Sermons on Troubling Individuals:

When God's Plan Involves Pain

Contributed by Kevin L. Jones on Nov 9, 2014

A sermon examining how to respond when you encounter trouble in the Christian life.

WHEN GOD’S PLAN INVOLVES PAIN Acts 5:33-42 (Antioch Baptist Church: Wednesday, December 17th, 2025) - Annie Johnson Flint wrote a hymn that says: God hath not promised skies always blue, Flower strewn pathways all our lives through; God hath not promised sun without rain, Joy without sorrow, ...read more

Scripture: Acts 5:33-42

Denomination: Baptist

Foxhole Christians

Contributed by Rick Boyne on Jan 13, 2015

We should depend on God every day, not just when we are in trouble.

Foxhole Christians January 11, 2015 Evening Service Immanuel Baptist Church, Wagoner, OK Rick Boyne Message Point: We should depend on God every day, not just when we are in trouble. Focus Passage: Mark 4:35-41 Supplemental Passage: But Jesus said to him, "No one, after putting his hand to the ...read more

Scripture: Mark 4:35-41

Denomination: Baptist

Dig Another Well

Contributed by Steve Kinnard on Feb 2, 2019

WHEN TROUBLE COMES, SOMETIMES WE MUST MOVE ON AND DIG ANOTHER WELL

Dig another well (PROBLEMS and TROUBLE) (Gen. 26:12-22) Illus: The Emperor And The Seed Long ago the emperor of a far away land was getting old and had no heir. He decided to pick a successor from the youth of the nation, but desired one that had wisdom and truth. He devised a plan to pick the ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 26:12-22

Denomination: Pentecostal

Please Help America

Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Jun 30, 2017

America is in trouble and we who are in Christ need to do something about it.

PLEASE HELP AMERICA INTRO.- I am concerned about our country. I don’t believe America is as good as she once was. She is not as good politically, socially, morally, patriotically, and spiritually. And perhaps every generation feels the same. 1- POLITICALLY. America is politically divided. It’s ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 2:1-4

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Influence

Contributed by Johnny Boatfield on Apr 28, 2017

FOCUSING ON HOW SATAN TRIED TO INFLUENCE BY TALKING OTHERS OUT OF THEIR PROMISE AND INTO TROUBLE

INFLUENCE • BRIEFLY TALK ABOUT INFLUENCE AND OUR TESTS WE TOOK LAST WEEK • ASK IF ANYONE WAS HAPPY ABOUT THERE NUMBERS FROM LAST WEEK • HAS ANYONE DONE ANYTHING TO CHANGE THEIR DAILY INFLUENCES FROM DAY TO DAY 1 Corinthians 15:33 (NIV) 33 Do not be misled:(A) “Bad company corrupts good ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 4:1-11, Genesis 3:1-6, 1 Corinthians 5:33

Receive The Peace Of God

Contributed by The Rev Deniray Mueller on Apr 13, 2020

through God and the Holy Spirit, we can find peace in this troubled world

(John 20:19-29) We don't know exactly what went on in that upper room in the days after Christ died, but the Gospels give us a pretty good idea. We know there was fear—that's why his followers were hiding out, shut up behind a thick wooden door in a small room in the attic of a house. We ...read more

Scripture: John 20:19, John 14:27-28

Denomination: Episcopal

Peace To You

Contributed by Paul Davidson on Feb 5, 2020

How can we find peace in times of great turmoil, trouble, and uncertainty?

When we were living outside the United States, we’d sometimes make a trip into the big city to go to Costco. The prices tended to be outrageous for items from the States, but we would just start craving something familiar, and Costco was one of the places we’d go to find things like Frosted Flakes, ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 95:7, Isaiah 53:6, Luke 19:10, 1 Peter 5:8, John 10:9-14, John 4:27-28, Luke 12:32  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Baptist

He Taught Them Many Parables… (The Good Samaritan) # 15

Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Apr 14, 2022

You do not have to look very far to find someone in trouble these days.

• We see people in trouble as we drive down the highways • We see people in trouble in their marriages • We see people in trouble in our neighborhoods • We see people in trouble financially • We see people in trouble physically • We see people in trouble spiritually As I said, you do not have to ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:25-37

Denomination: Baptist

Don’t Assume To Assume

Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Apr 26, 2022

One of the biggest ways to get ourselves in trouble in this life is to live a life of assumption.

I must confess as I preach this sermon to you that I am guilty of doing just that often. Illus: I am like the man who says: • People say I make too many assumptions. • I mean, they don't say it, but I know they're thinking it... But this is not something I am guilty alone, I think we ...read more

Scripture: John 21:20-23

Denomination: Baptist

The Coming Of The Holy Spirit And The Return Of Jesus.

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on May 16, 2024

Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. John 14:27.

THE COMING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THE RETURN OF JESUS. John 14:15-31. *Notice how closely our love and our obedience are bound together (John 14:15; cf. John 14:21; 1 John 2:3-5). 1. He has given us the Holy Spirit (John 14:16-17). Jesus said, “I will pray the Father, and He will send another ...read more

Scripture: John 14:15-31

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

There Is Something About The Name Of Jesus You Need To Know

Contributed by Gordon Brownlee on Mar 19, 2024

The Believer in Christ can find themselves in the midst of worldly trouble; trouble they never asked for. When confronted by evil men and their agendas we retain an authority in Christ to set at bay unwarranted advances. Its all found in the Name of Jesus.

Video presentation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPM6oHOYLsg&t The Name of Jesus is our first and last line of defense against human and spiritual violence. It is not merely reciting the name that is powerful, but rather it is the authority that is behind the Name and our position within ...read more

Scripture: John 17:11, Ephesians 6:12

Denomination: *other

Evil Beads

Contributed by Babatunmishe Oke on Apr 20, 2020

Beads are very beautiful ornaments for adorning the individual, but when they become the doorway to idol worship it needs to be addressed

King James Version (KJV) 38 How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him. Evil Beads Babatunmishe Oke, Pennsylvania November 6, 2012 8.00-930pm I have used research from ...read more

Scripture: Acts 10:38

Be Transformed By The Renewing Of Your Mind

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jan 6, 2004

Most of us have probably witnessed a TV show where a person consents to a complete make-over. Often times the results appear to be dramatic in the transformation of the individual’s appearance, but seldom produces long term changes in their character. Let

Be Transformed by the Renewing of Your Mind (Rom. 12:2) Most of us have probably witnessed a TV show where a person consents to a complete make-over. Often times the results appear to be dramatic in the transformation of the individual’s appearance, but seldom produces long term changes in their ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:16-17

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

God Cares About You Series

Contributed by Brian Atwood on Jul 15, 2003

God’s love for us empowers us to live joyfully no matter what troubles we face.

At the same time that the Hebrew slaves were crying out to God for deliverance in Egypt, God was commissioning a shepherd on the backside of a desert several hundred miles to the southeast to lead them to freedom. The story of Moses is unique. He had been a prince but tried being a hero and wound ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 3:1-10

Denomination: Baptist

Stop Your Murmuring!

Contributed by Jose Gomez Sr. on Jun 15, 2005

Murmuring is destructive to the individual and also to everyone around them. the best way to deal with it is to simply stop doing it.

Stop your murmuring!! *Numbers 14:1-10 Then all the people began weeping aloud, and they cried all night. 2 Their voices rose in a great chorus of complaint against Moses and Aaron. “We wish we had died in Egypt, or even here in the wilderness!” they wailed. 3 “Why is the Lord taking us to this ...read more

Scripture: Numbers 14:1-10

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational