Sermons on Cry Out To God:

Good Out Of Evil Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Mar 12, 2021

What Paul learned by his experience is that the bad stuff of life can be a way for God to use your life in a way that good things could not be used.

Luther Burbank, the world famous scientist, worked for years to try and develop a black-petaled lily. He had several thousand experimental lily plants in his laboratory. A sudden cloudburst let loose a flood of rain that they were all washed away. William Stidger tells of sympathizing with him over ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 1:12-26

He Brought You Out To Take You In

Contributed by Brian Matherlee on Dec 5, 2006

God delivered a nation through Moses. He delivers the world through Christ. In delivering a people several things that grip us must be broken.

HE BROUGHT YOU OUT TO TAKE YOU IN Advent Series-Part 1 Acts 7:20-37 Sunday, December 3, 2006 Pastor Brian Matherlee Read Acts 7:20-37 • THE SIGNIFICANCE OF CHRISTMAS TO AMERICANS The Barna Research Group poll, conducted for the Lutheran Hour Ministries found that: 37% of adults in the national ...read more

Scripture: Acts 7:20-37

Denomination: Wesleyan

Out Of Past - Into The Future

Contributed by Dr. C. David White on May 8, 2005

You are either a product of your past or you are a product of the Cross. Entering the New Year or any new endeavor needs the guidance of God in order to be truly sucessful.

Out of the Past and Into the Future 3:1 Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not grievous, but for you it is safe. 2 Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision. Phil 3:1-2 (KJV) Watch out for those dogs, those wicked men ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:1-16

Denomination: Baptist

Out Of The Mouth Of Christians?!?!

Contributed by Pastor Jeff Hughes on Jan 20, 2014

"Out of the Mouth of Christians", is a study on those things that we do that sure do not meet up with the will of and the Word of God and often make incredibly poor impressions on the unsaved.

"Judge not, that you be not judged. For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you. And why do you look at the speck in your brother's eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 7:1-5

Denomination: Bible Church

Called Out Of Darkness

Contributed by Wilson Oshorakpor on Apr 19, 2021

The world is covered by a cloud of spiritual darkness. God sent his only begotten son, Jesus as the light of the world; but men loved darkness because of their evil deeds.

TEXT: 1 Peter 2:9 (NLT) "But you are not like that, for you are a chosen people. You are royal priests, a holy nation, God’s very own possession. As a result, you can show others the goodness of God, for he called you out of the darkness into his wonderful light." Do you know that as a ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:9, John 3:19, John 3:16, Jeremiah 13:16

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Way Down

Contributed by Tom Fuller on Jul 3, 2007

In one of the saddest chapters of the Bible, Israel first neglects, then abandons their relationship with Yahweh. Through it all, though He remains faithful to them and stands ready to help when they cry out, just like with us.

I was 16 years old. It was my first "real" job after working as a newspaper delivery person for many years. I worked for a dry cleaner establishment that (I found out later) was about to go under. My job was to deliver cleaned drapes to customers. I was given the keys to an old van and told to take ...read more

Scripture: Judges 2:1-23

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

How To Get Out Of The Pit

Contributed by Billy Noel on May 3, 2009

Sometimes in life we find ouselves in pits of God’s design, they are to serve a purpose but they are not to become our places of residence.

How to get out of the pit Psalm 40: 1-3 There are many instances of where people find themselves in a pit Joseph was throw in a pit by His evil brothers Absalom was thrown in a pit There are times when you need to go into a pit to kill an enemy as was the case of Benaiah Some times that you fall ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 40:1-3

Denomination: Christian Church

"God Is With Us"

Contributed by Ken Sauer on Jun 2, 2010

Jesus reaches out to us saying, “Don’t cry. It really will be alright,” and if we are willing-- if our eyes are open to God’s never ending presence among us, if we look for Him in the dim and mist of our confusion, hurt and pain--we will see that He is ri

Luke 7:11-17 “God is with Us” By: Ken Sauer, Pastor of East Ridge United Methodist Church, Chattanooga, TN What is it that you most dread in this upcoming week, month or year? Maybe it’s something that you know is going to happen, like a traumatic move to a new house, school, ...read more

Scripture: Luke 7:11-17

Denomination: United Methodist

The God Who Saves Us From All Trouble Series

Contributed by Libin Lal Vinu on Sep 21, 2022

David's confidence in God

Psalms 3 V1 David's enemies Old testament people had enemies, but we don't have (Ephe 6:11) V2 People asking why your God is not helping you. Now we are also faced by the same question V3 David's answer God is my shield,my glory,lifter up of my head My ...read more

Scripture: Luke 13:11-13

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Only Way Out Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Apr 30, 2021

So God says to those who receive Christ, "Your sins are gone, and you can return to fellowship with Me. The past no longer blocks the way, for it is no longer remembered.

Men have offered millions of sacrifices to God in order to get Him to forgive and release them from sin. But there is no record that anyone was ever set free by this method, even when they offered their own babies, or young virgins in sacrifice. All of this folly just added to the darkness of ...read more

Scripture: Romans 7:18

Breaking Out Of A Slump Series

Contributed by Steve Malone on Oct 14, 2005

In this message I will share what God taught me in the midst of a recent slump, if you are in one I pray it helps. It helped alot of people at Central (I Am Jesus 22).

Breaking Out Of A Slump I Am Jesus – part 22 HEY – are there any sports fan out there? OKAY – on a count of three just shout out your favorite sport…. NOW – my favorite sport to watch is the NFL. AND – let me tell you, I can’t wait for the season to kick off again. This year Anthony & I ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 49:4

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

"Out Of The Grave And Into The Battle”

Contributed by Sean Dees on May 1, 2021

We as the Church were once the standard that many honored and respected, but the time has come were the people of God who were once a great army has fallen and become weak.

Intro: These verses of Scripture spoke prophetically of the rise of the Jewess Nation from the Babylonian Exile in 586 BC. But this vision is also prophetic of the Church today. We as the Church were once the standard that many honored and respected, but the time has come were the people of God ...read more

Scripture: Ezekiel 37:1-10

Good Out Of Evil Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Mar 19, 2021

The key to being an optimist is having the patience to wait and see what God will do with your negative experience. We so often jump to the conclusion that bad stuff is just that, and that alone.

Luther Burbank, the world famous scientist, worked for years to try and develop a black-petaled lily. He had several thousand experimental lily plants in his laboratory. A sudden cloudburst let loose a flood of rain that they were all washed away. William Stidger tells of sympathizing with ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 1:12-26

When God Takes Us Fishing

Contributed by James May on Aug 31, 2022

When we are given the call from God to serve him we should hear and obey. If not, then God has a way of getting our attention. He wants to extend his great Love to all men.

When God takes us Fishing Sunday, August 20, 2022 I was seeking the Lord for the word for his church and as the pages of my bible opened up, my eyes were drawn to the first two verses of the Book of Jonah. Immediately I heard the Holy Ghost as he led me to focus my attention to what God would ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 1:1-2, Jonah 2:7-9, Genesis 10:8-11

Denomination: Independent/Bible

How God Shows Unending Mercy Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Apr 17, 2024

We are tasked with showing the glory, justice and patience of God, and we mess up, sometimes frequently.

Fourth Sunday of Easter 2024 The Lord’s mercy endures forever. Let’s be honest, here. Do we really deserve God’s mercy, when all of us who have reached the age of reason have sins in our life, and most of us have serious sins impacting human life, or honesty, financial justice, or our human ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 3:1-2, John 10:11-18, Acts 4:8-12

Denomination: Catholic