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  • Tim White avatar

    Why Love? Turn Right Series

    Contributed by Tim White on Mar 22, 2012
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    As we grow in love for each other in a Church, we learn more and more about each other, discovering more reasons to not like each other. This passage teaches the importance to choose love, unconditionally and depend upon Christ for His righteousness and l

    Why Love? 1 John 3”10-18 Ill. What is love? It is silence--when your words would hurt. It is patience--when your neighbor's curt. It is deafness--when a scandal flows. It is thoughtfulness--for other's woes. It is promptness--when stern duty calls. It is courage--when misfortune falls. A ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    How To Know That You Know Series

    Contributed by Tim White on Apr 2, 2012
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    God wants you to have assurances before Him. John lists four things that will give us assurances in times of doubt and trials.

    How To Know That You Know 1 John 3:18-24 1Jn 3:18-19 Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth. By this we shall know that we are of the truth and reassure our heart before him; 1. We have Assurance because we love Him and love like Him. • We read verse 18 ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    "Love Is Known Through Action"

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on Apr 12, 2012
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    A sermon about loving others as Christ calls us to love.

    1 John 3:16-24 “Love Is Known in Action” “This is how we know love: Jesus laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.” Lay down our lives? What in the world does that mean? For Jesus it ultimately meant death on a ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

  • Gerald Roberts avatar

    The Encounter

    Contributed by Gerald Roberts on Apr 17, 2012
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    This sermon is about what one encounters as a result of being a child of God.

    1 John 3:1-7 "The Encounter" 1. First the writer shares we are about to encounter something that is worthy of Our Attention A. 31"Behold" what manner of love the Father has lavished on us B. The word Behold refers to Observe What Love ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Be Fully Alive In The Deadest Sense Of The Word

    Contributed by Joel Pankow on May 3, 2012
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    God puts our hearts at rest through HIs commands to love and believe.

    May 6, 2012 1 John 3:18-24 Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth. This then is how we know that we belong to the truth, and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence whenever our hearts condemn us. For God is greater than our hearts, and he ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Providing Care Within The Community Series

    Contributed by Davon Huss on May 31, 2014
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    A sermon on physical and spiritual care in God's community, the church (Outline and material adapted from Daniel Overdorf's book, What the Bible Says About the Church: Rediscovering Community, chapter 3 Communally Responsible, pages 71- 79)

    HoHum: Older baseball fans remember when Jackie Robinson, the first African American to play MLB, joined the Brooklyn Dodgers. Wherever the Dodgers traveled, opposing players and fans spewed hateful words and racial slurs at Robinson. Pitchers threw fastballs at his head. Opposing base runners ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    What The World Needs Now Is Love

    Contributed by John Lowe on Apr 27, 2013
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    One of our most basic needs is to be loved. The lyrics of a classic song reflect this worldwide longing—“What the world needs now is love, sweet love, and that’s the only thing there’s too little of.” God has met this need in Christ.

    What the World Needs Now is Love 1 John 3.11-18 Scripture Reading: Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Therefore the world does not know ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Wow Factor!

    Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on Apr 27, 2013
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     | 28,412 views

    Updated May 18, 2025 Now Glory is a word that contains much emotion and much wonder. It is often used when we experience something that has a Wow factor. Such as, "Oh what a glorious view!" or "That performance was glorious!"

    For those unfamiliar with an Anglican Service there are four Scripture readings before the message. Today’s readings were: Acts:11:1-18; Psalm 148; Revelation 21: 1-6 and John 13:31-35. I am sure ... that most of us have seen do-mi-noes set up by the thousands or ...... even by the tens of ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    A Lifestyle Of Love (Updated)

    Contributed by Dennis Lee on Feb 16, 2016
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    Love is not just a word we use in a sentence; rather it is a lifestyle choice, or rather it’s a way of life that all believers in Jesus Christ must adhere to. Learn more about this as we explore some practical ways we work this out in our daily lives.

    A Lifestyle of Love 1 Corinthians 13:1-8a ** Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvrwTw2VPk8 As we are continuing in our ongoing series on Faith, Hope, and Love, today I want to continue on the topic of love. Love is not just a word we use in a sentence; rather it is a lifestyle choice that ...read more

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    Denomination: Foursquare

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    Real Love (3) Series

    Contributed by Scott Bayles on Sep 23, 2013
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    Everyone loves love! We want to be loved and we want to give love. The problem is—our love is often lacking. This four-sermon series explores 1 John in order to discover a love that's truly worth having and giving: real love! PowerPoint available.

    REAL LOVE (3) Scott Bayles Blooming Grove Christian Church: 6/2/2013 The Bible has a lot to say about love. Jesus said that the greatest commands ever given were to love the Lord with all you heart and to love your neighbor as yourself (Mark 12:29). Paul wrote, “Three things will last ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

  • David Owens avatar

    Love Is A Verb Series

    Contributed by David Owens on Sep 30, 2013
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     | 14,709 views

    In this sermon, we explore what love is and conclude that love is a decision and love is what we do.

    Introduction: A. The story is told of a husband and wife, who had been married for many years and who were having dinner one night. 1. As they ate, the wife commented, “When we were first married, you took the small piece of meat and gave me the larger piece, but now you take the large one ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Mark A. Barber avatar

    True Love Series

    Contributed by Mark A. Barber on Aug 13, 2013
     | 4,327 views

    How can we be assured of our election? It is demonstrated in our love for God, then our brethren, then our neighbors, and finally to our enemies

    True Love I John 3:13-18 Introduction In the previous section, we are told that what one does defines the person. A person is not who he/she claims to be unless they can back their words with actions. If one speaks like Jesus and acts like the devil, he/she is the latter. The principal ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Practicing Love Series

    Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Sep 16, 2015
     | 10,258 views

    Christians demonstrate their salvation through obedience to the command of Christ to love others as He loved.

    In 2004 we learned of the abuse and humiliation of Iraqi prisoners at the hands of American soldiers because of pictures and videos made public by Australian television. Iraqi terrorists immediately made their own film as they brutally beheaded American civilian John Berg. In the film, they ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Matthew Kratz avatar

    Children Of The Resurrection Series

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on May 27, 2016
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     | 4,973 views

    Children of the Resurrection are not marked by 1) Murder (1 John 3:12, 14), 2) Hatred (1 John 3:13, 15), and 3) Indifference toward other children of God (1 John 3:16–18).

    A recent story in a popular magazine gave some suggestions for “How to Heal a Family Feud.” It was sprinkled with anecdotes of families torn apart by petty squabbles, carefully nursed grudges, perceived and real hurts, and substantial doses of anger. But there were also stories of happy ...read more

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    Denomination: Other

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    Abiding In Christ Series

    Contributed by Christopher Benfield on Jun 23, 2016
     | 10,788 views

    The ultimate goal of every believer should be Christ-likeness. The closer we walk with Him, growing in grace, the more like Him we become. In order to live victorious, fulfilling Christian lives, we must abide in Christ.

    Abiding in Christ 1 John 3: 18-24 Living a Christian life requires much more than church attendance during weekly services. Being known as a Christian is literally to be known as a follower of Christ, one who strives to live life as Christ lived. Being a Christian isn’t merely ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist