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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
This sermon explores the parable of the weeds, emphasizing the importance of practicing faith through actions and patience, reflecting God's own patience and desire for all to come to repentance.
Hello Church! We’re going to look at a parable of Jesus today that highlights God’s supreme patience over our world. Why is God patient? Because He wants no one to perish, but everyone to come to repentance (2 Peter 3:9). We’re going to talk about this today. Let’s get started! What do you think ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 13:24-30
Topics: Patience, Faith Practice, Divine Mercy
James exhorts Christians to understand that patience is an continual process and that the farmer provides a good example for us on being patient and he warns that we must not become guilty of the blame games when things get difficult.
INTRODUCTION #27 1. Open your bibles to James 5:7-9. 2. In this passage James gives the exhortation to be patient until the Lord returns. 3. James also gives the example of farmers being patient. 4. James also tells Christians that they must be patient with one another and not start blaming one ...read more
Scripture: James 5:7-11
Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ
In the Season of Advent, we are reminded to be patient with God and patient with people.
Title: Advent People Are Patient People Text: Romans 15:4-13 Thesis: In the Season of Advent, we are reminded to be patient with God and patient with people. Introduction Frank Thomas was a great baseball player who really came into his own in the 1990’s when he played for the Chicago White ...read more
Scripture: Romans 15:4-13
Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
WE CAN PATIENTLY ENDURE SUFFERINGS BECAUSE OF OUR SURE HOPE THAT THEY WILL END IN A FAR SURPASSING GLORY 1.
WE CAN PATIENTLY ENDURE SUFFERINGS BECAUSE OF OUR SURE HOPE THAT THEY WILL END IN A FAR SURPASSING GLORY 1. Introductory Statement -- We need to reckon our share in sufferings to be insignificant compared to our share in glory (:18) 2. The Fractured Creation -- Our dying world shows its desperate ...read more
Denomination: Independent/Bible
Sermon starts focused on our patience built on our faith, but changes focus to God’s goodness, compassion and mercy upon which our faith rests.
Be Patient – Have Faith Mark Christian A couple of years ago, I heard Patrick Mead, a missionary to Africa and many other places, describe a very real picture of faith. He told of a family in Africa who had stored up a year’s harvest of grain. Each day, the mother and father would ration out ...read more
12th in series on James. Here, he tells us how to respond correctly when we are treated unjustly. He suggests four specific attitudes - two we should adopt and two we should avoid.
How do you cope with the pressure of hurtful situations? In a former pastorate I had a week when I met one day with a young father whose family has disintegrated through a divorce he did not want. On that Monday I listened to the director of the local child treatment center tell of their work with ...read more
Scripture: James 5:7-12
Do you ever picture God as a vindictive judge who can’t wait to throw judgment at sinners? This and other misconceptions about God are addressed in Luke 13.
God - The Patient Gardener - Luke 13:1-35 What are some common misconceptions about God? 1. That God rises above all religions and a piece of God is found in each 2. God is "the big man upstairs" who is not really involved in affairs here on earth 3. Good things happen to good people, bad things ...read more
Scripture: Luke 13:1-35
Denomination: Calvary Chapel
Looking at the familiar story called the "Prodigal Son"--consider the Father
The Picture of a Patient Father Luke 15:11-24 * As I thought and prayed this week about our upcoming Revival effort & the need which I sense for a visit from the heaven through the manifest presence of the Holy Spirit, I was drawn to a familiar story in scripture. It is a story that Jesus told and ...read more
Scripture: Luke 15:11-24
Denomination: Baptist
Advent 3(A) - Be patient and stand firm, because the Lord’s coming is near. Wait watchfully. The Lord is near.
"BE PATIENT AND STAND FIRM…" (Outline) December 13, 2009 - ADVENT 3 - James 5:7-11 INTRO: Soon and very soon the Lord Jesus Christ will return as the righteous Judge of the living and the dead. At times we grow impatient waiting for the end to all of the wickedness in this sinful ...read more
Denomination: Lutheran
Sermon 24 and the last in a study in 1 & 2 Peter
“But do not let this one fact escape your notice, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day. 9 The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to ...read more
Scripture: 2 Peter 3:8-13
Denomination: Orthodox
Patience is what brings out the best in us.
The devil has a plan for your life: Doubt, To make you question God’s word and His goodness; Discouragement, To make you look at your problems rather than at God; Diversion, To make the wrong things seems attractive so that you will want them more than the right things; Defeat, To make you feel ...read more
Scripture: Galatians 5:22-23
Denomination: Wesleyan
We think we know what we want. But everything is temporary. Only Jesus is the eternal life you're looking for and need.
Jesus shares a story about a landowner who leases his vineyard. After he leased his property the landowner moved away. When it was time to harvest the grapes the landowner sent three employees to pick up his share of the harvest. The tenants decided they didn't want to pay rent so they beat up ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 21:33-46
Suffering, patience, hope, endurance
ENDURE SUFFERING PATIENTLY Revelation 6-9 (pp864-866) July 7, 2013 INTRODUCTION: Last week we ended the message with Jesus, the Lamb which was slain, opening the 7 seals of a Scroll…In absolute selfless worship, the 4 living creatures, the 24 Elders around God’s throne, the ...read more
Suffering is partr of the human condition. We see John addressing two very important questions in minds of those who will receive this letter. The first question “Why all this suffering?” The second: “Is there point to the suffering?"
Series: Victorious! “Endure Suffering Patiently” Revelation 6-7 Open This morning, we’re in our fifth message in our series through the book of Revelation. It comes from Revelation 6-7 so if you’d go ahead and take your Bibles and turn to that passage, it will ...read more
This is the fourth sermon in this series about the fruit of the Spirit. 1. Develop a New PERSPECTIVE 2. Acquire a Sense of HUMOR 3. Deepen Your LOVE 4. Depend on the LORD
Fruit of The Spirit – Patience Becoming More Patient We have been working our way through the virtues of the Fruit of the Spirit. Our focal verse for this series is from the book of Galatians where it says: “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, ...read more
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