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
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
Every believer can enhance their prayer life by incorporating the practice of fasting, thus multiplying their effectiveness in spiritual matters.
In any building project, having the right tools and knowing how to use them is crucial for success. Just as a skilled builder brings a van full of tools to a construction site, believers have been given a powerful tool by God to enhance their prayer life: fasting. Unfortunately, many Christians ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 6:16-18
Topics: Prayer, Fasting
Utilizing our most powerful tool, prayer, to overcome our biggest adversary and bring about a spiritual awakening in our nation.
Today, we will explore the topic of revival and how it can bring transformation to our land. In 2 Chronicles 7:14, God provides us with a powerful formula for experiencing His blessings and revival. Let's dive into this verse and uncover its profound message. The first step towards revival is ...read more
Scripture: 2 Chronicles 7:14
Topics: Prayer, Revival
Jesus is the new covenant that God promised to his people in Jeremiah 31:31-34. In Jesus, God united us to him with bonds that can never be broken, and through this new covenant, we and Jesus can look death in the eye and see victory.
Today’s Gospel passage marks the beginning of a change in Jesus’ ministry. The coming of the Greeks is seen as anticipating the coming of the Gentiles into the community of believers. While it is true that before the events in our Gospel reading Jesus spoke to the woman at the well and ...read more
Scripture: John 12:20-33
Denomination: Anglican
From the beginning, Jesus informed His disciples that if we acknowledge ourselves as followers of Christ Jesus, we must face suffering
Patient in Suffering, Steadfast Against Slander, Faithful to the Truth From the beginning, Jesus informed His disciples that if we acknowledge ourselves as followers of Christ Jesus, we must face suffering. Jesus never made grandiose promises to His followers. He did not give sweet hopes to His ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 10:22
Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
So, if God is so good and so strong, why does He allow suffering? A look at answers for the Balconeers (those approaching it intellectually - "why?") and the Travellers (those in the midst of it asking "what now?")
Traveler or Balconeer? • Why evil and suffering? o No surprise that many of you wrote asking about this o #1 in poll asking “If there was one question you could ask God…?” – 17% o “If God is loving and if He is all-powerful and if He is good, then surely all of this suffering should not exist. ...read more
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 12:7-9
Denomination: Independent/Bible
This sermon explores the meaning of Christ's sacrifice, the grace that comes through suffering, and the comfort of God's eternal embrace.
Good morning, my dear friends. Today, we gather here with hearts full of hope. Hearts full of faith. Hearts ready to listen. To learn. To love. We turn to the book of Hebrews, chapter 10, verse 5. The words ring clear. They ring true. "Therefore, when Christ came into the world, he said: 'Sacrifice ...read more
Scripture: Hebrews 10:5
Topics: Living Sacrifices
Often we only see our situations but not the reasons. There is a vast battle taking place in the spiritual realm and we are right in the middle of it.
Perhaps one of the most amazing men in the Bible and the one we can learn the most from, especially in today’s world, is the man named Job. There are two ways to look at this man’s life. One from an earthly perspective and the other is from God’s perspective. How many of us can ...read more
Denomination: Christian Church
It interests me that God tests me by allowing me to go through difficult situations in order to prove the quality of my character, the genuineness of my worship and the motivations of my service. What is your Marah?
Exodus 15 - Singing and Suffering Exodus 15 is an anthem of praise to God for Israel’s deliverance from Egypt. It’s often called the song of Moses and the men got a choir together and sang it. Then in antiphonal response the women under the leadership of Miriam sang as well. As soon as they are ...read more
Scripture: Exodus 15:1-27
Hope in suffering comes when we are able to focus, not on the troubles around us, but on God¡¦s hidden treasure within and before us.
I¡¦ve noticed in counseling with people over the years that people lose their bearings when they get bad news. Perhaps you saw the story this week about a man in Hollywood, California. Three Marines came to his home to break the news to him that his son had died in the service of his country. ...read more
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:6-18
You will notice that of the seven churches that John addressed, he gave the least amount of space to the church of Smyrna.
All he had to say about the church of Smyrna he was able to cover in just four verses. However, we must not think less of this church, or feel they were insignificant just because there are less verses given to them. Why? Because there were only two of the seven churches ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 5:11-12, Revelation 2:8-11
Denomination: Baptist
How do I overcome bitterness? •Understand that it destroys us •Adjust my expectations •Help others in who are in need •Appeal to God for help
Title: How Do I Overcome Bitterness from Suffering? Text: Job 3.1-5.27 Series: Job: The Mystery of Suffering (Job) Raymond Maurer, New Life Christian Church, Wixom, MI www.NewLifeWithGod.com. E-mail me if you would like the Power Point Slides (Ray@NewLifeWithGod.com). Kurt Cobain ended his life ...read more
Is there a cycle of sin and repentance? Do we go through cycles? Let's look at Judges 8.
Do we see Israel’s repeated cycle of sin, suffering, sorrow and salvation in Gideon's story? Do we see it in us? Do we still need to repent long after baptism? Let’s look at Judges 8. How did Gideon appease the complaint made by the men of Ephraim? The men of Ephraim said to him, “Why have ...read more
When storms come, where is your faith? In temporal things or the Everlasting God?
Please turn with me to the book of Habakkuk. Habakkuk is listed in the Bible as one of the Minor Prophets. The Minor Prophets are grouped together after the Major Prophets and located before the New Testament, after the book of Nahum and before Zephaniah. Today we will, in sum, examine the ...read more
In times like these, suffering persists to the extent that we naturally ask why, so we turn for answers not to a politician, not to a physician, not to an attorney - we turn to the man who suffered for righteousness' sake.
IN TIMES LIKE THESE --- SUFFERING PERSISTS TO THE EXTENT THAT WE NATURALLY ASK WHY Soon after we were born into this world and began to take notice of all our surroundings we began to ask a toddler’s most irksome question: Why? Over and over again! No answer sufficed. ...read more
Scripture: Romans 8:18-25
A message from Isaiah that helps us through the storms of life. It shows the true direction through the storms that God goes with us.
Good Morning Stand with me and lift your bible and repeat after me. This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. I can do what it says I can do. I am going to learn how to be what it says I can be. Today I will learn more of the word of God. The indestructible, never ending, living word ...read more
Scripture: Isaiah 41:10
Sermon Central