Sermons on Motives: showing 1-15 of 28,485

The Motive Series

Contributed by Timothy Smith on Apr 15, 2006

1st in 5 part Series using the popular TV show, CSI, to investigate the death and subsequent resurrection of Jesus Christ.

THE MOTIVE: JESUS’ AUTHORITY CSI: Murder of God - Week 1 MATT.28:18; JOHN 10:17-18 INTRODUCTION TO SERIES: CSI is the #1 show in all of Television. The Thursday night show was so popular it created two successful spin-offs... CSI: Miami on Monday nights and CSI: New York on Wednesdays. The ...read more

Scripture: John 10:17-18

Denomination: Christian Church

Motivation

Contributed by Bo Dunford on Mar 14, 2002

Motivation is needed in our relationship with Christ.

2 TIM.1:6 "MOTIVATION" A) A young, smart-alec cowboy was riding his horse one day and saw an old man on a mule. * The young cowboy decided to have a little fun, so he drew his 6-shooter and told the old man to get off the mule and dance! * He said to the old man, "Have you ever danced?" B) Then ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 1:6

Denomination: Baptist

Motive

Contributed by Lou Nicholes on May 25, 2005

Apparently the false teachers in Corinth were suggesting that Paul’s unwillingness to accept support from the church was simply a coverup. They thought that he really had a love for money, and the offering he claimed to be taking for the suffering saints

THOUGHTS ABOUT THE PASSAGE: H. L. Gee somewhere tells of a tramp who came begging to a good woman’s door. She went to get something to give him and found that she had no change in the house. She went to him and said, “I have not a penny of small change. I need a loaf of bread. Here is a pound ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 12:11-18

Denomination: Baptist

Motive Series

Contributed by Shawn Drake on Mar 5, 2003

This is the 16th sermon in the series "Church On The Rocks". This sermon looks at what real love is.

Sunday Morning March 9, 2003 Bel Aire Baptist Church Series: “Church On The Rocks” [#16] MOTIVE 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 Introduction: 1. We have heard over and over again how we need to be faithful to God in all that we do. We have heard over and over again how we need to be unified as ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Denomination: Baptist

Motivation

Contributed by Richard White on Sep 13, 2003

What is our motivation to resist temptation?

Motivation! When the circulation of the Pravada (formerly the official mouthpiece of the Communist party) fell, it was the “church” of the Communist party. The editors remarked wistfully that Christianity and Communism have many of the same ideals: equality, sharing, justice and racial harmony. ...read more

Scripture: Luke 4:1-13

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Be A Motivator

Contributed by Nnaemeka Durueke on Mar 30, 2017

Look for people to build and grow with them. That's the Joy of living

BECOME A MOTIVATOR MAIN TEXT: HEBREWS 3:13 Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety. 1 CORINTHIANS 16:13 Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong. In today’s lesson, let us examine the life of this man whom the Bible ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 3:13

Denomination: Pentecostal

Motivation Series

Contributed by E. True Neilson on Dec 15, 2014

At first glance the book of Numbers reads a bit like an operations manual. It’s got numbers of soldiers, lists of names, and a bit of repetition. Tucked between those lists and numbers are some stories of real people, dealing with real issues of faith!

BETWEEN THE NUMBERS MOTIVATION Numbers 22:21-41 -Back in Bible College I had one of the best possible jobs. -I was a disc jockey at the college’s FM radio station and I worked the 6pm to Midnight shift. -I was in this little sound-proof room where we played the CDs, talked through the ...read more

Scripture: Numbers 22:21-41

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Motive Series

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Nov 7, 2021

Motive has a lot to do with the spirit of the law? Let’s look at motive in three areas highlighted by Jesus.

Motive has a lot to do with the spirit of the law? Let’s look at motive in three areas highlighted by Jesus. 1. Motive in Giving to the Poor Christians are to help the poor, but with what motive? This is a complementary passage to Jesus’ instructions to let our light (of good works) shine. We ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:1-18

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Motivation

Contributed by Grant Adams on Aug 2, 2022

What motivates us to not serve the Lord. There are so many hinderances in this world today. We have to be aware a stay focused on what God would have for us.

Helps and hinderances in motivation for the Lord Jesus Christ. A few weeks and services ago we began to study and look at what might help motivate us for Christ. What were they? Bible prophecies concerning Jesus coming again. Heaven. Hell. Tonight, I want us to look at the opposite, not what helps ...read more

Scripture: John 10:10, Matthew 6:33

Denomination: Baptist

The Motivation Of Heaven Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Apr 2, 2021

The Christian not motivated by the heavenly hope will soon be a worldly Christian, for he will not be able to pull away from the value system of the world, since he has no higher value system that makes it look shabby in comparison.

In the 15th chapter of Gibbon's Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire, he says that the promise of heavenly bliss was one of the five major causes for the growth of Christianity in the Roman Empire. The leaders of Rome mocked the idea of immortality, and they did not live this life with any ...read more

The Motivation For Stewardship Series

Contributed by Guy Glass on Jun 14, 2010

MOTIVATIONS COME IN MANY FORMS; FEAR OF PUNISHMENT IS AN OBVIOUS EXAMPLE. ANOTHER WOULD BE THE PERSONAL BENEFITS. HERE IN THIS PASSAGE OF SCRIPTURE, PAUL LAYS OUT FOR US OUR MOTIVATION FOR CHRIST-LIKE ACTIVITY, AND BIBLICAL OBEDIENCE. SIMPLY PUT, WE SH

THE NUTS AND BOLTS ABOUT STEWARDSHIP THE MOTIVATION FOR STEWARDSHIP 2 CORINTHIANS 5:14-15 (NIV) 14 FOR CHRIST’S LOVE COMPELS US, BECAUSE WE ARE CONVINCED THAT ONE DIED FOR ALL, AND THEREFORE ALL DIED. 15 AND HE DIED FOR ALL, THAT THOSE WHO LIVE SHOULD NO LONGER LIVE FOR THEMSELVES BUT FOR HIM WHO ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:14-15

Denomination: Baptist

A Question Of Motive Series

Contributed by John Hamby on Jun 6, 2011

Jesus deals with the motivation in which one carries out their religious devotion.

“A Question of Motive.” Matthew 6:1-8, 16-18 Jesus has just finished describing the incredibly high standards of behavior required of those who would be His disciples. In verse ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:1-8, Matthew 1:1-8

Denomination: Baptist

Motives Revealed Series

Contributed by J.d. Tutell on Nov 8, 2010

Peoples motives are revealed through their actions as demonstrated in the riot at Ephesus.

What are the things that motivate you? What are the things that motivate the people around you? Motives are one of the most powerful things on earth, they can change the way that we view other people and impact the way that we see their actions. Today’s passage is one that has a lot of ...read more

Scripture: Acts 19:21-41

Denomination: Baptist

Finding Motivation Series

Contributed by Jason Jones on Jan 17, 2011

Vision sermon on urgency, time is now, motivation for the common ground growth that we argued would be our goal

Text: Nehemiah 2:17-18, Title: New Riverlutions: Finding Motivation, Date/Place: NRBC, 1/16/11, AM A. Opening illustration: Sense of Urgency video, On October 16, 1555, Hugh Latimer and Nicolas Ridley were tied to the stake to be burned for their Protestant teaching and preaching and their ...read more

Scripture: Nehemiah 2:17-18

Denomination: Baptist

Carnal Motives Series

Contributed by J. Brad Campbell on Jun 15, 2007

this is the sixth sermon in this series dealing with things that will keep our prayers from being answered

HINDRANCES TO PRAYER ------------------------------------------------- LESSON #6 CARNAL MOTIVES TEXT: JAMES 4:3 REVIEW: What was our lesson last week? Neglect of mercy. What is the biblical definition of poor? Those that are too young, too old, or too crippled to help themselves. What poor is ...read more

Scripture: James 4:3

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational