Sermons on Christian Living
14 How are your eyes? (Matthew 6:19-33)
Sermon Outline 14 Singleminded – How are your eyes? Matthew 6:19-34 & Hebrews 12:1-2 How are your eyes? What do you value? (Mt 6:19-21) Jesus lays out two contrasting values in verses 19-21: Earthly treasures and Heavenly ones. Treasure refers to a number of things (Mt 2:11, 12:35, 19:21, Isa 51:8) Earthly Values (Mt 6:19-20) God values: Himself, Word,…
12 Prayer – a Way of Life (Phil. 4:4-7, Col. 4:2-4)
Sermon Outline “The Least I can do it pray for you.” As one author wrote, “”Prayer does not equip us for greater works prayer is the greater work.” Why Pray? We are called to be a people of prayer (Is 56:6-7, 1Pet 2:5, 1Cor 3:16) The Lord is at hand (Phil 4:5b) Because it…
08 Compassion (Luke 10:25-37)
08 Compassion Luke 10:25-37 Sermon Outline Introduction (Micah 6:8, Dt 24:10-15, Ps 82:4-5) Key Idea #8: I believe God calls all Christians to show compassion to people in need. The Testing (Luke 10:25-29) Behold Meet our first character: a Lawyer (Luke 7:30, 4:2, 12, 11:15) The Question (Luke 10:25) Interesting Question, phrased in an interesting way. The Tables are…
31 The Finale (Rev. 1-5, 20-22)
Sermon Outline Intro Final week of The Story Along the way we have met men and women of faith, who have trusted in the words and promises of God But we have also met people who lacked faith, or were rebellious and trusted in themselves instead in the God who was calling to them. So how will the story end? The answer to all of these questions is clearly given in the…
Paul’s Final Words (2Tim 4:1-8, 16-18)
Devotional resources for this sermon available here. Sermon Outline Review Paul’s Final Word Imagine Intro (2Tim 1:2, 1Tim 1:2, Acts 16:1-3, 17:15, 1Cor 4:17, 16:10, 1Th 3:2) The Charge (2Tim 4:1-2) I charge you. The Witnesses By invoking the Father, Paul is saying that his commands are in line with the character and plans of God Almighty By invoking the Son, Christ…
29 Extending the Kingdom of God – Paul
Sermon Outline Acts 7:58, 8:1-3, 9:1-22 Parable of the Kernel of Wheat (Jn 12:24, Rom 12:1-2, Gal 5:13, Mt 16:24) Saul’s worldly agenda Watching over the garments of those stoning Stephen. (Acts 7:58) Self-description in (Phil. 3:5-6, Lev 12:3, Acts 26:5) Living life for his own lower story plans. (Acts 7:58, 8:1, 8:3, 9:1-2, Phil 3:7-8) Paul’s heavenly death (Acts…
28 The Unstoppable First Disciples
Sermon Outline Acts 2:36-47 Wouldn’t it be amazing to be a part of a movement that was unstoppable? What made the Church unstoppable? Devoted to Apostolic Teaching (Acts 2:36) You are guilty of Jesus death (Acts 2:36, 3:13-15, 4:10, 10:39, Rom 5:8) But God raised Jesus from the dead (Acts 2:31-32, 3:15-16) You must repent (acts 2:37-38, 3:19, 2:41, 4:4, Rom…
Living Generously (2Cor 8:1-15, 9:6-15)
Sermon Outline Introduction Who provides us with the stuff of life? My hard work? (Eph 4:28, 2Th 3:10, 1Th 4:11-12) God’s grace (Dt 8:18, Ps 136:25, 1Chr 29:12, 16) What instructions does the Lord give concerning our finances? over 2000 verses in the Bible We find things like (1Tim 6:10, Mt 6:19, Act 10:2) Tithing in the OT What is a tithe? (Gen 14:20) What did…
18 Daniel – Being Faithful in times of exile & persecution
Sermon outline Introduction What does it look like to be faithful to God in a world which is hostile to Him? What does it look like to be faithful to God when the ruling powers want you to extend their government and that government is pagan? Secular? Antagonistic to God? What does it look like to…
Walking with God
Elder David Richards delivered the message on April 30, 2017 talking about what it means to walk with God based on his personal experience as a Bellingham Police Officer. Micah 4:1-5 & Isaiah 2:2-5.