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Faithful to the Finish
Peter's final call to a young and growing church
Grace and Glory
A short series through the highlights of 1 Peter
Entrusted
Gifts, risk, and the return of the King
Before we can give of our time, treasures, talents, etc... we must give ourselves to God!
THE MOST IMPORTANT GIFT II Corinthians 8:1-15 Introduction: 1. We are in the midst of stewardship emphasis month. 2. How many want to be a poor steward in any area of your life? Hopefully not any! 3. We all want to be good stewards–how do we learn? 4. By studying other good stewards! 5. ...read more
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 8:1-15
Denomination: Baptist
This is a modification of a previous sermon on Stewardship from the same passage.
Becoming Good Stewards II Corinthians 8:1-15 Introduction: 1. This morning we began our annual stewardship series! 2. We discussed the requirements of stewardship. 3. Tonight, we will continue with the idea of “Becoming Good Stewards!” 4. How many of you want to be a poor steward in any area of ...read more
Sermon on Giving
GIVING WITH A STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE 2 Cor 8:1-5 I. WHO WERE THE CHURCHES OF MACEDONIA? A. THE CHURCH AT PHILIPPI From there we reached Philippi, a major city of the district of Macedonia and a Roman colony; we stayed there several days. Acts 16:12 (NLT) 1. We see the ...read more
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 8:1-5
Denomination: *other
God wants us to share our resources generously with those who need them and for us to give in a manner that demonstrates faith.
INTRO: “The church is always talking about money.” “the minister just wants my money.” “they don’t care about me – just that I give my offering.” Such things are often said about churches – and sometimes, unfortunately, it is true. I heard of a church recently that has a little mini-sermon EVERY ...read more
Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
God desires the giver before the gift—when we first surrender our hearts to Him, every act of generosity, including financial giving, flows joyfully and becomes an overflow of grace.
(God wants the giver before the gift) --- Introduction – Life Stirs Up Life Before we even open our Bibles, think about something amazing. The New Testament calls the church the body of Christ. Not a building. Not bricks and mortar. You and I are the church. Every part of a body matters. ...read more
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 8:1-7, 2 Corinthians 12:14, Acts 4:32, Psalm 51:17, Isaiah 1:16-18 (view more) (view less)
Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist
The Apostle Paul uses the charity of the Macedonian churches to impress on the Corinthians their need to be generous in their giving. The pattern he sets up for them is the same for us.
2 CORINTHIANS SERIES Charity 2 CORINTHIANS 8:1-24 2corandmore PERSON FROM CONGREGATION READS 2 CORINTHIANS 8:1-24 “We want you to know, brothers, about the grace of God that has been given among the churches of Macedonia, 2 for in a severe test of affliction, their abundance of joy and their ...read more
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 8:1-24
Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ
God’s presence makes hearts willing and turns our ordinary “stuff” into more-than-enough for His holy work.
Introduction – One Offering Picture this scene. It’s Sabbath morning. The church board has just finished breakfast and gathers for a quick finance meeting. The pastor walks in with a smile and says: “Friends, I have the new church-building plan God gave me. And here’s the budget strategy: we’ll ...read more
Scripture: Exodus 25:1-9, Exodus 36:2-7, 2 Corinthians 8:1-9, John 1:14, Zechariah 4:6 (view more) (view less)
God’s grace empowers joyful generosity, enabling believers to give willingly and abundantly, even in hardship, as an expression of trust and partnership in God’s work.
Friends, welcome. Some of us walked in today with a full heart and a thin wallet. Others with a strong budget and a weary soul. God sees both. And right in the middle of our ordinary lives—with bills to pay, kids to raise, parents to care for, and newsfeeds that rattle the nerves—God offers a grace ...read more
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 8:1-4
Topics: Generosity, Giving
Last in series on Prevailing Power. Churches are like people. They have attitudes, reputations, and pre-dispositions...
Churches are like people. They have attitudes, reputations, and pre-dispositions. Some are good and some are not so good. There are some churches known for their good works and some know for their awesome battles. There is a town in Texas where a church got into a disagreement over if it was ...read more
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 8:1-7
You can’t outgive God. He’s way ahead of everyone but he’s wanting us to share in his likeness and experience the fullness of grace. Part of that comes through being a giver like him.
Chapters 8-9 center on the subject of the grace of giving. A story was circulated some time ago about Arnold Palmer’s visit with a certain king. This king was impressed with Arnold Palmers golf record and as they talked the king wanted to give Mr. Palmer a gift. He tried to refuse at first, ...read more
Part of our witness to whom Jesus is in our lives comes from the way in which we share that which our Lord has given to us.
First Kings offers us great insight into the way in which treaties worked in the Ancient Near East. Solomon and Hiram praise each other. They express their desire for one another’s goods and the initiate a way of producing and delivering the goods to their trade partner. At times verses like these ...read more
Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed
The secret of living a successful Christian life, or to say, a life that is pleasing to God is found in the declaration: “they first gave themselves to the Lord”.
THE SECRET OF SUCCESSFUL CHRISTIAN LIVING “Moreover, brethren, we make known to you the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia: that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded in the riches of their liberality. For I bear witness that ...read more
Giving what God desires.
FBC "Abounding in this Grace also !!" II Cor. 8: 2-7,11 10/30/05 Intro. I. Formula for successful giving. II Cor. 8:1-2 A. Giving is extending God’s grace. V 1 (2 Corinthians 8:1) Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia; Wed. ...read more
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 8:1-14
We look at how our giving habits ought to reveal How the Gospel has gripped our hearts and our wallets.
• This May I will mark the beginning of my fifth year of ministry at NBBC • That means I have preached four years worth of sermons. And as I have looked at what to preach about in the next few months, trying to discern the needs of the congregation and what counter cultural perspective might be ...read more
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 8:1-6
We are at war against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. To win a war it is necessary for all to sacrifice and focus effort and resources on winning the war.
Text 2 Corinthians 8: 1-5 And now, brothers, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the Macedonian churches. Out of the most severe trial, their overflowing joy and their extreme poverty welled up in rich generosity. For I testify that they gave as much as they were able, and even ...read more
Denomination: Lutheran
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