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951. Encounters With Christ IV: Jesus and the Woman at the Well

Sermon

James W. Moore

... like that to forgive like that? You know, don’t you? They learned it from Jesus… the One who said to the woman at the well: “I know all about you. I know about your sins. I know about your past. I know about your sordid reputation… and I still love you, I still value you, I still care about you, I still forgive you and I want to help you make a new start with your life.” Jesus reached out to that Samaritan woman. He didn’t wait. He took the initiative… That’s one of the greatest things about ...

952. The Holy Trinity

Psalm 150:1-6, Psalm 33:1-22, Psalm 29:1-11, Matthew 28:16-20, John 3:1-21, 2 Corinthians 13:1-10, 2 Corinthians 13:11-14, Deuteronomy 4:32-40, Genesis 1:1-2:3, Exodus 34:1-28

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... ' being a response of true worship and prayer in the presence of the Lord. The reading shows the God of grace, mercy, and love, who is known as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit in the Christian Church. Genesis 1:1-2:3 (E, L) The familiar creation ... who works through his mighty word to sustain, as well as create, his children in the world. He blesses the Israel-ites because he loves them, and they, in their turn, must fulfill his commandments, if they are to continue as the blessed people of God. 2 Corinthians 13: ...

953. To Bethlehem and Beyond

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

Leonard Mann

... expressed himself as at no other place. Here his word assumed a form it has taken only once. He wrapped up all there was of love and goodness and grace and life-lifting power in the person of an Infant man-child, and laid him in a manger. Here he gave ... taste, you must ask the children and the birds." French essayist Montaigne once wrote: "If anyone should ask me to give a reason why I loved my friend, there could be only one answer: Because he was he, and I was I." Yes, we know, don’t we, that the ...

954. Put the Cross on Top

1 John 4:7-21

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... comfortable and needed. But the most important thing we do for youth is this: we help them kneel as humble sinners before that One who loved us enough to die for us. We assist them in saying a simple yes to this Savior and welcoming him into their lives as ... cross. Even at that young age I knew I was fundamentally flawed in ways I could not fix by myself. He told me about a savior who loved me so much that he died on a cross for all my sins. I was invited that night to receive that Savior into my life and to ...

955. Happy New Year?

Isaiah 61:1-11

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... nervous; I'm not anymore. I guess it's not so bad around here.' " As with the disciples on the way to Emmaus, Jesus joins us in our earthly walk and at once we lose our fear. As a Christian you can be happy because you are in love with Jesus. Because of his love, he takes care of you just as a husband takes care of a wife. This frees you from worry about the material things of life. God will provide for your essential needs. This means that your happiness does not depend upon the amount or quality of things ...

956. When The Risen Christ Comes Looking For Us

John 21:15-25

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James W. Moore

... Risen Christ meets us and helps us today. Let me show you what I mean. I. FIRST OF ALL, WHEN WE MOST NEED LOVE, THE RISEN CHRIST COMES TO LOVE US. It was a busy morning in the doctor’s office. Just a few minutes after eight, an elderly gentleman in his ... ministry. I want you to take care of My sheep. I want you to watch over My flock.” Now, we know that these words of love became the wake-up call Simon Peter needed… and as we read on in the scriptures, we see how he became one of the courageous leaders ...

957. No Holding Back

Mark 12:28-34

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... not do those things to people that you would not like someone doing to you. In fact, go the extra mile and deliberately do things for one another that you know would be appreciated. And one more thing: be generous. In a nutshell, that is what it means to love your neighbor as yourself. No holding back. Clear enough? I hope. I wish we did a better job of it. The biggest hindrance is money. We worry too much about it. Whether we will have enough. The stock market goes crazy, and we fret about our paper losses ...

958. Marriages That Last

Ephesians 5:22-33

Sermon

King Duncan

... HAPPY MARRIAGE, which is being released by a major publisher. One youngster advised in the booklet, "You need to kiss every once in a while." Another said, "My advice is if there are two cupcakes and the man takes the one with NOT as much frosting, he loves you." (7) This advice is more profound than it may appear on the surface. Some of us can remember mothers who would always put themselves last in line. If there were a cupcake that had less frosting, they would make certain that they got it ” and that ...

959. Why The British Coast Guard Doesn't Like Eric, But God Does

Luke 15:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... them than to help them. What is your view of God? The scowling judge waiting to convict you? The disapproving parent whose love you have to earn? Your view of God affects every decision and relationship in your life. Kathleen Chesto wrote to Catholic Digest ... small wad of cash into her hand. Terri began to cry as she realized that these men, whom she had discounted, were showing her a love she was not capable of. Terri returned the money with a big hug. Later that day, when Terri's boss gave her an advance, ...

960. The Nuclear Truth Of Christianity

Ephesians 2:1-10

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... must press here is that each person, each individual, must accept the death of Jesus Christ as being for each one of us. I'm saying that salvation faith is your acceptance of the fact that the death of Jesus Christ is for you. By his rich mercy and great love, God has given us his Son as a sufficient sacrifice for you and me, and through the death of his Son has taken away our guilt. If we will accept this fact through faith, then we will rise from the death of our guilt and condemnation and selfishness and ...

961. Doing Well and Doing Good

Romans 13:8-14

Sermon

Jeff Wedge

... the commandments to simple little actions we can hope actually to do, or a few things we should avoid doing, such as murder and adultery. Instead, everything we do or fail to do must be examined against a higher standard. Is this action an expression of the holy love we are called to be showing the world, or is it not? There are times when the answer to this question is not completely clear, and times when it is painfully clear that we are on the wrong side of the answer. Even worse, it is quite possible ...

962. God's Original Seatbelt (Mother's Day)

John 13:31-38

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... section could be omitted to make the sermon shorter]. But Mother's Day was never intended to be a day off from any of the tasks and triumphs that go along with mothering. The story of Mother's Day is a story of protective yet adventurous, gentle yet bold love that was passed from generation to generation. How did it start? The mother church of Mother's Day is in Grafton, West Virginia, where for the first time on May 8, 1908, Mrs. Ann M. Jarvis was honored by her daughter, Ms. Anna Maria Jarvis. Ann was 12 ...

963. It Is Also Blessed to Receive

John 13:1-17

Sermon

James McCormick

... if not, you are not okay. When they ask him, “Ross, are you Spirit filled?” he said he always replies, “Sometimes I am ‘Spirit filled’ and sometimes I am not. My problem is, I leak.” Well, so do I. Sometimes my supply of God’s Spirit and His love run out because I am passing them on to others. Sometimes the supply runs out because I become careless and neglect replenishing the supply. But the fact is, I cannot pass on what I do not have. And unless I am constantly receiving from God, I cannot ...

964. When Extravagance Is Beautiful, and When It Is Not

John 12:1-8

Sermon

James W. Moore

... wife, Mrs. Betty. Mr. Joe and Mrs. Betty had been married for nearly 60 years… when one night she died in her sleep. Mr. Joe was devastated. They had been child-hood sweethearts and they had been an inspiration to everyone who knew them by the way they had loved and cared for each other over the years. At Mrs. Betty’s funeral, the church was packed. I was not surprised by that, but I was surprised to see Gene there. Gene was also a member of our church and he was the most liberal college professor in ...

965. Like a Good Neighbor, Jesus Is There

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

James Merritt

... , is in the Word of God. This lawyer replies to Jesus' question with a perfect answer. "So he answered and said, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind,' and ‘your neighbor ... Samaritan so special was not the color of his skin, but the compassion in his heart. A law could not make the Samaritan stop, but love could. I am amused by these people I talk to occasionally who will let me know in a heart beat that they don't have ...

966. Easter 4

1 John 3:11-24, Acts 4:1-22, John 10:1-21

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John R. Brokhoff

... who accepts certain creeds? In this text John gives us a portrait of a true Christian. Outline: Strokes on the portrait of a Christian – a. One who abides in Christ "We should believe in the name." b. One who abides in Christ "abide in him." c. One who loves "love one another." d. One who lives with the Holy Spirit "by the Spirit." WORSHIP RESOURCES Psalm Of The Day: Psalm 23 "The Lord is my shepherd." (v. 1) Prayer Of The Day: "God of all power, you called from death our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of ...

967. All in the Family

1 Timothy 3:14-15

Sermon

James Merritt

... you need to go to that third level of partnership. Find your niche. Find a place you can use the gifts God has given you. Do your part. Make a contribution. Then some of you need to move to the deepest level, where you are truly learning to express your love to the believers in this family, by standing with them in their time of need and sharing with them when they hurt. That is God's second purpose for all of us - fellowship that we might be drawn closer to Him and closer to one another as the song you ...

968. Begin With the Blueprints

Deuteronomy 6:1-9

Sermon

James Merritt

... . Home is where kids learn personal responsibility - how to be kind and courteous, how to submit to authority, how to be obedient, and how to practice selflessness. Home is where you learn the two most important lessons you ever learn in life - that is how to love God and how to love others. You learn things in a family that you never learn anywhere else. It is truly a learning center. It is where you learn basic skills - how to talk, how to walk, how to eat, how to burp, and how to use a TV remote. The ...

969. Faithquest: Directions For The Journey Of Life

1 John 3:16-24

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... his commandments and do what pleases him. [23] And this is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us. [24] All who obey his commandments abide in him, and he abides in them. And by this we ... these elements of bread and wine we are able not only to walk into God's heart, but we're able live God's love in truth and action. And we're enabled to leave here secure in the knowledge of our place in God's heart because we believe ...

970. Remembering Then; Anticipating When

Exodus 12:1-30

Sermon

Tony Everett

... day shall be a day of remembrance for you. You shall celebrate it as a festival to the Lord” (Exodus 12:14). We are gathering. We are celebrating. We are remembering what God has done to deliver us from bondage, recognizing what God is doing now to love and nurture us on our life journey, and anticipating when God will invite us to partake in the final feast of victory with all the saints. So, what does all this mean for us today? What does Jesus’ new commandment look like right now in our congregation ...

971. A Holy Kiss (Father's Day)

2 Corinthians 13:11-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... good ball clubs who know the fundamentals and have plenty of discipline but still don’t win the game. Then you come to the third ingredient: if you’re going to play together as a team, you’ve got to care for one another, said Lombardi. You’ve got to love each other. Each player has to be thinking about the next guy and saying to himself: If I didn’t block that man, Paul is going to get his legs broken. I have to do my job well in order that he can do his. “The difference between mediocrity and ...

972. Envision: A Church After God’s Heart

Matthew 22:34-40

Sermon

James Merritt

... find the same three things He did and taught are the same three things we are to do and teach. I. Follow The Great Commandment – Loving God In Matthew 22 there is an interesting story of a lawyer who came to Jesus and he was trying to trap Jesus. He was trying ... what God cares about more than anything else in this world? People. God cares about people who do not know Him and do not love Him and do not serve Him and do not follow Him. God wants to use His followers to turn non-followers into His followers. ...

973. God's Adopted Children

Ephesians 1:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... never? Some of you have never thought of yourself as a child of God at all. You don’t feel worthy to be a son or daughter of God. “Pastor, you don’t know what I’ve done.” Maybe I don’t, but God does. And God still loves you . . . and God loves me. Larry Crabb writes about a therapist who used to assemble a group and play a game he called “Top Secret.” He’d ask the people to write out the one thing about themselves that they were least inclined to share--the one thing nobody knew about them ...

974. Children of God

1 John 2:28--3:10

Understanding Series

Thomas F. Johnson

... other times it is the Christian. To be born of God, one must believe that Jesus is the Christ and live a life of righteousness and love (2:29; 3:9; 4:7; 5:18; cf. Eph. 5:1, 2). It is likely that the Elder’s opponents were also using the ... the fellowship of obedient Johannine Christians, just as in 2:15–17 the Father and the world were opposing objects of the children’s love. 3:2 Now/not yet, another Johannine antithesis, makes its only appearance here in the letters; it is more common in the Gospel (2: ...

975. “Be Exalted, O God, above the Heavens; Let Your Glory Be over All the Earth”

Psalm 57:1-11

Teach the Text

C. Hassell Bullock

... 7). In fact, the suppliant is in agreement with that purpose, which we see him fulfilling in 57:9–10 as he praises the Lord among the nations and sings of him among the peoples. This indeed seems to be the undefined design of God’s emissaries of “love and faithfulness” whom he sends forth (57:3). As with the incipient notion of Israel as a light to the nations, we may also see the forming lines of Isaiah’s quite well-developed view that the word of God goes forth to accomplish a purpose, for which ...

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Antonyms: aversion, distaste, apathy, dislike, hatred, antipathy, disgust, disregard, abhorrence, acrimony, wet, animosity, animus, antagonism, bad feeling, bitterness, be averse to, detestation

Showing 951 to 975 of 5000 results

951. Encounters With Christ IV: Jesus and the Woman at the Well

Sermon

James W. Moore

952. The Holy Trinity

Psalm 150:1-6, Psalm 33:1-22, Psalm 29:1-11, Matthew 28:16-20, John 3:1-21, 2 Corinthians 13:1-10, 2 Corinthians 13:11-14, Deuteronomy 4:32-40, Genesis 1:1-2:3, Exodus 34:1-28

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953. To Bethlehem and Beyond

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

Leonard Mann

954. Put the Cross on Top

1 John 4:7-21

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

955. Happy New Year?

Isaiah 61:1-11

Sermon