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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've seen the importance of love regarding my salvation and how it needs to be the foundation for all my relationships. We looked at how love is the factor in overcoming fear and unforgiveness. Today we'll see what it has to do with overcoming the world.
WHAT’S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT? (part six) INTRODUCTION: In our series on what love has to do with it, we've seen the importance of love being the basis for my salvation, my relationship with God and my service to God. We've seen how love needs to be the foundation of all my relationships if ...read more
Scripture: 1 John 5:1-5
Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ
Why does the Bible so often command men to love? Maybe because love doesn’t come naturally to many of us; we have to be told to.
19 Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them . . . Fathers, do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged. When Paul wrote to the Ephesian church he laid the weight of responsibility on much thicker. With nine verses he explained how a husband should love his wife, ...read more
Scripture: Colossians 3:19-20
Denomination: *other
In a church where divisions, lawsuits, immorality, incest, abuse, corrupt worship and misuse of spiritual gifts were manifested, this is a good place for a lesson on love.
WHAT’S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT? I CORINTHIANS 12:31-13:13 INTRODUCTION: Look out Tina Turner here I come! For some of you that don’t know the title is that of a Tina Turner song. How did this chapter get thrown into the mix with spiritual gifts? It is key. It’s not here by accident! In a ...read more
Denomination: Baptist
We are commanded by God to love everyone.
Love – I Corinthians 13: 1 - 13 Intro: The story is told of Richard Daly who was the Mayor of Chicago for 21 years (1955 – 1976). One day, one of Mayor Daly’s speech writers came in his office and asked for a pay raise. The mayor replied, “I’m not giving you a ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1-13
Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed
Love is something we could never do without help from someone who is really good at it. Because of God’s love for each of us, we have the ability to love God and others.
Able to Love 1 John 4:7-21 7 Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. 9 This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the ...read more
Scripture: 1 John 4:7-21
Denomination: Assembly Of God
In everything we do we have to learn. We have to be taught how to love. Love is not something that is automatic. We have to be taught how to love. We have to pursue love.People love not because they are not taught.
Series: PURSUING THE LOVE OF GOD Topic: THE FOUNDATION OF LOVE I. Introductory Remarks. We begin a new series on love entitled “ pursuing the love of God” It is such a simple topic but there is so much in the Word of God on the topic of love. I just want us to see how important love is in ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 14:1
What is love? How will I know love when I see it? Is it just something I feel inside? Is it just a word we say? What the World says about love and what the Word says about love are two very different ideas.
INTRODUCTION: Illustration/Story/Quote/Statistic- One of my main languages is music, so I’m going to be quoting some popular songs of my era that talk about love this morning since it is, after-all, Valentine’s Day. I hope you don’t mind. In the popular 80s song by the group Foreigner, the lead ...read more
Scripture: 1 John 3:16-18, 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
We need to be loving because God is loving and He calls me to be loving.
Be Loving Colossians 3:12-14 VIDEO: What is Love? What is love? Apparently, people have many definitions of what love really is. But the fact of the matter is that God is the only one who can define what love really is. We may want to look at the way the world defines love. But in the end, we get ...read more
Scripture: Colossians 3:12-14
The Bible is of supreme importance to Christians. We do not worship it, but it tells us of the God we do worship. It is assumed that Christians desire to study the Bible.
The Seven Deadly Sins of Bible Study and How You Can Avoid Them Based on an Article By Jack Kuhatschek __________________ The Seven Deadly Sins of Bible Study and How You Can Avoid Them is based heavily on an article by Jack Kuhatschek that I had in my files. I couldn’t find a link to it on the ...read more
Scripture: 2 Timothy 2:7
Emphasizes the importance of not just hearing God's Word, but actively living it out, highlighting the blessings that come from doing so and the dangers of failing to do so.
Good morning, family. Today, we're going to talk about three things: being doers of the Word, the blessing of doing, and the danger of not doing. We're going to dive into the book of James. Now, you know, James doesn't mince words. He's pretty straightforward about what it means to be a follower of ...read more
Scripture: James 1:22-26
Topics: Just Do It
There is nothing so immeasurable or as important as God’s love and yet His love so misunderstood by man today. God is love! Do you really understand what that means? Have you ever considered the magnitude of that statement?
GOD’S LOVE 1 JOHN 4:7-11 Introduction: There is nothing so immeasurable or as important as God’s love and yet His love so misunderstood by man today. God is love! Do you really understand what that means? Have you ever considered the magnitude of that statement? Let us consider God’s ...read more
Scripture: 1 John 4:7-11
A study of chapter 6 verses 1 through 13
Songs of Songs 6: 1 – 13 Making Up Is Hard To Do 1 Where has your beloved gone, O fairest among women? Where has your beloved turned aside, that we may seek him with you? 2 My beloved has gone to his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed his flock in the gardens, and to gather lilies. 3 I ...read more
Scripture: Song of Songs 6:1-13
Denomination: Calvary Chapel
Understand and appreciate the profound love of God as expressed in John 3:16, and to recognize that it is not by our own works, but by faith in God's sacrifice, that we are granted eternal life.
Good morning, family! Today we are going to dig deep into one of the most well-known and powerful scriptures in the entire Bible, John 3:16. This scripture is a clear and beautiful declaration of God's love, the meaning of true faith, and the life-changing power faith has. John Locke once said, ...read more
Scripture: John 3:16
Topics: Transformative Faith
Responding to Sept 11th and a (minor) break-in to our church building, this sermon focuses on how live Jesus’ call to do unto others as we would have them do to us.
Today we celebrate All Saints Day, when we honor those well-known saints of the church. And All Saints Day also helps us to recall those faithful departed who have gone before, people who have died in the faith from this congregation and in our lives. But All Saints Day also serves as a reminder ...read more
Scripture: Luke 6:20-31
Denomination: Lutheran
This sermon deals with the characteristics of a Christian based on Paul’s life in Philippians 3:1-11.
"To Do Or To Be" 7/28/95 Text Philip3:1-11 OT Prov. 2:1-8 Matthew 7:13-27 For the Christian, "to be or not to be", isn’t the question, but rather "to do or to be is" the issue that we face. More times than not we opt for doing rather than being. Many people don’t ...read more
Scripture: Philippians 3:1-11, Malachi 7:13-27
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