Chardon church of Christ

Overview of the Bible INTRO: Good morning to everyone, it's good to see you this beautiful, sunshiny morning. It is a blessed day to be here in the house of God with the saints of the Lord and look forward to another study of God's word with you. I was listening to some old songs by the Chuck Wagon Gang the other day and one caught my attention. Now there are some here way to young to recall the C...

How Does It Look to You Now?   Haggai 2:3-7 , Philippians 2:13 Our scripture text this evening is from Haggai, the third book from the end of the OT. And in chapter 2, vs's 3-7 the prophet Haggai is delivering a message from God to the people of Israel. He says: "`Who of you is left who saw this house in its former glory? How does it look to you now? Does it not seem to you like nothing? But now b...

The Prayer of Jabez 1 Chronicles 4:9-10 ,  Ephesians 1:3   ILL. During some of the darkest days of the American Revolution, after the Continental Army had experienced several defeats, a farmer who lived near Gen. George Washington’s camp decided to pay the soldiers a visit.   As he approached the camp he overheard a voice raised in agonizing prayer. On closer inspection he saw Gen. Washington down...

Lesson Of The Garbage Truck! Philippians 4:8 , Philippians 1:12-23 ILL. Someone wrote, "One day I got into a taxi & we took off for the airport. We were driving in the right lane when a car suddenly sped out of an alley right in front of us. My taxi driver slammed on his brakes, skidded, & missed crashing into the other car by inches! The driver of that car stuck his head out of the window & yelle...

Common Mistakes to Avoid!   Psalms 31:1-20 ,  Genesis 12:10-13  A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up. She was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed as one problem was solved, a new one arose. Her mother took her to the kitchen. She filled three pots with water and...

The Mysterious Melchizedek Genesis 14:11-20, Hebrews 7:1-3, Hebrews 10:11-12, Hebrews 10:14 OPEN: During WWII, the Geneva Convention allowed Allied POWs to receive gifts from home. Some of the most popular gifts were board games and decks of playing cards, and one of the most popular board games was Monopoly... especially the Monopoly games sent to them by British government. The reason this was s...

Who's Got Your Back? Genesis 12:1-9 OPEN: A mother was read a Bible story about Abraham to her 5-year-old daughter. when she finished, she started asking her a few questions about it. “What was Abraham's name before God changed it?” She looked puzzled for a moment... then smiled as she asked, “Lincoln?” God changed Abraham’s name? Well... yeah. In our story today, we see that Abraham’s name had ON...

A Confident Meaningful Prayer Life   1 John 5:13-17   INTRO: Good evening.   Last week we talked about “What Shall I Render Unto The Lord” and one of the things we saw the Psalmist offered to God was prayer.   This morning we talked about how David went to the God when he had lost his footing.   For this evening I would like to look at some things about prayer in our walk before the Lord.   Clearl...

Lessons on Suffering and Grief from Psalms Psalm 69:1-3   INTRO: Good morning.   Our lesson this morning is going to be a study from Psalms and the life of King David.   I will generally use the KJV or the NKJV but some verses I will paraphrase.   I’ve left this lesson until last in the series and to fully appreciate what we see in the Psalms we need to take a look at some of David’s life, primari...

The Practice of Mercy Luke 10:30-37   INTRO: Good evening.   This evening I would like to go back to one of the parables of Jesus we have already looked at. In Luke Chapter 10 is the parable we most often call the parable of the Good Samaritan. Although we talked a little about this parable last April when we started the parable series I thought that in view of this morning’s lesson on The Mercy o...

Do Not Fret Because Of Evil Doers Psalm 37, Psalm 73   INTRO: Good morning.   We're continuing our series of sermons from Psalms.   As I reviewed some of the Psalms I thought about the ones that are my favorites.  I invite you to take out your Bible and turn over to Psalm 37.   Psalm 37 is actually one of my favorites and the reason it is one of my favorites is like the reason that Isaiah 41:10 is...

The Ultimate New Year’s Resolution   Deuteronomy 8:1-20   INTRO: Good evening. This morning was dark, drab and wet.   It reminded me of this story a preacher from Scotland told.   I wish I could use tell it with a brogue but I’ll have to let you imagine.   It was a cold, rainy Sunday evening in the North of Scotland. The preacher was standing at the front of the building and as he looked around th...

Psalm 23    INTRO: Good morning.   This morning we will continue our look at the Psalms. Our text is Psalm 23. I don’t think I could do sermons from the Psalms without including the most well-known Psalm in the world and that is Psalm 23.   It is a very short psalm, we will be breaking it down and as we study it I believe we will see how the Psalm explains Christianity to us extremely well.   Let’...

It’s Not a Talent Contest  Matthew 25:14-30  INTRO: Good evening. It is good to see each of you that have returned this evening. We are going to continue our studies on the parables of Jesus. This will be the last one of this series. It has not been an exhaustive coverage of all the parables of Jesus, but it gives us the idea. I hope we have learned some things and have been challenged about some....

Christmas INTRO: Good morning. I want to welcome everyone here today. It's great to see families and friends who are all wrapped up in each other and getting along. The spirit of giving and goodwill is always a welcome sight. I like to see the beautiful lights that we often see at this time of the year. They certainly put us in a mood to celebrate and that’s what we do. I enjoy the festivities at...

Ready Or Not Here He Comes  Matthew 25:1-13  INTRO: Good evening. It is good to see each of you that have returned this evening. We are going to continue our studies on the parables of Jesus. Before we begin I would like to tell you a story. This story is about two neighbors who were talking in the back garden over the fence. The first one of them said, “I went to a wedding this weekend, but I don...

Prophecies Of The Christ In Isaiah Isaiah 7:14 INTRO: Good morning: It is good to see everybody this morning. I want to encourage you to take out your Bibles and look at the scriptures I mention. If you have any questions about anything I say, I’ll be glad to talk to you about it. If I’m wrong, I will stand corrected. Over the past few weeks we have looked at the gospel of Jesus Christ from the Ol...

The Two Workers Matthew 21:28-32  INTRO: Good evening.   We are going to continue our studies on the parables of Jesus. We only have a few left to do.   Turn your Bibles to Matthew 21. Let’s set the scene starting in verse 23. Matthew 21:23-27 – “23. Now when He came into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people confronted Him as He was teaching, and said, "By what authority are...

Christ In The Psalms Psalms INTRO: Good morning.   It is good to see everybody here this morning. I would like to continue our look at the Psalms and this time I want to examine in more detail how the Psalms are connected to Christ.   I want to encourage you to take out your Bibles and look at the scriptures I mention. If you have any questions about anything I say, I’ll be glad to talk to you abo...

Facing the Facts of Reality   Luke 14   INTRO: Good evening.   I’d like to start this evening with a story.   It’s a bit out of date, in the 1950’s but it is about little Johnny.   First grade actually. The teacher told the class they would start each day with the pledge of allegiance and instructed them to put their right hands over their hearts and repeat after her.   She looked around the room...

Psalm 22 – Part 2  Psalm 22    INTRO: Good morning. The sermon this morning is a continuation of the series of lessons that we've been doing from the Book of Psalms.    Last week we looked at the first half of Psalm 22.   Let’s do a little bit of review on that before we continue.   Please turn in your Bibles to the Book of Psalms, chapter 22 and as a reminder if you have any questions about anyth...

The Chief Seats   Luke 14:7-11 INTRO: Good evening. I’d like to start this evening with a story about a man and his wife who were sitting at home in the evening wondering what to do. Have you ever done that? They called another couple to see what they were doing. Their friend said, "Oh, we're just drinking coffee and talking." As the woman hung up the phone, she demanded, "Why don't we ever do tha...

Psalm 22 – Part 1   Luke 24:44-45 , Psalm 22 INTRO: Good morning. It is good to see everybody that is here this morning. I want to encourage you to take out your Bibles and look at the scriptures I mention. If you have any questions about anything I say, I’ll be glad to talk to you about it. Our text for this morning in Luke is very short, Luke 24:44-45 which says; “44. Then He said to them, "Thes...

The Rich Fool   Luke 12:13-21 INTRO: Good evening. I’ll start this evening with a story. One Friday near the end of work four employees from different departments rushed to use the photocopier at the same time. The person from accounts payable said, "We have to get our bills paid, so I should go first." Accounts receivables said, "If we don't get our receivables collected, you won't have the money...

Shadows of The Coming Christ In The Law Of Moses   Hebrews 10:1 INTRO: Good morning. I want to encourage you to take out your Bibles and look at the scriptures I mention. If you have any questions about anything I say, I’ll be glad to talk to you about it. Our text for this morning is very short, Hebrews 10:1 which says; “For the law, having a shadow of the good things to come, and not the very im...