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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
We don’t take responsibility for the mistakes that we make, but we learn to justify our mistakes by blaming something or someone else. But there is power in confessing our sins!
Icebreaker: A teacher asks a little boy as to why he was late to school. He replies that his mother served the breakfast late. When his mother was asked, she replied that the milkman delivered the milk late. The milkman, in turn, replied that the cow didn’t give milk on time. But the cow blamed the ...read more
Scripture: Psalm 32:1-5
Denomination: Assembly Of God
To find my freedom in Christ, I need to openly examine and confess my faults to God, to myself, and to someone I trust.
In this series, we're taking the word "Recovery" and using each letter to represent steps that help us get unstuck from the habits that overtake us, the hang-ups that overwhelm us, and the hurts that overshadow us. R - realize. Realize I'm powerless to control my tendency to do the wrong thing ...read more
Denomination: Baptist
This sermon explores the transformative power of confession, the dangers of self-deception, and the liberating freedom found in Christ's forgiveness and redemption.
Welcome, dear friends and family of faith. We gather here today, not as strangers or acquaintances, but as brothers and sisters united under the banner of Christ's love. We come together, bringing with us the joys and burdens, the triumphs and trials of our lives, knowing that in this sacred space, ...read more
Scripture: 1 John 1:5-10
Topics: Spiritual Disciplines
We will look at ingredient number two in God’s recipe called salvation!
INTRODUCTION • SLIDE #1 • TWO ITEMS ONE FOOD ANOTHER NO-FOOD. GUESS THE EDIBLE ONE. • Last week we started looking at the ingredients of salvation. • When you ask the question, “What must I do to be saved,” you will get a variety of answers. • I believe that when we are asked that question, we ...read more
Scripture: Romans 10:9-10
Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ
What is confession and how does it fit in God’s plan of salvation?
INTRODUCTION As we started our “Christianity 101” series last week, we started off by looking at faith. We learned that faith is: Faith is whole-souled trust in God’s Word because of the sufficiency of the evidence, which leads to doing what God says. If you go to a ...read more
Scripture: Romans 10:8-14
A look at the spiritual discipline of confession.
THE CLEANSING OF CONFESSION I John 1:5-10 Today we are continuing our series that you see on the front of your worship folder: A Dedication to Daily Discipline. Looking at spiritual disciplines that we want to begin incorporating into our lives on a daily basis. We have looked at prayer, ...read more
Denomination: Wesleyan
Confession is hard, but if we believe the bible, then confession is good news.
1 John 1:9 “Confessions of the Heart” INTRODUCTION Are we basically good or basically bad? Hollywood religion is undecided. Basically good = Tarzan or Pocahontas. “Out there” there are still pristine societies to be discovered – deep in the jungles there exist tribes without sin – untainted ...read more
Scripture: 1 John 1:9
Denomination: *other
Do you find it easy to admit when YOU have done something wrong? If we are honest, none of us are really comfortable admitting we have done something wrong.
CALLED TO CONFESS This morning, as we continue in our series on Dynamic Disciples, our focus is on confession, The Oxford dictionary defines confession this way: 1. A formal statement admitting that one is guilty. 2. An acknowledgement that one has done something about which one is ashamed or ...read more
Scripture: James 5:16
Denomination: Pentecostal
The Gospel message of salvation is simple. Believe and confess that Jesus is Lord and you will be saved. Why do we make it so complex?
Believe and Confess – A Sermon on Romans 10:9 Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ in unity with the Holy Spirit. We human beings have a knack for making even simple things complex. Someone that we work with says “Good morning” to us and ...read more
Scripture: Romans 10:1-13
Denomination: Lutheran
Humility is key to bringing about or being part of spiritual change.
***Open with modern day Noah movie clip*** Listen to that last line again. “The creator, from Adam to Noah to now, is still scouring the earth looking for one man or one woman that can actually see past their own nose, to see a world that is in desperate need and do something about it!” From ...read more
Scripture: Nehemiah 9:1-37
Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Confession and Absolution helps us approach God with humility and confidence.
Did you and your friends ever form a club when you were growing up? Perhaps you draped blankets over the couches in the basement to serve as your clubhouse, and to get in everyone had to speak the password. Well heaven is a club like that. Only those who know and speak the password will get in. ...read more
Scripture: 1 John 1:8-9
We are going to look at the Israelite king, David, after he sins against God and man. We are specifically going to look at how he confesses his sin to God.
David’s Confession Sermon by CH(CPT) Keith J. Andrews All Scripture marked The Holy Bible : English standard version. 2001. Wheaton: Standard Bible Society. Earlier this month, as I listened to the news—where most people receive their news—in the DFAC, there was a story about the confession of ...read more
Scripture: Psalm 51:1-12
Practicing tangible spiritual disciplines is key to strengthening your serve.
Learning to walk a Christian’s walk Part 1 Sin confession Psalm 32 Prologue: Today I want to begin a series teaching with you on the basics of Christian living. • If we were to do a study through the Apostle Pauls letters to the Corinthian church you would see parallels between this church and ...read more
Scripture: Psalm 32:1-11
Denomination: Holiness
Confession of Sin
Confession of Sin 1st John 1:8-2:2 Jeff Hughes I. Introduction a. By way of introduction, let’s briefly go over the three verses we studied last time. b. First, we looked at The Message - God’s sinless perfection, and how God’s message to us is a promise, and not just a message, by looking at the ...read more
Three key words will provide the basic structure or format of this message: Agreement, Benefits, and Caution. These will help us remember, and may well serve us as the A-B-C's of Confession.
THE DISCIPLINE OF CONFESSION "He who conceals his sins (the rebellion of his heart against God) will not prosper (advance or flourish) but whoever confesses (openly and willingly owns up to) and forsakes (leaves behind, deserts, and ceases from doing) them will have mercy (the loving, tender ...read more
Scripture: Proverbs 28:13
Denomination: Friends
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