Sermons about Wasted Opportunities

Make The Most Of Every Opportunity

Contributed by Andrew Schroer on Jul 23, 2001

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God wants us to make the most of every oportunity to give him credit and to serve our fellow man.

In 1985, in only his second season in the NFL, Dan Marino made it to the Superbowl. Despite throwing for over three hundred yards and a touchdown, Marino’s Miami Dolphins lost to the San Francisco 49ers, 34-16. Marino felt bad, but he wasn’t devastated. He was one of the most promising talents in ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 6:1-16

Denomination: Lutheran

New Year, New Opportunities

Contributed by Brian La Croix on Dec 19, 2001

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A call to open our eyes to the possibilities of the New Year.

New Year, New Beginnings Various Scriptures Introduction Well, here we are, on the brink of a brand new year, and for you purists out there, a new millenium. As is traditional for this time, we take time to reflect on the last year, and to make promises to do better this year. This morning I ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:15-17, Mark 12:28-31

Denomination: Wesleyan

Ordinary Opportunities To Offer The Unordinary

Contributed by Bob Aubuchon on Sep 4, 2002

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Everyday ordinary opportunities present themselves to us to offer the unordinary touch of God.

Look back over this day and ask yourself … "What did I do with the opportunities God gave me?" You might ask, "What opportunities?" · You work beside the same people day after day. · You walk the hallways with the same people day after day. Ziggy cartoon … "Opportunity, knocked while you were ...read more

Scripture: John 13:2-5

Denomination: Baptist

Making The Most Of Every Opportunity

Contributed by Brian La Croix on May 30, 2002

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Encouragement to recognize and take advantage of opportunities God places in front of us.

Making the Most of Every Opportunity Ephesians 5:15-16 June 2, 2002 Introduction Have you ever walked away from a situation frustrated because you realize you just missed an opportunity? Maybe it was to make a sale, or make an improvement, or maybe even make a point. Maybe it was an ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:15-16

Denomination: Wesleyan

Soul-Winning Opportunities And Prayer

Contributed by Larry Wolfe on Jul 25, 2009

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A list of ways to win souls and the prayer power necessary for success

’Souls for Jesus’ I. SOULWINNING OPPORTUNITIES 1. Supplying Names of Lost Souls: Friends/Neighbors/ Fellow-Workers/Acquaintances 2. Two by Two Soul-winning/Witnessing/’Silent’ Partner 3. Giving Tracts/Church Literature to Lost Souls 4. Inviting ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 4:3-4

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Common Men With An Uncommon Opportunity

Contributed by Clayton Beck on Jan 16, 2009

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God’s looking for common, ordinary people to do an uncommon thing through them.

Common Men with an Uncommon Opportunity… Matt. 4:18 ¶ And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers. 19 And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. 20 And they ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 4:18-20

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Making The Most Of Every Opportunity

Contributed by Selvan John on Aug 8, 2008

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Opportunities in life are not to be missed since it might bring in unexpected blessing.

The sermon that I want to preach to you today will be on “Making the most of every Opportunity.” I remember someone tell me about the Japanese culture of eating, their ways of doing it will surely give an insight into how best we make use of the opportunity. When they sit around the table, they ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:15-17

Denomination: Pentecostal

Seeing The Opportunities God Brings Series

Contributed by Brian Matherlee on Dec 9, 2009

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Part 3 in a stewardship series. This sermon covers our faithful ministry.

A WORLD OF POSSIBILITIES Part 3 Seeing the Opportunities God Brings November 22, 2005 Pastor Brian Matherlee Matthew 25:31-46 Let’s look at a story Jesus told in Matthew 25 to discover 3 truths and then make 4 applications of truth. 3 Truths 1. Everybody has a role to play a. All the nations will ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 25:31-46

Denomination: Wesleyan

Being Thankful For The Opportunity To Serve

Contributed by Guy Glass on Feb 22, 2010

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This message was preached as part of a series dealing with thankfulness, and looks at our being thankful for the privilege of serving.

BEING THANKFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE MATT 25: 14-16,35;28:19-20 Matthew 25:14-16 "Again, it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his property to them. 15 To one he gave five talents of money, to another two talents, and to another one talent, each ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 25:14-35

Denomination: Baptist

Seeing Your Relationships As An Opportunity Series

Contributed by Steve Malone on Oct 20, 2020

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God wants you and I to see our relationships as an opportunity to - Experience Community, Develop The Attitude Of Jesus, Grow In The Fruit Of The Spirit, Show The World That We Are His Disciples

Seeing Relationships As An Opportunity 20/20 Vision OKAY – I want to start of with a passage from John 17… Jesus is in the garden praying. He know that in mere moments the Judas and the soldiers will come and the arrest, the beatings, the suffering and the march to the cross and His death will ...read more

Scripture: John 17:20-23, Genesis 2:18, Philippians 2:3-8

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Take The Opportunity To Reach The Lost

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jun 24, 2020

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MAYBE WE CAN GET SO BUSY DOING OUR RELIGIOUS PROGRAM THAT WE FORGET THE LOST GOING TO HELL? We must love the lost.

OPPORTUNITIES? NEVER FORGET THE BURDEN FOR THE LOST By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com Genesis 48 is known as the BRIDAL SEARCH chapter. Psalms 51 is known as the REPENTANCE chapter. I Corinthians 13 is known as the LOVE CHAPTER. Hebrews 11 is known as the FAITH CHAPTER. Come let us ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:4-8, Luke 14:9-10, Proverbs 4:25-26

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Opportunities Right In Front Of You

Contributed by Dr. George Calhoun on Oct 24, 2008

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If you want to understand the Lord’s will, be wise by looking for the opportunities He sets before you, especially in difficult circumstances.

“Opportunities Right in Front of You” Luke 9:10-17 When NASA began the launch of astronauts into space, they found out that the pens wouldn’t work at zero gravity (Ink won’t flow down to the writing surface). In order to solve this problem, they hired Andersen Consulting. It took them one decade ...read more

Scripture: Luke 9:10-17

Denomination: Baptist

Caught Between The Mountains And Opportunity Series

Contributed by Gregory Thomas on Feb 9, 2011

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Just because you see no exit does not mean that there’s no way out. Go makes openings when there seems to be nowhere to go...

Caught between the mountains and an Opportunity 1) The Lord Spoke (Talked) to the head (Moses) (The one whom he gave the charge to) Speak to: 1) The People That Are There 2) The People That Will Come 3) The People That Will Obey Speak to the Future of the ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 14:1-12

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Stolen - Pt. 2 - Opportunities Series

Contributed by Steve Ely on Jan 17, 2019

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Have you ever experienced theft? Something that is rightfully yours taken? This year, during Christmas, it is time to get those things back!

Sermon Bumper Opportunities I. Introduction UPS expects to deliver 750 million packages this season, up from 500 million five years ago. The parcel service typically ships more than 19 million packages a day. But between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day, that daily volume nearly doubles. What also ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:7

Denomination: Pentecostal

Jesus Never Missed An Opportunity Series

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Sep 21, 2019

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Jesus never missed an opportunity to use daily events as a way to reach the hearts of His listeners.

Tuesday of the 25th Week in Course This short Gospel given to us by St. Luke has parallel stories in the other Synoptics, and the amount of ink that has been spilled over the years by interpreters must run to the thousands of liters. I have had experience of anti-Catholic acquaintances throwing ...read more

Scripture: Luke 8:19-21

Denomination: Catholic

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