Sermons on Hopeful Living:

Finding Hope In A Storm

Contributed by Steven Devroy on Apr 17, 2024

Living in Lodebar without hope. God turns things around for Mephibosheth who was crippled due to being dropped as a child.

This morning we are going to be talking about another character in the bible. While this character may not be the most known character, his life really speaks to what we all are going through right now. Our character is found in the Old Testament and is the son of Jonathan and grandson of King ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 11:28-30

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Experiencing Hope Expressing Hope

Contributed by Steven Chapman on Jun 16, 2005

This text is troubling because it doesn’t seem to connect, but when you dig in it has a beautiful message of praying for the nations.

Experiencing Hope/Expressing Hope (Mark 11:1-24) Sometimes we have a conception that people who approach life in a lighthearted manner don’t take things seriously enough. We often believe that they don’t care about things, that they have a kind of laize faire approach toward life, that they have ...read more

Scripture: Mark 11:1-24

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Living With My Eyes Open

Contributed by Glenn Newton on Mar 16, 2004

A message about allowing God to reveal His plan, His dream for your life to you... don’t ever give up on what God created you for....

Living With My Eyes Open (Vision) March 14, 2004 Pastor Glenn Newton In the mid-twentieth century, in Bangkok, Thailand, the government wanted to build a large highway through a village. Yet in the path of the planned road was a Buddhist monastery with a little chapel, so they had to relocate ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 29:11

Denomination: Nazarene

Can These Dry Bones Live?

Contributed by Major Stewart on Dec 25, 2025

Can These Dry Bones Live? explores Ezekiel 37, offering hope to weary believers in life’s valleys. This sermon declares that God meets us in dry places, revives through His Word, restores connection, and breathes new life so what seems dead can rise again.

Church, we did not gather today by accident or obligation. We did not come simply because the doors were open or because the schedule told us to show up. We came because somebody in this room needs a fresh word, a fresh wind, and a fresh work from God. On the outside, we look fine. We are dressed. ...read more

Scripture: Ezekiel 37:1-10

Denomination: Baptist

He Lives In Me!

Contributed by David Simpson on Mar 30, 2013

An Easter sermon appropriate for Sunrise Service or Good Friday Service

Sermon – Easter Sunrise/Worship March 31, 2013 Lanier Christian Church, Gainesville, GA David K. Simpson He lives in Me! Galatians 2:20 20 My old self has been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So I live in this earthly body by trusting in the ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 2:20

Denomination: Christian Church

Hope Is Here - Hope For The Underdog Premium Sermon

Contributed by PRO Premium on Oct 9, 2023

This sermon explores how, like David facing Goliath, we can overcome seemingly insurmountable challenges through faith in God, and how one person's faith can inspire a community.

Good morning, Church. I want to thank you for joining us this morning for the third week of our series called Hope Is Here. We have been discovering all the ways that God brings us hope in the face of a world that is hopeless. The first week we talked about how Jesus brings us hope when we are ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 17:20-50, Ephesians 6:12

Topics: Overcoming Fear, Faith In God, Community Believers

Sermon Series: Hope Is Here

Hope In A Hopeless World

Contributed by Norbert Garcia on Nov 26, 2023

We live in a dysfunctional world where hope has died. Revelation provides hope for all Christians that there is something better for the faithful.

Today’s world seems to be completely dysfunctional. Every time I turn on the news I don’t know about you, but I get disgusted. Depressed even. Shootings occurring just blocks from my house. Robberies and break-ins in my own neighborhood! This past October someone went on a murder spree in a ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 21:1-11

Denomination: Adventist

Thanksgiving Christmas Hope

Contributed by Jim Brown on Feb 14, 2026

Christmas is the hope that Jesus was born into the world to live a perfect life and then to die to be our perfect sacrifice so that we could be saved.

Thanksgiving Christmas Hope Did everyone have a good Thanksgiving! I guess we should be asking if God had a good Thanksgiving. Like did we give Him thanks! For most it’s just turkey day. I hope everyone gave even a little Thanks on thanksgiving and of course I hope you got plenty to eat! Are ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Finding Hope In Life's Challenges SermonCentral

Contributed by SermonCentral on Sep 10, 2023

The Living Christ is the source of our new birth & our living hope. If you have a living hope in the living Christ you can deal with your past failures & present difficulties because of your future blessings. God's glorious best for you lies ahead.

The Living Christ is the source of our new birth and our living hope. If you have a living hope in the living Christ, you can deal with your past failures and present difficulties because of your future blessings. God's glorious best for you lies ahead. Peter begins his letter by praising God for ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 1:3-6

Topics: Hope, Overcoming Difficulties

The Hope Of The Resurrection (Revised)

Contributed by J. Yeargin on Nov 7, 2005

Jesus’ has defeated death and the grave! This morning we must consider how this great victory can now change our lives.

Text – Matthew 28:1 thru 6 Today is Easter. The most celebrated day of the year for the Christian faith. We have come to worship the Risen Savior. There are many stories that have to do with the morning of the Resurrection. Throughout the year we give special attention to the joy of, and the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 28:1-6

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Hope In The Shadow Of Death

Contributed by Darrell Vaughn on May 12, 2010

An encouraging Funeral message for my earthly brother age 57 in passing. Can be modified to fit any situation as true hope to the living.

A little girl lived near a cemetery, and often had to walk through it after dark. When someone asked her, “Aren’t you ever afraid?”, she answered, “Oh, no! My home is just on the other side.” The best way for me to begin this sermon today, is to ask the question; ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:13

Denomination: Pentecostal

Focus On The Invisible Hope

Contributed by Joel Pankow on May 21, 2020

How do we live in this world when people are so afraid of dying? Fearful of dying? What are we all in this together for?

5.24.20 2 Corinthians 4:13–18 13 Since we have that same spirit of faith, which corresponds to what is written: “I believed; therefore, I have spoken,” we also believe, and therefore we speak. 14 For we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus will also raise us with Jesus and bring us ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:13-18

Denomination: Lutheran

Hope In Our Valleys SermonCentral

Contributed by SermonCentral on Sep 9, 2023

AND IF THE BONES IN THAT VALLEY CAN LIVE THAT MEANS THERE IS HOPE FOR THE BONES IN OUR VALLEY TODAY. AND YOU DO KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME BONES IN OUR VALLEYS.

Today, we will explore the powerful story of the prophet Ezekiel's encounter in the valley of dry bones. This valley symbolizes a place of distress and hopelessness. However, amidst the dry bones, God poses a question to Ezekiel: "Can these bones live?" Let us delve into this passage and uncover ...read more

Scripture: Ezekiel 37:1-5

Topics: Church Attendance, Hope, Faith

Give The Gift Of Hope

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Dec 21, 2016

We live in a dark, gloomy world. The news seems to be depressing, but we have a hope out of this world...Are you sharing hope with others?

Give the gift of HOPE! By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com TEXT: Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. HOPE MIGHT MEAN TRY AGAIN... Luke 5:5 And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken ...read more

Scripture: Romans 4:18, Romans 6:19

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Living In Two Worlds

Contributed by Bruce Howell on Apr 24, 2006

We live in a Good Friday World, but we are Easter People! We bring hope to a world full of confusion and dispair.

Living In Two Worlds I John 5:1-5 GOOD FRIDAY! Why do we call it good? Was it not a horrible day? Was it not the darkest day in human history? For Christ it meant rejection, pubic ridicule, abandonment, and terrible suffering. Satan seemed to have the ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 5:1-5

Denomination: Wesleyan