Sermons on Useful Hands:

Not Our Talents But Our Use Of Talents

Contributed by Howard Gunter on Nov 12, 2017

How we use our gifts are more important than their monetary value. It isn't the size of the gift, it's the motive in the giving!

Not Our Talents BUT Our Use of Talents Matthew 25:14-30 This parable provides us with a message that can be and often is misunderstood. The talents referred to in the parable are monetary units. A talent was not really a coin at all but rather an ingot, weighing around 75 pounds. At that weight ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 25:14-30

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Hope When Obstacles Discourage Us Series

Contributed by Jim Butcher on Nov 15, 2018

Encouragement on how to not lose heart. How does God use struggles to move us forward spiritually?

WHY DO WE GET DISCOURAGED? Obstacles weigh us down. - 2 Corinthians 4:16a. - In one sense, it’s good news that the first part of v. 16 is in there. It’s a reminder to us that God knows that we get discouraged and need a little hope. These verses are in here to give us that hope. Hopefully ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:16-18

Denomination: Baptist

God Has Power To Rescue Us

Contributed by Rev. Felix Cornelius Agyei on Aug 31, 2020

All of us go through one challenge or the other. our experience and knowledge of God and what HE can do should alway comfort us and cause us to trust Him.

Isaiah 40:21-31 The danger of forgetting who your God is. Vs 21 ? Have you not known? ? Have you not heard? ? Has is it not been told you? This is a rhetorical question in which the questioner (God) is expressing his deep surprise for their troubled heat since he is certain that they know who He ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 40:21-31

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

God's Not Like Us

Contributed by Derrick Tuper on May 5, 2022

I was watching an American Gospel production and it showed a bible opened to Ps. 50:21 focusing on the words, "you thought I was altogether like you". Thinking God is like us puts human thinking and reasoning into the mind of God. But God is not like us.

GOD'S NOT LIKE US I was watching a trailer for an American Gospel production about how the gospel had become watered down in America and how some churches are conforming to please the masses. At one point it cut to a shot of a bible opened up to Ps. 50:21 focusing on the words, "you ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 50:21, Numbers 23:19, Proverbs 3:5-6, Isaiah 55:6-9, Isaiah 40:13-14, Romans 11:33-36  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Satan Hates Us Because Of Faith

Contributed by Dr.w.samuel Legon on Oct 8, 2016

Faith is the only way we can beat Satan at his game

SATAN HATES US BECAUSE OF FAITH Job 1: 7 And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it. (1) He hates Faith. Satan question God. Job 1: 9 Then Satan answered ...read more

Scripture: Job 1:7-9

Denomination: Baptist

God Fulfills His Promises With Us

Contributed by John Ong on Sep 22, 2017

God is faithful to us, so we must also do our part in aiming the ultimate good, which is to manifest God’s glory.

Sometimes, we can’t comprehend God’s promises in the literal sense, so we should be very careful with our finite human interpretation. The scope of God’s Word is indeed beyond our understanding, and so we must consider that His fulfillment is much broader and much grander than what we could ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

"god Will Lead Us"

Contributed by Ken Sauer on Jun 23, 2020

A sermon about discerning God's will and then making the decision to follow.

“God Will Lead Us” Acts 16:6-15 Have you ever had the experience where you have gotten to a certain point in your faith journey and been able to look back and see God was leading all along the way? If you have had this experience, perhaps you have been able to recall times when you tried to go ...read more

Scripture: Acts 16:6-15

Denomination: United Methodist

When Nature Cannot Teach Us

Contributed by Patrick Usifo on Jul 18, 2020

Therefore, let God teach us that we might know what nature has to say in the wake of the crisis engulfing the world.

A few days ago, I watched a documentary on Discovery/Nature Channel by Sir David Attenborough the great explorer who has been at the forefront of uncovering the hidden treasures of the ocean depths through innovative technology. His programs are widely viewed worldwide by those very eager to learn ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 11:14, Psalm 19:1-4

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Setting The Lord Always Before Us Series

Contributed by Joseph Marshall on Nov 21, 2022

We should never look at this world in isolation from God. We must view everything we do and see from an eternal perspective Setting the LORD Always Before Us.

It’s sometimes hard to be spiritually minded in this world: • The spiritual world is an invisible world (2 Cor 4:18). • The people that surround us are often worldly. • Our fleshly desires gravitate towards earthly things. But unless I am spiritually and eternally minded, I am going to waste my ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

God Uses Our Pain Points Series

Contributed by Neal Nybo on Mar 21, 2022

Nehemiah’s experience is really intense and few people are ever called to be leaders like Nehemiah but his experience speaks to our experiences and our desire to make our mark.

Feb 22, 23, 2020 Sermon God uses our pain points. Nehemiah 1:1-10 What does surfing champion Bethany Hamilton have in common with Nehemiah who rebuilt the wall around Jerusalem 2500 years ago? Both of them have left their mark on the world. We are going to work our way through the book of Nehemiah ...read more

Scripture: Nehemiah 1:1-10

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Christ Our Passover Is Sacrificed For Us.

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Feb 8, 2023

A perpetual feast to the LORD.

CHRIST OUR PASSOVER IS SACRIFICED FOR US. 1 Corinthians 5:6-8. The context for this passage is one of church discipline (cf. 1 Corinthians 5:1). The case in point concerns an incestuous affair which, far from addressing, the church seems to have been ‘puffed up’ about (cf. 1 Corinthians 5:2). ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 5:6-8

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Trials And Persecutions Drive Us Onward.

Contributed by Howard Strickland on Jul 6, 2022

In Acts 13, Paul and Barnabas Are Sent to the Gentiles. They travel through the Antioch region. I call it, “The Antioch calling.” Paul preaches while going back into history, He points out how men and women of God were terribly mistreated. But they kept living...

Trials and Persecutions Drive Us Onward. Acts 14:1-25TPT In Acts 13, Paul and Barnabas Are Sent to the Gentiles. They travel through the Antioch region. I call it, “The Antioch calling.” Paul preaches while going back into history, He points out how men and women of God were terribly mistreated. ...read more

Scripture: Acts 14:1-25, Isaiah 14:12-16

Denomination: Pentecostal

Am I Using Faulty Tools?

Contributed by Chris Swanson on Jan 30, 2023

The simple things or actions during our Christian walk of faith are just as important as with the things that seem major.

2 Kings 6:1-7 Elisha has now succeeded Elijah as a prophet to the Northern Kingdom (2 Kings 2:1-18). He has by now already prophesied and God has performed a few miracles through him. But now we will see something peculiar, he makes an axe head float. This situation shows how God cares for His ...read more

Scripture: 2 Kings 6:1

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Why God Uses Imperfections - Introduction Series

Contributed by Elmer Towns on Jul 18, 2023

We learn victory is possible when God gives weak people strength to succeed.

A. IMPERFECT PEOPLE? 1. Positive: we learn victory is possible when God gives weak people strength to succeed. 2. Negative: we learn what not to do. TEN IMPERFECT PEOPLE ? Jacob: A liar and trickster changed by a dream ? Noah: After walking with God got drunk ? Peter: A granite rock who ...read more

Scripture: Romans 3:23, 2 Corinthians 4:4, 1 Corinthians 1:10

Denomination: Baptist

How To Use Troubles To Your Advantge Series

Contributed by Efe Oluwatosin on Aug 4, 2023

Understanding troubles. Are you asking the question why me? Or What have I done to deserve this? Many a time, troubles can be overwhelming. We feel burdened and don't know what to do.

Troubles in life are a challenge to every person. But when you take the time to understand how trouble works, you will discover that troubles are opportunities for great joy. WHY ARE WE HERE ON EARTH We are sent to the earth to replicate the nature of God in all that we do and to prepare for ...read more

Scripture: James 1:2-4, Proverbs 3:26

Denomination: Pentecostal