Sermons on effectual calling: showing 1,426-1,440 of 164,633

Stuck In A Place Called Troas

Contributed by Bright Adeyeye on Mar 4, 2020

At Troas something remarkable happened to Apostle Paul that will change the course of the early church history.

STUCK IN A PLACE CALLED TROAS "6 Now when they had gone through Phrygia and the region of Galatia, they were forbidden by the Holy Spirit to preach the word in Asia. 7 After they had come to Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit did not permit them. 8 So passing by Mysia, ...read more

Scripture: Acts 16:6-10, Isaiah 55:8-9

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

"the Call"

Contributed by Gerald Roberts on May 25, 2019

The sermon calls us to be responders to share faith with others.

Acts 16:9-15 “THE CALL” 1. Paul, Silas, Timothy and Luke received a call to go into the district of Macedonia, • The call came in a vision” a man from Macedonia pleaded, “Come over to Macedonia and help us” • I volunteer as chaplain for the fire department I have app called dispatch when the ...read more

Scripture: Acts 16:9-15

Denomination: Methodist

You Are Called As A Servant Not A Master

Contributed by Richard Papafio on Jun 19, 2019

A servant is always ready to serve, even when wages are not coming in, he looks up to his Master, hoping for the best, knowing that many have been paid before him and even after him so he will surely receive his wages so he will always serve

May the peace of the Lord be with you. Topic: *YOU ARE CALLED AS A SERVANT NOT A MASTER* 1 Corinthians 9:15-19 King James Version (KJV) 15 But I have used none of these things: neither have I written these things, that it should be so done unto me: for it were better for me to die, ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 9:15-19

Denomination: Charismatic

A Gracious Call To A Social Outcast Series

Contributed by Donald Whitchard on Jan 25, 2021

So many people today feel like they exist more than they live, thinking that everything in this world is against them and that no one cares. Matthew, the tax collector, is just such a case. It turned out that Jesus had a plan for him, and for you as well.

Jesus' compassion for people is evident as we progress through this Gospel. This display of Divine love is recorded by Matthew and Luke as well. The Lord Jesus is not the exclusive property of any group or man- made religious system. Nobody can mold Him into one particular behavior to suit ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 9:9-13, Mark 2:13-17, Luke 5:27-32

Denomination: Baptist

Where You Were Called

Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Jan 26, 2021

Be sure God has not called you to stay where you are before you run off to be used of Him.

Is it not odd that people who believe in the omnipresence of God seek somewhere they feel closer to Him. He not the God of the oceans, the mountains or the fields. He is the God of the universe so wherever you are He is there. If you are not hearing from Him it is not a location problem. It is ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 7:20

Denomination: Baptist

Call Down The Right Fire

Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Jan 19, 2018

The Church and the World need to be on fire, but use the right fuel and match!

Luke 9:51 And it came to pass, when the time was come that He should be received up, He stedfastly set His face to go to Jerusalem, 52 And sent messengers before His face: and they went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for Him. 53 And they did not receive Him, because ...read more

Scripture: Luke 9:51-56

Denomination: Baptist

A Call For Prayer For Gender Justice

Contributed by The Rev Deniray Mueller on Jan 30, 2018

we must pray for the safety and security of all people

Scripture tells us in Galatians 3:28: There is no longer Jew or Gentile, slave or free, male or female. For all are one in God’s eyes Very often, members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender community are the victims of hate, violence and rejection by government and our churches. ...read more

Denomination: Episcopal

Many Are Called, Few Are Chosen

Contributed by John Dobbs on Mar 9, 2023

There are Bible passages that leave us a bit unsettled and today’s text is one of them.

Many Are Called, Few Are Chosen Matthew 22:1-14 Introduction There are Bible passages that leave us a bit unsettled and today’s text is one of them. The parable we are looking at today may be a variation of a story that Jesus told more than once. There is a different version of it in ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 22:1-14

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Double Standard Or Higher Calling?

Contributed by Steve Sheek on May 8, 2023

Delivered on 6 May 2023 at Tree of Life Messianic Congregation in Katy Texas. The instructions given to Moses in the Law had much more stringent requirements for the priests than for all others. Seems like discrimination.

20230506 Parashat Emor – Double Standard or Higher Calling Blessing Torah Portion Leviticus 21:1-8 Haftarah Ezekiel 44:15-23 Brit Chadashah Matthew 26:59-66 The thirty-first reading from the Torah is called Emor, a title that comes from the first verse of the reading, which says, ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:9, Isaiah 61:6, Revelation 1:6

Denomination: *other

What Is This Thing Called Love?

Contributed by Alison Bucklin on May 8, 2023

Love for God must always come before love for any earthly object of our affection.

Everybody knows what love is, right? Love is what makes you sit up all night assembling the bicycle for your daughter’s birthday, or leave the board meeting early to make it to your son’s soccer game. Is that the same thing as the love that makes your mouth go dry and your heart beat fast when ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 12:5-8, John 13:31-37

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Cave Of Doubt And The Call Of Duty.

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Jun 20, 2023

None of us are as alone as we might imagine. We can draw strength from the fact that the LORD has not deserted us. We are never alone.

THE CAVE OF DOUBT AND THE CALL OF DUTY. 1 Kings 19:9-18. While Obadiah was hiding others in a cave (cf. 1 Kings 18:3-4), Elijah hid himself in a cave. I. THE CAVE OF DOUBT (1 Kings 19:9-14). Why are YOU here? Indignant self-righteousness. Wind, earthquake, and fire - and a thin, ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 19:9-18

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

What Is This Thing Called Love?

Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jul 26, 2023

What is love, that we should know when we have it? Is love a feeling? a right? an instinct? What is love?

Some enchanted evening you will meet a stranger across a crowded room. Neither of you has a clue what the other is like. But your heart rate goes up and your imagination goes into overdrive and, well, you know how it goes, right? Happily ever after is just around the corner. Is this love? On her ...read more

Scripture: Mark 12:28-34

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Time To Expand/ Sense Of Calling

Contributed by Pepe Gonzales on Aug 12, 2023

…. In A world where everything revolves around self Protect Yourself, Promote yourself, Preserve Yourself, Entertain yourself, Comfort yourself, Take care of yourself, Jesus said “slay Yourself”.

Expansion means Growth , Expansion means Fruit ; Expansion in the word of God is always the advancement of Gods Kingdom and a fulfillment to a Promise from God for Gods People One of our Promise Scriptures is Is 54:2-3...Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 54:2-3, Proverbs 29:18

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Unchanging Call To A Changing Time

Contributed by Jeremias Fababier on Aug 27, 2023

We are in a time where changes is inevitable and this fast changing time in one or another affects us but we should focus and remain in unchanging call that God gave to us as His children and as His church so that we will be able to face the unchanging time that is before us.

TOPIC: THE UNCHANGING CALL TO A CHANGING TIME Text: Matthew 28:18-20 “18 Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 28:18-20, Matthew 24:14

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

God Has Called You Series

Contributed by Roger Smith on Aug 28, 2023

God's call is Personal, Practical and Perpetual

GOD HAS CALLED YOU 1 Peter 2v9-10 “for you are a chosen people. You are royal priests, a holy nation, God’s very own possession. As a result, you can show others the goodness of God, for he called you out of the darkness into His wonderful light. Once you had no identity as a people; now you are ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:9-10, 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24

Denomination: Congregational