Sermons on God Tests Our Faith:

Being Marked By Love - Test #3 Series

Contributed by Jerry Cosper on May 23, 2012

The greatest proof of all that we love God is the mark of love. Since God is love, it’s impossible to love God and not to love one another.

Do you really love God? Tonight we look at a third test that proves if you really love God. Are you marked by love? Do we love one another? The greatest proof of all that we love God is the mark of love. Since God is love, it’s impossible to love God and not to love one another. If we ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 3:10-17

Denomination: Baptist

Don't Guess Take The Test

Contributed by Craig Fenton on Aug 14, 2001

Communion mesage: Don’t stand on the edge.

Communion. “Don’t guess take the test” The owner of a large warehouse was concerned with profits so much, he decided to make an onsite inspection. He saw a young man leaning up against the wall not working. He went over and said to him how much do you earn each week? The young man said $320. The ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 11:23-26

Denomination: Pentecostal

God Our Rescuer - God Our King Series

Contributed by Tom Fuller on Sep 24, 2012

Psalms 2 & 3 show us that God is in charge no matter how the human default condition of rebellion tries to get in the way. They also show us that when faced with difficulty there are four things we do naturally that make our troubles worse, and four ways

Our world today is moving faster and faster away from faith in God. In fact, the very existence of God is regularly called into question. In every part of our culture you are marked as narrow-minded, ignorant, uncool, hateful, bigoted, and foolish for trusting in Jesus Christ as your Savior. ...read more

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

Faith, Suffering & The Will Of God

Contributed by Tom Fuller on Nov 22, 2002

The story of Jesus betrayal, arrest, and trial could be seen as a dark time, but it teaches us things about faith, suffering, and finding the will of God in our lives like no other portion of Scripture.

I hate politics. Politics at its worst is the manipulation of people and processes to get your way. I’m sure there’s a good side to politics – but I haven’t seen it lately. Certainly it was politics at its worst that was operating in Palestine around 33AD when the ruling religious political group ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 26:1-75

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

God's Character Sermon Iv: God Our Peace Series

Contributed by Charles Cunningham on Jul 8, 2020

In times of testing, with conflict on every hand, God's people rely on the peace that our Lord gives by His presence and amazing grace that sees us through it all.

GOD OUR PEACE For a few minutes, let’s play Jeopardy. I’ll be Alex Trebeck and you be the contestants. Your category is: “God’s Names That Reveal His Character”. Here’s how we play: I will give you an ...read more

Scripture: Judges 6:11-24

How God Responds To Our Generosity

Contributed by Jim Butcher on Apr 16, 2019

It's difficult to be generous with our money. Seeing how God has promised to respond to our generosity is encouraging and that's exactly what this passage provides.

SCARED TO BE GENEROUS: “I would be more generous, but I’m barely making it now.” - We all know that generosity is admirable. We know that it’s embarrassing to be identified as being stingy. - But we struggle to be generous. One of the reasons that we don’t end up being as generous as we would ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 9:8-9

Denomination: Baptist

The Test Of The Bread Of Life

Contributed by John Gaston on Aug 17, 2021

The words of Jesus about ‘eating His flesh and drinking His blood’ have caused a lot of misunderstandings and divisions. But the all-knowing God is really checking to see if we will trust Him even if we don't understand!

THE TEST OF THE BREAD OF LIFE John 6:56-69 INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR 1. A new chaplain was hired for a prison unit. He was excited to preach his first Sunday service in the prison, but he was also very nervous. He didn’t want to say the wrong thing. 2. On Sunday morning he arrived at the prison. ...read more

Scripture: John 6:56-69

Denomination: Assembly Of God

What Kind Of Person Do You Want To Be? (James 1:1-12) Series

Contributed by Garrett Tyson on May 19, 2022

James encourages us to be all-in for God, responding "in faith" to testings, and steadfastly live in faithfulness toward God and people.

Who do you want to be? (James 1:1-12) Today, we begin a new series on the letter of James. The sort of weird thing about teaching on James, from my perspective, is that I've done this before. Maybe 10 years ago, I preached through James in two little churches in Kulm and Medina. I'm ...read more

Scripture: James 1:1-12

Our Commitment And Our Constraint

Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Dec 16, 2021

In Romans 13:1-7, Paul discussed how we as Christians are to SUBMIT to the "higher powers" that are placed over us.

In America, that means that we are to obey the laws of the land no matter if the Republican party or the Democratic party is in power, as long as those laws are not contrary to the Word of God. Illus: One case in point is the legalization of abortion. According to the laws in most of our states, ...read more

Scripture: Romans 13:8-14

Denomination: Baptist

Our Prophetic Role In Community Series

Contributed by Donovan Myers on Jun 14, 2007

Guarding the faith by watching out for the signs of the end times

Having established who we are, our duty as children of God¡¦s Family is to contend for the faith by remembering our history. Today: Another method which Jude gives us to contend for the faith. That is to WATCH OUT for the SIGNS of the Last Times a. Jesus in Lk. 4:18-19 quoted Isa ...read more

Scripture: Jude 1:17-19

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Strong Faith In A Faithful God

Contributed by John Lowe on Jun 10, 2015

For faith to be true faith, it must be active faith. Its activity, however, must begin with prayer. This should precede any action. "I will cry," he says, "unto God most high."

STRONG FAITH IN A FAITHFUL GOD Text: "I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth all things for me." (Psalm 57:2) DAVID was in the cave of Adullam. He had fled from Saul, his ruthless foe, and had found shelter in the clefts of the rock. In the beginning of this psalm he rings the ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 57:2

Denomination: Baptist

Spinning Out Of Control

Contributed by Mike Hullah on Apr 3, 2018

For those who feel their life is spinning out of control, it probably is, but if you are on the wheel of God rest assured it will make you or if you resist break you. Lessons from The Potter.

THE WHEEL OF GOD Jeremiah 18:1-3 -v3 Then I went down to the potter’s house, and there he was, making something on the wheel. The word for wheel in the Hebrew is a word picture—it literally means two stones. The potter would simply use their feet to turn the clay, freeing up his hands to shape ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 18:1-3

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Obedient Disobedience

Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Oct 7, 2014

Since childhood we know Daniel's story only from his perspective ... God shut the mouths of the lions. Let's reconsider the story from the lions perspective. How frustrating to see a large meal and be unable to eat it. If they don't get Daniel out of ...

Opening illustration: In 1988, Wally Magdangal was pastoring an underground church in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He was a Filipino lay pastor of Christian foreign workers wishing to gather for worship. In 1992, soon after the conclusion of the Gulf War, the house church had grown to over three hundred ...read more

Scripture: Daniel 6:10-23

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

"When Life Throws You A Curve" Series

Contributed by Lonnie Erwin on Jan 15, 2015

Christians can rejoice through trials as God refines their faith through them. As a Christian must realize we will face difficulties, and those difficulties are not meanness but strengthen our faith not in ourselves but in

Title: "When Life Throws You a Curve" Big Idea: Christians can rejoice through trials as God refines their faith through them. Text: 1 Peter 1:6-7 In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials, 7 that the genuineness of your ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 1:6-7

Denomination: Baptist

Turning Testing To Triumph Series

Contributed by Dennis Davidson on May 5, 2014

This Census not only affected David but it caused great harm to the people as well. Yet we shall see that when one truly repents he once again is restored to the relationship with God. In the end David has bought the site for the temple & has made peace

2 SAMUEL 24: 1- 25 [The Life of David] TURNING TESTING TO TRIUMPH [Exodus 30:12-16 / 1 Chronicles 21:24-27] The reader might logically expect to come to the end of the book and read of David's peacefully dying in his bed or of some great victory for Israel. Instead there is the story of new ...read more

Scripture: 2 Samuel 24:1-25

Denomination: Baptist