SermonCentral Logo SermonCentral Logo Sermon Central
Sermons
Free Sermons and Sermon Outlines for Preaching :

Sermons on Joy In Persecution:

showing 86,461-86,475 of 88,690
Filter Results
Close Filters

Scripture

Rating

Date

Denominations

  • Show more

Language

Structure

Sermon Type

Audience

Popular Preaching Resources

New Sermon Series Now Available

Everything you need for your next series

AI Sermon Generator

Generate sermon ideas with a safe, secure tool for solid preaching.

Biblical Sermon Calendar

Customizable sermon manuscripts for verse-by-verse preaching

Sermon Research Assistant

Free custom sermon in 5-10 minutes!

Topical Sermon Calendar

Preach with creativity and impact throughout the year

Funeral Sermon Generator

Create a personalized, heartfelt funeral sermon

Sermon Kits for Preaching

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

  • Try PRO

    Confident Preaching

    Try PRO free and preach with confidence when people need it most.
    Free to start now
  • Richard Tow avatar

    The Help We Need Series

    Contributed by Richard Tow on Sep 22, 2005
    based on 111 ratings
     | 28,331 views

    Expository Sermon dealing with the promise of the Holy Spirit and the call to obedience.

    The Help We Need Fortifying the Foundations #33 John 14:15-31[1] I came across a web site last week that had this phrase across the top, “The emotional rollarcoaster has hit bottom.” That’s a pretty good description of where the disciples were in our text. Jesus has told them in John 13 that ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Charismatic

  • Richard Tow avatar

    Hitting Bottom: Peter's Denial Series

    Contributed by Richard Tow on Sep 22, 2005
    based on 54 ratings
     | 25,571 views

    Expository sermon uses clip from movie "Stand and Deliver". From Peter’s experience discusses our response to set backs.

    Hitting Bottom: Peter’s Denial Fortifying the Foundations # 39 John 18:12-27[1] 7-4-04 Intro I want to begin this morning with a clip from the movie “Stand & Deliver.”[2] The movie is based upon the true story of a math teacher, named Jamie Escalante. Through his leadership, a group of ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Charismatic

  • Timothy Smith avatar

    Surviving Indecision Series

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Oct 3, 2004
    based on 23 ratings
     | 5,851 views

    4th in a 6 part series on surviving stress. This series uses the popular "Survivor" TV show as a "hook" and Psalm 23 as the Biblical foundation.

    SURVIVING INDECISION PSALM 23:3b & PROVERBS 3:5-6 INTRODUCTION: Video Clip - The Rookie - Chapter 9 -12:20 - 15:27 That clip probably only showed a fraction of the struggle that Jim and Laurie Morris’ had to endure to accept a pro baseball offer at his age with all his family ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Christian Church

  • Mike Hays avatar

    Works Of Death Or Lives Of Faith

    Contributed by Mike Hays on Jul 20, 2003
    based on 66 ratings
     | 6,600 views

    God has given us stepping stones to help us grow in our walk with Him, but we are to always remember that it is His grace alone that saves!

    Works of Death or Lives of Faith Galatians 2:15-21 Outside of the village was a spring with crystal clean looking water bubbling up and spilling over into a steam that rushed through the forest, around boulders, and swallowed up fallen trees. All of those who walked through the forest to make ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Timothy Peck avatar

    The Grand Finale Series

    Contributed by Timothy Peck on Aug 5, 2003
    based on 60 ratings
     | 12,589 views

    As we follow Jesus in the now, we can expect events in our life to foreshadow the grand finale, when he returns again.

    One of the things my four boys love most about summer time is watching fireworks. Whether it’s at a fourth of July show, or a show after a baseball game, my kids love watching fireworks. But when we’re watching a fireworks show, I can just about guarantee that my younger boys will keep asking me ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Stephen Colaw avatar

    No Pain, No Gain-Sometimes The Truth Hurts Series

    Contributed by Stephen Colaw on Aug 21, 2003
    based on 17 ratings
     | 14,714 views

    We must speak the truth in all of life, even when it hurts, to build healthy, God-honoring relationships

    No Pain, No Gain! (Sometimes the Truth Hurts) Ephesians 6:10-18 Open your Bibles to Ephesians chapter 6. Introduction: No pain, No gain! We’ve all heard it. We all know what it means. Especially when it comes to the arena of exercising and working out. Without the pain and the stress of ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • Mike Hays avatar

    Broken And Blessed

    Contributed by Mike Hays on Aug 29, 2003
    based on 54 ratings
     | 10,846 views

    The law is the hammer of God to break us so that we will be empty of our confidence in ourselves and declare our dependence upon His grace and glory.

    “Broken and Blessed!” Galatians 3:15-22 Our experiences shape us. For most of us, “experiences” rather than “truth” carry more weight in defining our understanding of life than anything else. We arrive at the conclusion that what we experience, through our eyes, is truth. As a result of this way ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • MELVIN MAUGHMER, JR. avatar

    I Need You

    Contributed by Melvin Maughmer, Jr. on Sep 2, 2003
    based on 47 ratings
     | 32,465 views

    No man is an Island. I need You and you need me in order to make it through.

    I Need You!!!! Matthew 18:18-20 God is omniscient. This simply means that He knows everything about everything, because He is the source of everything. In the book of Gen. 2:18 the Bible says “And the Lord God said, It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Apostolic

  • Kevin Higgins avatar

    Andrew Series

    Contributed by Kevin Higgins on Sep 7, 2003
    based on 37 ratings
     | 13,501 views

    Our hearts long for a genuine encounter with Christ.

    John 1:35-42 Andrew Encountering Christ in the Book of John #2 Introduction There’s a man in the Bible with whom most of us are very familiar. His name was Simon Peter. Peter was a successful commercial fisherman before he became a disciple of the Lord Jesus. Although there were twelve disciples, ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Baptist

  • Steve Shepherd avatar

    Fact Or Fiction?

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Sep 23, 2003
    based on 68 ratings
     | 5,806 views

    We are confronted with both facts and fiction in life.

    INTRO.- ILL.- Fact or fiction? · "I just got a hot tip from an inside source that this will go through the roof." · "The word on the street is that this deal is ready to take off." · "There is no way you can lose money. Your return is guaranteed!" · "Everyone is getting in on this." · "You ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Jon MacKinney avatar

    Confident Prayer Series

    Contributed by Jon Mackinney on Oct 24, 2003
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,607 views

    What is it that keeps us from praying? What is it that has made prayer into a drudgery, a joyless discipline that fills us with guilt? It doesn’t have to be that way at all.

    It’s strange that every time someone announces, like we have in the bulletin and up on the overhead and in the announcements, that we’re going to talk about prayer, we all get a little uncomfortable. You may notice in your bulletin that it says, "Leave your guilt bags at home." Because when we ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Evangelical Free

  • Mike Hays avatar

    Called To Serve

    Contributed by Mike Hays on Oct 31, 2003
    based on 75 ratings
     | 51,619 views

    God gives us gifts to offer back to His service.

    Called To Serve Acts 6:1-6 One Sunday morning the pastor was trying to move his congregation from being spectators to becoming participants in the ministry of the Kingdom. He had prayed all week that the Lord would open the eyes of all of those who called the church “home.” The pastor knew that ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • A. Todd Coget avatar

    Releasing Faith Series

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Oct 31, 2003
    based on 64 ratings
     | 5,171 views

    The intention of this message is to get us to forgive as we have been forgiven.

    Lesson on Faith from The Lord’s Model Prayer Releasing Faith “Forgive us our debts as we also have forgiven our debtors.” Matthew 6:12 November 2, 2003 Intro: A. [Forgiving Your Spouse, Citation: Glenn E. Schaeffer, Christian Reader ("Kids of the Kingdom" September/October 1997)] During a ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Mike Gilbert avatar

    Mary, Did You Know? Series

    Contributed by Mike Gilbert on Dec 23, 2007
    based on 11 ratings
     | 29,592 views

    Mary might not have known the details, but today we do, and how we respond to Jesus is the most important perception and decision we’ll ever make.

    Intro> Mary, did you know? It’s a beautiful song and was presented beautifully here this morning, but it’s a song that asks a singular question that is actually very easy to answer... ->NO, Mary didn’t know. --There’s no way she really would have known all that was going to occur in the life of ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Baptist

  • Thomas Swope avatar

    Going On A Trip Series

    Contributed by Thomas Swope on Jan 14, 2010
     | 15,521 views

    A study of chapter 12 verses 1 through 28

    Ezekiel 12: 1 - 28 ‘Going on a trip’ “1 Now the word of the LORD came to me, saying: 2 “Son of man, you dwell in the midst of a rebellious house, which has eyes to see but does not see, and ears to hear but does not hear; for they are a rebellious house.3 “Therefore, ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Calvary Chapel