Sermons on Eagerly Waiting:

Hurry Up And Wait Series

Contributed by Victor Yap on Nov 5, 2003

Saul, Pt. 2

HURRY UP AND WAIT (1 SAMUEL 11) It’s been said, “Rome is not built in a day.” When I was in elementary school I was in a big hurry to grow up. I was skinny and short. When my brother and I sat in the same car going to school every day, I could not help but compare his size to mine. My brother, ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 11:1-15

Denomination: Independent/Bible

"Wait On Me!" (God)

Contributed by Doug Warren on Apr 16, 2002

WE HAVE BIBLICAL EXAMPLES OF HOW TO WAIT ON GOD, IT REQUIRES ENERGY AND EFFORT TO DO SO, BUT THERE ARE ENCOURAGING RESULTS WHEN WE WAIT UPON HIM.

Intro: One of the things I am NOT GOOD AT is waiting. I am the person who paces the floor waiting for the microwave popcorn which only takes three and one-half minutes! (Do I need therapy? Most likely!!:) We live in an "instant society" of fast food, instant information on demand, pay-at-the-pump ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 40:31

Denomination: Baptist

Turn, Serve And Wait

Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Oct 28, 2000

The apostle Paul compliments the believers at Thessalonica as model Christians and explains how it came about.

TURN, SERVE AND WAIT If the Apostle Paul had made an award for the best church in Greece it could well have been to the church at Thessalonica. When the apostle Paul wrote his letters to the young churches he often began by sounding a note of thanksgiving for them. He knew his psychology. Even if ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 1:9-10

Denomination: Baptist

A Gift Worth Waiting For

Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Dec 13, 2001

This sermon explains how God works all the little things of our life out for the good, if we walk with Him.

A Gift Worth Waiting For Ecclesiastes 3:1-11; Luke 2:1-7; Galatians 4:4 December 16, 2001 Intro: A. [Deliver Us from Failing, Citation: R.E. Lawrie, Rehoboth, Del. "Lite Fare," Christian Reader.] During seminary, the professors always began their classes with prayer. Before one final exam, a ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 3:1-11, Galatians 4:4

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

What Are You Waiting On

Contributed by Russ Houser on Feb 16, 2002

How many have ever dealt with peer pressure, or goading to go do something your not quite ready to do? This deals with the call to be a witness all the time.

What Are You Waiting On? 2-17-02 AM John 7:1-6 How many have ever dealt with peer pressure, or goading to go do something your not quite ready to do? Charlie Brown valentine show. - There’s a little red haired girl He likes. - Linus keeps telling him to just go talk to her - Chuck is nervous, ...read more

Scripture: John 7:1-6

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Greatness Waiting To Happen

Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Feb 7, 2001

God sees us as greatness waiting to take its form.

Greatness Waiting To Happen 1/22/ 94 Exodus 12:31-42 John 12:23-28 When you get up and look in the mirror each morning what do you see? Do you see a person who can’t wait to change his or her appearance in order to be more presentable to the world, or do you see what God sees. God ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 12:31-42

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Loving, Waiting Father Series

Contributed by Garth Wehrfritz- Hanson on Mar 2, 2001

The parable of the prodigal son is equally as much a parable of the Loving, Waiting God, whom we call Father.

Sermon for IV Lent, Year C Based on Lk. 15:1-3, 11-32 By Pastor Garth Wehrfritz-Hanson “The Waiting, Loving Father” Today’s parable is regarded by many as the greatest parable Jesus ever told. It is a parable that fits in well with one of the favourite themes of Luke’s Gospel, namely: that ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:1-32

Denomination: Lutheran

Lifting The Weight Of Wait

Contributed by James Wilson on Nov 23, 2000

Patience is a virute.

Lifting The Weight of Wait Luke 8:43-48 NIV And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years, but no one could heal her. [44] She came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak, and immediately her bleeding stopped. [45] "Who touched me?" Jesus asked. When they ...read more

Scripture: Luke 8:43-48

Denomination: Baptist

Let's Wait On The Lord

Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Jul 15, 2001

This sermon looks at the lives of Abraham And Sarah and why it is so important for us to be willing to wait for God to carry out His plan in His way and His timing.

Let’s Be Willing To Wait On The Lord 7/15/2001 Genesis 15:1-16 Text Genesis 12-17 Waiting is something all of us have to do. We wait in line at the bank, we wait at the red light, we wait for our dinner to come in the restaurant, we wait for church to be over with so we can go out, and we ...read more

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

A Gift Worth Waiting For Series

Contributed by John Maxwell on Nov 6, 2001

The second of a four part series with focus on the birth of Jesus

A GIFT WORTH WAITING FOR John Maxwell INTRODUCTION: In Luke, chapter 2, we have the story of Mary and Joseph going to Bethlehem and the birth of the Christ child. I would like to talk to you about God and His timing this morning, and how Christmas, more beautifully than any other story, teaches ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:1-6, Galatians 4:4-5

Denomination: Wesleyan

Hurry Up And Wait

Contributed by Geoff Hamrick on Jul 16, 2005

Have you ever heard the expression, “Hurry up and wait?” This thought goes against everything we know as a way of life today. Because of technological advancements, we have become a society of impatient people. We want it…and we want it now.

Hurry Up and Wait Pastor Geoff Hamrick Psalms 27 Have you ever heard the expression, “Hurry up and wait?” This thought goes against everything we know as a way of life today. Because of technological advancements, we have become a society of impatient people. We want it…and we want it now. If ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 27:1-14

Denomination: Independent/Bible

The Waiting Is The Hardest Part Series

Contributed by Patrick Mead on Feb 20, 2006

Learning to waint of God

The Waiting is the Hardest Part Genesis 16:1-16 Introduction If you live in Dallas, one of the privileges is having to deal with the enormous traffic problem on almost a daily basis. I was reminded of this problem recently when I took a day trip to check on our house. I guess living in the ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 16:1-16

Denomination: Baptist

A New Home Is Waiting

Contributed by Wendell Blackburn on Sep 16, 2005

The preparations we need to make in order to go to Heaven

A NEW HOME IS WAITING John 14:1-6 When we are getting ready to move, and are re-locating to a new home, we want to know something about where we’re going to, and we’d like to know what its gonna be like.....We’re gonna need to make some changes...... Like our address and our bank accounts ...read more

Scripture: John 14:1-6

Denomination: Pentecostal

While We Wait

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Mar 26, 2005

Funeral service for Elizabeth Wilkey Abernethy, a quiet yet committed long-term church member who struggled with cancer for nine years. We can wait if, like Liz, we are self-controlled, upright, and godly, for the glory of the risen Christ is coming.

I am not very good at waiting. Are you? I do not like to sit and twiddle my thumbs waiting for something to happen. Do you remember that in days past shoe repair shops would advertize, “Shoes repaired while you wait”? You would go in, sit down, take off your old clodhoppers, and turn them in, ...read more

Scripture: Titus 2:11-15

Denomination: Baptist

Waiting On God's Sovereignity

Contributed by Matthew Morine on Jan 25, 2005

Life can make us very insecure, but if we trust the Lord we can rely on His eternal plan for us. God’s sovereignity is our comfort during stressful times.

WAITING ON GOD’S SOVEREIGNITY Andrea was a nice girl with a huge secret. One day we were talking and she expressed a desire to share with me what ate at her heart for years. It was one of those secrets that no one ever wants to discuss or share with another person. As we sat there, you ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:28

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ