Sermons on Worship Choices:

Number One Draft Choice

Contributed by John Beehler on Jan 1, 2003

Through no effort or work on our part, we have been chosen and blessed.

Number One Draft Choice Well, here we are in the New Year. New Year’s resolutions, the end of our breaks from school and work, and the end of the College Football Bowl games marathon. How many here watched any of the bowl games offered this year? Did anyone get burnt out watching ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 1:3-14

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Choice Each Must Make

Contributed by Gene Gregory on Nov 17, 2003

Examining the responses to Jesus’ birth, we see the choice each of us must make.

A DECISION YOU HAVE TO MAKE - Read Matthew 2 This past week, Pinellas Circuit judge W. Douglas Baird ruled that Terri’s Law, the law governor Jeb Bush and elected state officials passed in order to save the life of Terri Schiavo by preventing her feeding tube from being removed, was ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 2:1-23

Denomination: Baptist

The Test: Is Foolishness The Better Choice? Series

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Oct 16, 2003

Both foolishness and wisdom fail to satisfy. Both lead us to find the answer somewhere else.

The Test: Is Foolishness the Better Choice? (Ecclesiastes 2) Note: The illustrations in this sermon were mostly borrowed from Sermon Central Intro 1. This is the 100th anniversary of powered flight! It was 100 years ago that the Wright Brothers successfully flew the first airplane at Kitty ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 2:1-26, Proverbs 14:16

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Heaven Or Hell, Your Choice

Contributed by Johnny Small on Nov 2, 2003

We make many choices everyday, but there is one choice that everyone must make during their life that will affect them for eternity.

Heaven or Hell, Your Choice We make many choices during our lives. We choose whether we obey our parents as we grow up. We choose whether we study in school. We choose the college that we attend. We choose our hopefully lifelong spouse. We choose our occupation. This is just a few of the ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:8-11, 1 Corinthians 3:11-15

Denomination: Baptist

The Authority Thing: Choice Or Coercion? Series

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on May 17, 2002

To the Jewish people, the Greatest men of the Old Testament were Moses, David, and Elijah, and they expected the Messiah to be like all three of these men in some ways. Jesus proved Himself greater than them all.

The Authority Thing: Choice or Coercion? (Mark 1:21-34) Intro 1. Every quarter in our bulletins we have an insert from Voice of the Martyrs. 2. Today’s insert is about Li Dexian. Let me read part of it: Pastor Li Dexian has been beaten so hard by Chinese government officials that he coughed ...read more

Scripture: Mark 1:21-34

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Three Claims-One Choice

Contributed by Robert Travis on Sep 29, 2001

These are encouraging words in troubled times.

THREE CLAIMS-ONE CHOICE (John 14:1-6) Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive ...read more

Scripture: John 14:1-6

Denomination: Baptist

Lessons From Lot's Choice

Contributed by Joel Santos on Sep 23, 2004

There are some lessons from Lot’s choice that we can apply into our daily living.

The choice of Lot: I. The Excellence of Lot’s Choice 1. Beautiful land 2. Productive 3. Suggestive - luxurant plains of Egypt II.The Drawbacks of Lot’s Choice 1. Bad neighbors 2. Moral contamination 3. Bitter sorrow III. The Sinfulness of Lot’s Choice 1. Avaricious in its origin 2. Selfish in ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 13:1-15

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Formula To Be Happy: It Is Your Choice.

Contributed by Dennis Selfridge on Jun 28, 2004

The steps to be a happy person

The formula to be happy it is your choice. Psalm One Why is this man Blessed? Why is he happy? The simple answer is that taken God into his life as a reality. He has decided to live for what God created him for. Can you agree with me that God made man to be happy? That all men feel a ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 1:1-6

Denomination: Wesleyan

Considering God’s Choice

Contributed by Donnie Martin on Aug 27, 2002

God’s criterion for choosing His servants is far different from man’s in that man tends to look only at the cover of a man, while God looks at the core of a man.

Text: I Sam.16: 1-5, 13a Intro: If you were going to choose someone to do an important job, what would be your criteria? Would they have to have the finest educational background, be a picture of vigor and health, and exude charisma, or would they simply have to be able to do the job, and ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 16:13, 1 Samuel 16:1-5

Denomination: Baptist

Happy Or Unhappy - Your Choice Series

Contributed by Steve Malone on Oct 19, 2006

In this message we are going to talk about 6 choices that you can make every day, choices that will help you build a happy attitude.

THE AWESOME POWER OF ATTITUDE PT 3 "HAPPY OR UNHAPPY, YOUR CHOICE" "CHOICES & BY-PRODUCTS This our 3rd message on attitude... In our first message we discussed such things as: How your attitude reveals the real you (remember the jar of water with the loose lid?); we also talked about how ...read more

Scripture: James 1:2-4

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Choices: When Ministry Is Cumbersome?

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Apr 13, 2006

Do we work for God? Or with God? Martha teaches us a powerful lesson, she had Jesus in her house, but her ministry cumbered her, and she missed an opportunity of being at Jesus’ feet.

CHOICES --- WHEN MINISTRY IS CUMBERED? ATTITUDES --- ELEVATED SELF OPINIONS? MARTHA IS A TATTLETAIL! By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com I. CHOICE: THE ACT OF CHOOSING OPTION CREAM OF THE CROP CARE IN SELECTING DIFFERENT AVAILABLE COURSES OF ACTION Luke 10:38 Now it came to pass, as ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:38-41

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Consider The Choices That You Make

Contributed by Paul Hammons on Mar 13, 2007

Before making any decisions it is wise for us to “Consider the choices that we make.”

“Consider The Choices That You Make” Matthew 7:21-27 When the show “Let’s Make A Deal” aired in the seventies, one of the hardest things for people to do was to make a decision. Monty Hall would give them a choice between the prizes they had already won or they could trade that in for what was ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 7:21-27

The Church's Diet: Healthy Choice Series

Contributed by David Kirkner on Aug 13, 2005

If we want a healthy church then we need to choose to be healthy Christians

The Threeattitudes: Philemon, 2 John, Jude A Church’s Diet: Healthy Choice Philemon If we want a healthy church then we need to choose to be healthy Christians Introduction: In the last several years Americans have become gluttons over the various diets guaranteed to take off extra pounds. We ...read more

Scripture: Philemon 1:1-21

Denomination: Baptist

Easy Or Hard - Your Choice Series

Contributed by Dr. Jerry N. Watts on Oct 8, 2008

God cares only about our obedience, will we make it "easy or hard?"

Easy or Hard – Your Choice Jonah 3:1-3 * When Deb and I were younger and living in Florida, there was a commercial on TV put out by a mechanic’s shop. As I recall, he would pitch his oil change service for a “low price” and would then hold up a burned valve or crankshaft (illustrating the coming ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 3:1-3

Denomination: Baptist

Judgment Or Mercy; The Choice Is Yours Series

Contributed by James May on Oct 10, 2007

#8 in the Book of James study deals with the Holiness of God who will be the judge of all sin, as well as the mercy of God for those who obey his Word and accept Jesus Christ as Lord.

8 Judgment or Mercy; the Choice is Yours Book of James Series By Pastor Jim May The Law of our Land says that a man is innocent until proven guilty. But it is not so with the Judge of the Universe; for God says that all men are guilty until they are made innocent through the blood of the Jesus ...read more

Scripture: James 2:10-13

Denomination: Independent/Bible