Sermons on suffering of the afflicted: showing 526-540 of 71,769

But It's Not Fair: Unjust Suffering Series

Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Aug 11, 2007

Believers strengthen their resolve in persecution when they are armed with an understanding of the 1) Attitude of Christ, 2) the Will of God, 3) the Transformation from the past, and 4) the Hope of eternal life.

When 53-year-old Danny Anderson was feeding his horses Monday night, a 5-foot rattler slithered onto his central Washington property. Anderson and his 27-year-old son, Benjamin, pinned the snake with an irrigation pipe and cut off its head with a shovel. A few more strikes to the head left it ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 4:1-6

Denomination: Other

Jesus Suffered In Our Place

Contributed by William D. Brown on Nov 8, 2008

many people in those days died on a cross as that was the Roman way of the death penalty for every one that was not a Roman, but Jesus death on the cross was different, as He bore the sins of all mankind, passed present and future.

ISAIAH 53: & psalms 22: JESUS SUFFERED IN OUR PLACE 4-26-08 As we think about how Jesus suffered and died on the cross, people have their own thoughts about what His crucifixion must have been like, but I’m sure that most of us really can not comprehend what He actually endured, ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 53:1-13

Denomination: Baptist

The Blessed Mourners Series

Contributed by Michael Deutsch on Oct 27, 2008

A look at this backwards statement about the blessed mourners. Part 3 of 9

October 12, 2008 The Blessed Mourners Matthew 5:1-4 Have you ever read something that as you were reading it, just didn’t make a whole lot of sense? Sometimes when we read the Bible, we may find ourselves struggling to make sense out of the words of Jesus. He tells us things which either don’t ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:1-4

Denomination: Baptist

Wrestling With Addiction Series

Contributed by Todd Leupold on Oct 30, 2008

It is time that we stand up and confess we that we are all, by nature, addictive people. It is time that we stand up and confess that our addictions – no matter what they are – are both sinful and harmful (to ourselves, those we love, and society as a

WRESTLING WITH ADDICTION Part 5 in Series: “Does Anybody Know, Does Anybody Care?” Rev. Todd G. Leupold, Perth Bible Church, Sunday October 26, 2008 AM INTRODUCTION: Let me tell you the true story of a duke who lived during the fourteenth century named Raynald III. Raynald III lived a life of ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:33-34

Denomination: Baptist

A Desperate Cry For Help

Contributed by Bishop Daryl Townes on Nov 4, 2008

A SERMON OF ENCOURAGEMENT TO CALL ON THE NAME OF JESUS FOR HELP

Text: St. Mark 10:46-52, St. Luke 18:35-43 Introduction The word desperate according to Webster dictionary means: “without care for danger: reckless as from dispair; (2) resorted to in the last extremity:drastic (3) in frantic need. Our text takes place at the entrance or the border of Jericho ...read more

Scripture: Mark 10:46-52

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Wicked Fertilizer

Contributed by Daniel Olukoya on Jan 3, 2012

It means to enrich a thing. A fertilizer is something that is used to enrich something. When you supply a thing with nourishment, you are fertilizing it. When you do something that will make another thing to germinate quickly, you are fertilizing the thin

Our message this week, entitled, “The Wicked Fertilizer” is a warfare message. In it, we would be looking at one of the wicked operations of the enemy. Therefore, I would like you to read it carefully. THINGS TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE WICKED 1. If God opens your eyes to see the wicked ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 24:4

Denomination: Pentecostal

Test Of Faith

Contributed by Chad Bolfa on Oct 29, 2010

Today from this passage of scripture, I want us to learn four of tests of our faith so that we can be better equipped when those test come.

Test of Faith Am Service October 4th 2009 Daniel 1:1-21 Introduction Today we will begin a brand new series titled “Faith Under Fire” taken from the book of Daniel. The world, in which we live, is not conducive to a growing faith in Christ. In fact I would say it is the opposite, it ...read more

Scripture: Daniel 1:1-21

Denomination: Baptist

How To Handle Discouragement

Contributed by Rommel Samaniego on May 2, 2008

Based on Ricks Warrens book Answers to life’s difficult questions. I only made it to a Sermonand added illustrations

HOW CAN I HANDLE DISCOURAGEMENT? What can you do when you have the worlds deadliest decease? Cancer, is fatal but atleast the Doctor can tell you when your going to die… AIDS, right now with technology its not that Fatal (Magic Johnson), its not that contagious. Polio…Not really. Let me give ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Our Response To The Issue Of Suffering

Contributed by Dr. Madana Kumar, Phd on Mar 5, 2018

There are multiple ways in which Christians respond to suffering. Most of them are flawed. Why? And what could be the right response?

Our Responses to the issue of Suffering I have spoken on the topic of Suffering on the last two occasions that I have spoken here. I am going to continue the series with another aspect of Suffering. This time we will look at ourselves. How do we respond to the issue of suffering. Leslie and I are ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 44:9-21, Romans 9:20-23, Romans 10:3-4

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Finding Jesus Through Suffering

Contributed by Jonathan Twitchell on Oct 26, 2006

The Problem of Evil asks "How can evil co-exist in a universe with an all-good, all-powerful God?" Pastor Jon looks at this difficult problem, drawing from the doctrine of free will, the tarnishing of creation at the fall of man, and the simple fact that

Last week we spoke of the difference between campaigns and callings—highlighting that Jesus did not campaign for his position as the Great High Priest, but was called to that position like the priests of old. He fulfilled his calling and was obedient to his Father, even though that calling led Him ...read more

Scripture: Mark 10:35-38

Denomination: Nazarene

Faith & Suffering; God's Gifts

Contributed by Stephen Fournier on Sep 19, 2003

sermon on suffering for Christ

FAITH & SUFFERING; GOD’S GIFTS PHILIPPIANS 1:29-30 01/19/95 When you think of Christian persecution & suffering what do you think of. Do you think of suffering for Christ is when someone called you a religious fanatic. Do think of suffering for Christ is getting up to go to church? Or perhaps ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 1:29-30

Denomination: Bible Church

Why Do Christians Suffer? Series

Contributed by Kevin L. Jones on Nov 24, 2015

A sermon examining the age old question "WHY?"

Why Do Christians Suffer? I Peter 4:12-19 In the village of Miango, Nigeria, there is a guest house and a small church called Kirk Chapel. Behind the chapel is a small cemetery with 56 graves. Thirty-three of them hold the bodies of children of Christian missionaries. The stones read: "Ethyl ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 4:12-19

Denomination: Baptist

Hope Comes Through Suffering

Contributed by Nick Scarpa on May 28, 2004

As the old expression goes, "There’s light at the end of the tunnel" this sermon tells us that there is hope at the end of the suffering.

¡§Hope Comes Through Suffering¡¨ This morning we are going to talk about hope from the perspective of a man of God who experienced tremendous suffering. The apostle Paul was the last apostle chosen during the time the first church was getting started. Like the other apostles, Paul was chosen by ...read more

Scripture: Job 1:1-12, Romans 5:3-5

Denomination: Baptist

God's Hand In Our Suffering Series

Contributed by Jonathan Mcleod on Aug 31, 2009

How should we respond when life falls apart?

[To receive free sermons by email each week, please contact jonrmcleod@yahoo.com; for more, visit http://jonathan-mcleod.blogspot.com/] WHEN LIFE FALLS APART OBJECT LESSON: Jenga How many of you have ever played the game Jenga? “You take a block from the bottom and you put it on top.” Each of ...read more

Scripture: Ruth 1:1-22

Denomination: Baptist

Successful Sinners And Suffering Saints

Contributed by Wayne Dunaway on Mar 5, 2021

A study of Psalm 73

SUCCESSFUL SINNERS AND SUFFERING SAINTS Introduction: Psalm 73 1. It is interesting to note that Psalm 73 and Psalm 37 both deal with basically the same theme. Both deal with envying evil doers. (It might help us to remember this by observing that when you turn the number 37 around ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 73:1-28