Loving On Purpose
Contributed by David Derry on Dec 23, 2002
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God demonstrated His love for us on purpose. Can can we in turn love Him and others on purpose?
Loving on PurposeDecember 22, 2002As we continue our series of “living on purpose”, today’s topic is “loving on purpose”.We’ll be focusing on a verse that is well known to most of us. (John 3:16)16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him ...read more
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Denomination: Baptist
Plan To Please Him
Contributed by Donnie Martin on Jan 3, 2003
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One of our New Year’s resolutions out to be to please the Lord, and this message gives us some practical ways to do that.
Plan To Please HimText: I John 3: 22Intro:At this time every year, we hear a lot about New Year’s resolutions. Generally, the resolutions people make have to do with things about themselves they would like to change. They cover the spectrum of human life, from losing weight to simply ...read more
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Denomination: Baptist
True Love In A Nutshell
Contributed by Bradley Boydston on Jan 12, 2003
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Four practical words built around the idea that true love manifests itself in action.
- - - - - - - - -Unless otherwise noted all scripture is quoted from the New Living Translation of the Bible.- - - - - - - - -Bud was a factory worker with more than a slight resemblance to Archie Bunker. Every single day he’d come home sweaty and dirty. He’d go in the back door, grab a beer ...read more
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The Prayer That Works
Contributed by João Cruz on Jan 28, 2003
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The Bible is the manual for the prayer that works. When we pray we talk to God, when we read, like now when we are learning, God teaches us how to pray.
THE PRAYER THAT WORKSThe Bible is the manual for the prayer that works. When we pray we talk to God, when we read, like now when we are learning, God teaches us how to pray.I. IF YOU HAVE A CLEAN CONSCIENCE, ASK FOR BLESSINGS."Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence ...read more
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Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ
The Matchless Love Of God
Contributed by Dewayne Howard on Feb 4, 2003
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God loves everyone the same, regardless of who they are, where they’ve been, or what they’ve done. And that’s what I want us to look at this morning.
Introduction:Sometimes I feel so unlovable. Have you ever felt that way? I look around and sometimes wonder just how God could love somebody like me. I have met people whose lives were in shambles and full of sin that had destroyed their lives and felt like God could never love them because ...read more
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Denomination: Baptist
Four Faces Of Love
Contributed by Gary Kins on Feb 7, 2003
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A sermon describing the charcateristics of biblical love in contrast to worldly love.
The Four Faces of Love Introduction: Valentine - an amatory or sentimental card, token or gift sent by one person to another on St. Valentine’s Day; a sweetheart chosen on St. Valentine’s Day; the object of one’s affection. St. Valentine - Valentinus -- Christian martyr, c270 A.D. -- ...read more
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Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ
"We Shall Be Like Him..." By Dr. E. Winson Butler
Contributed by Winson Butler on Aug 10, 2004
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God doesn’t call us to be successful, He calls us to be faithful. We are called to pattern our lives after Him. We need to take inventory of three important areas of our Christian walk. Let’s examine them together!
IntroductionIt would do us all good to stop and take inventory of our Christian walk. God hasn’t called us to be successful but faithful!In what areas you ask, there are three, let’s examine them together!Main DivisionI. In Our Love (3:1-2)II. In Our Lives (3:3-11)III. In Our Loyalty ...read more
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Denomination: Baptist
Christ's Passion For People Series
Contributed by Mark Magee on Aug 17, 2004
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Whether you see the movie or see the book, one of the things you can’t miss about Christ is His compassion for people.
A. Welcome Guests...B. Easter + Three services.... for your convenience and our continued growth.C. Series– For the last couple of weeks we’ve been involved in a series that has been inspired by Mel Gibson’s, The Passion of the Christ. I wanted to make the most out of a great opportunity ...read more
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Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ
The Manifestation Of Love
Contributed by Walter Pankow on Oct 6, 2004
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a sermon on how love is manifested
September 2, 19271 John 3:13-18Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you. We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death. Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal ...read more
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Denomination: Lutheran
Glorious The Promise…we Shall Be Like Him!
Contributed by Kenneth Trent on Apr 17, 2005
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The Scripture declares that when the child of God departs this life, he will spend eternity in a "house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens."
GLORIOUS THE PROMISE…WE SHALL BE LIKE HIM!“Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him. Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, ...read more
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Denomination: Baptist
Live In The Love Of Jesus
Contributed by Timm Meyer on Apr 25, 2005
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EASTER 5(B) - Live in the love of Jesus with confidence and with joyfulness.
LIVE IN THE LOVE OF JESUS (Outline)1 JOHN 3:18-24 - April 24, 2005 - EASTER 5INTRO: What are you looking for out of life? Many have big dreams of success for this life. Others merely just want to get by. In either case, to pin one’s hopes on this life leads to disappointment. For no ...read more
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Denomination: Lutheran
His Great Love
Contributed by Glenn Branham on Apr 30, 2005
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Gos has lavished His love on us even to the point of calling us His sons.
"His Great Love"1 Jn. 3:1 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: . . . (KJV) How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!. . . (NIV) Consider ...read more
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Denomination: Pentecostal
The Greatest Gift
Contributed by Abraham Shanklin on Jan 31, 2004
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That’s what you are going to find in this text this morning…what true love is. You are going to find in God’s word…1 John 3, what the real reason for the season is…You will find what the true motivation for living is.
Living the Life With the Greatest GiftScripture Reference: 1 John 3:1 – 9IntroductionEach December, I vowed to make Christmas a calm and peaceful experience. I had cut back on nonessential obligations -- extensive card writing, endless baking, decorating, and even overspending. Yet still, I ...read more
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Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Show The World
Contributed by Alan Rosenaur on May 24, 2005
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In John 3:1-2, the apostle tells his readers that the world doesn’t know them, and therefore they won’t recognize the God they believe in. Based upon this, we as the body of Christ need to realize and not be suprised that when we share the gospel, it is o
The Problem At Hand- The Challenge of the Great CommissionGreat Commission- We are all familiar with the great commission given by Jesus of Nazareth in the gospel of Matthew before his ascension. It is to go into the world to proclaim and circulate the good news, baptizing the new believers into ...read more
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Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Sin, Theology Of
Contributed by Noah Balcombe on Jun 4, 2005
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A theological study of Sin adapted from Systematic Theology by Wayne Grudem
What is Sin?Sin is LAWLESSNESS1 John 3:4Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness.Law?God’s moral law∑ Written ∑ Unwritten - Romans 2:15 They show that God’s law is not something alien, imposed on us from without, but woven into the very fabric of our ...read more
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Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
