Sermons on Wilderness Experience:

Lent, Time Apart

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Feb 18, 2021

Why should we take time apart before Easter? What is the purpose of Lent?

Prelude Why should we take time apart before Easter? What is the purpose of Lent? Purpose Let’s see the value of quiet times apart for prayer, fasting, meditation and reflection. Plan Let’s look briefly at Jesus’ wilderness experience before beginning His ministry, in Mark 1:9-15. The ...read more

Scripture: Mark 1:9-15

Denomination: Baptist

Ambush

Contributed by John Williams Iii on Mar 3, 2021

Satan often seeks to strike from a hidden position. Whether hidden and concealed or hidden in plain sight Satan seeks to ambush us. We can only be victorious through Jesus Christ.

AMBUSH (2016) Text: Luke 4:1 – 13 As a student pastor, I had my first confirmands for a confirmation class. We were having a session, imitating how some of the very first Christians lived with the threat of persecution, one of the leaders jumped in the door and said with a ...read more

Scripture: Luke 4:1-13

Denomination: United Methodist

Journeying With Jesus Through Lent #1: ‘into The Wilderness' Series

Contributed by Michael B. Perrott on Feb 27, 2009

A SERMON FOR THE FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT 2009. We accompany Jesus into the wilderness and an encounter with the Tempter

Mark 1:9-15 (Genesis 9:8-17) Journeying with Jesus through Lent #1: ‘Into the Wilderness’ Sermon Series: Lent 2009 Both our stories from the Bible have common themes for us today, as last Wednesday (Ash Wednesday) we began our Lenten preparations, and as the global economic crisis seems to cast ...read more

Scripture: Mark 1:9-15, Mark 1:9

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

No Satan I Will Not Serve You

Contributed by Douglas Phillips on Apr 12, 2018

THIS IS THE FIRST PART OF A TWO PART SERMON ON THE TEMPTATION JESUS FACED IN THE WILDERNESS. HE SHOWS US HOW TO BE OVERCOMERS IF WE TRUST HIM.

NO SATAN I WILL NOT SERVE YOU MATTHEW 4:1-11 WE ARE CONTINUING OUR SERIES LOOKING AT SOME OF THE EARLY EVENTS AND STATEMENTS IN JESUS’ LIFE AND MINISTRY. TODAY WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT THE TIME JESUS WENT INTO THE WILDERNESS AND WAS TEMPTED BY SATAN. TEMPTATION WILL ALWAYS BE A PART OF THE LIFE ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 4:1-11

Denomination: Baptist

The God Who Transforms Your Wilderness Into Eden Series

Contributed by Rev. Samuel Arimoro on Oct 15, 2025

God has the power to turn barren places into fruitful lands and hopeless situations into testimonies of divine beauty and abundance.

THE GOD WHO TRANSFORMS YOUR WILDERNESS INTO EDEN By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: Isaiah 51:3 Key Verse: “For the Lord shall comfort Zion: He will comfort all her waste places; and He will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord; joy and gladness shall be found ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 51:3

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Walking In The Light When Darkness Threatens

Contributed by Jm Raja Lawrence on Dec 6, 2025

Darkness surrounds us daily. Fear whispers defeat. Thomas faced death with Jesus. Hagar faced the desert alone. Both learned God walks with those who trust Him.

WALKING IN THE LIGHT WHEN DARKNESS THREATENS John 11:16 INTRODUCTION: FROM DESPERATION TO DIVINE ENCOUNTER Brothers and sisters, let me take you to a moment of desperation in Scripture. Hagar stood in the wilderness of Beersheba with her son Ishmael. Abraham had sent them away. Their water ran out. ...read more

Scripture: John 11:16, Genesis 21:14-19, 1 Peter 2:21, Romans 10:9-10, Daniel 3:16-18, Genesis 12:1, Exodus 3:11, 1 Samuel 17:45, Matthew 28:20, Psalm 23:4, Isaiah 43:2  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

God With Us In The Wilderness Series

Contributed by Michael Deutsch on Dec 4, 2021

Part 2 of 4 - God is with us in the wilderness times.

God With Us - Wilderness December 5, 2021 Matthew 1:23 We’re in part two of a series that's called God With Us. We’re looking at the different ways that we can experience the presence of God in our lives. We’re using one main text for this series and building off that text. Our verse comes ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 23:1-3

Denomination: Baptist

God's Provision In The Wilderness

Contributed by Wayne Burnett on Jun 7, 2001

GOD WILL MAKE SUPERNATURAL PROVISION IN OUR LIVES TO ENSURE WE SURVIVE IN THE WILDERNESS

GOD’S PROVISION IN THE WILDERNESS PSALM 23:1-6 (5) I. PALM 23 A. David seems to be drawing from various experiences in life and reflecting on God’s faithfulness B. This psalm recognizes the fact that sheep weren’t always in fenced areas of safety and protection C. Sheep spent much of their ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 23:1-6

Denomination: Church Of God

Reaching The Edge Of The Wilderness Series

Contributed by Cameron Conway on Aug 26, 2019

The years of grief, training, apprenticeship, seeming futility, small victories and painful growth are finally about to bloom into something wonderful. Something that you have hoped for and simultaneously expected to never actually happen.

For more information and teachings, podcasts, videos, books and study guides visit https://conwaychristianresources.com If you take the lessons and introspections of the wilderness seriously you will eventually find yourself at the edge of the wilderness. That place where you can finally see what ...read more

Denomination: Foursquare

Overcoming Your Wilderness

Contributed by Akanji Solomon on Sep 11, 2018

christian faith and expectation

SERMON: OVERCOMING YOUR WILDERNESS THEME SCRIPTURES: DEUTERONOMY 8:15-16 He led you through the vast and dreadful wilderness, that thirsty and water-less land, with its venomous snakes and scorpions. He brought you water out of hard rock. He gave you manna to eat in the wilderness, something ...read more

Scripture: Numbers 9:15-22, Deuteronomy 8:2-3, Deuteronomy 8:15-16

Wilderness Or Promise Land

Contributed by David Azbell on Sep 2, 2004

How many times have you found yourself in this spot? A spot commonly referred to as, between a rock and a hard place?

How many times have you found yourself in this spot? A spot commonly referred to as, between a rock and a hard place? Here God had freed His children from Egypt using Moses as the messenger and deliverer. He brought them out of Egypt and into the path of the Red Sea with the Egyptian army hot on ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 14:14-30

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

A Voice From The Wilderness

Contributed by Mary Erickson on Dec 5, 2022

A sermon for the second Sunday in Advent, Year A

December 4, 2022 Hope Lutheran Church Rev. Mary Erickson Isaiah 11:1-10; Matthew 3:1-12 A Voice from the Wilderness Friends, may grace and peace be yours in abundance in the knowledge of God and Christ Jesus our Lord. Once again we encounter our old Advent friend, John the Baptist. Every year ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 3:1-12, Isaiah 11:1-10

Denomination: Lutheran

From The River To The Wilderness

Contributed by Paul George on Dec 30, 2003

Satan’s intention in the temptation was to make Jesus sin and frustrate God’s plan for the redemption of mankind.

From the River to the Wilderness Matthew 4:1-2 Satan’s intention in the temptation was to make Jesus sin and frustrate God’s plan for the redemption of mankind. God’s purpose in the temptation was to prove Jesus is His Son, sinless and a worthy Savior. Immediately after the heavens were open Jesus ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 4:1-2

Denomination: Holiness

From The Wilderness To The Temple

Contributed by Paul George on Dec 30, 2003

In the testing of Jesus the devil’s goal was to get Jesus to question His son ship and distrust His Father’s love.

From the Wilderness to the Temple Matthew 4:3-7 In the testing of Jesus the devil’s goal was to get Jesus to question His son ship and distrust His Father’s love. He wanted Jesus to follow the course Israel had taken throughout their history. Satan wanted Jesus to immediately satisfy His hunger. ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 4:3-7

Denomination: Holiness

"Not Alone In The Wilderness"

Contributed by Ken Sauer on Feb 15, 2018

A sermon for Lent.

“Not Alone in the Wilderness” Luke 4:1-13 On Monday, a Homeless Liaison for the Hamilton County Schools came here to ask me if we would operate as a make-shift shelter, and hub for those being displaced. She told me she had gotten a “tip” that a hotel would be shut down Wednesday at Noon. I ...read more

Scripture: Luke 4:1-13

Denomination: United Methodist