Sermons on Be Honest With God:

More Characteristics Of Godliness

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000

40. Be Honest without being legalistic, outspoken, too blunt or brutal or indiscrete.

40. Be Honest without being legalistic, outspoken, too blunt or brutal or indiscrete. 41. Be Hopeful without being overly optimistic or forgetting God's future game plan. 42. Be Hospitable without being ingratiating, cliquish or using it as a tool for social climbing. 43. Be Humble without ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:9

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Evaluating Christianity

Contributed by Johnny Carver on Apr 8, 2002

A challenge to take a honest look at our selves and what we call christianity.

Scripture: Psalms 26: 1— Title: “Evaluating Christianity” Introduction: A couple of weeks ago I noticed three sermon tapes laying on the counter in the bookstore with titles of sermons I had preached recently. I thought I would get some copies made of them and listen to them while I was driving ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 26:1-11

Denomination: Pentecostal

"I'm Embarrassed To Talk To God About That"

Contributed by Jim Butcher on Jan 24, 2003

This message deals with the decision Christians often make to avoid prayer because they don’t want to talk to God about that particular sin.

Sometimes as Christians we let things that shouldn’t be in our life linger in our hearts because we’re embarrassed at the thought of talking to God about that problem. We’d rather just not talk to God at all than have to talk about that particular issue. Let’s be honest: one of the ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 32:1

Denomination: Baptist

Love Is Three Simple Things PRO Sermon

Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Oct 23, 2025

God’s steadfast love transforms us, enabling us to extend patient, kind, and honest love to others, even in difficult relationships and situations.

If you’ve ever stood at the sink late at night replaying a hard conversation, wondering whether love can last through another week of deadlines, disappointments, or disrespect, you are in good company. Hearts get bruised. Words get sharp. People we care about act like porcupines. And if we’re ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

Topics: Loving Others, Difficult People

Our Faithful God

Contributed by Christian Cheong on Jun 27, 2009

In the midst of hardship, remember to call to mind the goodness and faithfulness of God. Ponder what God has done for you and can do for you. He has not changed. Trust Him.

Jeremiah penned down his grief after his nation and city Jerusalem fell to Babylon in 586 BC. • He expresses his sorrows over 5 laments in this book. The people suffered because they have sinned against God and rejected Him. • God is faithful. If the people would learn their lesson, repent and ...read more

Scripture: Lamentations 3:19-26

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Habakkuk - God Of The Unexpected Series

Contributed by Christian Cheong on Feb 15, 2013

Hope in God, even when He is not doing anything. Trust in God, even when you do not understand His way. Worship God by holding on to what you know about Him.

We hardly hear a sermon preached on Habakkuk, which has only 3 chapters, but we do have some popular verses from this book – • 2:4 “The righteous will live by his faith” (quoted a few times in NT), • 2:20 “The Lord is in His holy temple; let all the earth be ...read more

Scripture: Habakkuk 1:1-11

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Encouragement To Persevere In Christ Series

Contributed by Dean Courtier on Aug 30, 2017

We are continuing in our series on Discovering Your Destiny and we are thinking about what it means to Persevere. If we are honest, we know that there are times when we struggle to live in the way that God has commanded us to live.

Encouragement to Persevere in Christ. We are continuing in our series on Discovering Your Destiny and we are thinking about what it means to Persevere. The Christian life is not the easy option. If we are honest, we know that there are times when we struggle to live in the way that God has ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 1:9-14, 1 Peter 1:3-5

Denomination: Pentecostal

When God Is Distant -Psalm 22 Series

Contributed by Darrell Ferguson on Apr 28, 2025

What can you do when God is far away? You cry out to him and receive no comfort, no strength, it just seems like your prayers bounce off the ceiling. That actually happened to Jesus, and when it did, he quoted a psalm that teaches exactly what to do in times like that.

Mark 15:34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?"--which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" Introduction What can you do when God is far away? You cry out to him and receive no comfort, no strength, it just ...read more

God's Grand Opening Series

Contributed by Byron Harvey on Nov 23, 2007

I preach expository messages, and this is the nineteenth in my series on the Book of Acts.

“God’s Grand Opening” Acts 10:34-48 September 16, 2007 It came to be known as “Black Sunday”. Following a 15-day heat wave, the thermometer on that July day registered 110 degrees. The asphalt, laid only the night before, was still steaming, and thus the ladies who came attired in high ...read more

Scripture: Acts 10:34-48

Denomination: Evangelical Free

A Pursuing God Series

Contributed by Mark Sanders on Aug 10, 2015

The first sermon in a series on Jonah, concentrating on 3 timeless truths: God takes notice of sin (and takes it seriously), running from God is not healthy, and God always pursues us.

(Slide #1) The Running Man: A Pursuing God Jonah 1 In 1987 a movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger called “The Running Man” came out. This was a movie about a futuristic game show (set in todays time) that used convicted criminals as what they called “Runners” who, if ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 1:1-17

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Friendship With God Series

Contributed by Robert Higgins on May 14, 2008

Abraham was the ultimate friend of God. There was no one who was elevated to any higher degree in friendship to God than Abraham. God made sure that this unique label was recorded in script

We learned about our need for understanding our purpose…that a life without purpose is a life without meaning. Perhaps you have struggled with your purpose or the meaning of your life. You can only find your meaning, your destiny for your life through a relationship with God. Any attempts to try ...read more

Scripture: James 2:23

Denomination: Baptist

The Desert Will Rejoice: Finding Joy In God's Promise An Advent Sermon On Isaiah 35:1-10

Contributed by Jessie Manuel on Dec 12, 2025

During Advent, we wait. We prepare. And sometimes, if we're honest, we wonder if the waiting will ever end. Isaiah's audience was familiar with the concept of waiting.

Introduction During Advent, we wait. We prepare. And sometimes, if we're honest, we wonder if the waiting will ever end. Isaiah's audience knew something about waiting. Exiled, discouraged, surrounded by spiritual desert—they needed a word of hope. And God gave them not just hope, but a ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 35:1-10

Denomination: Methodist

The Struggles Of A Godly Man

Contributed by Mike Turner on Jun 8, 2003

From this Psalm we read of the struggles of a Godly man, and we learn how God helped him overcome !

Psalms 73:1-28 The Struggles of a Godly Man This message this morning is for everyone who struggles with life. It is for everyone that has questions....for everyone who has up’s and down’s in their relationship with the Lord. It teaches us this morning that we can know God and face trials, ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 73:1-28

Denomination: Baptist

God's Love Changing Me Series

Contributed by Dan Stires on Apr 9, 2008

we find today something that every one of us desires more than anything: LOVE. The amazing thing is that our majestic, all-powerful, all-knowing, perfectly holy God is passionately in love with imperfect, sinful, sometimes openly rebellious, frequently i

Pataskala Nazarene January 21, 2007 God’s Love Changing Me John 3:16 Introduction: It’s the first thing we want our children and grand-children to understand about God. We show them pictures; We tell them stories, and We teach them songs about it. It’s basic; It’s fundamental; It’s essential to ...read more

Scripture: John 3:16

Denomination: Nazarene

God's Three Deadlines Series

Contributed by Bruce Mccoy on Feb 8, 2006

This is one sermon in a series of retelling famous historic sermons that shook continents. This particular sermon is a retelling of Evangelist, J. Harold Smith’s epic sermon, "God’s Three Deadlines." In my church, I included a bulletin insert phot

God’s Three Deadlines. The Unpardonable Sin - Sinning Away Your Day of Grace – Sin Unto Death 1. Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit is the Unpardonable Sin. 2. It is committed only by unbelievers: 3. List multiple crimes that seem unforgivable. John Wayne Gacey – Homosexual who enticed young ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 12:22-33

Denomination: Baptist