Sermons on Hope In Darkness:

The Future King

Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 15, 2023

'The Future King!' - Isaiah chapter 9 verses 1-7 - sermon by Gordon Curley (PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request – email: gcurley@gcurley.info)

SERMON OUTLINE: A great darkness (vs 2) A great light (vs 2-4) A great promise (vs 6-7) SERMON BODY: Ill: • I waited all my life for an event to happen. • The promise it might one day happened started on the 14th of November 1948. • When Charles Philip Arthur George was born. • All my lifetime ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 9:1-7

Denomination: Brethren

Hope - Made Possible

Contributed by Ernie Arnold on Mar 22, 2017

In all our passages we see God's Wonderful Message of HOPE - Hope that is founded on these facts 1. God is at work for us 2. God is at work with us 3. God is at work in us and 4. God is at work through us

Scripture: Romans 8:5-11; Ezekiel 37:1-14; John 11:1-45 and Psalms 130 (Call to Worship) Title: Hope Made Possible Proposition: In all our passages we see God's Wonderful Message of HOPE - Hope that is founded on these facts 1. God is at work for us 2. God is at work with us 3. God is ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:5-11, Ezekiel 37:1-14, John 11:1-44

Denomination: Nazarene

Fix Your Hope

Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Jun 28, 2016

1) The Person of God (1 John 2:29), 2) The Parousia/Return of God (1 John 2:28, 3:2), 3) The Provision of God (1 John 3:1, 3)

After a recent national referendum held on the question of Britain’s future within the European Union, the “Brexit,” short for “British exit”, vote prevailed, sending financial markets worldwide into a tailspin. The result has left people wondering about the future of ...read more

Denomination: Other

Unseen Hope Is Not Blind Hope: A Sermon For The First Sunday In Advent

Contributed by Mark A. Barber on Nov 23, 2021

Our natural eyesight can blind us to the unseen hope.

? Unseen Hope is not Blind Hope: A Sermon for the First Sunday in Advent Romans 8:24–25 NKJV For we were saved in this hope, but hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with perseverance. We ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:24-25, John 1:14, 1 Corinthians 13:11-13

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Our Hope To Love Others (A Loving Hope)

Contributed by Cesar Datuin on Mar 15, 2022

How should we love others despite of an angry and vicious world around us? How can we have hope to love others just as God love them? May this exhortation give us the attitude towards loving and caring others for God.

Intro: This month is considered to be the love month of the year since we are celebrating Valentine’s Day every February and so everybody wanted to feel that love is in the air. Though for us Christian, this feeling or emotions of love should not be felt during this time only but in every day of ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 4:8-11, 1 Corinthians 16:14

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Joyfully Hoping For God 2 (A Joyful Hope)

Contributed by Cesar Datuin on Mar 27, 2022

Though this is an edited version of the first one, but God revealed to me another message to enhance the previous one. May everyone who will read this find the grace and mercy of God towards those who are looking for His joyful hope.

Intro: Good morning and we welcome everyone to our 4th and last Sunday for the month of March with a theme “A Joyful Hope”. And throughout all our exhortations this month, it all circled on this topic. But a question remained unanswered “are we happy?” Do we still feel the joy of God in our ...read more

Scripture: Romans 15:13

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Paul's Two Contrasts Of The Sinner And The Saint

Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Jan 20, 2022

We often hear of serial killers, and when we do we cannot help but ask ourselves why would a person kill again and again.

To kill one time is bad enough, but some of the serial killers have killed 30 to 40 people. Illus: Every time they catch a serial killer they generally give them extensive psychological tests to try to find out what motivated them to do such things. As Christians, we know that man and animals ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11

Denomination: Baptist

Hope Pt 2 Series

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Apr 13, 2019

Hope is a significant key to finding in the journey of life because it is a wonderful gift from God. Hope will become a source of strength, power and courage in the face of life’s severest trials. Hope will bring you joy when you think there is no joy!

Series: Finding Joy in The Journey Series: We need to find joy in the journey! Thesis of series: Joy needs to be experienced in the journey of life! But Joy, like any other attitude, can come and go. It is not guaranteed simply because we are born again believers because storms will blow in and out ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:15, 1 Peter 1:3, 1 Peter 1:1-12, John 11:1-44, John 12:12-19  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Keys That Lock Series

Contributed by Monte Brown on Jan 25, 2013

The series of messages on End Times for Today will take the words from Revelation chapter by chapter and reveal the blessings that are promised within these pages.

Introduction Nothing outside of life itself is cherished more than freedom: Mankind will give everything they possess for that most precious thing. Yet there are countless thousands willing to throw away all hopes of that most cherished thing, and travel continually toward that land where they ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 1:18

Denomination: Baptist

Eyes To See: Embracing The Hope Of God's Calling - Ephesians 1:18 Series

Contributed by Dean Courtier on Nov 1, 2024

Ephesians 1:18 is a prayer of deep longing. Paul isn’t just asking for knowledge; he’s asking for enlightenment—a heart flooded with God’s light to truly see the hope we have in Christ.

Eyes to See: Embracing the Hope of God's Calling - Ephesians 1:18 Ephesians 1:18 (NLT): “I pray that your hearts will be flooded with light so that you can understand the confident hope he has given to those he called—his holy people who are his rich and glorious inheritance.” Introduction: ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 1:18, 1 Peter 1:3-4, Deuteronomy 7:6, Ephesians 3:20, Matthew 5:14-16  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Pentecostal

A Journey Towards Hope: The Emmaus Road Series

Contributed by Dennis Lee on Mar 4, 2024

On this journey, we’ll look at three secrets. We see these secrets in two of Jesus disciples that were on this road to Emmaus. What they found and what we’ll find is a renewed a hope that erases exhaustion, emptiness, and enslavement.

A Journey Towards Hope: The Emmaus Road Luke 24:13-35 Watch on YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwtJr_xu1Vw With all that is happening in our world today, there are Three Basic Secrets simmering just beneath the surface that no one wants to admit. 1. We Feel Exhausted Most of ...read more

Scripture: Luke 24:13-35

Denomination: Foursquare

John Series Part 3 Series

Contributed by Rodney Fry on Oct 3, 2021

The world is in desperate straits. It is full of darkness—the darkness of sin and despair, of sickness and death, of corruption and hell. The darkness looms over the whole world. This is the problem dealt with in the present passage. There is hope in Jesus Christ

John Series Part 3 John 1:9-13 Pastor Rodney A. Fry, MA, MDIV, MS, LPC Jesus the Light of Men: The Second Witness of John the Apostle, 1:9–13 (1:9–13) Introduction: the world is in desperate straits. It is full of darkness—the darkness of sin and despair, of sickness and death, of corruption and ...read more

Scripture: John 1:9-13

Denomination: Baptist

Desiring God

Contributed by Allan Kircher on Aug 29, 2012

Desiring God in Spiritual darkness.

Desiring God Pastor Allan Kircher Shell Point Baptist Church 26 August 2013 "With my soul have I desired thee in the night."—Isaiah 26:9. Night appears to be a time peculiarly favorable to devotion. Its solemn stillness helps to free the mind from the perpetual sin which the cares of the ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 26:8-9

Denomination: Baptist

Shine Jesus Shine

Contributed by Kenneth R. Jenkins on Dec 26, 2023

Are you walking in the light or in darkness?

There has been a question that has been in my Spirit. How important is light in a world so dark? By asking this question where a country is divided by race, culture and yes even political affiliation. Where nations are forbidden Christians to witness the True Gospel of the True and Living God. ...read more

Scripture: John 8:12

Denomination: Baptist

I May Be Buried But I Am Not Broken

Contributed by Major Stewart on Dec 24, 2025

This sermon explores Holy Saturday faith, teaching that silence, burial, and darkness are not defeat. Through Jesus’ tomb, Joseph, Nicodemus, and Mary, we learn God works underground, preparing resurrection, renewal, and hope. You may be buried, but not broken, yet.

My brothers and sisters, we step into a moment of Scripture where the noise has died down. The crowd has gone home. The cross is empty. Jesus has been taken down, wrapped in linen, and laid in a tomb. The voice that calmed storms is now silent. John writes this passage not as a detached ...read more

Denomination: Baptist