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A Hard Sermon For A Hard Heart Series

Contributed by Hugh W. Davidson on Jun 13, 2020

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Ahab was the quintessential bad example

Ahab I Kings 21:1-19 The party aboard ship was in full swing. Speeches were being made by the captain, the crew, and all the guests were really enjoying the week-long voyage. Sitting at the head table was a seventy-year-old man ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 21:1-19

Denomination: Baptist

The Hard Gospel

Contributed by David Moore on Feb 17, 2001

based on 114 ratings

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The gospel of Christ makes tough demands on people’s lives, these demands cannot be negated or compromised.

The Hard Gospel By Pastor David Moore, Braehill Baptist Church, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Aim: To show that the gospel is “hard,” that its truths are tough and that it requires some difficult decisions. Text: Mark 10:17-23 Introduction: I will never forget many years ago visiting Belfast city ...read more

Scripture: Mark 10:17-23

Denomination: Baptist

The Highest Form Of Faith

Contributed by David Shipman on Dec 8, 2001

based on 17 ratings

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Learning to "stand on the Word" can be a hard thing, but when our total confidence is in the Word of God nothing can stop us

Introduction: >Grew up in church since I was 4 >Always heard: Apple of His eye, Chosen people, Blessed and highly favored What does that really mean? 1 Pet 2:9 9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:9

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Learning The Hard Way Series

Contributed by Bob Hunter on Nov 7, 2005

based on 87 ratings

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Are you the type of person who learns things the hard way? King Nebuchadnezzar was a slow learner. Contemporary sermon with solid practical outline. Use it in series.

Nebuchadnezzar: Learning the hard way Daniel Ch. 4 Intro: Have you ever wondered why some people choose to learn things the hard way? King Nebuchadnezzar was that type of person. Nothing came easy for him. He was a perpetural slow learner when it came to spirituality. If given the choice ...read more

Scripture: Daniel 4:1-37

Denomination: Holiness

Following Hard After God.

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Feb 4, 2022

based on 2 ratings

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A feast of good things in a dry and thirsty land.

FOLLOWING HARD AFTER GOD. Psalm 63:1-8. As we enter into Psalm 63, there is both an intimacy with God, and a yearning after God. It was as if David was saying, ‘I know thee, but would know thee more.’ The Psalmist is not just on the fringes of faith, like the boy’s father in Mark 9:24 - ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 63:1-8

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Doing The Right Thing

Contributed by Anthony Zibolski on Aug 12, 2016

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It is hard to do the right thing because it does not come naturally, it is from the Lord.

Doing the right thing Selected Scriptures Introduction- I have to tell you that I believe that we have hit a nerve when we began looking at practical ways to experience God. Last week sermon on worship was well received and talked about this past week. It seemed that some were energized ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:1

Denomination: Nazarene

A Rock And A Hard Place

Contributed by J. Curtis Goforth, O.s.l. on Sep 30, 2006

based on 4 ratings

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This sermon is for the 17th Sunday after Pentecost and addresses the need we all have to cut off from our lives the things which keep us from a deeper relationship with Christ.

“A Rock and a Hard Place” Sermon on Mark 9:38-50 Pentecost +17-B October 1, 2006 Rev. J. Curtis Goforth, O.S.L. 43If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life maimed than to have two hands and to go to hell, to the unquenchable fire. 45And if your foot ...read more

Scripture: Mark 9:38-50

Denomination: United Methodist

Thanksgiving In All Things

Contributed by Mike Rickman on Jun 12, 2004

based on 14 ratings

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Our response to God in the hard times tells the world who we really are.

June 13, 2004 Morning Worship Text: 2 Corinthians 4:7-15 Subject: Suffering for God Title: Thanksgiving in All Things You know that one of my favorite bible passages come from Acts 16. I love the story of Paul and Silas being thrown into a Philippian jail and put into stocks in the inner ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:7-15

Denomination: Assembly Of God

The Hard-To-Snub Gospel

Contributed by Brian Buriff on Jun 3, 2008

based on 1 rating

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Paul said to Titus - "Speak these things, exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no one despise you". But if you do these things, isn’t it a given that you will be despised or snubbed?

I. INTRODUCTION A. Question: Paul’s letter to Titus telling him what to teach. Conundrum? If you exhort / rebuke with all authority, many will despise you. B. Good Questions - How many feel despised / No one listening, rejection? etc. II. DESPISE Greek = Perifroneitoo -- Compound Word 1. ...read more

Scripture: Titus 2:15

Denomination: Church Of God

Jonah Fleeing Series

Contributed by Maurice Mccarthy on Dec 14, 2010

based on 4 ratings

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This is a message about Jonah fleeing from the call of God. It is a message about how we should obey God, not only in the things we like, but also in the hard things.

Jonah fleeing from the call of God Last week we began a series of messages on the book of Jonah, and for the next several weeks we will continue in this great book and here are the topics we will be dealing with: Fleeing from the call of God Fleeing from Presence of God Floatin: Dealing with storms ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 1:1-17

Denomination: Pentecostal

God Does Wonderful Things Series

Contributed by James Dina on Jul 16, 2020

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Only God can perform wonders. Wonders are hard and difficult to perform by man, they are too hard for us; “God said, Is anything too hard for me” (Genesis 18:14).He carries out miraculous works. God is a God of wonder.

GOD DOES WONDERFUL THINGS “Who does great things, and unsearchable, Marvelous things without number” (JOB 5:9) God’s wonders are supernatural acts beyond human understanding. Through extraordinary signs, the God of wonders demonstrates His limitless power, His inescapable presence, His divine ...read more

Scripture: Job 5:9, Genesis 18:14, Job 5:10, Amos 4:7, Isaiah 5:6, Psalm 68:9, Job 38:26, Job 38:37, Joshua 3:5 (view more) (view less)

Denomination: Pentecostal

Being Thankful In Hard Times

Contributed by Bob Marcaurelle on Dec 7, 2009

based on 4 ratings

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Reasons why Christians can find things to be thankful for even in hard times

BEING THANKFULIN HARD TIMES Romans 5:3-5 Bob Marcaurelle www.meadowbrookbaptist.cc “In everything give thanks because this is God’s will /Give thanks always for all things.” (1 Thessalonians 5:18 / Ephesians 5:20) “Jesus took the cup, gave thanks, and said; ‘This is My blood’.” (Matthew ...read more

Scripture: Romans 5:3-5

Denomination: Baptist

Hard Lessons About Hard Times Series

Contributed by Brian Bill on Mar 9, 2015

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Trials are designed to teach us so that our conduct and character change.

Hard Lessons About Hard Times 1 Peter 4:12-19 Rev. Brian Bill March 7-8, 2015 Several years ago I took one of our daughters to a Demolition Derby. I loved watching the drivers demolish and destroy one another. We saw some great smash-ups and did a lot of laughing. I didn’t know much about ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 4:12-19

Denomination: Baptist

Is Anything Too Hard For The Lord?

Contributed by Derrick Thompson, Sr. on Nov 21, 2003

based on 36 ratings

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No matter how things might appear immpossible to ue, there is nothing too hard for the Lord.

October 12th, 2003 Let us pray Welcome........... Thanks to all of you for your prayers while my wife and I were away in Jamaica. Thanks to our ministers who preached and taught in my absence. Thanks for your love and your kindness...........I had a time to relax, but I did not get a chance to ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 18:1-15

Denomination: Church Of God

Hard Decisions

Contributed by James May on Sep 19, 2004

based on 38 ratings

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Is it a Hard Decision to kill the idols that separate us from Jesus? It shouldn’t be.

Hard Decisions by Pastor James May In the book of I Kings we find one of the most familiar incidents of the Bible concerning Ahab, the worst king that Israel ever had, and the Elijah, the prophet of God. Ahab had led Israel into absolute idolatry and the worship of Baal. But God had called ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 18:22-40

Denomination: Independent/Bible

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