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Firmly Planted Series

Contributed by Bryn Macphail on Nov 14, 2000

There is a fullness of joy available for those who delight in God's Word.

Firmly Planted Psalm 1 Why the Psalms? Why should we study the Psalms? The reason I think we should study the Psalms comes from our New Testament reading: Revelation, chapter 2, verses 2 through 5. In Revelation 2, Jesus is giving a message to the church at Ephesus. Jesus begins with some very ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 1:1-6, Revelation 2:2-5

Priority One Series

Contributed by Greg Nance on Oct 9, 2005

God has a top priority plan for you! He invites you to hear, receive, stand in and be saved by a power that only heaven can offer.

(Begin by blowing up a balloon and holding up a straight pin) What will happen if I take this pin and puncture this balloon? Watch. (Pop the balloon). Now this pin only makes a tiny hole, but that’s all it takes to explode a perfectly good balloon. In the events of history there is one tiny ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:1-58

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Getting Out Of Debt For Good Series

Contributed by Don Jaques on Sep 13, 2005

All people can be freed from the disease of materialism by replacing love of money with Godly contentment.

MAIN IDEAS: All people can be freed from the disease of materialism by replacing love of money with Godly contentment. 1. The average American is addicted to spending. Did You Know… • BusinessWeek says that total household debt in the US was more than 100% of our disposable annual income ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:9-10

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

#1down? Why Am I Here? Did I Miss It?

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jan 11, 2008

Must read! We look at John the Baptist and the battle that tried to hinder his full touch of Jesus’ hands. I may not understand today, but I have to press on and try again!

DOWN? WHY AM I HERE? DID I MISS IT? By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com If you can preach this sermon with out tears, please don’t preach it! I have an OSCAR THE GROUCH, remember he lives in a garbage can? On the side of Grouch’s garbage can, it says: UNWELCOME TO GROUCH LAND? And a ...read more

Scripture: Luke 7:19-23

Denomination: Assembly Of God

The Missing Piece

Contributed by Duane Brown on Jan 21, 2009

The third sermon in a series from the writings of Chuck Swindoll’s Life on the Ragged Edge

I am convinced this morning that all across this great country of ours are there are people who are trying to put all the pieces of life together and they are coming up one piece short. Have you ever worked a puzzle, maybe you spent hours on it, and you just about have it completed and it looks ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 3:9-15

Denomination: Holiness

Secrets Of True Peace

Contributed by Ernest Canell on Mar 4, 2008

So the question to ask this morning is what does peace do? Or what does it look like and How do we get it.

Secrets of True Peace John 14:27 One Guy says, “My therapist told me the way to achieve true inner peace is to finish what I start. So far today I have finished 2 bags of chips and a chocolate cake,. I feel better already. If you ask any one a question of what they would like most in their life ...read more

Scripture: John 14:27

Denomination: *other

Part 5 - Peace At Home Series

Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Jun 2, 2009

How to have peace in your home.

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid. John 14:27 (NRSV) There’s a great cartoon I once saw where the husband and wife are sitting in front of the marriage counselor. The wife is ...read more

Scripture: John 14:27

Denomination: United Methodist

Peace Be Still! He Really Cares!

Contributed by Victor Ramlall on Sep 3, 2011

We can have peace in the midst of the storms because He said we are going over and not under and because He is there watching over His word to perform it.

Mar 4:35-41 And the same day, when the even was come, he saith unto them, Let us pass over unto the other side. (36) And when they had sent away the multitude, they took him even as he was in the ship. And there were also with him other little ships. (37) And there arose a great storm of ...read more

Scripture: Mark 4:35-41

Denomination: Pentecostal

Living Like Jesus Or What Would Jesus Do?

Contributed by David Hodgin on Oct 9, 2011

By looking at the life of Jesus we see behavior patterns that we should follow.

Living Like Jesus Or What Would Jesus Do? Luke 5:1-11 1-3 On one occasion, while the crowd was pressing in on him to hear the word of God, he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret, and he saw two boats by the lake, but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets. Getting into ...read more

Scripture: Luke 5:1-11

When Life Is Unfair

Contributed by Randy Bataanon on Feb 12, 2011

As we all look back on our past, there always people or circumstances that cause us to remember pain and suffering. We all experience humiliation and injustices in various extent and we cannot help but ask ourselves. How can I rise above those pains?

Have you been betrayed by the people you trust? Have you been abandoned by your family? Are you a victim of false accusations and suffering injustice? Have you been punished by the crime that you did not committed? We can surely relate to the story of Joseph after he handles the series of ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 41:51-52

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

New Year

Contributed by Michael Bolin on Jan 31, 2010

what is your plan for this year?

A boy told his father, "Dad, if three frogs were sitting on a limb that hung over a pool, and one frog decided to jump off into the pool, how many frogs would be left on the limb?" The dad replied, "Two." "No," the son replied. "There are three frogs and one decides to jump, how many are left?" The ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 3:1-13

Denomination: United Methodist

Found Faithful In Our Witness Series

Contributed by David Cook on Feb 13, 2010

Our commission, compassion, character will determine our witness unto Jesus.

1 For you yourselves know, brethren, that our coming to you was not in vain. 2 But even[a] after we had suffered before and were spitefully treated at Philippi, as you know, we were bold in our God to speak to you the gospel of God in much conflict. 3 For our exhortation did not come from error or ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 2:1-12

Denomination: Baptist

Falling In Love Again

Contributed by Dan Santiago on Aug 31, 2009

Christian love should be the foundation of everything we do for God.

FALLING IN LOVE AGAIN REVELATION 2:1-7 INTRODUCTION Today I would like for us to open our Bibles to Revelation to study the letters of Christ to the seven churches in Asia Minor. As a way of introduction, note the following: SOURCE: Revelation is of Jesus Christ which God gave him ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 2:1-7

Denomination: Baptist

The Priorities Of Kingdom Living

Contributed by James Snyder on Apr 29, 2013

The more I understand Kingdom Living under the authority of King Jesus, the more I begin to realize the power available to me to live a life pleasing unto the king.

What if in the middle of the night, your house caught fire and you had to evacuate quickly and could only save one item. What would that one item be? What is the one thing you cannot live without? What if you were stranded on an island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, what is the one thing you ...read more

Scripture: Luke 6:39-49

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

Too Busy To Work

Contributed by Mark Opperman on May 29, 2013

We can apply this principle of diligence to our spiritual lives, not simply our jobs. If we become lax or idle in our pursuit of God (worship, prayer, service, etc.), we will find ourselves missing God’s will.

Too Busy to Work 2 Thessalonians 3:6-12 6 In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, we command you, brothers, to keep away from every brother who is idle and does not live according to the teaching you received from us. 7 For you yourselves know how you ought to follow our example. We were not idle ...read more

Scripture: 2 Thessalonians 3:6-12

Denomination: Assembly Of God