Sermons on Ministering Hurt:

Third Sunday Of Advent, Year A: Gaudete Sunday--John The Baptist: Danger And Beauty Of The Barren Places

Contributed by Paul Andrew on Nov 2, 2022

It is just these types of lonely, painful moments that Jesus wants to redeem. John the Baptist got ministered to in prison by Jesus. He answered John’s question and complimented him to others.

A bedraggled little man once walked the streets of an Italian town 100 years ago. Many of the townspeople saw his pallid face, often tearful, as he stumbled along the cobblestone streets and narrow alleys. One day a kind soul, witnessing the man’s misery, came up to him, hoping to lift his sad ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 35:1, Matthew 11:2-11

Denomination: Catholic

Unknowingly Shipwrecking Your Faith Series

Contributed by Barry O Johnson on May 16, 2017

This is the sixth message in the series on Faith. Many Christians allow ministers to speak into their lives without "fact checking" what they say against Scripture. This can cause them to shipwreck their faith.

This is the sixth message in this series on Faith. The underlying theme of the series has been our responsibility for faith either manifesting or not manifesting in our lives. For a person to say “I have faith” and not produce “faith results” means that person is not walking in faith the way he ...read more

Scripture: Luke 6:45, Matthew 4:4, Acts 17:10-12, 2 Timothy 2:15, 1 Timothy 1:19-20, 1 Timothy 4:1-2  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Jesus Seeks You, Not Ya'll Series

Contributed by Sean Lester on Feb 17, 2021

Popular ministry diminishes the freedom a minister has to reach an individual seeking God’s love and mercy. Instead, ministry seeks to save an individual rather than gather a crowd.

!st Week of Lent 2021 RCL Year B Text: Mark 1:40-45 Introduction: This is a story about how Jesus was inconvenienced by someone who had been healed by a life crippling disease. A leper dropped to his knees in front of Jesus and begged to be healed. Jesus felt warmly toward the man and with a ...read more

Scripture: Mark 1:40-45

Denomination: Pentecostal

Netanyahu, Purim And The Enemies

Contributed by Gabriel Agbo on Mar 7, 2021

The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his recent Purim message responded to the continued threats of annihilation of Israel by the enemies of the Jewish state by reminding them of the biblical story of Haman.

Netanyahu, Purim and the enemies By Gabriel Agbo The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his recent Purim message responded to the continued threats of annihilation of Israel by the enemies of the Jewish state by ...read more

Scripture: Esther 8:17

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Church Leaders (1 Corinthians 3)

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Mar 11, 2021

Now comes that chapter that many congregations would not want to hear. Let’s listen to what God’s minister has to preach to the Corinthians. Could it apply to us too?

Now comes that chapter that many congregations would not want to hear. Let’s not be like rebellious people, “Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits” (Isaiah 30:10 KJV). Let’s listen to what God’s ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

The Water And The Temple Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Mar 21, 2020

Those are the healing waters that can always save those who are soaked with them, precisely because this sacrament is the visible sign of the power of Christ, who is the real minister of every baptism.

Tuesday of the 4th week of Lent 2020 Water I always recommend to those who can make pilgrimage that they take a week or more with a Christian guide in the Holy Land–Israel and Jordan–so that they can understand the people and places we read about in the Sacred Scriptures. The Christians living in ...read more

Scripture: John 5:1-16, Ezekiel 47:1-12

Denomination: Catholic

Straighten Your Path

Contributed by Bala Samson on Aug 24, 2020

It is not enough that you are a Christian, Christian minister, Convert, whatever….you should know ENOUGH OF GOD and His Word in order to do things the correct way and live a successful life.

Straighten your path Proverbs 3: “5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart And do not lean on your own understanding. 6 In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will make your paths straight. 7 Do not be wise in your own eyes; Fear the LORD and turn away from evil. What does straighten your ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 3:5

Denomination: Pentecostal

Divine Healing

Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Oct 25, 2012

Many of you have been struggling with emotional, hurting and physical issues. You desire healing and are thinking as to how it will happen and are skeptical if it would really takes place. The one Who you should be pursuing is God alone for it is for His

Opening illustration: Tuesday night encounter with a runaway 11 year girl, the police in our neighborhood had been searching for her. Karen is able to locate the girl and cares for the soul. What I got from that incident was that this young girl, her mom and the family needed some serious emotional ...read more

Scripture: Acts 3:12-16

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

He Made It Again/Fruit Salad

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Dec 8, 2003

ONE OF THE GREATEST GIFTS YOU COULD GIVE JESUS IS TO FORGIVE THAT PERSON WHICH YOU ARE, BITTER, ANGRY OR HURT. AS YOU FORGIVE ANOTHER, YOU WILL RELEASE YOURSELF FROM BEHIND THE BARS OF BITTERNESS AND DISAPPOINTMENT.

HE MADE IT AGAIN! FRUIT SALAD! Broken, spilled out, at Jesus’ feet. By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr.   Kyfingers@aol.com TEXT: Jeremiah 18:2 The word of the Lord told Jeremiah, ARISE, and GO to the potter’s house, and there I will cause you to hear my word. 4. And the vessel that He made of clay was ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 18:2-4, John 15:1-5

Denomination: Assembly Of God

"i May Be Persecuted, But I Am Not Forsaken."

Contributed by Dr. Jerry Hulse on Aug 22, 2022

"When Christians face discouragement and faint as a result of opposition and persecution, it's an opportunity for us to show what God can do. Even when we are weak, God is powerful enough to handle any situation and use us as an example of his strength and might."

SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES (2 Corinthians 4:8-10) ( 8) "We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;" (9) " Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;" (10) ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 2:10, Psalm 118:6, Romans 8:28, Romans 8:38, 2 Corinthians 1:8, 1 Peter 4:12-13, Romans 8:35-37, 2 Corinthians 4:8-9, Matthew 5:10-11, Romans 8:38-39  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Pentecostal

What The World Needs Now

Contributed by Kerry Haynes on May 6, 2018

The world is in desperate need of love, agape love: willful, purposeful, decisional, sacrificial love. In today's passage, Jesus points us to the source of that love, urges us to choose it as an act of obedience, and sometimes to love until it hurts.

John 15:9-17  What the World Needs Now In 1965 Burt Bacharach wrote a song he didn’t believe in. He and Hal David offered it to performer Dionne Warwick, who turned it down. Bacharach was reluctant to play it for Jackie DeShannon, but he finally did, and she liked it. Together they recorded, ...read more

Scripture: John 15:9-17

Denomination: Baptist

I Was Blind But Now I See Series

Contributed by Scott Maze on Jul 14, 2025

When this man was healed, you would have expected a celebration, but instead all he got was confrontation. You would have thought that everyone would have been happy for the blind man. You would have thought this story would have been on the front page of the Jerusalem newspapers.

Liz wanted to catch an earlier flight, but her work meetings ran long. She was the valedictorian of her class and graduated from Georgetown law firm. She had been texting with her mother throughout the day and looking forward to returning home to DC for her 33rd birthday. When she was supposed to ...read more

Scripture: John 9:1-41

Denomination: Baptist

I Was Dead But Now I'm Alive Series

Contributed by Scott Maze on Jul 16, 2025

Can you imagine Mary and Martha pacing the floor, waiting for Jesus? They were at the deathbed of their beloved brother. Can’t you see Lazarus struggling to breathe? The whole time, they’re looking out the window expecting to see Jesus arrive.

What if I told you that surveys suggest that nearly three-quarters of doctors in the United States believe in miracles? And what if I told you that over half of the physicians surveyed noted that they had witnessed what they considered to be miracles?1 Find John 11 with me, if you will. Ed ...read more

Scripture: John 11:1-44

Denomination: Baptist

He Can Conquer All

Contributed by Gregory Thomas on Oct 8, 2002

A SERMON THAT SHOWS THE AFFLICTION OF JOB AND REVEALS THAT AFFLICTION IS NOT ATTRIBUTED BY CHANCE;MOREOVER,TELLS US WHO IS ABLE TO CONQUER YOUR AFFLICTIONS,TRIALS,TRIBULATIONS,PAINS AND HURTS IN THIS WORLD TODAY.

HE CAN CONQUER ALL JOB 5:6 - 9 6)FOR AFFLICTION DOES NOT COME FORTH FROM THE DUST 7) YET MAN IS BORN TO TROUBLE, AS THE SPARKS FLY UPWARD. 8) BUT AS FOR ME, I WOULD SEEK GOD AND TO GOD I WOULD COMMIT MY CAUSE 9) WHO DOES GREAT THINGS AND UNSEARCHABLE MARVELOUS THINGS WITHOUT NUMBER. ...read more

Scripture: Job 5:6-9

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

"Knocked Down,not Knocked Out"

Contributed by Joseph Conrad Edpao on Nov 12, 2004

Many Christians who experience great trials in life often think that there is no hope. Here are 3 reasons why there is hope even in the midst of the most hurting trial that we experience.

INTRODUCTION: Life on earth is a test. Sounds familiar? Yes, this is a statement from Rick Warren¡¦s The Purpose Driven Life. ¡§You are always being tested. God constantly watches your response to people, problems, success, conflict, illness, disappointment, and even the weather!¡¨ We must ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1:3-4

Denomination: Baptist