Sermons, Outlines, Illustrations and Pastor Resources

The Secret Of Growth by H. Edwin Young
I've been on vacation these weeks. I haven't preached in so long, I told one of my boys that I may preach like Paul. And sometime he just preached all night. My son said, "Yeah, but one fellow went to sleep in the window and fell out of the window and was killed." I said, "Yeah, but Paul went out and raised him from the dead and put him back in the… ( read more )

Spiritual Growth (6 of 20) by Dr. Stan Coffey
All these messages I'd like to preach, but that's the way I am about all my sermons. I'd just like to preach them to everybody. It seems like I can't get everybody together at one time. These are such important messages, and God has so many good things to say to us. I want to talk about Spiritual Growth. I write unto you, little children, because your… ( read more )

God's Instrument For Growth (11 of 15) by Rick E. Ferguson
Question: Have you noticed that our greatest spiritual lessons are learned through episodes of pain, suffering, and adversity? Question: Have you noticed that real spiritual growth and character development does not happen during times of prosperity and comfort? They occur rather during times of intense pain and suffering. Ex: If I could go back and… ( read more )

How To Stunt Your Spiritual Growth by Rick White
Introduction: I suppose you can blame it on my demented sense of humor but I have always enjoyed articles that take a back door approach to instruction. You know the kind of articles that I'm talking about, How To Ruin A Round of Golf. That gets your attention. The author then offers some helpful hints. For example, to ruin a round of golf… ( read more )

The Permanence of Pentecost: Why We Fail To Grow by Ron Dunn
The book of Acts is similar to the first two chapters of Genesis in one way. The first two chapters of Genesis reveal to us what God intended the world should be like before sin entered. And the first few chapters of the book of Acts, I think, or most of the book of Acts, or most of the N.T. reveal to us what God intended the N.T. church to be like before it apostatized... ( read more )

Profile of a Spiritual Champion (1 of 8) by Stan Coffey
Today I speak to you on "The Profile of a Spiritual Champion". What is a spiritual champion? What does a spiritual champion look like? Of course in II Timothy 4:7-8 we see a spiritual champion that has been there, one who has succeeded, one who has come to the end of his life and has always been a champion for Christ. The Apostle Paul, to me, is the man to whom… ( read more )

We've Got to Cooperate with God to GROW! (2 of 5) by Gerald Branch
Harry Emerson Fosdick once said, "Now if God has left some things contingent on man's thinking and working, why may he not have left some things contingent on man's praying. The testimony of the great souls is a clear affirmative to this: some things never get are conceived without someone doing some thinking; some things never happen without someone… ( read more )

Be Spiritual 2: The Power Of Faith by Randal L. Ross
And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins: (2) Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: (3) Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the… ( read more )

First Steps To Spiritual Growth by Steve Jones
Intro: The TV Land cable network has compiled a list of the 100 greatest catchphrases in TV, from the serious Walter Cronkite's nightly signoff "And that's the way it is" to the silly: "We are two wild and crazy guys!" I read through the one hundred catchphrases and recognized all but maybe two. What does that say about me? Among other things, it says that I've… ( read more )

Developing a Spiritual Mentality by Dan Rodgers
1. In (vs.5), I want you to underscore the words, "Giving all diligence, add to your faith..." a. In (vv.5-7), Peter goes on to tell us the things we are to add to our faith. We are to add: "virture, knowledge, temperance, patience, godliness, brotherly kindness, and charity (love)." 2. In (vs.8), he continues, "if these thing be in you, and abound," then you will not… ( read more )