Sermons about Opportunity Missed

Kingdom Attitudes Series

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on May 5, 2014

| 5,929 views

The church and New Testament doctrine are founded not only upon God’s past dealings with Israel, but also his future dealings. If you miss this, you miss much. We are a preview of God’s Kingdom on earth, and we must embrace Kingdom attitudes.

Kingdom Attitudes (Isaiah 56:1-12) 1. I collect humor, and Jewish jokes are among my favorites. 2. It was a sweltering August day in 1937 when the Cohen brothers entered the posh Dearborn, Michigan, offices of Henry Ford, the car maker. "Mr. Ford," announced Norman Cohen, the eldest of the three. ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 56:1-12

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Opening Eyes!

Contributed by K. Heath Mcdougal-Deans on Mar 29, 2020

based on 2 ratings

| 12,404 views

Open your eyes, your 2020 vision is not over! It should be growing. The current pandemic is an opportunity to open our eyes to a new vision, to opportunity, to come together as a world and heal divisiveness. After all, 'We are the world, We are 'Thee' children".

Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons conducted an experiment at Harvard University more than a decade ago that became infamous in psychology circles. Their book The Invisible Gorilla popularized it. And you may be one of the millions of viewers who made their Selective Attention Test one of ...read more

Scripture: John 9:1-41, John 8:1-11, Luke 4:18-19, Acts 26:18, Ephesians 6:12, Isaiah 6:9 (view more) (view less)

Denomination: Other

Christ's Passion For People Series

Contributed by Mark Magee on Aug 17, 2004

based on 4 ratings

| 4,463 views

Whether you see the movie or see the book, one of the things you can’t miss about Christ is His compassion for people.

A. Welcome Guests... B. Easter + Three services.... for your convenience and our continued growth. C. Series– For the last couple of weeks we’ve been involved in a series that has been inspired by Mel Gibson’s, The Passion of the Christ. I wanted to make the most out of a great opportunity ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 3:16

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

God-Ordained Helpers For Your Journey Series

Contributed by Rev. Samuel Arimoro on Mar 10, 2025

| 690 views

God-ordained helpers are crucial for fulfilling destiny. They strengthen, guide, and connect us to opportunities that we could not access on our own.

GOD-ORDAINED HELPERS FOR YOUR JOURNEY By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: 1 Kings 19:19-21 "So he departed from there and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he was with the twelfth. Then Elijah passed by him and threw his mantle on him. ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 19:19-21, Exodus 17:8-13, Ruth 1:16-17, 2 Kings 2:9-10, Luke 5:3-11, Acts 9:26-27 (view more) (view less)

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Be Wise: Make The Most Of Your Second Chances Series

Contributed by Brad Rigney on Dec 17, 2005

based on 6 ratings

| 5,322 views

This looks at JOnah’s second chance as a opportunity for us to live Wise by making the most of our second chances in life.

Be Wise: Make the Most of Your Second Chances Jonah 3 Intro.: A. Some people as they read through Jonah think of it as just a “big Fish Story.” (You know people, how they often come back from fishing and talk about the one they caught “-----------“) They seem to be unable to accept Jonah ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 3:1-10

Denomination: Adventist

Seize The Day / Strike While The Iron Is Hot

Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on Oct 25, 2021

based on 4 ratings

| 7,125 views

There is an adage: "Strike while the iron is hot". When the time is right, you should act. You should seize the moment or you will lose your opportunity. We are called to be a witness and to bring others to Jesus. We need to strike when God gives us an opportunity.

There is an adage ... that you may still hear at times even today: .... "Strike ... while the iron is hot". The saying is basically telling us .... that when the time is right... you should act... you should seize the moment ... or you will miss out ... on your opportunity. The adage ...read more

Scripture: John 5:1-9, Mark 2:1-12, Mark 10:46-52

Denomination: Anglican

Water In The Desert

Contributed by Paul Searight on Oct 1, 2008

based on 15 ratings

| 16,858 views

How good are you at sharing your faith? We want to share Christ with others because we know what the benefits are but more often than not we convince ourselves that it isn’t the right moment or I can’t talk about that again because they are fed up with me

WATER IN THE DESERT Acts 4 How good are you at sharing your faith? How often does your conversation include discussion about Jesus Christ?   For some of us it’s really easy and speaking up is very natural.  But for others, we find it very difficult. We get tongue-tied and ...read more

Scripture: Acts 4:1-20

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Did You See The Gorilla?

Contributed by Johann Neethling on Feb 20, 2006

based on 24 ratings

| 4,180 views

The heart of this message is how very easy it is for us to miss some of the really BIG issues of the Christian life because our focus and attention is elsewhere.

DID YOU SEE THE GORILLA? Matthew 28:16-20 1. “Most people like to think of themselves as alert and aware. But under the right circumstances, even the most observant people can be blind to what’s going on around them.” • With those words CBS commenced a report entitled “What You See Depends on ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 28:16-20

Denomination: United Methodist

A New Song Premium Sermon

Contributed by PRO Premium on Oct 9, 2023

based on 4 ratings

| 1,781 views

This sermon encourages believers to embrace the new year as an opportunity to renew their faith, rejoice in salvation, and continually sing praises to God.

New clothes. New car smell. A new home, with a new address. A new job… There’s just something about new things isn’t there? Something that heightens our senses and makes us more aware and in many cases, more excited. A fresh start, a blank canvas, a new year… These are things ripe with possibility. ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 149:1-5

Topics: New Beginnings, Praise And Worship, Divine Guidance

Why Bad People Can Get To Heaven

Contributed by Brian La Croix on Jul 27, 2008

| 4,825 views

Message based on Jesus’ words to the religious leaders who were missing the message while the tax collectors and prostitutes were hearing and responding.

Why Bad People Can Get to Heaven Matthew 21:28-32 July 27, 2008 NOTE: THE ME/WE/GOD/YOU/WE FORMAT USED IN MY MESSAGES IS BORROWED FROM ANDY STANLEY’S BOOK, "COMMUNICATING FOR A CHANGE." Me: During my freshman year in college, I went back to my high school to visit and to play in the band for a ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 21:28-32

Denomination: Wesleyan

Do You Want To Get Well

Contributed by Steve Malone on Jan 25, 2017

based on 4 ratings

| 23,427 views

In this message we will have the opportunity to wrestle with the same question that Jesus asked a man who was crippled for 38 years.

Do You Want To Get Well? 1Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for a feast of the Jews. 2Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades. 3Here a great number of disabled people used to ...read more

Scripture: John 5:1-14

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Parable Of The Sower

Contributed by Paul George on Jan 29, 2004

based on 7 ratings

| 5,846 views

"Behold, the sower went out to sow." Missing from this parable are the words, “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to.”

"Behold, the sower went out to sow." Missing from this parable are the words, “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to.” There must be some good reason why Jesus omitted these words from the first parable. The reason why they are omitted is not a mystery. The kingdom of heaven is an expression ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 13:3-9

Denomination: Holiness

The Prodigal Prophet Series

Contributed by Robert Leroe on Sep 28, 2003

based on 20 ratings

| 4,899 views

We can be so obsessed with what was going on inside that fish that we can miss seeing the drama inside Jonah.

Jonah, the Prodigal Prophet, ch 1:4-17 Pastor Bob Leroe, Cliftondale Congregational Church, Saugus, Massachusetts We last saw Jonah boarding a ship headed for Tarshish. He pays his fare, gets his one-way ticket, and settles down in the hold--thinking he has made it impossible for God’s will to ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 1:4-17

Denomination: Congregational

A Wolf In Sheeps Clothing

Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Jul 11, 2001

based on 24 ratings

| 6,900 views

How do you spot a false teacher? This sermon was miss titled as a sermon on marriage, I have corrected it.

Text: Matthew 7:15-23 Subject: False Teachers Theme: Identifying false teachers Prop: We cannot identify false teachers by sight, be we must examine their fruit. T.S. Today we will study the instructions that Jesus gives us to be able to identify false teaches. INTRODUCTION Society and their ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 7:15-23

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Where's Zebedee? Series

Contributed by Doug Johnston on Mar 7, 2001

based on 85 ratings

| 5,121 views

Zebedee, as many fathers today, missed out on the best things he could find by being satisfied with what was good.

Where’s Zebedee? And straightway he [Jesus] called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after him. Mark 1:20 Where was Zebedee’s wife? Matthew 20:20; 27:56, “Then came to him the mother of Zebedee’s children with her sons, worshipping ...read more

Scripture: Mark 1:20, Matthew 4:21-22

Denomination: Baptist

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