Sermons on Vision Setting:

Satan's Devices - Reality Check!

Contributed by Brandon Max on Oct 21, 2021

Every once and while when it comes to my walk and relationship with God, I need a “Reality Check !” I need to be snapped out of my complacency, I need to be shaken out of my own personal delusion, and set back on the right course. Our text today stands as a Spiritual Reality Check for us all.

REALITY CHECK ! TEXT: 1 Peter 5:8 Every once and while when it comes to my walk and relationship with God I need what I am going to call a “Reality Check !” And what I mean by that, is that I need to be snaped out of my complacency, I need to be shaken out of my own personal delusion... And set ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 5:8

Denomination: Baptist

Is There Evidence That Jesus Christ Is Alive After Death? An Examination Of The Facts

Contributed by Justin Steckbauer on Apr 10, 2023

For me, it’s obvious that Jesus Christ is alive right now. Because he changed my life forever. He set me free from sins and addictions. He changed my family. My grandpa. My mom. He’s still changing lives everyday in this very city, and across the face of the Earth.

If Jesus is dead then I’m a fraud. If Jesus is dead right now, then we’re all a joke. The atheists would be right. The world would be right. All the good in the world wouldn’t really be good, all the bad wouldn’t really be bad, all our work would be for nothing, and our lives would be truly ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:20-23

Denomination: Salvation Army

The Domino Effect

Contributed by Jeff Taylor on Apr 26, 2023

We're going to see from God's Word how the end times are lining up as we speak. Like setting up dominoes to fall into each other, you'll recognize that we're not very far from the domino effect happening and everything coming together.

We're going to see from God's word today just how relevant this ancient text, the Bible, is with the modern things you get to read every morning. Let's read Luke 21:25 and following. "And there will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars: and on the earth, distress of ...read more

Scripture: Luke 21:25

Denomination: Pentecostal

God Will Complete What He’s Started In You

Contributed by John Gaston on Apr 28, 2023

Many Christians can't see the working of God in their life. We know it’s a good work because a GOOD GOD began it! He’s set out the good plan He has in mind for us -- He’s creating, developing, training, pruning, purging, & building us up.

GOD WILL COMPLETE WHAT HE’S STARTED IN YOU Phip. 1:6 INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR: UNCHANGED? 1. A parable is told of a community of ducks waddling off to duck church one Sunday to hear their duck preacher. The duck preacher spoke eloquently of how God had given the ducks wings with which to fly. ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 1:3-6

Denomination: Assembly Of God

A Proper Response To Crisis Series

Contributed by Otis Mcmillan on Nov 15, 2022

Before the situation with Sennacherib had been settle, Hezekiah had become very ill. In his weaken condition, Hezekiah received this unsettling message from God’s prophet, Isaiah. "Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live." How does he respond.

Subject: A Proper Response to Crisis Text: Isaiah 38:1-8 Isa 38:1 “About that time Hezekiah became deathly ill, and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to visit him. He gave the king this message: “This is what the Lord says: ‘Set your affairs in order, for you are going to die. You will not ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 38:1-8, Ecclesiastes 3:1-6, James 1:2-4, 2 Timothy 3:16-17, 2 Chronicles 16:9  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Methodist

Overcoming Obstacles To Serving God

Contributed by Mark Mitchell on Sep 9, 2023

We all have fears that inhibit us from serving God. Fears of the world, fears of ourselves, fears of the enemy. For God gave us a spirit, not of fear, but of power and of self control. 2 Timothy 2:17 When we set aside our fears we make room for the power of God to work through us.

Godly Passion (v.19) A. A drive provoked by emotion B. Jesus was driven by an anguish over the multitudes who He saw as having no shepherd and as a result He said the fields are ready. (Matthew 9:36-37) C. In this passage Paul was driven by passion to the ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

The Peril Of Presumption Series

Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Jan 4, 2006

James helps us not to fall prey to the peril of presumption in today’s text. He does so by first looking at the problem of presumption. Then he helps us understand the perspective of providence.

Scripture Jim Elliot was martyred fifty years ago today on January 8, 1956. The life and death of Jim Elliot is the testimony of a man committed to the will of God. He sought God’s will, pleaded for it, waited for it, and—most importantly—obeyed it. Jim Elliot’s martyrdom at the tender age of ...read more

Scripture: James 4:13-17

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Making His Habitation Holy Series

Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Feb 17, 2010

In a burst of messianic grandeur sparked by disclosing a portion of His future glory in Jerusalem, the Lord shouts out in prophetic anticipation to prepare those who are to be His people. Let us also experience the excitement of God within our text as He

ZECHARIAH 2: 6-13 MAKING HIS HABITATION HOLY [Psalm 2; Revelation 18:4-7, 21] Though the passage has application to Zechariah's day it is also a prophecy of the future. In a burst of messianic grandeur sparked by disclosing a portion of His future glory in millennial Jerusalem, the Lord ...read more

Scripture: Zechariah 2:6-13

Denomination: Baptist

God Can Make You A "Could-Be" Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Oct 7, 2018

A poem once declared "I'd rather be a could-be if I cannot be an are, because a could-be is a maybe who is reaching for a star." The story of Joseph tells of God's desire to make "could-be" of all His followers.

OPEN: Milton Berle was a comedian a few decades back and he wrote a poem that went like this: “I'd rather be a could-be if I cannot be an are; because a could-be is a maybe who is reaching for a star. I'd rather be a has-been than a might-have-been, by far; for a might-have-been has never been, ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 37:5-11, Genesis 41:39-44, Genesis 39:1-23

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Gift Of The Sanctifying Savior Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Dec 12, 2021

Jesus was sent to "sanctify" us. What does that mean and what difference can it make in your life?

In Luke we’re told that the Shepherds went to Bethlehem to see the baby Jesus. But back in 1999, someone not only went to see the baby Jesus… they took him home. They took him from the Daly Plaza in Chicago, IL and though authorities found Him and returned Him to the nativity, someone stole him ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 6:9-11

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

How The Holy Spirit Can Lead You As He Led Jeremiah

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000

The Holy Spirit can lead you to realize exactly what God has appointed you to be, do and accomplish. The Bible says, "The word of the Lord came to me, saying, ‘Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed y

How The Holy Spirit Can Lead You as He Led Jeremiah Quote: He who has God and many other things has no more than he who has God alone. C.S. Lewis Illustration:Evangelist Paul Rader had many a talk with a banker in New York. The banker would reply that he was too busy for religion. Time passed ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 1:4-19

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

What Kind Of Clay Are You?

Contributed by Jim Twamley on Mar 25, 2003

I think it’s safe to say that the majority of us want to become everything God wants us to be, the problem is that we fall short of God’s perfect plan for our lives. Too often we take matters into our own hands and mess up God’s plan for us. We end up set

On an overhead slide draw four symbols a star, a plus sign, a circle and a square. Then ask your audience to pick one of the symbols and then share which sign they picked with the person sitting closest to them. Then interpret the signs, “Research shows that if you picked the square you are a ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 18:1-12

Denomination: Pentecostal

Holy Spirit: Navigational System

Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Sep 9, 2010

Christians have an internal navigational system. Jesus sent the Holy Spirit, who lives in us to “guide into all truth” (John 16: 13). If you need direction as to where to set the course of your life, don’t rely on your own way. Use God’s VOR system. He wi

Opening illustration: Have you ever wondered how an airplane pilot knows how to get from point A to point B? Most likely, he uses VOR, short for VHF Omni-directional Radio Range, a navigational system invented in the early 1950s. It still guides many aircraft to their destination today. The pilot ...read more

Scripture: John 16:7-15

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

What You Confess You Will Possess Part 2 Series

Contributed by Jeff Budzinski on Jul 30, 2010

• I want to continue this morning on what we spoke about last week. What we confess, we will possess. • We discussed that the words we speak set the tone for our life. • We must be in agreement with God’s Word if we expect to have what we say. • We ar

Introduction • I want to continue this morning on what we spoke about last week. What we confess, we will possess. • We discussed that the words we speak set the tone for our life. • We must be in agreement with God’s Word if we expect to have what we say. • We are ...read more

Scripture: Mark 11:12-24

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

To My Children

Contributed by Patrick Nix on Mar 23, 2011

Before the sun sets again, I must tell you what you mean to me. I love you. I’m so proud of you and thankful for the opportunity to be your father. You are so beautiful in my eyes. I couldn’t be happier with you. I have loved you since the moment that you

Before the sun sets again, I must tell you what you mean to me. I love you. I’m so proud of you and thankful for the opportunity to be your father. You are so beautiful in my eyes. I couldn’t be happier with you. I have loved you since the moment that you were conceived. You are mine ...read more

Scripture: Deuteronomy 6:1-9

Denomination: Baptist