Sermons on Misplaced Expectation:

I'm Ready! Series

Contributed by Steve Ely on Jan 14, 2021

It is the most wonderful time of the year! But are we ready? Has it caught us off guard? How do we handle a season we which we aren’t prepared?

Christmas Is Coming! Pt. 2 - I'm Ready I. Introduction Christmas stockings. Lights. Bright bows. Ornaments. Family pictures. Carols. Last week we talked about how Christmas can slip up on you. A sudden and drastic change in season. Mary experienced this. No warning. Just minding her own ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:21-24, Luke 2:36-38

Denomination: Pentecostal

Is There Evidence Of Our First Love?

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Apr 10, 2021

We face great dangers when our first love grows dim. We shall stand at the bema seat of God. Guard your passion and zeal to be ready for the imminent return of Jesus Christ.

IS THERE EVIDENCE OF OUR FIRST LOVE? By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com (Two part) Text: Matthew 24:44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh. WE SO TEACH A GOD OF LOVE, GRACE AND MERCY THAT WE TEND TO BYPASS THE JUDGMENT SEAT OF ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 2:4, Jeremiah 20:9

Denomination: Assembly Of God

"Why Are You Here?”

Contributed by Sean Dees on May 3, 2021

From this text we are given a chance to see what the people were expecting from Jesus.

INTRO: From this text we are given a chance to see what the people were expecting from Jesus. Early in chapter 6 Jesus had feed a multitude with only five loaves and two fishes, and after the multitude was filled they among themselves ...read more

Scripture: John 6:26-35, John 6:60-69

The Fool

Contributed by Roy Fowler on Aug 14, 2021

Discusses different kinds of fools

Sermon Title: The Fool. Scripture Text:  Ephesians 5: 15-20 ILLUSTRATION: It was a cold and silent night. The weather was freezing cold. A group of monkeys were on a tree. They were clinging to its branches. One of the monkeys said, “I wish we could find some fire. It will help us to keep ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:15-20

Denomination: Independent/Bible

No ‘buts’ About It Series

Contributed by Thomas Swope on Oct 3, 2016

A study of the book of Job 30: 1 – 31

Job 30: 1 – 31 No ‘Buts’ About It 1 “But now they mock at me, men younger than I, whose fathers I disdained to put with the dogs of my flock. 2 Indeed, what profit is the strength of their hands to me? Their vigor has perished. 3 They are gaunt from want and famine, fleeing ...read more

Scripture: Job 30:1-31

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

Things Are Going Well...now What?

Contributed by Charlie Roberts on Aug 4, 2016

God is multi faceted, He also has unexplainable acts of Favor and random kindness. Lined up for you each and every day, on your way and all the way to the sweet by and by!! Amen??

Things are Going Well...Now What? Illus. From sermon central He was born in Columbus, Ohio, 1890, the third of eight children. At eleven he quit school to help with the family expenses, and got his first full-time job at $3.50 per week. At fifteen he got interested in automobiles and went to work ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:15-16

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Faith - Expecting Answers Lesson 9 Series

Contributed by Elmer Towns on Jul 18, 2023

Faith can grow from weak faith to strong in faith.

A. INTRODUCTION 1. Why did multitudes go listen to John the Baptist in the wilderness? “The people were in expectation” (Luke 3:15, KJV). 2. What did they expect? a. Deliverance. b. Peace. c. God to show up for them. 3. Expectation fulfilled. “Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of ...read more

Scripture: Luke 3:15, Hebrews 11:6

Denomination: Baptist

Dealing With Disappointment

Contributed by Paul Robinson on Sep 16, 2022

We’ve all been disappointed at times in life. Disappointment can only happen if there is some kind of expectation. When that expectation is not met, disappointment occurs. Unlike discouragement, disappointment is not a sin. Even Jesus was disappointed at times with the disciples.

Many have set out to accomplish great things, but have been disappointed in the outcome. It is said that Alexander the Great wept because there were no more worlds to conquer. Alexander was disappointed. Hugo Grotius, the father of modern international law, said, “I have accomplished nothing ...read more

Scripture: Ezra 3:10-13

Denomination: Baptist

Silver And Gold Series

Contributed by Mark Schaeufele on Aug 24, 2022

We should always expect God to open the door for us to share the Gospel.

Silver and Gold Text: Acts 3:1-11 Introduction 1. Illustration: Mark Roberts wrote of a time when he visited the Capitol as a guest of Congressman John Campbell. If he was with the congressman, he could walk freely around the Capitol, entering many areas that were reserved "for authorized ...read more

Scripture: Acts 3:1-11

Denomination: Methodist

When Jesus Does Not Live Up To Our Expectations.

Contributed by Guy Glass on May 21, 2024

This message looks at our mindset if we think Jesus is not living up to our expectations

WHEN JESUS DOES NOT LIVE UP TO OUR EXPECTATIONS. MARK 11:1–10 1AS THEY APPROACHED JERUSALEM AND CAME TO BETHPHAGE AND BETHANY AT THE MOUNT OF OLIVES, JESUS SENT TWO OF HIS DISCIPLES, 2SAYING TO THEM, “GO TO THE VILLAGE AHEAD OF YOU, AND JUST AS YOU ENTER IT, YOU WILL FIND A COLT TIED THERE, WHICH ...read more

Scripture: Mark 11:1-10

Denomination: Baptist

There Is A Lion Out There!

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Dec 1, 2023

DO WE HAVE UNREAL EXPECTATIONS? I am sorry I believe my own excuses. I can't do that.

THERE ARE LIONS OUT THERE… UNREAL EXPECTATIONS! By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com (YouTube: Wade Hughes) I HAVE FOUND GOOD EXCUSES ARE SITTING PEOPLE UP FOR OPPRESSION, DEFEAT AND A DOWNFALL? WE MUST SET CLEAR GOALS. Proverbs 16:3 Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 16:3, Proverbs 22:13, Proverbs 26:13

Denomination: Assembly Of God

The Unique Jesus - Introduction Series

Contributed by Elmer Towns on Dec 4, 2023

No matter who you are in life, and what your condition, Jesus can help you, save you, and use you.

A. THE UNIQUE JESUS 1. He was fully God and fully man at the same time. “Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God” (Matthew 16:16). “Jesus … asleep” (Mark 4:38). 2. He knew a person’s problem before being told. “Jesus …knew all men, He needed not that anyone would tell him, because He ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 16:16, John 2:24-25

Denomination: Baptist

The Pain Of Disappointments

Contributed by Bright Adeyeye on Aug 11, 2020

Have you ever felt the pain of being misunderstood and disappointed? How do you respond?

THE PAIN OF DISAPPOINTMENTS "23 “Now when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren, the children of Israel. 24 And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended and avenged him who was oppressed, and struck down the Egyptian. 25 For he supposed that his brethren ...read more

Scripture: Acts 7:23-25, 2 Timothy 4:16-17, Exodus 15:22-24

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Childlike Faith

Contributed by Charlie Roberts on Aug 16, 2020

Everyone keeps saying and we keep hearing over and over the phrase, “this is the new normal!” There is an old saying, “if it walks, talks and acts like a duck...it’s a duck!” What we are witnessing is not the new normal, what we are witnessing is the devil getting all of his ducks in a row!

As we look around the world in the day and age in which we live, we find ourselves questioning everything we’re told. The truth is we have never had more access to information, but have never been more weary of the information we are being told as truth. The go to response for knowledge and truth ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:12, Romans 8:1-4, Mark 6:31-34, Matthew 6:34, Matthew 11:25-28  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Surprise Of Christmas

Contributed by Tim Smith on Aug 13, 2017

When you think about it, the thing that really makes Christmas for us is not what we expect but what we don’t expect. The most memorable Christmas’ are those when something unexpected happened. Christmas isn’t about what we expect; it’s about what we don’

The Surprise of Christmas Matthew 3:1-12 What are your expectations of Christmas this year? There is no season of the year so full of nostalgia and ripe with expectation than Christmas. It takes a Scrooge, with a heart of stone, not to become excited about the approach of this joyous occasion. We ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 3:1-12

Denomination: Methodist