Sermons on Up Lift:

It's Too Late To Give Up

Contributed by Cathy Mangum on Jul 24, 2007

This sermon encourages the Christian to hold on and stand firm in the race.

It’s too Late to Give Up Ecclesiastes 9:11 I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all. Thorns in ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 9:11

Denomination: Church Of God

Get The Signal And Get Up And Go Series

Contributed by David Slone on Aug 13, 2007

The first in a series of sermons based on popular street signs. Designed to be a fun series the encourages the body to hear and follow God’s leadership. Nice powerpoint available.

Series: Follow the signs Title: Get the signal and Get up and Go 1:1 The word of the LORD came to Jonah son of Amittai: 2 "Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because their wickedness has confronted Me." 3 However, Jonah got up to flee to Tarshish from the ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

“stepping Up To The Plate!” Series

Contributed by Kyle Sullivan on Jun 15, 2011

Sermon Series I preach when our Church went through Rick Warren's C.L.A.S.S. Christian Life And Service Seminars Thanks to Rick Warren for the Foundation of this Sermon Series

Ephesians 4:14-15 “Then we will no longer be immature like children. We won’t be tossed and blown about by every wind of new teaching. We will not be influenced when people try to trick us with lies so clever they sound like the truth. Instead, we will speak the truth in love, growing ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:14-15

Denomination: Baptist

Deny Ourselves? Take Up The Cross? Series

Contributed by Scott Chambers on Sep 27, 2011

This message is the sixth in a series that deals with some of the difficult sayings of Jesus. This message examines the meaning of denying yourself and taking up your cross.

Sacrifice is a word that has the ability to send shivers down the spines of the majority of us. Of course Christians have reconciled themselves to the idea that this is a part of following Jesus. I would venture to say that our understanding of the concept of sacrifice is much different than ...read more

Scripture: Mark 8:34

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Take Up Your Cross And Follow

Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Aug 29, 2011

What gives Jesus the right to ask us to give up our lives?

Chuck Colson relates this interesting story in his book How Then Should We Live? “In William Steig’s Yellow & Pink, a delightfully whimsical picture book for children, two wooden figures wake up to find themselves lying on an old newspaper in the hot sun. One figure is painted ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 16:21-28

Denomination: Methodist

"Please Don't Give Up"

Contributed by Brad Henry on Sep 1, 2011

If you have ever felt at your wits end with no where to go this message is for you. No matter how lost or how tired you feel God Knows and thats all that matters.

“In 1965 a divorced mother of two, found a classified ad offering a restaurant for sale. She mortgaged her house to purchase the restaurant, the original Chris's steakhouse. In 1976 a fire forced her to relocate. Under the original purchase agreement, the name "Chris Steak House" could not be ...read more

Scripture: Romans 5:3-5

Yes, There Is Shacking Up In The Corinthian Church

Contributed by Tessie R. Simmons on Sep 16, 2011

The Corinthian Church claims spirituality when there is shacking up in the church; the 2011 church makes the same claim.

It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is not found even among pagans; for a man is living with his father's wife. And you are arrogant! Should you not rather have mourned, so that he who has done this would have been removed from among you? For ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 5:1-5

Denomination: Methodist

"Looking Up Without Looking In" Series

Contributed by Rich Anderson on Jan 7, 2011

How do we serve God in all that we do?

Looking Up Without Looking In Let’s look at two Biblical stories; one is found in the Gospel of Luke, chapter 19 verses 1-10 and it is about about a man that went up to see Jesus, and the other is also found in the Gospel of Luke, chapter 5 verses 16-26, and it is about a man who came down to see ...read more

Scripture: Luke 19:1-10

Denomination: Christian Church

"The Ministry Of Just Showing Up" Series

Contributed by Rich Anderson on Jan 10, 2011

God can use each of us in powerful ways, but sometimes all God wants us to do is just show up. He will do the rest.

Just Show Up The prophet Jeremiah, in chapter 29, verses 11-14 writes, “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. And you will ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 29:11-14

Denomination: Christian Church

Keep Jesus Above The Break Up

Contributed by Darren Sirmans on Jan 17, 2011

This sermon will help those who are down in the diatasis. You can only find a way out through Jesus, and only him alone.

Revelation 22: 12 - 16 We can do all things entirely even when the world is crumbling from erosion all around us. The wear and tear cannot stop us from surviving, because Jesus is not dead, the ravages of time have not the victory over the living. Although we are under the decomposition, in us, ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 22:12-16

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

"Turning The World Right Side Up"

Contributed by Ken Sauer on Jan 26, 2011

A sermon on the beatitudes.

Matthew 5:1-12 “Turning the World Right Side Up” By: Ken Sauer, Pastor of East Ridge United Methodist Church, Chattanooga, TN www.eastridge umc.com There’s an old movie about the first test pilots to break the sound barrier. No plane had ever flown faster than the speed of ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:1-12

Denomination: United Methodist

Church Growth Or Church Set Up Series

Contributed by Brad Yock on Mar 14, 2011

"A survival guide"

What every Pastor, Church Leader and seminary student should know. What they don’t teach you in seminary, yet 8 out of 10 pastors fail as a direct result of a church expansion program. This is the most pro active, preventative advice available today. Empowering, enlightening and powerful. ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 4:19

Denomination: *other

Building Up Broken Down Walls

Contributed by Jeremy Poling on Mar 21, 2011

Repairing that which is broken.

Nehemiah 4:1_3 - "1 But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews." "2 And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they ...read more

Scripture: Nehemiah 4:1-3

Denomination: Pentecostal

Standing Up Before Your Dead Series

Contributed by Carl Allen on May 18, 2009

In the Christian life, we will all face times of lose. And with that lose we will grief, but what we do after that grieving period is crucial.

Following In the Footprints of Faith STANDING UP FROM BEFORE THE DEAD Genesis 23:1-20 Intro: We have been privileged to walk with Abraham through the peaks and valleys of a life well lived. We have seen him leave his homeland to walk with God by faith. We have witnessed his successes and his ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 23:1-20

Denomination: Baptist

Will The Real Jesus Please Stand Up? Series

Contributed by Byron Harvey on Jan 18, 2010

In a world that is trying to define Jesus so many different ways, it is important that we answer the questions about Jesus the right way.

“Will the Real Jesus Please Stand Up?” Matthew 16:13-16 January 10, 2010 TossUp Think back to your first memories of hearing about Jesus. What do you remember thinking of Jesus? How did He “come across” to you? In his book American Jesus, Steven Prothero details how ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 16:13-16

Denomination: Evangelical Free