Sermons on Usefulness:

Living The Lord's Prayer: Forgive Us Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jan 3, 2016

The practical love we show to the poor is critical for our discipleship.

Thursday after Epiphany 2016 Joy of the Gospel As we celebrate this day after Epiphany, we continue the readings from St. John that ornament our Christmas-Epiphany season. We also continue our review of the Pope’s long letter, the Joy of the Gospel, and we do so in this Holy Year of mercy. ...read more

Denomination: Catholic

How The Holy Spirit Helps Us

Contributed by Mark H. Stevens Thd on Jan 6, 2016

A Sermon Created to Help The Congregation Realize the Purpose and POWER of The Holy Spirit in THEM.

When we receive Jesus into our lives, the Holy Spirit comes and resides in our hearts as a guest - a guest who is with us forever (John 14:16-17 and Ephesians 1:13, 14), available to help us when we face difficulties. He fulfils this ministry in a number of ways. We have an advantage over the Old ...read more

Scripture: Acts 1:8

Denomination: Pentecostal

“the Bible Is Useful” Series

Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Jan 19, 2016

God's Word helps us walk the path of righteousness.

Last time, we focused on the first phrase of verse 16, “All Scripture is God-breathed,” as we thought about how the Bible is inspired. We talked about how our Bible came to us as they are today and how the early church determined which writings were to be considered inspired by God and ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:16-17

Denomination: Baptist

Three Thing The Lord Require Of Us

Contributed by Ronald Matandakufa on Feb 10, 2016

God is much more interested in our life style then in ceremonies and sacrifaces that we may perform. Its about how we relate to God and one another.

Recently, I had a story about a certain man who was very poor. He really struggled to make ends meet in life. Putting food on the table and taking his children to school was a problem. It so happened that this man becomes sick for a long time and eventually he died. What actually made his health ...read more

Scripture: Micah 6:1-8

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Isaiah Predicts Christ's Suffering For Us

Contributed by Mark A. Barber on Mar 10, 2014

Hundreds of years before Christ came, Isaiah recorded the event of Jesus' sacrificial suffering, death, and resurrection.

Isaiah Predicts Christ’s Suffering for Us Isaiah 53:1-12 Introduction When Jesus walked with two of His disciples on the road to Emmaus in Luke 24, He asked them why they did not believe what the prophets had spoken about Jesus, that Jesus would suffer and then enter into His glory. He ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 53:1-12

Denomination: Independent/Bible

"Empty Makes Us Jesus Strong"

Contributed by Gerald Roberts on Apr 18, 2014

The empty tomb makes us Jesus Strong because there is absence but there is also a presence, the tomb is empty that alone creates hope, empty allows us to rise above, and this is because we are Jesus Strong.

Empty makes us Jesus Strong Mark 16:1-8 On the morn of resurrection Mary Madeleine encountered a Massive Void "The Tomb was empty". Mark 16:8Trembling and bewildered, the women went out and fled from the tomb. They said nothing to anyone, because they were afraid. Mary feels Empty she ...read more

Scripture: Mark 16:1-8

Denomination: Methodist

Marijuana Use: Willingly Walking Into Bondage

Contributed by Terry Frazier on Feb 1, 2014

What's really behind the movement in America to legalize marijuana? Why do we want to sanction people being put into bondage to a substance and in a broader sense sin? This is very troubling as Christians seem to be having a hard time standing against sin

A couple of weeks ago I preached a message on the Christian views on legalizing marijuana in America. If you’ll recall, I wasn’t very supportive of the idea. The notion that we can legalize sin and somehow make state sanctioning of sin a good thing despite the fact that legalizing ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 4:9-11

Denomination: Baptist

God Is In The Business Of Using Ordinary People

Contributed by David Taylor on Feb 27, 2014

Being an Authentic Follower of Jesus: God is in the Business of Using Ordinary People

Being an Authentic Follower of Jesus: God is in the Business of Using Ordinary People Luke 9:37-56 Demain comment In Chapters 8 and 9 Luke describes a series of miracles demonstrating Jesus’ power and authority – healing the sick, delivering the oppressed, stopping storms, and over ...read more

Scripture: Luke 9:37-56

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Do Furry Friends Wait For Us

Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Jul 29, 2017

Pets and animals are God's special gift to us. Are they in heaven?

Do Furry Friends Wait For Us Are There Animals In Heaven? There is place of which nearly everyone believes exist, a place of which the beloved John wrote about. "Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away..." (Revelation 21:1) ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 11:6-10

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Till Death Do Us Part Series

Contributed by David Owens on Sep 5, 2017

In this sermon, we are privileged to see how a man of God faced the death of his wife and we learn some lessons about facing grief and helping others through their losses.

A. The story is told of three friends who were hanging out one day, and their conversation grimly turned to the issue of death. 1. One of the friends asked the others, “What would you like people to say about you at your funeral?” 2. One friend answered, “I would want people to say, ‘He was a ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 23:1-20

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

God Fulfills His Promises With Us

Contributed by John Ong on Sep 22, 2017

God is faithful to us, so we must also do our part in aiming the ultimate good, which is to manifest God’s glory.

Sometimes, we can’t comprehend God’s promises in the literal sense, so we should be very careful with our finite human interpretation. The scope of God’s Word is indeed beyond our understanding, and so we must consider that His fulfillment is much broader and much grander than what we could ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

‘five Blessing The Word Gives Us’

Contributed by Tony Abram on Sep 16, 2018

The blessing of hearing, reading and living the Word of God!

‘FIVE BLESSING THE WORD GIVES US’ The blessing of hearing, reading and living the Word of God! I. HELPS KEEP US FROM SINNING. Psalms 119:11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee. II. WE CAN BE BLESSED IN ALL WE DO. Luke 11:28 But he said, Yea rather, blessed are ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 119:9-11

Let Us Give Thanks To God.

Contributed by Barnabas Park on Sep 20, 2018

We need to give thanks to God based on what He did in Christ (Roma 1-11) by worshiping Him in offering our body as sacrifice and committing ourselves to the body of Christ.

“Let us give thanks to God” (Romans 12:1, 4-5) 1. And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice—the kind he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him. 4 Just as our bodies ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:1, Romans 12:4-5, Romans 3:23-25

Denomination: Baptist

Hope When Obstacles Discourage Us Series

Contributed by Jim Butcher on Nov 15, 2018

Encouragement on how to not lose heart. How does God use struggles to move us forward spiritually?

WHY DO WE GET DISCOURAGED? Obstacles weigh us down. - 2 Corinthians 4:16a. - In one sense, it’s good news that the first part of v. 16 is in there. It’s a reminder to us that God knows that we get discouraged and need a little hope. These verses are in here to give us that hope. Hopefully ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:16-18

Denomination: Baptist

The Gospel Should Mean Everything To Us.

Contributed by Mark Mitchell on Jan 8, 2019

While we are comfortable in our homes and pews there are people around the world who are suffering and dying for the sake of the gospel. This should embolden us to preach the gospel ever more.

I. Stephen’s death seems to instigate the persecution of the church. A. The stoning was likely illegal. B. It was a result of the crowd’s emotions being stirred up. C. It seems to have emboldened Saul carry out his persecution of the church. II. The church persecuted. A. This portion of this verse ...read more

Scripture: Acts 8:1-4

Denomination: Baptist