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  • Duane Wente avatar

    Wake Up, Church! Awaken Our Hearts Series

    Contributed by Duane Wente on Aug 20, 2021
    based on 2 ratings
     | 6,646 views

    After all is said and done, we need to be living our lives like Jesus lived. We need to awaken our hearts by filling our hearts with the things of God, and living the life modeled by Jesus.

    Many in our country today are claiming to be “woke”. But as we have seen over the past few weeks the church needs to become “woke” — the church needs to wake up, stand up, and defend all that is right, all that is true, all that is holy. Evil is all around. Sin is running rampant. It’s time ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Let’s Wake Up To A Contagious Style Series

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Jan 22, 2017
    based on 4 ratings
     | 11,866 views

    Let’s Wake Up to a Contagious Style – 1 Thessalonians chapter 1 verses 1-10 – sermon by Gordon Curley PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request – email: gcurley@gcurley.info

    SERMON OUTLINE: (1). Thanking and Remembering (vs 2-3): • (a). Work produced by faith (vs 3a). • (b). Labour prompted by love (vs 3b). • (c). Endurance inspired by hope (vs 3c). (2). Evangelizing and Affirming (vs 4-8): • (a). Words (vs 5 & 8). • (b). Deeds (vs 5b). • (c). Signs (vs 5c). ...read more

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    Denomination: Brethren

  • John Williams III avatar

    Wake Up! (First Sunday Of Advent 2018)

    Contributed by John Williams Iii on Oct 24, 2022
     | 2,531 views

    Today’s text reminds us once again, that Jesus was and is and is to come. Jesus was: Jesus was in heaven and left His glory to become obedient. Jesus is: Jesus is the author and perfecter of our faith. Jesus is to come: Jesus is to come again in glory.

    WAKE UP! Text: Luke 21:25 -36 “And there will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth distress of nations in perplexity because of the roaring of the sea and the waves, people fainting with fear and with foreboding of what is coming on the world. For the powers of the heavens will ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

  • Dean Courtier avatar

    Go! And Wake Up! Sounding The Alarm Of Truth Series

    Contributed by Dean Courtier on Dec 26, 2024
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,563 views

    In a world where the Church can sometimes seem content to whisper when it should be shouting, a timely reminder to boldly proclaim the Gospel.

    Go! and Wake Up! Sounding the Alarm of Truth Introduction: Go and Sound the Alarm The Bible is filled with commands to go: "Go into all the world and preach the Good News to everyone" (Mark 16:15, NLT). "Go and make disciples of all the nations" (Matthew 28:19, NLT). These ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Wake Up Sleeper, Its Time To Rise!

    Contributed by Mike Bence on Feb 11, 2025
     | 1,318 views

    We can not be idle in our Christian calling, standing still spiritually can lead to death, we must walk in our faith and calling to reach this world.

    Wake Up Sleeper, its time to Rise! Ephesians 5:8-15 8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light 9 (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth) 10 and find out what pleases the Lord. 11 Have nothing to do with the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Ajai Prakash avatar

    God's Wake-Up Call

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Apr 25, 2024
     | 1,016 views

    God's truth is the best protection against Satan's lies.

    Opening illustration: As we moved to our new home in the Middle-East after the government transferred Maureena and me to a previous location in the mountains, we never expected the place to be hiding scorpions, which would show up regularly in our bathrooms and poisonous snakes that would appear in ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Wake Up To God's Purpose

    Contributed by Jeffrey Sims on Dec 19, 2025
     | 138 views

    God calls us to be spiritually alert and prepared to respond when He calls. There’s a world that needs us now… not later.

    Introduction As a Firefighter one of the worst things in the world that can happen is sleeping through an alarm… I remember one time after we had a long day of hose testing, everybody was pretty tired and we were hoping for a quite night, which never seems to happen… about 1:00 or 2:00 in the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Help Us Series

    Contributed by Dr. Jerry N. Watts on Aug 21, 2008
    based on 7 ratings
     | 4,801 views

    A call to wake up, get up, show up, and help.

    HELP US Jonah 1:6 * For years we have sung the hymn – “Send the Light”. The second verse begins with these words, “We have heard the Macedonian’s call today” and for years I didn’t know what that was or where it was found. Let me read Acts 16:9 for us. (READ) Come and HELP us. What a request. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Let The Worshippers Arise!

    Contributed by Ed Pruitt on Jan 14, 2006
    based on 24 ratings
     | 8,558 views

    It is time for the sleeping Children of God to wake up

    DISCLAIMER: Since there are a large amount of sermons and topics and illustrations that are posted on Sermon Central, I feel it is necessary to place this disclaimer on all of the sermons that I submit. These sermons are original to the author and the leading of the Holy ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

  • Perry Greene avatar

    Lighten Up!

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Feb 25, 2013
     | 4,064 views

    We seek to improve areas in our lives. Our spiritual improvement is key. We must "wake up" and "dress up" in our walk with God.

    1. Improvements • A young wife said to her husband, "Don’t forget to bring home another mousetrap." Her husband said, "What’s the matter with the one I bought yesterday?" She said, "IT’S FULL." • A woman walked into her bathroom at home. As she did, she saw her husband ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Ajai Prakash avatar

    Writing On The Wall

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Jan 25, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,233 views

    Do we as a body of Christ and as a nation glorify God? Time for each one of us to heed to His warnings, stop testing God; come to Him in complete repentance, reliance and rest on Him alone. Let us not give God an opportunity to write on our walls ...

    Opening illustration: Have you ever seen a tragedy coming and could do nothing to stop it? One night as my wife and I were returning from an underground church service, a car passed us at incredible speed, losing control as it sped by. Careening out of control, the car bounced along the center ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    I Will Not Yield Series

    Contributed by David Simpson on Sep 12, 2016
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,846 views

    This message was delivered to a Men's Breakfast group and Sunday services on the fifteenth anniversary of September 11th. Our society and the church have often yielded in many ways since then. A wake up call to the church.

    Sermon Lanier Christian Church September 11, 2016 (Also Hamilton Mill Christian Men’s Breakfast – 9/10/16) David Simpson – Sermon Series: Signs of Life - #3 Signs of Life: I will not Yield Isaiah 42:8 Fifteen years ago today, on a Tuesday, America was shaken to its ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

  • Brian Harrell avatar

    Eternity Is Now In Session - Illumanation. Woke! Series

    Contributed by Brian Harrell on Dec 19, 2019
    based on 3 ratings
     | 6,329 views

    Getting "woke" is big in our culture. Peter got woke to Jesus. Knowing Jesus gave him an entirely new mental map for life.

    These last four weeks we’ve been on a journey together. It’s been a personal journey. We’ve been following a roadmap. A roadmap of discovering Jesus, and allowing him to purge and remove sinful habits, attitudes, thinking and living from our lives. Not because he’s mean that because he knows what’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

  • Justin Steckbauer avatar

    Hebrew Word Study: Qûṣ Awaken, Waking Up To God's New Thing Series

    Contributed by Justin Steckbauer on Jun 5, 2022
     | 1,902 views

    What is it like to be lost? Have you ever been lost, maybe out in the woods, or lost while driving, or maybe when you were a child you lost your mom or dad at the store, and you couldn’t find them?

    What is it like to be lost? Have you ever been lost, maybe out in the woods, or lost while driving, or maybe when you were a child you lost your mom or dad at the store, and you couldn’t find them? It’s scary right? As you realize you may be lost, you start to get a little bit nervous but you ...read more

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    Denomination: Salvation Army

  • Chris Swanson avatar

    Do We Need To Wake Up Our Spiritual Life?

    Contributed by Chris Swanson on Oct 18, 2022
     | 1,045 views

    Have we fallen asleep spiritually? God is calling us to wake up, so what are we to do?

    In verses 1-5: Despite the fact that God had spoken straightforwardly and perceptibly with Moses and Joshua, God’s Word had become uncommon during the three centuries of rule by judges. By the time Eli was High Priest, there were no prophets speaking God's messages to the children of Israel. ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible