Sermons on Overcoming Hardships:

Do You Have Faith The Size Of A Mustard Seed? PRO Sermon

Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Feb 12, 2024

This sermon encourages believers to foster their faith, witness its power, and use it to overcome life's challenges, as taught in Matthew 17:20-21.

Good morning, dear brothers and sisters in Christ. We gather here today, bound by our shared love for our Savior and the Word that guides us on our walk with Him. We come together, not as individuals, but as a community, a family of believers, united in our faith and our purpose. Today, we turn to ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 17:20-21

Topics: Faith

Out On A Limb PRO Sermon

Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Feb 26, 2024

This sermon explores overcoming obstacles to seek Jesus, willingly encountering Him, and experiencing transformation through faith, using the story of Zacchaeus as an example.

Good morning, beloved family of God. What a joy it is to gather together in this sacred space, united in our love for the Lord and our desire to learn from His Holy Word. As we open our hearts and minds to His divine wisdom today, let us remember the words of the great Charles Spurgeon, who once ...read more

Scripture: Luke 19:1-10

Topics: Need For Jesus, Challenges

Put Aside Your Excuses PRO Sermon

Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Mar 1, 2024

This sermon encourages Christians to prioritize God over busyness, overcome excuses that hinder commitment, and actively share the Gospel to connect others to Christ.

Greetings, beloved family of God. It is a joyous occasion to gather together, whether in person or in spirit, to delve into the richness of God’s word. We are here, not by coincidence, but by divine appointment. We come together, not as strangers, but as brothers and sisters, united in the love of ...read more

Scripture: Luke 14:16-24

Topics: Excuses

Roll The Stone Away PRO Sermon

Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Mar 6, 2024

This sermon explores the resurrection of Christ, encouraging believers to overcome life's stagnation and embrace spiritual resurrection through God's transformative love and grace.

Welcome, beloved brothers and sisters, to this gathering of hearts and minds in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. We gather together under the sheltering wings of His grace, bound by the common thread of faith, hope, and love. We stand as one body, united in Christ, ready to receive His word and ...read more

Scripture: Luke 24:1-3

Topics: Rolling, Stone, Away

Teamwork PRO Sermon

Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Mar 20, 2024

This sermon emphasizes the importance of unity and teamwork within the Christian community to overcome divisions and challenges, reflecting the diverse yet unified body of Christ.

Welcome, brothers and sisters in Christ, to this gathering of the faithful. We are here to share in the joy of fellowship, to lift our hearts in praise, and to seek wisdom from the Word of God. It is a privilege to stand before you today, not as one who has all the answers, but as a fellow traveler ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:12

Topics: Church Unity, Interdependence

Spirit-Empowered Boldness PRO Sermon

Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Oct 4, 2025

The sermon urges us to cherish our inherited faith, overcome fear, and boldly nurture and protect the gifts and gospel entrusted to us by God.

If you hold this letter up to your ear, you can almost hear the heartbeat behind it. Paul is nearer to the end than the beginning. Cold walls. Thin blankets. Thick memories. He is thinking of a young pastor with tender tears and a tough assignment. He remembers a grandmother’s prayers and a ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 1:1-14

Topics: Boldness, Faith

Fortune Leads To Death, Christ Leads To Life PRO Sermon

Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Oct 25, 2025

Trust God alone for guidance and power; avoid seeking answers from occult or counterfeit sources, and rely on prayer to overcome deception and fear.

Friends, pull up a chair. Some weeks feel like the weather—gusts of news, gusts of need, gusts of noise—and our souls long for a quiet corner and a steady word. As October rolls across our calendars, costumes cover store shelves, cobwebs (the plastic kind) creep across porches, and talk turns to ...read more

Scripture: Acts 16:16-18

Topics: Halloween, Danger, Spirituality

Camouflage Christians?

Contributed by Tim Hinrichs on Feb 28, 2012

As Christians in the world we often try to hide our faith out of fear but God has given us his Holy Spirit to overcome our fears and be bold witnesses in this world.

Camouflage. It’s something very well known today. Besides being worn just as a fashion today by some boys and men, why is camouflage used? First, to be able to attack without being seen. This is the whole purpose in war. Soldiers are dressed up in camouflage so that they can sneak through ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 1:7

Denomination: Lutheran

Soldier On!

Contributed by Curt Cizek on Oct 14, 2007

We got through trials sometimes. Jesus said that we will have troubles in this life but that we should take heart because he has overcome the world. This was preached at a military chapel but it could easily be preached in a civilian church.

-We’re in a war! -I know that the people in the military get that – they’ve deployed to fight in it -Their families know it – because they’ve missed their loved ones while they’ve been fighting -If you are a retiree you know it – because you’ve been there before -But I don’t think the American ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 2:1-13

Denomination: Lutheran

"the Power Of The Believer's Authority."

Contributed by Dr. Jerry Hulse on Jul 1, 2022

The government of God's kingdom is trustworthy and has a judicial branch acknowledged in the Book of Daniel as the council of God. This message explores the power believers can access when they apply the word of God to their lives and ministries.

SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES (Matthew 16:18) “And I say also unto thee, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.” (Matthew 10:1) "And when he had called unto him his twelve ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:37, Proverbs 3:3-6, Isaiah 58:6, Matthew 18:18-19, Matthew 16:18, Luke 22:29, Matthew 10:1, Luke 10:19, Mark 16:17-18  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Pentecostal

Death Valley Days

Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Mar 10, 2001

Ties together Israel’s disobedience during the Exodus, people’s failure to recognize Jesus when he came, and our own obliviousness to the warning signs around us. Lesson: Hardships aren’t for punishnment, it’s to point us to God.

Have any of you ever watched a movie or a TV show about a wagon train? You know, a column of Conestoga wagons, what they called prairie schooners, with the rounded canvas tent-tops? When I was young Westerns were the commonest sort of show, and everyone knew the conventions: The square-jawed ...read more

Scripture: John 3:14-21, Numbers 21:4-9

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Sufferings Of Life

Contributed by Vernon L Caruthers on May 20, 2006

Jesus had His Gethsemane and so will each one of His children. Yet, without those Gethsemanes, many times we do not pray and place our faith and our trust in Christ. There are BLESSINGS found in sufferings and hardships that cannot be found in the times o

Subject: The Sufferings of the Christain Life Scripture Reference: Luke 22: 44 ’And being in agony He prayed more earnestly: and His sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground." ------------------------------------------------------ --------- <>< <>< <>< -- <>< <>< <>< ...read more

Scripture: Luke 22:44

In The Setting Of Jeremiahs Sorrow

Contributed by Jessie Manuel on Mar 3, 2025

Jeremiah made prophecies during a period when Judah was threatened by invasion and moral decline; as a Jeremiah made prophecies during a period when Judah was threatened by invasion and moral decline; as a prophet he carried the weight of his people's wrongdoing and hardships.

I "Lets take a moment to read Jeremiah 12 verses 󠇁to 󠈜 together." "Lord Almighty When I come to You with my concerns Can we discuss Your ways? Why do the wicked seem to thrive? How can those who deceive be content? They flourish like planted trees, Growing and ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 12:1-4

Denomination: Methodist

Love Conquers All

Contributed by Jim Keegan on Nov 27, 2023

The love of God overcomes fear if we choose to open our hearts to its supreme reality. The greatest source of blessing and peace we can ever know is found in trusting in his love.

A pastor shared the story of going deep-sea fishing in Florida with his brother when their boat lost all of its electronics, including the communications and GPS functions. They were out of sight of land, and since it was an overcast day there was no way for them even to tell east from west. ...read more

Scripture: Mark 5:21-43, 1 John 4:16-18

Covenant Before Culture

Contributed by David Dunn on Sep 15, 2025

Marriage is God’s covenant design from creation, not a cultural contract, and only the new heart given by Christ can overcome hardness, restore faithfulness, and display His love to the world.

(The Case for Marriage) I. God’s Original Design Genesis 2:18–24 When the Pharisees asked Jesus about divorce, He did something simple and bold. He didn’t argue the law. He didn’t haggle over texts. He went back to the garden. He started at the beginning. He said, “From the beginning it was not ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 2:18-24, Malachi 2:4, Matthew 19:3-9, Matthew 5:27-28

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist