Sermons on Loving Our Haters:

Turn On Your Love Filter

Contributed by Antonio Watson on Mar 28, 2019

These are worldly and human devices and emotions that can creep into dialogue, our conversation, our message, our tendencies, and even into our lifestyle. It is only through God’s love that we can guard against and remove these carnal contaminants from our spirit.

Turn on Your Love Filter 1. Setup: there are different types of things that contaminate our spiritual environment. Things that poison the atmosphere. Words, actions, deeds and often times with good intensions. These are worldly and human devices and emotions that can creep into dialogue, our ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 4:7-12, John 13:35, 1 John 4:9-11

Advent 2 - (Love) 2007 [the Gift Of Love] Series

Contributed by Spencer Homan on Dec 11, 2007

This is the second of the Advent 2007 series. The focus is on the greatest gift of love the world has ever seen... the gift of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Romans 15:4-13 For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope. May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you a spirit of unity among yourselves as you follow Christ Jesus, so ...read more

Scripture: Romans 15:4-13

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Man's Extremity Is God's Opportunity

Contributed by Dr. Stanley Vasu on Jun 22, 2001

This sermon is about how God helps a beleiver even in extreme difficulties when it appears as though all hope is lost.

MAN’S EXTREMITY IS GOD’S OPPORTUNITY OUTLINE 1.SIN 2.SICKNESS 3.SORROW 4.SHAME 5.SEARCHING 6.SCARCITY 7.SHOCK THE MESSAGE MAN’S EXTREMITY IS GOD’S OPPORTUNITY 1.SIN When Man is facing destruction because of his sins there is still hope for him in God.The woman caught in adultery was ...read more

Scripture: Luke 19:5-10, Luke 19:5

Denomination: Pentecostal

As We Go About Our Life, Make Disciples

Contributed by Richard Schwedes on May 20, 2008

The Great Commission is Jesus main instruction to all disciples. This sermon highlights that the main instruction of the Great Commission is that as we go about our life we are to make disciples.

The main text for today’s thoughts is Matthew 28:16-20. Lets hear it again. 16Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. 17When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. 18Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 28:16-20

Denomination: Lutheran

Family Matters Ii: Honoring God In Our Relationships Series

Contributed by Mark Opperman on Dec 9, 2009

We can learn from Jesus what it means for a husband to take care of his bride because Jesus takes good care of His bride – the Church.

Family Matters II: Honoring God in our Relationships Ephesians 5:21-33 Intro: Last week we talked about family matters, taking our approach from Ephesians 5:8&10 where Paul says, “Live as children of light” and “Find out what pleases the Lord.” How do we please the Lord in our relationships? We ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:1-33

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Sermon: God’s Instructions For Fulfilling Our Potential

Contributed by Otis Mcmillan on Sep 3, 2024

We can expect to be productive for the Lord and fully appreciate all we have in Him if we choose to walk Him and His faith Community on a consistent basis.

Sermon: God’s Instructions For Fulfilling Our Potential Scripture Lesson: Hebrews 10:22-25, “let us go right into the presence of God with sincere hearts fully trusting him. For our guilty consciences have been sprinkled with Christ’s blood to make us clean, and our bodies have been washed with ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 10:22-25, Ephesians 2:10, 1 Peter 5:8

Denomination: Methodist

The Certainty Of Christ's Love

Contributed by Paul Apple on Oct 18, 2000

B. THE CERTAINTY OF CHRIST'S LOVE FREES US TO FACE THE FUTURE WITH JOYFUL CONFIDENCE A lesson of reassurance for believers: If Christ demonstrated his love for us in the past, when our condition was awful, how much more will Christ continue to love us into the future, now that our relationship w

B. THE CERTAINTY OF CHRIST'S LOVE FREES US TO FACE THE FUTURE WITH JOYFUL CONFIDENCE A lesson of reassurance for believers: If Christ demonstrated his love for us in the past, when our condition was awful, how much more will Christ continue to love us into the future, now that our relationship ...read more

Scripture: Romans 5:6-11

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Our Relationship To God Part 2 Series

Contributed by Mark Jones on Jan 18, 2014

Do we really know or love God? How can we know? Last week we looked at Fearing God. This week we will look at Our Relationship to God as defined in 1 John. Knowing and Loving God. This is simply the outline and helps for this sermon.

Have 5 individuals read 1 John 1-5 Everyone has a relationship to God. You either know Him or you don’t. You either love Him or you hate Him. According to God, there is no middle ground. We either love God or we love the world. 1 John 1 says that if we have fellowship with God, we walk ...read more

Denomination: *other

Sir, We Would See Jesus

Contributed by Guy Glass on Apr 7, 2023

This message looks at the ways people can see Jesus in us today

PALM SUNDAY 2023 JOHN 12:17–21 NOW THE CROWD THAT WAS WITH HIM WHEN HE CALLED LAZARUS FROM THE TOMB AND RAISED HIM FROM THE DEAD CONTINUED TO SPREAD THE WORD. 18 MANY PEOPLE, BECAUSE THEY HAD HEARD THAT HE HAD PERFORMED THIS SIGN, WENT OUT TO MEET HIM. 19 SO THE PHARISEES SAID TO ONE ANOTHER, “SEE, ...read more

Scripture: John 12:17-21

Denomination: Baptist

Powering Up Our Spiritual Tools Series

Contributed by Doug Fannon on May 14, 2018

We have been gifted for service. But how are we powered. Because we do things according to our own agenda, we often "flame-out" and crash and burn.

The fact is, all us who truly have been saved, has the Holy Spirit within them. 2 Corinthians 1:21–22 (NKJV) Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and has anointed us is God, 22 who also has sealed us and given us the Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee. With the Spirit of God residing in ...read more

Scripture: 2 Timothy 1:6-9

Denomination: Baptist

The Lord Pardons According To Our Word

Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Dec 13, 2015

To show that JESUS CHRIST in His relationship to and with us, values our opinions regarding whom to forgive and pardons.

I. EXORDIUM: Do you have enemies? Yes. I have a lot. II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers/unbelievers III. OBJECTIVES: To show that JESUS CHRIST in His relationship to and with us, values our opinions regarding whom to forgive and pardons. IV. TEXT: Numbers 14:20 (Amplified Bible) And the Lord ...read more

Scripture: Numbers 14:20

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Truth About Love

Contributed by Martin Kim on Oct 25, 2004

Most Christians have a completely false understanding of God’s love which is based on our own life experiences.

The Truth About Love Dr. George Wald is a Harvard biologist who won a Nobel Prize. I would like to share with you what he wrote. “What one really needs is not the Nobel prize, but love. How do you think one gets to be a Nobel prize winner? Wanting love, that’s how. Wanting it so bad one works ...read more

Scripture: Romans 5:8

Denomination: Adventist

No (Know) Greater Love

Contributed by Marianne Unger on May 21, 2003

There is no greater love than the love Jesus gives us. There is no greater peace in our hearts when we "know" this love.

John 15:9-17 No Greater Love Our gospel lesson this morning starts out with Jesus words, continuing from our gospel lesson from last week. (John 15:1-8) Does anyone remember the verse I asked you to keep with you this year? “Abide in me as I abide in you.” Jesus is talking about a love ...read more

Scripture: John 15:9-17

Denomination: *other

Love When It Is Undeserved Series

Contributed by Steve Malone on Aug 5, 2015

When the Holy Spirit develops His fruit in our lives He will help us to love, even when it is undeserved.

Love When It’s Undeserved It’s Time To Grow - 2 You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. 7 Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. 8 But God demonstrates his own ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 5:22

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Love Trumps Rules Series

Contributed by Kevin Ruffcorn on Sep 8, 2010

We are sorely tempted to institute rules that limit our ability to love. In God's kingdom love always trumps rules.

Luke 13:10-17 “Love Trumps Rules” INTRODUCTION It is amazing to me that a brief story of a diminutive, hunchbacked woman who came into contact with Jesus in a small synagogue in an isolated village in Galilee over two thousand years ago can have such a tremendous impact on our ...read more

Scripture: Luke 13:10-17

Denomination: Lutheran