SERMONS ON ISAIAH
Our sermon ideas on Isaiah will help you preach a powerful message on the God of salvation. Preach on topics including returning to God, the source of salvation, repentance, the call of God, and fervent prayer offered to the God who answers. Prepare your messages on God's Word in Isaiah with sermon outlines or an entire sermon series.
Isaiah: The King Is Coming (1 of 4)
by Roger Thomas
An old frontier explorer traveled westward across the Great Plains. He turned south at the foothills of the Rockies and then back west into the desert region of the Southwest. In the middle of nowhere, without warning, he found himself at the edge of the Grand Canyon. He looked at the unimaginably huge chasm. He had never seen anything like it--a mile deep, eighteen miles across, and more than a hundred miles long! "Wow," he gasped, "Something musta happened here!" A visitor from another world who stepped into ours at this time of year might have a similar reaction. Christmas is like no...
Isaiah's Four Labels of Christ (1 of 3)
by Frank Damazio
Introduction: Have you ever bought something and not looked at the label? Maybe it was food or clothing, and you forgot to read the label or read it wrong and experienced the consequences of that. A label helps us identify things. There are brands like Target, Wal-mart, Ann Taylor, Nike, Nordstrom, Prada, and so on. Labels: made for everyday wear, is the name or the "label" attached to this series. Labels are important to most of us and rarely looked at by many of us. My wife will always ask me after I have purchased some clothing, "Did you look at the label?" My answer is, "Well, kinda. I like the way the fabric felt, so I bought it...
Never Too Broken (1 of 7)
by Jeff Schreve
I know that God wants to mend broken hearts. God is such a wonderful God. We're starting a new series this morning called, "The Recovery Room: God's Way to Experience Healing from the Deep Hurts of Life." And one of the things that God has told us about Himself in His Word is that He is the Lord your Healer. He is Jehovah Rapha, the God who wants to heal. And the Bible says this in Isaiah chapter 57, such an encouraging passage of Scripture. God is talking to His people, who had made bad choices, who had committed sins against God who had gone their own way and suffered the consequences of going their own way...
Discipline Of Darkness
by Adrian Rogers
I want you to take God's precious holy word, open if you will please to Isaiah chapter fifty, and then look up here for just a moment., Isaiah chapter fifty. And if you ever paid attention to a message I want you to pay attention to this one because this message is going to deal with something that is going to happen to you if it has not already happened to you. One of these days you are going to find yourself plunged into dark, dark, dark despair. You're going to be perplexed. You're going to have problems and confusion and all of your little formulas and all of your little outlines and all of the little things that you've counted on before...
Send Me! (2 of 12)
by Jerry Vines
This is the account of Isaiah's call to be a prophet. He takes a page from his own spiritual autobiography and tells how it was that he came to be the prophet of God which he was. As you study the Bible you will find that men of God were called in a variety of ways. Moses was called at a burning bush. The Lord said to Moses, ''Take off your shoes from off your feet for where you are standing is holy ground.'' That was the call of Moses. You may remember Amos, the country preacher. He went to Bethel, and Amaziah the priest went out to where Amos was preaching and said, ''This is where the king goes to church. Get.'' Amos...
The Pathway to Usefulness: Consecration (1 of 26)
by John Barnett
The pathway to usefulness is consecration. That is the pathway that God had to lead Isaiah along. That is the pathway we all need to follow. Only what is attached to God will last forever. Anything that is not attached to God needs to be detached from our lives. As we open to Isaiah 6, think about the balance sheet of your life. As one famous missionary once said while laying on his deathbed, "Only one life, t'will soon be past; and only what's done for Christ will last"! That means the most important measure of life is how useful we are to God. The only enduring parts of our life will be those spent serving God. Just about everyone who goes to...
The King and I (4 of 4)
by James Merritt
1. I read about a man who was on a television game show called ''The One Million Dollar Question.'' The host said to him, ''Bob, you haven't had a wrong answer all week on the ''The one million dollar'' question. You are one of the best players we've ever seen. Now you've chosen American History as the category for your final question. Are you ready?'' He said, ''I sure am.'' He said, ''Okay, for the $1 million prize, you have a two-part question, and as you know you can answer either part first. Which part would you like to take a stab at first?'' 2. Bob said very nonchalantly, ''Oh, how about the second part.'' The host said, ''Okay, Bob, fair...
The Great American Pastime
by Ernest Easley
Beginning in Isaiah 65, we find another weed that is destroying our landscape, another leading contributor to The Unraveling of the American Dream and its cost to our society is enormous. Consider the costs: you are twenty times more likely to be alcohol or drug dependent; eight times more likely to have been arrested; twelve times more likely to have suffered a job loss during the past year; five times more likely to have filed bankruptcy; three times more likely to receive unemployment benefits; twice as likely to receive welfare benefits and three times more likely to have been divorced. You ask, "What is causing so much...
Jesus Is the Answer to Your Needs (10 of 11)
by Chuck McAlister
(A) ... Series: THE NAMES OF GOD ... Knowing God: The Answer to Your Greatest Needs ... The names of God are God revealing Himself to His people at the point of their greatest need 1-Whatever you need ... God is more than able to meet that need. 2 Nowhere is that more evident than in the "name that is above every name" ... Jesus. Phil. 2:9-11 "Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth,"and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ...
Series: The Growing Church (1 of 3)
by Stuart Briscoe
The Lord showed the prophet Isaiah that He planned to do big things for His people, but they must be prepared. Using the illustration of a nomad extending his tent to accommodate a larger family-an analogy with which they were all familiar-Isaiah challenged the people to extend their vision and expand their facilities in order to accommodate what God planned to do. Growing churches find themselves in similar situations today. Isaiah predicted to the exiles "The Lord will call you back" (54:6) but not everyone would want to return. Some of them had settled down to Exile. Only those who were prepared to listen to what the Lord had...
Put on Your Life Preserver
by Jeff Ginn
Storms will come into our lives. On occasion they come in the form of natural disasters. But they need not defeat us. This was a message delivered in the face of Hurricane Barry, but it is applicable in the unique storms or disasters that you may face. If we're a little gun-shy about storms down here in South Louisiana, you can hardly blame us for that. There's been a long string of serious storms that have come through South Louisiana. Let me just name some: Allison. Katrina. Rita. Gustav. Isaac. And Barry. I've only mentioned the names of a few storms. Amazingly, all these have struck our region within the last 20...
Does God Have Rivals? (1 of 2)
by Scott Maze
The spiritual temperature of our churches must be above lukewarm. People need to see that God is the all-consuming reality in our lives. Our sincerity and earnestness in worship matter ten times more than the style we use to display our sincerity and earnestness. We need to start talking about zeal. Young people want to see that our faith actually matters to us. They are like Ben Franklin who was asked why he was going to hear George Whitefield preach. Someone said to him, ''You don't even believe what he says'' To which he replied, ''I know. But he does.'' We cannot pass on to the next generation something that we do not feel....
When He Speaks (1 of 2)
by Jeff Ecklund
Christmas seasons come and go. I'm sure you have many of them under your belt like I do. Have you noticed how easily we can become blasé to the miracle of the events around the birth of Jesus? As we unpack this series in the next couple of weeks, our challenge is to get back to that place of awe and wonder of the very first Christmas. When I think about what it means to ''Return to Wonder'' I see the responsibility we have to position ourselves. There is a resistance[1] to posturing or positioning ourselves for the next wonder that God has in store for you and I. (If you are here this morning, you have overcome some resistance!)...
Prince of Prophets (23 of 66)
by Tony Thomas
When you think of artists you think of Michelangelo or Picasso. When you think of composers you think of Beethoven or Bach. When you think of presidents you think of Washington or Lincoln. When you think of coaches you think of John Wooden or Pat Summit. And when you think of prophets, Isaiah tops the list! Isaiah was the most articulate, the best educated, the most intelligent, and - with the exception of Daniel - the most influential of all the prophets. Isaiah was the ''blue-blood'' of the prophets. He knew how to relate to the upper-crust. His vocabulary was unequalled. His writing drips with eloquence! For example...
Look to Christ [i.e. STOP Comparing Yourself with Others]
by SermonSearch Staff
Good morning! If you can turn with me to Luke 18:9-14 INTRODUCTION 1. There is an epidemic in our society today. It is an epidemic that affects us all. It affects our thoughts, our words, our actions, our decisions...it affects all of who we are. It’s the epidemic of comparing ourselves to others. 2. I really think all of us deal with this issue. And it can go in so many ways. We can look at people that are better than us and wonder why we are not as good as they are. Why do they have a better job? A better home? A better car? Why are they always happy? Why do their children always listen to them? Why are their family photos...
Journey Through the Bible Week 31 (31 of 52)
by Donald Cantrell
George Frideric Handel's Messiah was originally an Easter offering. It burst onto the stage of Musick Hall in Dublin on April 13, 1742. The audience swelled to a record 700, as ladies had heeded pleas by management to wear dresses ''without Hoops'' in order to make ''Room for more company.'' Handel's superstar status was not the only draw; many also came to glimpse the contralto, Susannah Cibber, and then embroiled in a scandalous divorce.The men and women in attendance sat mesmerized from the moment the tenor followed the mournful string overture with his piercing opening line: ''Comfort ye, comfort...
Made for More (1 of 2)
by Kerry Shook
Read Isaiah 43:16-19 1. REMEMBER GOD'S POWER. ''This is what the LORD says- He who made a way through the sea, a path through the mighty waters, who drew out the chariots and horses, the army and reinforcements together, and they lay there, never to rise again, extinguished, snuffed out like a wick.'' Isaiah 43:16, 17 (NIV) Remember... - God can do the impossible. ''This is what God says, the God who builds a road right through the ocean....'' Vs. 16 (MSG) God can lead you to an impossible situation so He can do the impossible in your life. 'Then the LORD said to Moses, 'Tell the Israelites to...
Radically Generous (1 of 3)
by Jeff Ecklund
Deuteronomy 15:7-8 (NKJV) 7''If there is among you a poor man of your brethren, within any of the gates in your land which the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not harden your heart nor shut your hand from your poor brother, 8but you shall open your hand wide to him and willingly lend him sufficient for his need, whatever he needs. Open Handed: a definition from Webster's Dictionary bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, charitable, free, freehanded, freehearted, fulsome, generous, liberal, munificent, open, unselfish, unsparing, unstinting In a relationship with Jesus, born again, filled with the Spirit...We are called to live in a different...
I Believe in Moral Absolutes (4 of 5)
by Tony Thomas
There's an old Broadway play called ''Green Pastures.'' The story is seen through the eyes of a young, African- American child as she hears the story of the Old Testament. That child interprets the Bible using terms familiar to her. In one scene, the Angel of the Lord is dispatched to earth to simply observe humanity. Sometime later, the angel returns and appears before God. When God asks for a report, the angel responds, ''Lord, everything that was nailed down is comin' loose!'' I was born in a small town to small town parents, and I was taught to respect my elders (not that I always did). My best friends' parents were Cletus...
Good Friday Service (1 of 2)
by Jason Dees
13 Behold, my servant shall act wisely; he shall be high and lifted up, and shall be exalted. 14 As many were astonished at you- his appearance was so marred, beyond human semblance, and his form beyond that of the children of mankind- 15 so shall he sprinkle many nations. Kings shall shut their mouths because of him, for that which has not been told them they see, and that which they have not heard they understand. Isaiah 53 1 Who has believed what he has heard from us? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? 2 For he grew up before him like a young plant, and like a root out of dry ground; he...
