Sermons on Words Can Hurt Or Heal:

Being A Person Of Your Word

Contributed by Mark Perryman on May 11, 2006

: James Dobson: If you tell me the truth all of the time I can believe you all of the time, if you tell me the truth part of the time, I can’t believe you any of the time

INTRO: Mr. Myrick had to go to Chicago on business and persuaded his brother to take care of his cat during his absence. Though he hated cats, the brother agreed. Upon his return, Mr. Myrick called from the airport to check on the cat. "Your cat died," the brother reported, then hung up. Myrick was ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 6:16-17

Denomination: Assembly Of God

How To Help Those Who Hurt Series

Contributed by James Buchanan on Sep 21, 2003

The second in a series of three sermons dealing with the hurts in life and how God expects us to handle them.

Driving through Texas, a New Yorker collided with a truck carrying a horse. A few months later he tried to collect damages for his injuries. "How can you now claim to have all these injuries?" asked the insurance company’s lawyer. "According to the police report, at the time you said you were not ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1:4-7

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Where Is God When I Hurt? Series

Contributed by Michael Stark on Jan 22, 2012

Does God care when His people suffer? Does He desert them in their sorrow? A message to encourage the suffering saint by redirecting our gaze to the Master in our sorrow.

“As they were stoning Stephen, he called out, ‘Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.’ And falling to his knees he cried out with a loud voice, ‘Lord, do not hold this sin against them.’ And when he had said this, he fell asleep. “And Saul approved of his execution. “And there arose on that day a great ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Where To Go When You Hurt Series

Contributed by Glenn Newton on Aug 19, 2006

A series of sermons that have been used along side our Celebrate Recovery ministry.

Hebrews 11:6 “ And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.” Did you read that story last week? Up in the North East with all the rain there was a portion of town was flooded, and a ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 11:6

Denomination: Nazarene

Doing Life: Relationship Skills From The Bible For Today

Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on Apr 20, 2010

God has chosen to reside in us, in our broken, hurting lives, in a hurting world BUT we do so in the compnay of a mending, healing, reconciling God.

Doing Life: Relationship Skills from the Bible for Today April 18, 2010 Intro: Jesus said, “My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life.” (Jn 10:10b, NLT). So, then where is it? Jesus also said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I ...read more

Scripture: John 3:1-9

Denomination: Baptist

Where Is God When I Hurt? Series

Contributed by Scott Maze on Jun 4, 2021

1 Peter is a book about suffering. It’s about how to live in a hostile culture for faith.

A pastor is cutting his front lawn. He looks up from mowing to see a dump truck back out of his neighbor’s driveway. Yet, the large truck backed over his neighbor’s eighteen month old son. The little boy had been squatting behind the truck’s huge tire. The pastor joined the boy’s hysterical mother ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 4:12-19

Denomination: Baptist

Coming To Communion, And Healing Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Feb 7, 2009

Sacrament of Healing and Eucharist; when to approach communion and when to pray in the pew

Monday of 5th Sunday in Course 9 February 2009 Sacramentum Caritatis The Gospels give us a real, human Christ to worship, emulate, and follow. This is a Jesus who was far more than a spiritual master. He ate and drank and slept and wept, and He had a physical presence so attractive that people ...read more

Scripture: Mark 6:54-56

Denomination: Catholic

Healing, Resurrection, And Salvation

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Mar 25, 2018

The healing of a man lame from birth, the preaching of Jesus' resurrection, and the call to salvation.

HEALING, RESURRECTION, AND SALVATION. Acts 4:5-12. There is a parallel between the persecution of Jesus upon the healing of a man ‘blind from birth’ (John 9:1), and the persecution of Peter and John upon the healing of a man ‘lame from his mother's womb’ (Acts 3:2). Suffice it to say that ...read more

Scripture: Acts 4:5-12

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Teaching Through Healing

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Jan 22, 2015

To be amazed is not the same as being converted.

TEACHING THROUGH HEALING. Mark 1:21-28. As we re-read Mark’s Gospel - as we must, from time to time - we find it to be a Gospel of two halves. The first half tells of Jesus’ presentation to the people as an authoritative teacher (Mark 1:21-22), who also happened to use healing (or more ...read more

Scripture: Mark 1:21-28

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Getting Close Without Getting Hurt Series

Contributed by Chip Monck on Jan 8, 2008

This message explores the God given desire for intimacy without shame. Inspired by "The Seven Longings of the Human Heart" by Mike Bickle.

If I were to start this week’s teaching with a movie clip, as I have been known to do, it would actually be a collection of clips. All strung together in a row. Showing the same scenario being played out over and over again as shown to us in movies and TV shows. The sad part is that it is a real ...read more

Denomination: Wesleyan

No Pain, No Gain-Sometimes The Truth Hurts Series

Contributed by Stephen Colaw on Aug 21, 2003

We must speak the truth in all of life, even when it hurts, to build healthy, God-honoring relationships

No Pain, No Gain! (Sometimes the Truth Hurts) Ephesians 6:10-18 Open your Bibles to Ephesians chapter 6. Introduction: No pain, No gain! We’ve all heard it. We all know what it means. Especially when it comes to the arena of exercising and working out. Without the pain and the stress of ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:10-18

Denomination: Wesleyan

Is "Church" A Dirty Word? Series

Contributed by Steven Spillman on Jun 3, 2008

At this point in Christian history we’ve been so ingrained with our concept of what “church” is, it can be a real shock to our systems to find out what the Bible says it is.

I may have opened a can of worms by bringing up the definition of “church.” At this point in Christian history we’ve been so ingrained with our concept of what “church” is, it can be a real shock to our systems to find out what the Bible says it is. I got a phone call from my buddy Roger this ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:8-10

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Lasting Word Of God

Contributed by Martin Wiles on Oct 7, 2010

We can place our utmost confidence in the Word of God to give us power for living and to guide us in the paths of righteousness.

The Lasting Word Of God Matthew 5:17-19 INTRODUCTION A. Robert Ingersoll once held a Bible and said, “In fifteen years I’ll have this book in a morgue.” In that time he was dead himself. B. Voltaire said, “In one hundred years the Bible will be an outmoded and forgotten ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:17-19

Denomination: Baptist

A Word About Christmas Series

Contributed by Blake Inscore on Dec 5, 2008

There are many words we can use to describe Christmas but Christmas isn’t about words but about THE WORD--Jesus Christ!

A Word About Christmas Part 1 Introduction: People have all kinds of different ideas about Christmas and as we enter this Christmas Season I’d like to share with you a few ideas about Christmas. But I don’t necessarily want to share with you my ideas about Christmas, but instead to share with ...read more

Scripture: John 1:1-5

Denomination: Baptist

The Best Help You Can Give Series

Contributed by Brian Bill on Nov 8, 2015

The best help you can give is to remove any hindrances so people can come to Christ.

The Best Help You Can Give Mark 2:1-12 Rev. Brian Bill November 7-8, 2015 Have you ever been in a place that was so crowded you could barely move? Where was that for you? For me it was every time I rode the Metro (subway) in Mexico City when we lived there for three years. I never thought I was ...read more

Denomination: Baptist