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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
As Naaman found the cure for leporsey to simple and to cheap, so do many people today find the "grace" of God to simple and to cheap. Cheap for us - a great sacrifice for God!
To Simple to Accept 2 Kings 5:1-15 Our Condition v1) Naaman - good man; accomplished a lot; honorable position; the perfect man, except, he was a leper; he had a problem; he was imperfect. Many people are good folks; good mother, father, provider; upstanding in the community; appear to be the ...read more
Scripture: 2 Kings 5:1-15
Denomination: Baptist
What is the true meaning of sacrifice?
Sacrifice in preparation for the sacrifice Leviticus 2 One of the things that makes Leviticus hard to read is the incredible detail written into rituals that are to us now obscure at best and cryptic at worse. We may understand some of what went on at a Tabernacle sacrifice with great patience ...read more
Scripture: Leviticus 2:1-16
Denomination: Mennonite
Let’s see if we can look at these offerings from God’s perspective and maybe we can make some conclusions that may help us better offer our sacrifices to God.
An Acceptable Offering Genesis 4:1-4:8 Two shopkeepers were bitter rivals. Their stores were directly across the street from each other, and they would spend each day keeping track of each other¡¦s business. If one got a customer, he would smile in triumph at his rival. One night an ...read more
Scripture: Genesis 4:1-8, Leviticus 22:17
Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ
Cleansing the heart and intentions is way more important than ceremonial washing of hands, even in the time of COVID-19
20th Sunday in Course 2020 My ancestors came mostly from Ireland, although the coat of arms we display in our home, that says “Cunningham,” is actually Scottish. I suppose that confirms the British suspicion that the Irish tend toward appropriating the property of others. Nonetheless, the fact ...read more
Scripture: Isaiah 56:1-7, Romans 11:13-32, Matthew 15:21-28, John 19:26-27
Denomination: Catholic
sacrifice of praise
The Sacrifice of Praise Psalm 50:14; Hebrews 13:15 1. You must obtain God's acceptable sacrifice *God has no words but He does have desires 2. You must offer God acceptable sacrifice A. Praise is a costly sacrifice B. Praise is a continual sacrifice C. Praise is a ...read more
Scripture: Psalm 50:14
Sermon on sacrifice
THE LAW OF SACRIFICE PHILIPPIANS 2:17-18 03/22/95 I wish to begin today’s sermon by telling you the story of a man by the name of Abraham Bininger. Born in Switzerland in the 17 hundreds he and his parents left their homeland and bordered a ship for America. During the journey both his father and ...read more
Scripture: Philippians 2:17-18
Denomination: Bible Church
The real reason God rejected Cain’s Sacrifice
If You Do Well, Will You Not Be Accepted Genesis 4:1-7 Cain Murders Abel (Luke 11:51; Heb. 11:4; 12:24) Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, and said, “I have acquired a man from the LORD.” Then she bore again, this time his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, ...read more
Scripture: Genesis 4:1-7
Denomination: Church Of God
A woman I visited yesterday in hospital asked me "How do I know that I am ACCEPTED BY GOD?" In the OT Abel's offering was ACCEPTED and Cain's offering was not. Why?
Genesis 4 - "HOW CAN I KNOW THAT I AM ACCEPTED?" They had behaved badly in class but they were equally disruptive in the detention room, swearing, acting tough and defying anything I said with a smart comment. Unacceptable behaviour. I have never really had a problem with anger, but the closest I ...read more
Scripture: Genesis 4:1-16
Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Some things never change – and Jesus is One of them! He still accepts people!!! He doesn’t wait until they measure up or become nice enough to be accepted. Let's look at some ways God accepts us and learn to accept others!
Accepted! John 6:37 “All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away.” Intro: One of the greatest needs people have is arguably the need for acceptance. That doesn’t necessarily mean acceptance of everything a person thinks or ...read more
Scripture: John 6:37
Denomination: Assembly Of God
A sermon on the meaning of the Cross.
Luke 23:32-43 “Accept that You are Accepted” “I just want to be accepted and loved. That is what I want more than anything in the world,” confides the honest teenager who has been left on the margins, rejected by the so-called ‘popular’ people, lives in a ...read more
Scripture: Luke 23:32-43
Denomination: United Methodist
Over the past four months, we've had to accept a lot of changes because of COVID-19. That, along with whatever else has happened in our lives. Although acceptance can be difficult, we need to learn to do it as graciously.
ACCEPTING THE NEED TO BE ACCEPTING As we continue to battle the pandemic there are certain things that have happened where people have chosen not to accept certain guidelines. There have been mass gatherings of unmasked people closer than six feet apart. Businesses have reopened although they ...read more
Scripture: Job 2:9-10, 2 Corinthians 11:3-4, Hebrews 6:12, Acts 2:41, Romans 14:1-3, Romans 15:7 (view more) (view less)
Every believer is a living telegram [text message]of God’s love and acceptance.
Accepted! Acts 10:1-23 Intro: Have you ever been part of a group where you had a sense that your acceptance was tentative at best? In some ways, my memories of Jr. high and high school are like that. I was accepted because I was considered a good athlete, a nice guy, one of the cool kids. ...read more
Scripture: Acts 10:1-23
The question for each of us is: What do we do when we disagree? The answer is to accept and refrain.
We come today to our last tip from God on how to strengthen and lengthen our relationships. We have learned about LOVE, ENCOURAGEMENT, FORGIVENESS, SERVICE, and YIELDING and I hope you have been able to practice some of these things to help any relationships that you may be in. Todays tip on ...read more
Scripture: Romans 14:1-19
We are to present ourselves to God as a living sacrifice surrendered totally to Him for His use and glory.
I. The Exhortation. “I beseech”—This word is a strong word meaning to beg, to implore. It carries a much stronger thought than merely asking for something or making a casual recommendation. II. The Motive. “By the mercies of God.” All of us have been recipients of God’s mercies. His mercies are ...read more
Scripture: Romans 12:1-2
Denomination: Holiness
Disobedience is an extremely costly sin. God desires our obedience over our sacrifice. If we are trying to worship and we have been disobedient to the Lord, then He won’t accept our worship until we make our life right with Him.
This morning we’re going to discuss the sin of disobedience to God’s commands. Disobedience is an extremely costly sin; for we know that when the Israelites were on their exodus from Egypt that they refused to follow God’s plan for taking the Promised Land, and the consequence was spending forty ...read more
Scripture: 1 Samuel 15:1-3, 1 Samuel 15:7-23
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