wildwind Community Church David Flowers August 13, 2006 I want to talk to you this morning about Mel Gibson. I do not want to discuss my favorite movie, double Oscar-award-winning Braveheart, today. I do not want to discuss Mel’s The Passion of the Christ, or his upcoming movie ...read more

Scripture: Romans 7:15-25

Denomination: Free Methodist

An Angels Touch

Contributed by Paul Cull on Aug 23, 2006

The importance of touch in ministry

1 Kings 19:3-8 The Touch of Angels In recent years, we have seen quite a rise in the number of alternative therapies that are available. No doubt there is an alternative cure for hair loss! Some of them seem to have an element of sense in them, and others fall into the barking mad category. ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 19:3-8

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

Why Me Lord?

Contributed by Bob Marcaurelle on Aug 23, 2006

When we are hurting, the natural question is why. Here are a few reasons why hurts can be helpful

WHY ME LORD? Bob Marcaurelle Job. 7:20; Rom. 8:28 Text: “Why do you use me for target practice? “In all things God works for the good of those who love him” (Job. 7:20, TEV; Rom. 8:28, NIV). Most ...read more

Scripture: Job 7:20

Denomination: Baptist