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  • Eleven Ways God Improves Us With Pruning

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Aug 28, 2004
    based on 54 ratings
     | 34,649 views

    Jesus said that His Father prunes His children. The richest, the fullest, the most fruitful lives are those that have been strengthened through the painful process of tribulation. We have no right to believe that God will use us until He has cut away wha

    Eleven Ways God Improves us With Pruning (John 15:2) Illustration:Every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit. --John 15:2 I have several grapevines in my garden, and each year I cut out loads of long, spindly vines. Unless I remove these, they will take all the strength ...read more

  • Part 2: Fasting & Prayer Series

    Contributed by Brad Froese on Aug 30, 2004
    based on 15 ratings
     | 10,443 views

    Fasting is a powerful weapon in spiritual warfare: a type of Christ’s sacrifice. Through fasting, we lay down our life (needs, wants, desires) for a friends...

    “The Weapons of Spiritual Warfare II: Fasting & Prayer” (Roll delicious food footage) When it comes to food, we humans can get pretty territorial, can’t we? Food is an all-consuming passion for people today, especially here in America! We love our food, don’t we? Some of us eat to stay alive, ...read more

  • Finding Encouragement Through Discouraging Times

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Sep 12, 2004
    based on 57 ratings
     | 2,923 views

    When you’re depressed, remember to take advantage of the spiritual antidepressants in the words of Jesus. Find your joy, hope, and friendship in the Lord Jesus and speak against the sadness that seeks to steal your joy.

    Finding Encouragement Through Discouraging Times (John 15:11-15:13)"These things I have spoken to you so my joy may be in you." Illustration: David strengthened himself in the Lord his God. --1 Samuel 30:6 Talking to oneself is something many people ridicule in others and vow they’ll never do ...read more

  • What A Friend We Have In Jesus

    Contributed by La Juana Morris on Sep 29, 2004
    based on 58 ratings
     | 14,406 views

    Loving the one who loves us most

    All year I have been dealing with the subject of Love. I went to God and asked why still. And he told me, stop and take a moment and look and think about love and what it entails. We have heard folk profess love in love songs and writings and in attempts to get someone to understand the depth of ...read more

  • God The Gardener

    Contributed by Steve Moore on Oct 2, 2004
    based on 21 ratings
     | 19,574 views

    This sermon looks at the relationship between Jesus, as the Vine, God as the gardener, us as the branches, and the fruit that the gardener desires to grow on the branches.

    Introduction This is one of The great passages of the gospels. It’s also one of the last teaching sessions that Jesus, Rabbi and Messiah gives to his disciples. As we look at the passage today, I’d like us to consider 4 points:- 1. Jesus, as the Vine; 2. God the Father, as the Gardener; ...read more

  • More Like Jesus

    Contributed by Robert Baldwin on Oct 7, 2004
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,605 views

    Predestinated to be like God’s own precious Son. How often we hear this followed by we weren’t meant to be like him in this world. I believe this is a cop-out; we don’t want to be like Jesus so we start making excuses. If the word of God says it then it

    More Like Jesus John 15:1-13 Rom. 8:29 Intro. Predestinated to be like God’s own precious Son. How often we hear this followed by we weren’t meant to be like him in this world. I believe this is a cop-out; we don’t want to be like Jesus so we start making excuses. If the word of God says it then ...read more

  • Can People See Jesus In Your Face?

    Contributed by Charles Degner on May 5, 2003
    based on 91 ratings
     | 12,731 views

    Christ’s love is reflected in the lives of those who are his disciples.

    Remember the day when Moses came down from Mt. Sinai and the people couldn’t bear to look at Moses because they saw the reflection of God’s glory in his face? I hope and I pray that it might be so with every one of us! We have seen God, in the face of Jesus. We have known his mercy and ...read more

  • Abide In Me

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on May 14, 2003
    based on 201 ratings
     | 28,501 views

    Abiding in Christ is the key for the three relationships in Jn 15: RELATIONSHIP to Christ (Jn 15:1-17) RELATIONSHIP to other believers Jn 15: 12-18 & RELATIONSHIP to the world (Jn 15:19-27)

    Relationships Let us open in prayer Father, I pray that you will anoint my words this evening that they may be words for each of us from you. I ask what I say may be relevant in our Christian lives. We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Maddy and I ...read more

  • Abide In My Love

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on May 17, 2003
    based on 34 ratings
     | 11,843 views

    Short meditation on "Abide in my love"

    Saxlingham 25-05-03 Short meditation on Abiding in the love of Christ Let us open in prayer Father, I pray that you will anoint my words this morning that they may be words for each of us from you. I ask what I say may be relevant in our Christian lives. We ask ...read more

  • The Evolution Of Man

    Contributed by Antonio Torrence on May 18, 2003
    based on 31 ratings
     | 4,808 views

    This sermon is about improving our personal relationships with Christ.

    “The Evolution of Man” by Rev. A.LaMar Torrence, Pastor of the Cross of Life Lutheran Church, John 15:1-17, Psalm 23, and John 10:11 In the mid-19th century Charles Robert Darwin rocked the world with his controversial theories regarding the evolution of humanity. Darwin questioned the current ...read more

  • No (Know) Greater Love

    Contributed by Marianne Unger on May 21, 2003
    based on 79 ratings
     | 9,373 views

    There is no greater love than the love Jesus gives us. There is no greater peace in our hearts when we "know" this love.

    John 15:9-17 No Greater Love Our gospel lesson this morning starts out with Jesus words, continuing from our gospel lesson from last week. (John 15:1-8) Does anyone remember the verse I asked you to keep with you this year? “Abide in me as I abide in you.” Jesus is talking about a love ...read more

  • Love, Love, Love Is All You Need

    Contributed by Dawn Marie Turner on May 22, 2003
    based on 29 ratings
     | 5,445 views

    Why love is so crucial in our Christian walk and use reflections of Memorial Day to describe that.

    The Beatles song, Love, love, love is all you need was a popular song. Young people of that time echoed that sentiment in their actions and in how they lived their lives. They thought this was a new concept that their parents just wouldn’t or couldn’t get. But the concept was far older than the ...read more

  • Stagnant Pond Or Flowing Waters?

    Contributed by John Beehler on May 22, 2003
    based on 77 ratings
     | 11,746 views

    Do you share God’s love with others?

    Stagnant Pond or Flowing Waters? I wonder why it’s such a compliment to tell a woman she looks like a breath of spring, but not to tell her she looks like the end of hard winter. Isn’t that the same thing? I wonder why it pleases her to say time stands still when you look into her ...read more

  • The Spirit Of God's Love In The Church

    Contributed by William Baeta on May 24, 2003
    based on 38 ratings
     | 5,947 views

    “Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. He who does not love does not know God, for God is love” 1 John 4:7-8.

    Theme: The Spirit of God’s love in the Church Text: Acts 10:44-48; 1 Jn. 4:7-10; Jn. 15:9-17 The Scriptures take it for granted that God exists. It begins with the words “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth”. Creation declares that there must be a Creator. Philosophers and ...read more

  • "Friends Of God"

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on May 24, 2003
    based on 29 ratings
     | 9,726 views

    Trying to fathom the love that God has for us.

    John 15:9-17 “Friends of God” By: Rev. Kenneth Emerson Sauer, Pastor of Parkview United Methodist Church, Newport News, VA To what great lengths would many of us go to be friends with…say…our favorite celebrity… …or some wealthy dignitary… …or our boss… …or just someone that we admire? Many of ...read more