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  • Brian Harvison avatar

    Who Do You Love

    Contributed by Brian Harvison on Apr 18, 2008
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     | 3,499 views

    Have you left your first love?

    Who Do You Love? Revelation 2:1-7 This past week has been full of love Folks getting together to celebrate With food and drink Sharing stories of past experiences maybe Lots of smiles and exciting times A lot of people wearing red even And this all started long before this week as well People ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Church At Ephesus

    Contributed by John Lowe on Dec 24, 2016
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     | 29,105 views

    His basic problem with the church in Ephesus is that even though church members had stood fast against evil and false teaching, they had left their “first love”—their basic love for Christ and for one another.

    By: Tom Lowe Date: 3-18-2015 ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Ephesus – Everything But The One Thing Series

    Contributed by Gordon Curley on Apr 19, 2015
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    Ephesus – Everything but the One Thing - PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request – email: gcurley@gcurley.info

    SERMON OUTLINE: (1). Introduction to the Letters. (2). The City and the Church. (3). An Analysis of the letter. • Address (vs 1a). • Attribute (vs 1b). • Approval (vs 2-3). • Accusation (vs 4-5). • Advice (vs 5). • Assurance (vs 7). • Appeal (vs ...read more

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    Denomination: Brethren

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    Respond To Christ’s Call To Love Series

    Contributed by Dean Courtier on Jul 17, 2023
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     | 1,992 views

    Just as the church at Ephesus had its opportunity to respond to the Lord's call, so do we. We too are called to be a shining light for Christ and share the love of God with others. Let us consider the lessons we learn from the church at Ephesus and seek to renew our love for Christ.

    Visionary View: Respond to Christ’s Call to love Today, as God's church, we draw nearer each day to the return of our Lord Jesus Christ. Some of you may search for signs of His imminent return and find many Biblical prophecies fulfilled already. Yet, remember Jesus' own words in Mark ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    The Church Of Ephesus Series

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on May 8, 2020
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    Work for the Church does not please Jesus unless we maintain our original motivation

    Letter to the Church in Ephesus Introduction: I rarely dip into the Book of Revelation to preach because it is so difficult to understand and needs a lot of background to get a full picture of what John is saying. But today I sensed the Lord telling me that I should change my strategy and take ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    Growing In Your Knowing

    Contributed by Gary Washburn on Apr 12, 2002
    based on 14 ratings
     | 2,624 views

    Most of our knowledge about God is second hand knowledge. God calls us to expereince first hand knowledge about Him.

    Growing in your Knowing I Peter 1:5 Intro: Ever heard someone say, “There are people who know things then there are people who really know things”? Meaning there is second hand knowledge then there is first hand KNOWLEDGE. What you know or think you know can hurt you. For example: Religion is ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Unto The Church In Ephesus, Write Series

    Contributed by Mark A. Barber on Sep 6, 2013
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     | 6,366 views

    Ephesus is one of the churches that got things half right, yet entirely wrong. The church must have doctrinal purity, but not at the expense of love.

    Unto the Church in Ephesus, Write Revelation 2:1-7 Introduction Last week, we were introduced to the magnificent vision of Christ which John saw, which left him as though he were dead. This was similar to the vision that several of the Old Testament prophets had seen with a similar feeling of ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Love, Love, Love Series

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Aug 3, 2010
    based on 40 ratings
     | 2,395,210 views

    1- The charge of love 2- The creator of love 3- The crown of love

    INTRO.- ILL.- Someone wrote: If you love something, set it free. If it comes back, it was and always will be yours. If it never returns, it was never yours to begin with. If it just sits in your living room and messes up your stuff, eats your food, uses your telephone, takes your money and never ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Love-Love-Love.

    Contributed by Dr. Jerry Morrissey on Apr 21, 2001
    based on 169 ratings
     | 26,445 views

    Year C Third Sunday of Easter--April 29th, 2001. John 21: 1-19

    Year C Third Sunday of Easter--April 29th, 2001. John 21: 1-19 Title: “Love-Love-Love.” Jesus appears to his disciples. At his word they catch a huge amount of fish. They share a meal that Jesus prepared. Then Jesus commissions Peter as pastor of his ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Dr. Odell Belger avatar

    Agape Love

    Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Mar 29, 2022
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    Have you ever wondered why God is so good to lost people when they do not reciprocate in their feelings toward Him?

    Illus: Perhaps the answer can be illustrated by the story of the little girl who went to her mother to show her some fruit her friend gave her. The mother said, “Your friend has been very kind.” “Yes,” said the child, “She gave me more; but I gave some away.” When her mother asked who she gave ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Amazing Love

    Contributed by Jim Moynihan on Apr 29, 2005
    based on 34 ratings
     | 15,109 views

    By sending Jesus to die for us while we were still rejecting Him, God demonstrated His amazing love for us.

    I. When they met she was just fifteen and he was sixteen. They dated throughout high school. He was a football player and she was a cheerleader. Nobody was surprised when they married after graduation. Four years and two babies later, she stood in her kitchen with the dirty dishes in the sink, a ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    I Met Him When I Was Dry And Thirsty Series

    Contributed by Gordon Pike on Feb 21, 2021
     | 6,800 views

    Jesus showed God’s love to one of His lost sheep beside a well in Samaria and then He showed His love for all of His lost sheep on the cross.

    Ahhh … small town country living! Where everybody knows everybody …and everybody knows everybody’s business, amen? Sychar was your typical small country town where everybody knew everybody … and everybody knew everybody’s business. Sychar’s only claim to fame was that it was located a half ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    Training In Godliness Series

    Contributed by Paul Clemente on Jun 14, 2021
     | 2,005 views

    Do not forsake your first love for Jesus Christ and so, train for godliness everyday!

    Let us continue to worship with the Word of God. Open your Bibles to 1 Timothy 4. About 2000 years ago, the Christian Church in Ephesus was growing and Timothy was appointed to lead. We noted God protecting His Church by listing qualifications for Overseers (Bishops, Pastors, Elders of today), ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Love, Love, Love

    Contributed by Daniel Austin on Jul 5, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 37,382 views

    God's children will abide in love from God and love for God, for God is love. The response of the children of God, then, should be to love one another, that God’s love may be reflected in them.

    Love, Love, Love 02/14/10 AM Text: 1 John 4:16 Introduction 1 John 4:16 “We have come to know and have believed the love which God has for us God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.” The Greeks had four words which we translate as love: Eros ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Time To Get Stoked

    Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on May 30, 2021
     | 1,983 views

    You were on fire. What cooled you off?

    My wife and I have had colds recently. It has been said that you feed a cold and starve a fever. I doubt that would show up in a PDR. There is a spiritual application of this. Matthew 24:11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. 12 And because iniquity shall abound, the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist