Sermons on Dealing With Past:

"If Only"

Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 19, 2006

Keeping your past from ruining your future

IF ONLY! John 11 1A man named Lazarus was sick. He lived in Bethany with his sisters, Mary and Martha. 2This is the Mary who poured the expensive perfume on the Lord’s feet and wiped them with her hair. Her brother, Lazarus, was sick. 3So the two sisters sent a message to Jesus telling him, "Lord, ...read more

Scripture: John 11:1-37

Denomination: Wesleyan

Why Me Lord?

Contributed by Jim Drake on Dec 27, 2008

Thanking the Lord for His blessings this past year and beyond.

http://brushforkbanner.blogspot.com How many of you remember the country singer, Kris Kristofferson? I don’t know if he’s still around, but I really like Kris Kristofferson. I can’t stand his music, but I like him because he’s the only person I know who makes me feel good about the way I sing. ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 8:1-9

Denomination: Baptist

A Trip To The Tomb

Contributed by Dr. Jerry N. Watts on May 23, 2013

Taking a trip past the tomb will impact your life.

A Trip to the Tomb Jerry Watts Mark 16:1-7 * We are a ‘traveling people.’ This means we like to take trips. After living here for over 7 years and having lived on the coast for 13, I find it almost humorous about the destinations which are appealing. Those on the coast seem to love ...read more

Scripture: Mark 16:1-7

Denomination: Baptist

Come See What God Has Done For You! Series

Contributed by Kyle Sullivan on Nov 10, 2014

The Cross covers our past, present and future sins!

Martin Luther: “Romans 3:21-31 is the chief point of the whole Bible!” Nine Things Of What Has God Done For Us In Salvation: 1) Salvation was designed by God! Vs. 21a “A righteousness from God…” (NIV) 2) Salvation is not Earned! Vs. 21b “A ...read more

Scripture: Romans 3:21-31

Denomination: Baptist

4 Times For Joy

Contributed by Harvey Earls on Mar 14, 2016

Having Joy based on the past, future, eternity, and now.

As we lead up to the Easter Season, I want to talk about one of the biggest paradox’s of the Christian faith. You know what a Paradox is, don’t you? According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, it is something (such as a situation) that is made up of two opposite things and that seems ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 1:3-5

Denomination: Baptist

"The Breath Of God” Acts 2:1-21

Contributed by Gerald Roberts on May 30, 2020

The breath of God has blown in past and is still blowing.

“The Breath Of God” Acts 2:1-21 1. The Earliest form of Church Began “In the beginning” • In The beginning 1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2Now the earth wasA formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:1-21

Denomination: Methodist

Spiritual Disciplines - Conclusion Series

Contributed by Michael Deutsch on Aug 28, 2021

In this final sermon in the series, I recap the past weeks.

Spiritual Disciplines: Conclusion August 29, 2021 Today is the final message on the Spiritual Disciplines series. Amazingly, this is message 18. I was asked if I was serious last week when I said - - America is totally lost!! And my answer is 100% YES! And I fully believe the church is the ...read more

Scripture: John 15:5, John 10:10

Denomination: Baptist

A Living Word Series

Contributed by Larry Grant on Jun 26, 2021

Our Past, Our Priest & His Promise

Illus: Years ago I served on a Foreign Missions board in Haiti where a local lawyer donated acres of land in the city of Aux Cayes near Port-Au-Prince. We made plans to build a prayer center, a vocational training center and a volunteer medical center. When we visited the area and it was ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 4:12-16

Denomination: Baptist

God Is Doing A New Thing.

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Feb 4, 2022

From past mercies to present help and future salvation.

GOD IS DOING A NEW THING. Isaiah 43:16-21. Isaiah reminds us of how the Sovereign LORD had opened the Red Sea, and made a path through the Jordan (Isaiah 43:16-17). Yet the Prophet is only looking back in order to look forward: “remember not” the former things - don’t yearn for what we might ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 43:16-21

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

My Fathers Eyes

Contributed by Delray Lentz on Sep 6, 2024

Did someone see Jesus in you this past week?

Raise your hand if you enjoying making things. Making a mess, doesn’t count! Making food. Story of Forever Young. Making things out of wood or metal. Some enjoy making things out of paper, or out of cloth. When was the last time you made something out of thin air? Today’s word is found in: Genesis ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 1:26-31

Peace In Ephesians Series

Contributed by James Jackson on Dec 11, 2023

Peace is possible in the present because of the price that was paid in the past.

Peace in Ephesians Ephesians 2:1-10, pew Bible p 917 Good morning! Please open your Bibles to Ephesians chapter 2. Introduction How many of you were teenagers in the 80’s? Do you remember all the anxiety that was in the air, especially in the early 80’s? • Tensions between the United States and ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 2:11-21

Denomination: Baptist

The Good Shepherd's Wine Series

Contributed by Fr Mund Cargill Thompson on May 9, 2025

A sermon on worship - on both connecting with the past, and on intimacy with God.

In the 1960s something beautiful happened in the Roman Catholic Church. It was called the Second Vatican Council In it they suddenly decided to do almost all the things we Anglicans had been begging them to do for 500 years. I talked to you last week about the Anglo-Catholic revival in the Church ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 7:9-17, Isaiah 1:18, John 13:1-12, Psalm 22:18, John 19:23-24, Matthew 27:51, John 10:22-30  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Anglican

The Scandalous Women In Jesus Genealogy - Rahab Series

Contributed by Claude Alexander on Dec 10, 2017

The female ancestors of Jesus. The women in the line of Jesus with a notorious past.

Matthew 1:1-17; Joshua 2:1, 3; 6:17-25; Matthew 1:5; Hebrews 11:31; James 2:25 We are still looking into the genealogy of Jesus as mentioned in Matthew chapter 1. Our emphasis in this study is Rahab. The genealogy of Jesus given in Matthew is in the Bible to let us know that He had a ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 1:1-17

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Finding Hope In Life's Challenges SermonCentral

Contributed by SermonCentral on Sep 9, 2023

The Living Christ is the source of our new birth & our living hope. If you have a living hope in the living Christ you can deal with your past failures & present difficulties because of your future blessings. God's glorious best for you lies ahead.

The Living Christ is the source of our new birth and our living hope. If you have a living hope in the living Christ, you can deal with your past failures and present difficulties because of your future blessings. God's glorious best for you lies ahead. Peter begins his letter by praising God for ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 1:3-6

Topics: Hope, Overcoming Difficulties

Living With(Out) Regret Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Feb 24, 2022

We all have regrets, things we've done or have had done to us in the past. Paul describes two ways of dealing with these regrets- worldly and godly. Consider these thoughts from our Family Minister Scott Jewell on living without regret.

Our current series is called “What Keeps You Up At Night?” We’ve explored anger/bitterness, concern for family, and today I want to talk about regret. It’s the idea of dealing with our mistakes/sins, whether real or perceived from our past. Personally, the concept takes me back to my ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 7:8-12

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ