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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)
Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ
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
Denomination: Assembly Of God
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
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
Denomination: Baptist
If you have accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior then you are automatically accepted in the family of God. The Lord never rejects what belongs to Him.
You Are Accepted - Ephesians 1:6 Intro: …. The grace of God is not fully comprehensible to the natural mind. To the natural mind the story of grace is one that is just too hard to believe. This same mindset also keeps us from knowing that we have been accepted by God and His great love. ...read more
Scripture: Ephesians 1:1-7
Denomination: Church Of God
Paul is wrapping up his stay in Corinth, and heading back to Antioch.
I. PRAYER II. Introduction a. The story is told of a little boy that was very impressed with a missionary that had come to his church. The missionary had come to the small church hoping to recruit men for the mission field in South Africa, but he was disappointed to find that there were only women ...read more
Scripture: Acts 18:18-28
Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
We know what both acceptance and rejection feel like. What must God feel at our rejection of Him? In Jesus He turns around our rejection into His acceptance of us. We can accept our acceptance.
“He came to what was his own, and his own people did not accept him.” Do you have experience with both acceptance and rejection? I imagine you do. No one is so fortunate as to have had everything he wants, and so we have all experienced rejection. And no one is so hard-up that she has been ...read more
Scripture: John 1:1-18
I want to talk with you for a little while about this subject of worship. And I want us to consider the kind of worship that God accepts.
Maybe you’ve heard the story about the old farmer who went into the city one weekend and attended the big city church. He came home that afternoon and his wife asked him how it went. "Well," said the farmer, "it was good. They did something different, though. They sang praise choruses instead ...read more
Scripture: 1 Samuel 15:12-31
Denomination: Holiness
Jesus has transferred to us the fulfilling of His mission. Yet, He has given us everything we need to accomplish it.
Intro> I had just turned nine years old on that cold January morning in 1961, but I remember it like it was yesterday. I was young, but I knew something truly significant was happening. Up until that day all the Presidents I was aware of had been my grandfather’s age. But in January of ’61, John ...read more
Scripture: Acts 1:1-11
God has entrusted the fulfilling of His mission to us, while providing for us all we need in order to accomplish the mission. Will we accept the responsibility, be faithful to the task?
-Intro> I had just turned nine years old on that cold January morning in 1961, but I remember it like it was yesterday. I was young, but I knew something truly significant was happening. Up until that day all the Presidents I was aware of had been my grandfather’s age. But in January of ’61, ...read more
Many believers struggle with the idea that God loves them. This message could help. It shows form the Bible, the love of God in all its glory, and what that means for each of us.
ACCEPTED AND LOVED Pastor Eric J. Hanson March 18th, 2007 John 3:16 One of the best things about the Bible is the way that it reveals the love of god for us. Listen to what I John 3:1 tells us about this. (Read it now.) Our Heavenly Father’s love for us is so powerful that he has brought us into ...read more
Scripture: John 3:16
As Christians, we often work hard at forgiving others; we need to learn to accept God’s forgiveness of ourselves.
Accepting Forgiveness Let’s open our bibles this morning to Psalm 103. In this Psalm, David is praising God for his tremendous love for His people. We’ll come back to this in just a minute. Now, we all know that David wasn’t perfect. Let’s take a look at one of his most famous stories. One ...read more
Scripture: Psalm 103:12
Helping the church to make up her mind to reach those who are not yet already convinced about the gospel.
A Culture of Acceptance 12-3-06 New Series: Creating a New Culture… in the Church 1 Cor. 3:6-7 I am indebted to John Burke’s book, “No Perfect People Allowed” for many of the basic ideas expressed in this series. It’s a great read! Intro. Have you ever noticed ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 3:6-7
What a broken heart is not...a heart not broken is a heart full of imagninations....a broken heart sees himself of what others are ignorant of
ACCEPTABLE SACRIFICE Holy Ground “Spirit Filled” Church Pastor: Joe M. Garza 4-6-06 Text: Psalms 51:17 INTRODUCTION: This Psalm is David’s I am sorry Psalm. It may be fitly so called, because it is a Psalm by which is manifest the unfeigned sorrow which he had for his ...read more
Scripture: Psalm 51:8-17
Denomination: Christian Church
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