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  • Bill Butsko avatar

    Love - God's And Ours

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Jul 17, 2011
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    Love of God is essential for us to love others.

    Text: “We love because He first loved us” (1 John 4:19). When you think of the word “love” what comes to your mind? Perhaps you think of a personal affection for another person. This person could be family or friend. Maybe you think of having a very close association or ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

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    God Is Love Series

    Contributed by Mark Nichols on Mar 2, 2011
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    This is the sermon #11 in the series Letters From John. In 1st John 4, John describes the love of God. God’s love is PERSONAL, PROVEN, PERFECTING, SAVING.

    TEXT: 1st John 4:1-21 TITLE: God IS love! SERIES: Letters from John TOPIC: God is LOVE OCCASION: Burnside Christian Church February 25, 2011 PROP.: In 1st John 3, he describes the kind of love WE are to have. And it is to stem from the kind of love GOD has. Because God is love. And ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Tim Smith avatar

    Love Series

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Mar 17, 2011
     | 8,093 views

    With humanity so confused about love, who is to say what love is?

The answer is God! 
It has accurately been said that "love does not define God, but God defines love." So it is important that we dig a little deeper into this passage to

    God Is Love

 1 John 4:7-21 For many, the Christmas season is a period of dread. The days are getting shorter, decorations need to be hung, parties attended or prepared for, homes cleaned, shopping to be done and presents to be wrapped. All this under the countdown of the clock which ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Because He First Loved Me Series

    Contributed by Guy Caley on Aug 28, 2006
    based on 55 ratings
     | 36,700 views

    7th in the "Love Notes" series. Examines the source and value of Christian Love.

    There’s an old story about a preacher who kept preaching the same message week after week. When he was finally questioned about it he replied “Well you haven’t started following this one yet.” In fact that story has some grounding in History with the preacher in question being John Himself. The ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Robert Leroe avatar

    God Is Love Series

    Contributed by Robert Leroe on Sep 18, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,414 views

    God’s love is complete when it is reproduced in us. God’s love generates our love. When we love, we show that we are living in the Light.

    Sermon Series on First John, “Collecting Evidence of Faith”...“God is Love” I John 4:7-21 -Pastor Bob Leroe, Cliftondale Congregational Church, Saugus, Massachusetts C.S. Lewis suggested that God’s love for us is a much safer subject to consider than our love for others. On this Sunday ...read more

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    Denomination: Congregational

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    God's Love And Ours

    Contributed by James Tetley on Jul 3, 2006
    based on 1 rating
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    God’s tru love for humanity is demonstrated in the death of His Son on the cross

    God’s love and ours 1 John “I like you” he said shyly “I like you too” she responds Encouraged, he added “I like you more than I said” “Me, too”, she murmurs blushing “I love you”, he blurts “What? She asks breathlessly “Nothing” he mutters. “Go on, say it,” she urges “Ojay, but don’t laugh. I ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Eternal Life Through Christ

    Contributed by Tim Hedberg on Jul 17, 2006
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    Eternal Life through Jesus Christ.

    July 2, 2006 1 John 4:7-21 Opening Story Monday Night - Just hiked up Heliotrope Ridge. Just walked thru waterfalls. on snow. up to last dirt spot. Fabulous Day Pesto Pasta - creek - hot cocoa Got into the tent and read our passage and 1 verse stuck out. v. 9 - repeat it after me. This ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Purpose Of First John Series

    Contributed by Frank Lay on Jul 19, 2006
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     | 8,273 views

    John gives us five reasons for his writing of the first letter of John.

    INTRODUCTION TO FIRST JOHN Authorship and Date: Most scholars believe that the author of 1 John was the Apostle John. This was the universal belief of the early church. The many parallels of thought in the Gospel of John and the first epistle of John indicate a common authorship. Following ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    La Obra De Dios En Nosotros

    Contributed by Stephen Boldin on Jul 22, 2006
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     | 7,041 views

    2nd in a Series from 1st John

    “LA OBRA DE AMOR EN NOSOTROS” 1 Juan 4:13-21 Introduccion: Tal vez usted ha oido del tipo que se enamoro con una cantante de la opera. Chuck Swindoll cuenta la historia en su libro, “Encienda el fosforo original” (Strike the Oridinal Match). El tipo se enamoro con ella, aunque apenas la conocia, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Mother's Love

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on May 12, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 10,718 views

    This message illustrates the characteristics of a mother.

    Scripture Reading: I John 4:7-21 Message: “Mother’s Love” Text: “God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him” (I John 4:16). Introduction: We were all created by God and brought into this world through one called “Mother”. Each one of us has an earthly mother and an ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

  • Cesar Verdeflor avatar

    God Is Love Series

    Contributed by Cesar Verdeflor on Apr 1, 2006
    based on 71 ratings
     | 88,201 views

    God’s love didn’t begin at the time He created the universe and man. There was not a time that God started loving. Love was already there. Where God was, there was love; where God is there is love; where God will be there will always be full of love.

    GOD IS LOVE (1John 4:7-21) Mark was walking home from school one day when he noticed the boy ahead of him had tripped and dropped all of the books he was carrying along with two sweaters, a baseball bat, a glove, and a small tape recorder. Mark knelt down and helped the boy pick up the scattered ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Kevin Ruffcorn avatar

    Relationships--Places For Support And Accountability" Series

    Contributed by Kevin Ruffcorn on Apr 5, 2006
    based on 11 ratings
     | 4,595 views

    We cannot be solo Christians. The Christian life is lived out in community for several reasons.

    1 John 4:7-21 “Relationships—Places for Support and Accountability” INTRODUCTION The poet John Donne penned the words, “No man is an island. No man stands alone. Each man’s joy is joy to me, each man’s grief is my own.” Later his words were turn into a top selling record in the 60’s. Perhaps ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Tim Patrick avatar

    What's So Special About God's Love Series

    Contributed by Tim Patrick on Apr 10, 2006
    based on 124 ratings
     | 33,896 views

    This sermon examines the special nature of God’s love for us.

    God’s love is a special love. The person on the street and the person in church on Sunday all need to understand the love of God. An understanding of God’s love will affect your faith. An understanding of God’s love will affect your opinion of yourself. An understanding of God’s love will affect ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Paul Fritz avatar

    Balancing Our Emphasis Between Task And Relationship Orientation

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Apr 15, 2006
    based on 8 ratings
     | 4,685 views

    Balancing Life is Dependent on the Holy Spirit’s Enabling

    Balancing Our Emphasis Between Task and Relationship Orientation 1 John 4:20-4:21 - If anyone says I love God but hates his brother. He is a liar and the truth is not in him. For how can you say you love God whom you do not see when you do not love your brother whom you see? 1. The Holy ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    God's Love

    Contributed by Carl Allen on Oct 4, 2006
    based on 6 ratings
     | 17,000 views

    With humanity so confused about love, who is to say what love is? The answer is God! One of the simplest and yet most profound definitions of love is found in 1 John 4: "God is love."

    READ 1 John 4:7-21 "God is love" ought to fill our hearts with warmth and hope. But we need to understand this rightly. "God is love" does not mean, that "love is God." It has accurately been said that "love does not define God, but God defines love." Love in modern society bears no resemblance ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist