Sermons on Overcoming Disaster:

Breaking Fear

Contributed by Edward Hardee on Nov 5, 2007

How to overcome fear

Breaking Fear Theme: Breaking the fear of moving and restoring the joy. Text: Matthew 25:14-30 Matthew 25:14 NLT "Again, the Kingdom of Heaven can be illustrated by the story of a man going on a trip. He called together his servants and gave them money to invest for him while he was gone. 15 He ...read more

Denomination: Church Of God

Whatever Became Of Sin?

Contributed by Ed Wood on Jul 1, 2004

A message on overcoming sin.

WHATEVER BECAME OF SIN? Ephesians 2:1-10 INTRO: I heard about a man who was standing in an airport pointing his finger at different people saying GUILTY! One man responded: “How did he know about me?” If we did that today, people would say: “What have I done wrong? I’m just like everybody else.” ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 2:1-10

Denomination: Baptist

Abraham, A Man Challenged #12 Series

Contributed by Raymond Smith on Jan 20, 2008

Overcoming The Status Quo

Abraham a man of Challenge, Faith and Promise Overcoming The Status Quo Reading Genesis 18:1-15 There is a tendency, a leaning, if not a disposition that we can hold, if not succumb to, that can and does rob us of what our Lord is wanting to do in our lives. This is true for individuals as ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 18:1-15

Denomination: Pentecostal

Discouragement

Contributed by Tom Feola on Jun 27, 2012

How to overcome Discouragement

Discouragement Discouragement, we all have times of it. It comes at some of the weirdest time and we have to all fight it. Some seem to get it more than others, yet it doesn’t make us more or less spiritual. It’s a battle and we see that people in the Bible fought it and the word of ...read more

Scripture: Numbers 11:4-15

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Lois Lesson 4 Series

Contributed by Elmer Towns on Nov 5, 2016

A Grandmother Overcoming Obstacles

A. LOIS: LIVING BEYOND HER CIRCUMSTANCES 1. Married a Gentile just as her daughter Eunice. “Timothy, the son of a certain Jewish woman (Eunice) who believed, but his father was a Greek” (Acts 16:1). 2. What was her life in Lystra? a. Not enough Jewish families for a Synagogue. b. Not any ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 1:3-5

Denomination: Baptist

There Is Hope - Loneliness Series

Contributed by Andy Moyle on Feb 24, 2016

How to overcome loneliness

This morning we are going to look at what loneliness is, four cause of loneliness that even the Apostle Paul experienced and four solutions he applied that we can too Loneliness is defined as "separation anxiety caused by feeling disconnected" or in simpler terms - an unwelcome emotion caused by ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 4:6-22

Denomination: Charismatic

Lois Lesson 8 Series

Contributed by Elmer Towns on Mar 28, 2019

A Grandmother Overcoming Obstacles

A GRANDMOTHER OVERCOMING OBSTACLES A. LOIS: LIVING BEYOND HER CIRCUMSTANCES 1. Married a Gentile just as her daughter Eunice. “Timothy, the son of a certain Jewish woman (Eunice) who believed, but his father was a Greek” (Acts 16:1). 2. What was her life in Lystra? a. Not enough Jewish families ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 1:3-5

Denomination: Baptist

How To Treat Your Enemy.

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Jul 8, 2024

Overcoming evil with good.

HOW TO TREAT YOUR ENEMY. Romans 12:16-21. “Be not wise in yourselves,” reads the last clause of ROMANS 12:16. Paul has already warned us against being ‘wise in our own conceits’ (cf. Romans 11:25). This is also taught elsewhere in Scripture (cf. Proverbs 3:7; Isaiah 5:21; James 3:13-16). The ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:16-21

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

An Unexpected Tapestry

Contributed by Donavon Hill on Oct 9, 2017

From the story of Joseph, God used the very same threads the enemy had used to weave defeat into Joseph's life and wove what would become an unexpected tapestry. Look a little deeper into your own story and you'll see how God is doing the same for you.

Please stand for the reading of the Word . . . Genesis 45 5 But now, do not therefore be grieved or angry with yourselves because you sold me here; for God sent me before you to preserve life. 6 For these two years the famine has been in the land, and there are still five years in which there ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 45:5-8

Denomination: Pentecostal

Nehemiah 3 - Enemies Outside Series

Contributed by Stephen Sheane on Mar 3, 2010

To finnish the work we need to overcome discouragement, overcome fear and always be ready to resist the enemy.

ENEMIES FROM OUTSIDE A few years ago I was invited to play basketball at the Union centre in Chicago. We were just an average bunch of guys trying to get some excercise. As we were warming up a guy came up and asked if his team could play against us. We said sure. They ended up being the farm ...read more

Scripture: Nehemiah 4:7-20

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

A Mother's Faith

Contributed by Dennis Lee on May 9, 2016

A sermon for Mother's Day talking about the faith of the Canaanite woman seeking a healing for her daughter from Jesus. In this sermon we see she had a persistent faith to overcome all the barriers lined up against her, where Jesus called her faith great.

Mother’s Day Sermon A Mother’s Faith Matthew 15:21-28 When Robert Ingersoll, also known as “The Great Agnostic” came into a town giving a series of lectures. Two college students attended his lectures, and one of them said, “I guess he knocked the props out from ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 15:21-28

Denomination: Foursquare

Facing Your Giant Problems

Contributed by Mark Opperman on Jan 14, 2014

God will help us stand and face our giants just like He helped David! David’s giant problem teaches us how to face our own giant problems.

Facing Your Giant Problems Scripture: 1 Samuel 17 1 Samuel 17:1 Now the Philistines gathered their forces for war and assembled at Socoh in Judah. They pitched camp at Ephes Dammim, between Socoh and Azekah. 2 Saul and the Israelites assembled and camped in the Valley of Elah and drew up their ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 17:37-51

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Three Weapons Against Fear Series

Contributed by Troy Campbell on Mar 15, 2016

Learn how to overcome fear once and for all.

Title: Fear vs. Faith - 7 “Three Weapons Against Fear” Text: II Timothy 1:7 “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind” President and Mrs. Benjamin Harrison were so intimidated by the newfangled electricity installed ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 1:7

Denomination: Pentecostal

Rock Bottom

Contributed by Derrick Strickland on Jun 5, 2003

Discover the power and the potential in those "Rock Bottom" experiences

“Rock Bottom” Genesis 28:10-16 INTRO: 1. I like the way the KJV introduces us to this place… “certain place.” a. I want to take a little ecclesiastical license here and tell you that there’s no place in life that is as certain as that place where you hit ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 28:10-16

Denomination: Pentecostal

What Did They Do To Deserve That?

Contributed by Paul Cull on Apr 5, 2004

When disaster strikes, the question is not ’what did they do to deserve that?’. The question is - ’What am I going to do about it?’

Luke 13: 1-9 What did they do to deserve that? We have had another week of disaster. Once again we’ve seen large numbers of people killed and maimed, most particularly in the awful disaster at Madrid. At once again we might ask the question ’what on earth have they done to deserve that?’. And it ...read more

Scripture: Luke 13:1-9

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican