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  • C. Philip Green avatar

    An Oasis Of Love

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Jun 13, 2019
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,463 views

    If you want to create an oasis of love in a hostile world, don’t hate like Cain. Instead, love like Christ – give yourself with concrete compassion.

    For a little while on a Wednesday afternoon two years ago (July 2017), customers at an ATM in Corpus Christi, Texas, got a curious extra with their cash. Along with a receipt detailing their transaction, they got a little hand-written note. A contractor had been installing a new lock on the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    Loved Deeply Series

    Contributed by David Welch on Feb 8, 2018
     | 5,409 views

    Fourth in a series from Philippians focusing on loving others because we are loved.

    We recently began a new series of messages drawn out of Paul’s letter to the Philippians. He wrote to this church that he established some 10 years prior to this writing. Paul wrote the letter from a prison in Rome along with Ephesians and Colossians known as the “Prison Epistles ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

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    Love By Serving Series

    Contributed by Stephen Sheane on Sep 30, 2015
     | 20,898 views

    3 essential characteristics of a servant attitude

    LOVE BY SERVING Bill Wilson pastors an inner city church in New York City. His mission field is a very violent place. He himself has been stabbed twice as he ministered to the people of the community surrounding the church. Once a Puerto Rican woman became involved in the church and was led to ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

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    The Love Factor Series

    Contributed by David Owens on Feb 4, 2020
     | 7,861 views

    In chapter 12 of Romans, Paul gives an overview of what real, sincere love looks like. In so doing, Paul moves love out of the realm of the abstract into the realm of the concrete.

    This morning I want us to start with a Peanuts comic strip. 1. One day Linus said to Lucy, “I’m going to be a doctor when I grow up.” 2. Lucy replied, “You a Doctor! Ha! You could never be a doctor! You know why? Because you don’t love mankind. That’s why!” 3. Linus defended himself, saying, ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Loving The Brethren Series

    Contributed by Rick Macdonald on Aug 8, 2001
    based on 20 ratings
     | 7,887 views

    If it was required of us to draw a picture of love, before we could really identify love, I wonder what love would look like?

    Loving the Brethren February 6, 2000 INTRODUCTION: If it was required of us to draw a picture of love, before we could really identify love, I wonder what love would look like? Would we put a face on it and give it a personality; Or would we attempt to draw our perception of God, since “God is ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    So Loved Series

    Contributed by Dan Cale on Dec 19, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,738 views

    In a fresh look at John 3:16 we look at what it means to be so loved by God. Pt 1 investigates in scripture what Creator Love, Father Love, and Bridegroom love look like.

    For God So Loved the World Pt 1 - So Loved John 3:16 Have you ever stopped and watched a sunset and wondered at the richness of God’s love? Have you ever been in turmoil or struggle and questioned it? Have you ever been in need and seen God’s love poured out through the hands of a friend or ...read more

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    The Character Of Love Series

    Contributed by Scott Bradford on Mar 20, 2007
    based on 9 ratings
     | 17,167 views

    This sermon is the 1st in a series on the fruits of the Spirit, or rather, the character of a Christian: Love!

    Remember "The Dating Game"? Where contestants asked eligble bachelors or bachelorettes questions to determine which one they would want to go on a date with. What if we did like "The Christian Game?" Like the Pastor or Administraitive Board had to ask potential members questions before they could ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    Love In Bloom Series

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 25, 2008
     | 2,693 views

    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

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • James Snyder avatar

    The Debt Of Love

    Contributed by James Snyder on Sep 22, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,224 views

    If you can write out your love for the Lord in a nice, neat little paragraph, you probably don’t understand your love for the Lord. The difficulty with love is the inability to express adequately in words how you feel.

    If you had to describe your love for the Lord, how would you do it? Could you find in the proper words to express your passion and appreciation for the Lord? If you can write out your love for the Lord in a nice, neat little paragraph, you probably don’t understand your love for the Lord. The ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

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    Why Love...

    Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on Feb 9, 2012
     | 3,471 views

    To persist in Love...even when persecuted...

    Why “Love”… Ouch! My Dad developed a frozen shoulder condition and boy we took him from one hospital to another with no avail, till the “Magnet therapy” did the trick. In this sermon, I intend to touch upon a particular type of “shoulder ...read more

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    Faith & Love Series

    Contributed by Jonathan Mcleod on Oct 7, 2009
     | 4,228 views

    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

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Dr. Gale A. Ragan-Reid avatar

    For Jesus' Love Series

    Contributed by Dr. Gale A. Ragan-Reid on Jun 13, 2017
     | 4,913 views

    Love and loyalty exuded as traits God looked for and expected in leadership from HIS CHILDREN, followers of Christ Jesus.

    FOR JESUS’ LOVE By Dr. Gale A. Ragan-Reid (June 13, 2017) “So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He ...read more

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    Denomination: Friends

  • Bishop Malcolm Coby, Ph. D. avatar

    The Power Of Love

    Contributed by Bishop Malcolm Coby, Ph. D. on Aug 20, 2016
    based on 4 ratings
     | 17,059 views

    This sermon is designed to guide the hearer to the usefulness of love. The God kind of love is unknown to the flesh. It is a work of the Spirit. Love has power to alter many of the challenges we have in life, if we would learn to use it.

    I. Introduction A. The Love Fruit 1. Love (Agape Love) is love of the mind, reason and will 2. Agape love is love that a. Loves regardless of feelings – whether we feel like loving or not b. Loves even if the person does not deserve to be loved c. Loves the person who is ...read more

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    The Greatest Of These Is Love Series

    Contributed by Mary Erickson on Feb 4, 2019
     | 6,125 views

    In baptism we have been called as agents of God's love

    February 3, 2019 Hope Lutheran Church Jeremiah 1:4-10; 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 The Greatest of These Is Love Friends, may grace and peace be yours in abundance in the knowledge of God and Christ Jesus our Lord. Today is Super Bowl Sunday. Two weeks ago, I was rooting for the Kansas City Chiefs and ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Love Covers It

    Contributed by Jeff Pearce on Feb 26, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,147 views

    Quick lesson on paint night with the youth on how love covers sin.

    Love Covers it 1 Peter 4:8 Intro: Peter says above all 1: Things a) Thinking b) Feelings c) Preconceived notions or ideas d) What you’ve heard or think you know Point: above all these things, sometimes, no, at all times we have to turn our brains down a bit and let our hearts and the ...read more

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    Denomination: Other