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  • Tim Smith avatar

    Love That Endures Series

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Sep 16, 2008
     | 4,349 views

    Marriage is an invitation to move beyond yourself and focus on another. Marriage is a ministry. It’s not about getting your needs met but serving the need of your spouse. God called us to love one another not because of our feelings for them but in spite

    A Love That Endures Genesis 2:18-25 There’s the story of a husband who placed an ad in the Rocky Mountain News just prior to a Super Bowl a few years ago. Will trade my non-cooking and non-shopping wife with attitude problem
for one Super Bowl ticket. No Indian givers. Call so-and-so at ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    For The Love Of Christ Series

    Contributed by Duane Smith on Jul 21, 2009
     | 4,112 views

    To introduce the book of Colossians and give us a picture of what the church can be when Christ is First and Foremost.

    FOR THE LOVE OF CHRIST Colossians 1:1-7 INTRODUCTION: A. This morning we will begin our look at the book of Colossians 1. It s main purpose is to lift up the preeminence of Christ. 2. Paul declares For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Dennis Davidson avatar

    An Appeal Of Love Series

    Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Jul 30, 2009
    based on 35 ratings
     | 17,888 views

    There are many church, synagogue & mosque members today devoted to rituals & rule-keeping. They are living in religious bondage. They need to hear that spiritual freedom is possible only through the grace of God in Jesus Christ.

    GALATIANS 4:8-20 AN APPEAL OF LOVE The conclusion reached in verse 7 is that those who have received the Spirit are now sons and heirs of God. Paul now tells the Galatians they are not acting like heirs of God! So he asks them if they prefer slavery or freedom, legalism or the Spirit? Did ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    A Warriors Love Series

    Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on Jul 30, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,073 views

    God is “on the move”. The “LORD of Heaven’s Armies” wants His message shouted out loud, a message that says “My love is passionate and strong.”

    A Warrior’s Love July 13, 2008 Zechariah 1:7-21 Intro: Our view of ourselves and the world around us is, by necessity, quite limited. We are finite creatures, what we know comes from what we have seen and heard, from the things we have been exposed to, from the choices we make about what we ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    What Is Love

    Contributed by Bobby Daniel on May 6, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,389 views

    Sermon preached this Spring leading up to Easter morning.

    What is Love? 1 John 4:9-10 Introduction: In 1 John 4 we find an incredible passage of Scripture about the love of God. The very concept of love is one of the most permeating themes in modern society. Many of us remember a song that The Beatles sang about love in the sixties. In the midst of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Love For A Lifetime Series

    Contributed by Emile Wolfaardt on May 7, 2009
     | 6,172 views

    (PowerPoint Slides and Cell Study Notes freely available by emailing Emile@Wolfaardt.com) Learning to love in marriage in a way that sees the marriage through each of the Seasons of a Marriage....

    Love for a Lifetime Fireproof Your Relationships: Sermon Three Matthew 19:3-6 Good morning friends! Two little guys were sitting in a wedding, watching what was going on, when one asked the other, "So, how many marriages can you have?" His friend whispered, "16, I think." 16?" "I think so." "How ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    The Languages Of Love Series

    Contributed by Emile Wolfaardt on May 8, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,860 views

    (PowerPoint Slides and Cell Study Notes freely available by emailing Emile@Wolfaardt.com)

    The Languages of Love John 15:34-35 We have entitled our series "Fireproof" from the awesome film on the circuit right now on relationships in general, and marriage in particular. We are focusing on relationships because we have realized that the river of fulfillment flows out of healthy ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    A Mother's Love Series

    Contributed by Rodney V Johnson on May 9, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 12,989 views

    Mother’s Day Message focusing on lessons learned from my mother through her sacrifices.

    Mother’s Day 2009: A Mother’s Love Scripture: 2 Corinthians 12:7; Proverbs 22:6 Introduction: This morning after I have delivered this message, we will take time for those of you who would like, to come up and share with the congregation something you learned from your mothers. For those of ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    A Mother's Love Series

    Contributed by Rodney V Johnson on May 9, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 11,298 views

    Mother’s Day Message focusing on lessons learned from my mother through her sacrifices.

    Mother’s Day 2009: A Mother’s Love Scripture: 2 Corinthians 12:7; Proverbs 22:6 Introduction: This morning after I have delivered this message, we will take time for those of you who would like, to come up and share with the congregation something you learned from your mothers. For those of ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Loving Friends

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on May 15, 2009
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,720 views

    We are to be friends to all just as Jesus is a friend to us.

    John 15: 9 – 17 / Loving Friends Intro: Things that make you go, HMMMM! – Why is it a compliment to tell a woman she looks like a breath of spring; but, not to tell her she looks like the end of a hard winter? --- I wonder why it pleases a woman when you say time stands still when you look into ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    The Centrality Of Love

    Contributed by Jim Kane on May 18, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,129 views

    First Sermon of a post-Easter series on love.

    (Slide 1) A song from the 1950’s said that “Love is a many splendored thing.’ I would also suggest that love is a very resilient thing as the following situations reveal. First, the resiliency of love reveals itself in the story of two newlyweds. Now prior to the marriage the groom was ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    The Patience Of Love

    Contributed by Jim Kane on May 18, 2009
     | 3,636 views

    The third sermon of a post-Easter series on Love

    (Slide 1) Impatience… What comes to mind when you read that word? Or you hear it? Or you see it in action? Or personally experience it? The late W.H. Auden wrote, “Because of impatience we were driven out of Paradise, because of impatience we cannot return.” I recently read the story of an ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    United In Love Series

    Contributed by Mark Armstrong on Jun 2, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,826 views

    Setting a purpose for Christian living.

    Christians without goals are a little like Alice in the fairy tale ‘Alice in Wonderland’. In a conversation between her and the Cheshire Cat, Alice asked, ‘Would you tell me please, which way I ought to go from here’? ‘That depends a good deal on where you want to get to’, said the cat. ‘I don’t ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Fresh Love

    Contributed by Greg Nance on Nov 18, 2009
     | 3,468 views

    New commandment? I thought love was as old as Genesis. What’s new about Jesus’ commandment to love?

    What’s Fresh about Love? John 13:31-38 When therefore he had gone out, Jesus said, "Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in Him; if God is glorified in Him, God will also glorify Him in Himself, and will glorify Him immediately. "Little children, I am with you a little while ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Purpose Of Loving Series

    Contributed by Chad Bolfa on Apr 14, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,584 views

    This passage is a continuation of what we learned last week in the previous passage, on how we learned what we are not supposed to do when we’ve been mistreated by others. That is, we are not to retaliate in like kind. The Biblical principle of an "eye fo

    Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount Part 10 The Purpose of Loving Pm service January 4th 2008 Matthew 5:43-48 Introduction No Subject is more important than the subject of human relationships. God is creating a family of believers who are to live together eternally. Therefore, He wants that family to live ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist