Contributed by Sermon Central on May 5, 2003
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The selfless love to which God calls you and me produces a deep joy in our hearts. This joy or happiness of the Spirit has three dimensions.
Joy is the assurance of faith that we are acceptable to God and that God’s good providences are working on our behalf. This joy is an inner calm
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Contributed by Eric Vertein on May 10, 2005
Luther felt that our love for God should be so compelling, that when it comes to the commandment to honor our mothers, even if we didn’t have mothers, we ought to ask God to give us mothers erected out of stone or wood, so we would have an avenue by which to keep this commandment. Yet Luther
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Lutheran
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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Erwin W. Lutzer wrote, “Better to love God and die unknown than to love the world and be a hero; better to be content with poverty than to die a slave to wealth; better to have taken some risks and lost than to have done nothing and succeeded at it; better to have lost some battles than to have
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Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Feb 2, 2008
False prophets talk much about the love of God but nothing of His holiness, much about people who are deprived but nothing about those who are depraved, much about God’s universal fatherhood of every human being but nothing about His unique fatherhood only of those who are His children through
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 9, 2006
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"Spirit filled souls are ablaze for God. They love with a love that glows. They serve with a faith that kindles. They serve with a devotion that consumes. They hate sin with fierceness that burns. They rejoice with a
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 31, 2008
"Unrequited love is love that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is usually deeply desired. The beloved may not even be aware of this person’s deep feelings for them. This can lead to feelings such as depression, low self-esteem, anxiety, and rapid mood swings between depression and
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"Gods definition of beauty is a lot different than the worlds. God says that beauty is found in a
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Contributed by Ken Pell on Mar 10, 2013
GOD HAS SOMETHING BETTER FOR YOU
A daddy took his little girl to the park one Saturday afternoon. She was about 4 and was having such a good time in the sun and the presence of her daddy. The ice cream vendor came by and daddy bought her an ice cream cone. Then he noticed that his little girl had
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Nazarene