Sermons on Joyful Obedience:

"High Expectations”

Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Feb 16, 2006

There are four truths that the Holy Spirit of God wants you to grasp as you labor diligently in the work of the Lord. As He brings revelation and illumination of these truths Christians will remain steadfast, faithful, and joyful in their work with Jesus

Turn your Bibles to Jeremiah 29: 11 Title: “High Expectations” Theme: “Grasping the Promises of God in the Lord’s Work” Listen As I read Jeremiah 29:11, “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 29:11

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Greatest Of Loves Series

Contributed by Jason Jones on Jun 9, 2025

Continuing Matthew on Mother's Day, text about the Great Commandment

Background to passage: to lay the context again, this is Jesus’s last week of his life. He has come into Jerusalem on a donkey to much fanfare and celebration that would be due the messiah. He has also cleansed the temple in rather dramatic fashion. He has be questioned about his authority, about ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 22:33-40

Denomination: Baptist

Who Shall We Serve? PRO Sermon

Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Nov 16, 2023

Emphasizes the importance of consciously choosing to serve Christ over worldly desires, and the transformative power of committing to God.

Welcome, dear friends, to this sacred space, this hallowed ground where hearts are mended, spirits lifted, and lives transformed. We gather here, not by chance, but by divine appointment. We are here because our loving God, in His infinite wisdom and grace, has called us together to hear His Word, ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 24:15

Topics: Avoiding Worship, Christ

The Practical Living Series Series

Contributed by Jeff Budzinski on Jul 31, 2010

• For the past two weeks we have looked at some practical steps for living. • We discussed avoiding offenses. As one of the 1st steps in living a Godly life is to avoid offenses. • When we experience offense, we must 1st pray. Offense is a blessing

Introduction • For the past two weeks we have looked at some practical steps for living. • We discussed avoiding offenses. As one of the 1st steps in living a Godly life is to avoid offenses. • When we experience offense, we must 1st pray. Offense is a blessing blocker and the ...read more

Scripture: John 10:10

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Joseph’s Christmas Story

Contributed by Melvin Newland on Jan 5, 2001

There are 4 parts to the story, & in each of these parts you will see how much Joseph loved Mary.

MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK (Revised: 2013) If you were going to make a list of the great loving couples of history, who would be on your list? Romeo & Juliet? Anthony & Cleopatra? Mary & Joseph would probably not be on your list, for when ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 1:18-25

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Annunciation To Mary

Contributed by Ron Huson on Dec 10, 2004

The power of God was able to happen through Mary because of her obedience to purity. God’s will only happen through us in obedience to God’s call to purity.

The Christmas Annunciation I-The fact that Mary was a virgin tells us something about the relationship with God that characterized Joseph and Mary A-They lived the Lord’s way B-For Mary to be a candidate to be the channel through whom God would send the Messiah into the world meant: 1-She had to ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:26-38

Denomination: Pentecostal

Pride Before The Fall Series

Contributed by Rev. Samuel Arimoro on Jul 16, 2025

This chapter is a warning about the dangers of pride, misplaced confidence, and shallow obedience. God desires humility, wisdom, and wholehearted devotion — not partial or superficial obedience that fades in the face of success.

PRIDE BEFORE THE FALL By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: 2 Kings 14:1-29 Supporting Texts: Proverbs 16:18; 1 Peter 5:6; 2 Chronicles 25; Obadiah 1:3-4; Jeremiah 9:23-24 INTRODUCTION: 2 Kings 14 presents the reign of Amaziah, king of Judah, and the consequences of his pride and unwise choices. ...read more

Scripture: 2 Kings 14:1-29

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Marching Orders

Contributed by Jon Daniels on May 4, 2020

A sermon on the Great Commission to challenge believers to be obedient to the "marching orders" Jesus gave.

“MARCHING ORDERS” Matt. 28:16-20 FBCF – 5/3/20 Jon Daniels INTRO – What does it mean to get your marching orders? It means that you’ve gotten some instructions from someone who is in authority over you, & those instructions tell you that it’s time to move out, to go to work, that there’s a job ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 28:16-20

Denomination: Baptist

Hidden Treasure

Contributed by Alan Perkins on Jun 2, 2002

No act of faith or obedience, whether great or small, whether seen or unseen, will go unrewarded.

This morning, I’d like to address a simple question: Is it worth it? Is the payoff worth the cost, is the potential reward worth the risk? We face that question all the time, for the simple reason that everything has a cost. Nothing is free. Even gifts usually come with some kind of strings ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 13:44

Denomination: Baptist

Unprofitable Servant? That's Our Joy And Privilege

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Oct 1, 2025

What Jesus and the Church teach is not how to get extra points on our heavenly report card.

Twenty-seventh Sunday in Course 2025 If we were to survey a thousand websites asking the question, “what’s wrong with the world,” we’d probably get at least a thousand different responses. But the best one I’ve ever seen came a hundred years ago from the British essayist and poet, G.K. Chesterton. ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 1:6-8, 1 Timothy 1:13-14, Luke 17:5-10, Exodus 17:1-7, Psalm 95:1-9, Habakkuk 1:2-3, Habakkuk 2:2-4  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Catholic

Keep Faith Alive

Contributed by Jason Zahn on Nov 19, 2001

God reminds us that Christian faith is kept alive at all times through his Word that he commissions faithful ministers to proclaim.

“There will be terrible times in the last days” (2 Timothy 3:1). It may surprise you but those words were first written by the Apostle Paul sometime around 66-67 AD. Long before skyscrapers graced urban landscapes. Centuries before the sound of jet engines racing through the sky was a ...read more

Denomination: Lutheran

What's More Valuable Than Gold?

Contributed by Jason Jones on Feb 19, 2019

Aspects of the power of the word of God

A. Opening illustration: Have you noticed that every time you go into the convenient store lately there are twice as many people in there as usual. Lottery fever, billions of dollars. You have something more valuable. Investment commercials about the B. Background to passage: The revelation of God ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 19:7-11

Denomination: Baptist

You Can Do Everything In 2013

Contributed by Clarence Weaver Sr on Dec 31, 2012

Life in the spirit appears in the activities of man, transforming the outward into an inward life, and bearing witness to spiritual power, which is more significant than all material power because it alone to fulfills the character of a person. You can ma

You Can Do Everything In 2013 Philippians 4:12-13 Elder Clarence E. Weaver Sr I. Introduction Satan my brothers and sisters, does not attack believers in such a way that we should recognize him as being who he is. Instead, he comes disguised as the voice behind the theologian from the best ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 4:12-13

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Satan Is Happy When We Almost Do Right.

Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Mar 23, 2001

This sermon deals with Christians who choose to compromise their obedience to God.

Satan Is Happy When We Almost Choose To Do Right 5/3/98 Proverbs 3:5-12 Hebrews 12:1-3 1 Samuel 13:1-6 Almost is a word which can be very encouraging or very discouraging depending on whether you are at the top of the almost looking down or at the bottom of the almost looking up. Would ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 13:1-6, Proverbs 3:5-12

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Do What God Tells You To Do

Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Jul 22, 2006

This sermon is a call for obedience and to be aware of envy and jealousy in our lives.

Do What God Tells You To Do July 23, 2006 Numbers 14:20-45 Acts 5:1-11 TEXT Numbers 16:1-45 Has anybody here ever gotten into trouble because you decided to change the rules on your own, because you thought you had a better way of doing things? How many of you have ever had to explain to ...read more

Scripture: Numbers 16:1-45

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed