Sermons on A Message Of Encouragement:

How To Handle Hard Times

Contributed by Andy Barnard on Dec 27, 2008

We all need help when it comes to dealing with life’s difficulities

2 Corinthians 1:3-11 3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God. 5 For just as the sufferings ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1:3-11

Denomination: Pentecostal

Is The Lord Among Us Or Not?

Contributed by Ralph Andrus on Jan 5, 2009

Without water we try to solve our needs our way — This is humanism - We turn to things — This is materialism - We try to please ourselves — This is hedonism — What we need is faith - This is called trust

- Ch 16 - Two and half months from Egypt - Saw Gods’s hand at the Red Sea- - v.2 - Murmured — Manna - Ch. 17 - traveled 40 miles — call it 2 weeks - Now there is no water - Last line in v. 7 - Is The Lord Among Us Or Not? - We need to answer this question - It has been asked since the beginning of ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 17:1-7

Denomination: Baptist

What A Word Is This!

Contributed by Edmund Sherrill on Jan 11, 2009

All of us has a Nazareth in our life. A place in our midst where we have gotten rejected by the same people who helped get to where we are.

What A Word Is This? Luke 4:31-37 Here in our text, we find Jesus going down to Capernaum. Capernaum was a thriving city with great wealth and potential. Capernaum was Jesus headquarters. Jesus was often in Capernaum because His home folk in Nazareth rejected Him. There are times in our ...read more

Scripture: Luke 4:31-37

Denomination: Baptist

How To Handle A Tko

Contributed by Edmund Sherrill on Jan 11, 2009

A knockout is when one is unable to rise from the canvas within a specific period of time. But, there is another term often used in the sport of boxing called a TKO. A TKO, which is a technical knock out is often declared when someone else decides that a

“How to Handle A TKO” Acts 14:19 One of the most devastating experiences one can suffer in the sport of boxing is to suffer a knockout. A knockout is when one is unable to rise from the canvas within a specific period of time. But, there is another term often used in the sport of boxing called a ...read more

Scripture: Acts 14:1-19

Denomination: Baptist

But God

Contributed by James Thomas on Jan 9, 2010

There are times in our lives when we are lost and can't see our way But God

This morning just for a short time I would like to draw your attention to the book of Ephesians chapter 2 verses 1-10 Focusing on verse 4 Paul says Eph 2:4 4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, (repeat slowly 2x) That is what I would like to just for a few ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 2:1-10, Ephesians 2:1

Denomination: Baptist

But God

Contributed by James Thomas on Jan 9, 2010

There are times in our lives when we are lost and can't see our way But God

This morning just for a short time I would like to draw your attention to the book of Ephesians chapter 2 verses 1-10 Focusing on verse 4 Paul says Eph 2:4 4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, (repeat slowly 2x) That is what I would like to just for a few ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 2:1-10

Denomination: Baptist

But God

Contributed by James Thomas on Jan 9, 2010

There are times in our lives when we are lost and can't see our way But God

This morning just for a short time I would like to draw your attention to the book of Ephesians chapter 2 verses 1-10 Focusing on verse 4 Paul says Eph 2:4 4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, (repeat slowly 2x) That is what I would like to just for a few ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 2:1-10

Denomination: Baptist

Our Brethren Have Discouraged Our Heart

Contributed by Jimmy Chapman on May 6, 2010

“But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness,” - 2 Corinthians 2:1. We can learn a lesson from Paul when he wrote and told the Corinthians that he was determined not to come to them again in heaviness! HOW RELIEVED O

“OUR BRETHREN HAVE DISCOURAGED OUR HEART” Text: Deuteronomy 1: 19-32 Life is hard for all of us. We all have a load that we carry, and most of us would believe that our own burden is heavier than that of others. If one could lay his burden in a heap with those of others and then, ...read more

Scripture: Deuteronomy 1:19-32

Denomination: Baptist

Prepare For A Vision

Contributed by George Smith on Mar 26, 2009

(To CATCH A VISTION)

PREPARE FOR A VISION JOSHUA 14:7-13 Proverbs 29:18 Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he. INTRO: To get ourselves prepare for a vision, to look ahead and to see what is out there for us, dare to step out on faith, dare to trust God. You just don’t ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 14:7-13

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

God Wants You Going Forward

Contributed by Isaias Sanchez on May 29, 2008

You have a challenge of seeing yourself the way God sees you. As you see yourself, so others will see you.

God wants you going forward You have a challenge of seeing yourself the way God sees you. As you see yourself, so others will see you. The command is to walk, or live, by what God has to say about you, not by the opinions of man. You cannot conquer what you don’t confront, and you cannot ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 43:18-19

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Power Of Words

Contributed by John White on Mar 6, 2018

Words can either build up or tear down, encourage or discourage.

The Power Of Words James 3:3-10 "Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body. Behold also the ships, which though [they be] so great, and [are] driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the ...read more

Scripture: James 3:3-10

Denomination: Baptist

The Book Of Revelation (Revelation 4a)

Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Apr 21, 2022

In chapters 1 through 3 we just left the past as we dealt with the seven churches of Asia Minor.

Now, when we come to chapter 4, we are about to step off into the future. Chapter 4 and 5 takes us into the very throne room of God, where we can see ourselves and what we will be doing when we get to Heaven. 1) The Judgement Seat of Christ 2) The Marriage Supper of the Lamb Also, chapter four ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

What Is Your Christmas Song?

Contributed by Troy Denson on Dec 7, 2016

This message is a topical message to encourage us to become more available for God's services unto others. And when we make ourselves available, we will be amazed of the wondrous things that God can do with very little from us. I'm Available To You.

WHAT IS YOUR CHRISTMAS SONG? (Luke 1:39-80) There are many songs sang approaching Christ-mass, the celebration of our Lord's arrival unto the earth. Some Christmas songs are secular and simply reflect the happiness of the season. (ex. Jingle Bells). Some Christmas songs are thematic and ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:39-45, Luke 1:46-55

Denomination: Baptist

Listen To God Series

Contributed by Dennis Davidson on May 15, 2008

Chapter 51 is an exhortation, a call to the faithful remnant to listen to God. It is a message of hope, of joy, of salvation to the righteous, to those who seek the Lord. Even in difficult times, listening to God & remembering our history with Him renews

ISAIAH 51: 1-8 LISTEN TO GOD! [2 Peter 3:3-13] Chapter 51 of Isaiah follows on the heels of what is known as “the third Servant Sermon.” In chapter 50, we heard the Servant speak of the suffering, pain, humiliation, and death He ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 51:1-8

Denomination: Baptist

At The Scent Of Water

Contributed by Maurice Mccarthy on Jan 29, 2019

A message from the poetic language of Job 14:7-9 where a tree that is to all appearances dead and without hope, comes back to life at the "scent of water." God wants us to be waterboys/girls.

At The Scent of Water... PPT 1 title PPT 2 text with pic of dead tree stump Job 14:7 "For there is hope for a tree, When it is cut down, that it will sprout again, And its shoots will not fail. Job 14:8 "Though its roots grow old in the ground, And its stump dies in the dry soil, Job ...read more

Scripture: Job 14:7-9, 1 Samuel 1:13-18

Denomination: Pentecostal