SermonCentral Logo SermonCentral Logo Sermon Central
Sermons
Free Sermons and Sermon Outlines for Preaching :

Sermons on Trials Mature Us:

showing 1,411-1,425 of 221,166
Filter Results
Close Filters

Scripture

Rating

Date

Denominations

  • Show more

Language

Structure

Sermon Type

Audience

Popular Preaching Resources

New Sermon Series Now Available

Everything you need for your next series

AI Sermon Generator

Generate sermon ideas with a safe, secure tool for solid preaching.

Biblical Sermon Calendar

Customizable sermon manuscripts for verse-by-verse preaching

Sermon Research Assistant

Free custom sermon in 5-10 minutes!

Topical Sermon Calendar

Preach with creativity and impact throughout the year

Funeral Sermon Generator

Create a personalized, heartfelt funeral sermon

Sermon Kits for Preaching

Faithful to the Finish

Peter's final call to a young and growing church

Grace and Glory

A short series through the highlights of 1 Peter

Entrusted

Gifts, risk, and the return of the King

  • Try PRO

    Confident Preaching

    Try PRO free and preach with confidence when people need it most.
    Free to start now
  • Mark Aarssen avatar

    A Change Of Season

    Contributed by Mark Aarssen on Dec 3, 2009
    based on 14 ratings
     | 36,453 views

    Our lives in Christ are filled with all kinds of activity and change. Jesus living in us is changing us from season to season. Jesus is getting us ready for what we can not see. Jesus is the one who can help us put on our storm windows and insulate our

    A Change of Season Colossians - Chapter 3 What a great week it has been as I have been able to look outside and see the change of season. Some of you may prefer one season over another but for me I like the changes that take place in between as we progress from one to the other. Some people ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Stephen Sheane avatar

    God With Us Brings Hope Series

    Contributed by Stephen Sheane on Feb 10, 2021
     | 6,290 views

    Hope is based on God's word, work and witness

    GOD WITH US BRINGS HOPE Back in 2017, two long time commercial fishermen named John Aldridge and Anthony Sosinski, set out to fish from Montauk, Long Island. The boat was on autopilot. As they headed out to sea, about forty miles offshore, Anthony was sleeping below deck while John started to get ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

  • Allan Quak avatar

    Core Value 3 - Equipping Disciples Series

    Contributed by Allan Quak on Mar 21, 2019
     | 6,219 views

    This sermon uses Ephesians 4:11-16 to give biblical teaching on the NEC core value of Equipping Disciples where we seek “To train believers through God’s Word, which is proclaimed from the pulpit, taught through small groups, and applied through training events.”

    Message Ephesians 4:11-16 Equipping Disciples You will find many great pictures on the internet which make fun at body builders who never attend “leg day” This is what happens when you put too much emphasis on one, or a few, parts of your body which neglecting the other parts of your body. Your ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Baptist

  • Steve Ely avatar

    119 - Pt. 4 - Affliction Series

    Contributed by Steve Ely on Jul 27, 2014
     | 10,165 views

    Lengthy and loaded. Confrontational and convicting. All reasons we very seldom (but need to) spend time in the One One Nine!

    119 - Pt. 4 I. Introduction It is long. It is lengthy. It is passed over by those who prefer brevity. It is neglected by those who prefer short and sweet. It is shunned by the Reader's Digest crowd. However, in its great length is also has great depth. Multifaceted. It is rich. It is worth the ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • John Gaston avatar

    Who Is This Man That Winds & Waves Obey?

    Contributed by John Gaston on Feb 26, 2022
     | 4,346 views

    Trials test our metal, give opportunity to use faith, drive us to God & give new revelations of God. Jesus stopping the storm altered and elevated the disciple's revelation of who Jesus is. Who is He to you?

    “WHO IS THIS MAN THAT WINDS & WAVES OBEY?” Mark 4:35-41 INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR: HONESTY IS NOT ALWAYS THE BEST POLICY 1. Today is Shirley and Ben's 30th wedding anniversary. Shirley said to Ben, "Please tell me, how do you think I look after 30 years of marriage?" 2. Ben ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Patrick O'Loughlin avatar

    Don't Waste Your Storms

    Contributed by Patrick O'loughlin on Nov 29, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,850 views

    An sermon that is meant to encourage us when we are going through storms in our lives.

    Title: Don’t waste your storms Text: Mark 4:35-41 Introduction Verse for the week “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him and are called according to his purpose.” (Romans 8:28) God works all things out for our good God works in the good ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • John Gaston avatar

    Count It All Joy

    Contributed by John Gaston on Aug 7, 2014
    based on 4 ratings
     | 17,589 views

    We’re going to look at James’ outrageous proposal, why Christians - above all others - are destined for trials, and how Christians should respond differently to them than other people.

    COUNT IT ALL JOY James 1:1-4 INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR: EVOLUTION JOKE 1. Orangutan One day the zoo-keeper noticed that the orangutan was reading two books - the Bible and Darwin's Origin of Species. 2. Surprised, he asked the ape, "Why are you reading both those books?" "Well," said the orangutan, ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Dr. Jerry N. Watts avatar

    Understanding The Storm

    Contributed by Dr. Jerry N. Watts on May 9, 2011
    based on 8 ratings
     | 9,076 views

    This message prepared & preached after the "TORNADOES" of April 27, 2011, of which our community was impacted. My prayer is that this will help us understand the tragedies.

    Understanding the Storm Job 1:1-22 * This past Wednesday our world was rocked. As the forces of nature wreaked havoc on this state, our lives were forever altered. While we might like to believe that ‘we’ll get over it’ or that ‘we’ll simply get on it’, the ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Baptist

  • Emile Wolfaardt avatar

    Revive Us Again - Revive Us Part 1 Series

    Contributed by Emile Wolfaardt on May 8, 2009
    based on 9 ratings
     | 18,203 views

    PowerPoint slides freely available by emailing Emile@Wolfaardt.com) Positioning ourselves where God can powerfully revive our hearts.

    Revive Us - Part 1 Revive Us Again Psalm 85:6-7 The greatest need of the Church today is not more members, more money, or more buildings. It is not more programs or busier calendars. It is not even more missions or evangelism. The greatest need in the Church of Jesus Christ today are genuine ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: *other

  • Kevin Ruffcorn avatar

    Lead Us Not Into Temptation, But Deliver Us From Evil Series

    Contributed by Kevin Ruffcorn on May 12, 2005
    based on 25 ratings
     | 16,111 views

    God walks with us through the valley of the shadow of death. God gives us strength to endure and protects of from misbelief, unbelief and dispair.

    Matthew 6:9-15, Luke 4:1-13 “Lead Us Not Into Temptation, But Deliver Us From Evil” INTRODUCTION The saying, “Opportunity only knocks once,” has been around for a long time. A recent caveat to this saying has been added, “but temptation bangs at the door constantly.” This seems to be all too ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Lutheran

  • W Pat Cunningham avatar

    Let Us Go, Let Us Go To Heaven Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jun 1, 2019
     | 3,185 views

    The Church continues the mission of Jesus Christ as one Body and is able to do so because of the prayer of that same Christ.

    Tuesday of the 7th Week in Easter 2019 Sometimes it helps us to understand that the Roman world in the first century did not speak Latin all over, or write in Latin all over the place. Most of the writing was done in Greek. And the Bible that they used was the Old Testament, because the New ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Catholic

  • W Pat Cunningham avatar

    God Loves Us Too Much To Leave Us

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Dec 7, 2022
     | 1,836 views

    God wants a holy people, worshiping rightly and living rightly. He loves us too much to leave us in sin.

    Saturday of the 2nd Week in Advent Recently it was time for me to prune a couple of grapevines growing in our garden. We don’t actually harvest the fruit; they provide attractive foliage on our two arbors and give the birds something to eat. The psalmist speaks of God’s people, Israel, as His ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Catholic

  • Don Campbell avatar

    If God Is For Us, It Does Not Matter Who Is Against Us Series

    Contributed by Don Campbell on Oct 23, 2025
     | 102 views

    This is the 7th sermon in the series.

    IF GOD IS FOR US, IT DOES NOT MATTER WHO IS AGAINST US PSALM 119:49-56 INTRODUCTION A. Was David afraid that God had forgotten his word, destroying any hope that David had? In one sense, God does forget some things in that he does not hold them against us. However, that does not make him a ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Mike Wilkins avatar

    Formative Fellowship Series

    Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Mar 4, 2002
    based on 245 ratings
     | 30,947 views

    God uses the fellowship of other christians to form us into mature Christians

    Habits that Lead to Christian Maturity Lent 2002 Formative Fellowship Acts 2 The need for Maturity: In Romania, after communism fell, we in the west became aware of the many orphans there who were basically warehoused in huge orphanages. They were vastly understaffed. So the babies, while they ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: *other

  • Dr.W.Samuel Legon avatar

    Hey Look At The Frogs

    Contributed by Dr.w.samuel Legon on May 24, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,449 views

    Look at what God has done with frogs to move men to obey.

    HEY LOOK AT THE FROGS 1. 2. Exodus 8:2 And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs: 3. Exodus 8:3 And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and come into thine house, and into thy bedchamber, ...read more

    Scripture:

    Denomination: Baptist