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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
The Beatitudes are markers of growth for the Christians.
INTRODUCTION How many of you want to live a blessed or happy life? Today we are going to start a series on what many have called the greatest teachings that have ever been taught. What Jesus gives to us here is a pathway to being blessed or happy. What is the ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 5:1-12
Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ
We make disciples by telling others about our Jesus. But how do we do that, and what does it look like when we do?
For years, they say there was a Divinity School that would invite people to pack a sack lunch and join them on a grassy picnic area where they’d have a prominent theologian give a lecture about God. One year they invited a liberal scholar to come speak and he spoke for 2 ½ hours telling the ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 28:18-20
Christian maturity shows itself in Christian love.
Born To Grow (I Peter 1:22-2:3) 1. After a very difficult day at the office, a psychologist walked through his front door and said, "Honey, I’ve had a terrible day. All I did was listen to one problem after another. So, please, don’t tell me about any more problems. Talk to me, but just give me ...read more
Denomination: Independent/Bible
This is the 4th sermon in the series "Living In Times Of Spiritual Decay".
Series: Living In Times Of Spiritual Decay[#4] GROANING OR GROWING? Judges 6-8 Introduction: As we have been studying, the Israelites would do o.k. while the judge was living; but as soon as the judge died they would start worshipping other gods. As we come to Judges 6 we find the same ...read more
Denomination: Baptist
God moves powerfully and lovingly in our lives to give us faith and to nurture that faith.
Mark 4: 26-29 “Seeds Grow and So Do Christians” INTRODUCTION When does a miracle become invisible? It becomes invisible when it becomes commonplace. This parable talks about the miracle of growing seed. A farmer plants a hard, dead seed in the ground, and a few months later returns and ...read more
Scripture: Mark 4:26-29
Denomination: Lutheran
God desires that every Christian grow to maturity in Christ. Three areas that we often need to grow in are worship, witness and work.
Introduction: A. Last Sunday, We spent some time trying to get a clear and simple vision of our God-given mission for our congregation. 1. I introduced a vision statement that I believe will give us a needed handle for pleasing God. 2. So what is it that God wants us to be as a church? God wants ...read more
Scripture: Ephesians 4:11-16
Abiding in Christ is to make sure that you are connected, bearing fruit, and communication with the Lord daily
Growing on the vine John 15:1-8 Prayer- Introduction- We have for a long time been talking about connections. Connections to God and connections to each others. Connections to your family and connecting with your church. Each one is important because God has designed us to need ...read more
Scripture: John 15:1-8
Denomination: Nazarene
Paul reminds us that true joy in life is found as we continue to grow spiritually!
TEXT: Philippians 1:3-11 TITLE: To Live: GROW SERIES: To Live (Philippians series) TOPIC: Spiritual Growth OCCASION: Burnside Christian Church June 21, 2009 PROP.: We are EXPECTED to Grow. God wants us to Grow. Paul wants us to Grow. INTRODUCTION: Good morning! We find ourselves ...read more
Scripture: Philippians 1:3-11
In 'Growing in Spirituality', we explore John 15:1-5 where Jesus outlines the process of spiritual growth. This involves understanding God as the gardener, Jesus as the true vine, and ourselves as the branches.
Salvation through faith in Christ has two dimensions: the assurance of eternal life in heaven and the call to live for God on earth. While we often hear that we should live for God, we are rarely taught how to do it. In John 15:1-11, Jesus provides a clear explanation of the process of spiritual ...read more
Scripture: John 15:1-5
Topics: Jesus Christ, Spiritual Growth
This message is about how our obedience to God impacts (grows) our faith without which it is impossible to please God.
Faith + Obedience Moves God Scripture: Matthew 17:20-21; First Samuel 15:1-9; 19-22; Luke 5:1-11 I started out in life as a child. I started off as a small baby and grew into what I am today. I came into this world with some things already within me, things that may have given my parents many ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 17:20-21, 1 Samuel 15:1-9, Luke 5:1-11
Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
This is the 24th sermon in the Action Series. This series began during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Series: Action [#24] GROW AND GO Acts 11:1-18 Introduction: This has been a week of ups and downs. I have cried over great things and I have cried over bad things. At times, it has been a 2 steps forward and 3 steps back type of week. Through this, God has used Sunday School, Wednesday Night ...read more
Scripture: Acts 11:1-18
An end of year sermon that admonishes the congregation to grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
A Year To Grow! Text: 2 Peter 3:18 By: Ken McKinley (Read Text) All week I contemplated and prayed about whether I should preach one more Christmas sermon, or a New Year’s sermon. And since this is the last Sunday of 2010, I thought it might be fitting for us to look at the last words that ...read more
Scripture: 2 Peter 3:18
WE must realize the freedom we have in Christ and walk close with Jesus
Life Choice Series Not growing weary Galatians 6:1-10 Good morning church, we are glad that you are joining us and we pray the Lord speaks to you in a powerful way as we gather to hear his word. Prayer- We have been in a series called Life Choices- We’ve looked at the most important choice and ...read more
Scripture: Galatians 6:1-10
The early church’s response to an internal problem teaches the contemporary church some valuable lessons.
* The dramatic growth of the early church: last count (4:4) around 5,000 men (probably around 20,000 total) * Such growth led to a “good” problem: many more needed to be ministered to than there were people to minister * The 12 did not have the ability to both effectively deliver the Word and ...read more
Scripture: Acts 6:1-7
Based on Series #3 in Pursuing Spiritual Transformtion by Willow Creek & Zondervan
Growing in Godliness 1 Corinthians 9:24-27 Growth Introduction: Fifty years ago, we began to orient our lives around one of the great growth avoidance inventions of all time: the Television. You didn’t have to think, focus your attention, or follow a closely reasoned chain of thought when you ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 9:24-27
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