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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
We base so much of our lives on our feelings about God, and wonder if God cares, does He have a heart for me. This message begins to look at that issue in our lives.
BELIEVING and not BELIEVING The Heart of God May 21, 2017 We're in the final part of a four-part series I called Believing and not Believing. Our focus has been to look at obstacles, beliefs which are incorrect which ultimately lead us away from believing in God, even while we do believe. We’ve ...read more
Scripture: 1 Peter 1:6-9, 2 Corinthians 12:7-10
Denomination: Baptist
If we are to become a missions oriented church we must have a heart for the things that are on God’s heart.
Most of us want to make some sort of difference in the world. How can we do this? Matthew 9.35-38 35a. JESUS WENT THROUGH ALL THE TOWNS AND VILLAGES - not just his home town "Shouldn’t we reach our own backyard first?" ILL: Brisbane City Church: building a hospital in Uganda, also reaching ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 9:35-38
The holy place of Jesus Christ resides not in any building, cathedral, or historical site, the holy place of Jesus Christ resides in your heart.
Stephen stands before the highest religious court in the land to answer charges of blasphemy against Moses and against God. This is the same court that Peter and John recently stood before and the same court Jesus recently stood before. All the same men are there who were at Jesus’ trial, all the ...read more
Scripture: Acts 7:1-60
Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
This sermon explores God's guidance during good times, His grace in times of grief, and His greatness in our spiritual growth, emphasizing trust in His wisdom.
Good morning, beloved family in Christ. It is indeed a beautiful day that the Lord has made, and we are gathered here to rejoice and be glad in it. We are here to celebrate the glory of God's guidance, grace, and greatness in our lives, as we seek to understand His word and His will for us. The ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 28:1-8
Topics: Life Without God
to help people know that to have a heart for God means to be willing to be humbled
Opening Illustration (a story built on one by A. Stanley) While in college, Dave came home with me for a Winter Break. Unknown to my parents, though, was what Dave brought in his extra large suitcase: a 40 pound python named ‘Squeeze’. I really never liked snakes, but he told me he had no ...read more
Scripture: 1 Samuel 16:7
Denomination: Free Methodist
Is God caring? Is God fair? Not at all! God has a huge heart of love towards us shown by His forgiveness and redemption through the cross.
BELIEVING and not BELIEVING The Heart of God May 21, 2017 Sometimes it’s difficult to picture where God is in the midst of world events. This past week, there was a suicide bomber at an Ariana Grande concert in England - 22 people were killed and many more injured. Thousands of lives were ...read more
Scripture: Psalm 103:1-12
God seeks to restore His covenantal relationship with His people.
We will be looking at the reign of King AHAB for the next few weeks. • After the split of the Kingdom, this is the longest record we have of a King – from chapters 16-22. AHAB is the son of OMRI. Read 1 Kings 16:29-34. 16:25 “Omri did evil in the eyes of the Lord and sinned MORE THAN all those ...read more
Denomination: Independent/Bible
Part of my series in Colossians. Paul shares from the heart what it means to him to be serving Christ, encouraging us to serve him as well.
Colossians 1:24--2:5 – Serving with or without a smile By James Galbraith First Baptist Church, Port Alberni October 7, 2007- Thanksgiving Sunday Text Col 1:24 Now I rejoice in what was suffered for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions, for the ...read more
The world today has lead many people into a state of great illiteracy of the Bible. We should know our Bible and hold it close to our hearts.
A Bible without Trust 2 Timothy 3:16 1 Peter 1:23-25 Intro Since the beginning of time in the Garden of Eden, Satan has been attacking the Word of God, trying to lead people astray. Satan attacks the Word from the outside. He rises up people like Caesar to try to crush the Word. But he also ...read more
Scripture: 2 Timothy 3:16
Considers the vital role of God’s Word in our lives, what it would be like if there were not Bible, and what it is like to ignore it.
Intro – Some of you watched “It’s a Wonderful Life” in the past couple of weeks. Sure enough, just like last year, George Bailey wished he’d never been born, and he got to see what the world would have been like if he had never existed. It was just a little over a year ago, I asked everyone to ...read more
Scripture: John 4:4
Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ
Without faith we cannot please God.
Without Faith Hebrews 11:1-6 Intro. Christianity is more than following rules, and rituals. It is a relationship with the Lord. - Knowing Him - Loving Him - Walking with Him - Talking to Him - Living with Him in your life. It is entirely based on faith as defined in verse 1. ...read more
Scripture: Hebrews 11:1-6, Ephesians 2:8-9
Faith is best understood in the context of attempting great things for God.
I am really excited to be starting a brand new series. It is called, "Stepping Out in Faith." What you read just a moment ago were some quotes from our founding fathers. And what we see in their lives is that they were men of faith. They were believers, by and large. Not everyone, and not everyone ...read more
Scripture: Hebrews 11:1-3
Job began to speak in great detail about his current circumstances and about God. These words had no knowledge of God and brought a misunderstanding or wrong understanding about God. It revealed a lack of comprehension about God.
Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said: “Who is this who darkens counsel By words without knowledge?” Job 38:1 Darkens counsel means to confuse an issue by introducing irrelevant or ill-founded considerations about God. Job began to speak in great detail about his current ...read more
Scripture: Job 38:1
A sermon for a Christmas in July worship service.
“Christmas without Santa” Luke 2:1-20 In my 20 years as a pastor I have preached on this passage once every year. But it’s always the same time of year; I have never preached on the birth of Jesus in July!!! But why not? After-all, as far as the exact time of year Jesus was born--we really ...read more
Scripture: Luke 2:1-20
Denomination: United Methodist
All of fallen humanity is spiritually dead and without strength to perform any kind of righteousness that would please God.
SCRIPTURE: Romans 5:6 "For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly." PROPOSITION: to use this text and others to show that all of fallen humanity is spiritually dead and without strength to perform any kind of righteousness that would please God. and to ...read more
Scripture: Romans 5:6
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