Sermons on Past Hurts:

Betrayal

Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Feb 14, 2011

When we think of betrayal we think of people like Benedict Arnold who betrayed George Washington. We think of a spy or double agent. We understand the feelings that come with someone betraying us. It’s an emotional let down. When we’re betrayed we’re hurt

BETRAYAL INTRODUCTION: When we think of betrayal we think of people like Benedict Arnold who betrayed George Washington. We think of a spy or double agent. We might think of reality shows like “Survivor” or “The Mole”. We’ve all experienced it on some level. We ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 26:14-25

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Don't Look Back

Contributed by Paul Hammons on Mar 13, 2007

Have you ever looked back on your life and thought – If I only knew then what I know now, I would have done a lot of things different? As I look back on my life I have a lot regrets, I done a lot of stupid things in my lifetime, and I made a lot of mistak

Don’t Look Back; Luke 9:62 Have you ever looked back on your life and thought – If I only knew then what I know now, I would have done a lot of things different? As I look back on my life I have a lot regrets, I done a lot of stupid things in my lifetime, and I made a lot of mistakes. I wish I ...read more

Scripture: Luke 9:62

This Woman Whom Satan Has Kept Bound All These 18 Years

Contributed by Jeremiah Menyongai on Mar 16, 2016

You Can Be Delivered From Sins And Unto God But There Are Bondages From The Past That Need To Be Overcome. Jesus Never Performed Miracles Just To Excite but to bring glory to God, to meet the needs of people, and to bring them closer to God's grace.

THIS WOMAN WHOM SATAN HAS KEPT BOUND FOR 18 YEARS Luke 13:10 10 On a Sabbath Jesus was teaching in one of the temples, 11 and a woman was there who had been crippled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over double and could not straighten up at all. 12 When Jesus saw her, he called her ...read more

Scripture: Luke 13:10-17

Denomination: Charismatic

The Unavoidable Change

Contributed by Bret Bone on Aug 23, 2011

When you look around at the people who attend your church, who do you see? Perfect looking people, people who seem to have it all together. Or like Jesus do you see hurting people in need of comfort, troubled people in need of direction, sick people who n

The Unavoidable Change Slide #1 Jim Cymbala is the pastor of the Brooklyn Tabernacle Church in the slums of New York City. He tells the following story about his ministry: It was Easter Sunday and I was so tired at the end of the day that I just went to the edge of the platform, pulled down ...read more

Scripture: John 5:1-17

If My People Pray

Contributed by Steven Buhr on Sep 19, 2015

We're going to look at an old passage of scripture today, we are going to focus on one verse, one phrase that God spoke and which we today consider one of the deepest revelations about the power and pattern of prayer.

If My People… June 21st, 2015 2 Chronicles 7:14 Who here would like to know that God hears you when you pray? Who wants to be forgiven of any and all wrongs done to others or towards God? Who wants to be healed from past hurts and live in a community that is experiencing healing ...read more

Scripture: 2 Chronicles 7:14

Denomination: Baptist

How Can I Love My Neighbor?

Contributed by Rick Crandall on Apr 20, 2013

1. Settle the question of salvation (vs. 25-29). 2. Strive to overcome your selfishness (vs. 29-32). 3. Follow the example of Christ’s compassion (vs. 33-37). 4. Bring hurting people to the healing place (vs. 34). 5. Be willing to pay the price (vs. 3

How Can I Love My Neighbor? Luke 10:25-37 Sermon by Rick Crandall Grayson Baptist Church - Feb. 26, 2012 *Some years ago, I was blessed to be part of a mission team in South Asia. It was about nine months after a major earthquake in the region. Over 100,000 people were killed, many more were ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:25-37

Denomination: Baptist

Amazing Grace!

Contributed by John Kapteyn on Feb 12, 2007

Have you ever experienced grace in your life? Perhaps a policeman stoping you for speeding and just giving you a warning when you deserved a ticket. Perhaps a time when you said hurting words to a friend or spouse and they forgave you. Each one of us, at

Introductory Consideration 1. I don’t know what came over me. I’m not a fighter - I’m not even built like one. But something he said or did just rubbed me the wrong way. Before I knew it I did something that I had never done before or have done since. It was not a very Christian thing to do, ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 2:1-10

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Mercy – The Fifth Step To Happiness Series

Contributed by Tom Shepard on Feb 20, 2008

This is a sermon on the fifth beattitude. Mercy: I’m merciful - 1. If I’m patient with those are DIFFERENT from me. 2. If I forgive those who have FALLEN. 3. If I help those who are HURTING. 4. If I do good to my ENEMIES.

Becoming Merciful – The Fifth Step To Happiness We have been making a journey through a section of the scripture known as the beatitudes. The beatitudes are found in Matthew chapter five. All of them begin with the word “blessed.” Another word for blessed is happy. So as we have been making ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:7

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

What's Achan You?

Contributed by Jerry Flury on Jul 16, 2014

We often hear, "How I live my life and the things I do is nobody's business but mine as long as I don't hurt anyone else." Nothing could be further from the truth." How you live matters more than you think.

What's Achan You? Joshua 7:2-9 There is an old saying, first penned by John Donne, "No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a piece of a continent, a part of the main." What Donne was saying is that we are all in some way connected to each other and what happens to one person affects us ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 7:2-9

Denomination: Baptist

Worthless Clouds Without Water Carried By The Changing Winds –jude 1 Verse 12 Series

Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Aug 16, 2022

Jude continues his description of the false teachers using metaphors to describe them. This follow on from hidden reefs and we now have empty clouds without water, useless in promise and leaving bitter failure. Many people are left hurt, and without hope, and fleeced and betrayed.

WORTHLESS CLOUDS WITHOUT WATER CARRIED BY THE CHANGING WINDS –Jude 1 verse 12 In our last message we were looking at these false teachers Jude was battling when he urged his readers to contend for the faith. They had to be positive, and a lazy and don’t care less approach would achieve nothing. ...read more

Scripture: Jude 1:12, Ezekiel 34:1-8, Zechariah 11:15-17, Acts 20:28-30, Deuteronomy 32:9-10, 1 Peter 5:7, 1 Corinthians 12:25, Ephesians 4:14, John 4:13-15, John 7:37-38, Hebrews 10:22, James 3:11-12, Revelation 7:17, Revelation 22:1  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Warning!!

Contributed by Roger Hasselquist on Apr 15, 2025

Many warnings are ridiculous, but there are also many that, if heeded, could save our lives. Like taking cover when a tornado hits, or turning around when the bridge is out. There are other warnings that are very important as well, and if not heeded will cause lasting hurt to our spiritual lives.

Alba 4-13-2025 WARNING!! I Corinthians 4:14-21 If there is danger ahead, it is good to have a warning. And it is wise to pay attention to the warning, whether it is a tornado siren, or a sign that says “Bridge Out”. But some warnings are worthless, ridiculous really, almost a joke. For ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 4:14-21

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Lord Who Leads Series

Contributed by Brian Bill on Mar 20, 2003

Since this psalm is so familiar, we’re in danger of missing the depth of its meaning. And, because it’s setting is in the world of sheep and shepherds, many of us city slickers can slide right past its richness.

The Lord Who Leads Most everyone has heard of Psalm 23. It’s a poem with no peer and has been called the sweetest song ever sung. Abraham Lincoln read it to cure his blues, and President Bush proclaimed it publicly to calm our nation’s fears after 9-11. I read these words out loud a week ago ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 23:1-6

Denomination: Baptist

Forgetting What's Behind. Straining For What's Ahead.

Contributed by Quintin Marrow on Apr 3, 2001

Forsaking all past achievements and human advantages, St. Paul strains ahead to be found in Christ; this striving is by faith, and results in an imputed righteousness from God, a sharing in the sufferings of Christ, Christlikeness and participation in the resurrection of the dead.

“Forgetting what’s behind. Straining for what’s ahead.” April 1, 2001 The Rev’d Quintin Marrow St. Anne’s Episcopal Church Oceanside, California The Text: Phil. 3:8-14 In sixteenth-century France, the start of the new year was observed on April first. It was celebrated ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:8-14, Romans 6:1-14

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

The Passover Series

Contributed by Chris Appleby on Oct 18, 2000

God has recorded his dealings with his people for our benefit, so we can trust him to carry out his promises knowing how he’s carried them out in the past.

Exodus 11:1-12:14 I remember talking to a girl of about 15 a number of years ago who was struggling with the question of whether she was really a Christian. She’d grown up in a Christian family and had always been a Christian, but now was having to work out what that meant for herself. Her parents ...read more

Denomination: Anglican

The Da Vinci Code Part One: The New Testament Vs Other Writings Series

Contributed by Don Jaques on May 24, 2006

When a fictional story purports to tell the truth – and that truth directly contradicts the teaching of the Christian church over the past 2000 years – confusion is going to be the result. The power of books and especially movies to shape our thinking as

Renowned curator Jacques Saunière staggered through the vaulted archway of the museum’s Grand Gallery. He lunged for the nearest painting he could see, a Caravaggio. Grabbing the gilded frame, the seventy-six-year-old man heaved the masterpiece toward himself until it tore from the wall and ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational