Sermons on Divine Environment:

Twenty-Seventh Sunday In Ordinary Time, Year C: Divine Passives

Contributed by Paul Andrew on Oct 3, 2025

How? By (1) being small; (2) daily fervent prayer (3) and knowing that God’s grace precedes and enables our good works, the (4) fourth is tapping into the “fulfillment formula” of God’s sovereignty by God’s divine passives.

Walking or moving in the Opposite Spirit is a teaching from Saint Ignatius of Loyola, [Agere contra, Latin “to act against"]. This spiritual practice involves purposefully acting in the opposite direction of your natural inclinations to produce a positive spiritual resolve and result. So, the ...read more

Scripture: Luke 17:5-10

Denomination: Catholic

The Unlocking Of The Heart: When Divine Light Meets Our Inner Vault

Contributed by Bishop, W. F. Houston, Jr. on Oct 13, 2025

This sermon explores 2 Corinthians 4:6, showing how God’s light enters our hidden places—not to shame, but to heal, restore, and transform. Learn practical steps for moving from darkness to wholeness through the grace of Christ.

Grace and peace to you, my brothers and sisters. There is a phrase we hear often, a poetic and hopeful idea: "light over darkness." It sounds beautiful, it sounds victorious, until that very light meets the places we all keep locked away. The human heart, in its quiet complexity, can ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:6

Denomination: Other

1. The Lame Man Walks (When Faith Meets Divine Power) Series

Contributed by Jm Raja Lawrence on Nov 24, 2025

A man sat begging for forty years. One afternoon changed everything. Peter spoke. Jesus healed. The lame man walked. Your breakthrough waits for the same faith.

1. The Lame Man Walks (When Faith Meets Divine Power) Introduction: A Life Defined by Limitation For forty years, a man sat at the Beautiful Gate of the temple in Jerusalem. Every morning, someone carried him to that same spot. Every evening, someone carried him away. His world measured only a few ...read more

Scripture: Acts 3:1-16, Acts 3:6, Acts 3:7-8, Acts 3:12, Acts 3:16, Hebrews 13:8, John 5:8, Luke 13:12, Matthew 12:13, Romans 10:13, 2 Corinthians 5:17, James 5:15, Ephesians 3:20-21  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Part 2: The Refiner's Fire (Divine Refinement And Trust) Series

Contributed by Rev Emmanuel O. Adejugbe on Jan 20, 2026

In the last sermon, we explored the mystery of God's hiddenness. We acknowledged that God is often silent and our hearts cry out for Him to speak. But silence, we learned, does not mean absence. God is hidden from our perception, but not withdrawn from His work.

Today, we turn to perhaps the most difficult question of all. If God is silent and yet still working, what exactly is He doing? What is the purpose of the silence? Why does God allow us to walk through seasons where prayer seems unanswered, where Scripture feels distant, where we cannot sense His ...read more

Scripture: Job 23:10, Isaiah 55:8-9, Romans 5:3-4, Hebrews 5:8, Isaiah 53:5  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Pentecostal

Pep Talk

Contributed by Bradley Boydston on Dec 14, 2002

The privilege of divine childhood must be followed up with divine purity.

- - - - - - - - - Unless indicated otherwise, all scripture is quoted from the New Living Translation of the Bible. - - - - - - - - - I realize that it’s a little bit difficult to be thinking about baseball at this time of the year – especially when the weather is so grumpy. But the text this ...read more

Denomination: *other

Churches That Heal - Part 1

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jul 7, 2005

We need to commit here at New Life Community Church to create an environment that fosters spiritual healing for those who are wounded and in need of God’s touch.

Churches That Heal - Part 1 Thesis: We need to commit here at New Life Community Church to create an environment that fosters spiritual healing for those who are wounded and in need of God’s touch. Scripture Text: John 5:1-17: 1Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for a feast of the Jews. ...read more

Scripture: John 5:1-17

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Churches That Heal Part 2

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jul 13, 2005

We need to commit here at New Life Community Church to create an environment that fosters spiritual healing for those who are wounded and in need of God’s touch.

Churches That Heal - Part 2 Thesis: We need to commit here at New Life Community Church to create an environment that fosters spiritual healing for those who are wounded and in need of God’s touch. Scripture: John 5:1-17 (NIV): 1Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for a feast of the ...read more

Scripture: John 5:1-17

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

No One Likes A Slow Working God Series

Contributed by Troy Luttrell on Jul 3, 2014

Lesson: We are saved instantly, but the process of growing in our faith comes gradually

Introduction: Verses that I wish were not in the Bible, but they are and I must deal with it. Background: • It is very common for man to make multiple attempts to break a record, or to complete a major feat in life. For some of you, it may have take 2,3,4….times before you passed you ...read more

Scripture: Mark 8:22-26

Denomination: Baptist

Healing Church Pt 1 Series

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Sep 24, 2023

A church/ ministry that creates a healing environment and literally sees healing taking place is a church that focuses on the Good News of Jesus and on making right decision in life.

“The Healing Church 2023” Opening Remarks: Disclaimer on the screen – options for kids and teens to go to for this sensitive topic and message. Pastor Marlon and I attended the AACC Convention in Nashville Tn. last week and I was pressed by the Holy Spirit to talk about us being a healthy and ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 2:1-5, Philippians 2:14-15, Philippians 4:8-9, Matthew 5:27-30

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Sermon On A Round Peg In A Square Hole

Contributed by William Meakin on Mar 14, 2025

The idiom and literal definition of “A round peg in a square hole” suggests a person who is unsuited or lacks congruence or affinity for a particular job, situation, or environment.

Steve Jobs, the California-born former CEO of Apple once remarked: “Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 3:1-2, Ephesians 4:29, Romans 12:2, John 3:16

You Had Me At Hello Series

Contributed by Allan Kircher on Dec 13, 2014

Maybe you’re entering environment/completely foreign to you There’s power in your presence cause you’re a carrier/Christ

Pastor Allan Kircher “You had me at Hello” 14 Dec 2014 ***All Sermons are in condensed form**** Persuade you/God has placed his presence inside you • You are not merely to survive/Christmas • change agent every relationship you touch • Can be a time of year/very ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:39-45

Denomination: Baptist

Mary, You Did Know!

Contributed by Lynn Malone on Dec 22, 2015

Comedian Mark Lowry wrote what has now become a classic Christmas song entitled Mary, Did You Know. This message answers his question that yes, Mary did know that her son was the face of God.

Mary, You Did Know! Luke 1: 39 – 56 The big news this week has been The Voice finals. Yes, a young man by the name of Jordan Smith captured America’s attention (and their votes) with a stirring rendition of the now classic Christmas song Mary, Did You Know. Smith closed the ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:39-56

Denomination: Methodist

Cleaning Up Our Act

Contributed by Geoffrey Foot on Sep 2, 2018

We all know about protecting our natural environment and the problems we have created in the past but what about moral pollution? Our Sin is moral pollution how can we counteract it?

CLEANING UP OUR ACT. MARK 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23. Over the years we have become more and more concerned about protecting our natural environment. Once such concern was expressed by a few scientists and they were regarded as alarmists. The rest of the world thought that our earth was so vast and ...read more

Scripture: Mark 7:1-23, 1 Corinthians 13:1-8, James 1:17-27

Our Lord Appoints Us

Contributed by Timm Meyer on Feb 5, 2009

Epiphany 4(C) - Our loving Lord appoints us through divine grace, with a divine promise, and with his divine message.

OUR LORD APPOINTS US (Outline) February 1, 2009 -- EPIPHANY 4 -- Jeremiah 1:4-10 INTRO: Another new government administration brings another round of presidential appointments. The super bowl will choose another most valuable player. Such appointment or choices come with a certain ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 1:4-10

Denomination: Lutheran

The Push To Purpose Series

Contributed by Rev. Samuel Arimoro on Jul 23, 2025

Every person is created with a divine purpose. God does nothing without intention. You are not an accident; you are a product of divine design.

THE PUSH TO PURPOSE By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: Jeremiah 1:4-10 Supporting Texts: Romans 8:28-30, Esther 4:14, Philippians 3:12-14, Isaiah 46:10, Proverbs 19:21 INTRODUCTION: Every person is created with a divine purpose. God does nothing without intention. You are not an accident; you ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 1:4-10

Denomination: Assembly Of God