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  • Jim Butcher avatar

    Where Is God When I'm Sighing With Despair

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Aug 12, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,624 views

    A look at David and the sighing that he lifts up because of his difficult circumstance.

    WORST WEEK EVER: When is God when I’m sighing with despair? - Psalm 5:1. - Most of us have faced times when problems and difficulties and struggles leave us with little more than a heart-heavy sigh. - It’s almost like the latest blow knocks the wind out of us yet again as we exhale a sigh of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    How Far?

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Dec 19, 2008
    based on 6 ratings
     | 2,324 views

    Using the word "How" the sermon explores Mary as an example of handling difficult circumstances.

    Luke 1: 26 – 38 / How Far? Intro: There was once a wonderful, elderly, Christian lady who lived next door to a grumpy old man who was constantly trying to convince her there was no God. One day through an open window the old man heard the woman praying. She said, “Lord, you always given me what ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Discipleship: Christianity’s Everest

    Contributed by John Mulholland on Nov 7, 2011
    based on 2 ratings
     | 2,639 views

    Discipleship, the daily living for Christ, is the most difficult thing that we will ever do.

    Discipleship: Christianity’s Everest January 31, 2010 A Disciple of Jesus Reads God’s Word. A Disciple of Jesus is Engaged in Prayer. A Disciple of Jesus Loves Others in Attitude and Action. A Disciple of Jesus Desires to Reach the Lost. A Disciple of Jesus is Engaged in Worship as a Lifestyle. ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Are You Ready To Believe Series

    Contributed by Bong Baylon on Apr 3, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,434 views

    It is crucial to believe in the resurrection. But why is it difficult to believe in the resurrection? This sermon answers that question.

    Title: Are you Ready to Believe? Text: Mark 16:1-14 Take-off 1. Today is Easter Sunday or, as we call it here at RLCC, Resurrection Sunday. So we will break our series on using our authority in the kingdom of God. 2. Today is a day of celebration – a day of rejoicing! But how many of us are ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Coffin And The Christmas Tree

    Contributed by David N. Clay on Dec 9, 2011
     | 5,088 views

    A Christmas sermon describing how Christ can be born into the most difficult of circumstances.

    The Coffin and the Christmas Tree Four years ago my Father-in-Law, Dr. W. C. Dobbs, pastor and professor, passed away. Because his death happened right before Christmas it was the first time that I had ever missed any events of my church’s Christmas season. I missed the Children’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Full Obedience: Abraham And Isaac On The Mountain Series

    Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on Apr 16, 2013
    based on 4 ratings
     | 16,923 views

    Abraham fully obeyed God, even when God's command was difficult to follow.

    Me and more than 11.4 million other people, on average, watched the History Channel TV production entitled “The Bible”. And, by the way, that is a lot of viewers – it was #1 in the ratings. It was a series of 10, 1 hour episodes which aired leading up to Easter, and the DVD ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Try Praise

    Contributed by Luther Sexton on Dec 18, 2015
     | 6,421 views

    We should praise God in all situations. In difficult times, praise the Lord.

    Taken from Classic Sermons on Worship compiled by Warren W. Wiersbe Andrew A. Bonar "Praise" pgs 151 -160 TRY PRAISE Scripture: Psalms 147:1 Praise ye the Lord: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely. Praise --> to shine; hence to make a show, ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Does ‘abandoning The Faith’ Mean Losing Your Salvation? Series

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Feb 16, 2015
    based on 1 rating
     | 12,767 views

    An examination of the difficult phrase "abandoning the faith" and its proper context of legalism, not salvation.

    THE MAIN QUESTION: Does “abandon[ing] the faith” mean losing your salvation? - 1 Timothy 4:1. - This is one of those passages where the wording immediately lends itself to thinking about eternal security. What does it mean that “some will abandon the faith”? Does it mean ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Labor In God's Work Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Sep 23, 2017
     | 4,993 views

    Especially in difficult times, God raises up leaders to keep us on track.

    Thursday of 25th Week in Course 2017 Reformation and Revolution St. Luke’s Gospel relies on information that we have from nobody else. For instance, it is fairly certain that he had a “mole” in the palace of the Herods, because we have in the Gospel and Acts stories that could only come from an ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    More Than Mere Words Series

    Contributed by Perry Greene on Aug 26, 2019
     | 2,738 views

    Repentance is a difficult part on our road to salvation in Jesus. It is action, not merely words.

    1. Preparation for disaster – nuclear bomb drills in elementary school; GTMO evacuation drills; tornado drills; a. When sin is in our lives disaster is coming. It may be now and it could certainly be forever. b. We don’t always avoid disasters of sin, but we can get back on track through ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Characteristics Of A Godly Parent

    Contributed by John Hamby on May 9, 2019
    based on 2 ratings
     | 18,214 views

    Jochebed and Amram, the parents of Moses reared Moses in a difficult time and in a pagan culture.

    “The Characteristics of a Godly Parent.” Exodus 2:1-10, Heb. 11:23-27 Good morning, I want welcome you to this Mother’s Day service. I want to begin by ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    God Is With Us

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on Dec 22, 2025
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,057 views

    A sermon about experiencing God's presence during difficult times.

    Matthew 2:13-23 “God Is with Us” A few years ago after I delivered my Christmas Eve sermon, a nice guy who happened to be skeptical about God, faith and Christianity came up to me, all smiles. “I’ve finally figured out why people like Christmas,” he said. “Really?” I answered. “Please tell ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    Encouraging The Servant Of God Series

    Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Apr 4, 2025
    based on 2 ratings
     | 1,088 views

    Acts 18:1-17 shows us how God encourages his servants in difficult circumstances.

    Introduction “The Christian’s chief occupational hazards are depression and discouragement” (John Blanchard, The Complete Gathered Gold: A Treasury of Quotations for Christians [Webster, New York; Darlington, England: Evangelical Press, 2006], 145). So writes the Rev. Dr. John R. W. Stott, my ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Dennis Davidson avatar

    The Peace Of Faith Series

    Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Apr 20, 2009
    based on 36 ratings
     | 26,196 views

    What is it that makes these verses so forceful? To me it is the courageous way in which Habakkuk faces possible calamities & triumphs over them through knowledge & faith in his Savior. Habakkuk has learned the lesson of faith taught in 2:4

    Habakkuk 3:16-17 THE PEACE OF HABAKKUK’S FAITH [Psalms 18:18-33] The last section of this glorious chapter contains some of the most moving verses in all the Bible. On one occasion it was used by Benjamin Franklin, who was not a Christian, to confound some of the sophisticated, cultured ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Richard Cook avatar

    You Must Put Up With The Rain To See A Rainbow

    Contributed by Richard Cook on Aug 25, 2009
    based on 15 ratings
     | 37,668 views

    Teaches people that, if you want to see God’s deliverence and glory, you sometimes must endure hardships and pain.

    Genesis 9:12-14 And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. And it shall come to pass, ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational