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May Not A Single Moment Of My Life Be Spent ...  PRO

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000

"May not a single moment of my life be spent outside the light, love and joy of God’s presence and not a moment without the entire surrender of my self as a vessel for Him to ...read more

Tags: Holy Spirit In Believers, Holy Spirit Attributes

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

May Not A Single Moment Of My Life Be Spent ...

Contributed by Donnie Martin on Mar 19, 2010

May not a single moment of my life be spent outside the light, love and joy of God’s presence and not a moment without the entire surrender of my self as a vessel for Him ...read more

Tags: Holiness

Denomination: Baptist

The Hunger Games: Laying Down Your Life

Contributed by Jeff Morrison on Mar 30, 2012

THE HUNGER GAMES: LAYING DOWN YOUR LIFE In the movie, "The Hunger Games," 16 year old Katness is faced with a dramatic choice when her 12 year old sister is chosen by lottery to fight for their district. She knows her sister is small and frail, and that she would not last in the life or death ...read more

Tags: Giving Yourself

Denomination: Baptist

The Key To Life Is Forgetting The Right Things

Contributed by James Snyder on Jan 27, 2024

The thing that has concerned me as I have aged was about forgetting things. How could I remember everything when I was crowding my brain with all kinds of new things? In this regard, there is no comparison between The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage and myself. I have a problem remembering, and ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:13-15

Tags: Forget, Remember

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

Would You Still Love Me?  PRO

Contributed by Dale Johnsen on Dec 28, 2000

A wealthy older gentleman had just recently married a lovely young lady, and was beginning to wonder whether she might have married him for his money. So he asked her, "Tell me the truth: if I lost all my money, would you still love me?" She said reassuringly, ...read more

Tags: Marriage Struggle, Money, Finding Fulfillment

Denomination: Baptist

A Man And A Woman In Love Long For A Union, The ...  PRO

Contributed by Bradley White-Findeisen on Feb 7, 2001

A man and a woman in love long for a union, the natural result of which is offspring that are neither entirely the man’s, nor the woman’s, but bear the unmistakable marks of both. That union, Scripture boldly declares, has a spiritual parallel (Ephesians 5:31-32). Though this initially shocks our ...read more

Tags: Gifts General, Holy Spirit In Believers, Creation

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

I Love The Story Of The Grumbling Motorist. ...  PRO

Contributed by Rick Shockley on Nov 16, 2001

I love the story of the grumbling motorist. "What am I supposed to do with this?" grumbled the motorist, as the police clerk handed him a receipt for his traffic ticket. "Keep it," ...read more

Tags: Joy

Intercessory Prayer Might Be Defined As Loving ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2002

Intercessory prayer might be defined as loving our neighbor on our knees. ...read more

Tags: Compassion, Prayer General, Prayer Adoration

Where There's Marriage Without Love, There Will ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 20, 2002

Where there’s marriage without love, there will be love without ...read more

Tags: Romantic Love, Marriage General, Divorce

To Dwell Above With The Saints We Love, That ...  PRO

Contributed by Michael Stone on Apr 10, 2002

To dwell above with the saints we love, that will be glory. But to dwell below with the saints we ...read more

Tags: Death

Denomination: Baptist

Tell Mommy I Love Her  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on May 17, 2002

Tell Mommy I love Her. John had been on the road visiting clients for more than three weeks. He couldn’t wait to get back to Ohio to see his wife and children. It was comoig up on Mother’s Day, and he usually tried to make it "Back home",but this year he was just too tired. He was in a small town ...read more

Tags: Children

It Is Easy To Love The People Far Away. It Is Not ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 25, 2002

It is easy to love the people far away. It is not always easy to love those close to us...Bring love into your home for this is where our love for each ...read more

Tags: Christian Love, Unconditional Love

Love Is Much Nicer To Be In Than An Automobile ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 9, 2002

Love is much nicer to be in than an automobile accident, a tight girdle, a higher tax bracket, or a holding ...read more

Tags: Romantic Love

God's Love Is Like A Bridge That Makes ...  PRO

Contributed by John Williams Iii on Nov 8, 2002

God’s love is like a bridge that makes reconciliation possible. If you take away the bridge, the separation remains. George Herbert said, “He who cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass.” (T. T. Crabtree. Ed. The Zondervan 2001 Pastor’s Annual. Howard S. Kalb. “Forgiveness.” ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:21-25

Tags: Forgiveness General, Forgiveness For Others

Denomination: United Methodist

Rodney Pickett Makes This Observation, "Love Is ...  PRO

Contributed by Clyde Grimes on Dec 28, 2002

Rodney Pickett makes this observation, “Love is the identifying mark of Christianity. In a world of hate, envy, and anger, love sticks out like a healthy thumb. When anyone walks away from an encounter ...read more

Tags: Jesus Teachings, Love For God

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

Can't Buy Me Love  PRO

Contributed by Jonathan Busch on Feb 23, 2003

CAN'T BUY ME LOVE A minister was speaking to the Sunday school about the things money can’t buy. “It can’t buy laughter and it can’t buy love” he told them. Driving his point home he said, “What would you do if I offered you $1,000 not to love your mother and father?” Stunned ...read more

Tags: Children

Denomination: Pentecostal

Clark Pinnock (Flame Of Love, Chapter ...  PRO

Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on May 30, 2003

Clark Pinnock (Flame of Love, chapter 5) “salvation is union, conversion is awakening to love… Love woos – it does not compel. Conversion is not coerced. God convicts and moves us towards intimacy. His Word is powerful, but there must be a response to it. God does not overpower but saves those ...read more

Tags: God The Father, Forgiveness In Jesus

Denomination: Baptist

Reuel Howe Illustrates Redemptive Love In The ...  PRO

Contributed by Evie Megginson on Nov 4, 2003

Reuel Howe illustrates redemptive love in the story of a mother and her eight-year-old daughter. The girl did something which caused her to feel alienated from her mother. Although her mother tried her best to help, the daughter finally ran out of the room in anger and went upstairs. Seeing her ...read more

Tags: Forgiveness For Others, Confession Of Sin

Denomination: Baptist

There Is An Episode In The Series "I Love Lucy" ...  PRO

Contributed by Emil Boniog on Dec 18, 2003

There is an episode in the series “I Love Lucy” that illustrates the chaos that this kind of situation produces. Ricky, Fred, and Ethel were rehearsing what to do when the time comes to bring Lucy to the hospital. Ethel would telephone the hospital, Fred would call a taxi, and Ricky would pick up ...read more

Tags: Guilt, Emotions

Denomination: Baptist

Levels Of Love, Citation: Erwin Lutzer, ...  PRO

Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Feb 14, 2004

[Levels of Love, Citation: Erwin Lutzer, "Learning to Love," Preaching Today, Tape No. 99.] Perhaps you read the story about a woman and her husband who came to a pastor and said, "We’re going to get a divorce, but we want to come to make sure that you approve of it." There are people who come to ...read more

Tags: Marriage Obligations, Marriage Struggle

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational