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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
Acts 14 contains a record of where Paul and Barnabas ministered after they left Cyprus. They worked in Asia Minor, encountering success but also persecution. But no matter what, they never gave up.
Introduction: Acts 14 records several events during the first missionary journey of Paul and Barnabas. Some of these events are almost hard to believe but they happened! Once they reached a stopping point, they retraced their steps and returned to Antioch of Syria, reporting all that the Lord had ...read more
Scripture: Acts 14:1-28
Denomination: Baptist
Explores harnessing hope during hardships, the healing power of hope, and the integral role of hope in sustaining faith.
Good morning, dear friends. It's a joy to gather with you today in the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ. We are here, not as strangers or mere acquaintances, but as a family, a community of believers bound together by the love of Christ. Today, we are going to open our hearts and minds to the Word of ...read more
Scripture: Luke 22:38
Topics: Hope, Christ
Explores the importance of spiritual health, the power of faith in healing, and the necessity of spiritual discipline in our Christian journey.
How wonderful it is to gather here today, my dear brothers and sisters in Christ, in this sacred sanctuary, where we come together to draw closer to our Creator. We stand here, not as strangers, but as a family, united in our faith and our love for the Lord. We are here to share in the wisdom of ...read more
Scripture: Luke 1:37
Topics: Spiritual Athletes
This sermon explores the transformative power of faith in God, as demonstrated through Jesus' miracle of healing a blind man in John 9:1-12.
Good morning, dear friends. I'm delighted to be here with you today, to share in the joy and fellowship of our faith. We gather here, not as strangers, but as a family, unified under the banner of God's love. Today, we stand on the precipice of a new understanding, ready to embrace the wisdom that ...read more
Scripture: John 9:1-12
Topics: Jesus' Power, Adversity
All people are spiritually blind by nature but can be given sight by believing in Jesus.
Who Is This Jesus? 9. He is the Healer of Spiritual Blindness John 9 November 6/7, 2004 Don Jaques MAIN IDEA: • All people are spiritually blind by nature but can be given sight by believing in Jesus. INTRO: Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson went on a camping trip. After a good meal, they lay down ...read more
Scripture: John 9:1-41
Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
To perish, Nineveh thought best not to, when repentance was the discipline to obedience needed to save their souls through forgiveness, to enter in to the salvation plan of God through Christ Jesus, unlike the Galileans and those sinners at Siloam.
REPENT by Dr. Gale A. Ragan-Reid (October 23, 2015) “The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here [“So the people of Nineveh ...read more
Scripture: Luke 13:1-5
Denomination: Friends
Joshua dared to be a great leader for God. The crossing of the Jordan teaches very relevant advice on how we can also go out on a limb for Jesus. And there is joy in daring to pursue your call.
Please e-mail me with any comments or if you use any part of this at your church at Mail4ChrisR@aol.com. I would love to hear about it. God Bless! - Chris Consider this: Walt Disney was fired by a newspaper editor for lack of ideas. Walt also went bankrupt several times before he built ...read more
Scripture: Joshua 3:1-17, 1 Corinthians 12:12-15
Denomination: Methodist
In the third chapter of Nehemiah, we see how God uses teamwork to accomplish His tasks.
Teamwork 101 Nehemiah 3:1-32 Intro: Calhoun was a favorite ball carrier of the local fans but on this particular day the quarterback was not giving him the ball. As the game wore on and the home team was getting behind the fans began to chant, “Give the ball to Calhoun. Give the ball to ...read more
Scripture: Nehemiah 3:1-32
There are some Biblical realities that we need to come to grips that will help us answer the question of where is God when life hurts?
Last Sunday I received a phone call from a man wanting to test drive our 2002 Ford Excursion that we had for sell. It was parked in Augusta and I told the man that I could meet him in about 15 -20 minutes. I met the man and he seemed like a really nice fella that wanted to surprise his wife with ...read more
Scripture: Isaiah 41:10, Romans 7:6
Denomination: Other
Thanksgiving Holiday: This message looks at two thanksgiving feasts that the Israelites were commanded to observe each year, in remembrance of God bringing them through their hardships in Egypt and the wilderness wanderings.
Many people think of Thanksgiving as a wonderful time of enjoying a long weekend, spending quality time with friends and family, and eating a great home-cooked meal with all the “fixings.” Perhaps some people view it as the start of the Christmas “holiday” season, with an opportunity to shop for ...read more
Scripture: Deuteronomy 16:9-15
A study of the book of Job 17: 1 – 16
Job 17: 1 – 16 Don’t Worry – Be Happy 1 “My spirit is broken, my days are extinguished, the grave is ready for me. 2 Are not mockers with me? And does not my eye dwell on their provocation? 3 “Now put down a pledge for me with Yourself. Who is he who will shake hands ...read more
Scripture: Job 16:1-16
Denomination: Calvary Chapel
Jesus brought healing at the pool which wasn’t popular. Do we allow tradition to trump life?
Background: Jesus arrives in Jerusalem at the time of one of the feasts. Most commentators believe it was the Feast of Passover, but we can’t know with 100% certainty. Nonetheless, Jesus arrives in Jerusalem at the time of the feast, and as you would expect the crowds are large. If it were ...read more
Scripture: John 5:1-9
Denomination: Assembly Of God
There is no better time than now to begin showing gratitude to God in both word and life
“After these things there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 2 Now there is in Jerusalem by the sheep gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew Bethesda, having five porticoes. 3 In these lay a multitude of those who were sick, blind, lame, and withered, [waiting for the ...read more
Scripture: John 5:1-18
Denomination: Orthodox
The Jewish leaders fabricated a way to destroy the Son of God.
Text: “For this reason the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill Him, because He had done these things on the Sabbath” (John 5:16). Is it wrong to do good on the Sabbath? If someone is hurting or suffering and we know what to do or we can help that person, but it happens to be the ...read more
Scripture: John 5:1-23
Denomination: Christian Church
Jesus heals a crippled man
Do you want to get well? John has Jesus teach in the context of Jewish festivals This story is all about the revelation of God in Jesus on the Sabbath Read John 5:1-15 John 5:1-15 Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for a feast of the Jews. 2 Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate ...read more
Scripture: John 5:1-15
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