Sermons on You Are My Rock:

Acts 17 - Make An Impact Series

Contributed by Christian Cheong on Aug 7, 2013

Go public with your faith. Touch lives where you are. Believe you have the answer the lost world needs to hear.

If God leads us, and leads us to where He wants us to be, so that we can share what we know about Him and Christ, and thus allowing His Spirit to work in the hearts of the hearers, then it goes to show that all of us can make an impact in someone’s life. • We may not have planned for ...read more

Scripture: Acts 17:16-34

Denomination: Independent/Bible

He Is My Shepherd

Contributed by Dr. Jwt Spies on Mar 18, 2021

Having insight of this Psalm

This was a psalm of David. David is someone whom most of us can associate with. As we look at his life, He knew what it was like to be a lowly servant - as he served as a shepherd of actual sheep. He knew what it was like to be on the top of the social ladder - being the king and shepherd of ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 23:1

Denomination: Baptist

Be Still My Soul

Contributed by Daryl Bahn on Oct 1, 2001

Our troubled souls can find rest in Jesus, who has delivered us. (17th Sunday After Pentecost, Year C)

Listening is an important skill—and one that is not always easy to find or develop. To listen—to really listen—requires patience and effort. The beauty of listening is that without saying a word, we can communicate to somebody that we really care about them and are interested in them as a ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 116:1-10

Denomination: Lutheran

Give Thanks Series

Contributed by Dr. Tom Badia on Feb 18, 2024

Psalm 100 is an excellent guide for entering the presence of God. "Enter his gates with thanksgiving and into his courts with praise: Be thankful unto him, and bless His name." Unthankfulness and silence curses God’s name. It brings him shame.

Series: Intercessory Prayer Training - Topic : Give Thanks Last week we began a spiritual journey on intercession. The objective of this lesson is to enable us to be more effective in our prayer lives Today we want look at lesson number 3 give thanks. Hebrews 12;28 therefore since we ...read more

The Second Coming

Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Dec 2, 2017

Our Advent Gospel today reminds us that i) one day Jesus will return in glory and that we are living in the ADVENT of that time 2. that Jesus wants us to go on living as if he was coming tomorrow - to be on RED ALERT. 3. Jesus wants us to be on our guard

TSJ/TSL 03-12 -17 Mark 13:24-37 Lew Slade records the scene in his sermon entitled : The Second Coming "It is just before midnight on October 22 1844. Come with me to a hillside just outside New York. It’s a balmy evening and we are standing in an enormous crowd numbering upwards of 100 000 ...read more

Scripture: Mark 13:24-37

Denomination: Anglican

I'm An Animal, You're An Animal

Contributed by Larry Wolfe on Jul 5, 2009

A vivid description of my conversion and subseqent discoveries

" I’M AN ANIMAL,YOU’RE AN ANIMAL" The True Confessions of a Writing Evangelist This story begins on a cold wintery day in March of 1980. While searching intensely for the cure for my drink and drug habits, I began reading the Gospel of John on advice from my older brother. He told me once "If ...read more

Scripture: John 15:1-13

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Psalm 22 - Jesus On The Cross Series

Contributed by Sam Mccormick on Aug 29, 2019

"My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?" Jesus' terrible cry on the cross is answered in Psalm 22.

For Sermon Central researchers: I have posted a series of 15 sermons on the Psalms. In recent personal studies I have found the psalms to be richer and more thought-provoking than I had fully appreciated. I had too often swept swiftly through psalms without slowing down to inquire as thoroughly as ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 22:1-31, Psalm 22:1, Psalm 22:21, Luke 1:46-55, Acts 7:53, Galatians 3:19, John 16:13-14, Isaiah 59:1-2  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Lord Is My Shephed

Contributed by David Parks on Sep 18, 2006

"THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD” For nearly thirty centuries the twenty-third Psalm has been one of the most beloved passages in the whole Bible. There are only 118 words in this great Psalm yet these 118 words go to the very depths of our beings and form a roc

"THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD” For nearly thirty centuries the twenty-third Psalm has been one of the most beloved passages in the whole Bible. There are only 118 words in this great Psalm yet these 118 words go to the very depths of our beings and form a rock foundation to sustain us in hours of ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 23:1-6

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Who Controls You?

Contributed by Tex Cox on Jan 30, 2005

You know, my Mama used to tell me, “Tex, if you don’t have anything nice to say – then don’t say anything at all!”

The preacher came to call the other day. He said at my age I should be thinking of the hereafter. I told him, "Oh I do it all the time. No matter where I am - - in the kitchen, upstairs, in the living room, or in the garage, I ask myself, "Now, what am I here after?" Will you bow with me ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 18:20

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

What Keeps People From Jesus

Contributed by Bob Briggs on Dec 16, 2000

Why is it that not everyone embraces the truth of Christ?

27 Turn to Ephesians Chapter 4:17 So where was the problem with the Gentiles? In the futility of their minds. Their problem was in their thinking. 4:18 What keeps people from following Christ? They are blinded in their mind. When it says they have hardness of the heart, it means that ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:17-27, Hebrews 4:12-13

Denomination: Pentecostal

Fire In My Bones

Contributed by Derrick Thompson, Sr. on Jul 26, 2004

Even though Jeremiah had decided to keep still, he could not, because the truth of God’s Word on the inside was as a burning fire shut up in his bones.

Sunday Morning - July 25th, 2004 Let us pray Welcome... We were blessed last Sunday as Rev. Ron Schuckert shared the Word of God with us.... As Christians this morning we all should have a testimony to share of what God has done for us. It is very easy to talk about what God did for you 20 or ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 20:7-13

Denomination: Church Of God

"The Faith Network"

Contributed by Brian Archer on Aug 16, 2001

"As believers, we need to be a part of the network, and share our faith."

THE FAITH NETWORK John 1: 35-46 I. You Must Respond to the Invitation. 1:35-1:37 II. You Go Wherever Jesus Leads You. 1:38-1:39 III. You must seek those who are lost. 1:40-1:46 1. You Must Be Willing to Witness to Those You Know. 1:40-1:42 2. You Must ...read more

Scripture: John 1:35-46

Denomination: Baptist

Sharing Your Faith Your Way

Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on Oct 22, 2002

Telling our story in a way that fits our personalities. Adapted straight out of "Becoming A Contagous Christian" material

Sharing YOUR Faith YOUR Way: Acts 3-4 October 19-20, 2002 Intro: Last week my wife came home from work and said, “I feel bad. I realized on the way home that I had an opportunity to share my faith with a co-worker and I blew it. She had asked a question about how we balance life with both of us ...read more

Scripture: Acts 17:22-23, Acts 2:22-24

Denomination: Baptist

Bringing Peace... Series

Contributed by Rob Willis on Dec 11, 2006

This is the second message of Advent, but I crafted it in conjunction with a missionary presentation we had at our church using Isaiah 52:7 - this sermon would be helpful in this setting.

When we began the service this morning, we read from Isaiah 52 – on the screen behind me is verse 7 (let’s read it together): How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of the messenger who brings good news, the good news of peace and salvation, the news that the God of Israel reigns! Today ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 52:7

Denomination: Baptist

Lighthouses Of Prayer 2008 Series

Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Jan 7, 2008

An explanation of lighthouses of prayer and a call to be one.

Luke 10:1-9 January 6, 2008 The Sending Out of The Seventy-Two: Lighthouses of Prayer I grew up in the evangelical church, and through those years I heard and practiced many different methods of evangelism, or ways to draw the people around you to God through Jesus. Most of those methods ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:1-9

Denomination: *other