Sermons on Help For The Hurting:

How The Holy Spirit Helps Us Receive And Give Forgiveness

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Sep 16, 2006

In a world where retaliation is common, believers are called to be different. We are to pray for our persecutors, forgive them, and minister to them. Jesus’ principles for His followers are challenging, but with the help of the Holy Spirit who lives in us

How The Holy Spirit Helps Us Receive and Give Forgiveness by Paul Fritz Ephesians 1:7-1:18 Let the Holy Spirit Help You Give and Receive Forgiveness (Eph. 1:7-18) Illustration: Forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you. . --Ephesians 4:32 During the war in Kosovo in 1999, three ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 1:7-18

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

How The Holy Spirit Helps Us Receive And Give Forgiveness

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Sep 18, 2006

During the war in Kosovo in 1999, three Americans were captured and held hostage for more than a month. After intense negotiations, a breakthrough occurred and the prisoners were allowed to go free.

How The Holy Spirit Helps Us Receive and Give Forgiveness Ephesians 1:7-1:18 (NIV, NIRV, TNIV, KJV) Let the Holy Spirit Help You Give and Receive Forgiveness (Eph. 1:7-18) Illustration: Forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you. . --Ephesians 4:32 During the war in ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 1:7-10

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The ' But God ' Principle : Experiencing God's Intervention In A Crisis

Contributed by Dr. Stanley Vasu on Oct 31, 2010

THIS SERMON IS ABOUT THE ' BUT GOD ' PRINCIPLE : EXPERIENCING GOD'S INTERVENTION WHEN WE FACE A CRISIS IN LIFE WHICH TURNS THE ENTIRE SITUATION AROUND

THE ' BUT GOD ' PRINCIPLE : EXPERIENCING GOD'S INTERVENTION WHEN WE FACE A CRISIS IN LIFE ***************************************************************************************************************************************** OUTLINE 1. WHEN WE WERE DEAD IN SINS 2. WHEN WE FACE ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 50:20

Denomination: Pentecostal

Deep Sea Diving Series

Contributed by Thomas Swope on Oct 15, 2012

A study of the Gospel of Luke chapter 17 verses 1 through 4

Luke 17: 1 – 4 Deep Sea Diving Then He said to the disciples, “It is impossible that no offenses should come, but woe to him through whom they do come! 2 It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, than that he should offend one ...read more

Scripture: Luke 17:1-4

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

Love Myths #3 Series

Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on Feb 2, 2010

How do we love like Jesus? For love, to be true, has to hurt just as it hurt Jesus to love us.

The day is December 11, 1979: in Oslo, Norway, an Albanian nun named Teresa, who has dedicated her life to live a simple life of love among the world’s poorest and most desperate people, receives one of the world’s most significant awards – the Nobel Peace Prize. As part of the ...read more

Scripture: John 15:9-13

Denomination: Baptist

You're Going The Wrong Way!

Contributed by Russell M Rillie on Aug 11, 2009

We are all guilty of going the wrong way on the road of life, but we don’t realize is that we can lead our family on the same path and risk crashing into others who are going the right way.

On Sunday, July 26, 2009, while we were IN church, unbeknownst to me and my family, on the same road that I travel twice a day daily, while we were carrying on in the HOLY SPIRIT, there was something happening in the SPIRIT realm. Diane Schuler, drunk and stoned, drove 1.7 miles in the WRONG ...read more

Denomination: Christian Church

The Beginning Of… Marriage Series

Contributed by Glenn Durham on Apr 15, 2010

God gives marriage to show the greatness of his love and to work out the glory of his grace.

Scripture Introduction If I ask you what is most like half the moon, is it half an orange? half a basketball? a round of cheese? The answer is the other half of the moon! So if we ask what is most like a man, the answer is a woman. And what is most like a woman? a man. Men and women are ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 2:18-25

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Power To Meet Needs

Contributed by Leonard Davis on Mar 4, 2016

People may genuinely want to help others and because God is left out, they set out to do it in their own strength. It doesn’t take long when dealing with material wealth and/or material resources that limitations are soon reached.

THE POWER TO MEET NEEDS John 6:5-11, 26-31, 47-51 You’ve heard of having too much month at the end of the money. Our resources can run out before all the needs are met. For a lot of people this is an ongoing experience. They are like the person described in the song Sixteen Tons – ...read more

Scripture: John 6:5-51

Denomination: Baptist

Dealing With Death: Getting Help When The Brakes Lock Up Series

Contributed by Kevin Higgins on Dec 6, 2004

Lessons from David’s experience to help deal with death.

Life in the Fast Lane Dealing With Death: Getting Help When The Brakes Lock Up 2 Samuel 12:19-24 Woodlawn Baptist Church December 5, 2004 Introduction “But when David saw that his servants whispered, David perceived that the child was dead: therefore David said unto his servants, Is the child ...read more

Scripture: 2 Samuel 12:19-24

Denomination: Baptist

Praise In Persecution

Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Mar 10, 2001

An exhortation to praise when life hurts.

Praise In Persecution We often paint the Christian life as one of utter joy and prosperity when we witness to unbelievers. Christians spend their lives trying to live up to that sales pitch. They learn to ignore the pain in their lives or accept it as punishment for their sins. They wear ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:12-13, Philippians 1:29-30

Denomination: Baptist

I’m Down Will You Help Me Get Up?

Contributed by Dr. Jwt Spies on Jun 11, 2021

When I’m down, is there anyone that will help me up

I want to ask a question this morning and that question is do you ever think about how your life could be parallel to the unfortunate destiny of this brother who is lying in the streets of this particular scripture. If I were to speculate, there are countless of us that would admit, acknowledge, ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:29-37

Denomination: Baptist

Help Daisy! It's Gotta Hold On Me

Contributed by Steve Kinnard on Mar 4, 2019

SOMETIMES IN LIFE SIN GRABS ON AND WON'T LET GO

Help Daisy It’s Got a Hold of Me and won’t let Go!! (The Things That God Hates”) Proverbs 6:16-19 ILLUS: Let me tell you about my friend Billy Bob. Ole Billy Bob came in to work one day looking like he had been run over by a buzz saw. He had scratches all over and big pop-knots on each side of ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 6:16-19

Denomination: Pentecostal

Change Your Clothes Series

Contributed by C. Philip Green on Jul 2, 2014

If we want to build strong relationships for a strong church then replace old habits with new. Replace lying with the truth, anger with peace, stealing with sharing, hurtful words with helpful ones, and bitterness with forgiveness.

An executive was plagued by a strange disease that caused splitting headaches and ringing in his ears. He first went to an ear, nose and throat specialist who corrected his deviated septum, but the condition grew worse. He consulted an ophthalmologist who performed delicate optic nerve surgery. ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:17-32

Denomination: Evangelical Free

A Song Of Ascents

Contributed by Bob Hostetler on Jul 6, 2001

A message of encouragement for hurting, lonely, struggling people

A Song of Ascents Text: Psalm 121 Twisted hands opened the rough, wooden window and the aged Jew to whom the hands belonged backed again into the stuffy shadows of his sparsely furnished mud hut. The window afforded a narrow view of many other such huts, cramped together in the Jewish ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:35-39, Psalm 121:1-8

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

How Do You Smell Today? Series

Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Jan 23, 2012

If there are so many things offensive to our noses just imagine how God must react to the putrid stench of sin or some of the smelly things even believers do.

Some days I wonder why God decided to give human beings noses. I think that and then I have to put on a pair of glasses and I know at least one reason. There are other times I am glad I have a nose: as a child my favorite intersection in Tulsa Oklahoma was 21st and Sheridan. ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 2:14-17