Sermons on Missing:

When Jesus Is Missing

Contributed by Mike Turner on Dec 19, 2004

A message encouraging all of us that we do not allow Jesus to be missing from our lives.

When Jesus Is Missing Luke 2:41-49 Introduction: Some times while doing something which is right, and good, we forget the most important thing. That can be said of Joseph, and Mary and what occurs in our text today. Joseph, Mary and Jesus had left their home in Nazareth and traveled approx 70 ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:41-49

Denomination: Baptist

"Opportunity Almost Missed"

Contributed by Fred Edwards on Mar 16, 2002

Those who refuse to step out on faith, (no matter the amount), run the risk of allowing Jesus to pass by for the last time.

"OPPORTUNITY ALMOST MISSED" Mark 10:46-52 (020317) Bartimeus was typical of every person making the journey through life. He was blind to what was going on around him other than what someone told him. We are blind to the things of God unless someone tells us and then we have the same choice that ...read more

Scripture: Mark 10:46-52

Denomination: Baptist

A Missing Person Report

Contributed by T. Michael Crews on Dec 2, 2006

Exposition of 1 Sam. 27:1-28:2

The Missing Person 1 Sam. 27:-28:2 A woman went to the police station with her next-door neighbor to report that her husband was missing. The policeman asked for a description. She said, "He’s forty-five years old, six foot three, has blue eyes, blonde hair, an athletic build, is soft spoken, and ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Missing The Forest For The Trees Series

Contributed by Chuck Sligh on Aug 26, 2012

Too often we miss the forest for the trees in Ephesians because we fail to take into account the corporate groups Paul talks about. Understanding this is the only way to understand Paul's ecclesiology, and it has ramifications for us personally as well.

Missing the Forest for the Trees Ephesians - Live Like You Really Are Chuck Sligh January 15, 2012 POWERPOINT: There is a PowerPoint presentation for this sermon available by requesting it from me at chucksligh@hotmail.com. TEXT: Please turn in your Bibles to Ephesians 1:22 INTRODUCTION Illus. ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

The King That Missed Christmas

Contributed by Rick Boyne on Aug 1, 2012

Don’t be so preoccupied with Christmas that you miss Christ.

The King That Missed Christmas December 2, 2007 Morning Service Immanuel Baptist Church, Wagoner, OK Rick Boyne Message Point: Don’t be so preoccupied with Christmas that you miss Christ. Focus Passage: Matthew 2 Introduction : Herod the Great! Herodium was tall enough to be seen from ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 2:1

Denomination: Baptist

The Danger Of Missed Opportunity

Contributed by Bright Adeyeye on Dec 14, 2019

Every success in life is a result of the opportunity you make effective use of.

THE PROBLEM OF MISSED OPPORTUNITY "So He drove out the man; and He placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life." Genesis 3:24. And just like that, Adam and Eve (representing the human race) lost an ...read more

Scripture: Luke 19:41-44, Genesis 3:24

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

What Are You Missing?

Contributed by Mark Aarssen on Jun 20, 2018

Today I want to look at an encounter between Jesus and a “Rich Young Ruler”. Kind of like Jesus meets Mark Zuckerberg. The rich seem to have everything yet this very, very rich young man knew he was missing something. What are you missing?

What one thing do you lack? Mark 10:17-34 The Rich Young Ruler We are now just four weeks away from Easter Sunday 2018. Easter happens to be on April 1st, April Fool’s Day. I kind of think that God the Father enjoys the irony in that one. Satan really was a fool to think he could kill Jesus ...read more

Scripture: Mark 10:17-34

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Missing Christ At Christmas

Contributed by Ken Mckinley on Dec 27, 2015

In this sermon we discuss how so many people miss out on the true meaning of Christmas because their focus is on anything and everything but Jesus Christ

Missing Christ During Christmas Text: Luke 2:41 – 49 You know, something interesting happens this time of year… every year at this time of year, it’s the same old thing… you see it when you talk to people, or visit with them a little bit… and it’s a very ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:41-49

Denomination: Independent/Bible

See That No One Misses

Contributed by John Gaston on Nov 18, 2014

3 times in the Bible people were said to “miss” or come short of the grace of God. This means THEY DIDN’T MAKE IT TO HEAVEN! Let's look at them and see if maybe we might be in the same danger.

SEE THAT NO ONE MISSES Hebrews 12:14-17 INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR: GROUND SIRLOIN ON SALE 1. It was a holiday weekend when a man walked into a butcher shop that had a sign in the window saying, "Ground Sirloin: 29 cents per pound.” 2. “Wow!” He exclaimed, “that’s the ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 12:14-17

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Adventures In Missing The Point Series

Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Oct 13, 2009

Some theological arguments are only a distraction from the core of Faith, which is love, which comes from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.

1 Timothy 1:3-7 August 9, 2009 Adventures in Missing the Point 3 As I urged you when I went into Macedonia, stay there in Ephesus so that you may command certain persons not to teach false doctrines any longer 4 or to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies. Such things promote ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 1:3-7

Denomination: *other

The Missing Middle Schooler

Contributed by Lance Hostetter on Jan 9, 2013

This story seeks to show how Jesus' family reacted to his being lost in the temple.

The Missing Middle Schooler Luke 2:41-49 Introduction: The film stars Macaulay Culkin as Kevin McCallister, an eight-year-old boy, who is mistakenly left behind when his family flies to Paris for their Christmas vacation. We have all seen the Home Alone movies in which the family forgets their son ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:41-49

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Missing Bible Verses

Contributed by Stephen Belokur on Jan 27, 2017

Why do some newer Bible translations seem to have verses that are missing from older translations? Are the new translations trying to hide something? Can we trust them? Let's take a look and see ...

John 5:1-15 (Please open your Bibles to this passage.) This passage is the account of Jesus’ healing of the lame man at the pool of Bethesda; an account which only appears in the Gospel of John. Many Bible scholars (a person can be a Bible scholar without being a Bible believer …) ...read more

Scripture: John 5:1-15

Denomination: Nazarene

The Tragedy Of Missed Opportunities

Contributed by John Dobbs on Nov 4, 2020

Jonah missed out on several excellent opportunities because of his attitudes.

The Tragedy of Missed Opportunities Jonah 1-4 Introduction One of the first stories we learn as children is the story of Jonah and the Big Fish. But the story about Jonah that we remember is seldom the whole story.2. Jonah is one of the minor prophets, only 48 verses long. It is not a ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The New Miss Persia

Contributed by Thomas Swope on Apr 26, 2019

A study in the book of Esther 2: 1 – 23

Esther 2: 1 – 23 The New Miss Persia 2 After these things, when the wrath of King Ahasuerus subsided, he remembered Vashti, what she had done, and what had been decreed against her. 2 Then the king’s servants who attended him said: “Let beautiful young virgins be sought for the king; 3 and let the ...read more

Scripture: Esther 2:2

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

Commitment … The Missing Ingredient

Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Mar 5, 2022

From time to time, most of us, have begun to eat something that was set before us, and before we took our first bite, not the second or third, we noticed something was missing, and we said, “Someone forgot to add the salt!”

As we begin to read the first chapter of the book of Acts, not the second or third, but the first chapter, and we compare the New Testament church to the modern church, we are aware that something is missing. We cannot help but ask, “Where is the evidence of those things that so characterized the ...read more

Scripture: Daniel 1:1-8

Denomination: Baptist