Sermons about Difficult Childhood

The Story Of Moses And The Stool Pigeon

Contributed by Edward Boyce on Jan 25, 2002

based on 131 ratings

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Change in the congregations of America is difficult and is often resisted. This sermon looks at Moses as a model for transformation and change in a church.

The Story of Moses and the Stool Pigeon Exodus 13:17-18 Deuteronomy 8:1-16 In 1914 a very sad thing happened when Martha died. Martha was the last of passenger pigeons. One hundred years earlier the passenger pigeons covered the landscape. It was not uncommon for flocks of over one hundred ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 13:17-18, Deuteronomy 8:1-16

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Joy - Psalm 126 Series

Contributed by Alan Perkins on Mar 10, 2002

based on 34 ratings

| 8,195 views

How do we sustain joy in the midst of difficult circumstances? By reflecting on God’s blessings and promises.

Right now in Texas, a woman named Andrea Yates is on trial for the crime of murdering her five children, ages 7, 5, 3, 2, and six months. According to news reports, she confessed to police that she led them one at a time into the bathroom of their family’s home and drowned them in the bathtub. When ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 7:4

Denomination: Baptist

Love Found A Way To Help Us Series

Contributed by Dennis Lawrence on May 11, 2001

based on 51 ratings

| 5,527 views

Jesus shows us how willing He is to help us in our darkest and most difficult times!

Love Found a Way to Help Us May 12, 2001 “Judy Rogers, now a woman, remembers the year her father was laid off work. Family finances, already lean, became leaner still. “Christmas was coming, and for months Judy’s father had been promising his wife a new dishwasher. That good woman was still ...read more

Scripture: Mark 6:48-51

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Taming Our Tongues Series

Contributed by Michael Deutsch on Oct 19, 2001

based on 34 ratings

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We can tame and control so many things, but our tongues, ooh, how difficult that is.

First Baptist Church September 30, 2001 James 3:1-12 On the September 13th edition of the Christian television program "The 700 Club," Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson had the following conversation regarding the terrorist attacks — Falwell said, "The ACLU’s got to take a lot of blame for this. ...read more

Scripture: James 3:1-12

Denomination: Baptist

Encouraging Words In Desperate Times

Contributed by Terry Blankenship on Feb 1, 2007

based on 14 ratings

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Paul understands that his life is drawing to an end and pens these encouraging words to ministers and believers in difficult ministries.

Introduction - Running toward Unseen Goal United States runner Marla Runyon has been legally blind for 22 years. Even so, she competed in the 2000 Summer Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. In fact she qualified for the finals in the 1500 meter race. (Marla finished eighth, three seconds behind the ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 4:1-5, 2 Timothy 4:5-6

Denomination: Baptist

The Grace Of Sufficiency Series

Contributed by Bobby Stults on Aug 30, 2006

based on 6 ratings

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We must learn to lean on God even when things are difficult and we do not like them...

The illustrations in this sermon were found here on Sermoncentral.com. 2 Cor 12:7b-12 (NASB) 7b for this reason, to keep me from exalting myself, there was given me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to torment me—to keep me from exalting myself! 8 Concerning this I implored the Lord three ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 12:7-10

Denomination: Baptist

In Times Like These

Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Sep 27, 2004

based on 295 ratings

| 31,410 views

In difficult times we must: 1- Count the blessings 2- Consider the source 3- Continue the life

INTRO.- ILL.- 22 year-old pop singer Britney Spears got married again for the second time in nine months. The first marriage lasted only about 55 hours. Someone calculated that if she kept up this pace by the time she is 50 she will be married some 39 times. SHE GOT MARRIED AGAIN. I say, so ...read more

Scripture: Job 14:1

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Five Roadblocks On Hell's Superhighway

Contributed by Kenneth Trent on Aug 17, 2004

based on 131 ratings

| 9,771 views

The longer you travel and the farther you go on this road the more difficult it will be for you to find an “exit ramp”.

FIVE ROADBLOCKS ON HELL’S SUPERHIGHWAY "Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.” Matthew 7:13-14 ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 7:13-14

Denomination: Baptist

Out Of Weakness Series

Contributed by Dennis Lawrence on May 18, 2004

based on 46 ratings

| 6,669 views

It can be so difficult to handle our personal weaknesses, but know that God is using them for His glory.

Out of Weakness Purpose Driven Life #35 Cornwall/Montreal May 8, 2004 When children come to Jesus they come knowing they are not particularly strong. This is to their advantage, and this is what Jesus knew when He brought them forward to bless them. Matt.19.13-15- Jesus saw something that others ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:27, Matthew 19:13-15

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Taming The Tongue

Contributed by David Dewitt on Nov 17, 2006

based on 55 ratings

| 50,011 views

James tells us that the tongue is one of the most needed areas of life to be tamed and also the most difficult

Taming the Tongue James 3:1-12 October 29, 2006 Evening Service Introduction A cartoon from leadership magazine shows a line of pews and the same sentence being passed from pew to pew. 1st pew: My ear kind of hurts 2nd pew: The pastor has an earache 3rd pew: The pastor got a hearing aid 4th pew: ...read more

Scripture: James 3:1-12

Denomination: Church Of God

The First Person To Doubt The Virgin Birth Series

Contributed by Michael Stark on Dec 5, 2006

based on 4 ratings

| 5,706 views

The impact of God’s entrance onto the human scene was difficult for many, though it held the promise of life.

LUKE 1:26 34 THE FIRST PERSON TO DOUBT THE VIRGIN BIRTH “In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary. And he came to her and said, ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:26-34

Denomination: Baptist

I Love You Lord

Contributed by Davon Huss on Nov 22, 2004

based on 24 ratings

| 8,192 views

A sermon on how we can be thankful during difficult times based on Psalm 18:1-3.

Sermon for 11/21/2004 Psalm 18:1-3 Introduction: If we could shrink the earth’s population to a village of one hundred people; here’s the way the world would look: There would be 57 Asians, 21 Europeans, 14 from the Western Hemisphere, and 8 Africans. 50 would suffer from malnutrition and one ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 18:1-3

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Lord Offers Sight For The Seekers Of 2005

Contributed by Joel Pankow on Dec 30, 2004

based on 38 ratings

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Isaiah uses the rock of Abraham as a source of comfort and hope to the Israelites and us who face difficult times.

December 31, 2004 Isaiah 51:1-6 1 "Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness and who seek the LORD: Look to the rock from which you were cut and to the quarry from which you were hewn; 2 look to Abraham, your father, and to Sarah, who gave you birth. When I called him he was but one, and I ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 51:1-6

Denomination: Lutheran

Sight And Vision

Contributed by Martin Odom on Dec 25, 2006

based on 35 ratings

| 31,182 views

Vision is the key to accessing the invisible spiritual supplies that God provides to sustain us through difficult times.

Sight and Vision 2 King 6:12-17 Not long ago my wife made me go to the doctor. The married men know what I am talking about when I say that she made me go to the doctor. I was just going for a check up, but you know that there are some parts of that check up that I find particularly unpleasant. ...read more

Scripture: 2 Kings 6:12-17

Denomination: Methodist

Be Perfect? Series

Contributed by Scott Chambers on Sep 27, 2011

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This message is the first in a series that deals with some of the difficult sayings of Jesus. This message examines Jesus' call to be perfect.

There are times when people including Christians say some very strange things. Often we hear someone say something that stops us in our tracks. For example, have you ever heard something that sounded so strange or outrageous that you asked yourself, “Did I really just hear that?” I ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:48

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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