SERMONS ON AGAPE LOVE
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AGAPE - the Bridge to Hope (3 of 4)
by Lenny Ports
How many of you appreciated the testimony that we heard this morning of God restoring a marriage that had already ended? What a miracle God did for the Millers. It was the Agape love of God that healed their marriage. God is a God of reconciliation and restoration. His love brings people back into right relationship with Him and His love brings people back into right relationship with each other. The Miller's story is amazing because our God is amazing. And what is impossible with man is possible with God. I don't know what your situation is today, but no matter where you are in life, there is a God who loves unconditionally, and you...
Principles of a Happy Home: The Agape Principle
by John McKain
In order to have a happy home there must be genuine true love. One of the problems in homes in America today is: there is a lack of understanding what true love is. True love takes place only in the spiritual realm of life. True love can only manifest itself in the spirit. (Explain) If your are not a Christian, your spirit is dead - Eph. 2:1: As for you, you were dead in your sins and transgressions. Your body may be alive, your soul may be alive, but your spirit is literally dead. If your spirit is dead, then you are not capable of having "agape" love. If may love physically, you may love emotionally, you may love mentally...
Agape - the Valor of Love
by Rex Yancey
Oswald Chambers writes of agape, ''The springs of love are in God, not in us. It is absurd to look for the love of God in our hearts naturally. It is only there when it is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit.'' On that basis, Chambers insists, ''Love is not premeditated, it is spontaneous.'' This is a tremendous point about agape. If you hear sermons on love and hear that you must consciously decide to be patient, kind, etc., your hearing the wrong message. The message is that agape is no less the work of the Holy Spirit than the exercise of spiritual gifts. The only choice we make is the surrender of our lives to the Holy...
Jesus Loves You!
by Daniel Rodgers
Please underscore (vs. 9b), "So have I loved you," and (vs. 11b), "I have loved you." Paul wrote to the Ephesians saints in order that they might "Know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge" (Ephes. 3:19). Rev. 1:5, "And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood." ILLUS: I have this little children's witnessing tool in my office. It is called the "Evangecube." As you begin unfolding it, it shows in picture-form the gospel story of the death, burial and resurrection...
Learning to Love
by Adrian Rogers
John chapter 13 and verse 34 and verse 35. ''A new commandment I give unto you that ye love one another as I have loved you.'' Now they've been told to love before but it's a new commandment because they've never been told to love this way before. They're to love one another as I have loved you that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are My disciples if ye have love one for another. You don't need a lapel pin. You don't need a bumper sticker. By this shall all men know that you are my disciples if you have love one for the other. I'm not against a lapel pin. I'm not against a bumper sticker. But dear...
Disciples Love (3 of 6)
by Bob Ingle
A young college student thought he'd get an easy A by taking an ornithology class. Ornithology is the study of birds. He was doing great until the professor threw a bit of a curveball for the final exam. On the test paper were 25 pictures. Each picture had nothing but a pair of bird legs. The directions said, ''Identify each bird by their legs.'' The student was just enraged. He'd never heard such a thing. He stormed up to the teacher and said, ''I'd rather take an F than take this ridiculous test!'' The professor said, ''Very well, young man, I'll be glad to give you an F. What's your name?'' The student pulled up his pant leg and...
The God Who Loves (1 of 6)
by Robert Dawson
A few weeks ago, the church gave me the opportunity to preach at a Homecoming service at Kristal's home church in Adel. I served there as a part-time worship leader for 3 or 4 years in the late 90's. I preached some of my first sermons in that church, bless their hearts. It is also where I met and married my wonderful wife. So, it's always a joy to go back to places you've loved and served. It jostles your memory bank a little so those memories that have been packed away and are now covered with dust can come to the surface for just a few moments. While I enjoyed being there, it made me appreciate this faith family even...
Agape: The Value of Love
by Rex Yancey
As we approach Valentine's Day, I want to preach five messages on one of the most wonderful and at the same time disturbing chapters in the Bible. We need to read this chapter on our knees. We need to pray for the illumination of the Holy Spirit. We need to commit to living this chapter by the grace of God. G. Campbell Morgan said, ''In this chapter we enter the purest atmosphere and breathe the most fragrant odors.'' A German Theologian said, ''The greatest, the strongest, the deepest thing Paul ever wrote.'' This is not eros-sexual love. This is not philia-brotherly love, it is agape-God's kind of love. Jesus called this...
Who Is God? God Is Love! - Part 1 (7 of 9)
by Steve Jones
ntroduction: Remember the story of the four blind men who tried to describe an elephant. One felt the tail and thought it was a rope. One felt the side and thought it was a wall. One felt the leg and thought it was a pillar. One felt the trunk and thought it was a tree branch. One felt the ear and thought it was a fan. One felt the tusk and thought it was a solid pipe. If you only have access to one aspect of the elephant, then you can wind up with a distorted understanding of what an elephant is like. Likewise, if we only focus on one attribute of God we can wind up with a distorted vision of what God is like. And that's a mistake...
Won’t You Be My Neighbor? Part 2 (2 of 3)
by Scott Maze
Video of Interview with NRH Mayor, Oscar Trevino before me and Video of Interview with Schlutter Elementary Principal at Cross Church. For the next few Sunday's, we are going to focus on our relationships in our community in a series, entitled, Won't You Be Our Neighbor? We are asking many of you to read The Art of Neighboring as we progress through the series. This is a light read that you can move through in a matter of a couple of hours. In fact, one of simplest pieces is this tool: where you are asked to identify the names of your 8 closest neighbors. As we have been preparing for this day, our staff called this...
Real Love (17 of 19)
by Michael White
Remind ushers to come down I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. 2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect....9 Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good. 10 Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor. 11 Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord. 12 Rejoice in hope...
What God's Love Gave and Why (Easter) (3 of 6)
by Robert Dawson
Larry Ross's firm handled media and public relations for Billy Graham's organization for over 20 years. Ross said that Mr. Graham had a way of making positive points for the Gospel in every situation. Through the years Ross arranged a number of media interviews for Dr. Graham. He said, ''Almost always before a TV interview, they do a microphone check, and they ask the interviewee to say something - anything - so than can adjust the audio settings. Often a corporate executive, for that audio check, will count to ten, say their ABC's, or recite what they had for breakfast. Billy would always quote John 3.16. When asked why...
God Is Love, I Am Loved (3 of 8)
by Lenny Ports
Continuing in our sermon series we are calling GOD IS…. I AM…. Today's message is regarding the love of God. God is LOVE, therefore, I am loved. Last week, when we said that God is the ''I AM'' He is everything you need and He is all things to His people at all times. So we conclude that when God is your I AM, He imparts to you that aspect of His being that you need. So when you are sick, He is your Healer. When you are lost, He is your Savior, When you are attacked by the enemy, He is your deliverer. And when you need love, He is love. The Bible doesn't say that He has love although He does. It doesn't say He...
