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  • Leo Launio avatar

    Outrageous Love

    Contributed by Leo Launio on Oct 16, 2003
    based on 36 ratings
     | 4,290 views

    Discriptions of God’s love.

    February 15, 2003 I. Introduction: A. Different expressions of love 1) Our expression of love depends on the kind of relationship that we have with each other. a) Our expression of love to our parents is different from our expression of love to our spouses. b) Our expression of love to our ...read more

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    Denomination: Adventist

  • Judah Thomas avatar

    Crazy Love

    Contributed by Judah Thomas on Oct 21, 2003
    based on 76 ratings
     | 23,586 views

    God is so in love with you that He will go to drastic, even crazy means to get your attention.

    A group of four-through eight-year-olds were asked: “What does love mean?” Their answers vary from the amusing to the profound. Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other. Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Where Is The Love

    Contributed by The Most Rev. Kelvin C. Brooks on Nov 26, 2004
    based on 16 ratings
     | 7,447 views

    The people of God could be some much more effective and content if they learned how to deal with the issues of life with love. The right kind of love (there are 4). Love is of God, God is Love, and Love never fails.

    “Where Is The Love?” Mark 12:28-33 / I Corinthians 13:2-8, 13 I) Introduction a) We as people of God, lack effective change and progress b) Caused by a lack of proper implementation of LOVE c) There is no lack of love, rather a misdirection of love d) Story background; 1) Jesus is in ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    A Father's Love Series

    Contributed by Chuck Musselwhite on Jun 21, 2007
     | 7,649 views

    This was a father’s day message given in 2007

    A Father’s Love Genesis 22:1-14 1. Love 2. Worship 3. Sacrifice 4. Trust Intro: Observations of a Father • I am going to share with you all my wisdom of four years of parenting • Okay let’s look at what the Bible says • When I had my first child I lost half of my memory, when I had my second ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Jim Heidebrecht avatar

    Greater Love

    Contributed by Jim Heidebrecht on Jun 21, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,570 views

    Delivered at Hopewell on Memorial Day weekend. It is important to remember the Service, Sacrifice, and Love of our Heroes, the greatest of which is Jesus Christ!

    GREATER LOVE (John 15:13) Intro: Memorial day – about remembering Sometimes, we are not so good at remembering things: 3 sisters, getting up in age: All in the living room in the evening. Gerty got up to go to bed, halfway upstairs she stopped and asked, was I going up, or going down? Mabel ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Mitch Davis avatar

    Pursue Love

    Contributed by Mitch Davis on Jun 26, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,403 views

    The paramount of Christianity is love. We have been taught what it is, exhorted to practice it and yet many still do not practice it when it is most needed.

    Pursue Love Theme: A proactive behavior unto God INTRODUCTION A. There really is no greater subject in the entire world than love. 1. That said, some talk about it seemingly to the exclusion of other vital areas of our walk in the Lord. 2. Conversely, some refrain from talking about it or do not ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Frederick Baker II avatar

    God Is Love Series

    Contributed by Frederick Baker Ii on Mar 25, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,598 views

    Showing how much God loves us.

    “God Is Love” Text: John 3:14-17 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    The Power Of Love Series

    Contributed by Sherman Gordon on Mar 30, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,665 views

    JUDAS NOT ISCARIOT WANTED TO KNOW HOW JESUS WOULD MANIFEST HIMSELF TO THE SAVED. JESUS INFORMED HIM THAT THE ANSWR RESTED IN THE POWER OF LOVE. LET’S LEARN THE SECRET OF THE POWER OF LOVE.

    SCRIPTURE: JOHN 14:15-24 SUBJECT: THE POWER OF LOVE THROUGHOUT THE BIBLE . . . LOVE - CENTRAL/CONSISTENT THEME. GENESIS 1:26 – IMAGE OF GOD . . . HOSEA/GOMER . . . SONG OF SOLOMON 4:10 – SHULAMITE – LONGING FOR HER KING . . . “HOW MUCH BETTER THAN WINE IS YOUR LOVE.” DAVID – II SAMUEL 1:26 ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Marilyn Murphree avatar

    "Hannah's Love" Series

    Contributed by Marilyn Murphree on May 5, 2004
    based on 54 ratings
     | 12,569 views

    Two qualities that Mothers need most.

    Mother’s Day, May 9, 2004 A Mother’s Love I Samuel 1:4-18; 26-28 Introduction: The family into which Samuel the prophet was born was a devout family. His father, Elkanah, went up to the tabernacle at Shiloh to offer sacrifices and to worship God year after year. Elkanah was called a ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    What Is Love?

    Contributed by Alan Balatbat on May 18, 2004
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,014 views

    What is the real meaning of love?

    What Is Love? 1. Produce by Faith (v2) And if I have the gift I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. „à Now Paul goes on his third point about faith. Even if the person¡¦s faith has the power so as to remove mountains (referring to trusting God to do ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Keith Walker avatar

    The Love Of Life Series

    Contributed by Keith Walker on May 19, 2004
    based on 54 ratings
     | 9,516 views

    "Thou Shalt Not Kill" and how it applies to issues such as murder, abortion, euthanasia, suicide and war.

    INTRODUCTION Alexander M. Sanders, Jr. is the Chief Judge of the South Carolina Court of Appeals. He spoke to the graduating class of the University of South Carolina in 1992. His daughter, Zoe was a member of that class. He told a story about when Zoe was 3 years old. Sanders came home to find a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Selfless Love

    Contributed by Greg Tabor on Oct 21, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 11,198 views

    Loving your enemies?? What??? Yep. That’s truly showing genuine love.

    Selfless Love Read Text: Matthew 5:43-48 "You have heard that it was said, ’Love your neighbor…”(Matt 5:43). Heard from whom? Their teachers. Where did their teachers get it from? Leviticus 19:18 NIV says, “Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against one of your people, but love your ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Jake Kircher avatar

    The Love Of God

    Contributed by Jake Kircher on Dec 28, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,465 views

    God’s love is best described by the cross

    Having to preach twice in two days on two entirely different topics I honestly didn’t have a lot of time to prepare for tonight. All week long I had mentioned to a few people that the love of God would be an easy topic to preach on. “How can God’s love be difficult to explain,” I thought to ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Amazing Love

    Contributed by Tommy Estes on Dec 28, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 5,383 views

    Amazing love that God shows to all mankind

    On this date 4 years ago, we remember the cowards that attacked our prized land. We remember those lives that were innocently killed. And we also remember those that showed acts of bravery as they scaled long stairwells and died within the walls of the “Twin Towers”. For the past couple of weeks on ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Wrapped In Love

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Dec 22, 2005
    based on 149 ratings
     | 46,169 views

    Father and Son worked in partnership to save the world.

    It was young love. He wrote her a letter, trying to capture a poetic expression of how much she meant to him. He wrote, “For you, I would cross the hottest, driest desert. I would swim the deepest ocean and brave the wildest storm. I would climb the heights of Everest such is the depth of my love ...read more

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    Denomination: Salvation Army