SermonCentral Logo SermonCentral Logo Sermon Central
Sermons
Free Sermons and Sermon Outlines for Preaching :

Sermons on Watch Your Back:

showing 916-930 of 212,248
Filter Results
Close Filters

Scripture

Rating

Date

Denominations

  • Show more

Language

Structure

Sermon Type

Audience

Popular Preaching Resources

New Sermon Series Now Available

Everything you need for your next series

AI Sermon Generator

Generate sermon ideas with a safe, secure tool for solid preaching.

Biblical Sermon Calendar

Customizable sermon manuscripts for verse-by-verse preaching

Sermon Research Assistant

Free custom sermon in 5-10 minutes!

Topical Sermon Calendar

Preach with creativity and impact throughout the year

Funeral Sermon Generator

Create a personalized, heartfelt funeral sermon

Sermon Kits for Preaching

Faithful to the Finish

Peter's final call to a young and growing church

Grace and Glory

A short series through the highlights of 1 Peter

Entrusted

Gifts, risk, and the return of the King

  • Try PRO

    Confident Preaching

    Try PRO free and preach with confidence when people need it most.
    Free to start now
  • Kelvin McKisic avatar

    Don't Look Back

    Contributed by Kelvin Mckisic on Oct 13, 2008
    based on 11 ratings
     | 72,419 views

    Many times our past holds us back from a great relationship with Christ. This message trys to get us to focus on what God has in store for us.

    Jesus makes a very simple statement that relates to a very big problem: our ability to walk away from our old life. This statement to remember Lot’s wife is sandwiched between Jesus’ discussion on how God’s judgment came upon man while he went through his everyday life thinking of the great things ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Derrick Tuper avatar

    Bouncing Back (Part One)

    Contributed by Derrick Tuper on May 23, 2021
     | 7,803 views

    The term bouncing back comes from having suffered through something but not letting it stop you from continuing on. There are many great bounce back stories in the bible. Today we'll look at the example of Joseph, son of Jacob.

    BOUNCING BACK The term bouncing back comes from having suffered through something but not letting it stop you from continuing on. When a boxer has an undefeated streak then suffers his first loss it can be devastating. He's no longer invincible. How will he handle it? Some come back and go on ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Karl Eckhoff avatar

    Don't Shrink Back

    Contributed by Karl Eckhoff on Sep 19, 2002
    based on 40 ratings
     | 6,276 views

    Like God’s people to whom Isaiah spoke in Ch. 55, we can grow to think our circumstances are insurmountable. We can suffer a crisis of faith. Isaiah reassures God’s people of every age that there’s no reason to shrink back from carrying out the work and

    Pentecost 18 A Isaiah 55:6-9 Don’t Shrink Back 09/22/02 Professor William Muehl once visited a fine ancestral home in Virginia. He followed the aged owner, the last of a distinguished colonial family, as she proudly showed him through her home. An ancient rifle above the fireplace intrigued him, ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Philip Harrelson avatar

    A Bowed Back And A Handicapped Mind

    Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Jan 6, 2012
    based on 24 ratings
     | 33,906 views

    The spirit of infirmity can hurt the body and the mind.

    Luke 13:10-13 KJV And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. [11] And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself. [12] And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said unto her, ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Jonathan Spurlock avatar

    Back To Bethel, Part 2

    Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Sep 5, 2020
     | 2,259 views

    Jacob had returned to Bethel before he settled Canaan with his family. Many years later, his descendants were carried away captive and foreigners were brought in to settle some of the cities. One of these was Bethel. What happened to this second group of people at Bethel?

    Introduction: This is the second message in a two-part series on the theme, “Back to Bethel”. The first message was based on Jacob’s return to Bethel, in Genesis 35, and how he led his family to get right with God. This message displays the other side of that concept, namely, a much different “back ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Baptist

  • Derrick Tuper avatar

    Bouncing Back (Part Three)

    Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Jun 6, 2021
     | 3,598 views

    In parts one and two we looked at Joseph and Paul. People like Job, Jesus, Joseph and Paul suffered hardships but they didn't do anything wrong. But what about when our suffering is our fault? How can we bounce back?

    BOUNCING BACK (part three) In parts one and two we looked at Joseph and Paul. People like Job, Jesus, Joseph and Paul suffered hardships but they didn't do anything wrong to bring it upon themselves. Their sufferings weren't because they had sinned yet they bounced back anyway. But what ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Rodney Burton avatar

    Let's Get Back To The Norm

    Contributed by Rodney Burton on Mar 26, 2009
    based on 24 ratings
     | 7,822 views

    A look at the early church and what was normal for them. What are we not doing today that was done in that time? A cry for the church of today to get back to the normal ways of Christianity as outlined in God’s Word.

    THE WAY THINGS ARE IS NOT THE WAY THINGS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE. IT IS TIME THAT THE CHURCH GET BACK TO WHAT IS NORMAL. *The church was born in the power of God’s Spirit, and to think that God would limit the power of His Spirit to that time alone is to limit God Himself. He promises us that the end ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Chris Surber avatar

    Looking Back, Gazing Forward

    Contributed by Chris Surber on Jan 27, 2010
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,227 views

    A sermon for the annual meeting for casting vision in the life of the local church. Principals could be well adapted to another church.

    “Looking Back, Gazing Forward,” Genesis 9:8-17 Introduction One of the very special memories I have from my first trip to the Holy Land last year was that of swimming in the Dead Sea. It is a real adventure. First you head to pit which is filled with sticky and smelly mud. Against ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Christian Church

  • Christopher Lanham avatar

    Putting The "Dog" Back In "Dogma" Series

    Contributed by Christopher Lanham on Jul 22, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,721 views

    How important is dogma to the life of the church?

    Putting the “Dog” in Dogma 2 Timothy 2:1-7 Cascades Fellowship CRC, JX MI Oct. 1, 2006 Mission and Vision, Rnd. II In the movie Dogma Hollywood takes a very irreverent look at the Catholic faith. Cardinal Glick apparently thinks the church suffers from an image problem – it is ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Jerry Flury avatar

    Don't Look Back

    Contributed by Jerry Flury on Dec 30, 2012
    based on 5 ratings
     | 23,233 views

    Three men each making a statement regarding his commitment or lack of commitment to following Christ. Each wanted to follow Christ; none wanted to stop looking back. Their commitment can be described as limited, delayed, and insincere.

    Don’t Look Back Luke 9:57-62 Would you consider yourself a committed Christian? Realistically, are you a disciple of Christ or merely a follower of Christ? There is a difference. Three men each making a statement regarding his commitment or should I say lack of commitment to following ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Baptist

  • Kevin L. Jones avatar

    Getting Back On Solid Ground Series

    Contributed by Kevin L. Jones on Nov 30, 2013
    based on 16 ratings
     | 34,131 views

    A sermon examining the restoration of Simon Peter.

    GETTING BACK ON SOLID GROUND John 21:1-8 Some time ago I was reunited with an old friend that I have not seen in many years. There was a time in his life when he was a faithful servant of the Lord, in fact, he even professed that he had been called to preach. However, somewhere along the way ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Baptist

  • Rich O' Toole avatar

    I'll Be Back

    Contributed by Rich O' Toole on Jan 7, 2025
     | 393 views

    The Ascension of Christ

    I’ll Be Back Acts 1:9-15 Good morning, When we think about famous promises from people who said they would return as they were leaving, what comes to mind? General Douglas MacArthur pledged during World War II… "I Shall Return" as he was leaving the Philippines. One promise to ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Mark Stevens avatar

    Don't Look Back

    Contributed by Mark Stevens on Jan 26, 2001
    based on 71 ratings
     | 9,434 views

    Stay the course of righteousness

    DON’T LOOK BACK! Genesis 19:24 – Lot’s wife didn’t want a future with God because she missed her past sins. Luke 17:31-33 – Jesus said “Remember Lot’s wife.” Why? As a warning to us today, we can easily look back to sins of the past if Christ isn’t in your future. ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Joe Mack Cherry avatar

    Achin' Backs And Dirty Hands

    Contributed by Joe Mack Cherry on Jul 27, 2004
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,761 views

    It took aching backs and dirty hands to rebuild the city of Jerusalem and it requires the same to continue building up Christ’s church today.

    Achin’ Backs & Dirty Hands I. Introduction A. Background to the text is Neh. 1-2. 1. Nehemiah gets disturbing news about the condition of Jerusalem. a.It had lain in ruins for almost a century and a half. b.He had passion for the Lord! Neh. 1: 4 2. He ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Terry Hovey avatar

    Finding Our Way Back

    Contributed by Terry Hovey on May 9, 2025
     | 414 views

    They’ll say that this verse cannot be applied to us today, but my response to that is, “Doesn’t the Bible tell us that everything that is recorded in the past was given to us today as an example?”

    Finding Our Way Back 2 Chronicles 7:14 Our Sunday School lesson today covered 2 Chronicles 7:1-7, 11 which describes the conclusion of Solomon's dedication of the temple. Where after Solomon’s prayer of dedication, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and sacrifices. The ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Methodist