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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
Ecclesiastes 11:6 teaches us to sow seeds of faith diligently, to persevere in our spiritual labor, and to trust in God's timing for the harvest.
"Sowing Seeds of Faith" Introduction: Today, we'll explore the wisdom found in Ecclesiastes 11:6 from the New Living Translation: "Plant your seed in the morning and keep busy all afternoon, for you don’t know if profit will come from one activity or another—or maybe ...read more
Scripture: Ecclesiastes 11:6, Galatians 6:9
Denomination: Pentecostal
In our text, Paul speaks of the new life that we have in Christ. He looks at it from three different perspectives: past, present and future. 1- A past experience 2- A present enjoyment 3- A future ecstasy
INTRO.- ILL.- I am reminded of the old story about the funeral of the unsavory character who had never been to church in his life. He had led a very questionable life, meaning he’d done about anything and everything a person could think of and it wasn’t good. The service was being conducted by a ...read more
Scripture: Colossians 3:1-4
Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ
Our past experiences, our past victories give us the confidence that we can sail through. But in reality every time the sailing needs proper guidance and metrological advice. Know the secrets of your life voyage.
Text: Acts 27:21-26 Theme: Keep up your Courage Introduction: The Lord is Good; His love endures forever. I praise God for this opportunity to meditate and share the Word of God with you all. We continue to ponder the hope amidst despair. God does communicate with us through many passages and ...read more
Scripture: Acts 27:13-25
Denomination: Methodist
God is always doing new things in our lives, but we often miss them because we're too focused on the past. We need to let go of our past baggage and trust God for the future.
Remember the Israelites? They were slaves in Egypt for over 400 years. But when God set them free, they kept looking back, wishing for their old lives. Sounds crazy, right? But we do the same thing. We get stuck on the past, even if it wasn't that great. God wants us to drop that heavy backpack of ...read more
Scripture: Isaiah 43:18-19
Topics: Moving On, Personal Growth, Embracing Change, New Beginnings
We are here in 2013 as a church and as Christian individuals to declare the message of Jesus and to bring in God’s heavenly harvest of souls. We are here to be the salt and the light of this world.
Series: 2013: We are here! Introduction to the series: Illustration: “We are Here, We are Hear” from movie” Horton Hears a Who!” Clip from movie about 5 minutes. The “Who” people with the help of Horton shouted, proclaimed, cried out and made themselves heard ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 5:13-16
Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
This sermon encourages believers to trust in God's sovereignty, let go of the past, and embrace the new things God is doing in their lives.
Welcome, beloved family of God, to this sacred gathering where we come together, unified in spirit, to soak in the divine wisdom of God's Word. We are not here by accident, but by divine appointment, brought together by our shared love for Christ and our hunger for His Word. We are here to seek, to ...read more
Topics: Newness, Change
Why did the farmer in this parable plant the mustard seed? Jesus doesn’t stress the harvest from this tree... only the fact that birds come and settle in its branches. Why?
OPEN: There’s a story about a student from MIT who spent an entire summer going to the Harvard football field every day wearing a black and white striped shirt walking up and down the field for ten or fifteen minutes throwing birdseed and blowing a whistle. Then he would walk off the field. At ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 13:31-35
A message offering comfort for those in situations they wish they could fly away from.
Wings of a dove PPT 1 Series title Jukebox lessons (Note to pastors, I have been doing a series, talking popular songs and playing parts of them and using them as a jump off point for my message. Today however I chose to place the song at the end of the service. The song is Simon and Garfunkel's ...read more
Scripture: Psalm 55:6-8
Easter means the Christian can have peace with the past, joy in the present, and hope for the future.
Sermon.969 Easter Sunrise Devotional: 2001 From the pulpit of Bayview Baptist Church, Columbia, SC "What Does Easter Mean To You?" What does Easter mean to you? Amanda Ward, age 7, of Nashville, Tennessee said, “Easter is when Jesus got alive!” The resurrection of Jesus is the most totally ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 28:1-10, Isaiah 53:5
Denomination: Baptist
"The future should impact our present more than the past." Tony Campolo
Introductory Considerations - Impacted By The Past 1. As I look at my life, I can think of examples of past hurts and sins that impact my present - how I live, my confidence levels, my defensiveness, my lack of hope in certain situations. 2. I know for some of you how the past impacts your life ...read more
Scripture: Ezekiel 33:1-20
Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed
Don’t allow your past to destroy where God has placed you
Text – St. John 11: 40 – 44 Subject – Loose me and let me go! Intro. The greatest problem that we as believers are faced with is our past. The situations that plague us most are things that took place before we met The Lord. Even if they took place after you met The Lord, and happened in a ...read more
Scripture: John 11:40-44, Ephesians 4:23
A call to the church to see the past vision and to find today’s vision for our church.
Because, you can’t just sit there James 2:14-18 Today we are continuing on a line of thought we started 2 Sundays ago. I have been leading you down a path and pointing out the things that God has placed along the way. I have been pointing out that you have to read the map for yourself. so that ...read more
Scripture: James 2:14-18
Denomination: Congregational
A look at the events of the past week in a small Amish community; lessons on Christlike love and forgiveness
Chalkboards & Pine Boxes “Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.” Ro. 12:21 It started out an ordinary day. Parents woke their families up at dawn. Work was to begin soon in the fields and at home. Children were sent off to school. Even the school day began routine with ...read more
Scripture: Romans 12:21
Leave the past behind and strive toward the future…to win the prize in Christ Jesus.
Get up and Win the Race Great Bend, Kansas Big Idea: Leave the Past behind and strive toward the future…to win the prize in Christ Jesus. Introduction: This morning I want to review 2003. I believe it’s a noble thing to do in light of 2004. What are some of the major events that occurred in ...read more
Scripture: Philippians 3:12-14
Denomination: Holiness
You can keep looking to the past, but God wants you to keep looking forward.
Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. (Philippians 3:13-14 NKJV) We have come to a new ...read more
Scripture: Philippians 3:13-14
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