Sermons on Well Pleased:

You Can't Please Everyone Series

Contributed by Jonathan Mcleod on Mar 2, 2009

You can’t please everyone, but you can please God.

To receive free weekly emails contact jonrmcleod@yahoo.com Visit Jonathan’s blog - http://jonathan-mcleod.blogspot.com/ PEOPLE PLEASING The Apostle Paul wrote the Letter to the Galatians to expose the error of a group known as the Judaizers. The Judaizers were Jewish Christians who taught that ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 1:6-12

Denomination: Baptist

How Can We Please God?

Contributed by John Rollyson on Dec 28, 2010

As Christians, God desires our obedience.

How Can We Please God? 1 Peter 2:4-10 Intro: God desires our obedience..... Thomas Platter had such a great zeal for studying the ancient tongues that he supported himself through manual labor by day and at night studied with sand in his mouth, that the gritting against his teeth might keep him ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:4-10

Denomination: Baptist

"Please Help Us Rescue People"

Contributed by Brad Henry on Dec 9, 2011

Evangelism is at the heart of the Gospel. This lesson will show "Why" we need to share our faith.

Our new book “Failing Doesn’t Mean You’re A Failure” will be out of editing next week and then into production for 3 weeks. It will hopefully be finished by December 21st. With any book there are always testimonies and I am very thankful for those people who were able to ...read more

Scripture: Acts 7:9-10

Will The Real Jesus Please Stand Up? Series

Contributed by Jeffrey Payne on Sep 14, 2015

Introduction to "Discovering Jesus," a series exploring the life of Christ from the book of Mark.

Introduction I hadn’t really thought about it until just recently, but for all of my adult life I have been on a quest. The goal of my quest is to ascertain, apprehend and acquiesce to the person known, in English, as the Lord Jesus. I have wanted to go beyond my immediate, personal and ...read more

Scripture: Mark 8:27-33

Denomination: Evangelical Free

Will The Real Mom Please Stand Up?

Contributed by John Gaston on May 10, 2019

Solomon relied on a mother's maternal instinct in order to discern which of two women were the baby's real mother. Mothers are creatures with a touch of the divine; they love sacrificially as only God can.

WILL THE REAL MOM PLEASE STAND UP? 1 Kgs. 3:16-28 INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR 1. We all know what today is! It’s the Special day to Celebrate all our Mothers! That’s why Mother’s Day is the 3rd most celebrated holiday, just after Christmas and Easter. 2. If we’re not mothers, we still all have had ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 3:16-28

Denomination: Assembly Of God

We Cannot Please God With Hipocrosy

Contributed by Reggie Corfield on Oct 23, 2013

God honors the prayer that crys out to him for mercy. It does not have to be a lengthy prayer but when it is from our heart it will reach his.

I’m sure many of you are familiar with the nursery rhyme that goes like this “Little Jack Horner, sat in a corner, eating his Christmas pie, he put in his thumb and pulled out a plum and said ……(wait for congregation to answer) what a good boy am I”. Before anyone ...read more

Scripture: Luke 19:9-14

Denomination: Anglican

Where Is Hell, Exactly (Location Please)?

Contributed by Coz Von on May 3, 2014

Much is said about hell, but very few knows where it is! some speculate - do you know where hell is? -exactly where? the Bible does! You must be able to adequately and convincingly prove its location, through many verses.

Where is Hell, exactly? Much is being said about hell, but very few knows where it is, some speculate - do you know where hell is? -exactly? the Bible does! You must be able to convincingly prove its location through many verses. I have been confronted by various opinions when it comes to, the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 10:28, Matthew 10:28-29

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Let Your Life Please God

Contributed by Richard Papafio on Jun 20, 2018

When you live to please God you live a content life

May the peace of the Lord be with you. Topic: LET YOUR LIFE PLEASE GOD Acts 10:1-4 King James Version (KJV) 10 There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band, 2 A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms ...read more

Scripture: Acts 10:1-4

Denomination: Charismatic

Will The Real Jesus Please Stand Up

Contributed by Rodney Rapp on Jun 16, 2021

Will the Real Jesus Please Stand Up

Years ago there was a show 3 or 4 people sitting Panel of contestants Asked different questions to try and determine who was the real person that was performing a specific job or accomplishment. Maybe a artist, inventor, doctor that discovered a new breakthrough in medicine AS each contestant ...read more

Scripture: James 1:2-3, 1 Corinthians 13:4-8

Denomination: Other

Sermon # 4 - Seek To Please God Series

Contributed by Andrew Dixon on Aug 30, 2024

Often we miss out on God’s call for our lives when we disobey the Lord or choose to please people over God. As a church may we not shun our responsibility to proclaim Christ, but stand up boldly to proclaim Christ and the good news of the Gospel.

We read in Jonah 1:4, “Then the LORD sent a great wind over the sea, and a severe storm broke out. It seemed as if the ship were about to break up.” (ISV) As we continue these studies on the life of Jonah, we will be pleasantly surprised to know that there is a lot that we as a church can learn ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 1:4, 1 Samuel 15:30, John 3:1-2, John 12:42-43, John 19:38, Matthew 26:69-70  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Other

Determining To Please Him In Every Way PRO Sermon

Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Nov 14, 2023

Encourages believers to live in faith, understand obedience, and strive to please God in all circumstances, guided by His word and the Holy Spirit.

Good morning, brothers and sisters. It's a joy to be here with you today. We stand on the edge of a new day, ready to step into the light of God's word. We are here, not by chance, but by the grace and love of our Lord. Our passage today comes from 2 Corinthians 5:9. It says, "So we make it our ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:9

Topics: Obedience

Will The Real Christ Please Stand Up? (Part 1) Series

Contributed by Eyriche Cortez on Nov 7, 2009

How we view Jesus Christ determines how we value Him.

What we think about a person determines how we treat that person. When we think a person is “masungit,”[1] we feel like walking on eggshells when we are with that person. When we think a person is “mabait,”[2] we are more comfortable when we are with him. Our response to that person depends upon ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 16:13-17

Denomination: Baptist

To Please God, You Must First Learn To Walk With God

Contributed by Terry Vaughan on Jan 28, 2002

What must I do to walk with God? Read about three things that you can do to walk with God.

WESTSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH PASTOR: TERRY VAUGHAN SERMON TITLE: TO FIRST PLEASE GOD, YOU MUST LEARN TO WALK WITH GOD “For God so loved the world , that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God sent not His Son into the world ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 11:5, Genesis 5:24

Denomination: Baptist

A Chip Off The Old Block Series

Contributed by Troy Borst on Aug 27, 2015

Today as we look at Matthew 3:16-17, we will find that these verses describe Jesus Christ as a “chip off the old block” and these two small verses have much to say to us about Jesus Christ.

A CHIP OFF THE OLD BLOCK MATTHEW 3:16-17 INTRODUCTION… 3:16s Thus Far (p) We have been on a journey since July as we have been looking at various 3:16s in the Bible: Exodus 3:13-17 shared with us the Name of God and that we can trust Him. Joshua 3:1-17 shows us that God makes a way in our ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 3:16-17

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Want To Live Well? Live Wisely.

Contributed by W F on Apr 19, 2004

James shows us that we can live the full life Jesus has promised by recognizing and correcting the unwise choices we may have made in life.

“Live well, live wisely” James 3:13 - 4:10 Date: 18th April 2004 INTRODUCTION Most people want to live a safe, secure and prosperous life. And this is one thing that Jesus promises to give us when we follow him. “….I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full” (John ...read more

Scripture: John 10:10

Denomination: *other