Sermons on Your Own Understanding:

Your Cheatin' Heart

Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Aug 12, 2020

We guard our heart by obeying God's Word.

Your Cheatin’ Heart is a song written and recorded in 1952 by country music singer and songwriter Hank Williams. However, the song was released after his death in 1953. Your Cheatin’ Heart is considered one of the greatest songs of country music. The song is a slow ballad, telling an ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 4:20-27

Denomination: Baptist

Courage To Proclaim The Good News

Contributed by Derek Geldart on Aug 30, 2020

In the following sermon we are going to examine Acts 4:1-22 and conclude that through the power of the Holy Spirit ordinary Christians are to have courage that they can overcome their Sanhedrin and effectively profess that salvation is only found in the Lord Jesus Christ.

Courage to Proclaim the Good News Acts 4:1-22 Online Sermon: http://www.mckeesfamily.com/?page_id=3567 Ever wonder what keeps believers from obeying the Great Commission to “go and make disciples of all nations” (Matthew 28:19-20)? For many Christians the mere thought of going outside of ...read more

Scripture: Acts 4:1-22

Denomination: Baptist

Your Supreme Act Of Worship Series

Contributed by David Dykes on Oct 30, 2014

Just as a caterpillar metamorphoses into a butterfly, and just as a tadpole metamorphoses into a frog, God wants metamorphose each of us into a different kind of person who thinks differently and acts differently. Our job is to repent.

INTRODUCTION Open your Bibles, please to Romans 12. I’ve been preaching through the book of Romans, verse after verse, for a year and a half. In May, we took a four-week break to talk about families, and now we are back in Romans. We will go verse by verse through the rest of the book. It ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:1-2

Denomination: Baptist

Are You Wasting Your Life

Contributed by Mike Wimberly on Aug 15, 2005

If we fail to invest our lives in the purpose God gave our lives will be wasted

ARE YOU WASTING YOUR LIFE? MARK 8:34-38 I just celebrated another birthday. The years seem to go by faster as each one passes. I am thankful for the years the Lord has given me. As I get older I am reminded of the importance of using this life to fulfill the purpose God gave me. As I look around ...read more

Scripture: Mark 8:34-38

Denomination: Baptist

Your Savior Is Born: As Promised

Contributed by Allen Calkins on Dec 13, 2009

The reality of the Virgin birth and other prophesies fulfilled by Christ’s birth gives us overwhelming evidence of the power, love and faithfulness of God.

Your Savior is Born: AS PROMISED Isaiah 7:14 INTRODUCTION If you have spent any time traveling down Hwy 61 between Troy and Wentzville you have probably noticed the signs MODot has placed along the road to mark the various road improvement projects that have been recently undertaken. When MODot ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 7:14

Denomination: Baptist

What Is Your Empty This Easter? Series

Contributed by Guy Glass on Apr 3, 2013

This Easter message is an opportunity to present the gospel by asking the question concerning what is your "empty" the Easter -- an empty heart, an empty cross, or an empty tomb.

WHAT IS YOUR EMPTY THIS EASTER? OPENING ILLUSTRATION: AFTER THE SERVICE, WHEN WE GET HOME, WE WILL EVENTUALLY HAVE AN EASTER EGG HUT FOR MY GRANDSON. NOW, PREVIOUS TO THIS EVENT, I TOOK GREAT JOY IN HIDING THE EASTER BASKETS FOR OUR KIDS. I HAD A SIMPLE RULE; AS THEY GOT OLDER THE HIDING PLACES ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 28:1-8

Denomination: Baptist

Speak To Your Dry Bones

Contributed by Barry O Johnson on Oct 22, 2019

In Ezekiel 37, God shows us that what we see here in the natural has its beginnings in the realm of the spirit. And we bring those things from the spirit into the natural by the words we speak.

Turn with me to Ezekiel 37. We know that confessing the Word is what we’re supposed to do as God’s sons and daughters. As I was thinking about this, God brought to mind Genesis 1 where God speaks and in Exodus where God told Moses to tell Aaron to speak. For me there are three passages of ...read more

Scripture: Ezekiel 37:1-14, Romans 6:4-5, Ephesians 2:6, Hebrews 4:12

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Your Attitude To Small Things

Contributed by Sunday Adelaja on Jan 16, 2008

Every little thing has the potential to grow into something big only if you know how to care for it. It depends on your organizational skills and ability to pay attention to small things.

Every little thing has the potential to grow into something big only if you know how to care for it. It depends on your organizational skills and ability to pay attention to small things. Then Jesus said, "Make the people sit down." Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in ...read more

Scripture: John 6:10-14

Denomination: Church Of God

Keep Your Eye On The Task

Contributed by Brian La Croix on Apr 20, 2008

A discussion about one possible reason Jesus mentioned for the third time that He would be killed and brought back to life - that they needed to stay focused on the mission of Jesus.

Keep Your Eye on the Task Matthew 20:17-19 April 20, 2008 NOTE: THE ME/WE/GOD/YOU/WE FORMAT USED IN MY MESSAGES IS BORROWED FROM ANDY STANLEY’S BOOK, "COMMUNICATING FOR A CHANGE." A woman was working in her yard with the weed whacker, when she accidentally cut off the tail of her cat. She ran ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 20:17-19

Denomination: Wesleyan

Covered In The Dust Of Your Rabbi

Contributed by Maurice Mccarthy on Apr 23, 2018

One of the benfits of dwelling in the secret place of the Most High is that He gives you grace to escape the hidden traps of the enemy. Traps are placed in the path which animals usually take to get food/water. The most bitter people you will ever meet ..

Covered in the Dust of Your Rabbi PPT 1 Series Title PPT 2 Message Title May you be covered the dust of your Rabbi is a Jewish saying that basically means may you walk so close to your teacher that you are covered with his dust. (See note at end of message for more info) As we get in to this ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 91:1-3

Denomination: Pentecostal

You’re Not Eating That!

Contributed by Thomas Swope on Jul 12, 2018

A study in the book of Deuteronomy 14: 1 – 29

Deuteronomy 14: 1 – 29 You’re not eating that! 14 “You are the children of the LORD your God; you shall not cut yourselves nor shave the front of your head for the dead. 2 For you are a holy people to the LORD your God, and the LORD has chosen you to be a people for Himself, a special treasure ...read more

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

What Is The Condition Of Your Soil?

Contributed by Jeff Budzinski on Aug 21, 2007

In order to receive a harvest from God’s Word, we must become like a sower and plant the Word in the soil of our heart. We must be doers of His Word. We have to plant the Word by reading and meditating on a constant basis. We have to keep it before you

Introduction • How many of us want a harvest from God’s Word? • How many of us want to be blessed with all the promises of God? • In order to receive a harvest from God’s Word, we must become like a sower and plant the Word in the soil of our heart. • We must be doers of His Word. We have to ...read more

Scripture: Mark 4:1-20

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Who Is Your Brother, Where Is Your Brother? What Is Brotherly Love?

Contributed by Dennis Selfridge on Apr 16, 2008

We are to love what God loves

Who is your brother, where is your brother? What is Brotherly Love? A well-known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a $20 bill. In the room of 200, he asked, "Who would like this $20 bill?" Hands started going up. He said, "I am going to give this $20 to one of you but first let me do ...read more

Scripture: 2 Peter 1:5-7

Denomination: Wesleyan

Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled

Contributed by Rev. Samuel Arimoro on May 16, 2025

As believers, we are not exempt from trouble. But we are empowered to rise above it through our faith in Christ. Our peace comes not from the absence of trouble, but from the presence of Christ.

LET NOT YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: John 14:1-3 Supporting Texts: Isaiah 41:10, Philippians 4:6-7, Psalm 46:1-3, 2 Corinthians 4:16-18 INTRODUCTION: In a world filled with uncertainty, fear, bad news, and instability, many hearts are weighed down with anxiety. ...read more

Scripture: John 14:1-3

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Your Majesty (Palm Sunday)

Contributed by Troy Richards on Feb 20, 2008

A sermon about how Jesus for one day was recognized for the royalty He is and how we are royal too.

YOUR MAJESTY -> JOHN 12:12-19 [ENTER DRESSED AS KING, PLAY “GOD SAVE THE QUEEN YOUTH FALLS FOR YOU TO STEPON FOR STAGE, ETC.] -good morning everyone and welcome to Palm Sunday. -this is one of those holidays we celebrate every year, people bring palm branches to church, but do we see what it ...read more

Scripture: John 12:12-19

Denomination: Methodist