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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 OT has a lot of interesting stories about idolatry, but is that really just a problem of the past? This sermon addresses the very real problem that our culture has in worshiping our own desires above all else.
To the reader: What inspired this sermon was a quote I read in R.C. Ortlund’s book, When God Comes To Church, p. 194. "Self is the great idol standing at the center of our conceptual world, to which all bow low. We even have a duty-to-self ethic, as if self-denial were harmful, immoral, and ...read more
Scripture: Exodus 32:1-6
Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ
We hear about grace all the time in church, but what is the purpose of grace? What does grace show us? Through grace we see our past, present and future in the kingdom of God.
Introduction: When a person works an eight-hour day and receives a fair day’s pay for his time, that is a wage. When a person competes with an opponent and receives a trophy for his performance, that is a prize. When a person receives appropriate recognition for his long service or high ...read more
Scripture: Ephesians 2:1-6
Denomination: Independent/Bible
Jude is a book that many overlook and ignore, but it has a message for the church of today.
JUDE: An Introduction A Study of the Letter of Jude Teaching Lesson 1 May 9, 2012 The Book of Jude… how many of you have read it? How many of you have ever studied it? Tonight we are going to look at an overview of the book of Jude and over the next several weeks we are going to look at ...read more
Scripture: Jude 1:1-3
Denomination: Baptist
The Immorality Battle of the Mind can be categorized as either attitudes or actions. Your attitudes and actions in dealing with strong sexual demons will either cause you to become a victim of its desires or become victories by overcoming them by the acti
The Immorality Battle of the Mind Galatians 5:19 By Clarence E. Weaver Sr Introduction Living as we are in a world in which nudity, partial nudity and sexual stimulating dress style is rampant; the battle for the mental purity in the child of God is more intense than ever. This is one topic that ...read more
Scripture: Galatians 5:19
Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Once we’ve been immersed in God’s grace, our spiritual DNA has been changed in such a way that sin becomes contrary to who we are in Christ and who Christ is in us! Our addiction to sin and self-centered living is broken and we are free to be who we were
Freed by Grace! Intro: The first 3 chapters of Romans show us how all people, Jews and Gentiles, are sinful and have failed to be who they were created to be. We’ve all sinned and we’ve all gone our own way. We are not capable of approaching God’s glory or coming close to Him. ...read more
Scripture: Romans 6:1-14
Denomination: Assembly Of God
In Jesus we have been given everything we need to live godly lives and his call to keep growing in Grace and the Knowledge of Jesus.
February 12, 2022 Throughout his 2nd letter, Peter warned his readers about the influence of those he called “false prophets and scoffers”: • 2 Peter 1:21 - 2:3 - For prophecy never had its origin in the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit. But there ...read more
Scripture: 2 Peter 3:18, 2 Peter 1:21, 2 Peter 2:12-15, 2 Peter 3:2-4, 2 Peter 1:3-8, Hebrews 5:8-14, 2 Thessalonians 2:9-10 (view more) (view less)
Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist
The Children of Israel got their fleshly desires but they didn’t like the way that God gave it to them. We must be careful what we ask for, or we just might get it.
Disclaimer: Due to the large amount of sermons and topics that appear on this site I feel it is necessary to post this disclaimer on all sermons posted. These sermons are original to the author and the leading of the Holy Spirit. While ideas and illustrations are often gleaned from many ...read more
Scripture: Numbers 11:4-33
God’s wisdom gives peace but the churches to which James wrote were experiencing chronic hostility & sharp confrontations. They fought, coveted, quarreled & condemned others to obtain their desires. They were dominated by self-will
JAMES 4: 1-5 THE PASSION OF SELF-GRATIFICATION [Romans 7:14-25] Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy wrote of a man who was dominated by the driving desire for self-gratification. To possess land was his highest pleasure. Someone promised him that he could own all of the land he could walk around ...read more
Scripture: James 4:1-5
The challenge many of us find in maintaining passion in life… is that living by duty apart from desire… is like hearing individual notes without a melody.
MOVIE CLIP: MR. HOLLAND’S OPUS – PLAY WITH PASSION Storyline - When we’re young our dreams lie out in front of us, there for the taking, and our plans seem so clear. But like many of us, Glenn Holland never could have predicted the course his own life would take, when he reluctantly accepts a ...read more
Scripture: Philippians 3:10-14
God desires that we be friends to all who are hurting just as He is. Nobody ever had a Friend like Jesus!
Do Your Have a Real Friend? 15 ¶ Once again the Philistines were at war with Israel. And when David and his men were in the thick of battle, David became weak and exhausted. 16 Ish-bi-ben-ob was a descendant of the giants; his bronze spearhead weighed more than seven pounds, and he was armed with ...read more
Scripture: Luke 10:25-37, 2 Samuel 21:15-17
God does not or will not surrender to the every desire of man, He chooses to work in his own Glory, and will continue to do so. Amen
“God’s Way” The Lord says, “My thoughts are not like your thoughts. Your ways are not like my ways. Just as the Heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.”( Isaiah 55:8-9.) If God allows me to live till November of this year, ...read more
Scripture: Isaiah 55:8-9
Denomination: Pentecostal
Hanna’s example of dedication to God demonstrated through prayer challenges us to pray about the things our heart desires.
My Petition And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to the LORD, and wept sore. 1 Samuel 1:10 Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you… 1 Samuel 12:23 Introduction: Hannah was a discouraged woman. She’d been married several years, and ...read more
Scripture: 1 Samuel 1:1-11
This is a warning, not from a God who wants to find fault, but from a God who has forgiven fault and desires to encourage and purify.
“For this reason we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it. For if the word spoken through angels proved unalterable, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense, how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation? After it was ...read more
Scripture: Hebrews 2:1-4
Denomination: Orthodox
Today, Learn how God can use our families to help shape us into the people He desires us to become.
Nancy Ortberg tells about an incident with which we can all relate. “I had been, what I thought, was a good mom for the day. I rode bikes, read stories and fixed meals. I patted myself on the back and thought, Okay, I’m done. It’s six o’clock. It’s my time. Just then this little voice from the ...read more
Scripture: Romans 8:28-39
First in a series of five from Amos; God loves us and desires a relationship with us and that is why sin is so important to him.
Sin in Relation to God Amos 1 & 2 I. Revelation of God’s Standard and Humanity’s Sin (1:1-2:8) 1. Uncaring Inhumanity (1:3-5) 2. Unjust Treatment (1:6-8) 3. Unbound Relationships (1:9-10) 4. Unforgiving Grudges (1:11-12) 5. Unbelievable Cruelty (1:13-15) 6. Unneeded Disrespect ...read more
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