Sermons on Resisting Darkness:

Finding Joy In The Dark Series

Contributed by Chris Anderson on Mar 20, 2023

Message 1 in an overview series through Philippians focusing on the theme that joy is not based on circumstances.

I hope that since we gathered together last time that your week has been filled with perfect people, perfect circumstances, a stream of positivity coming from your favorite news source. But just in case that is not reality for some of you, you are in luck. Here’s why. We are beginning a new series ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 1:1-11

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Dark Night Of The Soul

Contributed by Gerald Roberts on Oct 15, 2024

Hard times, crisis, time loss times, are all dark times in one's life.

The Dark Night of the Soul Job 23:1-9, 16-17 Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591): A Spanish mystic and of the Carmelite Order of friar, Saint John of the Cross wrote extensively about his own spiritual journey, which involved intense periods of doubt, despair and purification. He ...read more

Scripture: Job 23:1-9

Denomination: Methodist

Dark Night Of The Soul

Contributed by Gerald Roberts on Oct 16, 2024

The message is about crisis, struggle in our life's and how to deal with it.

The Dark Night of the Soul Job 23:1-9, 16-17 Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591): A Spanish mystic and Carmelite friar, Saint John of the Cross wrote extensively about his own spiritual journey, which involved intense periods of doubt, despair and purification. He recounts his ordeal in ...read more

Scripture: Job 23:1-9

Denomination: Methodist

From Darkness To Light Series

Contributed by Nkwor Sunday Sunny Azuka Onyekachukwu on Mar 10, 2025

Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ is a good God. He is a God in whom there is no variableness or any shadow of turning. He has called believers out of great darkness of sin and sickness into His marvelous light of life eternal and abundance.

1 Peter 2:9 says But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: Jesus Christ is the light of the world without whom the world will be in complete ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:9, Psalm 52:5, Romans 3:23

Denomination: Pentecostal

Hope Out Of Darkness

Contributed by Austin W. Duncan on Sep 26, 2025

At Cadillac Mountain, dawn hits that ridge before the rest of the country. Isaiah 9 speaks to a people in predawn darkness and promises a light that breaks in. Advent says that light has a name, Jesus, and His coming turns yokes into freedom, fear into joy, and night into morning.

You know, I recently had the chance to take a trip to Acadia National Park in Maine. And there's this place there, Cadillac Mountain in Acadia National Park - where you can be the first person in America to see the sunrise. Imagine that. Wouldn’t that be cool to be able to say that you were one ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 9:2-7

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Dark Night Of The Soul

Contributed by Dr. John D. Wentworth on Jan 6, 2022

The phrase “dark night of the soul” comes from a poem by St. John of the Cross (1542-1591), a Spanish Carmelite monk. According to the poet, the “dark night of the soul” is synonymous with traveling the “narrow way” that Jesus spoke of in Matthew 7:13-14.

TITLE: THE DARK NIGHT OF THE SOUL TEXT: 2 Cor. 4:7-10 “But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us. 8 We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; 9 persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1:3-4, 2 Corinthians 4:7-10

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Hope In The Midst Of Darkness

Contributed by Brian Williams on Jan 24, 2023

This is the time you need to hear the hope of the gospel, the hope of salvation and deliverance, no matter how discouraged you may be. We can make right choices even in the midst of darkness. To be encouraged and strengthened with words of faith. Your present situation is not the end of the story.

I have heard it said time and time again over the years by Christian and non-Christian alike, that we are living in dark times. When we speak of darkness it could refer to the evils of untold suffering, catastrophes, cruelty, corruption, and malevolence. We have seen evil taking place on a global ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 8:19, Isaiah 9:1-2

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Darkness Before Dawn

Contributed by Mary Erickson on Mar 11, 2024

A sermon for the 4th Sunday in Lent, Year B

March 10, 2024 Rev. Mary Erickson Hope Lutheran Church John 3:14-21 The Darkness before Dawn Friends, may grace and peace be yours in abundance in the knowledge of God and Christ Jesus our Lord. Today is the first day of Daylight Savings Time. Early this morning we sprang forward by one hour. ...read more

Scripture: John 3:14-21

Denomination: Lutheran

From Darkness To Light

Contributed by Imelda Mesa on Sep 27, 2022

IF CHRIST IS THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD, then a world without CHRIST IS DARKNESS.

All of us has a default hatred in darkness!!!! We don’t like being in the dark!!!! We don’t want to be in the dark!!! We get annoyed when we are put in a dark place! No one wants to be in dark! Yet, this is the dilemma of the world! This is the dilemma of human nature. We are in darkness! With ...read more

Scripture: John 8:12, 1 John 1:5, Acts 26:15-18

Denomination: Foursquare

Separated From Darkness

Contributed by Wilson Oshorakpor on Feb 27, 2022

When God commanded light to emerge, he did not discard darkness. He separated light from darkness and created day and night. The Lord that separated light from darkness will separate you from every work of darkness in Jesus name.

TEXT: GENESIS 1:3-4 (NLT) "Then God said, 'Let there be light,' and there was light. And God saw that the light was good. Then he separated the light from the darkness." LIGHT AND DARKNESS When God created light, he did not discard darkness. He only separated light from darkness. ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 1:3-4, John 8:12, Luke 1:79

Denomination: Pentecostal

Shining Light On Darkness Series

Contributed by Shaila Touchton on Jan 19, 2024

Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but condemn them instead.

"Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but condemn them instead." - Ephesians 5:11 As children of light, we are commanded to shine brightly in a world shrouded in darkness. But what does it mean to "take no part" in the unfruitful works of darkness? And how do we ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:11

When Darkness Prevails Series

Contributed by Shawn Drake on May 26, 2025

This is the 18th Sermon in the Series from the Book of Judges, "Spiritual Decay".

Series: Spiritual Decay [#18] WHEN DARKNESS PREVAILS Judges 19:1-30 Introduction: In our study of the Book of Judges, we come across a troubling story that shows a time when the people of Israel suffered from deep social and moral decline. This passage challenges us to face the darker sides of ...read more

Scripture: Judges 19:1-30

Denomination: Baptist

The Light In A Dark World

Contributed by Anthony Zibolski on Aug 1, 2024

Make a difference...bring the light of Christ to this world

The light in a dark world 1 John 15-10 Good Morning Everyone- Would you turn to 1 John Chapter One. Have you ever wondered if you have had or if you will make a difference in life? When I was a kid I thought of all the cool jobs I would like to do, Jobs where you save someone’s life, ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 5:5-10

Denomination: Nazarene

When Darkness Prays Series

Contributed by David Dunn on Nov 27, 2025

Psalm 88 reveals faithful lament in unrelenting darkness, showing God’s presence in despair and Christ’s promise to carry us toward the dawn.

INTRODUCTION — THE NIGHT THAT NEVER BREAKS Some Psalms begin with lament and end with praise. Some start in the valley and finish on the mountaintop. Some move from tears to trust, from sorrow to singing, from pain to peace. Psalm 88 is not one of those Psalms. It is the only Psalm in the entire ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 34:18, Isaiah 42:3, Hebrews 13:5, Matthew 27:45-46

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

The Light Shines In The Darkness

Contributed by Ken Sauer on Jan 21, 2026

A sermon about being a disciple.

The Light Shines in The Darkness Isaiah 9:1-4 Matthew 4:12-23 Did the words of our Old Testament Lesson from Isaiah 9 sound familiar? If so, it might be because the last time we heard these words was at our Candlelight Service on Christmas Eve, when we celebrated the birth of our Lord and ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 9:1-4, Matthew 4:12-23

Denomination: United Methodist