Sermons about Friend Vs Servant

Being Friends With God - "Worship" Series

Contributed by Andy Payne on Aug 29, 2010

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What is considered authentic has less to do with what our tastes and likes and dislikes. It has to do with our willingness to surrender ourselves to God almighty, creator of heaven and earth. That is what worship is all about.

Worship Developing Your Friendship with God (From Rick Warren's "40 Days of Purpose" Intro: Worship Wars Two issues that split the church Finance/Money (or hiring/firing a pastor) Worship (Style and Form) What is authentic worship? AsCo-ordinator of Contemporary service in Athens, AL ...read more

Scripture: Romans 5:10

Denomination: Baptist

How To Pray For Your Friends

Contributed by Patrick Nix on Apr 30, 2011

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Do you ever catch yourself praying and wonder if what you are asking is even close to what God wants? I’ve wondered that a lot. I’ll be praying for someone to be healed of arthritis and think, ‘Maybe God doesn’t want to heal them yet. Maybe there’s som

Do you ever catch yourself praying and wonder if what you are asking is even close to what God wants? I’ve wondered that a lot. I’ll be praying for someone to be healed of arthritis and think, ‘Maybe God doesn’t want to heal them yet. Maybe there’s some bigger plan ...read more

Scripture: Colossians 1:9-14

Denomination: Baptist

The Sinner’s Friend Series

Contributed by Bob Hostetler on Jan 21, 2014

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Jesus loves the lowly, broken, and sinful. A special sermon contribution from the SON OF GOD sermon packet for pastors, inspired by the SON OF GOD movie from Mark Burnett and distributed by 20th Century Fox.

I’d like to take a short quiz here today. Don’t worry, there are no wrong answers. I’d just like to poll this group to see who had childhoods like mine. For example, by a show of hands, how many of us here have actually cried over spilled milk? Some of us are too old to ...read more

Scripture: Luke 18:9-14

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Breakthrough Prayer For My Friends

Contributed by Keith Broyles on Oct 7, 2014

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As people of faith we need to be people of prayer but even more than that, people of breakthrough prayer, asking God to break through in situations where there is nothing else we can do. We need breakthrough prayer for our friends.

Author and LaSalle University professor, Grace Adolphsen Brame, Says some of her students claim heaven is of no concern to them. Life is precious. This world matters, and it is all we have for sure. So why concern ourselves with something for which we have no evidence? What a sad state of affairs ...read more

Scripture: Romans 15:1-13

Denomination: Methodist

Am I A Friend Of God? Series

Contributed by Pat Damiani on Aug 25, 2014

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James helps us to evaluate whether we are in fact friends of God

Several years ago there was a popular worship song titled “I Am a Friend of God” which we used to sing here at TFC from time to time. But as I was reading the passage from James that we’ll be looking at this morning I began to wonder how many of the people that have sung and ...read more

Scripture: James 4:1-10

Denomination: Baptist

Struggling To Make New Friends

Contributed by Darren Sirmans on Jul 29, 2012

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Putting new cloth unto old garments is not wise.

While Christ the Holy Ghost is with us, we are not supposed to be mourning. The Holy Ghost is with us and comforts us. If you are mourning about your situation, you don’t have perfect peace but you’re zapping the life of Christ out of yourself. To have perfect peace is evidence that the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 9:15-17

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

False Friends And Loving Enemies

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Jul 10, 2016

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Who is the Good Samaritan?

Intro After World War Two the Allies helped former enemies Germany and Japan rebuild. The hatred did not last forever. Thanks in large part to Allied aid, former enemies became close friends and two of the world’s strongest economies were given life. Purpose Let’s look at how even ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:25-37

Denomination: Baptist

Stay Thirsty My Friends

Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on Mar 21, 2014

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Those who drink of the water that I will give them will never be thirsty. The world understands this need this thirst. There is an Ad that features Jonathan Goldsmith as "The world's most interesting man" He ends the ad by saying -Stay thirsty my friends. Updated February 2020.

For those that are not familiar with an Anglican Service there are four Scripture readings before the "Message" Today's appointed readings were: Exodus 17:1-7; Psalm 95; Romans 5:1-11; and John 4:5-42 A small boy ... was sent to bed by his father...... Five minutes later... ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:6, Psalm 63:1, Psalm 42:1, John 7:37, John 4:5-15, Isaiah 12:3 (view more) (view less)

Denomination: Anglican

Christ, Our Friend And Brother Series

Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on Jul 12, 2013

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We can relate to God as Friend and Brother through Jesus.

Most Canadians will say they believe in god. Now of course, what that means will vary greatly, and I suspect that for a good number of those who say they believe in God it is not something they have deeply examined or thought about. It might be like saying, “I believe that people have ...read more

Scripture: John 15:1-17

Denomination: Baptist

A Funeral Sermon For A Dear Friend

Contributed by Michael Stark on Mar 15, 2023

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This dear woman requested that the message of Christ be clearly presented at her funeral.

Among the most difficult messages for a pastor to deliver is a funeral message for a godly member of the congregation. Among the easiest messages for a pastor to prepare is a funeral message for a godly member of the congregation. Messages for the vibrant child of God are easy to prepare because ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-17

Denomination: Baptist

A Funeral Message For An Unsaved Friend

Contributed by Michael Stark on Mar 16, 2023

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This message was presented at the funeral of a longtime friend who never professed Christ. Many at the service were unsaved.

“Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years draw near of which you will say, ‘I have no pleasure in them;’ before the sun and the light and the moon and the stars are darkened and the clouds return after the rain, in the day when the keepers of the ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 12:1-8

Denomination: Baptist

"good Friends"

Contributed by Ken Sauer on Feb 2, 2022

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What does it mean to carry people to Jesus?

“Good Friends” Mark 2:1-12 At the church I served in East Ridge, we had a member named Tootsie Watson. Tootsie and her parents lived in a deteriorating part of town. And that is where Tootsie lived for her entire life—all 89 years of her life-- in the same house where she was born, in the ...read more

Scripture: Mark 2:1-12

Denomination: United Methodist

Would You Be My Friend?

Contributed by Derek Geldart on Nov 29, 2020

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Today’s sermon is going to review 2 Timothy 1:15-18 to illustrate how genuine friendship is found through unconditional love that continually seeks, helps and prays for other believers, even when they are going through tribulations and/or being persecuted for righteousness sake!

Would you be my Friend? 2 Timothy 1:15-18 Online Sermon: http://www.mckeesfamily.com/?page_id=3567 Friendship is “a reciprocal relationship characterized by intimacy, faithfulness, trust, unmotivated kindness, and service.” Surviving in a fallen world where chance happens to everyone ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 1:15-18

Denomination: Baptist

The Persistent Friend Lesson 3 Series

Contributed by Elmer Towns on Jan 11, 2024

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The main focus of this parable: It is about asking and receiving. “… how much more will your heavenly Father give” (v. 13).

A. INTRODUCTION (Luke 11:1, 5-13) After seeing Jesus in prayer, a disciple asked, “teach us to pray.” Jesus taught them what to pray (the Lord’s Prayer) then how to pray (the importunate/persist friend). Because a friend arrived late, a second friend tried to borrow bread from a third friend, yet ...read more

Scripture: Luke 11:1, Luke 11:5-13

Denomination: Baptist

The Persistent Friend Lesson 3 Series

Contributed by Elmer Towns on Jan 11, 2024

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A parable is an earthly story with a Heavenly meaning.

A. INTRODUCTION: LUKE 18:1-8 Jesus told the story of a persistent widow who continually asked an unjust judge for justice. He finally gave in because of her persistence. This is one of the few parables where Jesus gave its purpose before telling the story. “Me ought always to pray, and not to ...read more

Scripture: Luke 18:1

Denomination: Baptist

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