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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
The story of Hosea, his wife Gomer the prostitute and their three children; Jezreel, Not-pitied, and No Mercy. God took the ugliness of apostasy and turned it into a thing of beauty.
Grace Makes Beauty out of Ugly Things Hosea 1:2-10 July 29, 2007 Have you ever forgotten who you are? When our boys were in their ...read more
Scripture: Hosea 1:2-10
Denomination: Methodist
Organize our self around the fact that we are created in the Image of God and we inherit His beauty. Begin to seek the beauty of God and you will never have to live a filtered life.
When we can’t find beauty in life, our first response is to use filters. Filters that cause us to intentionally (or unintentionally) commit sins. Before using filters in life; take a moment and think that the world may turn out ugly at times, but there’s one beauty that is absolute. And that is ...read more
Scripture: Ecclesiastes 3:11
Denomination: Pentecostal
The true story of Esther illustrates truth about Jesus' ascension: God reigns over all for the benefit of his people.
The Miss Universe competition is in its 62nd year now. How many winners of that competition can you name? None? That’s what I thought. And yet every Christian should be able give the name of at least one beauty queen: Esther. She is well known to Bible readers as the woman who saved her ...read more
Scripture: Esther 6:1-14
Denomination: Lutheran
The following sermon was preached at Mass at the end of a Society of Catholic Priests Training Day, "Catholic Evangelism for All Christians: Resources from the Anglo-Catholic Tradition for sharing our faith".
The mass this sermon was preached in the middle of was the experimental children's liturgy "The Nursery Rhyme Mass" though the sermon itself is an adult sermon ................................ Mother Sandra Millar in her talk earlier said “Sometimes we act as if the good news of ...read more
Scripture: Luke 10:1-23, Luke 14:7-24, John 1:35-50, Acts 9:17-22
Denomination: Anglican
A partial narrative sermon, weaving the solid exposition of John MacArthur commentary with the "The Story of Victor" (which asking the question of is it better to be loved or to love?)
"The Way of Love" 1 Cor. 12:31b-14:1a vacMidway 3/26/2005 {Intro: What is love, according to our culture?} “I love [computers]. Really? The same way I love my wife? What’s up with the word “love”? It doesn’t have much meaning when we use it so loosely. Maybe we don’t really get it. Maybe we ...read more
Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance
What a beautiful picture of the love between God the Father and God the Son.
Intro: 1. In World magazine, interviewer Larry King said: "Faith is a wonderful thing. I envy people who have it. I just can't make the leap.I remember as a kid, my father died when I was young, and that was unexplainable to me. The God of the Old Testament, I didn't like things he did. "Abraham, ...read more
Scripture: Genesis 22:1-24
Denomination: Baptist
The father paints the most beautiful picture of forgiveness for all of us to behold!
INTRODUCTION • VIDEO CLIP (After clip, then go to PowerPoint’s) • SLIDE #1 • God gives us some DIFFICULT stuff to do at times. • Of all the things we are called to do as a follower of Jesus and quite frankly as a decent human being the thought of having to extend forgiveness to someone who has ...read more
Scripture: Luke 15:11-32
Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ
Why love is so crucial in our Christian walk and use reflections of Memorial Day to describe that.
The Beatles song, Love, love, love is all you need was a popular song. Young people of that time echoed that sentiment in their actions and in how they lived their lives. They thought this was a new concept that their parents just wouldn’t or couldn’t get. But the concept was far older than the ...read more
Scripture: John 15:9-17
Real love is not just an emotion, but a choice and an action that we must actively live out in our relationships to please God.
Good morning, church family! Today, we're going to explore the depths of what real love looks like in our lives and how we can actively live it out in our relationships. C.S. Lewis said, "Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person's ultimate good as far as it can be ...read more
Scripture: Hebrews 13:16
Topics: Real Love, Action
The apostle Paul describes the "most excellent way" of love.
THIS IS LOVE I Corinthians 13:1-13 INTRO.- ILL.- Here are some children’s ideas about love. - Glenn, age 7 - If falling love is anything like learning how to spell, I don’t want to do it. It takes too long. (loving people takes a long time. It should take a lifetime. We should love people ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1-13
First sermon in a series looking at the "Fruit of the Spirit" from Galatians 5:22-23.
“The Fruit of the Spirit” LOVE June 1, 2002 Introduction Show video clip of “Mr. Holland’s Opus”. The video clip we just showed was from the movie, “Mr. Holland’s Opus”. The plot of the movie is essentially about “bearing fruit”. Mr. Holland has been teaching music for years feeling as ...read more
Scripture: Galatians 5:22-23
Love needs to be shared with your community.
Love Give each child a penny. Have a basket filled with one penny for each member of the church and the Sunday school. Ask the children how they might spend a penny. (Bubble gum, Penny Candy). It doesn’t buy much does it? If you only think about yourself when you think of love, it is the same ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1
Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Gomer broke Hosea’s heart but because if it she made it possible for him to give the world a picture of the “divine lover.” He promised His love in the repeated “I will” statements to the Jewish people.
THOUGHTS ABOUT THE PASSAGE: One night I had a dream. I was walking along the beach with the Lord, and across the sky flashed scenes of my life. In each scene, I noticed two sets of footprints in the sand. One was mine and one was the Lord’s. When the last scene of my life appeared before me, I ...read more
Scripture: Hosea 2:14-23
This short chapter pictures the nation’s exile and return. The Lord makes known His plans for the redemption of the prodigal nation. Although this chapter is short, its prophecies survey God’s past (v. 1), present (vv. 2-4), and future (v. 5) relationship
THOUGHTS ABOUT THE PASSAGE: I read about a young man who was determined to win the affection of a lady who refused to even talk to him anymore. He decided that the way to her heart was through the mail, so he began writing her love letters. He wrote a love letter every day to this lady. Six, seven ...read more
Scripture: Hosea 3:1-5
Up to this point in the book the emphasis has been primarily upon Israel’s disobedience for which judgement must fall. However, from this point on the emphasis is on God’s love for Israel, in spite of her disobedience for which judgement must fall. In the
THOUGHTS ABOUT THE PASSAGE: To demonstrate God’s love a certain medieval monk announced he would be preaching next Sunday evening on “The Love of God.” As the shadows fell and the light ceased to come in through the cathedral windows, the congregation gathered. In the darkness of the altar, the ...read more
Scripture: Hosea 11:1-12
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