Sermons About Glory
Working With The Father
God’s heart from the beginning has been to share the relationship of the Godhead with His creation (mankind); that we would walk with HIM in HIS DIVINE PURPOSE God created a context for us to experience and know Him (IN relationship with a counter part man & woman & in relationship with God; IN kingdom life-stewardship)
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The Prayer for His Glory
The Apostle Paul moves naturally from praise to prayer. The follower of Jesus Christ today must do so as well. Paul's urgency in prayer is a motivator for the church today while the contents of Paul's prayer make it clear that he wanted the church to have a fuller understanding of the incomparably great power of God. Paul teaches that this power was displayed most prominently in the resurrection and exaltation of Jesus. Today Jesus sits in the place of honor and authority over every competing entity for the sake of the church. This is an amazing comfort to us in our uncertainty and a great motivator to prayer.
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The Praise of Jesus
Introduction: One thought.....lingered in my mind with something of comfort and more of awe....."He has been here today, and no doubt will come again"; and mentally repeating these words as one regretfully meditating on a vanished vision, I awoke and it was a dream. No, it was not a dream. It was a vision of the deepest reality, a miniature of actual ministry. - Dr. A.J. Gordon
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To the Praise of His Glory
In the opening sermon of this series, we looked at the Apostle Paul's spontaneous outburst of praise when contemplating the work of the triune God in creating a people for His own glory. The three persons of the Trinity were at work - the Father electing, the Son redeeming, and the Spirit sealing - all to build a new community, the church, which would exist for the glory of God.
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God is Creator, Part 1
God created EVERYTHING out of nothing. For His pleasure. For His glory. And it was very good.
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One Picture is Worth 1,000 Words
Whether "never-married", divorced, widowed or otherwise "single-again", over 40% of the North America adult population is single. When the church teaches and emphasizes the critical role of the "family", we often forget to talk to this huge population who are not currently married. While the Bible upholds the sanctity of marriage and promotes a healthy family life as the key unit of society, it also has much encouragement to individuals who are not married. The unique contribution that a single person can give for the glory of God makes it a life worth celebrating and exploiting. Rather than seeing singleness as "2nd best", can we celebrate the gifts and opportunities God gives to those who are doing life "solo?" Key Passage: 1 Corinthians 7:32
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Galatians 1.1-5: The Gospel of Grace and Peace
Paul tells us in Galatians 5.1, It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery As Paul writes to the Galatians there is something important at stake. It is freedom. True freedom was being attacked in his day and it is being attacked in our day as well. We must lift up Jesus, who is the freedom giver. The cross of Christ is the only way one can experience true freedom and the Spirit of Christ is the only way one can live out God's aim and mission. Over the next few months we will look at God's desire of freedom through the book of Galatians. We will see what God has done to make freedom possible, we will see the message of freedom and see how one who is truly free lives. Our prayer is that nothing would hold you back from living out God's aim and mission. Our prayer is that you would be free and therefore live a life of freedom.
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God is Sovereign
God is great and God is good! He sees through the narrow lens - He hates sin and hurts with and for us, but at the same time, He sees through the wide lens of all time. He is all about His own ultimate glory and His own purposes. What we can see is the broken, discolored pieces of our lives. We need to trust in the sovereignty of God, that He will work the pieces into a God-glorifying work of art. A beautiful mosaic.
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Shotgun Glory
The contrast of the disciples vying for glory in the coming Kingdom of God versus the humility of the blind beggar, asking to be redeemed to sight.
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The Heavens Declare the Glory of God
The physics of the universe agree with the scriptures in displaying God’s great glory. The historical names of stars and constellations reflect the gospel.
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Let us go to him
The conclusion of the Book of Hebrews? Let us go to HIM. Who is HIM... the subject of the book. Jesus Christ. A call to feast on Jesus, to enjoy him, to suffer for him.
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Finding God In Times Of Emotional Trauma & Confusion
Pastor gives us a guide to staying on the right track amidst some of the difficulties of life.
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Finding God In Times Of Emotional Trauma & Confusion
Pastor gives us a guide to staying on the right track amidst some of the difficulties of life.
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Will Your Faith Stand The Integrity Test?
Dick Dungan of Rejoice Ministries brings a Word concerning our relationship with Our Beloved Pastor George and he also shares a sermon on Will Your Faith Stand The Integrity Test? Podcast Legend: 00:00 – 38:15 – Worship 38:16 – 43:20 – Pastor George prays 43:21 – 44:48 – Cookie brings a Word 44:49 – 50:55 – Pastor George’s radio preview 50:56 – 52:47 – Various announcements 52:48 – 1:08:15 – Betty speaks then Cindi & Pastor pray with her 1:08:16 – 1:31:02 - Dick Dungan brings a Word concerning Our Beloved pastor George 1:30:03 – 1:53:30 – Dick Dungan of Rejoice Ministries shares on “Will Your Faith Stand The Integrity Test?” 1:53:31 – 2:03:42 – Closing Worship & Benediction
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Will Your Faith Stand The Integrity Test?
Dick Dungan of Rejoice Ministries brings a Word concerning our relationship with Our Beloved Pastor George and he also shares a sermon on Will Your Faith Stand The Integrity Test? Podcast Legend: 00:00 – 38:15 – Worship 38:16 – 43:20 – Pastor George prays 43:21 – 44:48 – Cookie brings a Word 44:49 – 50:55 – Pastor George’s radio preview 50:56 – 52:47 – Various announcements 52:48 – 1:08:15 – Betty speaks then Cindi & Pastor pray with her 1:08:16 – 1:31:02 - Dick Dungan brings a Word concerning Our Beloved pastor George 1:30:03 – 1:53:30 – Dick Dungan of Rejoice Ministries shares on “Will Your Faith Stand The Integrity Test?” 1:53:31 – 2:03:42 – Closing Worship & Benediction
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Philippians 1:18b-26 - A Certain Confidence
Paul puts the Gospel first in ministry because for him to life is Christ and to die is gain. Everyone lack confidence but when it comes to the worship of God a lack of confidence is either from sinfulness or ignorance. Why do we cherish or treasure things that don’t make God great? Paul’s answer was that we center our living on the false, fake, limited, and/or powerless things. For Paul Christian ministry must get back to a cross Center life that gives the greatest confidence. This Cross centered worship give us confidence that results from 1) Confidence in the Final vindication (18b-20), 2) Confidence in Life or death (21-24), and 3) Confidence for ministry to others (25-26). Focusing on the cross in Gospel worship gives us confidence that we will be vindicated in the last judgment. It did not matter what other did to him, he was on a ultimate mission. No matter what postmoderns say today, we can have certainty about things even thought knowledge of reality may sometimes be partial. It is ludicrous to say that you are certain that you are not certain. You don’t have to be omniscient to be certain about reality because our resources are outside of our selves – i.e. revelation and the supply of the Holy Spirit. Personal conversion and commitment are what is needed to the revelation that is given to supply our certainty. Confidence for Paul also came because of how he value life and death as profit for him. It did not matter because for Paul the apex of his values in his life and worship was Christ alone. Worship that brings confidence is radically God-centered, radically satisfying, and radically an end in itself. This freed Paul to have confidence to minister to others and it will give a great confidence to.
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Something About George
We all miss Our Beloved Pastor George, each of us in our own way. Steve brings a unique message, dealing with a few of his qualities and how we each have, or can have those same qualities in our own life. Remember, you must move on and live your life in God's will.
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Something About George
We all miss Our Beloved Pastor George, each of us in our own way. Steve brings a unique message, dealing with a few of his qualities and how we each have, or can have those same qualities in our own life. Remember, you must move on and live your life in God's will.
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To God Be the Glory
Part 3 Malachi 1:6 "To God Be the Glory" In this second message from God through Malachi we are told of: 1. A Special Relationship God speaks of his people as: * Sons * Servants As a result of this relationship God's people hold a: * High position * Holy position 2. A Serious Rebuke This rebuke involved a: * Relationship that had been dishonored * Revelation of God that had been despised 3. A Sad Response This response was a result of: * Hard hearts * Hypocritical hearts
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God Is Faithful! The Drought Is Over!
We had a time of sharing this week. It's always great to hear what God is doing in our midst and in our community.
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God Is Faithful! The Drought Is Over!
We had a time of sharing this week. It's always great to hear what God is doing in our midst and in our community.
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Beyond Pride
As St. Luke's embarks to break ground on a permanent facility for worship, Pastor Jason challenges us to take the example of Gideon's army. With small numbers and impossible odds, the spirit of God enabled them to gain victory so God could have the glory. No credit is due us--we can only accomplish what God gives us power to accomplish.
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The Church Meeting Its Purpose, part 3
Third part of a series in Ephesians about the church's purpose of representing Jesus and giving Him glory
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Be Thou My Vision
May this be our prayer as believers everyday to see the through the eyes of Christ the glory of God displayed in his own glorious power...
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The Great Reality
The first three lines of the Lord's prayer offer us a great test to examine our understanding of the resurrection.
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Jesus: The Living One
John's description of what he saw provides us with first hand knowledge of the risen Christ in His kingdom - the Revelation of the title. We look at John's description of the glorified risen Jesus; at how John reacts to this sight and at how Jesus describes himself. We close by considering how we should react to this new and awe-inspiring understanding.
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Crowns, Kings and Things
Readings of the Passion of Christ by members of the Trinity Worship Band begin the Good Friday Service and set the stage for Pastor Mark Neumann's sermon about Kings. The sermon is titled Crowns, Kings, and Things and discusses the glory, gold and girls that kings seem to have around them. The painting titled 'The Two Crowns' by Sir Frank Dicksee provides a visual backdrop that highlights the power of the King of Kings.
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If We are Silent the Rocks Will Cry Out
This Palm Sunday message touches on our savior entering Jerusalem on a donkey. He will someday return as a conquering king. Is your life giving praise to him? The heavens declare the glory of God. If we are silent the rocks will cry out. What a privilege to worship the God of the universe. Are you silent?
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Acceptance and Rejection
There is a distinction between suffering and rejection. If Jesus only suffered, he would have been no different than an honored hero - a Martin Luther King, Jr., or a 9-11 firefighter. But he didn't just suffer. He was also rejected. Welcome to God's peculiar plan in which glory emerges in rejection.
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The Cross: A Response to Thievery
Week 3 in The Cross series. Preached by Lead Pastor Paul Vroom on March 9, 2008 at Missio Dei Church in Mokena, Illinois (www.mdchurch.us). Key Scripture from Romans 11:22.
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The Cross: Glory Thieves
Week 1 in The Cross series. Preached by Lead Pastor Paul Vroom on February 24, 2008 at Missio Dei Church in Mokena, Illinois (www.mdchurch.us). Scripture from Romans 11:33 - 36.
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God's Mystery Revealed
The hope of God's glory is the mystery that has been kept hidden for ages and generations. This mystery is shown to the world through us.
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God's Glory Alone
We need to stop robbing God of His glory and recognize that He has given us every spiritual blessing for the praise of His glorious grace.
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An Awful Church full of Awful People (Exodus 24:12-18)
What does the glory of the Lord look like? Do we see the same thing when we approach God? Are we supposed to see things differently? Is God's glory loud and magnificent, or soft and barely noticeable?
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Death Changes Everything
As the Teacher wrestles with the meaning of life, he is confronted with the ways in which death changes the way we look at life.
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The Radical Generosity of God
The Incarnation reveals to us the Radical Generosity of God and calls us into a life of radical generosity.
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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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The Glory of God
It is a pleasure and a privilege to have Jesse and Clare Mason minister at First Love again. This sermon is about the Glory of God and how we are vessels of it.
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I Am Not Ashamed of the Gospel Pt 2
Are you sharing the full Gospel story? Dr. Bill Jones takes a tour through the Mosaic law in order to develop a fuller understanding of the Gospel. Dr Jones goes on to explain the dynamics of developing a relationship with God that will result in a passion for God's glory and missions.
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I Am Not Ashamed of the Gospel Pt 1
Are you sharing the full Gospel story? Dr. Bill Jones takes a tour through the Mosaic law in order to develop a fuller understanding of the Gospel. Dr Jones goes on to explain the dynamics of developing a relationship with God that will result in a passion for God's glory and missions.
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Declare the Glory of God
Opening the Missions Conference is keynote speaker Dr Bill Jones. Dr Jones explains that the first priority of the church is to worship and glorify God. Missions is all about the glory of god. When there is passion for God's glory there will be a passion for missions.
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John 3:22-36 - This is Jesus: The Supreme Son of God
There are two root desires at the heart of the universe that are in opposition to one another and have been at war ever since the fall of Satan and the fall of Man: * Jealousy for the glory of God – the great desire to see that God receives all the glory and honor and praise that is rightfully his. * Jealousy of the glory of God – the great desire to have for oneself the glory that God alone deserves.
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Ezekiel Restoration Will Come
God is a God of great Glory, God is a God of hope, God is a God of Grace,God is a God of Restoration. Are you dry? Are in you need of restoration? God can restore you just as he promised to do for Israel.
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The Preeminence Of Christ
An exposition on the mission statement of Calvary Community Church. We exist to glorify God and enjoy him forever.
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The Chief End Of Man
An exposition on the mission statement of Calvary Community Church. We exist to glorify God and enjoy him forever.
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Going Multiethnic Is God's Idea
Going multiethnic stems from the mind of Christ. It is not optional--it is a mandate. In John 17 Jesus prays for the unity of those that were to become believers later on and desired that they be with Him in heaven to see His glory. Rev. 5 gives a glimpse of the makeup of this group--very multiethnic--every tribe and language and people and nation. At the beginning of civilization right after the flood, God intentionally confused language and scattered people all over the earth. The Great commission in Matthew 28 instructs us to make disciples of all nations. God gets more glory from the unity of believers the more diverse and multiethnic they are. He is a God that scatters and a God that gathers.
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The Betrayal of Jesus (Mark 14:43 - 15:15)
We see in this passage a sharp contrast between Jesus and everyone else -- Judas, the disciples, the Sanhedrin, and Pilate. The fear and sin of others are on full display, but Jesus's glory and his confident trust in his Father are also clear. Jesus's suffering is the answer for the disciples' sin, and our own.
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