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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
This sermon explores the story of Babel, urging us to avoid self-glory and instead build bridges of love and understanding for God's glory.
Good morning, dear friends. It's wonderful to see you all here today, gathered in unity and love, ready to receive the Word of God. Today, we are going to be turning our hearts and minds towards a story that is as old as time itself, yet still holds profound relevance and wisdom for us today. It's ...read more
Scripture: Genesis 11:1-9
Topics: Acceptance, Everyone
This sermon is from an Exchanged-life perspective and sets out to communicate God’s view of you that makes you worthy with a hope that the hearer will come to a more healthy sense of self-acceptance and love.
For the past couple of weeks I’ve sought to communicate God’s view of you with a hope that you’d come to a more healthy sense of self-love and self-acceptance. I shared two messages entitled: “Learning To Love Yourself” and “Breaking Free Of Inferiority.” Today I want to climax this emphasis by ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 13:44-46, Matthew 13:44
Denomination: Baptist
This is the most important decision available to man. Everyone that hears the truth must make a decision of what to do with it.
Accepting God! John 3:10-22 The Rev. Billy Graham tells of a time early in his career when he arrived in a small town to preach a sermon. Wanting to mail a letter, he asked a young boy where the post office was. When the boy had told him, Dr. Graham thanked him and said, “If you’ll come to the ...read more
Scripture: John 3:10-22
What needs to happen before a person will accept the offer of eternal life Jesus offers?
INTRODUCTION • Have you ever tried to explain something to a person only to have that person not understand a word you had to say? • Jesus has just fed the 5,000 and now because of His love for the people He is trying to lead them to Him. The crowd is fixated on the physical world. This does not ...read more
Scripture: John 6:41-51
Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ
A look at Cain and Abel’s offerings to see why one was acceptable and the other was not.
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 angel appeared to one of the shopkeepers in a dream ...read more
Scripture: Genesis 4:1-8
Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance
This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
------------------------------------- Matt 3:13-17 Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him. But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me? And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 3:13-17
Denomination: Pentecostal
THE ACCEPTANCE OF SUFFERING -- COMPLETE DEDICATION TO THE WILL OF GOD Introd.
THE ACCEPTANCE OF SUFFERING -- COMPLETE DEDICATION TO THE WILL OF GOD Introd.: Don't shrink back from total commitment to the will of God even though you see that it will bring some suffering. Peter has already encouraged us regarding the Triumph of Suffering and the Assurance of Triumph. Now he ...read more
Scripture: 1 Peter 4:1-6
Denomination: Independent/Bible
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
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
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
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
Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
This sermon is designed to encourage the believer that God has a purpose in saying no to his children.
Have you ever asked your parents for something and they said no. Have you ever asked the teacher at school to allow you to do something and they said no. Have you ever asked God why did you allow my friend or loved one to go into a coma, and die. What did you do? Did you throw a temper tantrum, ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 26:36-46
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
Looking at who in our society we do not accept and would not offer to help
Accepting the Unlovely - Luke 7:36-50 Gladstone Baptist Church – 14/8/05 am – Children’s Service Boys and Girls, can you come down the front and as you come down, collect a worksheet and some pens from ______. Hi, everyone. It is good to see you today. I am going to need some helpers today, ...read more
Scripture: Luke 7:36-50