Sermons on Praying Mothers:

Please Pray For The Navajo Nation And All Native American Tribes

Contributed by Dr. Craig Nelson on Jul 25, 2022

Reflections from a Missions trip to the most northern part of the Navajo (Dine') Nation.

“Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.” (Matthew 28:19 NIV) I returned from a Missions trip to the most northern part of the Navajo Nation. There were 17 of us from the church. We partnered with the Clear ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 28:19, Matthew 24:14, Revelation 15:4

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

When You Pray - Do You Pass This Prayer Test? Series

Contributed by Carlton Berry on Aug 11, 2022

What’s your prayer life like? Have you seen mountains moved in your life? We see little when we ask little. As James closes his writing He challenges the scattered church to pray in faith. Share a personal story of answered pray or one from history.

When you Pray - Do you pass this prayer test? James 5.13-20 What’s your prayer life like? Have you seen mountains moved in your life? We see little when we ask little. As James closes hi writing He challenges the scattered church to pray in faith. Share a personal story of answered pray or one ...read more

Scripture: James 5:13-20

Denomination: Baptist

How Jesus Prays For You (John 17:1-26) Series

Contributed by Garrett Tyson on Mar 29, 2022

What's important to Jesus? What does he want for us? Also, Jesus here passes the baton to his Father. His job is done, and the Father must complete it.

Let's start this morning by reading John 13:1-5 (NRSV), and remind ourselves of where we are in the gospel of John: Now, before the festival of the Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart from this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved ...read more

Scripture: John 17:1-26

Why Did Jesus Pray "Remove This Cup” In The Garden Of Gethsemane?

Contributed by Dr. Craig Nelson on Jun 25, 2022

Throughout history, there have been several explanations given regarding why Jesus asked God, the Father, to remove the cup from Him.

"And they went to a place called Gethsemane. And he said to his disciples, "Sit here while I pray." 33 And he took with him Peter and James and John, and began to be greatly distressed and troubled. 34 And he said to them, "My soul is very sorrowful, even to death. Remain here ...read more

Scripture: Mark 14:32-42, Luke 22:43-44, John 6:44

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Why Are We Praying For God’s Will If It Always Happens Anyway? Series

Contributed by Jim Butcher on Apr 29, 2025

Many presume that everything that happens is God's will. That's not true. What does it look like to pray that God's will would start to be done here on earth as it is done in heaven?

WHY PRAY THIS? This is a prayer because it isn’t happening much now. - Matthew 6:10. - So in this fourth part of the sermon, Jesus calls us to pray for God’s will to be done. - But, wait, isn’t that already happening all the time? We hear people constantly speak that whatever happened was God’s ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:9-10

Denomination: Baptist

Faith In The Ruins: How To Pray When God Seems Silent

Contributed by Paul Dayao on Sep 5, 2025

This psalm is a raw and powerful lament from a time of national disaster, teaching us a three-step process for praying through devastation: honestly state your complaint, deliberately remember God's past victories, and boldly call on Him to act.

Introduction: Faith in the Ruins Many of us have seen the painful images that follow a typhoon or a fire: a community, a home, a life's work reduced to rubble. There is a unique kind of shock and grief that comes from seeing a place of sanctuary and safety utterly destroyed. The first and most ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Psalm 137 - Praying...crying...singing...dreaming Lesson 8 Series

Contributed by Elmer Towns on Jan 11, 2024

Everyone can dream. Peter preached “Your young men shall see visions; your old men shall dream dreams” (Acts 2:17).

A. LIFE’S GREATEST EMOTIONS “My people sat by the rivers of Babylon and wept when they remembered Zion. They refused to sing joyfully, hanging their harps on willow trees. Their captors demanded that they sing; those who imprisoned them wanted entertainment, asking, ‘Sing us a song of Zion.’ My ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 137:1-6

Denomination: Baptist

Two Ways To Pray, One Effective, The Other Not So Much

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Oct 21, 2025

Our Gospel from St. Luke is the only place in the NT where we can find this parable of the Pharisee and the Publican, or tax-collector. Both go up to the Temple to pray.

Thirtieth Sunday Integral 2025 The deuterocanonical book of Sirach, a late work in Hebrew that survived only in Gk, is kind of a long reflection on the entire OT. It was used by the Church to help new barbarian members understand the moral law and the road to virtuous living so much that it was ...read more

Scripture: Luke 18:9-14, 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 2 Timothy 4:16-18, John 3:16, Psalm 34:2-3, Psalm 34:17-18, Psalm 34:19  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Catholic

"How To Stop Your Losing Streak?"

Contributed by Jerry Depoy on Feb 1, 2006

Hanah had problem: She needed a Son. God had a problem: He needed a Priest. When we pray, we need to make the solution to our problem, God’s solution to his problem...

Title: “How to Stop your Losing Streak?” Text: Please read 1 Samuel Chapter One. 1 Samuel 1:2 “…but Hannah had no children.” This is the story of a praying mother. Prayer changes things. At the beginning of this chapter, Hannah considers herself a loser. Before the chapter is over, she is ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 1:1-28

Denomination: Baptist

A Generation That Does Not Honor Their Parents

Contributed by Mitchell Leonard on May 10, 2025

A sermon to adults on Mother's Day

Mother’s Day 2025 Proverbs 30:11-17 A small boy went into the lingerie section of a large department store and shyly presented his problem to a woman clerk. He said, "I want to buy a slip as a present for my mom, but I don't know what size she wears?" The clerk looked ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 30:11-17

Denomination: Baptist

3 Ways To Treat Mom

Contributed by Mike Fogerson on Aug 6, 2003

Mothers, both biological and spiritual, are to be shown love.

Three Ways To Treat Your Mom 1 Timothy 5:1-2 May 11, 2003 Chester’s FBC, Chester, IL Mike Fogerson, Speaker Introduction: 1 Here are some examples of some mothers and what they could have SAID: (PUT UP PICTURE’S OF MONA, HUMPTY, COLUMBUS, MICHELANGELO/CHAPEL CEILING, NAPOLEON, WHALE FOR ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 5:1-2

Denomination: Baptist

What Does God Say When People Pray (Part 2)

Contributed by James Wilson on Mar 2, 2001

How Does God Respond to our Prayers?

What Does God Say When People Pray (part 2) Acts 12:12-17 For thirteen extraordinary days in October of 1962, the world stood on the brink of an unthinkable catastrophe. Across the globe, people anxiously awaited the outcome of a harrowing political, diplomatic and military confrontation that ...read more

Scripture: Acts 12:12-17

Denomination: Baptist

Part 10: Let God Bless You Through The Prayer Of Jabez! Series

Contributed by Rick Crandall on Sep 19, 2024

Pray like Jabez! 1. Pray for God's provision. 2. Pray for God's possibility. 3. Pray for God's power. 4. Pray for God's protection.

Great Prayers of the Old Testament Part 10: Let God Bless You through the Prayer of Jabez! 1 Chronicles 4:9-10 Sermon by Rick Crandall (Prepared September 19, 2024) MESSAGE: *Bruce Wilkinson is an excellent Christian teacher and author known all over world for his "Walk Thru the Bible" ...read more

Scripture: 1 Chronicles 4:9-10

Denomination: Baptist

The Lord's Prayer: "our Father In Heaven" Series

Contributed by Barnabas Park on Jan 12, 2021

Jesus taught the right pattern of pray so that His people may pray properly pray, unlike the pagans.

The Lord's Prayer: "Our Father" (1) Matthew 6:7-9 And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. 8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. 9 "This, then, is how you ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:7-9, John 1:12, John 4:23

Denomination: Baptist

Make A Joyful Sound

Contributed by Pastor David Parla on Oct 6, 2020

When they blew the 300 trumpets, the LORD set every man’s sword against his comrade and against all the army…..” Have you tried blowing the trumpet – I mean blowing the ‘trumpet of prayer’ when your life is in shambles?

Judges 7:22”When they blew the 300 trumpets, the LORD set every man’s sword against his comrade and against all the army…..” Have you tried blowing the trumpet – I mean blowing the ‘trumpet of prayer’ when your life is in shambles? Have you tried blowing the trumpet when the doctor sets a date ...read more

Scripture: Judges 7:22, 1 Thessalonians 5:17, Psalm 18:29

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational