Sermons on What Does God Require:

What Leaders Are Called To Do

Contributed by Eyriche Cortez on Jan 11, 2014

Leaders are equippers. It requires hard work. It renders our work to become more effective. It rests on teaching the word of God.

One of the most thought-­‐provoking articles I’ve read lately is “8 Reasons Most Churches Never Break the 200 Attendance Mark.”1 Now the author Carey Nieuwhof is not saying that it is a sin to be a small church. He just analyzed why it stays small. Nieuwhof clarifies that ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:12-13

Denomination: Baptist

God Requires Us To Come With Clean Hands And A Clean Heart Series

Contributed by Michael Trigg on Oct 15, 2006

We must resist the pressures to secularise our faith and to accept the beliefs of other gods. We must seek the peace of God in His Word, not in the words of humans.

God requires us to come with Clean Hands and a Clean Heart ZECHARIAH 5:1 – 11 INTRODUCTION. God requires us to come to Him with clean hands and a clean heart. This means that we need to look clean but we also need to be clean inside. I find it interesting that the world so often concentrates on ...read more

Scripture: Zechariah 5:1-11

Denomination: Baptist

Does God Really Love Least Things Series

Contributed by William Fix on Feb 4, 2002

Does God really love least things? Have you ever thought of yourself as insignificant? Least probably in all of God’s creation? What does God’s Word say about the least? Who are they? It may surprise you that if you are least by your own choosing, Go

This is the final message from the series entitled Does God Love These Things. We have explred the following: 1. "Does God Love Laughter?" 2. "Does God Love Lost People" 3. "Does God Love, Love Making?" Today we are going to look at a forth question. "Does God Really Love Least Things?" I ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 25:1-45, Luke 15:19

Denomination: Methodist

Whom Shall I Send?

Contributed by Carl Willis on Sep 22, 2006

This message was shared along with my testimony of my recent trip to India to conduct a series of crusades and chuch leader trainings. It is a challenge to the congregation to be available to God’s purposes in their lives.

Whom Shall I Send? Isaiah 6:8 Isaiah 6:8 (KJV) Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me. A Search for the Willing  God is looking for those who will go  Where He sends  According to His ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 6:8

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

What Is Happiness, Really? Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jun 4, 2021

Happiness does not come from anything this-worldly. If you restrict happiness and joy to material things, you are doomed to disappointment.

Happiness Is . . . When I was in my teens, it was still legal to advertise cigarettes on television, so we were often overwhelmed with those kinds of commercials. I think the one that was most offensive was the one that used a popular jingle to say “Happiness is the taste of” a particular cancer ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1:1-7, Matthew 5:1-12, 1 John 2:16

Denomination: Catholic

God's Love Is Personal

Contributed by Alan Perkins on Sep 2, 2001

What does it mean to say that God’s love is "personal"? What difference does it make?

Most people would agree, I think, that our society is becoming increasingly impersonal. More and more of the daily activities that used to involve contact with another human being are being automated. For instance, some of us are old enough to remember the days before telephone answering machines ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 139:10-16

Denomination: Baptist

What Is Love? Series

Contributed by Bobby Stults on Aug 22, 2012

What is love? Our society tells us so many deceptive things about love, but what does God’s word say about it...

TEACHING BRIEF Date Written: August 22, 2012 Date Taught: August 22, 2012 Church: OPBC (Wed Night) FOUNDATIONAL ELEMENTS Series Title: A Study of 1 Cor 13 [LOVE] Sermon Title: What is Love - Introduction Text: 1 Cor 13 NIV (read ALL passage here) Introduction: What is love? What does it ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Denomination: Baptist

What Does It Actually Mean To Study To Show Thyself Approved Unto God? Series

Contributed by Bruce Hadley on May 18, 2021

As Christians, we are often told we must study to show ourselves Approved unto God rightly dividing the word of truth. But what if, I don’t read that well, I have bad study habits or I just don't understand what I read? Does that mean I'm not approved by God?

As Christians, we are often told, that we must study to show ourselves Approved unto God as workmen not ashamed but rightly dividing the word of truth. But, what if, as the image displays of the little boy reading his Bible, we are unable to understand what we read. What about those who don’t read ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 2:15

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Jonah Sulks Series

Contributed by Alan Mccann on Nov 4, 2006

Jonah’s heart is revealed as not right and God is concerned with the conversion of people more than we are.

Jonah 4 What makes you angry? Do you get angry very easily? Anger is such an important emotion but it is also a very revealing emotion. It tells us something is wrong – the problem is it does not tell us if the thing which is wrong is outside or inside us. We get angry because something is not ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 4:1-11

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

And Then What?

Contributed by Michael Stark on Jul 4, 2020

Each follower of the Christ has had the experience of praying earnestly, only to be disappointed to discover that God has not answered his/her prayer. When God doesn't answer our earnest request, then what?

“[Jesus] told [His disciples] a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart. He said, ‘In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected man. And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, “Give me justice against my ...read more

Scripture: Luke 18:1-8

Denomination: Baptist

Does God Care About Money? Series

Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on May 20, 2012

We may not like having our cages rattled when it comes to issues of money and especially when it comes to giving. People are often offended by the question, ‘How much do you make?’ The question God is most likely to ask us is ‘how much did you give?’

There are things we do now that matter later more than we realize they will. Mickey Mantle once said, ‘If I would have known I would live this long I would have taken better care of myself’. A healthy faith is knowing now what will matter then. This morning is a very important ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:19

What Is A Witness? Series

Contributed by Bobby Stults on Jan 13, 2009

What does it mean to be a witness for Christ?

Sermon Brief Date Written: December 1, 2008 Date Preached: December 3, 2008 Where Preached: OPBC (Wed PM) Sermon Details: Sermon Series: A Study of John’s Letters Sermon Title: What Is A Witness? Sermon Text: 1 John 1:1-4 1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 1:1-4

Denomination: Baptist

The Fragrance Of Christ's Presence

Contributed by Wayne Burnett on Feb 26, 2001

The presence of Christ in our life is a sweet smelling fragrance to God and the world

THE FRAGRANCE OF CHRIST’S PRESENCE 2 COR 2:14-17 I. THE VICTORY OF CHRIST OVER HIS ENEMIES A. A parallel drawn from the roman custom of celebrating a triumphant outcome in battle 1-a king leading a defeated foe to further humiliate him -Col 2:15 And having spoiled principalities and powers, ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 2:14-17

Denomination: Church Of God

We Exist For Him And Them

Contributed by Jeremy Houck on Oct 2, 2005

We as a church exist for the sole purpose of Praiseing God and welcoming the lost.

We Exist For Him and Them 1 Corinthians 14:22-25 I think that we need to talk about some stuff tonight that we really can’t comfortably talk about on Sunday mornings. It’s family business stuff, and when you have guests over to your house, you don’t talk about family issues. You try to keep things ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 14:22-25

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Christ, The Church, & Our World Today

Contributed by Melvin Newland on Jul 2, 2002

God’s plan has never changed. He has commissioned the church to "…go into all the world & make disciples of all people, baptizing them in the name of the Father, & of the Son, & and the Holy Spirit."

MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER CENTRAL CHRISTIAN CHURCH BROWNSVILLE, TX ILL. Many of you grew up in a little town much like the one that I am going to describe to you now. It isn’t very different from many small towns even today. So travel back with me for a few moments to your Hometown, USA. ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 28:18-20

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ