Sermons
Free Sermons and Sermon Outlines for Preaching :

Sermons on toil and hardship:

showing 766-780 of 16,972
Filter Results
Close Filters

Scripture

Rating

Date

Denominations

  • Show more

Language

Structure

Sermon Type

Audience

  • Try PRO

    Confident Preaching

    Try PRO free and preach with confidence when people need it most.
    Free to start now
  • Real World Spirituality

    Contributed by William Nieporte on Sep 6, 2005
    based on 61 ratings
     | 7,115 views

    How do we live a life of holiness in the kind of wold in which we must now reside

    This morning I would like to talk about how to live spirituality in the real world. We live in a world of terrorist attacks – of sexual predators that prey on small children – of gang violence and drug busts – of economic hardships, poverty, homelessness, and starvation – of battered spouses ...read more

  • Hope In Times Of Despair

    Contributed by Russell Rhodes on Sep 7, 2005
    based on 44 ratings
     | 17,885 views

    This sermon is a good one for times of national or local tragady it teaches that even in times of trouble there is still hope in the Lord.

    Hope In Times of Despair Lamentations 3:1-24 Jeremiah was a prophet just before and during the first part of Israel’s captivity by Babylon. Jeremiah was known as the Weeping Prophet. He was doing and saying all that God told him to do and to say and no one was listening. They turned to the false ...read more

  • What Kind Of People Ought You To Be

    Contributed by Steve Malone on Sep 8, 2005
    based on 84 ratings
     | 8,889 views

    After the devastation of Hurricane Katrina many of us want to ask God why? In this message we will answer that question and also allow God to ask us a question.

    What Kind Of People Ought You To Be? Slide Show Of Katrina Devastation As The Song ‘All I Can Say’ By David Crowder played This week like so many of you; my eyes, my mind and my heart have been literally flooded with hundreds of disturbing images. The devastation that Hurricane Katrina has ...read more

  • Can God Be Trusted

    Contributed by Ewen Huffman on Sep 8, 2005
    based on 38 ratings
     | 5,067 views

    A short sermon for our older congregation on whether God can be trusted (or better asked ’what can God be trusted for?’)

    "Can God be trusted?" Silver Service. 8th Sept 2005 I’m a police officer and occasionally park my cruiser in residential areas to watch for speeders. One Sunday morning I was staked out in a driveway when I saw a large dog trot up to my car. He stopped and sat just out of arm’s reach. No ...read more

  • Answers To Tough Questions

    Contributed by David Hodgin on Sep 8, 2005
    based on 13 ratings
     | 1,834 views

    3 questions people ask regrading a tragedy. Written after Hurricane Katrina.

    Natural catastrophes always raise certain big questions, here are 3: 1. If God is all loving and all-powerful, why does he allow such devastating events to occur? 2. Does God deliberately make them occur? 3. Does God punish people with natural ...read more

  • "Katrina & Christ-Our Shelter From The Storm

    Contributed by Danny Moss on Sep 9, 2005
    based on 17 ratings
     | 3,053 views

    This message was prepared during the days follow- ing Hurricane Katrina which hit the Gulf Coast.

    Karina & Christ (our Shelter from the Storm) p.1 Text-Isaiah 32:1-4 It’s great to be back in our church this Sunday! We’ve all been through a terrible ordeal with Hurri- cane Katrina. As a minister, and theologian, I’m try- ing to make sense of all this. I wonder why it happ- ened. I ...read more

  • Your Enemies Shall Fall!

    Contributed by Raphiel Manenge on Sep 10, 2005
    based on 18 ratings
     | 26,007 views

    A word of encouragement,faith and hope that no matter what comes against you,it will fall.The word that you are more than a conquorer in Jesus

    “In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee. Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake.” Isaiah ...read more

  • You Will Spread Out!

    Contributed by Raphiel Manenge on Sep 10, 2005
    based on 19 ratings
     | 9,909 views

    This is a message to the hopeless,the outcast,the ’feeling inferior’,the barren,those who thinks life is meaningless because of situations.

    “Sing, O barren woman, you who never bore a child; burst into song, shout for joy, you who were never in labor; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband," says the LORD. "Enlarge the place of your tent, stretch your tent curtains wide, do not hold back; ...read more

  • Ministering To Christ In The Midst Of Disaster Series

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Sep 14, 2005
    based on 51 ratings
     | 10,694 views

    Our nation has just experienced what many are saying is the worst natural disaster America has ever seen. I would propose to you that through this disaster, the church has a great opportunity to show her love to the Lord Jesus Christ. It is our opportuni

    Turn Your Bibles to Matthew 25:34-40 Title: Ministering to Christ in the Midst of Disaster Theme: Loving Christ by Ministering to His Disciples and Having Compassion on the Hurting Introduction: Our nation has just experienced what many are saying is the worst natural disaster America has ever ...read more

  • Our Hiding Place

    Contributed by Roger Thomas on Sep 15, 2005
    based on 17 ratings
     | 9,700 views

    In times of hardship and disaster, our mighty God provides a safe and secure hiding placed--a place of refuge.

    Our Hiding Place Psalm 57:1-3 Dr. Roger W. Thomas, Preaching Minister First Christian Church, Vandalia, MO Pastors get asked questions all the time. Here are a few actual letters that kids have sent to ministers: Č Dear Pastor, does God like everybody? If so, He never met my sister. (Arnold, ...read more

  • Being The Lighthouse In A Dark World Series

    Contributed by Doug Warren on Sep 16, 2005
    based on 60 ratings
     | 9,152 views

    In the midst of the darkness of our society, Christians must be lighthouses to guide folks to safety.

    Intro: I heard a supply plane pilot flying into New Orleans just after Katrina one night say "I’ve never seen this place so dark." I was also viewing a friend’s homemade video of Biloxi/Gulfport MS area, and amidst all the rubble, there stood the Old Biloxi Lighthouse! The contrasts were ...read more

  • The Lord Of The Lost And Found Series

    Contributed by Jerry Gatson on Sep 17, 2005
    based on 25 ratings
     | 4,069 views

    We can recover from the loses of life because Jesus Christ is the Lord of the lost and found.

    BE THE CHURCH (part 6) The Church of the Firstborn (part 2) “The Lord of the Lost and Found” SERIES TEXT – Hebrews 12:22-23 - 22 But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, 23 To the general assembly and ...read more

  • Triumph Over Trials

    Contributed by David Dewitt on Sep 19, 2005
    based on 197 ratings
     | 66,588 views

    The power of Christ gives us the ability to experience victory in any situation that life throws at us

    Triumph Over Trials Selected Passages August 28, 2005 Morning Service Introduction Chippie the parakeet was simply minding his own business and signing his song one day when his owner decided to clean out his cage with the vacuum cleaner. The phone rang and the lady went to answer it and that was ...read more

  • He Can Conquer All

    Contributed by Gregory Thomas on Oct 8, 2002
    based on 24 ratings
     | 5,818 views

    A SERMON THAT SHOWS THE AFFLICTION OF JOB AND REVEALS THAT AFFLICTION IS NOT ATTRIBUTED BY CHANCE;MOREOVER,TELLS US WHO IS ABLE TO CONQUER YOUR AFFLICTIONS,TRIALS,TRIBULATIONS,PAINS AND HURTS IN THIS WORLD TODAY.

    HE CAN CONQUER ALL JOB 5:6 - 9 6)FOR AFFLICTION DOES NOT COME FORTH FROM THE DUST 7) YET MAN IS BORN TO TROUBLE, AS THE SPARKS FLY UPWARD. 8) BUT AS FOR ME, I WOULD SEEK GOD AND TO GOD I WOULD COMMIT MY CAUSE 9) WHO DOES GREAT THINGS AND UNSEARCHABLE MARVELOUS THINGS WITHOUT NUMBER. ...read more

  • In Spite Of Terrible Endings

    Contributed by Bradley Boydston on Oct 13, 2002
    based on 33 ratings
     | 2,580 views

    In outlining the future God is lovingly conveying to Daniel (and us) the sense that he is in control so that even though there are rocky times ahead, we can have tangible and real hope.

    - - - - - - - - - - Unless otherwise noted, all scripture is quoted from the New Living Translation. An outline from the Message Guide printed in the bulletin is included at the end of the textual portion of this sermon. - - - - - - - - - - I need to tell you up front thatthat I am NOT ...read more