Sermons on Pain Loss:

Dare To Hang On One More Day Series

Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on May 2, 2003

Holy Saturday is a day of mourning and lament. We would do well in modern Christianity to learn how to authentically pour our pain out to God like the Psalmist.

Dare to Hang On One More Day Jn 19:30; Ps 22 Holy Saturday: April 19, 2003 Intro: I have no doubt that the Sabbath which began the day Jesus was crucified was the worst Sabbath the disciples had ever known. It was supposed to be a day of worship and celebration. And the Passover Sabbath was ...read more

Scripture: John 19:30, Psalm 22:1-31

Denomination: Baptist

Blessings And Brain-Aches

Contributed by Mark Eberly on Aug 25, 2008

Kids can be immense joys but also our greatest pains. Sometimes at the very same moment! There are really no magic formulas for dealing with kids but there is inspiration and help from God.

Blessings and Brain-aches Proverbs 22:6 August 24, 2008 This morning I am going to talk about our children. Raising children. But I speak not as one who has all the answers but as one who is looking to the One with all the answers. In other words, I hope that God will speak to you through these ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 22:6

Denomination: Church Of God

Justifying Ourselves? Series

Contributed by Paul Clemente on Sep 10, 2012

Justification of being a good person by comparing oneself to others is foolishness to God and if you don’t repent from this attitude, God will make your death painful and humiliating!

We are now in Chapter 13 of the Gospel of Luke. Again, Luke was not one of the original 12 Disciples but was a Disciple of Christ very early on. Luke was a physician who accompanied the Apostle Paul in his missionary journeys. By the power of the Holy Spirit, Luke interviewed many and reported on ...read more

Scripture: Luke 13:1-9

Denomination: Independent/Bible

An Anchor Of The Soul Series

Contributed by C. Philip Green on Apr 5, 2018

When it feels like you’re going nowhere in your pain, put your hope in God’s salvation, God’s fairness, and God’s faithfulness.

In October 1909, Vancouver, British Columbia purchased its first motorized ambulance. In 1909, a new ambulance was a rare thing, but the city spared no expense to get the best available vehicle – a Model 740 Ambulance from New York, costing $4,000, or more than $100,000 in today's money. Just hours ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 6:9-20

Denomination: Evangelical Free

The Process

Contributed by Howard Strickland on Jun 9, 2014

The process is part of the vision. However, in the mist of the vision, the process always seems overwhelming with pain, rejection, loneliness, and even character assassination all these, seems to blur the vision.

The Process Proverbs 29:18NLT How many of you can remember Easter vividly? Today marks the 50th day ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 29:18

Denomination: Pentecostal

Fleece To Change?

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Aug 8, 2015

Do we need to change our hitching post? Change can be good. I know when you will change, when it gets too painful to stay the same...

FLEECE TO CHANGE? By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com This is a two part lesson. 1 CHANGE YOUR HITCHING POST? A cowboy lived in the west. This cowboy was known throughout the whole area as a wild man. He was a heavy drinker and party man. One Sunday he attended church and ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 19:11-13

Denomination: Assembly Of God

5: Speaking The Truth In Love Series

Contributed by Stephen Aram on Oct 25, 2019

Churches can become deeply dishonest as we fear to talk about the deepest longings and pains in our hearts. We grow when we dare to be honest together.

Back in 1997 a Jim Carey movie came out called Liar, Liar. Carey plays the title role. He is an attorney, a very successful attorney. But the movie opens with his little boy at school on the day when the children are giving reports on what their fathers do, and his son announces, “My daddy’s a ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:11-16

Jesus Falls The Last Time Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jan 30, 2022

Jesus then picked Himself up from the ground and walked the last few yards to the scaffold, so that those who believe in Him will not have to fall into eternal pain and death.

The Ninth Station: Jesus Falls the Third Time (Those of us who have had the privilege and honor of a pilgrimage to the Holy Land always make Jerusalem part of the holy time. There, although the Jewish Temple has been replaced by a grand mosque, we can see the very places we read about in the New ...read more

Scripture: Mark 14:32-36, Luke 22:43-44, Luke 23:33, Philippians 2:7-8

Denomination: Catholic

By Passion And Cross, Not Just Resurrection Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jun 12, 2021

Jesus tells us that he will not miss the pain and suffering, because that is an integral part of our fallen human nature, and he was like us in all things except sin.

Monday of 11th Week in Course Church from Eucharist Today’s reading from Matthew makes me squirm a bit. Maybe you, too. In modern English, we might say, if someone takes your shirt, go to your closet and give him your sport coat as well. That’s not to mention the radical call to nonviolence we ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 6:1-10, Psalm 98:1-4, Matthew 5:38-42

Denomination: Catholic

You’re Alive! Act Like It - Ecclesiastes 9:2-10:1 Series

Contributed by Darrell Ferguson on Mar 26, 2025

It’s better to be alive in a painful life than to be dead. This passage explains why and teaches us how to seize the day and enjoy life through relationships and work.

9:1 Indeed, I took all this to heart and explained it all: the righteous, the wise, and their works are in God's hands. People don't know whether to expect love or hate. Everything lies ahead of them. 2 Everything is the same for everyone: there is one fate for the righteous and the wicked, ...read more

The Greatest Commandment Premium Sermon

Contributed by PRO Premium on Oct 9, 2023

This sermon will explore Jesus' teaching on the greatest commandment, which is to love God and love people, and how we can apply this in our lives amidst the pain and suffering in the world.

Welcome church! Today is a great day as we’re starting up a new 4-week series here called Love God, Love People. And to help set the tone for our series I’ve put together a few of the greatest love quotes the internet has to offer; 'You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.' ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 22:34-40, Deuteronomy 6:1-19

Topics: Greatest Commandment, Loving God, Loving People

Sermon Series: Love God Love People

Becoming Bitter Or Better

Contributed by Howard Strickland on Sep 15, 2010

During this time period, David sees no evidence that God cares. Everything David does is met with stubborn opposition and expressions of hatred. Here he describes his experience with betrayal…Few experiences are more painful than betrayal.

Becoming Bitter or Better  TEXT: Psalm 109:1-5 O God, whom I praise, do not remain silent, 2 for wicked and deceitful men have opened their mouths against me; they have spoken against me with lying tongues. 3 With words of hatred they surround me; they attack me without cause. 4 In return for ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 109:1-5

Denomination: Pentecostal

Purple Reign

Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on Dec 8, 2012

The world may be filled with the rain of despair, but we are covered by the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. We are covered by His Purple Reign. Updated November 2021.

For Those not Familiar with an Anglican Service there are 4 Scripture readings before the message is given. Today Scriptures were Jeremiah 33:14-16; Psalm 25:1-9; 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13 and Luke 21:25-36 In a neighborhood ......in the city of Kabul, ...a child plays on the sidewalk outside of his ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 18:20, Matthew 6:10, Romans 8:38-39, Philippians 2:10-11, 1 Corinthians 15:20-34, Revelation 21:4, Luke 21:25-36, Hebrews 13:5  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Anglican

How Series

Contributed by Gordon Pike on Nov 8, 2020

How do you go from deep despair to the heights of joy? Psalm 22 holds the key.

“ … when they came to a place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull), they offered [Jesus] wine to drink, mixed with gall; but when He tasted it, He would not drink it. And when they had crucified Him, they divided His clothes among themselves by casting lots; then they sat down there and ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 27:32-46

Denomination: United Methodist

Open Wide And Say 'ah-H-H-Men!' Series

Contributed by Gordon Pike on Oct 31, 2021

Imagine sitting in the waiting room at your doctor’s office and he comes in with a very serious look on his face. “God must be really, really mad at you because you have cancer.” That was David’s reaction when he came down with a serious illness.

Imagine sitting in the waiting room at your doctor’s office and he comes in … with a very serious look on his face. “God must be really, really mad at you because you have cancer.” That was David’s reaction when he came down with a serious illness. “O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger, or ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 6:1-10, Philippians 3:21, Revelation 21:4, 1 Corinthians 15:54-55, 2 Corinthians 10:3-5, 2 Timothy 1:7, 1 Thessalonians 5:18  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: United Methodist