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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
In light of Christ’s imminent return, James gives a word of warning to the rich, a word of comfort to the hurting, and a reminder to talk like a believer.
JAMES LIVING THE REAL LIFE: CULTIVATING A FAITH THAT WORKS IN LIGHT OF HIS COMING JAMES 5:1-12 INTRODUCTION Open your Bible to James chapter 5. Of course, this is the last chapter of the book of James; and the normative way that the New Testament writers ended their letters was to tie up some ...read more
Scripture: James 5:1-12
Denomination: Baptist
We need to stop being conformists, we need to leave our comfort zone, and we need to begin laboring for the Lord the way that He wants us to labor.
As I said during our service Thursday night, we need a revival. We need to stop being conformists, we need to leave our comfort zone, and we need to begin laboring for the Lord the way that He wants us to labor. How of you here today would like to comply with God? How many would like to light ...read more
Scripture: Acts 28:1-6
Denomination: Independent/Bible
Explores our transformation from darkness to light through Christ, the exposure of sinful acts, and the blessings of living in God's light.
Good morning, family! It's another beautiful day that the Lord has made, and we're here to rejoice and be glad in it. Today, we're gonna get into a piece of Scripture that's gonna challenge us, encourage us, and hopefully, change us. Before we get to that, I want to share a quote with you from Gary ...read more
Scripture: Ephesians 5:8-20
Topics: Christian Influence
A reminder that, just as Jesus is the light of the world, we are called to be his lights in the world
The Light of the World Our gospel reading this morning is Mark’s telling of the transfiguration of Jesus. It is a fascinating story, and quite unusual in the ministry of Jesus as Moses and Elijah are brought back to life in a scene witnessed by three of disciples. The heart of the story is ...read more
Scripture: Mark 9:2-13
Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican
Our world is in complete darkness. Jesus is the divine light that can take away the world's darkness. As Christians, we are called to show and to shine the bright light of Jesus' love to others.
Since the mid 1980’s most of us have seen or heard of those famous Motel 6 radio and TV commercials that even to this day we can’t get out of our heads. Do you remember them? It was that familiar voice of their advertising spokesman saying, “I’m Tom Bodett for Motel 6, and we’ll leave the light on ...read more
Scripture: John 8:12, Matthew 5:14-16, Acts 13:47
Message series about what it means to be a Authentic Christian. Real Christians.
Title: Salt and Light Theme: To show that as the kids go back to school the Lord has called them to be Salt Light into the community. Text: Colossians 4:1-6, Ephesians 5:15-21 Introduction Over the last few Sundays we have been talking about Authentic Christianity. This is real Christians. We ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 5:13-16
Denomination: Church Of God
Jesus is the light of the world, revealing the Father and calling us to Salvation.
* Making decisions in the dark can lead to some regrettable consequences. Back in the days before electricity, a tightfisted old farmer was taking his hired man to task for carrying a lighted lantern when he went to call on his best girl. "Why," he exclaimed, "when I went a-courtin’ I never carried ...read more
Scripture: John 8:12-20
Jesus has called us to be light into the world around us.
Light and Dark June 15, 2008 Me: I used to be terrified of the dark. I hated it. I always wanted more light and to be able to see what horrible monster was going to crawl out from under my bed. Somehow, seeing the monster made it better. There was a comfort in the light. Now, I want it as dark as ...read more
Scripture: Mark 4:21-25
Christians are called to be radically different from non-Christians. We cannot escape this reality if we choose to be serious followers of Jesus
Intro: Values and standards competing against each other Most western countries are pluralistic in both RACE and RELIGION Christianity, Islam, Secularism, Materialism and Cults all competing for the soul of a country WHO WILL WIN? [Phil. 2:9-11] == "Every knee will bow ..." Question: John ...read more
Jesus is the Light of the world. But are we walking in that light
Introduction This passage, like those of the last several weeks make reference to events which happened at the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles. In this feast, the people made temporary shelters to live in for a week called booths. The feast lasted a total of eight days. In it was remembered the ...read more
This message was preached at a Christian School "Revival" during their Chapel service.
ARE YOU FOR REAL? EXPOSING COUNTERFEIT CHRISTIANITY INTRODUCTION: For every good thing that God gives us, satan attempts to create a counterfeit. God gave us music, and satan has created an industry that ruins the blessing of music. God gave us his word and satan tries to produce a counterfeit. ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 13:24-30
These characteristics are not to be critical of anyone’s commitment to Christ but to strengthen our faithfulness to our risen Savior through our living today is a fallen world.
Last Sunday I began a series of sermons on qualities or characteristics found in the christian life which identify you as a Christian. These characteristics are not to be critical of anyone’s commitment to Christ but to strengthen our faithfulness to our risen Savior through our living today is a ...read more
Scripture: 1 John 1:4-10, John 1:3-5, John 3:19-21, Psalm 51:10-12, Jeremiah 15:16, 1 John 2:3-4, 1 Samuel 15:21-23, Romans 5:19, Romans 6:16, 1 Peter 1:2 (view more) (view less)
Jesus tells us we are the salt of the earth.
Matthew 5:13-20 Salty Christians or Believers 1. The following is some of the uses I found for Salt: • Salt is used for money and many people fought for in wars. "worth his salt" because of the value of salt. • Salt is used to cure and store meats It is used to disinfect wounds • It ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 5:13-20
Denomination: Methodist
The life of the Christian is to be lived by walking in the light.
Walking in the Light 1 John 1:5-10 September 4, 2005 Evening Message Introduction Have you ever found yourself walking around in the dark? A few nights ago I found myself in that exact position. I was up getting a glass of water in the middle of the night. I didn’t turn the lights on because I ...read more
Scripture: 1 John 1:5-10
Have an impact on society through the 1) Presupposition of the world’s corruption and darkness, the 2) Plan for believers’ godly dominion in the world, the 3) Problem of the danger of failure, and the 4) Purpose of glorifying God.
Chuck Colson recently gave an interesting scenario: “Imagine the following social experiment: You divide up (people) into two groups. Those who agreed to live by traditional moral values live in certain (locations). Those who reject traditional values take up residence in other (locations) that ...read more
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