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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
Couples, Pt. 8
GOD’S CHOSEN PARENTS (MATTHEW 1:18-25) The USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) has kept track for many years the cost of raising a child through its survey of 12,880 families and 3,395 single-parent families on the cost of a child’s housing, food, transportation, clothing, health care, ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 1:18-25
Denomination: Independent/Bible
Second in a series from Ephesians. God has chosen us because it gives Him pleasure.
Last week, we entered into spiritual basic training as we began to dig into our training manual – Paul’s letter to the church at Ephesus. In the first three verses of that letter, we discovered that God has set his followers apart for salvation, for service and for spiritual blessings. Let’s see ...read more
Scripture: Ephesians 1:4-6
Denomination: Baptist
Bible Couples, Pt. 8 "Joseph and Mary"
GOD’S CHOSEN PARENTS The USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) has kept track for many years the cost of raising a child through its survey of 12,880 families and 3,395 single-parent families on the cost of a child’s housing, food, transportation, clothing, health care, child care, ...read more
This series entitled "PROFILE", meaning our profile in the eyes of the Living God.
9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light. 10 Once you were not a people, but now you are God's people; once you had not received mercy, but ...read more
Scripture: 1 Peter 2:9-10
Denomination: Christian Church
Understanding that we are Chosen for God's Perfect Plan.
1 Peter 2:4-10 4 To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious, 5 Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. 6 Wherefore also it is contained ...read more
Scripture: 1 Peter 2:4-10
Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Peter encourages Christians by reminding them that regardless of what the world would throw they, having tasted the sweetness of God, are to be a different people.
ILLUSTRATION: What Influence Do You Have on Others? A man in a hot air balloon realized he was lost. He reduced altitude and spotted a woman below. He descended a bit more and shouted, "Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago, but I don’t know where I am." The ...read more
Scripture: 1 Peter 2:1-12
Self Help gurus? Forget about it. You can’t make it happen, only God can and more than that you are chosen, elected by the foreknowledge of God - Amen brother!
There is a story of a sailor who was shipwrecked on a South Sea island. He was seized by the natives, carried shoulder-high to a magnificent throne, and proclaimed king. At first, he enjoyed his reign as the absolute monarch but then he began to wonder what happened to the previous ...read more
Scripture: 1 Peter 1:1-2
All of us could say with Paul, "I was the worst sinner of them all", but God’s grace is greater than all our sin!
“I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, because He considered me faithful, putting me into service, 13 even though I was formerly a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent aggressor. Yet I was shown mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief; 14 and the grace of our Lord was ...read more
Scripture: 1 Timothy 1:12-17
Denomination: Orthodox
God is eternal, He knows the end from the beginning and everything in-between, He knew you from the start of time as we understand time, and He loved you and chose you to be His.
As you know our preaching theme is Discovering your Destiny, and this morning we are going to consider how we have been chosen, changed and cleansed by God. To focus our thoughts I want us to start with a single verse from a letter written by the Apostle Peter to the followers of Christ who were ...read more
Scripture: 1 Peter 1:2, 1 Peter 5:1-11
Denomination: Pentecostal
The character of Joseph, God’s Chosen Man, Mary’s faithful husband.
Scriptures Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost. [19] Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away ...read more
A look at Election and the place of Free Will based on Jesus' words "Many are called but few are chosen" in Matthew 22
Matthew 22: 1 – 14 (emphasise v. 14) Jesus said ‘Many are called but few are chosen’. This raises three questions, 1. on what basis are people ‘chosen’, 2 why are only a ‘FEW chosen’? and 3 who does the choosing? God alone, or o we have any free will in the ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 22:1-14
Shows how the church is a chosen people of God
THE CHURCH - A CHOSEN PEOPLE 1 Peter 2:1-11 OCTOBER 5, 2008 On October 13, 1908, under a large tent pitched on a Texas prairie, a magnificent vision began to form. After days of preaching, days of prayer, days of negotiation, and much debate, the delegates from churches scattered across the ...read more
Scripture: 1 Peter 2:1-11
Denomination: Holiness
We have been looking at a series of messages entitled “Behold the Lamb of God” was promised, He was prepared, He has been provided, He is to be praised, and now He is God’s Chosen provision.
Behold the Lamb God’s Chosen Provision Matthew 1:18-25 Monte T. Brown December 21, 2014 Sunday Evening Stapp Zoe Baptist Introduction We have been looking at a series of messages entitled “Behold the Lamb of God” was promised, He was prepared, He has been ...read more
A look through the book of Ephesians, celebrating the great news of Jesus!
Chosen, Redeemed and Sealed Ephesians 1:3-14 September 22, 2019 Have you ever thought about life in the sense of do-overs? People say hindsight is 20/20, and we would tend to agree . . . it’s always easy to look back and see what we should have or could have done. If you could do certain parts ...read more
Scripture: Ephesians 1:3-14
A Father’s Day sermon written just 2 1/2 months after the passing of my Dad, but applies to all fathers.
This has been one of the most difficult sermons I have ever written and will be one of the more emotional ones I have presented, yet it is something I feel I need to do. Looking back over the past few months we have lost three fathers and one mother in this congregation. Special occasions, such ...read more
Scripture: Galatians 2:15-21
Denomination: United Methodist
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