Sermons on Vocation Calling:

When God Calls Your Name: Moses Series

Contributed by Scott Bayles on Sep 11, 2021

How would you respond if God called your name not once, but twice? In the Bible, God calls plenty of people often by name, but I’ve only found seven times where God calls out someone’s name twice in a row. In each instance, what follows is a life-changing encounter with the God of creation.

When God Calls Your Name… Twice: Moses Scott Bayles, pastor Blooming Grove Christian Church: 7/31/2016 For the last couple of weeks, we’ve been talking about how you might respond if God called your name—not just once, but twice. As I mentioned before, God calls plenty of people in the Bible often ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 3:1-10

Denomination: Christian Church

When God Calls Your Name: Martha Series

Contributed by Scott Bayles on Sep 11, 2021

How would you respond if God called your name not once, but twice? In the Bible, God calls plenty of people often by name, but I’ve only found seven times where God calls out someone’s name twice in a row. In each instance, what follows is a life-changing encounter with the God of creation.

When God Calls Your Name… Twice: Martha Scott Bayles, pastor Blooming Grove Christian Church: 8/21/2016 For the last few of weeks, we’ve been talking about how you might respond if God called your name—not just once, but twice. As I mentioned before, God calls plenty of people in the Bible often ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:38-42

Denomination: Christian Church

When God Calls Your Name: Peter Series

Contributed by Scott Bayles on Sep 11, 2021

How would you respond if God called your name not once, but twice? In the Bible, God calls plenty of people, often by name, but I’ve only found seven times where God calls out someone’s name twice in a row. In each instance, what follows is a life-changing encounter with the God of creation.

When God Calls Your Name… Twice: Simon Peter Scott Bayles, pastor Blooming Grove Christian Church: 8/28/2016 For the last several of weeks, we’ve been talking about how you might respond if God called your name—not just once, but twice. As I mentioned before, God calls plenty of people in the ...read more

Scripture: Luke 22:31-34

Denomination: Christian Church

Church Closures And Regulations : A Call To Personal Action

Contributed by Dove Inspirations on Jun 10, 2021

The restrictions placed on the human population due to health concerns have deeply affected Christians. This is a call to personal action on the part of the believer. It is time to put our faith into action.

Church closures and regulations-Time for personal action There have long been calls to regulate religious institutions. From being used as fronts for all sorts of activities ranging from the nefarious to the holy, religious institutions have grown to becoming part of our daily lives. The right to ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:19

Baptism-God’s Call To Us

Contributed by Craig Condon on Oct 31, 2015

We must listen for our calling. We must be faithful and prepare ourselves to see the heavens open and hear God’s voice saying, “Well done, good and faithful servant”.

Little Johnny and his brother decided to go ice fishing one Sunday after church. Little Johnny started drilling a hole in the ice when a voice from above said, “Young man, there’s no fish down there.” Little Johnny asked his brother, “Who is that?” His little brother ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 3:13-17

Denomination: Anglican

God Calls People To Participate With His Work! Series

Contributed by Paul Clemente on Mar 23, 2015

God empowers and orchestrates, people are to participate.

Many of you are good at this “follow the hidden ball game”……… Many of us try to play this game with God, trying to hide things in our lives from Him. We may think we are playing a game but to God this is really not a game because He sees this game this way….. (through a clear glass!) We will ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 16:8-23

Denomination: Independent/Bible

“called To Live A Life Of Faith “ Series

Contributed by David Taylor on Jul 10, 2014

Journey of Faith, part 2 “Called to Live a Life of Faith “

Journey of Faith, part 2 “Called to Live a Life of Faith “ Gen 12:1-20 David Taylor Outside of Christ, Abraham may be the most significant character in the bible. In terms of space, the first eleven chapters of Genesis are devoted to human history. The next fourteen chapters are ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 12:1-20

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Call Of Compassion/Identity Check Part 8 Series

Contributed by Steve Wright on Nov 21, 2014

The Call of Compassion

If you have your Bibles, I want you to open with me to the book of Romans, chapter 12, verse 17. In Romans 12:17, it reads like this. "Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all." Now I don't know about you guys, but when I read a verse like that, I get ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 3:8-12, Romans 12:17

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

All Are Called To Right Thinking, Living And Worship Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jan 2, 2015

The Feast of Epiphany is a call to people of every background to come and worship the newborn Messiah of Everybody.

Solemnity of Epiphany (January 6) Thirteen Days of Christmas The twelfth day of Christmas is the sixth of January; on that day, traditionally, the Church celebrates the Feast of the Three Kings, or Epiphany. It is one of the big four festivals of the Church year, and traditionally it is even more ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 60:1-6

Denomination: Catholic

A Holy Call A Holy City A Holy Comforter

Contributed by Judith Hand on Jan 14, 2015

The Lord Calls Equips and Comforts his servants

Scripture: Acts 16:9-15 Revelation 21:10 – 22:5 John 14: 23-29 A HOLY CALL A HOLY CITY A HOLY COUNSELOR In scripture God is referred to as HOLY, HOLY, HOLY. He is God in three persons, the Holy trinity. When I looked at the scripture passages for today in preparation for ...read more

Scripture: Acts 16:9-15

Denomination: Methodist

Call Unto Me, And I Will Answer Thee

Contributed by Ian Humphrey on Nov 9, 2015

prayer

Jeremiah 33:1 - 3 Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not. 1. The Asking... “Call unto me.” What a proposition! You and I didn’t think up prayer—God did! God Is The Source Of Prayer, The Substance In Prayer, The ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 33:1-3

Denomination: Holiness

“the Call To Fervent Prayer!” Series

Contributed by Gerry Cheney on Dec 29, 2015

Based on the movie "War Room"... we look at the importance of first evaluating our own prayer lives. Are we hot or cold? Before we start praying that God works on another person, we start by asking God to change us. This is where our prayer lives begin.

Introduction: As you all know… This week we saw another tragic college shooting transpire. This time near ROSEBURG, Ore. Ten people were killed during a shooting at Umpqua Community College Thursday morning. And I think there were nine others who were wounded. What makes this story even a ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 4:12

Denomination: Vineyard

Called To Give Praise: An Exposition Of Psalm 148

Contributed by Mark A. Barber on Aug 30, 2020

There is more to giving praise than praising

Called to Give Praise: An Exposition of Psalm 148 The 148th Psalm belongs to a subsection of 5 psalms in the Psalter. The Book of Psalms was basically their hymnbook. Like our hymnals, groups of like songs are put together in the same section, even though they were written by different authors at ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 148:1-14

Denomination: Independent/Bible

The Call: Come By Pastor John Mateos Ong

Contributed by John Ong on Nov 15, 2017

God offers us a great banquet that sometimes we doubted for being too good to be true, but we can prove to ourselves that our Lord’s offer is far more than what we thought if we only surrender to him and accept His calling.

Many of us have been blinded by unnecessary things that life itself offers. Prestigious car, jewelry, and a feast of delicious food are just some of what we believe are the best things to receive and attain in our lives. And because of these unnecessary things that we tend to value, we have ignored ...read more

Scripture: Luke 14:15-24

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Blessed Are The Peacemakers, For They Shall Be Called Sons Of God Series

Contributed by Claude Alexander on Mar 1, 2018

The characteristics of a believer. Who is a peacemaker.

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. Matt. 5:9 This is the last Beatitude that speaks of the character of the follower of the Christ, the Christian. However this is not the last Beatitude in the series; for we have two more to look at - one speaks about the ...read more

Denomination: Assembly Of God