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Part 3 in series. What is "true love"? Is it biblical? If so, what does the Bible say about it? Student ministry PowerPoint format
[True Love] 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 This material was originally presented in PowerPoint format to a student ministry. If you have questions or would like a copy of the original PowerPoint, drop me an email at robert.fox@alltel.com [True Love] Slide Graphic: shamelessly sentimental pictures of me ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1-13
Denomination: Baptist
God’s grace seeks out the forgotten, restores dignity, and welcomes us as beloved family, giving us a permanent place at His table.
Have you ever felt forgotten? Not ignored for an afternoon, but tucked away behind the clutter of life—like your name somehow got lost between bills and to-do lists, between setbacks and sin, between who you were and who you fear you’ve become. Maybe you know that ache. Maybe you’ve heard that ...read more
Scripture: 2 Samuel 9:1-13
Topics: Mephibosheth, Kindness, Covenant
God is love and as His people we need to display His prime characteristic.
THE ROOTS OF LOVE: GOD Text: 1 John 4:7-12 Introduction 1. Illustration: "Love is so much the gift of God that it is called God" (Augustine, Ancient Christian Commentary On Scripture, vol. XI, 213). 2. Simply put, God is love, and any discussion or definition of love begins with God. ...read more
Scripture: 1 John 4:7-12
Denomination: Methodist
There is a lot of talk about true love. But what is true love? So much of what passes for true love is really the opposite. In Ephesians 5:3-7 we learn that there is such a thing as false love and that the consequences are serious for those who are fooled
Introduction I want to begin our time together today by telling you the true story of a duke who lived during the fourteenth century named Raynald III. Raynald III lived a life of indulgence and was obese. His Latin nickname was Crassus, which means, “fat.” One day Raynald and his younger brother, ...read more
Scripture: Ephesians 5:3-7
Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Love varies with the persons we love and our relationship to them.
Love in Bloom (topical) 1. Family love is unique but challenging. From Reader’s Digest, we read, It’s every airplane passenger’s nightmare -- getting stuck near a crying baby. I was manning the ticket counter at a busy airport when the sound of a sobbing infant filled the air. As the next ...read more
Denomination: Independent/Bible
What is real faith? What is real love?
[If you would like to receive free, weekly sermons by email, please email jonrmcleod@yahoo.com] A MAN OF FAITH AND LOVE [Hold up book: How I Play Golf by Tiger Woods] Most of you are not golfers. Let’s pretend you take this book home today and read it from cover to cover. Then you read it ...read more
Scripture: Philemon 1:1-25
Paul urges them to make love the primary goal of their ministry. He then gives the three means necessary to arrive at this goal. They are a pure heart, a good conscience, and a genuine faith.
Someone has said, "You can never win in the game of life if you don't know where the goal posts are." You can't win in any game if you don't have a goal. Great men in every walk of life have been those with a goal, and a determination to reach it. It is difficult to ...read more
Scripture: 1 Timothy 1:5
Paul took very seriously the exalting of love to the supreme place in the Christian life. In all of his letters it is the supreme goal, for to be filled with agape love is to be filled with Christ.
Love is the greatest of all gifts and it is the one that will never cease.
Love is (1 Cor. 13) Illustration: (Dressing with old clothes on the inside, but nice clothes on the outside.) There was once a church that was having a guest speaker. This speaker was well known throughout the Christian community, yet was virtually unknown to this particular congregation, except ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1
Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ
In this conversation we wrap up our discussion on getting better at loving ourselves.
Love What God Loves – You! Okay – today is the 7th Sunday of the year 2017… AND – week three of our series, ‘Getting Better At What Jesus Said Matters Most.’ AND – I want to start off with some powerful and familiar words penned by Paul and breathed by God, 2000 years ago about the importance ...read more
Scripture: Mark 12:28-31, 1 Corinthians 13:1-6
You cannot lead someone to Christ through criticism, shame or correction. It starts with the kindness of God, as you show forth the compassion and forgiveness of Jesus. “God’s kindness is intended to lead you to repentance” (Romans 2:4).
In Romans 2:4, the apostle Paul declared that “God’s kindness is intended to lead you to repentance” (NIV). If showing forth the kindness of God can lead a person to repentance, then on the opposite side, sharing judgment and condemnation will lead an individual to hardening his heart against the ...read more
Scripture: John 8:1-11
This is such a vast subject that I need a gigantic canvas to cover the whole gamut of views regarding love, let me start writing a few and I plead you to search your hearts and make amendments during the process of reading.
Have not LOVE! 1 Corinthians 13:2”……..though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.” This is such a vast subject that I need a gigantic canvas to cover the whole gamut of views regarding love, let me start writing a few and I ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1-10
Denomination: Pentecostal
We are commanded to love, challenged to love, confirmed by our love and changed by His love
LOVE In 1918, when Woodrow Wilson was President of the United States, he often traveled across the country by train. He would usually be in the last coach, and when the train came into a town he would come out onto the deck at the back and greet people. One day he was going through Billings, ...read more
Scripture: John 13:34-35
Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance
Recently we have been hearing on the news about some of the Christmas shopping that has been taking place.
Illus: For example, it is reported that the biggest day of the shopping year takes place on what is called Black Friday - the day after Thanksgiving when the stores open up at midnight. Some shoppers, to prepare for this big event, go the day before to find where the merchandise they want is ...read more
Scripture: Mark 14:1-9
God is good and does not want any of us to be in pain.
Looking at what is going on all over the world at the present moment, all we see is a chaotic world. And even though we are seeing things that we have not seen before happen and there is panic everywhere, we still have a God that is aware of all things, for He is a God that does not slumber nor ...read more
Scripture: Psalm 34:8, Romans 2:4