Sermons on Shattered Expectations:

Holiness Series

Contributed by Mark Perryman on Mar 6, 2008

talk about what God expects

INTRO: I remember before entering into the ministry I was going to get a degree in computers. I was taking COBOL (a business language). The proff would give you a problem to solve and you would have to write lines of code to solve the problem. On one occasion I was typing several hundred lines of ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 7:1

Denomination: Assembly Of God

A Need For Daily Victory

Contributed by Rufus Huckaby on Nov 12, 2009

Everyday we have to expect Victory!!!

A Need for Daily Victory Psalm 68:1-3 Day by day we are faced with struggles. And because of these struggles we are in need of daily victories. The last time I preached the enemy was revealed and we found out that Satan has heavenly attributes but because of his self infatuation he was kicked out ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 68:1-3

Denomination: Baptist

Living With Power Series

Contributed by Larry Finley on Mar 30, 2010

Christians are expected to have powerful lives.

LIVING WITH POWER 3/7/10 1 THESSALONIANS 1:1-10 1. INVITATION VS. 1-2 A. CALLED OUT – CHURCH = EKLESIA B. CALLED IN – IN GOD THE FATHER C. CALLED WITH – GRACE & PEACE 1. Grace always brings peach John 14:27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10

Denomination: Baptist

The Faith Factor

Contributed by Dr. Phillip Paschal on Jan 14, 2009

GOD EXPECTS US TO LIVE FAITHFULLY.

THE FAITH FACTOR ROMANS 1:17 1.INTRO. ALL OF US HAVE FAITH IN SOMETHING OR SOMEONE. AND WHILE WE ALL HAVE SOME DEGREE OF FAITH, SOME HAVE MORE THAN OTHERS. SOME HAVE MORE FAITH IN GOV’T., HUMANITY, SPOUSES, GOD ,AND CHURCH. 2.THE TEXT. PAUL WRITES THIS EPISTLE TO THE CHURCHES AT ROME, ADDRESSING ...read more

Scripture: Romans 1:17

Denomination: Baptist

My Season Has Not Yet Come

Contributed by Gregory Thomas on Jun 19, 2010

Waiting on God beyond expected time.

My Season Has Not Yet Come John 5: 1-8 This passage of scripture makes reference to a man who had an infirmity for 38 years and did not have anyone to help him in the pool when there was the stirring of the water so people were getting blessed before him ...read more

Scripture: John 5:1-7

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Some Mysterious Answers

Contributed by Mark A. Barber on Mar 10, 2018

Sometimes an expected answer is not the best one.

Some Mysterious Answers John 12:20-41 Have you even asked a question and gotten an entirely off-the-wall answer? You expect a simple answer and get something which doesn’t seem to answer the question you asked? This seems to be the case today. Jesus gets asked questions, and the answers He gives ...read more

Scripture: John 12:20-41

Denomination: Independent/Bible

First Kings

Contributed by John Mccormack on Sep 1, 2015

GOD IS A COVENANT GOD AND EXPECTS OBEDIENCE.

1 KINGS OBSERVATION: ORIGINALLY, 1 KINGS AND 2 KINGS WAS ONE LONG BOOK. LATER IN HISTORY, THE TWO WERE SEPARATED MAKING TWO BOOKS. JEWISH TRADITION NAMES JEREMIAH AS THE PRIMARY AUTHOR, ALTHOUGH IT IS NOT CLEAR WHO WROTE THE TWO. THE WRITINGS APPEAR IN SOLOMON’S REIGN. LATER IN HISTORY ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 2:1-4

Denomination: Baptist

Power Encounters Series

Contributed by Brian Bill on Oct 3, 2015

A response is expected when Jesus is encountered.

Power Encounters Mark 1:21-28 Rev. Brian Bill October 3-4, 2015 A recent article in the New York Times entitled, “Googling for God,” begins this way: “It has been a bad decade for God, at least so far.” Google searches for churches are down 15 percent over the last five ...read more

Scripture: Mark 1:21-28

Denomination: Baptist

An Attitude Of Gratitude

Contributed by Rick Boyne on Nov 24, 2014

God expects us to thank Him.

An Attitude of Gratitude November 23, 2014 Community Thanksgiving Service Immanuel Baptist Church, Wagoner, OK Rick Boyne Message Point: God expects us to thank Him. Focus Passage: Luke 17:11-19 Supplemental Passage: A Psalm for Thanksgiving. Shout joyfully to the LORD, all the earth. Serve the ...read more

Scripture: Luke 17:11-19

Denomination: Baptist

The Birthright

Contributed by John Williams Iii on Mar 3, 2021

Our birthright comes with some expectations.

THE BIRTHRIGHT Text: Hebrews 12:16 It is possible for us humans to make problems where God had designed a path for us to make progress. When we make problems for ourselves where God had intended for us to make progress, we cannot usually reset our course. The Old ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 12:16

Denomination: United Methodist

Grow Series

Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Feb 28, 2020

God expects us to grow spiritually.

Grow Hebrews 5:11-6:12 God expects us to grow spiritually. SLIDE #1 Introduction • PC VIDEO- What if adults threw tantrums like toddlers? • I am thankful that I have never acted that way as an adult! • Our opening video clip, in a funny way, illustrates the matter at hand today. • When we are ...read more

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Strife, Seditions, Heresies

Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Jun 12, 2024

Common sins that are almost expected and accepted.

Galatians 5:20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Strife - factions, contentions Seditions- disunion, dissension, division, sedition Heresies choosing disunion creating sects. Much is said about most of the items in the list of works of ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 5:20, Romans 15:20-21

Denomination: Baptist

The Epiphany Of The Lord

Contributed by Paul Andrew on Dec 2, 2023

We have to expect to have epiphanies.

I saw a comic strip that said, “The Three Wise Accountants” and one of them said to Mary and Joseph just before Jesus was to be born in the manger, “If you can hold off a week, you can deduct the child on your Year One Taxes.” We hear Isaiah 60:1 in our First Reading; “Your light has come,” ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 60:1-6, Matthew 2:1-12

Denomination: Catholic

God Hates Laziness. Let’s Be Deligent. Series

Contributed by Obeth Jebakumar on Apr 25, 2023

GOD expects us TO WORK HARD

GOD hates LAZINESS. Let’s BE DELIGENT. # WHO is a Diligent person? A DILIGENT person is … Someone who is responsible and works hard and carefully... Someone who performs with intense concentration and focus… Someone who takes his/her work seriously and who does it well and rapidly… # GOD ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 6:6-11, Proverbs 10:4-5, Proverbs 13:4

Denomination: Methodist

When The Mountain Won't Move...

Contributed by Charlie Roberts on Jun 5, 2016

The problem is, when we hear the word mountain, we immediately relate it to our own capabilities. And we begin to think literally about how much dynamite and explosives it would take to move "our heaven and earth" size of dilemma, or mountain!

When the mountain won't move... Illus. By James Davis Some time ago a man was staying in a chalet in the Swiss Alps. Early one morning he heard what sounded like an earthquake. Hurriedly he got out of bed and ran to the front desk and asked if there was something wrong, if the mountains were ...read more

Scripture: Mark 11:22-24

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational