Sermons About Compassion
Commitment
Through Ruth and Boaz, Pastor Mark talks about commitment. Ruth shows commitment through RISK (Responsibility, Initiative, Sacrifice, Knowledge) and Boaz through his leadership (Compassion, Compliments, Courtesy, Crops, Credibility, Commitment). Are you a Ruth or a Boaz? (What I am? or What I Have?)
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Fully Engaged In My City
Are you fully engaged in your city? Do you look at the people in your city with love and compassion? If we want to truly impact our cities, then we must take advantage of the God-given opportunities to share God's love with those around us.
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Linked...In Love
Relationships are in essence the human economy. Everything in life boils down to relationships. Ironically, this area that is so central to every other area is probably the most difficult to navigate through. The great news is that God has created us for connection. God has created each and every one of us to be linked to one another through healthy relationships. In this three week series we will discover the key to staying linked, and a couple of issues that cause relational disconnect.
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The Church's Healing Ministry
Week 30 in the Vintage Jesus series. Preached by Lead Pastor Paul Vroom on November 16, 2008 at Missio Dei Church in Mokena, Illinois (www.mdchurch.us). Scripture from Mark 7:31 - 37.
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Joe the Prophet on Justice
God loves to show grace to unlikely people, and expects the same from us.
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My Church
People think a great church will just happen by accident – or it will be a sudden miracle. No, we are called to do some things if we are going to be a part of a great church. 12 Steps to making sure Christ is in charge of your church.
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Worship Fully
Pastor Scott Miller introduces a new way of approaching Christmas. Advent Conspiracy. This week he starts with the first of four parts, Worship Fully, focusing on Mathew 2 and Isaiah 9.
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Love, Mercy, and Justice Part 10 - The Series Finale - He Will Again Have Compassion on Us
What is your God like? It is not an easy question to answer not because God is unknowable (He is) but because God's qualities and characteristics are so immense in number. I mean, what do you emphasize? His love, mercy, justice, knowledge, knowability...the list goes on and on. I'm sure if we made a list of the attributes of God just from among you here, we would get a cross-section of all the things that God has shown about Himself coupled with all the things that we like to emphasize. For example, out church is named "Sovereign King" and it emphasizes two things: God is the King of all creation and He is Sovereign in rule over that creation allowing no one, not even you, to usurp His authority. Sometimes I wonder though, whether or not the God we worship is the God we communicate. One way or the other, we are always communicating something about God from our lives, our choices, and the way we react to certain things. Unfortunately, what we communicate is not always what we say we believe about God. As Micah mentions, the world watches our lives. When we suffer they wonder, "Where is your God?" But when we can earnestly say, "God is just in all He does," the nations repent in dust. We don't and cannot live perfect lives, but the way we react to sin and imperfections is a powerful testimony as to who God is. So if we say, God is just in all He does, then we need to be able to praise Him in the midst of pain and suffering. If we say God is loving, we better be loving. If we say God is the God of all comfort, we better be comforting. But the world scratches their head when we say, "God is merciful and forgive," but we are slow to forgive. The world scratches their head when we say God is just in all He does, but we only get around to giving Him praise when everything in our lives get better. No matter what we communicate though, God is communicating Himself to the world. Romans 1 makes it clear that by nature itself people know that there is a God. One can just look at the beauty and complexity of the cosmos and know that at least God is creator and He creates beauty. John 13:35 say that the world will know that we are God's disciples if we demonstrate love, so constantly the message of who God is, is communicated to the world. So again I ask, "What is your God like?" This Sunday at Sovereign King, as we close out our study of Micah, the prophet is going to answer that question. He is going to tell us who our God is and what He is like. The challenge for us will be to conform our thoughts, beliefs, and actions to the truths of who He is. Then we trust that God will use those things to bring the nations in.
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Revival in the City
God revives His people, restoring them to a normal spiritual experience. All Christians and churches experience times of spiritual entropy and apathy resulting in decline. In that distress, we are to remember God is a compassionate, covenant-keeping God and cry out to him, confessing our sin that He might restore us for the well-being of the city.
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Jesus is merciful
In the second week of "Jesus Is" series, guest teacher Mike Rayson helps us to see that Jesus is merciful and enters our pain and suffering with us.
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