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  • Ken Sowers avatar

    Not What We Expected Series

    Contributed by Ken Sowers on Mar 24, 2014
     | 5,197 views

    Jesus' first sermon, not what we expected

    Not What We Expected Worship service in Jesus day Temple vs. Synagogue Temple about Sacrifice - Holy Days - Passover, Pentecost, Tabernacles, Atonement, Hanukkah Synagogue about Scripture - prayers - psalms - scripture reading - early sermons / commentary Nearly 500 synagogues in ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Are You Expecting A Miracle? Series

    Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Aug 21, 2015
     | 10,196 views

    Let's trust God for a miracle!

    Are You Expecting A Miracle? Text: Acts 12:1-19 Introduction 1. Illustration: Faith expects from God what is beyond all expectation. — Andrew Murray 2. Hebrews 11:1 (NLT) Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • MELVIN MAUGHMER, JR. avatar

    The Awesome Power Of Expectation

    Contributed by Melvin Maughmer, Jr. on Sep 2, 2015
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     | 89,075 views

    Expectation is the breeding ground for miracles. Remember how you were the night before Christmas or your Birthday you are excited, filled with anticipation.

    “The Awesome Power of Expectation” By Bishop M.L. Maughmer, Jr. OPENING:- Let us all take a trip back to our childhood for a moment. Remember how you were the night before Christmas or your Birthday you are excited, filled with anticipation, super exhilarated to the point that you ...read more

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    Denomination: Apostolic

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    Three Things To Expect

    Contributed by Kent Meeler on Oct 7, 2010
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     | 7,004 views

    NEW YEARS MESSAGE, RAPTURE, TROUBLE, HARVEST

    THREE THINGS TO EXPECT IN 2010 NBCOG 01/03/2010 AM TEXT MATTHEW 16:1-3 INTRODUCTION *DISCERNING THE TIMES HAS ALWAYS BEEN A CRUCIAL PART OF CHRISTIANITY. *MANY HAVE WENT TO THE EXTREME AND IN ERROR HAVE SET DATES AND EVEN TIMES FOR THE RETURN OF CHRIST TO TAKE THE CHURCH HOME. *THAT EVENT IS ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

  • Tom Owen avatar

    Expect God To Be God Series

    Contributed by Tom Owen on Jan 14, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,288 views

    verse by verse through Acts

    Isn’t it funny how we get surprised by things that shouldn’t surprise us at all? [Gaining weight, speeding ticket, pregnancy examples.] Isn’t it funny how we get surprised by things that shouldn’t surprise us at all? Especially when it comes to God-things. Sometimes the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Joseph Smith avatar

    Victims Of Unrisen Expectations

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Nov 14, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,482 views

    We fail to experience a vital faith because we do not expect anything new, we operate out of preconceived notions, or we wait for authority figures to validate us.

    Takoma Park Baptist Church, Washington, DC, March 5, 1989 Anyone who works in an office or who has had to do either writing or typing knows that you do not proofread your own work. You just do not proofread your own work. Why not? Because the tendency is to see what we want to see, and what we ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    What God Expects

    Contributed by Rick Boyne on Aug 6, 2012
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     | 4,629 views

    God expects us to behave like the Redeemed of the Lord, not like a bunch of sinners.

    What God Expects August 30, 2009 Morning Service Immanuel Baptist Church, Wagoner, OK Rick Boyne Message Point: God expects us to behave like the Redeemed of the Lord, not like a bunch of sinners. Focus Passage: Matthew 22:34-40 Supplemental Passage: (Micah 6:8 NASB) He has told you, O man, what ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Hope And Expectation Forever.

    Contributed by Gordon Mcculloch on Nov 12, 2014
     | 3,442 views

    As Christmas approaches many people become discouraged despite the festivities yet we have everything to live for according to all of today's readings. Read on!

    This sermon was delivered to St Oswald’s in Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland on the 13th December 2019 (a Scottish Episcopal Church in the Dioceses of Glasgow and Dumfries). Summary: As Christmas approaches many people become discouraged despite the festivities yet we have everything to live for ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal

  • Aaron Holbrough avatar

    Lowered Expectations Of Jesus

    Contributed by Aaron Holbrough on Feb 12, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,506 views

    Some of us have to lower our expectations in order to find what we are looking for, others of us need to change them completely

    Most of us have high expectations of Jesus, but Mark chapter 2 records a story of a man who has lowered expectations….literally. One thing we quickly learn is that Jesus doesn’t care to meet expectations, only needs. It a ridiculous account of a guy who is carried by four of his ...read more

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    Denomination: Mennonite

  • Wade Martin Hughes, Sr avatar

    Not What I Expected

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Mar 31, 2023
     | 1,074 views

    Are we demanding signs? Do we allow fleshly, carnal desires to define our expectations. Do I focus on external materialism to define what I am expecting? Do we desire spiritual healthy expectations?

    NOT WHAT I EXPECTED? By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com (YouTube: Wade Hughes) EXPECT: eager anticipation, probable to occur, to wait on something, think or believe that something is going to happen, anticipate, look forward, to hope, requires faith. WANT: to desire, wish ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Alison Bucklin avatar

    Expectations & Evidence

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Apr 16, 2023
     | 882 views

    Yeshua was saying, “Don’t be upset because I’m not what you expected. You’ve got my credentials. Now trust me for the rest of it.”

    Zach was tired. He had been coming down to Tiberias every week for almost two months, bringing news and food to John in prison, and it looked like he’d probably be doing it for the rest of the year. Nothing had changed. After Herod arrested John for publicly accusing him of incest and adultery, ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Dr. Ronald Shultz avatar

    Expect Persecution, Not Prosperity

    Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Sep 13, 2022
     | 2,112 views

    You will be confused and doubting God when things fall apart if you are awaiting a golden age when God has promised persecution.

    2 Timothy 3:10 But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience, 11 Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me. 12 Yea, and all ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Michael Otterstatter avatar

    "Expect The Unexpected This Christmas”

    Contributed by Michael Otterstatter on Jan 2, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,883 views

    As some of said, “If we expect to hear the Christmas gospel without the Advent call to repentance, we will find ourselves surprised by John and unprepared for Jesus.” So, we ask the Holy Spirit to open our hearts to the message and ministry of both John and Jesus.

    “It wasn’t what I expected.” Whether you are young or old, a man or woman, a girl or a boy, you have probably experienced something that caused you to have that reaction. Perhaps it was connected to some food that you tried. You were feeling a little adventurous and you ordered something at a ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Steve Malone avatar

    Living With Great Expectations Series

    Contributed by Steve Malone on Aug 1, 2022
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,715 views

    We can expect… 1) An inheritance 2) God’s power to protect us 3) Troubles to strengthen our faith 4) The salvation of our souls

    Living With Great Expectations Living-Hope – week 2 Bumper LAST WEEK – we began a study on 1 Peter a 2000 year old letter full of God breathed words… LISTEN – if your hope is running on empty. If you think your story is finished. Peter has a word for you about a living-hope. A sure anchor in ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Michael Stark avatar

    At The Intersection Of Expectation And Disappointment

    Contributed by Michael Stark on May 16, 2019
    based on 1 rating
     | 16,407 views

    John was disillusioned when he questioned whether Jesus was the Messiah. Studying this incident will assist us to avoid becoming disillusioned in Christ.

    “When John heard in prison about the deeds of the Christ, he sent word by his disciples and said to him, ‘Are you the one who is to come, or shall we look for another?’ And Jesus answered them, ‘Go and tell John what you hear and see: the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers are ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist