Sermons on Waters Made Bitter:

How To Keep The Faith

Contributed by Bruce Howell on Apr 11, 2002

How to keep from falling away from the initial commitment made to Christ.

HOW TO KEEP THE FAITH 1 Pet 1:3-9 3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade-- kept in heaven for ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 1:3-9

Denomination: Wesleyan

Sucking Blessings Through A Straw

Contributed by James May on Nov 27, 2007

Trying to receive the blessings of God while we harbor a Root of Bitterness is like trying to drink after eating lemons. The flow is restricted because we are all drawn up inside.

Sucking Blessings Through a Straw #13 in the Book of James Series By Pastor Jim May James has just completed dealing with the power of the tongue to destroy and to bless. Now we will see why the tongue is often put to such terrible use when it is used to destroy a life or a reputation. Most of ...read more

Scripture: James 3:14-18

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Go! And Love One Another John 13:34-35 Series

Contributed by Dean Courtier on Feb 14, 2025

Love is at the very heart of Christianity. Jesus made it clear that love is not just a suggestion but a command.

Go! And Love One Another John 13:34-35 Introduction: Love is at the very heart of Christianity. Jesus made it clear that love is not just a suggestion but a command. In John 13:34-35 (NLT), Jesus says: “So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should ...read more

Scripture: John 13:34-35, Acts 2:44-47, John 15:13, Colossians 3:13, 1 John 3:18, Luke 10:30-37, Romans 10:9  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Pentecostal

Where Do You Swim? Series

Contributed by Troy Borst on Sep 16, 2019

This passage in James encourages us away from negative words and towards positive speech which is obviously the fresh water.

MONDAY MORNING QUARTERBACK SERIES WHERE DO YOU SWIM? JAMES 3:1-12 #JAMESatCCC INTRODUCTION You know, I really hate preaching on things that I need sermons on. It makes me feel more like a hypocrite than I already feel most of the time. As Christians, we have a high bar set by Jesus Christ as the ...read more

Scripture: James 3:13-18

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Potter And His Vessel

Contributed by Dr.w.samuel Legon on Aug 19, 2019

How God made us an cleaned us up after the fall.

THE POTTER AND HIS VESSEL Jeremiah 18: 1 The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, 2 Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words. 3 Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 18:1-6

Denomination: Baptist

Joy In Hard Times

Contributed by Stephen Smarowsky on Feb 10, 2009

“Christians are like teabags. You don’t know how strong they are until you put them in hot water.”

Joy in Hard Times (James 1:2-8) (v2) “Consider it all joy, my brothers, when you encounter various trials…” - James is telling us to CONSIDER it joy when we encounter various trials. - CONSIDER is different then BE. - We are not going to be joyful when we are struggling in the midst of a ...read more

Scripture: James 1:2-8

Denomination: Baptist

Forgiveness!

Contributed by Bala Samson on Apr 13, 2014

Let me stress a point here, when we fail to forgive, we are actually torturing ourselves; because bitterness causes depression, inability to sleep, tension and much more.

THE FIRST WORD OF JESUS ON THE CROSS! Luke 23:34-Jesus said: "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do." (Memorize) Day 34- Mathew 5:44 “But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.”(Memorize) These are the most awesome words uttered ...read more

Scripture: Luke 23:34

Denomination: Pentecostal

Unmasking Satan’s Strategies: Discernment Vs. Suspicion (Part 5)

Contributed by Joseph Ondu on Apr 4, 2023

One of the major rules of engagement in this battle is ‘walking in love.” Once you drift into revenge, bitterness, unforgiveness, grudge, and malice, you have given Satan the advantage over you.

Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the Cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. (Hebrews 12:2) The essence of the concept of spiritual warfare is not to go on a demon/devil hunting ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 12:2, John 8:41-45

Denomination: Pentecostal

Extreme Faith

Contributed by Steve Malone on Mar 11, 2002

In this message we will see that the only call that God has made is to a extreme faith.

Extreme Faith, Getting Out Of The Boat SHOW VIDEO CLIP –EXTREME SPORTS Prayer One afternoon Peter and his friends got into a boat to cross the Sea of Galilee. Jesus wanted to be alone (He was off in the hills praying), so they were boating without him. But Peter didn’t mind – he’d been on ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 10:37-38

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

He Leads Me Series

Contributed by J.d. Tutell on Jan 10, 2011

The shepherd must provide freedom for the sheep to find rest and providing them with still water comes at great cost to the shepherd.

As we continue to walk through the 23rd Psalm we see that David knew who would provide for him. The answer was God. Last week we looked at the first verse, “The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want.” We saw that this verse contains the beautiful promise that God will provide for our needs. We ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 23:1-6

Denomination: Baptist

Creativity

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 5, 2001

How we are made in the image of our Creator to be innovative

Unit 2 – Creativity Lesson 3 Definition of creativity – Using the abilities and gifts God has given us to do His work Key Verse – I Cor. 9:22b – I have become all things to all men so that by all possible means I might save some. For the Teacher’s Preparation 1. The Aim: To help the people learn ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

A Kingdom Of Equals

Contributed by David Dewitt on Jan 9, 2001

We are all made equal by the power of Jesus Christ

A Kingdom of Equals Matthew 20.1-16 August 17, 1997 Morning Service Introduction I. New Series of Sermons: Stories from Heaven - Study of the Parables, II. Quote: God created all men but Samuel Colt made them equal III. World Measures: wealth, occupation, position, power or other such stuff IV. ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 20:1-16

Denomination: Church Of God

Legalism

Contributed by Lou Nicholes on Sep 8, 2004

Are you too caught up in man-made laws?

The story was told some years ago of a pastor who found the roads blocked one Sunday morning and was forced to skate on the river to get to church, which he did. When he arrived the elders of the church were horrified that their preacher had skated on the Lord’s Day. After the service they held a ...read more

Scripture: Mark 2:23-28

Denomination: Baptist

Holy And Blameless Series

Contributed by Bramwell Hayes on May 1, 2006

Discussion of what it means to be made Holy and Blameless by Christ

This is the second in a series looking at the first chapter of Paul’s letter to the Christians at Ephesus. Last time we looked generally at the Spiritual blessings that Christ has won for us. We saw how these blessings are not material blessings, not blessings of worldly goods or of good health or ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 1:1-5

Denomination: Salvation Army

Extreme Makeover: Soul Transformation Series

Contributed by Todd Bishop on Mar 30, 2007

Everyone has areas of their lives that need to be made new.

I came across some interesting statistics a few years ago. Someone went to the trouble to research what people do with their time, & came up with these results: If we live to be 75, most of us will have spent 3 solid years, 24 hours a day, acquiring an education - grade school, high school & ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:1-2

Denomination: Assembly Of God