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Faithful to the Finish
Peter's final call to a young and growing church
Grace and Glory
A short series through the highlights of 1 Peter
Entrusted
Gifts, risk, and the return of the King
Love is the greatest of all gifts and it is the one that will never cease.
Love is (1 Cor. 13) Illustration: (Dressing with old clothes on the inside, but nice clothes on the outside.) There was once a church that was having a guest speaker. This speaker was well known throughout the Christian community, yet was virtually unknown to this particular congregation, except ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1
Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ
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
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
Explore the transformative power of God's love, as described by Apostle Paul, and how to live a life that bears the fruits of this divine love.
Good morning, church family! Today we're going to be diving into some powerful words from the Apostle Paul. We're talking about love, folks. Not the kind you see in Hollywood movies or read about in romance novels. Nope, we’re talking about the deep, life-changing, world-shaking love that only ...read more
Topics: Satisfaction, Christ
Explore and understand the profound importance and power of love, as it is the essence of our faith and the reflection of God's love for us.
Good morning, everyone. It's a blessing to be here with all of you today. We've got a powerful message to discuss, a message that is the very heartbeat of our faith - LOVE. Let's take a moment to dive into the scriptures. In 1 Peter 4:8, we read, "Above all, love each other deeply, because love ...read more
Scripture: 1 Peter 4:8, 1 Corinthians 13:7, John 15:13
Topics: Love
The fourth in a series on Matthew 24 & 25, this message focuses on being loving, since Jesus is coming back and we don’t know when.
Because Jesus Is Returning . . . "Be Loving - Matthew 25:31-46; Luke 10:25-37" We have been studying through Matthew 24,25 - with this overall theme . . . Because Jesus is returning and we don’t know when, how should we be living? A soldier was finally returning from the Vietnam war. He called ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 25:31-46
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
Denomination: Baptist
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
We are to love God and love others
THE GREAT COMMANDS OF JESUS Part Two—Love John 13:34-35 Sunday, November 18, 2007 Pastor Brian Matherlee Introduction The teacher in an adult-education creative-writing class told her students to write "I love you" in 25 words or less, without using the words "I love you." She gave 15 minutes. A ...read more
Scripture: John 13:34-35
Denomination: Wesleyan
What is a Christian? A mind through which Christ Thinks. A voice through which Christ Speaks. A Hand through which Christ Helps. A Heart through which Christ Loves
Beloved, let us Love one another… I John 4:7-21 Five days ago we celebrated a holiday of sorts called Valentines Day. Valentines Day is a day that is set apart to show and share Love. In light of Valentines Day and to keep this message as light as possible, I’ll speak this morning on the subject ...read more
Scripture: 1 John 4:7-21, 1 John 5:1
The "Love Chapter" helps to show us what unconditional Christian Love is all about
When we think of love we often think of our family, friends, spouses, children and things we have and people we encounter in our lives. Being Christians, however, we must look at the world with the loving eyes of God. John 3:16 tells us that “God so loved the world…” We, as God’s children, must ...read more
Understanding the Love that God has for us at Christmas
The story of the candy cane • A Candy maker in Indiana wanted to make a candy that could be used as a witnessing tool, so he made the Christmas Candy Cane. • He incorporated several symbols for the birth, ministry, and death of Jesus. • He began with stick of pure white, hard candy. • White to ...read more
Scripture: 1 John 4:7-10
Denomination: Christian Church
It’s through Love that we can show Christ in our actions and in our lives. It’s Love that we can lead others to a life in Christ
Love • In Life I have found there are a lot of things that make me stop and wonder. • I wonder why a speaker who "needs no introduction" --- gets one anyway. • I wonder why, when a preacher says, "In closing..." he doesn’t. • I wonder why people will punish a child for lying • But they will tell ...read more
Scripture: John 15:9-17
Jesus said that he came so that we could have life and have it more abundantly. God loves us, so that we can love ourselves, in order to love others.
How can we love ourselves Things we don’t like about ourselves Tattoos People don’t like my preaching I intentionally hurt another person Other person intentionally hurt me I’m overweight I’m out-of-style Psychologists say that everyone of us has things that we keep hidden from the outside ...read more
Scripture: 1 John 4:10-21