Sermons About Comfort
Hosea: Turning From Idols (Hosea 2:14-20)
Like the people of Hosea’s day, we often find ourselves enslaved to the very idols that we thought would satisfy us and bring us meaning. What can free us? In this sermon, we will see that we need to apply a specific antidote to our lives while finding our place in the overall story of a God in pursuit.
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A Soldier's Struggle
4th message of our "Hot Topics" series covering 5 topics selected from topicssubmitted by people that attend Fusion. This particular message focuses on helping those that serve in our armed forces and struggle with the reality of Jesus' message of "love your enemies" when they are called upon to engage the enemy in war every day.
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The Lord is My Shepherd Part 3
King David continues to teach us about how God loves us by using the illustration of a shepherd taking care of his flock of sheep. Shepherds had to prepare fields to remove poisonous plants and they would anoint the sheep with oil to ward of harmful insects. God looks after us in a similar way as He provides for our needs and watches over us. It is amazing to know that the God who rules over the whole universe cares for insignificant creatures like us. We should celebrate this care and then love other people with the same kind of care that God has shown to us.
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The Lord is My Shepherd Part 2
Sheep are powerless to fend off predators so a good shepherd must be skilled in fighting so that he can protect his flock from harm. The Bible teaches us that God is the shepherd of those who believe in Him, so they have the most powerful being in the universe as their protector, and the wisest being in the universe as their guide. This does not mean that God will never lead His children into difficult circumstances or make their life easy and comfortable, but instead it means that when we go through circumstances as dark as death itself that He is right there beside us to protect us and guide us through them, and this should be a source of tremendous comfort and hope in the midst of trying times.
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A Missionary Heart for the World
The Church's mission must also extend to the world beyond their comfort zone.
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BEYOND Generosity
God calls us all to give of ourselves in extraordinary ways, to step beyond comfort zones and boundaries into God's perfect will.
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The Purpose of Suffering
It is Gods will to shape us into the image of His son, Jesus Christ. But, how does he accomplish this? James tells us that it begins with the testing of our faith, leads us towards patience, and ultimately brings us to maturity. There are many reasons that we resist such tests and trials, but the bottom line is this: trials are the very things God uses to mold us into the image of Christ—and there is no shortcut. Key Verses: Rom 8:28-29, Php 2:1-8, James 1:2-4, Php 4:11-13, 2Cor 11:23ff, 2Tim 4:6-8
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Repenting and Following God
After Jonah is spit back up on the beach by the fish God sent to rescue him, God again tells Jonah to go preach to the Ninevites. This time Jonah obeys, and after Jonah proclaims God’s impending judgment all of the Ninevites from the king on down repent of their evil ways and hope for mercy from God. God relents from destroying Nineveh because mercy and compassion are a part of His very nature. Jonah understood this, and his anger at the prospect of the Ninevites avoiding judgment and receiving grace is what led him to run away to Tarshish in the first place. God sent a vine and then a worm and a scorching wind to expose Jonah’s sinful heart and reveal his self-righteousness and how he loves his own comfort more than other people. We are just like Jonah in that we often think we deserve God’s kindness more than other people and we love our own comfort more than our calling to be like Jonah and be ambassador’s of God’s grace to warn people of their impending judgment and urge them to repent and turn to Jesus Christ.
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God's Unstoppable Mercy
How much sin is too much sin for God to still be merciful to you? In the story of God's deliverance of Israel in Judges 4, we see that if God wants to have mercy on us, then there's nothing we can do to stop Him. That's because God's mercy isn't based on our actions, but on His supreme love that cannot be earned and cannot be lost by what we do...no matter how bad.
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David and Jonathan
Why we need connection with others, encouragement with others, and understanding the true essence of fellowship by looking at the relationship David had with Jonathan in 1 Samuel 18:1-7.
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Mary and the Body Snatchers
When Mary Magdalene watched Jesus die, all of her hope died with Him. Lost, hurt, and grieving, Mary came face to face with the Risen Jesus. In the midst of the chaos and darkness all of us will encounter at one time or another, Jesus is still there calling you by name.
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Man on a Mission: To Comfort and to Disturb
Jesus' mission brought comfort to the disturbed and afflicted -- but brought disturbance to the religiously comfortable. It does the same today.
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The Mysterious Comfort of a God Who Fights Against Us
This sermon unpacks one of the strangest stories of the Bible: Jacob's wrestling with God. Join us as we explore the mystery of confronting the Terrible-Beautiful God. God sometimes comes as an adversary, but broken and sinful people who surrender to Him find new life and blessing. As C. S. Lewis once portrayed Him: "He's good, but not safe."
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A Might Fortress Is Our God
God is a compassionate, loving father toward us. He is the first one we should turn to in time of trouble for he is able to provide.
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"Where Are You, God?"
Many people expect God to communicate only through a 'sound and light show' - thunder & lightning, earthquakes, and big neon signs proclaiming "This is My will." The reality is that God is much closer than that.
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2 Samuel 17 - God's Kingdom Cannot Fail
In the 17th Chapter of 2 Samuel we are drawn into the espionage and the ntelligence reporting of Hushai of Ahithophel's plan to destroy David and his followers. Like the main theme of the book we see God sovereignty over the choices and affairs of me when the inspired writer in vese 14 reveals to us that God Himself had ordained (willed, chosen) to defeat the counsel of Ahithophel so that He might bring harm upon Absalom. If you are a christian you can take confort in the will of God by 1) understanding the different meanings for "will of God," 2) seeing every event of your life as a comonent of God providential plan, 3) beliving that God in pursuing His glory is also pursuing your greatest good. We see examples of God's providential destruction of Ahithophel, protection of the informate priests (Jonathan and Ahimaaz), and the provision for David and his mighty men. Without a belief in the sovereign and providential hand of God, no one would have any confort in this life or the next. Listen and be prepared to praise God almighty!
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Love Letter to The Bride: Part 1
In John 14 Jesus, while comforting his disciples, begins addressing them in truths that would soon become the basis of His relationship to the church... a betrothed bride called to a great work that was begun by her husband.
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Risky Faith
When was the last time you took a risk for Jesus? I mean something that you could’ve totally failed at and made a fool out of yourself? To be honest, it’s probably been a long time when I did something that fit that category. So what is keeping us from taking more risks for Jesus? How can we address our fears and lack of faith in such a way that we become the kind of risk-taking, faith-stretching followers He’s looking for? Today, we will look at a woman in scripture who set aside her fears and embraced her faith in such a way that her life was dramatically changed. And you will be challenged to step out of your comfort zone to experience what risky faith is all about! Key Passage: 2 Kings 4:1-7
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Attentive: Having a Genuine Interest in Others
Making Straight A's in Life: The current series of weekly talks at the ZOE House in Wildwood, MO.
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Vision Series 1: The Gospel Changes Lives---Luke 19: 1-10
Vision Series 1: The Gospel Changes Lives---Luke 19: 1-10
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Comfort in the Midst of Suffering
These verses from Hebrews 2:5-18 provide us two reasons why we can trust in Christ in the midst of suffering because of His humanity. 1. We can trust Christ in the midst of suffering because He has already tasted death on our behalf. 2. We can trust Christ in the midst of suffering because He is our great High Priest.
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Little is Much
This week we start our summer series of messages based on the stories Jesus told about the kingdom of heaven. About a dozen of his stories began with the words "the kingdom of heaven is like." In trying to understand what our world would look like if the values of God's kingdom really took root - these stories are a good starting point. Today, we pick up the concept that the kingdom will not come in a radical, military or political takeover, but rather, through the small but powerful and pervasive infl uence of kingdom agents spread liberally throughout the existing structures of society. The revolutionary influence of the kingdom has been called by some "the quiet revolution" but it's power is incredible! "True evangelical faith cannot lie dormant. It clothes the naked, it feeds the hungry, it comforts the sorrowful, it shelters the destitute, it serves those that harm it, it binds up that which is wounded, it has become all things to all people." (quote from Menno Simons, 1496-1561)
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Part 8: To The Church At Cornerstone Write ...?
There is much we can learn from John's letter to the seven churches. What letter would God write to our church? What encouragement, what admonition, what concerns would He have? How do we keep from compromising with culture while we engage culture? Galen leads us in studying the church at Laodicea to find the answers.
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A Mother's Heart
Happy Mother's Day! As perfect and beautiful the comfort, and care of our mothers, God's comfort and care for us is even grander.
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Anchored by God's Love
In the midst of persecution, Peter sends a letter to the Church to encourage them by teaching them of their strong anchor of God's love. This sermon deals with the doctrine of divine election. After the sermon you will hear me answer questions about free will that immediately arise.
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Step of Faith
People of faith win God's approval because they walk in obedience and keep their eyes on him. When Jesus asked Peter to step over the side gunnels of the boat and onto the water he was asking him to take a big step of faith - He was asking him to do something that could only be done if God took over. What is a step of faith that you could take today that would stretch your 'spiritual comfort zone'? Key Passage: Hebrews 11:1-40
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It Is Better That One Man Should Die
How does the saviour of the world deal with his good friend dying too young? That’s something a real person deals with. How does Jesus deal with it?
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mourning & comforting
what are the things we mourn over? are these the things jesus had in mind when he said blessed are those who mourn? what about the things we don't mourn over -are we missing him again? let's look at jesus' heart and relearn the heart & comfort of god.
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My Comfort or My Dream
Joseph's brothers ripped him away from his comfort zone so that God could have him fulfill the Dream God had for him.
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Acts 16:11-40 - Choosing Mission Over Comfort
Paul and Silas brought the Gospel of Jesus Christ to Philippi, where their ministry ended up inciting a mob and getting them beaten and thrown in prison. While in prison God miraculously freed Paul and Silas from their cells and their jailor came to faith in Christ. Paul and Silas were able to persevere through such difficult circumstances because they were more concerned with the good news about Jesus being told than they were with their own comfort, so much so that they could even sing and pray while chained up deep in a Roman prison, and we too should pursue the mission of sharing the Gospel over our own comfort.
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Elijah - Part One
There had been a civil war... 2 Kingdoms... Israel in the North...Judah in the South. Elijah is chosen to be a prophet to the wickedness of the kingdom of Israel.
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Acts 10:1-33 - Leaving Our Comfort Zones
God asked Peter to go and visit a Roman soldier to tell him about Jesus, but first Peter had to get over his aversion to interacting with people from other nations because they were ceremonially unclean. In the same way God is sending us out into the world to tell others about Him, and obeying Him will require us to get over our hang-ups, step out of our comfort zones, and sacrifice for the people around us.
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When You Can't Shake It Off
Jesus will comfort those who are broken by the world and their own sin.
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Haggai 1:1-15 - Getting Back on Mission
Haggai was a prophet sent by God to confront the Israelites because they were more concerned with building their own luxurious houses than they were with rebuilding God's temple and seeing His glory. In our day in age we also make this mistake of pursuing our own comfort, leisure, and luxury instead of laying down our lives for the sake of the Gospel and God's Glory. It is foolish for us to do this because we were created to see God's glory, and when He asks us to sacrifice things for Him so that we can see His glory He is asking us to trade up.
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The Master of Two Storms
The power of Jesus is demonstrated through His mastery over two storms, one outside, one inside.
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There is no "Plan B" - Romans 8:28-30
“Predestination.” The word by itself is enough to evoke strongly negative and positive reactions from an equal number of people. But what is predestination? What does the Bible have to say about it, and what does it mean for the Christian and the Church? Can the idea of predestination actually be of comfort? This week, we take a look at Romans 8:28-30, where Paul delivers the comforting news to the Roman church that they are among God’s chosen people, forever secure in Christ.
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Romans 8:1-4, Part 1
Romans 8 is one of the most comfort-filled portions of the New Testament. This week, we examine the first four verses, along with related passages from the Old Testament, to see the objective realities of justification. Here, the Apostle Paul ensures us that those who are in Christ face no condemnation from the Law, and shows us that God is the initiator of relationship between Himself and humankind.
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