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I Desire Mercy Not Sacrifice
Experiencing the mercy of God in our lives
Ready & Faithful
Looking to Jesus for help now and hope in the future
Why Suffering?
Help your church understand God's plan in pain
Unable to dress up our lives with a "righteousness" of our own, Jesus dresses us in "His" righteousness.
Christmas 2 B Isaiah 61:10-62:3 All Dressed Up 01/05/02 Yes, they’re still here – the manger, the advent candles, the decorations and the trees. Signs of Christmas, so hastily put up, in many cases so slow to be put away. For a couple of months now our homes, our businesses, our churches; yes, ...read more
Denomination: Lutheran
Second in series. Getting rid of the baggage that prevents us from our objective: becoming like Christ
"In Christ" "All The World’s A Stage" Hebrews 11:32-12:2 "And what more shall I say? For time would fail me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets— who through faith conquered kingdoms, enforced justice, received promises, stopped the mouths of lions, ...read more
Denomination: Holiness
God doesn’t want only part of us- we need to fully surrender everything to Him.
I Surrender All Purpose Driven Life #10 October 18, 2003 Cornwall/Montreal This story was in many newspapers on March 9 of this year: TERRIFIED Iraqi soldiers have crossed the Kuwait border and tried to surrender to British forces - because they thought the war had already started. The motley ...read more
Scripture: Galatians 2:17-21, Romans 12:1
Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
As Peter opens his letter, he describes his readers as aliens (pilgrims, strangers). This is true of all believers because; 1. The Father has chosen us. 2. The Son has washed us. 3. The Spirit has sanctified us.
I was reading through the news on the Internet this past week – as is my regular habit, and I came across a most interesting article. According to the article, it has been reported that there are aliens living among us. One of the witnesses quoted in this article says that there may be hundreds ...read more
Scripture: 1 Peter 1:1-2
Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance
God can use what you already have to help you overcome challenges, just like David used five smooth stones to defeat Goliath. By understanding David's approach, we can learn how to conquer the giants in our own lives.
Today, we're diving into the epic showdown between David and Goliath. We're gonna focus on those five smooth stones David used to take down Goliath and see how God can use what we've got. Object Lesson: Bring out a sling and five smooth stones. Demonstrate how David might have used them. [Read 1 ...read more
Scripture: 1 Samuel 17:32-40, Matthew 14:13-21
Topics: Resilience, Resourcefulness, Adaptability, Problem-Solving
God wants us to give our all to Him, and whatever we do give Him all the glory. Deborah was unafraid to go into battle against the enemies of God. Barak was in the need of the help her strong leadership. God can use women in a mighty way!
He Wants it All Deborah: Prophetess, Judge, Encourager References: Judges 1:16 Moses father in law lived in this place God raised up Deborah at a time in history when the children of Israel were going through severe oppression from their enemies because of their spiritual adultery. (Judges ...read more
Denomination: Baptist
If we are honest we can all admit to having moments like Peter when we want to turn back to the old life. Go back to fishing instead of living for Christ. But friend: that can never be for you or me.
Jesus restores us John Chapter 21 Last week we celebrated Easter and how Jesus rose from the dead and how He presented himself to the men and women who followed him. Today we look at what is regarded as Jesus third appearance to the Disciples. It is a week later so it is another Sunday morning. ...read more
Scripture: John 21:1-25
Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed
Once Useless Now Useful: The story of Onesimus; the story of Paul; the story of us all.
My father has a knack for finding and fixing discarded bicycles. Bikes that are considered useless by most become useful in the hands of this skilled mechanic. Of course everyone knows that with a bit of duct tape anything can be made useful again. Does that work on people too? Can those who ...read more
Scripture: Philemon 1:1-21
Challenges and suffering are in God’s plan. They enable us to experience His care and pass His comfort on to others.
Today we begin our study of the book of 2nd Corinthians. During the last few months, as we have studied through the book of 1st Corinthians, the extent of the problems at the church in Corinth became apparent to us. The church was characterized by disunity, dissention, arguing, and immorality. ...read more
Scripture: 2 Peter 4:15-19, 2 Corinthians 1:1-11
Paul reminds Philemon and us that we all are slaves, that is, we all have responsibilities to our masters.
Pentecost 16 Philemon 1,10-21 Let’s say that you were a pastor, and you had this situation come up in your church: there was a problem between two of your most solid members, we’ll call them Philip and Oswald. But the problem between Phil and Ozzie isn’t a personality clash. The problem isn’t ...read more
Giving God everything you have is the only acceptable response in light of all He has done for us.
Giving your all Scripture Text: Romans 12:1-2 Introduction: On Friday a 21 yr. old Olympic Athlete died while practicing for his competition. Years of sacrifice and training: gone in an instant. Olympians are extremely focused individuals. They spend a lifetime preparing physically, mentally, ...read more
Scripture: Romans 12:1-2
Focusing on the proper order in God-inspired Scripture which helps us get our spiritual priorities right in
“A” ALL THE WAY!!! Not only is ALL Scripture God-inspired (2 Tim 3:16), even the order in it is God-inspired. In God’s scheme of things, a B never comes before an A, so to speak. Consider this ...read more
Scripture: 1 Kings 6:29
Denomination: *other
we will look at how the faith of others can encourage us to run this race of our faith with the endurance of Jesus!
I. Introduction II. “Run at all cost” Hebrews 11:32-12:3 we will look at how the faith of others can encourage us to run this race of our faith with the endurance of Jesus! III. First let’s look at verses 32-35 from Hebrews 11. It mentions people by name who had faith to be ...read more
The final sermon in the 4-part series looks at what empowers us to commit ourselves and our resources to God.
October 20, 2024 Rev. Mary Erickson Hope Lutheran Church Jeremiah 29:11-14; Romans 8:24-31; Matthew 5:13-16 All That We Hope to Be Friends, may grace and peace be yours in abundance in the knowledge of God and Christ Jesus our Lord. Our offering hymn, “We Lift Our Voices” has been the ...read more
Scripture: Jeremiah 29:11-14, Romans 8:24-31, Matthew 5:13-16
Sometimes it is us who hold back our blessing, we let everybody else tell us what we can have or what we cannot have. If it is something that you really want, you should not let anyone come between you and your blessing.
Intro: This story start off with one of the ruler of the synagogue, Jairus by name; who came to Jesus for help. His daughter was dying and he wanted Jesus to come and lay His hands on his daughter so she could be healed. Jesus went with him and many of the people followed Him, and pressed around ...read more
Scripture: Mark 5:25-34
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