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I Desire Mercy Not Sacrifice
Experiencing the mercy of God in our lives
Ready & Faithful
Looking to Jesus for help now and hope in the future
Why Suffering?
Help your church understand God's plan in pain
Transitional moments. At any given time we are only a phone call, a text, an E-mail away from some life altering situations. For the Jews of Joshua's day 2 things changed: the manna, and the pillar of fire. Adapting is necessary for survival.
Transitions Powerpoint 1 Series Title Powerpoint 2 Message Title Powerpoint 3 text: Jos 5:12 And the manna ceased on the day after they had eaten some of the produce of the land, so that the sons of Israel no longer had manna, but they ate some of the yield of the land of Canaan during that ...read more
Scripture: Joshua 5:12
Denomination: Pentecostal
In everything we do, worship, service, outreach, we always give our best because the Father gave us His best, Jesus Christ and His Holy Spirit.
Monday of 29th Week in Course We celebrate here the one who died for our sins and was raised by the Father for our justification. The celebration of the Eucharistic sacrifice turns us into the opposite of the miser remembered in the Gospel, whom Joachim Jeremias believes was a real person whose ...read more
Scripture: John 12:1-8, Romans 6:3-7, Luke 12:16-21
Denomination: Catholic
Funeral sermon for Andrew Maybin, Navy veteran who had gone through a spiritual crisis about a forced retirement.
When you reach a crisis point in your life, you have only a few choices about how to respond. When those crisis moments come, all you can do in response can be boiled down to three things and three things only: either you can give up; or you can stand and fight; or you can learn something ...read more
Denomination: Baptist
A final sermon to a congregation at my retirement. This may help fellow-pastors who need to construct a last, parting message.
I have served as your 14th pastor, and I'm retiring again after 17 years here in Saugus. I'm retiring just as I did after 25 years as an Army Chaplain--with fond memories and no regrets. This is all to the glory of God. Our choir sang “To God be the Glory,” which was sung at my ...read more
Scripture: 2 Chronicles 20:1-12
Denomination: Congregational
sermon for a veteran who served 20 years and retired working on railroad. He was a Sunday School teacher 25 years .
Funeral Tracy Stover Wallace and Wallace Rainelle 2 Timothy 2:4:6-8, 1. Many of us wake up and as a result of stuff today , I need a break, this week has drove me crazy, • I cant do this no more. This is a day that is hard to live with Christian attributes. • These things ...read more
Scripture: 2 Timothy 2:6-8
Denomination: Methodist
This sermon examines the kind of church members we are...what kind are we tired, tiresome, retired, tireless...? Check out!
This is just an insight for anyone who considers being part of a church & calling themselves as church members. Don’t stop go on and read-you might be one in the category I describe - for the first time church goers or followers of Christ were called as Christians at Antioch Acts11:26 since then I ...read more
Scripture: Acts 11:26
I used this devotional message in a retirement home. It is intended to encourage those who lived a life of faith and leaves a legacy of faith.
Faith in Action Hebrews 11:39-12:3 President Abraham Lincoln met with a group of ministers for a prayer breakfast during the Civil War. One of the ministers suggested to the President that they pray that God will be on their side. Lincoln’s deep insight prompted the response, "Let us prayer that ...read more
Denomination: Salvation Army
This sermon is for our senior appreciation Sunday. God's word tells us that we can't retire from serving Him.
God’s Not Finished With You Yet 2 Corinthians 4:16-18 Intro: Valentine’s Day is this week. I hope all of you are getting prepared to tell your sweetheart how much you love them. Valentine’s Day can have some issues for our seniors though. Let me tell you what I mean. . A couple ...read more
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:16-18
A retired carpenter had a very large workshop full of tools. He thought to himself what he was going to do with these tools.
He decided to have an auction. He hired a auctioneer to come into his shop to take an inventory of all his valuable tools. He told the auctioneer everything is up for auction except one tool. He walked over to his work table and picked up a hammer he had since he was a young man. He said ...read more
Scripture: 1 Kings 18:21-42
This sermon emphasizes the importance of honoring senior citizens for their wisdom and contributions, preparing for retirement with grace, and passing on the baton to the next generation with dignity.
Good morning, church family! Today, we're gonna pause and pay homage to our senior citizens, talk about preparing for retirement with grace, and discuss how we can pass the baton with dignity. Our inspiration comes from Deuteronomy 34:9 which states, "And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the ...read more
Scripture: Deuteronomy 34:9
Topics: Baton Passing, Grace
Funeral service for Margaret Waddy, retired social worker and community ministry volunteer who, in dementia, became concerned about the depletion of her finances.
I don’t know anybody who has all they really want. Not really. Not everything. Oh, some of you will piously pretend to be satisfied, but, in my experience, all of us fantasize about having more. Occasionally I watch “Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?” and I will shout answers at a deaf TV screen, ...read more
Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:11-19
Funeral sermon for John Sheppard, retired Army sergeant, who had taken on a life of service and who had suffered with illness for several years.
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then today the photographs you have selected will suffice for the message. In one of them there is a young man, wearing the uniform of the United States Army. This young man’s face displays dignity; his bearing is proud, his eyes are steady, his stance is ...read more
Scripture: 2 Timothy 2:1-8
This is part one of a four part series on financial management. Part one focuses on how we should pay ourselves in preparation for our future retirement.
Godly Financial Management – Part 1 Pay Self Scriptures: Proverbs 22:7; Matthew 6:24; Luke 16:3-13; Romans 13:7-8 Introduction: This series will close out the multi-series that I have done this year on being a slave for Christ. In these four messages, I will focus on how we must take ...read more
Scripture: Luke 16:3-13
Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Barzillai ventured & volunteered to help king David during the most darkest moment of David's life, while David was running away from his own son Absalom.
2 SAMUEL 19:31-39 [The Life of David] THE KING REWARDS THE FAITHFUL David has sinned by committing adultery with Bathsheba and by having her husband killed. God has indicted David for his sin through Nathan the prophet, and David has repented. Nevertheless, there are certain consequences he ...read more
Scripture: 2 Samuel 19:31-39
Sermon for Senior Adult Sunday; Joshua’s "retirement speech" identifies his sense of God’s promises kept and focuses on claiming the future for the next generation.
Are you a little tired of all the pious platitudes about failure? You know, the folks who tell you that failure is a good thing because you will grow from failure and you will be a better person? I am a little tired of that. I do not want to grow from failure. I want to be a success. I do not ...read more
Scripture: Joshua 23:1-16
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