Sermons on Help The Needy:

Start At Mizpah, End At Ebenezer

Contributed by David Dunn on Dec 10, 2025

New Years Sermon. Start at Mizpah with surrender and you will end at Ebenezer with testimony — the God who meets your return will become your help.

A new year always greets us like a doorway — one side opening toward the unknown, the other side framed by everything we’ve lived through to get here. We step into January with a mixture of hope and hesitation, expectation and reflection. It’s human nature to look forward and backward at the same ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 121:2

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

God Who Serves

Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on Aug 17, 2010

To God the Church is fundamentally God's sent Children obediently carrying out God's mission, which began in the Garden of Eden, was completed in the resurrection, and is now left to us to tell the sotry both in content and by our way of life.

God Who Serves Gen 3:21 Aug 15, 2010 Intro: I want to begin by thanking Randy for preaching last week, a good message from John 14. I had been at Gull Lake Camp with some of our young boys, and the first morning we were there I went to the 7:30am leaders meeting and heard the general ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 3:1-24

Denomination: Baptist

Sermon # 12 - God's Grace And Man's Responsibility Series

Contributed by Andrew Dixon on Aug 15, 2024

God’s grace and His justice are like two sides of the same coin. Both go hand in hand and if we underplay one or overplay the other, we will err and miss out on God’s eternal reward. The life of Lot and his family will help us understand this better.

We read in Genesis 19:16, When Lot still hesitated, the angels seized his hand and the hands of his wife and two daughters and rushed them to safety outside the city, for the LORD was merciful. (NLT) Most of us are familiar with the incident of the destruction of the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 19:16, Habakkuk 1:13, Genesis 19:24-25, Hebrews 10:31, Ezekiel 16:49, Luke 17:28, Romans 1:21, Zechariah 1:3, Genesis 19:26, Genesis 19:17, Genesis 19:29, Genesis 19:22, Genesis 19:23-26, Luke 17:32, 1 Timothy 4:7-8  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Other

Wonder Bread

Contributed by Kelvin Mckisic on May 25, 2025

This message shows the supernatural power of God in supplying your needs. The Children of Israel received manna rained down for 40 years, but today God provides for you and I with spiritual and material blessing when we ask Him for our daily bread.

“I have heard the complaints of the children of Israel. Speak to them, saying, ‘At twilight you shall eat meat, and in the morning you shall be filled with bread. And you shall know that I am the Lord your God.’ ” So it was that quail came up at evening and covered the camp, and in the morning the ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 16:12-15, Nehemiah 9:15, Psalm 105:40-41, Deuteronomy 8:3, John 6:31-35, Revelation 2:17  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

When God Forces Himself To Not Help (Isaiah 42:10-17) Series

Contributed by Garrett Tyson on Apr 17, 2024

We can choose to live in a way where God will restrain himself, and resist the urge to help his people. God describes himself as a woman in labor, who has been fighting the urge to push.

Imagine today that the prophet of Isaiah 40-55 stands up in the midst of God's exiled people in Babylon, and he gives them a new word from God. He speaks out in a loud, clear voice. And this is what he says, verses 12-13: (10) Sing to Yahweh a new song; his praise from the end of the earth, ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 42:10-17, Isaiah 59:14-21, Luke 15:11-32

How The Holy Spirit Helps Us Develop A Christ Centered Family

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000

1. The Holy Spirit teaches us the essential requirements that provide the key ingredients for developing Christ centered families.

1. The Holy Spirit teaches us the essential requirements that provide the key ingredients for developing Christ centered families. Paul wrote, "Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children and live a life of love." (Eph. 5:1) Ask the Lord to help your family be more teachable and ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 112:1-5

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

How Can The Lord Help You Overcome Problems Related To Money?

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Sep 25, 2006

Concentrate on being more spiritually productive allowing the Lord to provide to you whatever is necessary. Solomon wrote, "Whoever trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will thrive like a green leaf."

How Can the Lord Help You Overcome Problems Related to Money? Proverbs 11:28-11:28 1. Concentrate on being more spiritually productive allowing the Lord to provide to you whatever is necessary. Solomon wrote, "Whoever trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will thrive like a ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 11:28

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

How Paul's Humility Helped Him Maintain Relationships

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 11, 2001

Humility is a key ingredient to any successful relationship. Paul shows us how to take relationships to a higher level

How Paul’s Humility Helped Maintain Relations (Acts 21:17-26) Illustration:I am the least of the apostles. 1 Corinthians 15:9 I am the very least of all the saints. Ephesians 3:8 I am the foremost of sinners. 1 Timothy 1:15 Humility and a passion for praise are a pair of characteristics which ...read more

Scripture: Acts 21:17-26

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

How To Plant And Help Large Urban Churches Grow

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Aug 13, 2001

How To Plant and Help Large Urban Churches Grow A Case Study in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria

How To Plant and Help Large Urban Churches Grow A Case Study in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria Learning Objectives 1. The students will look for principles about the right and wrong ways to plant urban churches and see them grow? 2. The students will discover what can we learn from Paul about ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 4:19-21

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

How To Help Your Audience Improve Their Listening Skills

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Aug 15, 2001

HOW TO HELP YOUR AUDIENCE IMPROVE THEIR LISTENING SKILLS

HOW TO HELP YOUR AUDIENCE IMPROVE THEIR LISTENING SKILLS Jesus often said, ``He who has ears to hear, let him hear.’’ (Mk.4:9) He also understood that some people would continually hear but never understand. Some people need help in sharpening their listening skills. Here are several suggestions ...read more

Scripture: Mark 4:9

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

"Scripture Helps Specify The Kind Of Behavior God Likes.”

Contributed by Dr. Jerry Morrissey on Oct 14, 2001

Yera C. 2 TIMOTHY 3:14-4:5 October 21st, 2001

Title: “Scripture helps specify the kind of behavior God likes.” SECOND READING: 2 TIMOTHY 3:14-4:5 This passage highlights sacred scripture as a source, the source, for teaching, correcting and encouraging Christians to become all they can be, all God expects them to be. It exhorts Timothy, and ...read more

Denomination: Lutheran

How To Help People Identify & Remove Pharisaical Masks

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000

Many extremists become myopically fixed on certain issues.

Many extremists become myopically fixed on certain issues. They cannot see that the Lord is more concerned about winning people to Christ, discipling them and growing churches that reflect all of His loving attributes. The church of today does not necessarily consist of the good, but of those who ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 17:9

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

How The Holy Spirit Helps Us Mature In Faith

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000

1. The Holy Spirit helps us grow in our trust of the Lord’s reliability instead of doubting God’s ability to care for our every need.

1. The Holy Spirit helps us grow in our trust of the Lord’s reliability instead of doubting God’s ability to care for our every need. David wrote, “Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him and he will do this.” (Psalm 37:5) Just as a child implicitly trusts his or her mother, so a growing ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 37:3-5

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

How The Holy Spirit Helps Us Mature In Faith

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000

1. The Holy Spirit helps us grow in our trust of the Lord's reliability instead of doubting God's ability to care for our every need.

1. The Holy Spirit helps us grow in our trust of the Lord's reliability instead of doubting God's ability to care for our every need. David wrote, "Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him and he will do this." (Psalm 37:5) Just as a child implicitly trusts his or her mother, so a growing ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 37:5

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

How Jesus Wants To Help Give You Protection

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000

No one enjoys the feeling of being vulnerable to danger.

No one enjoys the feeling of being vulnerable to danger. Many of us go to great measures to feel protected from all kinds of threats to our personal well being. Most of us will spend money on insurance for all kinds of things. Recently, one company started to offer insurance for dogs and cats. With ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 46:1-2

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational