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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
Sometimes instead of chasing more, we need to focus in on less (and Christ) to get what we really want.
This week we start a new series called “A Contrarian’s Guide to finding the new you.” It’s built around the idea that we all want to change - we all have resolutions and things we want to do differently this year, but most of our stuff all sounds the same - (Get crowd response) Lose Weight, eat ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 10:39
Denomination: Baptist
WHEN TRAGEDY STRIKES, DO WE BLAME GOD OR SATAN?
BLAME - LESS JOHN 9:3 “Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this happened so that the work of God might be displayed in his life.” Man is quick at making judgments. Whatever befalls a Christian, usually has a purpose but not every circumstance is as a result of sin . In ...read more
Scripture: John 9:3
Denomination: Pentecostal
A perspective on Mark 10: 17-31. God is calling us all to enter into his training schedule. He is our new coach our new trainer who will change our practices and habits.
Mark 10: 17-31 More For Less The Sydney 2000 Olympic games have drawn to a close. My family and I were fortunate to see part of the Olympic games on TV while we were away on vacation. I hope you enjoyed them as much as we did. At the games athletes strained to beat world records and win medals. ...read more
Scripture: Mark 10:17-31
Denomination: Lutheran
Knowing who God is lessens the grip of fear as you walk through difficult circumstances. This message is also a wonderful affirmation of the person of our Holy God.
“FEAR LESS” PSALM 46 Black Bart was a professional thief whose name struck fear as he terrorized the Wells Fargo stage line. From San Francisco to New York, his name became synonymous with the danger of the frontier. Between 1875 and 1883, he robbed 29 different stagecoach crews. Amazingly, Black ...read more
We are to live as dead men; Dead to fleshly desires. Jesus said, “Follow Me”. To “follow” Him, you must “take up your cross”. We “must” become Less so that we can become oh so much more!
Quotes: “Sin is basically a denial of God's right of possession.” - Edwin Louis Cole “The first lesson in Christ's school is self-denial.” - Matthew Henry “Self-denial is indispensable to a strong character…” - Theodore Parker “If we do not die to ...read more
Scripture: Romans 6:8-18
The American Dream and the Prosperity Gospel are both nightmares.
1Ti 6:5 Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself. 6 But godliness with contentment is great gain. 7 For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. 8 And having ...read more
Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:5-10
Why are we granting God silence? Why are we allowing God the opportunity to rest?
Rest Less I. Introduction We are a people who struggle to get enough rest. In fact, the average American gets 6.8 hours of sleep at night, down more than an hour from 1942. To many in the medical field this is troubling because medical studies have related a lack of sleep to health problems and ...read more
Scripture: Isaiah 62:6-7
Prosperity gospel is a very popular Christian movement today. It states that God will always bless you with good health and material wealth if you ask Him. That's FALSE!! Good health is NOT guaranteed and material wealth will NEVER get you into heaven.
One of the largest and more popular movements in the last 30+ years in the Christian Church is a form of theology called prosperity gospel. Let’s define what it is first. According to the website, Wikipedia; prosperity theology is a religious belief among some Protestant Christians that financial ...read more
Scripture: Ephesians 2:8, Matthew 19:21, Proverbs 28:20, Leviticus 27:30, Malachi 3:10, Numbers 18:26, 1 Timothy 6:17-18, Hebrews 13:5, Matthew 6:19-20 (view more) (view less)
Denomination: Independent/Bible
The importance of humbling ourselves, submitting our egos and pride to God, and embracing the freedom that comes from seeing ourselves in the proper biblical light.
Hey there, Church! Today we're going to jump right into a deep topic that impacts every single one of us - our view of ourselves. Now, let's not kid ourselves, it's a tough one. We're all guilty of letting our egos run the show from time to time, aren't we? But you see, Scripture has a whole lot to ...read more
Scripture: 1 Timothy 1:15, John 3:30
Topics: Thinking Of Self, Thinking Less Of Self
If Paul were overseeing the church in the USA, he would be in a frenzy. Look at how stressed he was about a couple of congregations in Greece.
A Stressed Apostle (Colossians 2:1-5) 1. I want to thank Jake for preaching last week. 2. We enjoyed Luke and Sarah’s wedding very much; all went well. But even a positive, successful wedding tires you out. Last Sunday morning, we were still recovering from Saturday’s wedding, about ...read more
Scripture: Colossians 2:1-5
Sermon Deals with Stress. Specifically geared to stress in Iraq.
Stress Sermon by CH (CPT) Keith J. Andrews 29 January 2006 A couple of weeks ago, I had just finished doing PT and returned to my CHU when I heard loud rumble. This was not your normal blast. It was a long sustained rumble. After it was over, I heard people outside asking “What was that?” ...read more
Scripture: 1 Samuel 30:6
Paul gives us some tools for overcoming worry and stress.
WORRY AND STRESS Phil. 4:6-9 INTRO. Worry and stress. Who doesn’t experience them? ILL.- A man went shopping for a gift for his wife and picked out a very nice sweater. After looking at it he asked the salesperson if she could show him a more expensive sweater. She said, “No, but I can put ...read more
Scripture: Philippians 4:6-9
Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ
Worry and stress: two pests in our lives.
INTRO.- Worry and stress. Two pests that we don’t like. ILL.- A man went shopping for a gift for his wife and picked out a very nice sweater. After looking at it he asked the salesperson if she could show him a more expensive sweater. She said, “No, but I can put this one away and you could come ...read more
The fact that some stress is inevitable does not justify preventable stress. Paul said in Rom. 12:18, "If possible, so far as it depends upon you, live peaceably with all." The implication is clear: A peace maker can prevent a lot of stress in life if they really work at it.
Gipsy Smith was one of the great evangelists in England in the last half of the 19th century. He had the largest congregation in England outside of London. They met in a building that once housed the Imperial Circus. One Sunday night the pre-service prayer group was meeting in a side room used ...read more
Scripture: Luke 10:38-42
Jesus is as much a burden as a working parachute is a burden on the back of a skydiver.
Mask or no mask? Go out to eat or dine in? Send the kids to school or keep them home? 2020 is shaping up to be one of the most stressful years many of us have experienced thanks to COVID. We want this pandemic to be over! We want to be free to move about and to visit who we want when we want. We’re ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 11:25-30