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  • The Love Of Christ PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Jan 31, 2024
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,715 views

    This sermon explores the profound, transformative love of Christ, demonstrated through His sacrifice, and how we can embody this love in our daily lives.

    Good morning, beloved family of God. As we gather here today, we are united by a common bond, a bond that transcends our differences, our struggles, our triumphs. This bond, my dear friends, is the love of Christ. It is this love that has brought us together, this love that sustains us, this love ...read more

  • The Open Church

    Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Sep 12, 2002
    based on 31 ratings
     | 6,039 views

    We come to church not as consumers of religion, but as a community of faith that is open to God, to one another, and to outsiders

    The Open Church 1Peter 2:9-10 9But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. 10Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had ...read more

  • Our Purpose: To Magnify God In Worship Series

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Oct 20, 2006
    based on 9 ratings
     | 13,800 views

    5th in 5-part series of casting vision and clarity for the purpose of our church.

    OUR PURPOSE: TO MAGNIFY GOD IN WORSHIP PSALM 100; 33:1-4, ACTS 2:42,43; 46-47 INTRODUCTION: In his book, Exit Interviews: Revealing Stories Why People Are Leaving the Church, William Hendricks took a survey asking folks why they no longer attended church. Surprisingly, the most common ...read more

  • Fasting And Its Purpose Series

    Contributed by Keith Foskey on Jul 22, 2005
    based on 14 ratings
     | 7,150 views

    Ongoing series concerning questions

    Sermon Series: ¡§Questioning the Faith¡¨ Sermon #12 ¡§Fasting and its Purpose¡¨ Text: Matthew 6:16-18 OPENING JOKE: ¡§FASTING Conference¡¨ In a Church bulletin the following words were printed: "The cost for attending the Fasting and Prayer conference includes meals." QUESTION: There are many ...read more

  • I Will Build My Church

    Contributed by Bruce Morrison on Feb 16, 2004
    based on 98 ratings
     | 67,899 views

    A divine decree that cannot and will not fail.

    I Will Build My Church Introduction "Simon Peter answered and said, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." Jesus answered and said to him, "Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven. And I ...read more

  • The Power Of Purpose Series

    Contributed by D. Dewaine Phillips on May 5, 2021
    based on 3 ratings
     | 8,816 views

    Attaining the church's purpose is about "keeping the main thing the main thing." People must not only "know" the core values, but they must also "hear" them continually restated so they can envision what they're working towards.

    Proverbs states, “Where there is no vision, the people perish” (Proverbs 29:18 KJV). Bill Hybels, in his book Courageous Leadership, tells us, “When a leader is casting a vision publicly the goal is to help people know, understand, and remember the ‘main thing’.”(1) Purpose is all about keeping ...read more

  • Worship Series

    Contributed by Brian Matherlee on Sep 4, 2008
    based on 6 ratings
     | 7,828 views

    Part two in a series on the purposes of the church.

    A STRONGER CHURCH Part 2-Worship Sunday, July 20, 2008 Pastor Brian Matherlee People come to the table for all kinds of reasons. They come for what they will be fed. They come for the fellowship. They come because they don’t want to hurt the hosts feelings and they feel obligated. Some come ...read more

  • I Love My Church

    Contributed by Bo Dunford on Jan 5, 2002
    based on 60 ratings
     | 52,206 views

    Beatitudes of our love for the church.

    1CHRON.29:1-5 "I LOVE MY CHURCH" A) Someone sent me a list some time ago entitled, "Satan’s Beatitudes!" * They said if the devil were to write his beatitudes they would probably go something like this: * Blessed are they who are too tired and busy to go to church on Sundays and Wednesdays, for ...read more

  • Week Five Series

    Contributed by Robert Butler on Mar 15, 2021
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,910 views

    Contrition is the entire process of fasting, prayer, confession and repentance through amending one's behavior and making right those wrongs which don't hurt others.

    “Lent is one of the oldest observations on the Christian calendar. Like all Christian holy days and holidays, it has changed over the years, but its purpose has always been the same: self-examination and penitence, demonstrated by self-denial, in preparation for Easter. Early church father ...read more

  • Part 3 - What Is Our Purpose As God's People Series

    Contributed by Rev. Bruce A. Shields on Feb 11, 2005
    based on 6 ratings
     | 4,972 views

    Part 3 of our Finding Purpose series will focus on the top commands from God to us on how we are to be. Loving God with all of our heart, mind and soul and loving our neighbor as we love ourselves.

    FINDING PURPOSE Part 3 – What is our Purpose as God’s People? † SCRIPTURE READING This week we will be looking at what our purpose as God’s people is. This very question was posed to Jesus in our scripture reading today, an expert in religious law asking Jesus this question trying to test Him ...read more

  • Church

    Contributed by Jimmy Haile on Mar 1, 2012
    based on 7 ratings
     | 14,546 views

    What kind of salvation did people get that is supposed to take them to heaven when they die but doesn’t take them to church while they are alive?

    Psalm 27:4-One thing I have desired of the Lord, That will I seek: That I may dwell in the house of the Lord All the days of my life, To behold the beauty of the Lord, And to inquire in His temple. ************************************************************************ After attending church one ...read more

  • Externally Focused: Unleashing The Church Series

    Contributed by Jason Cole on May 29, 2007
    based on 14 ratings
     | 9,402 views

    We need to move our focus out of the walls of the church building and onto others. If we do that then the church can be unleashed to do what the church was called to do.

    Externally Focused: Unleashing the Church Introduction: I believe God wants us as the Church to impact the world in which we live in. I believe that God wants all people to come to a saving knowledge of Him. I believe He has commissioned us with the responsibility to carry that message into the ...read more

  • Created To Be Be Like Christ! (Part 1) Series

    Contributed by Jose Gomez Sr. on Aug 26, 2004
    based on 38 ratings
     | 3,376 views

    Part five of the series "A purpose driven life".

    You were created to become like Christ. *Rom. 8:29-30, ’For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the first born among many brethren; and whom He predestined, these He also called; and whom He called, these He also justified; and whom ...read more

  • Five Healings

    Contributed by Everett Mccoy on Jul 21, 2008
    based on 31 ratings
     | 16,857 views

    Jesus DIED to save us, but he SUFFERED to HEAL us. This message examines five ways we are healed by his suffering, according to Isa 53.

    4 Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed Him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. 5 But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed. Isaiah 53:4-5 ...read more

  • The Gift Of A Star PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Dec 25, 2023
    based on 4 ratings
     | 938 views

    This sermon explores the wisdom of the Magi in seeking Jesus, encouraging us to similarly seek the Savior, understand spiritual symbolism, and offer sacrificial gifts.

    Beloved congregation, welcome. It's a joy to gather once more in the house of our Lord, where His grace abounds and His love enfolds us. Today, we find ourselves drawn to the second chapter of Matthew's Gospel, a passage that invites us to witness the extraordinary event of the Magi's visit to the ...read more