Sermons on Suffer Affliction:

Week 1: Why Bad Things Happen To Good People Series

Contributed by Daniel Habben on May 23, 2021

Did you know that your life is like a can of shaving cream? A label on the side of such a can says: “Warning: contents under pressure; don’t throw into fire.” (Walther Prince) It doesn’t matter who you are—young, old, rich, poor, sick, healthy—each one of us is under pressure...

Did you know that your life is like a can of shaving cream? A label on the side of such a can says: “Warning: contents under pressure; don’t throw into fire.” (Walther Prince) It doesn’t matter who you are—young, old, rich, poor, sick, healthy—each one of us is under pressure. We face peer ...read more

Scripture: Job 1:1-22

Denomination: Lutheran

Overcoming Fear

Contributed by Michael Deutsch on Apr 13, 2020

Week 2 of not meeting and believing we will overcome by not letting fear destroy us.

March 29, 2020 Overcoming Fear Well, I started out with not too many notes today And I’m not sure if that’s a good thing or not so good a thing for you. You see, the length of my message might = the length of my notes, which means we’re done sooner. But then again, I might get a little long ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 1:7, Philippians 4:4-7, Romans 8:35-39

Denomination: Baptist

Tempted! Series

Contributed by Jefferson Williams on Nov 4, 2021

Joseph was tempted by Potiphar's wife but gives us as great example of how to deal with temptation when it comes.

No Ordinary Joe: Temptation Genesis 39 Pastor Jefferson M. Williams FBC Chenoa 10-24-2021 1. Time to Go When I was lived in Mississippi, I ran a counseling center for a large psychiatric hospital. One of the ways we promoted the hospitals programs was a series of in-services I would do for ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Dreams Series

Contributed by Jefferson Williams on Nov 29, 2021

Joseph interprets two court officials dreams and is forgotten in prison

No Ordinary Joe: Dreams! Genesis 40 Chenoa Baptist Church Pastor Jefferson M. Williams 11-07-2021 I Believe I Can Fly When I was in college, I took a psychology class from my favorite professor. We spent time studying Sigmund Freud’s classic, “The Interpretation of Dreams.” Dr. Vidulich asked ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:23-24, Romans 12:17-21

Denomination: Baptist

The Refiner's Fire

Contributed by Mary Erickson on Dec 6, 2021

A sermon for the second Sunday in Advent, Year C

December 5, 2021 Hope Lutheran Church Rev. Mary Erickson Malachi 3:1-4; Philippians 1:3-11; Luke 3:1-6 The Refiner’s Fire Friends, may grace and peace be yours in abundance in the knowledge of God and Christ Jesus our Lord. Children need to be challenged. Maturing from a child into an adult ...read more

Scripture: Luke 3:1-6, Malachi 3:1-4, Philippians 1:3-11

Denomination: Lutheran

What's Wrong With This Picture? Series

Contributed by Jefferson Williams on Jul 29, 2020

God doesn’t have a call-in radio show but He has given us His Word. This morning we are going to tune into a little book called Habakkuk and listen in on a conversation between God and a very frustrated prophet.

What’s Wrong with This Picture? Habakkuk 1:1-11 Pastor Jefferson M. Williams First Baptist Chenoa 5-5-19 Caller, You’re on the Air What if you could talk to God? I know prayer is talking to God. But what if God had a call-in radio show. What would you ask Him if you had the chance? I put ...read more

Scripture: Habakkuk 1:1-11

Denomination: Baptist

Keep Turning To God In Prayer Series

Contributed by David Owens on Aug 17, 2020

Suffering, loss and grief are all a part of human experience. Learning to lament during those times will help us work through the grief while holding to our faith in God. This only happens if we keep turning to and talking with God.

A. One soldier in the British Airborne was going through his parachute training. 1. This included eight jumps. Two from a balloon at 800 feet with a cage suspended below it, and six from an airplane. 2. While standing at the door of the balloon cage for his first jump, he heard another recruit ask ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:18

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Joseph Of Arimathea Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Mar 17, 2021

In taking Jesus to His new tomb Joseph was fulfilling the prophecy of Isa. 53:9, which said, "Men made His grave with the criminals, and He was with the rich in His death."

The danger of making a hero out of a man who does a great thing after a long time of doing nothing is that you give the impression that there was nothing lost by doing it that way. A man lives a life of sin, or of indifference to God's will, and suddenly he sees the light and is wondrously ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 27:55-66

Fifth Sunday Of Lent Year B; Grain Of Wheat

Contributed by Paul Andrew on Mar 18, 2021

We need the ground for all those negatives things to die.

And when I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw everyone to myself.” John 12:32 He draws us, not forces us. Jeremiah 31:3 “I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.’” Song of Songs 1:3, “Draw me after you.” He draws us by his suffering for ...read more

Scripture: John 12:32, John 12:24, John 12:25

Denomination: Catholic

Lesson 12 - Explanation Of Divine Involvement (1:17-18) Series

Contributed by John Lowe on Mar 26, 2021

The writer addresses the dilemma concerning the existence of evil and suffering in the world. “Either God is not all good, or He is not all-powerful.”

Tom Lowe 2/1/2021 Lesson 12 - EXPLANATION OF DIVINE INVOLVEMENT (1:17-18) Text - James 1:17-18 (KJV) 17Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. 18Of his own will begat he us ...read more

Scripture: James 1:17-18

Denomination: Baptist

My Struggles Are All About God Series

Contributed by David Owens on Jan 31, 2022

Do our struggles and suffering have a reason or a purpose? God can use our struggles and suffering to bring Him glory. But we must make our struggles all about God, and not about us.

A. As I meditated on suffering and struggles this week, these ideas came forth in my mind: Suffering is paradoxical. Suffering is bad and good. Suffering is painful and helpful. Suffering is confusing and enlightening. Suffering isolates and builds community. Suffering may lead to death or ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 1:27-30, Psalm 50:15, 2 Corinthians 12:7-10, Philippians 1:12-14

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

When You Are Healed, Become A Healer!

Contributed by Aneel Aranha on Aug 24, 2021

God blesses us so that we may bless others. When we do so, he blesses us even more.

There is not a single person among us who hasn’t struggled with a major calamity in life. It may have been a severe illness that left us bedridden for weeks. It may have been a broken relationship that shattered our hearts to pieces. It may have been an addiction that we couldn’t break. It may have ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1:3-4

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Trouble In The Life Of A Christian

Contributed by Grant Adams on Sep 11, 2021

One of the hardest questions to find answers to is why do Christians have trouble in their life?

1. One of the hardest questions to find answers to is why do Christians have trouble in their life? 2. A word of caution, judge not. John 9:1-3 a. Who sinned? b. Why the birth defects? 3. We can take all the verses on suffering, add them all together and divide them into three areas. 4. Three men ...read more

Scripture: Job 14:1, 1 Corinthians 1:3-11, James 1:1-5

Denomination: Baptist

Job's Rebuttal Series

Contributed by Paul Clemente on Jan 18, 2021

Job responds to his friend's accusation of sin.

Let us continue to worship our God by learning from Job and his friends; open your Bibles to the Book of Job….. Here’s what we noted so far from Job chapters 1-5: Without Job’s knowledge, Satan challenged God by taking away Job’s children and much of his possessions! Then again without Job’s ...read more

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Joseph In Potiphor’s Prison Series

Contributed by Claude Alexander on Sep 14, 2020

The life of Joseph is one of the most remarkable stories found in the Bible. His life is a mixture of sadness and glory, of pain and of success. As a result, Joseph’s life contains many lessons from which we modern believers can learn from.

Joseph in Potiphor’s prison Genesis 40:1-23 . The life of Joseph is one of the most remarkable stories found in the Bible. His life is a mixture of sadness and glory, or pain and of success. As a result, Joseph’s life contains many lessons from which we modern believers can learn from. In these ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 40:1-23

Denomination: Assembly Of God