Sermons on Loves:

Passionate Love Awaken Series

Contributed by Bumble Ho on Apr 24, 2006

This is a verse-by-verse exposition (1 of 4). Big idea: Of many practical guidelines in Dating and Courtship, the most important is this: Passionate Love is meant to lead to Permanent Love.

Sacred Romance 1: Passionate Love Awaken {Intro: World’s Song and God’s Song} My favorite old movie is Casablanca. A classic film with Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, where Bogie owns Rick’s Café American bar in Casablanca, Morroco. It takes place during World War 2 in Casablanca, which was ...read more

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

The Demands Of Brotherly Love Series

Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Sep 16, 2005

Brotherly love demands some things from us. Are we up to the task?

INTRODUCTION SLIDE #1 • In life, everything has demands. If you want children, when you have them, they demand a lot of time and a lot of money. • If you want a spouse, it will require a lot of time, effort and patience once you get one. If you want to be a good ball player, it will demand a lot ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 3:13-18

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Marriage: A Labor Of Love

Contributed by Michael Luke on Sep 27, 2005

Celebrating the importance of strong marriages build up the family, community and church

SPECIAL DAY: LABOR DAY TEXT: HEBREWS 13:4 TITLE: “MARRIAGE: A LABOR OF LOVE” INTRODUCTION: A. It may be Labor Day weekend, but today we have some members celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary: Don and Donna Peed ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 13:4

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Love Means Obedience

Contributed by Jeremy Houck on Oct 2, 2005

The greatest Command of loving God with everything you’ve got means that we’ve got to be willing to follow our freely chosen master to whom we give total and complete allegiance, attention, and adoration. When the command to love God this way was first gi

Love Means Obedience Matthew 22:34-40 Agatha Burgess is 87 years old and lives in the small mill town of Buffalo, South Carolina. She gets up every morning at five o’clock and begins cooking, and she has been doing this for over twenty years. She gets up and cooks for the local Meals on Wheels. ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 22:34-40, John 14:16

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Reaching Out In Love

Contributed by Ray Ellis on Oct 3, 2005

Jesus would have us as a local church to get involved in outreach for Kingdom growth.

Reaching Out in Love I Thessalonians 2:8 (New Century Version) “Because we loved you, we were happy to share not only God’s good news with you; but even our own lives.” A year ago we did a survey of 350 homes in our community. In our survey we asked several brief questions: 1. How long have ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 2:8

Denomination: Free Methodist

Love Without Excuses

Contributed by John Mayes on Oct 12, 2005

Love your neighbor as yourself without making excuses.

Love your neighbor as yourself without making excuses. One of the greatest commandments we have is to love our neighbor as we love ourself. However, this commandment is so profound that we often come up with excuses in order to avoid obeying God’s word. Just like the "expert in the Law" in Luke ...read more

Scripture: Luke 10:25-29

Denomination: Pentecostal

God's Love And Ours

Contributed by James Tetley on Jul 3, 2006

God’s tru love for humanity is demonstrated in the death of His Son on the cross

God’s love and ours 1 John “I like you” he said shyly “I like you too” she responds Encouraged, he added “I like you more than I said” “Me, too”, she murmurs blushing “I love you”, he blurts “What? She asks breathlessly “Nothing” he mutters. “Go on, say it,” she urges “Ojay, but don’t laugh. I ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 4:7-21

Denomination: Baptist

Part 2 - Love Series

Contributed by Rev. Bruce A. Shields on Jul 11, 2006

Part 2 of our Fruits of the Spirit Series is about Love and what God=type love is, and how we can quench it if we are not carefull.

The Fruit of the Spirit Part 2 – Love Rev. Bruce A. Shields First Baptist Church Tawas City Michigan www.TawasBaptist.org WELCOME INTRODUCTION We began our series last week on ‘The Fruit of the Spirit’. We talked about how we receive the Spirit from Jesus when we receive Salvation, but that ...read more

Scripture: John 13:34-35

Denomination: Bible Church

Loving One Another Series

Contributed by Tim Hedberg on Jul 17, 2006

John pointing out the path of God in a fllen world.

Loving One Another 1 John 3:11-24 June 11, 2006 When a therapist works with a couple that is struggling with communication/struggling with conversing, an activity she may use is to have the couple sit back to back with a identical set of blocks in front of each of them. The activity is for each ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 3:11-24

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Praising And Loving God Series

Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Aug 2, 2006

In this sermon, which is another in the series on "Keys to Spiritual Growth," we look at two more keys that will help you grow spiritually.

Scripture Today we continue in my sermon series on “Keys to Spiritual Growth.” My foundational text for this series is 2 Peter 3:18: "But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever! Amen" (2 Peter 3:18). Introduction Several years ...read more

Scripture: 2 Peter 3:18

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Desperation, Faith And Love

Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Aug 10, 2006

In the life of Christ we see desperation, faith and love.

INTRO.- ILL.- A lady wrote a letter to Dear Abby. “Dear Abby, I am 44 years old and would like to meet a man my age with no bad habits. Signed, Rose. Abby replied: ‘Dear Rose: So would I.’” Could that be called desperation? If any woman or man is trying to find a mate that has no bad habits, ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 8:1-13

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Love Never Fails

Contributed by Colin Coombs on Sep 3, 2006

A sermon suitable for a wedding, with an emphasis on the working out of love in our lives of the ’rules for living’ given in the 13th Chapter of First Corinthians

LOVE NEVER FAILS If I could write a book in which I could give a guaranteed method for a happy, prosperous, successful marriage, then I am sure that it would be a ‘best seller’. However, one of the problems in marriage is people! Of course, we cannot have a marriage without people, and this is ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Denomination: Independent/Bible

If You Love Somebody Series

Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Dec 1, 2006

A look at Paul’s feelings for the Philippians shows: true love for people means we ask the Lord to help them grow in the ways that are most eternal and spiritual

1. Title: If You Love Somebody 2. Text: Philippians 1:1-11 3. Audience: Villa Heights Christian Church, AM crowd, May 1, 2005, First in the series “Praying for Loved Ones” 4. Objectives: -for the people to understand the role that prayer should play in our lives toward people we love, and also ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 1:1-11

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Christ's Love Compels

Contributed by Daniel Devilder on Dec 4, 2006

We need to be compelled in our love for others and God in Christ is for us.

Red Moon Rising (book) Dubi Czech Republic pp. 46-47 sex trade. Author and wife decide to show love to the prostitutes. Awkward, but felt called by the Lord to do so. Monroe, Michigan Girl on the East Side cussed out by her man, children near her, we just walked by (Vickie and I). Didn’t ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 5:14-16

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

A Wonderful Model Of Love

Contributed by Jon Mackinney on Dec 7, 2006

After the Jerusalem Council decided to include the Gentiles without their having to become Jews, they needed to communicate that truth to them. The steps they took are a wonderful model of love in the church.

Passage: Acts 15:22-35 Intro: There he stood, leaning against the lockers. 1. it was “Shorts day” at Wheaton North H.S., and this young man, part of a group we called “greasers” or “hoods” must not have gotten the memo to ignore it. 2. black shoes and socks, white boxers, white t-shirt, but from ...read more

Scripture: Acts 15:22-35

Denomination: Evangelical Free