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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 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 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
The Resurrection of Christ gives us the power to live for and with God, as we believe the truth I Am Accepted in Christ behind the Resurrection.
In his book, Experiencing Spiritual Breakthroughs Bruce Wilkinson tells of an experience that he and his son David had during a father/son retreat several years ago. At the end of the Friday night session Wilkinson felt that something was just not right and “I could not put my finger on it.” ...read more
Scripture: John 1:12
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
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
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
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
This sermon deals with how faith helps us on the journey through uncharted waters of accepting new challenges in Christ.
Accepting the Challenge Hebrews 11:1-16 Last week I shared with you a challenge for the coming years here. A challenge that I believe God has called us to. Let me share it with you again. It¡¦s a challenge to become relevant in the lives of people who do not know Christ. Here are some ...read more
Scripture: Hebrews 11:1-16
Denomination: *other
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
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
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 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
Why would the Israelites accept stale stagnant water rather than the living water God offered them? Did they just wake up one morning and say "I don’t want to follow God"? Consider these intriguing thoughts.
OPEN: How many of you have ever bought “generic” products? Many of us do. We’ll go to the pharmacy and we’ll ask for the “generic” version of the medicine the Doctor has prescribed. Or, we’ll go the grocery store and purchase the store version of whatever product Kellogg’s or Seyfert’s or Land ‘o ...read more
Scripture: Jeremiah 2:4-13
Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ
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
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