Sermons on Overcoming Stubbornness:

Overcoming A Setback

Contributed by Richard Tow on Sep 7, 2009

The action taken by David when his wives & children were kidnapped is used to illustrate how to respond to a disappoint, crisis, or setback.

Overcoming a Setback 1 Samuel 30 8-30-09 Intro Today I want to talk about overcoming a setback. Has anybody here experienced a setback or two in life? Has anybody recently experienced a setback? It’s a part of living on planet earth. Chuck Swindoll described the Christian journey as “Three steps ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 30:1-31

Denomination: Charismatic

Overcoming Discouragement

Contributed by Patrick O'loughlin on Sep 14, 2009

Why discouragement can hit all of us and how to overcome it

Title: Overcoming discouragement Text: 1 Samuel 1:1-20 Introduction Question? Do Christians struggle with discouragement? Answer: Personal experiences tell us all Christians might suffer from discouragement from time to time. Even great Bible characters struggled with discouragement One ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 1:1-20

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Overcoming Prejudice Series

Contributed by Tyler Edwards on Sep 22, 2009

Prejudice causes us to treat people as inferior and is inappropriate in the life of a Christian, so how can we as Christians avoid prejudice in our lives?

8. The Book of Acts July 12th, 2009 Overcoming Prejudice A few years ago I had the opportunity to travel to Italy on a Mission trip to work with some local missionaries and help them get their church developed. It was a great trip we got to go to Rome which I was really excited about. On our ...read more

Scripture: Acts 10:9-36

Denomination: *other

Overcoming Fear

Contributed by Richard Horn on Jun 13, 2010

A look at why we fear and how we can overcome fear through Christ.

June 6, 2010 Overcoming Fear When Mark was drumming for us during our time of praise and worship we had a little inside joke. He would from time to time play the cowbell prompting me to say - we need more cowbell. Anyone remember Will Farrell from the skit on Saturday Night Live? Well that song ...read more

Scripture: Luke 12:22-34

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Overcoming Regret Series

Contributed by Patrick O'loughlin on Jul 2, 2010

Part 2 of living without regret. A study on the life of Jonah

Title: Overcoming Regret (Jonah 2) Introduction Last Sunday we started a sermon series called “Living without Regret” which we are taking from out of the book of Jonah. I said last week that a life of living without regret is determined by one thing and one thing only! You will ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 2:1-10

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Overcoming Despair

Contributed by Patrick O'loughlin on Oct 12, 2009

We all experience despair at times and God will help us to overcome it.

Title: Overcoming Despair Text: Psalm 13:1-6 “How long, O LORD? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? 2 How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and every day have sorrow in my heart? How long will my enemy triumph over me? 3 Look on me and answer, O LORD my God. ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 13:1-6

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Overcoming Anger

Contributed by Patrick O'loughlin on Oct 28, 2009

We all get angry but anger need not get the best of us.

Text: Ephesians 4:25-32 Title: Overcoming Anger Introduction 25 Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one body. 26 "In your anger do not sin": Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, 27 and do not give the ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:25-32

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Entangled And Overcome

Contributed by Daniel Austin on Aug 16, 2010

Peter writes of the possibility of turning away from Christ and the consequences. Peter knew first hand the process which leads to denial and has much to teach us.

Entangled and Overcome 07/05/09 AM Text: 2 Peter 2:20-21 Introduction Peter writes of the possibility of turning away from the truth of Christ and the consequences. Peter had first hand knowledge of the process which can lead to denial; he experienced them the night of Christ’s betrayal. The ...read more

Scripture: 2 Peter 2:20-21

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Overcoming Discouragement

Contributed by Randy Bataanon on Sep 19, 2010

All of us even the most gifted and strong men of God experienced discouragement from time to time. One of the the greatest leaders and motivators of all time taught us how to battle discouragement. Let us learn from his experience.

OVERCOMING DISCOURAGEMENT Then the people of Judah said, "The work crews are worn out, and there is too much rubble. We can’t continue to rebuild the wall." Nehemiah 4:10 Yielding to discouragement had great prices to pay. • The 10 Israelite Spy got discouraged and the whole nation paid 40 ...read more

Scripture: Nehemiah 4:1-23

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Overcoming Offenses

Contributed by Jeremy Poling on Oct 2, 2010

How to overcome being offended.

Luk 17:1 Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come! Skandalon – trap used to catch animals, offenses are traps of satan. Impediment holding one back, stumblingblock. Strike or hit against Luk 17:2 It were better ...read more

Scripture: Luke 17:1-5

Denomination: Pentecostal

An Overcoming Faith

Contributed by Ricardo Rodriguez on Jul 5, 2009

What it means to have Faith.

“An Overcoming Faith!” 6/24/2007 – Marsing, ID 2/10/2008 – Marsing, ID Heb 11:6 “6But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.” “6Empero sin fe es imposible agradar á Dios; porque ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 11:6

Denomination: Apostolic

The Overcoming Servant Series

Contributed by Michael Luke on Apr 8, 2010

Through Christ we can overcome all things

SERIES: WALKING WITH JESUS (Series adapted from Wiersbe’s Bible Exposition Commentary) “THE OVERCOMING SERVANT” MARK 4:35-5:43 OPEN Two explorers were on a jungle safari when suddenly a ferocious lion jumped in front of them. “Keep calm,” the first explorer ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Faith That Overcomes

Contributed by Christian Cheong on May 28, 2007

We must see Jesus and hear His voice in the midst of the storms of life. He will enable us to stay above the challenges if we stay focused on Him, all the way.

Jesus reached out His hand and grabbed Peter, “You of little faith, why did you doubt?” (14:31) • This line is a revelation - if Peter had not doubted, he would have been walking still. • If he had not allowed the wind to distract him, he could have reached Jesus, still afloat. According to Jesus’ ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 14:22-33

Denomination: Independent/Bible

O Is For Overcome Series

Contributed by Larry Brincefield on May 30, 2007

A study of the word overcome

Introduction 1. 2. Learning our ABCs is a part of every child’s early development... Learning our Biblical ABCs is a part of every Christian’s ongoing spiritual growth... As we continue to learn our Biblical ABCs, we come to the letter “O”... O is for Overcome... Overcome and its forms is ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 21:6-8

Denomination: Nazarene

Overcoming The Critic

Contributed by Matthew Morine on Jun 12, 2007

About a year and half into full-ministry, I made one of the biggest mistakes in my life. Personally, I was passive in this mistake. I only started the problem, but others certainly finished the damage. If I could, I would go back and change my actions.

OVERCOMING THE CRITIC TEXT: LUKE 6:1-11 THEME: OVERCOMING THE INFLUENCE OF THE CRITIC IN LIFE. About a year and half into full-ministry, I made one of the biggest mistakes in my life. Personally, I was passive in this mistake. I only started the problem, but others certainly finished the ...read more

Scripture: Luke 6:1-11

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ