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Faithful to the Finish
Peter's final call to a young and growing church
Grace and Glory
A short series through the highlights of 1 Peter
Entrusted
Gifts, risk, and the return of the King
Even when we feel overwhelmed and like the underdog, we can have hope in God's faithfulness and power to bring victory in our lives.
School, parents, friends, the pandemic - it can all feel like too much sometimes. And trying to grow in our faith and overcome our mistakes can be hard. But the cool thing is, we don't have to do it alone. The Bible is packed with stories of people who faced crazy odds and still came out on top. ...read more
Scripture: 1 Samuel 17:20-50, Ephesians 6:12
Topics: Resilience, Overcoming Adversity, Emotional Strength, Crisis Management
Jesus is not afraid of our doubts and meets us where we are. He invites us to seek evidence and find hope in Him.
Today, we're going to be talking about how even if you're tired, broken, feeling like an underdog, or even if you're doubting, there's hope for you. You know, doubt is like this balloon I have here. It starts small, but as we feed it with our fears and uncertainties, it gets bigger and bigger until ...read more
Scripture: John 20:24-29
Topics: Belief Systems, Spiritual Journey, Trust Issues, Divine Doubt
This sermon explores the transformative power of Jesus' resurrection, its historical truth, and its implications for personal hope, proclamation, and assurance in our lives.
Good morning, beloved family. What a privilege it is to gather together in the name of our risen Savior, Jesus Christ, to reflect on the profound mystery and the glorious hope that His resurrection brings. Today, we stand on the precipice of a profound truth, a truth that has the power to transform ...read more
Scripture: John 11:25-26
Topics: Resurrection
Emphasize the comfort, hope, and peace God provides during times of loss and hardship.
Good morning, my beautiful church family. We are gathered here today to embrace the word of God from John 14:16 and Psalm 23. Our focus is on the comfort God provides us during times of loss, the assurance of eternal life, and the peace found in His presence. In John 14:16, Jesus promises, "And I ...read more
Scripture: John 14:16
Topics: Hope, Comfort
This sermon's main point is to encourage believers to rely on God's strength in times of weariness and weakness, drawing hope and renewal from His divine power as expressed in Isaiah 40:29-31.
Good morning, Church family! Have you ever felt so tired, so worn out, that you thought you couldn't possibly take another step? I know I sure have. And I'm guessing, if we're all being honest here, that you've felt the same way too. I'm reminded of what C.S. Lewis once wrote: "God, who foresaw ...read more
Scripture: Isaiah 40:29-31
Topics: Strong Men, Tough Times
God’s grace gives us hope for the future, assurance of His love, and purpose for today as we wait expectantly for Christ’s return.
Welcome, friends. If you walked in today with your shoulders a little slumped, your steps a little slow, take heart. God has a way of meeting us in the middle of our Mondays. He brings hope to hurried schedules and comfort to cluttered hearts. He knows the doctor’s call you didn’t want, the bill ...read more
Scripture: Titus 2:13-14
Topics: Jesus' Return, Second Coming
Pain and Suffering are real. When we minimize it, we miss the message God is telling us. When we mask it, it just comes right back. But God's Glory is Eternal.
Good Morning. As we begin, I will ask you to remember to pray for our sister in Christ, Lori Crosson. She lives across the street, but hasn’t been here much at all this year, because she’s suffering from cancer of the esophagus. Not just the cancer but her treatments wreck her body, leaving her ...read more
Scripture: Romans 8:18-25
Denomination: Anglican
This message looks at the place of suffering in the life of the Christian.
Sermon Do you ever wonder what a new preacher or public speaker is going to be like? Perhaps you have some method for finding out whether they’re going to be interesting or not, very quickly. The founder of CWR, and the author of Every Day with Jesus, Selwyn Hughes recently told the story of how ...read more
Scripture: 1 Peter 1:3-12
Denomination: Baptist
It is no strange thing when the godly encounter persecution by those who refuse to yield to God & His Word. May the understanding that God has brought His servants before us through persecutions minister comfort & encouragement to us in our own tribulatio
PSALM 119: 81-88 [The Ministry of The Word Series] WAITING ON A WORD DURING SUFFERING [John 16:33] We have arrived at the eleventh section of the 22 letter alphabetic Psalm. Here the psalm reveals the dark and dreary midnight of a distraught soul. The psalmist is in anguish. His soul faints ...read more
Scripture: Psalm 119:81-88
Focuses on how God uses the comfort He gives to us in our afflictions so that we might comfort and encourage others in their faith.
PERSPECTIVES ON SUFFERING, Part 2 January 27, 2008 Series: 2 Corinthians- Strength through Weakness 2 Corinthians 1:3-7 Introduction- C.S. Lewis said that God speaks to us our well being, but shouts to us in our sufferings… I don’t think he means that God raises his voice… I think he ...read more
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1:4-7
Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Why do the righteous suffer? I have found ten reasons. (If you know of any others revealed in scripture, contact me -- doc.drc@juno.com)
INTRODUCTION. A. The problem of suffering. B. Job’s plight. C. God is not guilty. 1. Satan = cause for suffering. 2. Law of sin = cause for suffering. D. Suffering is not God’s perfect will. E. Because of our flesh natures, suffering does have ...read more
Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 3:4
No matter which direction you turn, it won't take long to come across someone who is suffering. And the common question that is asked in the midst of that suffering is, why me? Unfortunately, many individuals never get past those words.
Today we're going to try to answer the question why do we suffer. The very first class that I was able to take in seminary was entitled the problems of evil and suffering. That class raised the same question that we're going to try to answer today. Why do we suffer? No matter which ...read more
Scripture: Job 30:26-31, Job 42:1-6, 1 Peter 5:10-11
Don't be like Judah who refused to return and suffered God's judgment because of it! Simply return!
Refusing To Return Jeremiah 8:1-22 Intro The Book of the Jeremiah is the second of the Major Prophets found in the Word of God, although some Jewish tradition considers it to be the first. Jeremiah's ministry was as a prophet to Judah in the years just prior to and then during the initial ...read more
Scripture: Jeremiah 8:1-22
The only thing I can think of is this, we who have been called to this great purpose of conformity to the image of Christ will for that reason also be called to suffer with Christ.
Intro: When writing this message, not to long ago, I had a conversation with a lady who lives here In the trailer park where I live. I was cutting her yard for her because she was hurt 2 weeks ago and could not do so and asked me to cut the lawn for her till she gets better. When she came to pay ...read more
Scripture: 1 Peter 5:10
This sermons takes a look at the age old question "Why do bad things happen to good people?"
For the last time, at least in human history, the mother and father kissed the little clubfeet of their infant child and caressed his blue-black lips and rubbed his cherub cheeks. God’s time had come. Their son Gabriel had left them in the wee hours of the morning, on the day before he would have ...read more
Scripture: John 9:1-3
Denomination: Methodist