Sermons on Train Your Child:

The Lord Is Your Keeper

Contributed by John Gaston on Jan 26, 2022

God “keeps” us, in aspects of protecting, preserving, putting sentinels around us, providing for us, and keeping us from evil.

THE LORD IS YOUR KEEPER Ps. 121:1-8 INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR 1. A frantic-looking woman came rushing out of her house and into the street crying, “Help! Help! My young son has swallowed a quarter and is choking and I don’t know what to do!” 2. Everyone looked the other way, except for a ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 121:1-8

Denomination: Assembly Of God

What Is Your Race?

Contributed by Matthew Botha on Jan 12, 2016

What type of race are you running?

What is your race? Key Scripture: Hebrews 12:1-11 Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the auhor and ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 12:1-11

Denomination: Pentecostal

What's Your Story?

Contributed by Bob Joyce on Nov 19, 2010

We as believers in Christ, and as the church of the living God, have a story to tell. What does our story say about our relationship with Him?

A thirty-four-year-old German woman named Anna Rosmus recently told the tragic story of what happened in her hometown in Germany during World War II. Speaking at Carson-Newman College in Tennessee, she told of growing up in Passau, Germany, years after the war. As a teenager, she wrote a school ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 2:1-10

Denomination: Baptist

Is Your Church Dead

Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Jan 8, 2018

You may as well hold the funeral and move on.

Is Your Church Dead? Rev 3:1  And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Children Of God Series

Contributed by Tim Patrick on Mar 13, 2006

Learn what it means to be called a "child of God."

Introduction- Have you ever been told that you are special? We need to understand that we are special, especially in God’s eyes. God does this for us in many ways. We find this truth communicated in I John. “And now, little children, abide in Him, that when He appears, we may have confidence and ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

When Your'e Famous Enough For Fools To Want Your Old Socks

Contributed by Gerald Du Preez on Jun 5, 2002

People strive to find meaning in "things", feeling their current existence is insignificant. They forget that God is the God of the insignificant!

"When you’re famous enough for fools to want your old socks" (Or "The God of the insignificant") Job 8:7 "Though your beginning was insignificant, yet your end will increase greatly." (NAS) Browsing through the business section of the Sunday Times of 12/12/99, I came across an article that ...read more

Scripture: Job 8:7

Denomination: Apostolic

Bite Your Tongue!

Contributed by Darrin Fish on Dec 10, 2007

The ability to speak is a wonderful thing, But how we use that ability can often make a tremendous difference in both our own life and the lives of others.

I don’t know how many of you have heard about this this week • Don Imus made a comment that has stirred up the media, and everyone from Hillary Clinton to Oprah Winfrey . • What was happening was the Rutgers women’s basketball team had just lost the NCAA championship game. • And Imus was saying ...read more

Scripture: James 3:1-12

Denomination: Christian Church

What Is In Your Hand? Series

Contributed by Charles Cockroft on Aug 15, 2007

God want you to work with Him no matter what your former falures were.This is number 5 of a series

What is in your hand? We have been looking at Life Changing Questions that God asked. “Where are you?”, “Who said you were Naked?”, “Why are you laughing?”, “What is your name?” Today the next Question is “What is in your hand?”. Exodus 4:2 (KJV) And the LORD said unto him, What is ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 4:2, Exodus 4:3

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Change Your Mind! Series

Contributed by Kerry Haynes on Oct 1, 2017

God calls us to radically change our mindset, to be like-minded, humble-minded, and Christ-minded. As we follow Jesus, we learn to value others above ourselves and to truly live the way we were meant to live, so a watching world will take note.

Philippians 2:1-11 Change your Mind! Sometimes people easily change their mind. I heard about a guy who e-mailed his ex. He said, My dearest Susan, I’ve been so desolate ever since I broke off our engagement. Simply devastated. Won’t you PLEASE consider coming back to me? You hold a place in my ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 2:1-11

Denomination: Baptist

Our Compassion And Our Consecration

Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Dec 16, 2021

It is believed by many that some of the best training for life that one receives at college is not in the classroom, but in the dormitories.

That is, there are some roommates that can teach you more about life in the dorm, than any college professor can teach you in a classroom. One thing they certainly can teach you a lot about is patience. When you have a roommate in the dorm: • When you want to study, he wants to play the radio • ...read more

Scripture: Romans 15:1-13

Denomination: Baptist

Guard Your Heart

Contributed by Jerry Flury on Sep 28, 2006

Guard your heart above all else for it impacts everything you do

GUARD YOUR HEART PROVERBS 4:20-27 I used to watch Steve Irwin, the Crocodile Hunter on TV whenever I got a chance. So many times I thought for sure he would be fatally bitten by a snake, crushed and killed by a crocodile, or mauled to death by some wild beast. It was a shock and surprise to learn ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 4:20-27, Proverbs 4:1

Denomination: Baptist

Taming Your Tongue Series

Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Nov 4, 2005

Sometimes we say things that we really don’t mean to say. Sometimes we are downright mean in our speech. James outlines four critical truths about taming your tongue in James 3:1-12.

Scripture An elderly man had serious hearing problems for a number of years. His family tried again and again to convince him to get a hearing aid. Finally he relented. He went to the doctor and was fitted for a set of hearing aids that allowed him to hear 100 percent. A month later he went back ...read more

Scripture: James 3:1-12, James 3:3-10

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Finish Your Race Series

Contributed by Rodney V Johnson on Feb 21, 2016

This is Part 6 of my series titled "Choices" and is titled "Finish Your Race." The message focuses on the motivation behind what we do for Christ and how we live out our Christianity.

Choices Part 6 Finish Your Race Scriptures: 1 Corinthians 9:24-27; Matthew 7:13-23; 25:31-46 Introduction This message is part six and the conclusion of my series “Choices.” In my message on last Sunday I asked you to choose love. The reason that I asked you to choose love is ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 25:31-46

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Three Items For The Baptism Checklist Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jun 5, 2012

Your child is beginning a journey that will end in the arms of the Father: here's what you must do as mission controllers to help ensure a good ending.

Homily for Infant Baptism Today is a very special time in your families’ lives. Today is the day in which I, acting as a minister of Jesus Christ, and by the grace of the Holy Spirit, launch your child into a trajectory that, many years from now, should land him/her in the arms of the ...read more

Scripture: Mark 10:13-16

Denomination: Catholic

Control Your Stress Series

Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Aug 11, 2015

How do you respond , what do you do when tribulation, trials, or difficult times attach themselves to your life? Do you tribulate or rejoice?

“Living a Joy-full Life: Control Your Stress” Phil. 4:1-9 I love the old story about a devout servant who was agonizing excessively over a certain experience when she was asked by her mistress, “Why do you agonize so long and so deeply over your misfortune? After all, ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 4:1-9

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed