Sermons on God So Loved The World:

God Loves Our Worship

Contributed by Denn Guptill on Sep 25, 2016

When we talk worship we often are talking about singing, but worship is so much more than that.

In all my years of ministry I haven’t found anything that can make church people as cranky as the music. Seriously. Thom Ranier a church growth and health consultant wrote “The comment ‘someone complained about the music at my church’ is a universal phenomenon of our ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 22:34-40

Denomination: Wesleyan

The Turning Point

Contributed by Jerry Gatson on Jan 23, 2020

We have proclaimed this to be The Year of the Turnaround. The turnaround starts at The Turning Point!

Making S.M.A.R.T.T. Goals (part 2) THE TURNING POINT INTRO - We have proclaimed this to be The Year of the Turnaround. The turnaround starts with you and me releasing and unleashing the power that is working in us to reach S.M.A.R.T.T. goals. S.M.A.R.T.T. goals are: Specific - Watch and ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 107:2

Denomination: Charismatic

Love: What The World Needs Now PRO Sermon

Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Oct 23, 2023

This sermon explores the nature of divine love as described in Corinthians, and how we can embody and share this transformative love in our lives.

Welcome, dear friends, to this sacred gathering where we seek to draw closer to our Creator, to understand His word, and to let His love fill our hearts. Today, we turn our hearts and minds towards one of the most profound, powerful, and pivotal passages in the Holy Scriptures. A passage that ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

Topics: Love

Jesus Loves To Work In Your World

Contributed by Dennis Lawrence on Nov 16, 2005

Jesus is not ’out there’ but he’s right where you are, in your world.

Jesus Loves to Work in Your Life and World Cornwall September 18, 2005 Do you live expecting Jesus to work in your life and in the world in which you live? Or do you believe that Jesus has stopped that kind of work, and leaves things pretty much to you to figure out, with just a promise for future ...read more

Scripture: Mark 1:14-39

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Love In Action

Contributed by Scott Spencer on Oct 16, 2011

How do we actually love each other? Scripture gives us a variety of guidelines and illustrations for doing so.

Love in Action-Caring for each other 10-16-11 Romans 12:9-16 9 Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. 10 Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves. 11 Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. 12 Be joyful in ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:9-16

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

Lights In The World Series

Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Aug 9, 2019

Philippians 2:12-18 teaches us the effect of the gospel on the conduct of our lives.

Scripture We are in a sermon series on Paul’s letter to the Philippians that I am calling, “The Christian’s Contentment.” After the opening greeting, Paul’s thanksgiving, and prayer, he wanted the Philippians to know that despite his imprisonment, the gospel was still advancing. Then, he urged ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 2:12-18

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

God's Love

Contributed by Terry Hovey on Apr 13, 2025

But, as is usually the case, the Word of God contradicts the word of the world, and tells us that “God is love,” not the other way around.

God’s Love 1John 4:13-21 I think it’s safe to say that the one thing our world truly needs today is love. Songs are written about it all the time. John Lennon wrote the song “All You Need is Love.” Dionne Warwick made famous the song, “What the Word Needs Now is Love”. And you know what? They’re ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 4:13-21

Denomination: Methodist

The World Series

Contributed by Stephen Aram on Aug 6, 2019

As we try to follow God, know that you are swimming against a strong current of the world's pressures.

Some years ago we went up to Minnesota to visit our daughter, Elizabeth, and she took us out to one of her favorite spots, Interstate Park on the St. Croix River. If that name seems strange, it’s not a place where you have a picnic in the median between northbound and southbound lanes. It’s ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 2:1-10, James 4:4, John 16:33

A World Gone Wrong Series

Contributed by C. Philip Green on Apr 20, 2023

In a world gone wrong, fear God and Praise Him even in the fire, and so find joy in life even when life is unpredictable, unfair, and unjust.

Upon accepting an award, the late Jack Benny once remarked, “I really don't deserve this. But I have arthritis, and I don't deserve that either” (Haddon Robinson, www.PreachingToday.com). People often don’t get what they deserve. So how do you live in such a world? How do you live in a ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 8:1-15, Romans 13:1-2, James 1:2-4, Exodus 33:18-23

Denomination: Evangelical Free

God Is Love

Contributed by Stan Lobin on Nov 16, 2022

What do we do with the the fact that God is love and we were created in His image? How do we, in our brokenness, love an invisible God and those hard to love people that God has commanded us to love? God has a plan or a road map for us to follow to make us more loving.

God is love! Of course all Christians should have heard that phrase and believe that it is true because we are told that God is love in the Bible. 1 John 4:7-21 NASB 7 Beloved, let’s love one another; for love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 The one who ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 4:7-21, Genesis 1:27, John 15:12, John 13:34-35, Philippians 2:6-8, Matthew 5:44, Micah 6:8  (view more)  (view less)

On Loving God

Contributed by R. Joseph Owles on Jun 20, 2012

God will ask us if we love Him, and we answer, not with our mouths, but with our lives.

A time will come, whether we believe it or not, when we will stand before God and God will ask us just one question–only one. And he will not ask us how many times we have gone to church, or how many times we have read the Bible, or how many times we have received holy communion, how much ...read more

Denomination: Catholic

God's Love PRO Sermon

Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Dec 15, 2023

This sermon explores how God uses our weaknesses for His glory, demonstrating His divine wisdom and love, and challenging human understanding.

Welcome beloved, I trust you're all wrapped in the warmth of God's love and grace today. We're gathered here, not by mere coincidence, but by divine appointment. We're here to break the bread of life, to drink from the fountain of wisdom that never runs dry, to commune with our Creator, and to ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:26-29

Topics: God's Choice

God Is Love

Contributed by Darren Rogers on Jan 31, 2008

Do we fully understand what the word "Love" really means?

God is Love – 27th May 2007 pm 1 John 4:7-21 Love is a very popular idea in today’s world, it’s on everyone’s lips. Songs are sung, books are written, and films are made all about love. But, we often forget that love is a truly Christian idea. It is seen in its fullness only in Christ. Love ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 4:7-21

Denomination: Baptist

Loving God

Contributed by Jeff Armbrester on Nov 3, 2002

Our forst responsibility as Christians is to love God. But how? This sermon shows what loving God looks like.

34But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees with his reply, they thought up a fresh question of their own to ask him. 35One of them, an expert in religious law, tried to trap him with this question: 36“Teacher, which is the most important commandment in the law of ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 22:34-40

Denomination: Methodist

God Is Love Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Mar 25, 2021

We are never nearer God than when we love, and we are never nearer to being what he wants us to be than when we love.

Tolstoy wrote a story called "Where Love Is, God Is." It is about an old cobbler named Martin who lived alone. One night as he read the story of Jesus visiting the Pharisee, and the poor welcome he received, he prayed that the Lord would visit him. In his sleep he heard a voice saying, ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 4:7-8