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  • Rev. Samuel Arimoro avatar

    The God Who Remembers Your Labour Of Love Series

    Contributed by Rev. Samuel Arimoro on Oct 16, 2025
     | 469 views

    God is faithful to remember every act of love, service, and sacrifice done for His name, and He rewards His people in due season.

    THE GOD WHO REMEMBERS YOUR LABOUR OF LOVE By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: Hebrews 6:10 Key Verse: “For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.” — Hebrews 6:10 ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Costs Of The Journey Series

    Contributed by E Philip Davis on Mar 6, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,443 views

    Jesus makes it clear in Luke 9:23 that the path of discipleship is a costly one; what challenges do we face in "bearing our cross daily" in today’s culture?

    COSTS OF THE JOURNEY In this series from Luke we are seeing how following Jesus – what we call discipleship – is like a journey with him. This is what the disciples did in Luke’s Gospel, where Chapters 9-19 are in the form of a journey from Galilee to Jerusalem. In the first week Wayne introduced ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Fished Out Of The Sea Series

    Contributed by Christopher Howitz on Oct 30, 2017
     | 5,356 views

    "Jesus’ authority as kingly Messiah rests not in spectacle or selling-out or cutting corners, but rests on His reliance on the Father and Jesus’ costly obedience to the Father even along the road to the cross."

    “The time has come,” Jesus said, “The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!” (1:15) That was Jesus’ great announcement at the beginning of his ministry in Galilee. And to the two pairs of brothers… “Come follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.” ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

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    Love Won't Let Me Wait

    Contributed by Larry Hooks on Mar 14, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 12,208 views

    The Power of Love.

    Love Won2t Let Me Wait 2 1Corinthians 5:13-14 I was glad when they said to me let us go into he house of the Lord. It is indeed a pleasure and honor to be in the house of the Lord, the past few weeks we have experience something that was not normal, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Other Guy PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Oct 3, 2023
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,229 views

    To explore the profound lessons of love, grace, and mercy from the parable of the Good Samaritan, urging us to embody these virtues in our daily lives.

    Good morning, church family. Today we're diving deep into a familiar, yet profoundly challenging passage from the Book of Luke. We’ll be looking at the narrative of the Good Samaritan, exploring "The Power of Love, The Obligation of Love, and The Challenge of Love." In the words of the great ...read more

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  • Davon Huss avatar

    Love May Bring Heartache, But It's Worth It

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 13, 2001
    based on 30 ratings
     | 3,706 views

    A sermon on love from 1 Corinthians 13

    Sermon for 3/1/98 Love May Bring Heartache, but it’s worth it! Introduction: "We become vulnerable when we love people and go out of our way to help them." That’s what the wealthy industrialist Charles Schwab declared after going to court and winning a nuisance suit at age 70. Given permission ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Faithful Servants (A Sermon On Luke 12:35-40)

    Contributed by David Smith on Oct 24, 2007
    based on 14 ratings
     | 20,250 views

    Following Jesus: It’s long hours, hard work, costly, and a little bit crazy, but would we ever consider changing positions and serving someone else? Not a chance!

    I thought that I finally had a totally positive sermon for you today! I’ve been under rather trenchant criticism of late for repeatedly giving sermons focused on the theme of judgement and on the hard path of discipleship, and I admit that I have been looking for that text, "Come to me, all ye who ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

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    Faithful Servants (A Sermon On Luke 12:35-40)

    Contributed by David Smith on Feb 26, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,528 views

    Following Jesus: It’s long hours, hard work, costly, and a little bit crazy, but would we ever consider changing positions and serving someone else? Not a chance! ...

    I thought that I finally had a totally positive sermon for you today! I’ve been under rather trenchant criticism of late for repeatedly giving sermons focused on the theme of judgement and on the hard path of discipleship, and I admit that I have been looking for that text, "Come to me, all ye who ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

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    What Is Your Christmas Wish?

    Contributed by John White on Dec 23, 2006
    based on 7 ratings
     | 14,710 views

    If we could have just one Christmas wish, It would be reasonable to wish for THE PEACE, JOY AND HAPPINESS, UNCONDITIONAL LOVE AND ETERNAL LIFE that can only be found in through the Christ of Christmas.

    What Is Your Christmas Wish? Luke 2:9-17 "And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    True Love Is All You Need Series

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 25, 2015
     | 5,829 views

    Let’s briefly go over these behaviors in 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 (Material adapted from Stuart Briscoe, What About Shaky Marriages, at: http://www.preaching.com/sermons/11563496/)

    HoHum: A couple came to see a certain preacher -- not me. The man was particularly concerned about his wife's depression. He had tried all that he knew to help her, but nothing worked. So they came in, and the preacher couldn't do anything either. The lady was totally unresponsive. After half an ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Isaac Butterworth avatar

    Marriage: What's Love Got To Do With It? Series

    Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Feb 17, 2012
     | 4,890 views

    Marriage is to be a window through which the world can see the nature of Christ’s love for the people of God

    First Presbyterian Church Wichita Falls, Texas February 19, 2012 MARRIAGE: WHAT’S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT? Of Horses and Carriages – Part 3 Isaac Butterworth Ephesians 5:25-33 (NIV) When Jan and I had been dating for some time, and it was clear to us that we were getting serious ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Matt Krachunis avatar

    Filled Like A Phillipian (How To Love More)

    Contributed by Matt Krachunis on Apr 20, 2017
     | 5,084 views

    Sermon on Phil 1:9-11 on how to be challenged to love more.

    *Disclaimer- I apologize if I don’t have the correct citations, please contact me if I may have inadvertently quoted someone inappropriately. I give anyone anywhere full use of this sermon in any format for any application with or without citation of me. Its all God’s word. If it blesses you and ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Andrew Moffatt avatar

    Agapē-We Are Lavished With Love. An Advent Sermon. Series

    Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Dec 19, 2025
     | 130 views

    The love of God. It is given in the person of Jesus Christ. 1 John, tells us the purpose of his coming. What a lavish love this is that has been poured out upon us.

    Agape-we are lavished with love. An advent sermon. There are some truly magnificent things that can happen in a person’s life. I think of life itself, the meeting of those two cells that contain all the coded DNA required to form a fully-fledged human being, that turned out to be you, with your on ...read more

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    Denomination: Salvation Army

  • Wade Martin Hughes, Sr avatar

    Living Like An Animal? Do We Need To Change?

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Sep 5, 2025
     | 409 views

    It is easy to be resistant to needed change. The is a Bible lesson where Nebuchadnezzar was warned he needed to change his attitudes and he refused. Seven years living like an animal was very costly.

    LIVING LIKE AN ANIMAL. DO I NEED TO CHANGE? By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com (YouTube: Wade Hughes) *Define change: to make a difference, to transform habits, to make different, to alter, to modify, to replace, to make new, to make better, Change? A lesson seldom ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Kemuel Travis avatar

    Fruit Of The Spirit: Kindness Series

    Contributed by Kemuel Travis on Feb 22, 2007
    based on 7 ratings
     | 6,558 views

    To show that kindness is a mark of the Spirit-Filled life.

    -Tonight, we are continuing our series on the fruit of the Spirit as found in Galatians 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. -We have looked at joy, peace and ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan