Sermons on Tests Of Faith:

Your Faith And Hope Are In God

Contributed by Timm Meyer on Apr 24, 2007

Easter 3(A) - Your faith and hope are in God!! God bought you with a price so that you may live lives here in reverent fear.

YOUR FAITH AND HOPE ARE IN GOD (Outline) April 22, 2007 - EASTER 3 - 1 Peter 1:17-21 * * * * * * * * * INTRO: This week our media has accurately shown the hopelessness that is the minds of many. Evil is alive and well. Often this evil is seen in man’s ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 1:17-21

Denomination: Lutheran

Faith Is All We Need

Contributed by Ed Pruitt on May 7, 2007

Faith, It does a body good

DISCLAIMER: Since there are a large amount of sermons and topics and illustrations that are posted on Sermon Central, I feel it is necessary to place this disclaimer on all of the sermons that I submit. These sermons are original to the author and the leading of the Holy Spirit. While ideas and ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 11:4-5

Denomination: Church Of God

It's All About Faith Series

Contributed by Jonathan Powell on May 15, 2007

Sermon three in a series of seven sermons based on Living the Christian Life - out of James

Living the Christian Life It’s all About Faith James 2:1-26 It’s a term that we hear all of the time, “You’ve gotta have faith.” Really church, what is faith? We’ve all heard the Hebrews 11:1 definition, “Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen”. How do we ...read more

Scripture: James 2:1-26

Denomination: Baptist

Putting Feet To Your Faith

Contributed by Ed Wood on Jun 5, 2007

In Ephesians 4:1, five times Paul exhorts us to walk in a manner befitting the gospel we bear.

PUTTING FEET TO YOUR FAITH Ephesians 4:1 INTRO: We have often heard the expression “Put feet to your prayers.” As I studied Ephesians that expression took on new meaning. The apostle Paul would have us put feet to our faith. In Ephesians 1-3, Paul explained the salvation we have in Jesus. When he ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:1

Denomination: Baptist

Longing Into Living Faith In Action

Contributed by Chris Surber on Jul 27, 2007

This sermon is primarily about faith. It is about what faith is, a longing for something more than this world has to offer. It encourages people to turn that longing into faith and turn that faith into action.

Longing for Something More, Hebrews 11:1 Introduction The story is told of a little boy whose family was very poor. He never complained because he had no toys and received no gifts at Christmas time; but he wished for them. He spent his spare time looking in the store windows at the pretty things ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 11:1

Denomination: Christian Church

Developing A Strong, Godly Faith

Contributed by Mark Flurry on Jul 28, 2007

How does one strengthen and grow in faith?Expository sermon based on Psalm 131 with a backup application passage from Luke 18:9-17

1. It begins when I recognize my weakness and humble myself before God. (vs. 1a) a. God is more interested in my availability than my abilities. b. There is no place in God’s kingdom for my pride. 2. My faith will work best when I allow God to be God, and ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 131:1-3

Denomination: Baptist

Faith To Move Against The Stream Series

Contributed by Tim Patrick on Aug 6, 2007

Discover the kind of faith it takes to move against the stream of popular culture as you examine the life of Noah.

What fish is known for swimming up stream against almost insurmountable odds? The Salmon is the answer. The Salmon swims up stream to fulfill a God given instinct to reach its feeding and breeding grounds. Salmon are famous for their fighting spirit. They battle currents and leap across rapids and ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 11:7

Denomination: Baptist

What Is Lacking In Your Faith? Series

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Aug 8, 2007

So for now, Something is missing.

What Is Lacking In Your Faith? (I Thessalonians 3:9-13) 1. Some people always feel like there is something missing from their lives. 2. Other people feel content though they have little in all realms. Alan McCann said, "The scourge of Christianity is being saved and stuck – thinking that is all ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Peace, Faith, Love And Hope

Contributed by Rodney V Johnson on Aug 25, 2007

The relationship between peace, faith, love and hope.

Peace, Faith, Love and Hope Scripture: Phil. 4:7; Heb. 11:6; Rom. 10:17; Matt. 24. 10, 12-13; 1 Cor. 13 Heb. 6:17-19 Introduction This is the last day of 2006 and we will never see this year again. This year will be history as of midnight tonight. Although we may face ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 4:7

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Shield Of Faith Part 2 Series

Contributed by Rodney V Johnson on Aug 25, 2007

Discusses the Shield of Faith

Faith Part 4: The Shield of Faith Part 2 Scripture: Ephesians 6:16; 1 Peter 1:3-5 Introduction Last week I got half way through this message on the shield of faith. The foundational scripture was found in Ephesians 6:16 which says “In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:16

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

When Faith Takes Over

Contributed by Rick George on Jul 22, 2008

When storms come, where is your faith? In temporal things or the Everlasting God?

Please turn with me to the book of Habakkuk. Habakkuk is listed in the Bible as one of the Minor Prophets. The Minor Prophets are grouped together after the Major Prophets and located before the New Testament, after the book of Nahum and before Zephaniah. Today we will, in sum, examine the ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Real Faith = Real Blessed

Contributed by La Juana Morris on Jul 31, 2008

Blessing is in our level of faith in the Giver of Blessings

John had a way of causing his readers to see the loving side of God through His son Jesus. In John’s writings, he tells us to love each other, to love like God, and that God is love. He stresses how the love of God was manifested with the sacrifice of His only begotten son, in an effort to make ...read more

Scripture: John 20:30-31

Denomination: Methodist

Believing The Impossible Through Faith Series

Contributed by Chad Bolfa on Aug 5, 2008

Study through the eleveth chapter of Hebrews; We all experience times of feeling like we are at a place of absolute impossibility; unless God comes through then I am doomed.

Letting Your Faith do the Walking Part IV Believing the Impossible through Faith Hebrews 11:11-12 Introduction We all experience times of feeling like we are at a place of absolute impossibility; unless God comes through then I am doomed. Abraham and Sarah find themselves in a situation we ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 11:11-12

Denomination: Baptist

The Journey From Doubt To Faith

Contributed by Bruce Montgomery on Mar 24, 2008

Thomas is a case study of how we can move from doubt to faith ourselves, and assist others in making the same spiritual journey.

The Journey from Doubt to Faith John 20:24-31; 21:12 INTRO When you and I woke up this morning, we didn’t wake up thinking that Jesus of Nazareth is still buried in a tomb in Jerusalem. We didn’t wake up in a world where death and the grave appeared to have been victorious. But remember that ...read more

Scripture: John 20:24-31

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Thanking God For The People Of Faith Series

Contributed by A. David Hart on Mar 28, 2008

Teaching the reader to appreciate those who labor and pray with you.

THANKING GOD FOR THE PEOPLE OF FAITH Ephesians 1:15-23 There is a terrible name that the world has put on the church, that accuses the church of being an entity that only cares only about its own financial position. Many believe that we are a selfish, money grabbing, judgmental ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 1:15-23

Denomination: Baptist