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  • The Power Of Love

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007
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    The Power of Love Newspaper columnist and Minister George Crane tell of a wife who came into his office full of hatred toward her husband. “I do not only want to get rid of him; I want to get even. Before I divorce him, I want to hurt him as much as he has me.” Dr Crane suggested an ingenious ...read more

  • No Farewell To Love  PRO

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Sep 2, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,698 views

    “No Farewell to Love” As an aged Christian lay dying, a friend called to say farewell. “I have just had three other visitors,” said the dying man, “and with two of them I parted; but the third I shall keep with me forever.” “Who are they?” “the first was Faith, and I said, ‘Goodbye, Faith! I ...read more

  • Impact Of Love  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,086 views

    Impact of Love a. Ted was not what one would call the teacher’s pet--he was Turned off by school. Very sloppy in appearance. Expressionless. Unattractive. Many looked down upon him Even his teacher, Miss Thompson, enjoyed bearing down her red pen -- as she placed Xs beside his many wrong answers. ...read more

  • Ideal Love

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
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     | 2,172 views

    Ideal Love a. There was a Dad who took his kids to do a little shopping. As they drove up, they spotted an eighteen-wheeler parked with a big sign on it that said, "Petting Zoo." The kids jumped up in a rush and asked, "Daddy, Daddy. Can we go? Please. Please. Can we go?" "Sure," He said giving ...read more

  • Sacrificial Love

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
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     | 7,271 views

    SACRIFICIAL LOVE March 2008. A Starbucks barista (server), 51-year-old Sandie Andersen, donated a kidney to a regular, longtime customer, in order to save her life. 55-year-old Annamarie Ausnes stated during a talk with Andersen that she needed a kidney transplant. The only problem was that her ...read more

  • Law Is Love

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 23, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,455 views

    LAW IS LOVE We have a little 10 lb. Sheltie-Poo at home, and we all love him. He thinks he’s so macho as he stands in our bay window, looking out at the street. A big German Shepherd walks his owner down our sidewalk every day, and our little Teddy goes nuts trying to get thru that window and take ...read more

  • Love Of The Adopted

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Sep 16, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,673 views

    Love of the Adopted We capture a picture of our relationship with God in Chrissy's story about her adoptive parents. "My adopted father still, to this day, recalls the overwhelming emotion he had the moment he held me in his arms and saw my tiny, pink face. They gave me the best life any child ...read more

  • Sacrificial Love

    Contributed by Clarence Clough on Oct 2, 2008
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    Sacrificial Love Years ago, a young mother was making her way across the hills of South Wales, carrying her tiny baby in her arms, when she was overtaken by a blinding blizzard. She never reached her destination, and when the blizzard had subsided her body was found by searchers beneath a mound of ...read more

  • Love As Evangelism

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Oct 9, 2008
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     | 5,132 views

    Love as Evangelism When Henry Stanley went out in 1871 and found Dr. Livingstone, (remember: "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?") he spent some months in his company, but Livingstone never spoke to Stanley about spiritual things. Throughout those months Stanley just watched the old man. Livingstone’s ...read more

  • Christ Was Love  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2009
    based on 5 ratings
     | 5,284 views

    CHRIST WAS LOVE I read a story that I thought was a perfect illustration as to what the perfect gift looks like at Christmas. It centered on a school Christmas pageant. Of course there was nothing there to make it religious. Only snowmen, reindeer and the like. And so the kindergarten class was ...read more

  • Love At Last!!!

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Nov 20, 2022
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    George, age 92 and Edith, age 89 are all excited about their decision to get married. They go for a stroll to discuss the wedding and on the way, they pass a drugstore. George suggests they go in and he addresses the man behind the counter. "Are you the owner? "The pharmacist answers, ...read more

  • The Look Of Love

    Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Feb 13, 2023
     | 1,362 views

    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

  • The Love Of God

    Contributed by Garris Hudson on Jun 12, 2023
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     | 3,105 views

    Several years ago, John MacArthur had the opportunity to spend several days traveling with the well-known gospel musicians, Bill and Gloria Gaither. At one point, he asked Bill what, in his estimation, were the greatest Christian lyrics ever written, aside from the inspired Psalms. Without ...read more

  • Loving Discipline

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jun 24, 2023
     | 1,394 views

    My middle godson has been having some serious discipline problems. While I was visiting his family, I read the file of his interviews with the school specialists in difficult children. The thing that struck me the hardest was when they were exploring whether or not he felt loved by ...read more

  • Love Of Money

    Contributed by David Swanger on Jan 19, 2024
     | 1,354 views

    One day a certain old, rich man of a miserable disposition visited a rabbi, who took the rich man by the hand and lead him to a window. “Look out there,” he said. The rich man looked into the street. “What do you see?” asked the rabbi. “I see men, women and children,” answered the rich man. Again, ...read more

  • The Desire For Love

    Contributed by Loyd C. Taylor on Aug 8, 2024
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    The Desire for Love Humor: A couple who had been chatting online for weeks finally met on their first date. After an expensive meal in an upscale restaurant, the lady plucked a daisy from the flower arrangement on the table, pulling the pedals off one by one. She repeated to herself, “He loves me, ...read more

  • A Superior Love

    Contributed by David Tack on Sep 18, 2024
     | 548 views

    “The strenuous Christian mandate to extend unconditional love towards those that hate you is a fatiguing duty for the soldiers of the cross of Christ! In the heat of a damning spiritual warfare, when the spiritual defensive battlefronts are diminishing, the fleshly armaments derived from the human ...read more

  • A Loving Congregation

    Contributed by John Bright on Feb 2, 2025
     | 342 views

    This is the greatest need we have in the local congregation today – to be seen as a place where love for on another is present. What does that look like? A quote from St. Francis of Assisi: “Blessed is the servant who loves his brother as much when he is sick and useless as when he is well and an ...read more

  • Church Membership Vows  PRO

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Jan 28, 2003
    based on 11 ratings
     | 3,328 views

    Church Membership Vows Will you ___________, take your church to be your church; to live together in the holy covenant of membership? Will you love, comfort, honor, and keep your church and be faithful to your church as long as you live? Do you ___________, take your church to be your church, from ...read more

  • Once A Young Man Kneeled Before A Beautiful ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mike Hamilton on Oct 28, 2003
    based on 28 ratings
     | 2,814 views

    Once a young man kneeled before a beautiful young woman beside a placid lake. “Darling,” he said, “I want you to know that I love you more than life. I want you to marry me. I’m not a wealthy man. I don’t have a yacht, a Rolls-Royce or lots of money like Johnny Green, but I do love you with all ...read more