Sermons on Serving Poor:

Understanding The Bible's Take On Money issues. Series

Contributed by Shaila Touchton on Feb 11, 2024

I want to talk to you about the power of money and the importance of breaking free from its control. Money is a tool, a medium of exchange, but when it becomes our primary focus, we lose sight of what truly matters.

When we allow money to control us, we open ourselves up to financial hardship, struggle, loss, frustration, and even demotion. When money starts to control us, problems arise. Many individuals engage in giving, spending, and seeking strange money, which typically represents a life of hardship, ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 13:11, Matthew 6:21

How To Establish Good Credit With God

Contributed by Rodney Johnson Sr., on Oct 25, 2002

This message reminds the believer not to forget the poor because to do so is to forget God.

Introduction: God equates Himself to the least among us, thus, to share with the least of us is to share with God. 1. There Will Always Be Poor People. (Hebrew word (dal, feeble, weak, helpless) 2. God is Aware of Human Suffering On All Levels. 3. Those Who Care for the Poor Are the Greatest ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 19:16-17

Denomination: Baptist

Conduct Becoming Of A Christian

Contributed by Joe Farnella on Oct 18, 2000

Intro: * In the military one of the charges brought against other was the charge of poor conduct.

Intro: * In the military one of the charges brought against other was the charge of poor conduct. * The reason the military is so keen on this is because they represent the U. S. government, especially the higher in rank you are. * To him that is much given much is required. Luke 12: 48(b) For ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 1:3-21

The Fulfillment

Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Dec 15, 2002

Jesus Christ came to 1. The sinful. 2. The poor and sick. 3. The Faithful.

Last week we spoke about the prophecies that brought hope to the minds and hearts of God’s people — those who were anticipating the arrival of God’s Messiah into the world. Those prophesies created such longing, such expectancy and such a desire to see what God was going to do in the world that ...read more

Scripture: Luke 24:36-49

Denomination: Methodist

Where Are The Nine?

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Nov 4, 2002

1 out of 10 people thankfu are very poor odds? Are you thankful?

Where are the NINE? By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com TEXT: Luke 17:17---19: and JESUS ANSWERING SAID, WERE THERE NOT TEN CLEANSED? BUT WHERE ARE THE NINE? 18. There are not found that returned to GIVE GLORY TO GOD, save this stranger. 19. And he said unto him, ARISE, GO THY WAY: THY ...read more

Scripture: Luke 17:17-19, James 1:27

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Sell It All?

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Apr 18, 2009

The command to become poor for the Gospel’s sake is really a liberation to preach the Gospel.

Tuesday of Second Week in Easter John 3 Today’s reading from Acts is a little scary. We always worry about the preaching of the Gospel, lest it impact on our lifestyle. It looks today as if Luke is telling us to sell our property and give it to the poor or to the community for the poor. A ...read more

Scripture: Acts 4:32-37

Denomination: Catholic

Love Your Neighbor As Yourself Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Feb 16, 2013

The council fathers get specific about how we can help the poor.

Monday of 1st Week in Lent 2013 Gaudium et Spes You Shall Love Your Neighbor One of the great heresies of modern time is a subtle one based on the notion of sola fide or “faith alone.” That was Martin Luther’s great mistake, of course. The only place in the NT where we read ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 25:31-46

Denomination: Catholic

“sometimes I Get Caught Cheating!”

Contributed by Amiri Hooker on Jan 2, 2014

This sermon deals with the fact of the servants of Jesus needing to be responsible to the needs of the poor and oppressed.

) November 3, 2013 [White or Red]
Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4
Psalm 119:137-144 (UMH 840)
2 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12
 Sermon St John Luke 19:1-10 “Sometimes I get Caught Cheating!” Well this couple came in for concealing ...read more

Scripture: Luke 19:1-10

Denomination: United Methodist

What Are Living For?

Contributed by Jimmy Haile on May 19, 2013

The world is full of people who are making a good living but living poor lives.

Matthew 16:26-For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul? The world is full of people who are making a good living but living poor lives. The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win you're still a ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 16:26

Denomination: Baptist

Seek Not Prosperity Or Poverty, But The Glory Of God Series

Contributed by Henry Trocino Jr. on May 5, 2017

Part 20 (Final) of the Sermon Series, "Rich Man Poor Man in Proverbs"

"Two things I ask of you; deny them not to me before I die: Remove far from me falsehood and lying; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me, lest I be full and deny you and say, “Who is the LORD?” or lest I be poor and steal and profane the name of my God" ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 30:7-9, Matthew 6:33, Proverbs 10:22, Proverbs 23:4-5, Proverbs 15:16, Luke 12:15, Matthew 6:19-21, Matthew 19:16-30, 1 Timothy 6:9, Jeremiah 9:22-23, Proverbs 21:6, Proverbs 6:16, Exodus 20:7, Leviticus 19:12, Matthew 6:11, 1 John 2:15-17  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Baptist

Living As God's Holy, Consecrated People (Exodus 22:16-30) Series

Contributed by Garrett Tyson on Nov 27, 2022

Laws on lying with virgins, bestiality, mistreating orphans, widows, resident aliens, and the poor.

Our passage this morning, Exodus 22:16-30, covers a lot of ground. God has really clear expectations for his people in lots of areas of life. And this passage, covers lots of those areas. So this isn't going to be the kind of sermon that's neat and tidy. But I think what we will read, ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 22:16-30, 1 John 3:19-23, 1 Samuel 3:10-14, 1 Samuel 2:12-17

When Bankruptcy Leads To Blessing Series

Contributed by Micah Coverstone on Aug 30, 2024

Matthew 5:3 Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. (ESV)

With this verse Jesus begins His Sermon on the Mount, but more specifically the first section of His Sermon: The Beatitudes. Beatitudes means blessings. Jesus is about to list eight blessings over those who follow Him. This tiny verse is just the first of the Beatitudes. Remember we have said the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:3

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Contrasting Leadership Styles Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jun 1, 2025

Christ who forgave Paul’s many sins is willing to forgive all of us by the merits of His passion: “as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us.”

Friday of the Seventh Week of Easter 2025 I suppose if we were making a list of the ten worst political leaders of the last two thousand years, King Agrippa II would vie with President James Buchanan for a slot. Buchanan, of course, in his one term managed to involve our nation in a horrible ...read more

Scripture: John 21:15-19, Psalm 103:1-2, Psalm 103:11-12, Psalm 103:19-20, Acts 25:13-21  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Catholic

Jesus Is Number One

Contributed by Craig Condon on Mar 16, 2015

Jesus does not promise us material wealth if we follow him, but he promises us a wealth beyond anything we can dream of in terms of material goods. His wealth is the wealth of the Holy Spirit and the wealth of heaven. God and Christ are willing to share.

You might be familiar with the term day-trader. A day-trader is a high-risk investor who jumps in and out of the stock marker often many times a day to take advantage of small price changes. Day traders usually do not have any interest in the companies whose stock they are buying. These people are ...read more

Scripture: Luke 14:25-35

Denomination: Anglican

O Lord It's Hard To Be Humble

Contributed by David N. Clay on Feb 21, 2012

Philippians 2:5-11 tells us how to be humble. How to have a selfless mind, a sacrificial mind, and a serving mind.

Humility Years ago there was this funny song about humility. The chorus went something like this… Oh Lord it's hard to be humble when you're perfect in every way. I can't wait to look in the mirror cause I get better looking each day. To know me is to love me I must be a heck of a man. Oh ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 2:5-11

Denomination: Baptist