SermonCentral Logo SermonCentral Logo Sermon Central
Sermons
Free Sermons and Sermon Outlines for Preaching :

Sermons on Stretching:

showing 16-30 of 12,666
Filter Results
Close Filters

Scripture

Rating

Date

Denominations

  • Show more

Language

Structure

Sermon Type

Audience

Popular Preaching Resources

New Sermon Series Now Available

Everything you need for your next series

AI Sermon Generator

Generate sermon ideas with a safe, secure tool for solid preaching.

Biblical Sermon Calendar

Customizable sermon manuscripts for verse-by-verse preaching

Sermon Research Assistant

Free custom sermon in 5-10 minutes!

Topical Sermon Calendar

Preach with creativity and impact throughout the year

Funeral Sermon Generator

Create a personalized, heartfelt funeral sermon

Sermon Kits for Preaching

Faithful to the Finish

Peter's final call to a young and growing church

Grace and Glory

A short series through the highlights of 1 Peter

Entrusted

Gifts, risk, and the return of the King

  • Try PRO

    Confident Preaching

    Try PRO free and preach with confidence when people need it most.
    Free to start now
  • MELVIN NEWLAND avatar

    Never Too Old To Stretch

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Sep 3, 2009
    based on 221 ratings
     | 52,844 views

    We have a choice. We can live out the last years of life fearful of growing old, of being helpless, of being a burden, or we can live in great expectation of our Savior’s return.

    MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK (REVISED: 2019) TEXT: Philippians 3:12-21; 1 Timothy 1:13-15 ILL. Look at the picture of the man up on the screen. It is the face of someone you have undoubtedly seen many times before. He grew up in the toughest part of Houston, TX, in ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Gregory Thomas avatar

    Stretch Forth Thy Withered Hand Series

    Contributed by Gregory Thomas on Feb 10, 2009
    based on 10 ratings
     | 8,271 views

    A Message That Shows The Mishandeling of Our Blessings because of our Crippled State.

    Stretch Forth Thy Withered Hand Luke 6: 8, 10 Introduction In these passages of scripture you find a man with a withered right hand who’s in the synagogue sitting down. It is very common for these people with needs to sit ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • William R. Nabaza avatar

    Keep On Stretching Your Hand In Prayer

    Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Feb 24, 2015
     | 4,344 views

    To show that we need to be encouraged in our prayer times, spend at least 30 minutes to an hour in prayer.

    I. EXORDIUM: Are you giving up in your prayer time? No, because as I continue to pray the LORD delivers me from troubles. II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers III. OBJECTIVES: To show that we need to be encouraged in our prayer times, spend at least 30 minutes to an hour in prayer. IV. ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Dan Proctor avatar

    Allowing Ourselves To Be Stretched Spiritually (Part 1) Series

    Contributed by Dan Proctor on Jan 16, 2013
    based on 4 ratings
     | 11,337 views

    How can we (individually and as a church) stretch ourselves spiritually and accomplish spiritual goals? This text will show us how.

    Allowing Ourselves to be Stretched Spiritually (Part 1) Philippians 3 Introduction: 1. How many of you have ever heard the expression, “This is really stretching me”? What do we mean when we say, “This (new job, college class, project at work, problem, trial) is really ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Bible Church

  • Dan Proctor avatar

    Allowing Ourselves To Be Stretched Spiritually (Part 2) Series

    Contributed by Dan Proctor on Jan 23, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,013 views

    How can we (individually and as a church) stretch ourselves spiritually and accomplish spiritual goals? This text will show us how.

    Allowing Ourselves to be Stretched Spiritually (Part 2) Philippians 3 Introduction: 1. How many of you have ever heard the expression, “This is really stretching me”? What do we mean when we say, “This (new job, college class, project at work, problem, trial) is really ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Bible Church

  • Pastor/Author: Terry Sisney avatar

    You Can Have It If You’re Willing To Stretch For It

    Contributed by Pastor/Author: Terry Sisney on Apr 6, 2010
    based on 78 ratings
     | 63,820 views

    There is nothing really out of reach for the child of God, but there are some things that you have to stretch for to get.

    You can have it (if) you’re willing to stretch God has put a word in my spirit for the body of Christ, and I must prophesy to any one with ears to hear: God is setting his people free. You say But Pastor, I’m a child of God. Yes you may be a child of God and yet be bound, (bound by ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Jimmy Haile avatar

    Benefits Of Faith

    Contributed by Jimmy Haile on Oct 15, 2011
     | 3,213 views

    How faith can benefit us.

    When difficulties come into our life, we don’t want some pious answers that tickle our mind, we want real answers, real solutions, we want practical help. We want to know that God is personally involved in the very thing that is bothering us. When you and I recognize that we are walking ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Baptist

  • Wade Martin Hughes, Sr avatar

    Nightmare On Desert Street (Go Figure)

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Sep 24, 2004
    based on 26 ratings
     | 2,645 views

    Have you ever pondered how a rubber band feels when a person stretches it beyond where it has been? Do you think the stretching feels good? Well, that is why the rubber band was made, to be stretched. Maybe God wants to stretch you beyond here!

    A NIGHTMARE ON DESERT STREET! GO FIGURE? I CAN’T FIGURE THIS ONE OUT! By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com TEXT: Romans 4:18 Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be. Romans 8:24 For we ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Rev. Samuel Arimoro avatar

    The God Who Stretches Out His Hand Series

    Contributed by Rev. Samuel Arimoro on Jul 31, 2025
     | 147 views

    The phrase "stretched out hand" shows divine involvement in human affairs. It is not a passive gesture, but a powerful intervention from heaven into the earth realm.

    THE GOD WHO STRETCHES OUT HIS HAND By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: Exodus 6:6 Supporting Texts: Deuteronomy 4:34; Isaiah 41:10; Acts 4:30; Psalm 136:12 INTRODUCTION: Throughout the Bible, the hand of God symbolises power, deliverance, protection, and guidance. When God stretches out His hand, ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Pastor Glen Key avatar

    Speaking In Tongues As Initial Evidence Series

    Contributed by Pastor Glen Key on Mar 2, 2011
     | 7,307 views

    Speaking in other tongues is a Biblical part of the Christian experience. It makes people uncomfortable because it stretches us in ways that we are not used to begin stretched.

    ARTICLE 9 We believe in speaking with other tongues as the Spirit gives utterance and that it is the initial evidence of the baptism of the Holy Ghost. Acts 2:1-4.. When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. 2 Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Church Of God

  • Brian Williams avatar

    Survive Or Thrive

    Contributed by Brian Williams on Jan 4, 2024
     | 1,556 views

    In light of all that is going on in this world and in our personal challenges, we have a choice, we can either just survive or thrive. You can try to handle life on your own or be like a tree planted by streams of living water.

    God had called Jeremiah to preach the truth and prophesy to Israel and Judah at a time when people were abandoning the Lord God, His Word & His precepts. God’s people had been engaged in pagan religions and practices, idol worship (which speaks of worshiping an image or fantasy) and this turned ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Tim Patrick avatar

    Get Out Of The Boat

    Contributed by Tim Patrick on Oct 17, 2005
    based on 104 ratings
     | 26,064 views

    This sermon teaches us the importance of allowing our faith to be stretched.

    Have you done anything in your faith walk recently that stretched you? We use the term “stretch” to refer to growth, development and learning. I must admit, it goes against human nature to be stretched. There is a popular story that illustrates our reluctance to be stretched. Ill- A man was ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Baptist

  • Alan Perkins avatar

    How To Hold On When You Feel Like Giving Up

    Contributed by Alan Perkins on Apr 4, 2001
    based on 436 ratings
     | 100,608 views

    How do we keep holding on when we feel like giving up? How do we find the strength to persevere, to go on?

    Ever feel like giving up? Ever feel like quitting? Ever feel like your situation is so hopeless that the only thing you can possibly do is leave? Just walk away, head out the door and never come back? In extreme circumstances, people can feel so much emotional pain that they take their own lives. ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Baptist

  • MELVIN MAUGHMER, JR. avatar

    Withered

    Contributed by Melvin Maughmer, Jr. on Oct 31, 2021
     | 7,438 views

    A spirit of infirmity is a demonic presence that attaches itself to an individual and causes a seemingly incurable condition.

    Withered By Bishop Melvin L. Maughmer, Jr. OPENING: When we talk of our wellness we are talking about our entire wellbeing, it is more than just our physical health but encompassing our total health. Understand wellness is not only being free of disease, illness, or stress but it involves having ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Apostolic

  • Tim Patrick avatar

    Understanding Faith Series

    Contributed by Tim Patrick on Jul 16, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,023 views

    Stretch your understanding of faith by examining the basis of faith and the behavior of faith.

    I want to take a look at some Biblical principles that will stretch our understanding of faith. Would you open your Bibles to Hebrews 11? I want to do an introductory sermon entitled “Understanding Faith.” Follow along as I read verses 1-3 and 6. "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Baptist