Sermons on Painful:

Let The Spirit Change Your Outlook

Contributed by Paul Fritz on May 16, 2003

The Holy Spirit helps us consciously and subconsciously to turn our focus away from pain and on to God’s promises for deliverance. Many people tend to surrender to feelings of rejection, suffering and negative thoughts when they experience problems. The H

How to Let the Spirit Change One’s Outlook For it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to do of His good pleausure." (Phil. 2:13,14) Illustration: Dr. Henry Pope tells a story of one his students who learned how to change her perspective. It seems that one young girl while attending ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 2:13-15

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

How Jesus Avoided Emotional Burnout

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000

The Lord transferred all of his emotional pain to the care of His Father. Ask the Lord to take away whatever burden you are facing allowing Him to do whatever He wants with your life - stop resisting His will!

1. Jesus struggled with feelings of emotional discouragement like everyone, but He prayed, "Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done." (Luke 22:42) The Lord transferred all of his emotional pain to the care of His Father. Application: Ask the Lord ...read more

Scripture: Luke 23:42

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Wrestling With Loneliness Series

Contributed by Todd Leupold on Oct 14, 2008

Both the pervasiveness and pain of loneliness is well known and documented. But what does the Bible and the Church have to say and do about it? Bottom line: loneliness can only e overcome through intimate relationships with Jesus and other people.

WRESTLING WITH LONELINESS Part 2 in Series: “Does Anybody Know, Does Anybody Care?” Rev. Todd G. Leupold, Perth Bible Church, Sunday October 5, 2008 AM INTRODUCTION: Paul McCartney famously sings: “All the lonely people, Where do they all come from, All the lonely people, Where do they ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 4:9-22

Denomination: Baptist

This One

Contributed by Wayne Lawson on Nov 2, 2009

This is a hard lesson to learn. No one likes to wait. We want what we want from God when we want it. However, it is in our times of loneliness – loss- pain - sorrow - that we are driven to the very heart of God.

Dr. Wayne A. Lawson Antioch Institutional Baptist Church Oklahoma City, OK 73109 RevWLawson@aol.com Preached Sunday, November 1, 2009 TITLE: THIS ONE SCRIPTURE: ST. JOHN 11:1-4 I imagine that some have already settled in this morning ready to hear another sermon on Lazarus. I want to ...read more

Scripture: John 11:1-4

Denomination: Baptist

Father, Forgive Them, For They Know Not What They Do.

Contributed by Allan Kircher on Apr 7, 2011

Our Lord was at that moment enduring the first pains of crucifixion; --the executioners had just driven the nails through His hands and feet. He must have been, moreover, greatly depressed, and brought into a condition of extreme weakness by the agony

Luke 23:34 Pastor Allan Kircher Shell Point Baptist Church “Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.” Our Lord was at that moment enduring the first pains of crucifixion; --the executioners had just driven the nails through His hands and feet. He must have been, ...read more

Scripture: Luke 23:34

Denomination: Baptist

Where Is God When I'm Hurting Series

Contributed by Clarence Eisberg on Mar 20, 2007

When suffering, disease, pain comes into our lives we often deal with the feelings of frustratio, anger and questions for God. Several reasons for disease, illness, etc are provided: sin, our environment, the sin of others, as an opportunity to give glor

In Jesus Holy Name March 18, 2007 Text: James 5:7-12 Lent IV - Redeemer “Where is God When I’m Hurting?” Rev. John Stott in his book “The Cross of Christ” has a chapter entitled “Suffering and Glory”. The fact of suffering is the greatest challenge to the Christian faith and has been ...read more

Scripture: James 5:7-12

Denomination: Lutheran

When Relationships Sour Series

Contributed by Steve Bond on Aug 16, 2007

Without question many of our most painful chapters in life have to do with soured relationships. That’s why we’re considering this in our final message in our series "When Bad Things Happen to Good People."

Introduction A 104 year-old woman was being interviewed by a Christian reporter. The reporter asked the woman if it was easier or more difficult to live the Christian life the older you get. The lady thought for a moment and said, “Well, there is less peer pressure.” Some things may get easier ...read more

Scripture: Acts 15:36-41

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Forgiveness Series

Contributed by Gary Stebbins on Dec 16, 2010

Christmas is a wonderful time of year for many. For some however, the pains that life can make the Christmas season a difficult one. In this series we will be talking about forgiving and being forgiven. (Taken from a series by the same name by Craig Groes

Christmas is For-giving Part 1 Forgiving Introduction (taken from a series by Craig Groeschel) Three part series- finish Christmas Eve. Encourage people- invite friends- (Mtt 28:19-20, Eph 4:11-12). The Christmas Season The series is entitled- Christmas is For-giving. We think of Christmas as a ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 3:13

Denomination: Charismatic

The Word As Peace Series

Contributed by Alvin Hathaway, Sr. on May 22, 2011

God give us a word of peace to prepare our spirits, to acknowledge our pain in prayer, to believe God's promise and covenant, to accept God's provisions as his gift to the world, and to know that God's plan is for us to have His peace.

Sunday, December 14, 2008 The Word as Peace Text: Luke: 1: 79 We continue in our Advent theme: “What God Gives” Last Sunday, we examined what God gives is his word as power, if we believe we can become a child of God; then we can inherit the benefits of his children. This Sunday I ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:79

Denomination: Baptist

"coming Home"

Contributed by David Henderson on Dec 3, 2019

This is perhaps one of the most powerful stories in Scripture to me because the two people who Jesus interacts with come from two completely different backgrounds -one from a nice, comfortable home and one from a home that was filled with pain.

“Coming Home” Mark 5:21-43 One of my heroes in Scripture is the great apostle Paul. Of the 27 books in the New Testament, we believe at least 13 were written by him. About one half. One of those was his letter to the church in Ephesus and in chapter 3 and verse 20 he says this... “Now to HIM who ...read more

Scripture: Mark 5:21-43

Denomination: Baptist

When Faith Falters

Contributed by Jeffrey Dillinger on Mar 28, 2020

Sometimes “maybe” is all I have. Finding faith when I am in pain, when my world is crumbling, when I don’t understand is difficult. Lord, I believe, help me overcome my unbelief.”

When Faith Falters (Mark 9:14-29) Intro: A. For Peter, James and John life was incredible. They had witness Jesus radiating like the sun; they had seen two great heroes (Moses and Elijah) who were dead, but obviously living talking to Jesus; they had heard the voice of God ...read more

Scripture: Mark 9:14-29

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Folly Brings Downfall

Contributed by Bala Samson on Jan 19, 2022

Sometimes success hits our head and we rashly do things that are contrary to our character. Anybody listening? We need a pinch of failure, pain and humiliation NOW AND THEN in order to keep us grounded in God and His ways. Agree?

Opening your treasure to the enemy Isaiah 39:2”Hezekiah was pleased, and showed them all his treasure house, the silver and the gold and the spices and the precious oil and his whole armory and all that was found in his treasuries. There was nothing in his house nor in all his dominion that ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 39:2

Denomination: Pentecostal

Overcoming With Thanksgiving Series

Contributed by D. Dewaine Phillips on Nov 9, 2021

Thanksgiving Holiday: God's grace results in thanksgiving, and a grateful heart enables believers to withstand hardship. A thankful heart also helps us to see God’s ability to work through our pain for His glory.

For our Thanksgiving holiday message, I want to open with a little humor. “A kindergarten teacher was telling her students all about the Pilgrims as she prepared them for the Thanksgiving season. After one little girl had gone home and shared the details she remembered from her teacher’s lesson, ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:15-18

Denomination: Baptist

Renewed Strength

Contributed by Samuel M on Jul 10, 2023

Eagles get or grow stronger with age, whilst humans get or grow weaker with age. This is because the eagles have a restoration or renewal process in their mid 40’s. The eagle goes through a painful process for 5 months as part of this restoration.

Eagles get or grow stronger with age, whilst humans get or grow weaker with age. This is because the eagles have a restoration or renewal process in their mid 40’s. The eagle goes through a painful process for 5 months as part of this restoration. The process requires that the eagle fly to a ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 40:30

"grief (Part 1): Biblical And Psychological Perspectives On Grief.” Series

Contributed by Benjamin Utomo on Aug 9, 2021

Death separates us from someone we love and oftentimes causes pain of grief! This sermon helps us to understand grief as a normal response to a loss. But it can become an emotional problem if we don't deal with it rightly.

This afternoon, I will continue the sermon series of “The Bible and Emotional Problems.” We will discuss the topic "Biblical and Psychological Perspectives on Grief” today and next Sunday. In the past two weeks, we prayed at the Prayer Meetings and Sunday Services for Pastor Paulus Kurnia and ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 37:34-35, 2 Samuel 18:33, 2 Chronicles 35:25, Acts 8:2, John 11:35, Matthew 5:4, 1 Thessalonians 4:13, Matthew 5:9  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational