Sermons on Trust:

Keeping Believers Believing Series

Contributed by Pat Damiani on Sep 29, 2014

The gospel is about mroe than just making converts - its primary purpose is to help believers keep trusting in God

What is the purpose of the gospel? Take a moment to think about that and then write down your thoughts in the space I’ve given you at the top of your sermon outline this morning. [Give people a chance to write down their answers] Would anyone like to share what you’ve written ...read more

Scripture: Romans 1:16-17

Denomination: Baptist

Don't Believe Everything You See

Contributed by Christian Cheong on Oct 20, 2014

We are called to trust God and walk by faith, and not by sight. Focus on the promise and not the problem. Feed your faith and not your fears.

Read Num 13:26-33 and Num 14:1-9. What will you do when what you see doesn’t sync well with what God says, like the experience of most of these scouts? • They didn’t expect to see fortified cities, let alone giants in the land. And so many of them, spreading over such a large ...read more

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Never Forgotten

Contributed by Robert Leroe on Jan 4, 2015

Isaiah is encouraging us to rest in God's comfort and acceptance, to surrender ourselves into His engraved hands, to trust Him for tomorrow.

"Never Forgotten,” Isaiah 49:15-16 & 66:13 -Pastor Bob Leroe, Cliftondale Congregational Church, Saugus, Massachusetts (01/04/15) “Can a mother forget the baby at her breast, and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you! See I have ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 49:15-16

Denomination: Congregational

Biblical Accuracy Proved Through Jacob’s Prophecies Series

Contributed by Paul Barreca on Jul 27, 2013

By studying Genesis 49 we will be reminded that we can TRUST the Bible even when modern culture rejects it.

Genesis 49 Can you trust the Bible? When we say “yes - I believe the Bible,” I think that what many of us are saying is that we believe the STORIES, the MIRACLES, the TRUTHFULNESS of the Bible. We do not doubt the content of the Bible, but do we FOLLOW the Bible? Do we believe it ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 49:1-27

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

What Goes Around Comes Around Series

Contributed by David Owens on Aug 12, 2013

In this sermon we learn that God is sovereign and we can trust Him, and that God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.

Introduction: A. Let’s s begin this sermon with a simple riddle. 1. What do you call a boomerang that doesn't work? A stick. 2. Boomerangs are instruments that are usually made of wood, and are designed to circle back to the thrower. So, a good boomerang, in the hand of a skilled person, ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Be Secure In Life

Contributed by Christian Cheong on Oct 17, 2012

Be secure in life. God is our help, do not fear. God is with us, stand strong. God is Almighty, trust Him.

Praise the Lord for the beautiful music we had this morning. • I believe this is the first time we have so many musical instruments, being played at the same time in this sanctuary. • It reminds me of the psalms in the Bible. The psalmist often says let us make music to the Lord with ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 46:1-11

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Lessons From Failure Series

Contributed by C. Philip Green on Jun 21, 2012

If we're going to rebound from failure, we must appreciate the past, be faithful in the present, and trust God for the future.

Several years ago, Chicago Cubs relief pitcher Bob Patterson described one of his pitches, which the Cincinnati Reds' Barry Larkin hit for a game-winning home run: “It was a cross between a screwball and a change-up. It was a screw-up.” (Wall Street Journal, 7/9/96; Leadership, Vol. ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 2:1-25

Denomination: Evangelical Free

A Miserable End

Contributed by Rick Boyne on Dec 13, 2011

No matter the course of our life, we don’t have to end up a failure if we trust Jesus.

A Miserable End December 11, 2011 Evening Service Immanuel Baptist Church, Wagoner, OK Rick Boyne Message Point: No matter the course of our life, we don’t have to end up a failure if we trust Jesus. Focus Passage: I Samuel 31:1-13 Supplemental Passage: But when this perishable will have ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 31:1-13

Denomination: Baptist

Choosing Hope Over Happiness Series

Contributed by Glenn Durham on Jan 18, 2011

God offers a future and a hope to all who trust in him more than we treasure earth’s rewards.

Scripture Introduction In his old radio show, Thru the Bible, J. Vernon McGee said, “The Book of Ruth is a pearl in the swine pen of the judges.” I’m not sure I would say just that, but these people did live in the time of the judges (about 1100 B. C.), which were not the best years for Israel. ...read more

Scripture: Ruth 1:6-18

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Flesh And Spirit: Love And Patience Series

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Aug 3, 2009

Patience reaches four layers: relational, emotional, sexual, and spiritual. At each level to be impatient is to fail to trust God to be God.

I know you’ve heard this old line, but I just can’t resist repeating it. It concerns the fellow who had realized that he was impetuous, compulsive, and impatient. And so he decided to ask the Lord to help him settle his personality problem. "Lord," he prayed. “Lord, give me the gift of patience and ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 5:16-25

Denomination: Baptist

"Widow In Spirit"

Contributed by Ken Harris on Nov 12, 2006

The purpose of this sermon is to motivate the hearers to affirm to others that TRUSTING GOD is important BECAUSE He is in control of the believer’s life.

Chaplain (MAJ) Ken Harris U.S. Army Chaplain 12 November 2006 Fort Ord Military Chapel __________________________ THE BIG IDEA: TRUSTING GOD IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE HE IS IN CONTROL OF THE BELIEVER’S LIFE! REFERENCES: I Timothy 5:3-16 MSG (Take care of widow who are destitute. If a widow has ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 17:8-16

Denomination: Pentecostal

#10 -- Opposition Series

Contributed by Derek Melanson on Nov 17, 2006

As followers of Jesus, we should expect to face opposition, but we can trust that God has "cut the cords of the wicked."

Introduction Pastor Eugene Peterson tells a story from his childhood—a story about having to deal with enemies. For him it came in the form a school bully who beat him up every day after school. It seemed no matter how young Eugene tried to avoid him—in the forms of alternate routes and ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 129:1-8

Denomination: Baptist

God Is Faithful! Series

Contributed by Greg Johnson on Oct 19, 2006

As we place our total trust in God’s ability to save us we will continually find that God is faithful!

God is Faithful! Daniel Speaks to Us Today series By Greg Johnson October 18, 2006 http://www.LovingGodFellowship.org Daniel Chapter 3 Daniel chapters one and two focus on Daniel; chapter three focuses totally on his three friends, Sadrach, Meshack and Abednego. These three find their self in a ...read more

Scripture: Daniel 3:1-27

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Patience...what's That? Series

Contributed by Ryan Akers on Jan 19, 2009

Our study of James ends the way it began with James encouraging the church to be patient, persevere and trust God in all circumstances.

Fracture Part 12- Patience…What’s That? James 5:7-11- Dear brothers and sisters, be patient as you wait for the Lord’s return. Consider the farmers who patiently wait for the rains in the fall and in the spring. They eagerly look for the valuable harvest to ripen. You, too, must be patient. Take ...read more

Scripture: James 5:7-11

Denomination: Wesleyan

The Master Provider Series

Contributed by Tim Hinrichs on Jan 24, 2012

God is our provider giving us just what we need as we trust in him: home, work, companionship.

For the last two Sundays we’ve been looking at Genesis chapter one as the foundation for the whole Bible. And as the foundation we have discovered anew the importance of seeing God as the perfect creator. And then last week we looked at the pinnacle of his wonderful creation – human ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 2:4-25

Denomination: Lutheran