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  • Love

    Contributed by Brian Lewis on Nov 27, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 9,376 views

    A sermon on God’s love for us and how we should show it to others.

    I want to look at love today and as Christians how do we represent what love really is. Turn to Romans 2:1-3 and mark that passage. We are going to start with Matthew 7:1-5 A recent poll done by the Barna research group showed that only 1 out of 5 non-Christian young adults say they consider the ...read more

  • Excess Love

    Contributed by Rev. Samuel Arimoro on Mar 20, 2025
     | 426 views

    This sermon explores the nature of excess love, how God has shown it to us, and how we should respond to it.

    EXCESS LOVE By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: John 12:1-9 Supporting Texts: Romans 5:8, John 3:16, 1 John 4:9-10, Ephesians 2:4-5, Luke 7:36-50 INTRODUCTION: Love is the greatest force in the world, and God Himself is love (1 John 4:8). However, the love of God is not just ordinary love—it is ...read more

  • Separating Good From Evil

    Contributed by Craig Condon on Nov 10, 2015
    based on 1 rating
     | 13,104 views

    We are not the final judge of the world-that is God’s job. We are to remain faithful to God’s word even during hard times, but if we do go astray, we have opportunities to mend our ways. We have the time and the grace we need to make changes.

    Those of you who have tended lawns and gardens know how important it is to keep weeds under control. You have to pull them out or use chemicals. It’s a lot of hard work, especially if you have to figure out what is a weed and what is a good flower or blade of grass. After all, sometimes the ...read more

  • For The Love Of Jesus

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Mar 24, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,672 views

    Was Mary’s annointing of Jesus an extravagant gift or a waste of money?

    For Love Of Jesus – John 12: 1 - 8 Intro: As I worked on this sermon, I heard in my head a song from a famous Broadway musical, “What I Did For Love” from The Chorus Line. These are the words sung by Diana and the Chorus: “Kiss today goodbye, the sweetness and the sorrow. Wish me luck, the ...read more

  • The Cost Of Discipleship: Following The Way Of The Cross Series

    Contributed by Dean Courtier on Nov 16, 2016
    based on 5 ratings
     | 13,565 views

    The cost of being a disciple and what it means to Follow The Way of The Cross. May each of us willing follow the way of the cross.

    As we continue in our series on dynamic disciples or dynamic discipleship, this month our focus has been on the cost of being a disciple. This morning we are going to consider together what it means to follow the way of the Cross. What is the way of the cross? The way of the cross is following ...read more

  • Extravagant Love

    Contributed by Scott Spencer on Jul 9, 2014
     | 5,164 views

    When the unbelieving world looks at the Christian, they have a difficult time figuring us out. In terms of their own world view, the way we Christians live doesn't make a lot of sense.

    Extravagant Love Mark 14:1-9 1. Now the Passover and Unleavened Bread were two days away; and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to seize Him by stealth and kill Him; 2. for they were saying, “Not during the festival, otherwise there might be a riot of the ...read more

  • Love's Memorial

    Contributed by Ed Wood on Nov 1, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,565 views

    A Lord’s Supper Devotional to be used before communion.

    LOVE’S MEMORIAL 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 INTRO: The immediate setting for the first observance of the Lord=s Supper was the Jewish Passover. This was an annual feast of remembrance. Its purpose was to com¬memorate the passing over by the death angel of Jewish families in Egypt, prior to the Exodus. ...read more

  • "Stephen: A Heart Of Commitment"

    Contributed by David Henderson on Nov 24, 2013
    based on 2 ratings
     | 9,302 views

    It is always right to do the right thing, even if it is difficult. Jesus never said the Christian life would be easy. Remember, the symbol of the Christian life is a cross.

    HEARTBEATS “Stephen: A heart of Commitment” Acts 6:8-15 and 8:54-60 One of the things that are clear as you look at the gospels is that popularity can be costly. Most of us if we would admit it, certainly desire to have it. But we sometimes don’t realize what it can cost us. ...read more

  • Loves Ya!

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Feb 24, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,342 views

    Do you know what it’s like to intend the best but be thought of in the worse possible way; to give deeply and not get something back; to be intentional in trying to build a bridge in a relationship only to get your legs chopped off at the knees? If the an

    “LOVE – something you act upon, not simply feel” – Sermonspice.com Glenys’ family – wonderful, relaxed wrap up to any conversation – “loves ya!” Not merely sentiment with words but words that are an expression of what is lived out. It is a sentiment that needs to be lived out in the life of the ...read more

  • The Fragrance Of Love Series

    Contributed by Glenn Pease on Mar 17, 2021
     | 3,388 views

    How is a Christian suppose to smell? According to Paul, he is to smell sweet and pleasant, like the perfume of God in Christ.

    Napoleon and Josephine adored violets. She often wore the extremely expensive violet scented perfume as her trade mark. Only the wealthiest people could afford it. When she died in 1814, Napoleon planted violets at her grave, and just before his exile to St. Helena he made a pilgrimage to it. ...read more

  • The Strength Of Shared Burdens PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Oct 22, 2025
    based on 3 ratings
     | 44 views

    The sermon urges us to notice others’ struggles and actively support one another with practical love, reflecting Jesus by carrying each other’s burdens.

    Friends, welcome. If we could see the invisible backpacks in this room, we’d see them bulging. Some are stuffed with worry about kids or parents. Some sag with bills that don’t match the paycheck. Some are crammed with grief that doesn’t clock out at night. We smile, we sing, we shake hands—but ...read more

  • Divine Love

    Contributed by Sam Guilliams on Feb 15, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,680 views

    God’s Creation, Sorrow, and Redemptive Plan.

    Divine Love Introduction A) From the book, “Knowing God,” by J.I. Packer -- There is tremendous relief in knowing that His love to me is utterly realistic, based at every point on prior knowledge of the worst about me, so that no discovery can disillusion Him about me, in the way I am so often ...read more

  • Are You Convinced? PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Oct 5, 2025
    based on 3 ratings
     | 125 views

    God’s unwavering love and acceptance in Christ frees us from fear, guilt, and shame, empowering us to live confidently knowing He is always for us.

    If you could hear heaven this morning, I think you’d hear a kind voice carrying across the chaos: I am for you. Not a whisper of wishful thinking, but the thunder of a Father’s heart. Some of us walked in today with shoulders tight and spirits thin—carrying the weight of worries, wounds, and ...read more

  • Called To Love

    Contributed by Jerry Flury on Feb 16, 2014
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,808 views

    We have been called by God to love Him, to love one another, and with Christian love to serve others with the intent of sharing the good news of God’s love with them. Paul’s treatise on love in 1 Corinthians 13 gives us insight as to how we are to love.

    CALLED TO LOVE I Corinthians 13:1-13 "Love is the medicine for the sickness of the world.” So said noted psychiatrist Dr. Karl Meninger. He summarized his therapeutic approach this way: “Love cures. It cures those who give it and it cures those who receive it.” We have been ...read more

  • The Cost Of Discipleship

    Contributed by Doug Lyon on Jan 9, 2002
    based on 151 ratings
     | 15,663 views

    Three reasons why following Jesus Christ is costly.

    Luke 9:57-62 The Cost of Discipleship INTRODUCTION In the middle of the first century BC, Julius Caesar landed on the shores of Britain with his Roman legions. He took a bold and decisive step to ensure the success of his military campaign. He ordered his men to march to the edge of the ...read more