Sermons on Divine Favor:

The Real Hunger Games

Contributed by Larry Turner on Mar 26, 2015

Esau hungered for stew but we are commanded to hunger for justice. This sermon takes a look at the results of hungering for the right thing.

John and his friend George went golfing together one Sunday morning, as they had for many years, while their family was at church. This particular Sunday was Palm Sunday, the Sunday that celebrates the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem. This led to a very empty golf course with only John and George ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:6

Denomination: Foursquare

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

Promises And Prisoners Series

Contributed by Guy Caley on May 26, 2002

Paul makes it clear that faith and not the law has always been the key to God’s favor.

Introduction In the early 1930’s the US had a problem. Crime had run amok. The prohibition of alcohol in the 1920’s had given rise to pervasive organized crime. A frightened public demanded a response, and the government wanted to send a message to criminals. Their message was named Alcatraz. ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 3:15-25

Denomination: Assembly Of God

The Story Of Ruth

Contributed by Dave Rajoon on Oct 25, 2006

The story of Ruth is one of the most beloved in the Bible; it is a story of love; of the favor of God; of relationships and redemption

Introduction: The story of Ruth is set during a harsh and bitter time in the history of the nation of Israel. It was a time ruled by interim governors or judges as the Scriptures call them. There was no King and there was no Prophet so the voice of God was heard only sporadically in the land. ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Security Guard Did Some Good Series

Contributed by Joel Pankow on Mar 24, 2005

An Easter Sunrise sermon reflecting on how the posting of the guard worked out to the Lord’s favor.

March 27, 2005 Matthew 27:62-28:10 About a year ago I used to drive past a local bank and see a rather overweight man with an official uniform standing outside of the building. He was known as the security guard. Whereas he stood outside in the freezing cold, I don’t know how much he could ...read more

Denomination: Lutheran

Not Ready Yet.

Contributed by Melvin Shelton on Dec 28, 2003

No more of a favor can be done to us than to see the glory of the Lord and be changed by the spirit of the Lord.

Not ready yet. Ezekiel 3: 22 -- 27. 12/28/03 Ezekiel was one of God’s great Old Testament prophets. The Jews had disobeyed God’s commands so often and for their disobedience they were taken captive into the land of Babylon. Even though they had been warned by the prophets the consequences of ...read more

Scripture: Ezekiel 3:22-27

Denomination: Baptist

The Angels Song

Contributed by Joe Harding on Dec 28, 2002

Jesus was born to bring Glory to God and on earth peace to men on whom His favor rests.

THE ANGELS SONG LUKE 2: 1-10 DECEMBER 22, 2002 INTRODUCTION: It’s all about singing! It’s all about the music! I don’t know of anytime within the year that calls us to sing like Christmas. Someone that found Jesus this year as her personal Savior sent me an e-mail I had seen before but just seemed ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:1-10

Denomination: Baptist

Sermon On The Amount (Outline)

Contributed by Joel Santos on Jan 26, 2008

A good name is to be more desired than great riches, favor is better than silver and gold.

Sermon on the Amount (Outline) Proverbs 22:1 NASB In the Bible, whenever God was instructing His people to do something, He always gave them a detailed procedures, i.e., building the tabernacle, the ark, or the temple. God gave detailed laws that the Israelites were to follow while living in the ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 22:1

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Were These Worse Sinners? An Exposition Of Luke 13:1-9

Contributed by Mark A. Barber on Feb 21, 2019

Trying to compare yourself favorably to those who sin more than you is a dangerous endeavor.

Were These Worse Sinners? An Exposition of Luke 13:1-9 The natural tendency of human beings is to justify one’s self by finding someone who sins worse then himself/herself. Psychologists call this “projection.” It is a survival reflex in which one wishes to place their justly deserved punishment ...read more

Scripture: Luke 13:1-9

Denomination: Independent/Bible

A Man Of Peace Series

Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Nov 9, 2006

This is a funeral message for a godly man who knew God’s peace in the life storm of cancer.

ISAIAH 26:3-4 WARREN SCOTT- GOD’S MAN OF PEACE There is much that could be said of Warren Scott. Warren Scott was a man of God, a man of great integrity, and a humble man of peace. He possessed a deep abiding peace so uncommon in our hectic stress filled world today. It was not peace ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 26:3-4, James 1:6-9, Colossians 3:15, Matthew 5:24

Denomination: Baptist

A Hope, That Doesn’t Disappoint

Contributed by Charlie Roberts on Dec 12, 2010

You don’t have to do anything to deserve God’s favor, and that’s one of the hardest things to learn about Gods goodness and Favor. The fact that you don’t have to do anything, just boggles a lot of peoples minds.

A Hope that does not disappoint Romans 5:5 NKJ 5Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us. But “hope” in the Bible is a confident and positive expectation of good. God wants you to have a confident expectation ...read more

Scripture: Romans 5:5

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Grace, "Like You’ve Never Seen It"!

Contributed by Charlie Roberts on Feb 15, 2012

That’s the day Jesus became more real to me, than He ever had before! I realized for the first time that grace, had nothing at all to do with what I could do, but everything to do, with what Jesus had already done for me and was still doing for me....

Grace, "Like You’ve Never Seen It"! Go ahead and Jump! I Dare You Do you remember playing that game with your friends, when you were young? At the time, it didn’t seem like you were all that young, remember you thought you were all grown up, you know the king of the world but looking back now ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 1:1-6, Galatians 3:5-6

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

It's Within Your Reach, "Reach Out And Grab It!"

Contributed by Charlie Roberts on Aug 21, 2012

Gods anointing, with what you have available to you is enough,  its always more than enough to take and propel you to victory every time!

Its within your reach, reach out and grab it! So many times when were faced with a challenge in our lives, Whether it’s a everyday challenge, or one that feels like it might be the biggest fight of our lives. Even if we try not to, almost always it will try to overwhelm us, if we let ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:27

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Table Manners Series

Contributed by Steve Ely on Apr 13, 2012

The Table . . . A common everyday item. Every house has one. A simple table or a meeting place. Perhaps a classroom. Could it be that a  simple table is really a blank canvas?

The Table Pt. 2 - Table Manners I. Introduction I don't know what your home was like growing up, but in my house we were taught table manners. In fact, you need to pray for me as I try to find something to do while I am grounded this week for even playing that video. We had some very specific ...read more

Scripture: Luke 14:1-14

Denomination: Pentecostal

Noah's Faith

Contributed by Greg Nance on Oct 5, 2013

How do you find favor in God's eyes in a world gone wrong? God gives us the example of Noah.

Matthew 24:37 As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. Matthew 24:38 For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; Luke 3:36 the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ