Love is Longsuffering
Love is longsuffering because it is 1) A Quality of God, 2) Key to Relationships, 3) Curtails Selfishness. Each should be able to understand how being longsuffering will help us to love God and one another.
Tag: Patience
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Crossing the Jordan with the Ark of the Covenant
Crossing the Jordan river with the Ark of the Covenant teaches 1) Man’s Faith, 2) God’s Presence, 3) Man’s Patience, 4) God’s Faithfulness. To understand God’s instrument for bringing His people into the promised land and how it applies to us today. We must put our faith and trust in God if we hope to get to the promised land of heaven.
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A Mother’s Advice
A Mother’s advice is: 1) learn what it means to be principled, 2) listen to your mother and grandmother, 3) treasure every moment you have. This lesson is designed to teach and encourage our youth to live lives of wisdom as advised by mothers.
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Why Run the Race?
This lesson will discuss the three reasons the Hebrew writer gives for running the Christian race in Hebrews 12:1-11. This lesson is designed to encourage to brethren to run the race with patience.
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Being Patient Under Stress
Lack of patience can also cause us to use our tongues incorrectly saying things that we should not say. Sometimes a person may feel like he just must say something. He feels awkward when there is silence among others.
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Transforming to the Image of Christ
In this sermon, we will note that being a Christian requires a person to change his life. How do we do this? We must recognize: 1) Everyone Has Problems, 2) Our Past Does Not Define Us, 3) Winning Requires Effort, and 4) Transformation Takes Time. The hearer should be motivated to make changes in his or her life and to help others make changes in their lives as needed.
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Christian Graces – Love
To add agape love to our lives we must 1) Know and Believe Jesus, 2) Understand the Proper Place of Self, 3) See Others as God Sees Them. The listener should be able to understand how all the Christian Graces work together to promote agape love through Christ Jesus. This lesson is designed to show how the Christian Graces culminate in love and relate to Jesus and His life.
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God’s Word Helps Me to Endure Persecution
In this part of Psalm 119, we will see that God’s word helps me to endure persecution. God 1) hears my request for relief, 2) sees the relentlessness of the wicked, and 3) provides respite when I yield to His word. Each listener should take comfort in knowing that God hears, sees, and provides when His people are persecuted.
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The Importance of Hope
Hope is important because it gives us something 1) To Talk About, 2) To Work Toward, 3) To Hang Onto. Each should understand the importance of hope in the life of the Christian.
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Christian Graces – Patience
Patience (James 1:2-4) 1) Keeps Us Faithful, 2) Keeps Us Watching, 3) Keeps Us Working, 4) Brings Us Home to the Lord. Each person should practice this Christian grace.
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Studies in Daniel – God’s Punishments
Daniel 5 on God's punishments: the folly of feasting, fouling holy things, false idols, and forgetting history. Each person should learn these lessons and avoid them.
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Blessed Are They That Mourn
"Blessed are they that mourn" (Matthew 5:4): 1) Traits of Mourning, 2) Traits of Comfort, 3) Practical Lessons. Each person should see how mourning leads to comfort.
