Sermons on Wake Up Call From God:

Called To Specific Jobs? Series

Contributed by Paul Clemente on Nov 5, 2018

God calls people to work but equips them to do godly work!

God calls people to work but gifts and also calls for rest and instructs! Part of God's plan for everyone is to do work using what God has given each person BUT also calls every person to rest in God and listen to His instructions! Are we putting God’s gifts to work? Are we resting God’s Way? ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 31:1-18

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Saved From Long Suffering

Contributed by James ( Jim ) Highland on Aug 26, 2014

Jesus comes to the crowd of suffering gather, calls out to us and heals us.

Title: Saved from Long Suffering Series: Jesus seeks out the needy John 5: 1-9, 18 John’s gospel was written, the author states, “that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in His name” (20:31). By the time John ...read more

Scripture: John 5:1-18

Denomination: Baptist

Who Gets Your Blessing? Series

Contributed by Brandon Vernoy on Aug 13, 2016

We do not obtain the blessings of God because we deserve them. We obtain them because He loves us and it brings Him glory.

Who Gets Your Blessing? One of the most dramatically unqualified biblical heroes I can think of is Jacob. He was a liar, a con, a trickster, a fraud. He spent much of his life haunted by bad decisions and exiled to the chaos of self-inflicted consequences. And yet God called him, chose him, and ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 27:30-38

Denomination: Assembly Of God

The God Of The Unexpected Series

Contributed by David Ward on Oct 3, 2009

An expository message from Acts 12 on how God "shows up" in response to his people’s faith, and lack of faith.

INTRODUCTION: Arthur Burns was chair of the Federal Reserve in the 1970s, and a Jewish economist of great influence in Washington during the tenure of several Presidents. Burns was once asked to pray at a gathering of evangelical politicians. Stunning his hosts, he prayed thus: "Lord, I pray that ...read more

Scripture: Acts 12:1-24

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Help Them Up!

Contributed by Ken Durham on Aug 8, 2005

We need hearts for God ~ and hands for others. We can all help someone up.

HELP THEM UP! 1. Introduction: Sometimes a verse of scripture just enters your heart for you to pray for a particular person or situation. For my wife Julie Mark 1:31 “So he (Jesus) went to her, took her hand and helped her up. The fever left her and she began to wait on them” was a ...read more

Scripture: Mark 1:29-34

How Much Land Does A Man Need?

Contributed by Sherry Proskine on Oct 3, 2007

Jesus isn’t asking to give up all that we have, just that one thing that stands between us and following Him. We can choose today to walk a fresh walk of freedom.

HOW MUCH LAND DOES A MAN NEED? Mark 10:17-22 Opening Illustration: Leo Tolstoy once wrote a story about a successful peasant farmer who was not satisfied with his lot. He wanted more of everything. One day he received a fantastic offer. For 1000 rubles, he could buy all the land he could walk ...read more

Scripture: Mark 10:17-22

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Lesson 33: From Everlasting Thou Art God Series

Contributed by John Lowe on Jul 17, 2019

Psalm 33 is a call to lively and joyous praise to God for His glorious attributes and works, as displayed in creation, and His general and special providence, in view of which, the Psalmist, for all the pious, professes trust and joy and invokes God's mercy.

August 29, 2014 Tom Lowe Title: From Everlasting Thou Art God A psalm of David. Psalm 33 (KJV) 1 Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright. 2 Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings. 3 Sing unto him a ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 33:1-22

Denomination: Baptist

Mopping Up Operation Series

Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jun 29, 2011

People have to be clean before entering the presence of God, and only Jesus can do the job.

This is taking forever, isn’t it... preaching through the book of Revelation. It doesn’t have the familiar comfort of the gospel stories, or the practical theology of Paul’s letters, or the colorful stories of the Old Testament heroes. It’s just one clashing, disturbing ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 15:1-8

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Listen Up, Sheep Part 2

Contributed by Gary Holt on Jan 21, 2023

God's people will listen and obey Him. We will tune out the distractions of the world and listen for the voice of Jesus

Credit: The outline and some of the guts of the sermon are taken straight from Jeff Anselmi on sermoncentral. I have edited it enough that I think it is worth posting as my own work. Clearly Jeff built the frame of the sermon, however I did a lot of remodeling. Listen up sheep! part 2 John ...read more

Scripture: John 10:22-30

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Delivered From The Pots

Contributed by Danny Williams on May 16, 2010

God will deliver you from your heavy burdens.

Remembered the different 'pots' in my life: Momma's pot of soup cookin in the kitchen, Dad's large pot of brunswick stew cooked in a big pot outside stirred with a boat paddle, and mamma's large pots with cucumbers for pickles. Pots are large containers for cooking or for transporting food. Pots ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 81:1-6

Denomination: Church Of God

Can We Pray Up A Prophet?

Contributed by Scott Bradford on Jul 23, 2010

This sermon is about Hannah dedicating praying for a child but giving him to God, which in turns means the raising up of a Prophet! What if we prayed for god to raise up from among us a National Prophet?

Illustration: Laurel and I with our first child. She didn’t want any pain meds… and then she did… a few minutes later, holding our first born son… the pain was gone. Interesting thing about birth, the mother can be exhausted, and in pain, shouting at their husband ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 1:4-20

Denomination: United Methodist

A View From The Wheel

Contributed by Thomas Bowen on Mar 5, 2011

A view form the potters wheel makes human clay feel dizzy and pushed around. We think we see the truth but the best view is form the potter's perspective and the shaping that happens with His firm and creative hands.

A view from the wheel Jeremiah 18-1-6 So, this week I had that dizzy feeling that clay might have as it is centered on the potter’s wheel. The potter starts to spin the wheel and shaping the clay. I started to consider how much of my life is remembered as a blur. Christmas’ and ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 18:1-6

Denomination: Congregational

Resignation

Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 16, 2010

A heartfelt sermon as I resigned from a church to accept a call from another church.

Sermon for 8/15/2010 Resignation Introduction: Conflicts are not uncommon, but when the preacher and song leader get into it, stand aside. One week, the preacher preached on commitment, and how we should move forward into doing service for others. After this sermon, the song leader led the ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 2:1-16

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

"Finding Your Identity"

Contributed by David Henderson on Aug 28, 2018

All of us are called to serve God full time. I also came to the understanding that serving him as my vocation, as my job, was indeed what he wanted from me. It is God’s desire that every believer will serve him full-time-nothing more-nothing less.

“Finding Your Identity” 1st Peter 2:5-10 I remember God speaking to me about entering the ministry when I was 11 years old. I was actively attending church and God had placed a call on my life. Sometimes it is hard to describe to someone who has not received that call but I have never doubted it. ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:5-10

Denomination: Baptist

Separation From The World

Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Mar 31, 2013

I. EXORDIUM: Are you separated from this world? II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers III. OBJECTIVES: To convince that we need to be separated from this world not to love it. IV. TEXT: Ezra 4:3 (New Living Translation, Second Edition) B

I. EXORDIUM: Are you separated from this world? II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers III. OBJECTIVES: To convince that we need to be separated from this world not to love it. IV. TEXT: Ezra 4:3 (New Living Translation, Second Edition) But Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the other leaders of Israel ...read more

Scripture: Ezra 4:3

Denomination: Pentecostal