Sermons on Damaged Emotions:

Dealing With Difficult People

Contributed by Ralph Andrus on Mar 19, 2007

- David had every reason for despair - How David kept his sanity under Saul’s assaults

The defeat of Despair: — Mr. Greatheart, old Honest and the four young men went up to Doubting Castle to look for Giant Despair. When they came at the castle gate, they knocked for entrance with an unusual noise. At that the old giant comes to the gate; and Diffidence his wife follows Then these ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 19:1-24

Denomination: Baptist

Issues: Intro Series

Contributed by Todd Bishop on Mar 29, 2007

We all have issues. God is the solution.

Everybody has ISSUES! I’ve got ‘em! You’ve got ‘em! We’ve got ‘em! Issues come from different places and points in our lives! Some people wear their issues like a t-shirt so everyone can see them! Others conceal their issues … hiding them … and deceiving people! What are some of the GREAT ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 11:28-30

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Issues: Sex Series

Contributed by Todd Bishop on Mar 29, 2007

Everyone has issues. God is the solution.

Last week we discovered that everybody has ISSUES! I’ve got ‘em! You’ve got ‘em! We’ve got ‘em! What are some of the GREAT issues we face today? 1.Depression and eating disorders 2.Suicidal thoughts 3.Abortion and premarital sex 4.Cutting and other forms of self-abuse 5.Divorce 6.Abuse by ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 11:28-30

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Issues: Self-Hurting Series

Contributed by Todd Bishop on Mar 29, 2007

Everyone has issues. God is the solution.

Several weeks we discovered that everybody has ISSUES! I’ve got ‘em! You’ve got ‘em! We’ve got ‘em! As we started our series we first discovered that God cares for us … 1 Peter 5:7: “Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about what happens to you” (NLT). A couple of weeks ago ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 11:28-30

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Suicide Series

Contributed by Gregg Barbour on Apr 2, 2007

Help teens realize that suicide is not an option in the 2nd sermon in the Untouchables Series.

Lori was 14 years old when she was baptized at Blue Springs Community Church, a one-room country church only a few miles from her house. A few months later, Lori dropped out of the church. The pastor and his wife visited her several times, but failed to persuade Lori to return to church. ...read more

Scripture: John 16:33

Denomination: *other

How To Overcome A Jealous Spirit

Contributed by Fred Smith on Jul 13, 2007

A sermon dealing with the danger of succumbing to a spirit of jealousy

Saul was very angry; this refrain galled him. “They have credited David with tens of thousands,” he thought, “but me with only thousands. What more can he get but the kingdom?” And from that time on Saul kept a jealous eye on David...In everything [Da-vid] did he had great success, because the ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 18:8-14

Denomination: Baptist

Escape From The Pit

Contributed by Ralph Andrus on Jul 16, 2007

Principles and actions to take when discouraged

I. Enemies In the Pit --------------------- - Horrible pit - Ps 40:2 - DOUBT Christopher Hitchens’ book God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything. Sam Harris was a little-known graduate student until he wrote the phenomenally successful “The End of Faith” and its follow-up, “Letter to a ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 40:1-17

Denomination: Baptist

A Counterfeit Contentment

Contributed by Bruce Ferris on Jul 22, 2007

Where are you on the contentment scale? Do you have genuine contentment in your life? The Apostle Paul says in Philippians 4:11, “Not that I speak from want, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am.” The contentment Paul speaks

Where are you on the contentment scale? Do you have genuine contentment in your life? The Apostle Paul says in Philippians 4:11, “Not that I speak from want, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am.” The contentment Paul speaks of is the realization of Psalm 23:1: “The ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 4:11

Denomination: Baptist

What Are Yo Waiting For?

Contributed by Ralph Andrus on Jul 30, 2007

1. The Record of Waiting - 2 Requirements For Waiting - 3 Results of Waiting - 4 Resource For Waiting

PowerPoint Available + New Slide > Transition In ______________________________________________________ + Stuck in a long line of traffic > Checkout line that is not moving > Stuck in a waiting room > On hold on the phone - When waiting becomes frustrating it’s because we do not know what is going ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 27:14

Denomination: Baptist

Godly Sorrow / Worldly Sorrow

Contributed by Rick Balmer on Jul 31, 2007

This is how Peter and Judas dealt with sorrow at the end of Jesus’ life.

2 Corinthians 7:10 (KJV) For Godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.   Why do people choose life and some choose death? Many times it is how we perceive things. Or how our past has shaped our lives. We tend to let those we are ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 7:10

Denomination: Assembly Of God

The One Everyone Denies Series

Contributed by Les Sinks on Aug 4, 2007

This message was laid on my heart as I began to explore the devices the devil uses on Christians to weaken them and their witness.

#1-THE DEVIL’S DEVICES--PRIDE [Lk 18] Intro: I would like to begin a series of messages which I will entitle: The Devil’s Devices” which I take from the Apostle Paul’s words to those believers at Corinth in his second letter. “Lest satan should get an advantage of us, for we are not ignorant of his ...read more

Scripture: Luke 18:10-14

Denomination: Baptist

How God Helps You Overcome Depression

Contributed by Jim Erwin on Dec 14, 2007

God is bigger and stronger than any depression you may be feeling.

How God Helps You Overcome Depression Psalm 42:1-43:5 Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation (Psalms 42:5 ESV) In everyday language "depression" refers to any downturn in mood, which may be relatively ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Rollercoaster- Introduction Series

Contributed by Steve Akins on Oct 5, 2006

In the coming weeks, we want to take a closer look at emotions like grief, anger, depression, fear and anxiety--and learn how the Bible says we can be delivered from be held hostage to these emotions and moving into an emotionally healthy life.

Introduction This morning we begin a series entitled: “Rollercoaster.” In the coming weeks, we want to take a closer look at emotions like grief, anger, depression, fear and anxiety--and learn how the Bible says we can be delivered from be held hostage to these emotions and moving into an ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:22-23

Denomination: Baptist

Rollercoaster Depression Series

Contributed by Steve Akins on Oct 5, 2006

“Depression is a state of existence marked by a sense of being pressed down, weighed down, or burdened, which affects a person physically, mentally, spiritually, and relationally. In other words, depression is not a state of mind but a state of being.”

Definition: “Depression is a state of existence marked by a sense of being pressed down, weighed down, or burdened, which affects a person physically, mentally, spiritually, and relationally. In other words, depression is not a state of mind but a state of being.” According to Psychiatrists Frank ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 19:1-18

Denomination: Baptist

Releasing The Hostage Heart

Contributed by Ralph Andrus on Oct 9, 2006

Lessons from the Amish Shootings

- In US since 99’ 48 Killed in 51 school shootings + Wed 9/27/06 Emily Keyes (16) Englewood, Colo. was killed when a 53-year-old drifter took six girls hostage (had sexually assaulted at least some of them) before turning the gun on himself as SWAT officers attacked.. Emily’s last words,(less ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 14:1-13

Denomination: Baptist