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I Desire Mercy Not Sacrifice
Experiencing the mercy of God in our lives
Ready & Faithful
Looking to Jesus for help now and hope in the future
Why Suffering?
Help your church understand God's plan in pain
THE TRIUMPH OF ORDINARY FOLK A SCOTTISH MINISTER was known for his love and encouragement of the people of his church and village. When he died, someone commented, "There is no one left to appreciate the triumphs of ordinary folk." Love appreciates the triumphs of ordinary folk. Our children are ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:6-8
Tags: Christian Love
James McDonald has a couple of sayings I like: "Choose to sin, choose to suffer." "When God says ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:11
Tags: Sin Exposed
Denomination: Baptist
REDEFINING SIN "In recent years, and especially since the 1960s, the democratic societies of the West have been enlarging the boundaries of acceptable behaviour, in effect redefining sin. The sexual revolution of my youth dismantled barriers against premarital sex and encouraged open marriages. ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1-11
HANNAH AND MICHAEL: FINDING WHAT WAS LOST Let me tell you what happened to Ted Forbes back in 1984. While walking down a street in Chicago...Ted found a wallet. Being an honest Christian man he wanted to return it to its owner. So he opened it to look for identification. The wallet contained just ...read more
Scripture: Luke 15:8-10, Luke 15:11-32, 1 Corinthians 13:8, John 17:1-26
Tags: Love, Parable Lost Coin
MOTHERS LIVE FOR OTHERS We've got all sorts of people here this morning. One thing we have got a lot of is mothers. Some of you, your children are long grown up. But you have the experience of having been a mother. So? Well, every mother lives her life for another. And that is what the church ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:4-8
Tags: Mother's Day
Denomination: Anglican
Al was my father-in-law. He was an uncomplicated man, easy to like. He was a natural athlete and avid outdoorsman who loved to hunt and fish. When he had a daughter (his first grandchild; my wife has no siblings) we didn’t realize how excited Al was about the prospect of taking her to the Great ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1-13
Tags: Evangelism, Love, Parents, Aging, Christian Love, Evangelism Urgency (view more) (view less)
MARRIAGE: PREPARATION IS KEY "Promises are no substitute for preparation in marriage. Just because you say 'I Do' does not make you able. Just because you say 'I Do' does not make you capable. It only makes you accountable. And when you are accountable for something you are not capable of ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 7:1-7, 1 Corinthians 13:4-8
Tags: Love, Marriage, Wedding, Promise, Marriage Struggle (view more) (view less)
Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed
"YOU'RE NOT FROM AROUND HERE." There is not much you can do about it. Once you have been around it everybody else knows. I’m talking about the red dirt of western Oklahoma. It’s caused by the iron in the soil that, after being oxidized, turns to rust. It seems that nothing can erase or clean ...read more
Tags: God's Love
Denomination: Nazarene
"YOU PROMISED ME" Love always perseveres. Love never Fails. In 1989, an 8.2 earthquake almost flattened Armenia, killing over 30,000 people in less than four minutes. Surprisingly, such tragedies often bring out the best in people. Let me show you the loving heart of a father. In the midst of ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1-13, Leviticus 6:12-13
Tags: God's Love, Bearing God's Image
THE TROUBLE TELESCOPE Most of you have seen the wonderful images from the Hubble Space Telescope. From the far reaches of space, we're able to see God's most breathtaking creations. Do you remember that in the beginning the Hubble Space Telescope was not the wonderful machine that it is today. ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:12
Tags: Self
Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ
Life, Love and Grief "Love is the fabric of a life well lived. Grief is the tapestry of a ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:13
Tags: Love, Life, Grief
Baseball And The Curious Case Of Scooter Gennett Baseball is known for its surprises. It's a beautiful game that lets grown men play a kids game. For more than a century of baseball and thousands of games, only 16 men have homered four times in one game. The last was Josh Hamilton, five years ...read more
Scripture: Hebrews 11:1-3, 1 Corinthians 13:13, Romans 5:1-4
Tags: Perseverance, Hope, Good News
Denomination: Pentecostal
THE TRIANGLE? IT TAKES 3 PEOPLE TO HURT YOU. THE PERSON THAT SAID IT. THE PERSON THAT HEARD IT AND PASSED IT ON… AND YOU TO ACCEPT IT. Did you crucify a person today? Did you murder someone with your words? Did you destroy some ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:12, Colossians 3:2
Tags: Hurt, Words
Denomination: Assembly Of God
WHAT IS THE GREATEST ACT OF LOVE? The kiss is mentioned 23 times in the Bible. To hold hands is mentioned 12 times. For a total of 35 times. LISTEN is in the Bible 353 times. HEAR is mentioned 382 times. Listening is 19 times… For a total of 754 times… To hear and listen is mentioned 33 times more ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:9, James 1:19, 2 Timothy 4:3
Tags: Slow To Anger, Listening, Slow To Speak
Franklin D. Roosevelt said: We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a better life, ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:13, Psalm 26:2
Tags: Give, Hope
If you should find the perfect church Without one spot or sore For goodness sake! Don’t join that church! For it won’t be perfect anymore. If you should find the perfect church Where all anxieties cease. Then pass it by, lest you join it, And mar the masterpiece. But since no perfect church ...read more
Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 1:7, Matthew 16:18, 1 Corinthians 13:1-10
Tags: Faith, Love, Church, Hope
Most of us have a bank account, at least I hope most of us do. But have you ever watched the bank teller to see what they do? Bank tellers have a rather thankless job. All of that monotonous counting, handling those germy dollar bills, and dealing all day with people who are more than likely in ...read more
Tags: Love, False Teachers
Once upon a time, a donkey was tied to a tree when a demon came and untied it. The donkey ran into the fields and began destroying the crop. When the farmer's wife spotted this, she shot and killed the donkey. The donkey's owner was so upset that he shot the farmer's wife. When the ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 22:37-39, Exodus 20:1-17, 1 Corinthians 13:13
Tags: Ego, Demon, Donkey, Revenge
If the marriage is healthy, unconditional love moves the spouses to forgive each other and help one another overcome ingrained habits and difficult behavioural patterns. Church Father Tertullian wrote of this sort of marriage, “How beautiful, then, the marriage of two Christians, two who are one ...read more
Scripture: Romans 8:38, 1 Corinthians 13:4-8
Tags: Love, Marriage, One Flesh, Unconditional Love
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