Sermons on Train Up:

Breaking Up Is Hard To Do

Contributed by Ken Crow on Dec 11, 2009

It is time to break up with our oppressors and move ahead to our promise land with Jesus.

Breaking Up is Hard To Do Exodus 14:12-14 (King James Version) Pastor Ken Crow 12Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 14:12-14

Denomination: Church Of God

Don't Cover It Up Series

Contributed by Mark Elkins on Jul 7, 2010

Confessing our sin.

Bandaids on the Bathroom Mirror The drunk husband snuck up the stairs quietly. He looked in the bathroom mirror and bandaged the bumps and bruises he’d received in a fight earlier that night. He then proceeded to climb into bed, smiling at the thought that he’d pulled one over on his ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Sometimes The Way Up Is Down

Contributed by Gerald Steffy on Sep 11, 2009

The true values in the kingdom have an upside down perspective to life that is modeled by Jesus in that the way up to God is down in submission to Him completely.

SOMETIMES THE WAY UP IS DOWN Philippians 2:5-11 Proposition: The true values in the kingdom have an upside down perspective to life that is modeled by Jesus in that the way up to God is down in submission to Him completely. Objective: My purpose is to challenge people to be willing to ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 2:5-11

Denomination: Baptist

Wake Up Sleepy Head

Contributed by Jimmy Haile on Sep 13, 2009

Believers need to wake up out of their sleep

Judges 16:19-20 “A man liked to sleep frequently in church, so the pastor devised a plan. During one service the pastor asked his congregation while the man was sleeping, ‘All who want to go to heaven, please rise.’ Everyone stood up except the sleeper. Then, at ...read more

Scripture: Judges 16:19-20

Denomination: Baptist

Patience In A Hurry-Up World Series

Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Sep 15, 2009

This is the second to the last sermon in this series.

We are coming to the close of this summer’s look at James. Next week I’ll wrap up this series and hopefully we will all take away from this some practical steps we can take to be "doer’s of the Word and not hearers only". "Don’t grumble against each other," is one of two commands we read in these ...read more

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Have You Given Up?

Contributed by Mike Rickman on Oct 3, 2009

Do we really believe that Jesus is coming back soon?

October 4, 2009 Morning Worship Text: Matthew 24:1-14 Subject: The Imminent Return of Christ Title: Have You Given Up? One of the most talked about topics in the church today is the mountain of evidence that seems to be getting higher and higher each day, that the return of Jesus for His church ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 24:1-14

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Do You Measure Up?

Contributed by Sarah Keith on Oct 10, 2009

Only Jesus was able to ’measure up’ to God’s standard of perfection!

Prop: Measuring tape. Before the talk, measure the height of a few of the kids. Kids, have you ever heard the saying, He just doesn’t ’measure up’? Do you have any idea what that means? (Listen for answers.) It sounds like this has something to do with how tall someone is, but it has nothing to ...read more

Denomination: Christian Church

Why Was Christ Lifted Up?

Contributed by Dr.w.samuel Legon on Oct 15, 2009

No cross no life no Jesus no heaven

WHY WAS CHRIST LIFTED UP? Christ being lifted up on the cross was of his own will he became a substitution atonement for all who believe on his name John 3:14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: 15 ...read more

Scripture: John 3:14-18

Denomination: Baptist

Joseph--He Got Up

Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Oct 17, 2009

THis sermon deals with Joseph’s willingness to rise up and forgive those who caused him pain and sorrow in life.

Joseph, He Got Up Genesis 37:12-36 Matthew 18:21-35 Genesis 44-46 October 20, 2009 How many of you have asked that question, “Lord how many times should I forgive? How many times should I put up with this? How many times is enough” One person that dealt with this question was ...read more

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Grow Up In All Things

Contributed by John D Jones on Jul 26, 2011

God has a plan and purpose for everyone. The specific details are as individual as the individual himself. But there is a general will, a broad plan for every Christian that God has designed. That plan simply put is to grow. What are the crucial elements

Grow Up in All Things Ephesians 4:7-16 God has a plan and purpose for everyone. The specific details are as individual as the individual himself. But there is a general will, a broad plan for every Christian that God has designed. That plan simply put is to grow. Here in Ephesians chapter 4, ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:7-16

Denomination: Baptist

You Gotta Get Up

Contributed by Eric Keller on Dec 27, 2010

An exciting short message about getting up on Christmas morning!

YOU GOTTA GET UP! Luke 2:8-16 VIDEO: Christmas Excitement Boy excitedly opening up Christmas present. I. GOTTA GET UP CHRISTMAS MORNING! A. How many of us remember eagerly waiting for Christmas morning? B. As kids we can’t sleep on Christmas Eve C. But we know when we wake up there’s going to be ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:8-16

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

"Let's Just Give Up"

Contributed by Bill Burress on Dec 31, 2010

With all the troubles in the world today the thing we need to do is just give up. Not our faith but the things that cause the problems in the first place.

Was there ever a point in your life you just wanted to give up? Maybe finances got too much or it was just too tough to keep your marriage together. Maybe keeping your children in line got too difficult or every time you turned around something was going wrong, the car keeps breaking down or ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 6:4-12

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Gas Up For Work Ahead

Contributed by Dr.w.samuel Legon on Jan 7, 2011

What prayer will do in your work for the Lord, as it did for Paul.

Gas up for work ahead 2nd Tim. 3I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day; Prayer was the power that throbbed through the life and labours of ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 1:3

Denomination: Baptist

To Be Built Up Or Edified In The Faith

Contributed by W. Alderman on Jan 10, 2009

This is a message that deals with church growth

“TO BE BUILT UP OR EDIFIED IN THE FATITH” Text: Col.3: 16-4:6 W. Max Alderman Introduction: To be edified or "built up" in the faith requires that a man be filled with the spirit and obedient to the Word. In reality a person cannot be filled with the spirit who is ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

On That Great Gettin' Up Morning

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jan 26, 2009

For Remembrance Sunday: getting past grief means crying out honestly and insistently for help, and it means having confidence in the God who raised Christ from the dead and thus defeated death itself.

The hymns we have sung and the Scriptures we have read have one important word that is common to all of them. That word is "morning". "Morning", as in "good morning". "Morning" is an important Biblical image. I am leading us to worship around the symbol of morning today because I want us to use it ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:2-3

Denomination: Baptist