Sermons on Giving Hope:

Give Up Pride For Lent And Beyond

Contributed by Don Schultz on Feb 17, 2014

It's time to stop practicing fake Christianity during Lent. Let's give up something meaningful - the sin of pride

The season known as Lent is starting this coming Wednesday, with Ash Wednesday being the first day of Lent. What is Lent to you? Let's be honest, for many of us, Lent is really, nothing - it's just another time of the year. On Wednesdays many of your churches have extra midweek church services, and ...read more

Scripture: Luke 18:9-14

Denomination: Lutheran

Believe 19 - Giving My Resources Series

Contributed by Michael Deutsch on Mar 2, 2015

Believe week 19 - our focus is on giving our resources, namely money.

Believe 19: Giving our Resources 2 Corinthians 9:6-15 March 1, 2015 Have you ever heard of Don Lapre or Dave Del Dotto? I remember watching these guys in the late 1980's. They were on late night television all the time. Don Lapre told us how he made over $50,000 dollars a week by placing tiny ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:6-15

Denomination: Baptist

You Cannot Out Give God Series

Contributed by Thomas Swope on Oct 2, 2015

A study of the book of 1 Samuel 1: 1 – 28

1 Samuel 1: 1 – 28 You Cannot Out Give God 1 Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim Zophim, of the mountains of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite. 2 And he had two wives: the name of one was Hannah, and ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 1:1-28

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

Give Your Marriage A Tune-Up!

Contributed by Howard Strickland on Oct 3, 2016

The secret to closeness in marriage is not sparkling conversation, or shared interest or incredible sex. As good as those are, the secret is practicing plain old-fashioned thoughtfulness and kindness. The stuff we learn when we are young and forget when w

Give Your Marriage A Tune-Up! Ephesians 4: 29-32NKJB During the rehearsal for her wedding a nervous bride was having a difficult time remembering all the details. Her kind pastor took her aside at the end of the night and said, “When you enter the church tomorrow, you will be walking down the ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:29-32

Denomination: Pentecostal

Give Thanks To The Lord For He Is Good Series

Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Oct 8, 2016

Giving thanks for 1) The divine work of Redemption (Psalm 107:1-9), and 2) The divine work of Restoration (Psalm 107:10-15)

The Pilgrims first celebrated Thanksgiving as we currently know it, with the indigenous peoples of North America. Governor William Bradford in his account of the founding of the Plymouth Plantation explicitly referred to Psalm 107 in his well-known summation of their achievement: “Our fathers ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 107:1-15

Denomination: Other

“giving As A Expression Of The Heart” Series

Contributed by Bryan Beverly on Jul 26, 2016

This is part of a series of very brief messages that can be used in church newsletters for stewardship.

19 ‘Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal; 20but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21For where your treasure is, there ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:19-21

Denomination: Baptist

God Gives, His Children Enjoys

Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Jun 22, 2014

To show that CHRIST is both our Provider, Blessor and blessing of the LORD that made us rich.

I. EXORDIUM: Are you rich? II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers III. OBJECTIVES: To show that CHRIST is both our Provider, Blessor and blessing of the LORD that made us rich. IV. TEXT: Ecclesiastes 6:2 (Amplified Bible) 6:2 A man to whom God has given riches, possessions, and honor, so that he ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 6:2

Denomination: Pentecostal

Lord, Give Me My Mountain

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Apr 10, 2017

Seems the negative crowds has been buried in all their negativity, but one family stands up and says: LORD, GIVE ME MY MOUNTAIN, it is my heritage.

LORD GIVE ME MY MOUNTAIN... By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com There will always be seasons... Genesis 8:22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 14:11-14, Numbers 13:34

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Don't Ever Give Up! Series

Contributed by The Rev Deniray Mueller on Apr 27, 2017

no matter the difficulties, never, never give up; God has a plan for you

But this precious treasure—this light and power that now shine within us—is held in perishable containers, that is, in our weak bodies. So everyone can see that our glorious power is from God and is not our own. We are pressed on every side by troubles, but we are not crushed and broken. We are ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:5-12

Denomination: Episcopal

Jesus Gives Us Three Assurances!

Contributed by Tony Abram on Oct 7, 2012

In this outline we list three wonderful assurances from the Lord for our walk of faith. God has given us many assurances or certainties for our life in following Him, but we have chosen only three wonderful assurances to encourage us in our walk.

JESUS GIVES US THREE ASSURANCES! Matthew 24:12-14 King James Version (KJV) 12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. 13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. 14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 24:12-14

God Doesn't Give Up Series

Contributed by T.j. Conwell on Aug 5, 2013

We will not always agree on everything, but in this story we see four characters who show us that we are STILL called to work together in unity. (Acts 15:36-41).

God Doesn't Give Up Acts 15:36-41 Prayers asked for staff – leading well in making future decisions for TCAPL -- Dinner on Sat night to discuss several upcoming things; praying through choices -- Pray for us to hear from God and seek Him in everything we do Introduction The ...read more

Scripture: Acts 15:36-41

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

God Talks, Listens, And Gives Solutions

Contributed by Matthew Davaughn Cox on Apr 9, 2013

God wants to be ivovled in your life

God wants to talk to us and tell us things. God wants to talk to us everyday. God wants us to talk to him and tell him what’s going on with us. God wants us to listen to him when he tells us what to do. God will get onto us when we don’t listen to us. God will punish us when we do not ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 1:7

Denomination: *other

Sell Your Stuff And Give To The Poor

Contributed by Keith Broyles on Oct 7, 2014

Jesus said some things that were radical then, and now. He said things like, "Sell your stuff and give to the poor."

Your soul -- not to mention your budget -- is in mortal danger as you approach the grocery store checkout lane. You say, "How?" You've carefully filled your cart with the needed items outlined on your list. You patiently wait in line, always seeming to pick the one that's slowest. Yet somehow, by ...read more

Scripture: Mark 10:17-31

Denomination: Methodist

You Give Them Something To Eat

Contributed by William Baeta on Aug 2, 2014

“Now when it was evening, the disciples came to him and said, ‘...send the crowds away to go into the villages and buy food for themselves.’ But Jesus said, ‘they need not go away; you give them something to eat" (Matthew 14:15-16)

Theme: You give them something to eat Text: Is. 55:1-5; Romans 9:1-5; Matt. 14:13-21 God as Creator created every individual with unique characteristics and no two persons are the same. They have different gifts to use to glorify God but this does not always happen. Many people are not even ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 14:13-21

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Give Ear, O Shepherd Of Israel.

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Nov 7, 2013

No matter what the world throws at us, we will persevere in the LORD.

GIVE EAR, O SHEPHERD OF ISRAEL. Psalm 80:1-7; Psalm 80:17-19. Belief in the God of Israel is not blind faith, but an informed trust. One expression of our confidence that the LORD is in control of all things is to make our complaints known to Him. In Psalm 80 the writer bemoans the plight of the ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 80:17-19, Psalm 80:1-7

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational