Sermons on Love And Forgiveness: showing 391-405 of 172,054

Forgive - Better Than Revenge

Contributed by Don Schultz on Jan 21, 2013

We want revenge, but God teaches a better way.

Genesis 45 Forgive because God gets revenge, not you Thursday Intercom Have you ever wanted to really get back at someone? I am so sick and tired of that person, making my life miserable. I am going to make that person pay. Have you ever wanted to do that? What's that called? Revenge. That ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 3:9-12

Denomination: Lutheran

Forgive - Means Letting Go

Contributed by Don Schultz on Jan 21, 2013

What does it mean to forgive? Learn by seeing how God forgives us.

Genesis 45 Friday FORGIVE Revised This past week we have been looking at the topic of forgiveness. I'd like to read to you one more time that section from Genesis chapter 45, where Joseph has that amazing moment of forgiving his brothers. Could you do what Joseph did? Listen again to this ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 45:3-15

Denomination: Lutheran

Father Forgive Them PRO Sermon

Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Feb 28, 2024

This sermon explores Jesus' profound act of forgiveness on the cross, urging us to receive and extend forgiveness in our own lives.

Good morning, beloved congregation. There's a warmth in our gathering today that speaks of unity, of shared faith, and of a collective longing to draw closer to the heart of our Savior. We are here, not as individuals, but as a family. A family brought together by the love of Christ, and sustained ...read more

Scripture: Luke 23:34

Topics: Them

That Is A Lovely Plant

Contributed by Dr.w.samuel Legon on Jul 3, 2010

Man that is a plant i will never forget.

THAT IS A LOVELY PLANT Isaiah 53:2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. 3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 53:2-11

Denomination: Baptist

Lasting Love

Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Jun 19, 2009

This is the 6th sermon in 40 Days of Love as revised by me to make a Father’s Day Message. Some of the materials is in thanks to Rick Warren as we completed the 40 Days Of Love Series. HOw do we make Love Last.

Lasting Love 6/21/09 Proverbs 5:7-23 Luke 15:11-19 Today we celebrate Father’s Day. We want to pay special tribute and honor to all of you men who recognize that it is a gift, an honor, a high calling, and a worthy pursuit to be a responsible father. Thank you for all the responsible ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:11-25

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Extravagant Love

Contributed by Gordon Curley on Nov 24, 2010

Extravagant Love (PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request - email: gcurley@gcurley.info)

Reading: Matthew chapter 26 verses 6 to 16 Ill: Two brothers were getting ready to boil some eggs and then to colour for Easter. • "I'll give you £1 if you let me break three of these eggs on your head," said the older one. • "Do you promise?" asked the younger brother. ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 26:6-16

Denomination: Brethren

Absolute Love Series

Contributed by Tim White on Apr 18, 2013

God's absolute love for us removed every barrier that keeps us from Him, and He calls us to love others by removing barriers.

Have you ever heard a preacher say something that made you wince about his correctness (kind of like fasting)? Well, I am going to say something to make you wince. I am going to say something about the love of God. Then, when you are picking up stones to stone me, I am going to tell you why I said ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 2:1-9

Denomination: Baptist

Love Fully

Contributed by Richard Papafio on Jan 10, 2018

Love fully to the end, don't hold unforgiveness or hate in your heart. Let go off issues and be free

May the peace of the Lord be with you. Topic: LOVE FULLY John 13:1King James Version (KJV) 13 Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto ...read more

Denomination: Charismatic

"Surprised By Love"

Contributed by Ken Sauer on Apr 18, 2015

Jesus is with us, even at rock bottom.

"Surprised By Love" John 21:1-19 Perhaps you read the following in the Upper Room Devotional last Wednesday: "I hit the road with everything I owned packed inside my small car even though the idea of leaving my apartment, job, school, friends, and my comfortable life of sin had paralyzed ...read more

Scripture: John 21:1-19

Denomination: United Methodist

Unrequited Love

Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Sep 28, 2023

Why doesn't God divorce his unfaithful people? We would, in his place.

Hosea must have been crazy. God told him to marry a prostitute named Gomer, and so he did. Now, stories of reformed prostitutes who settle down and become good wives and mothers are a staple of romantic fiction. How many of you have seen Pretty Woman, starring Richard Gere as the rich man who falls ...read more

Scripture: Hosea 11:1-11

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

A Loving Father Series

Contributed by Boomer Phillips on Jun 8, 2021

Father's Day: The father should be the hero of this parable. He had been watching and waiting with love and patience. Like the father who was looking for his son to return, the Lord is waiting for us to come home to Him.

Luke chapter fifteen contains three parables. The third parable, which we are going to look at this morning, is sometimes called, “The Parable of the Prodigal Son.” Commentator William Barclay says, “For centuries the third parable has been called ‘The Parable of the Prodigal Son.’ It would be ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:11-32

Denomination: Baptist

God's Love At The Well Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Feb 11, 2008

Some people look for love in all the wrong places. This woman found what she had always been looking for when she met Jesus.

OPEN: A couple of years ago, a company out of Bethesda, Maryland put out a series of romantic greeting cards they called the “Secret Lover Collection”. The cards had a very specific audience. One of the 24 cards in the series read this way: “My soul has been searching for you since I came into this ...read more

Scripture: John 4:4-41

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Love's Short-Term Memory

Contributed by Andrew Drummond on Jan 11, 2010

Love forgives and forgets, at least that is what the bible says. How do you make this a reality in your life?

Anyone ever seen the movie ’50 first dates’? It’s based upon a woman who forgets every morning what happened the day before. Each day is new without any regret, hurt or bitterness from the day before. Sometimes I think God wants us as Christians to treat hurt like that. In fact ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:5

The Waiting Father Series

Contributed by James ( Jim ) Highland on Jun 16, 2014

Jesus' memorable sermon includes two kinds of prodigals, those who go into far countries of life and those that stay close to home. Both need God's love and forgiveness.

The Waiting Father; The favorite story that Jesus told, The Prodigal Son, is really of the Waiting Father… of Two Prodigal Sons. Scripture: Luke 15:11-29 His audience was a large crowd of very religious people. Church Leaders and Biblical Scholars, hoping Jesus would give them some ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:11-29

Denomination: Baptist

Can Love Heal A Broken Heart?

Contributed by James Kirkland on Feb 14, 2011

The phrase “I Love You” will eventually bring up the response, “Why Do You Love Me”. Well now you can be on the spot. Why, Why, Why? What can I say, what should I say? Why do I love him or her?

Can Love Heal a Broken Heart? As you all know, it is Valentines time again. The candy makers have been working overtime, the florist have blisters on their fingers and band-aids on their hands from the rose thorns. And the greeting card printers have been producing hundreds of thousands of cards so ...read more

Scripture: John 3:16

Denomination: Nazarene