Love Worth Finding | Audio Program

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: Galatians 5:22 Galatians 5:22 identifies peace as a quality included in the fruit of the Spirit. Peace is not the subtraction of problems from life; it is the addition of power to meet our problems. Sooner or later, we will find ourselves in a storm. But if we want to keep our peace in the midst of our storms, we must remember what God has promised to us now, in...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: Galatians 5:22 Happiness depends on external things, but joy is an inside job; it comes from within. As Christians, joy is one of our most attractive qualities. It is proof that what we have is real and satisfying. We’re implored to serve with gladness because joy lifts our burdens. Romans 5 reveals four ingredients to having joy. The first ingredient of joy is a...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: Galatians 5:19-23 Love isn’t a feeling or an emotion, and it doesn’t just happen. Love involves choice and conduct; we choose to love. The Bible reveals to us how to love and how to be loved. Galatians 5:19-23 describes the fruits of the Spirit—the attributes of a true Believer—the first one being love. 1 Corinthians 13 describes this godly, agape love: -Steadfas...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: Galatians 1:6-12 Man has three great enemies: sin, sorrow, and death. There is no answer to these problems apart from Jesus Christ. In Galatians 1:6, Paul questions why the Galatian church has deserted the Gospel of grace and followed a “different” Gospel. This specific, social gospel these believers bought into had to do with self-effort and good works. But the...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: Exodus 20:17 Exodus 20:17 reveals the final Commandment, which is, "You shall not covet..." God has given us a desire for love and happiness. It’s not wrong to want success or victory, nor is it wrong to acquire these things. Rather, this commandment warns against unlawful desires. Covetousness has an appetite that is never satisfied. Whether material possessions...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: Exodus 20:16 Exodus 20:16 reveals, "You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor." There is an alarming decline in basic honesty in our nation. We know more facts and believe less truth than ever before. As we choose between truth and consequences, we must consider three things about our witness. First, we must remember the liability of a false witness....

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: Exodus 20:15 Exodus 20:15 reveals the eighth commandment: “You shall not steal.” It seems that we have forgotten the basic rules of honesty. Any time we take anything that belongs to someone else or keep from someone the thing that we owe to them, we are guilty of stealing. There are three grand principles found in Ephesians 4:28, that we are to etch into the con...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: Exodus 20:14 The key to a magnificent marriage is found in Exodus 20:14, which reveals: “You shall not commit adultery.” As Christians, we have a responsibility to uphold this commandment, whether or not we’re married. The modern world tells us that the Ten Commandments, especially this one, are out of date and old-fashioned. Generations come and go, but the Ten...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: Exodus 20:13 Exodus 20:13 reveals the sixth commandment: “You shall not murder.” Life is God’s wonderful gift that we might choose to enjoy. Jesus is the great life-giver; He alone gives us physical, spiritual, and eternal life. John 10:10 says, “I have come that you might have life and have it abundantly.” And Adrian Rogers says, “With his body, a man knows the...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: Exodus 20:7 The Ten Commandments were given for our good and welfare because God wants our homes to be vital and victorious. Exodus 20:7 reveals the third commandment: "You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain." We’ve been instructed not to take the name above all names in vain;...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: Exodus 20:12 God created the nuclear family, but with the world in its current state, we may be tempted to ask ourselves: Has the nuclear family bombed? God gave us families for living, learning, and lasting; they are a little part of the Garden of Eden that we have carried with us. Adrian Rogers says, “When the home begins to decay, the nation begins to decay.”...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: Exodus 20:7 The Ten Commandments were given for our good and welfare because God wants our homes to be vital and victorious. Exodus 20:7 reveals the third commandment: "You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain." We’ve been instructed not to take the Name Above All Names in vain;...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: Exodus 20:4 The Ten Commandments are wonderful laws to live by, for all time, eternal and universal. When we build our families upon them, they become our strength. The first commandment tells us who to worship: “No other gods.” (Exodus 20:3) The second commandment tells us how to worship. Understanding this, we can begin learning family worship. First, we must h...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: Deuteronomy 5:6-6:12 Our families cannot survive apart from a moral base, which is why it takes God to make a home. God’s plan for the home is to be so super-charged with spiritual truth and godliness that these things will go from one generation to another. To do this, we must refer back to the timeless Ten Commandments found in Deuteronomy 5. The Ten Commandmen...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: Hebrews 10:36 We live in a society of instant gratification, so much so, most of us are out of the habit of waiting. But so many times, there is a waiting period between asking and receiving. This is why we must learn the virtue of patience. Hebrews 10:36 says, “For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promi...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: Titus 3:3-7 As Believers, this world is not our home; but while we’re on our way to glory, we are to demonstrate God’s grace to those around us. Titus 3 reveals the life we could have if we choose to live grace-filled lives. This passage recognizes our past guilt. We are sinners by birth, nature, and choice. Titus 3:3 says, “For we ourselves were also once foolis...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: Titus 2 The amazing grace of God is what writes our spiritual biographies. Titus 2:11-15 explains how God saved us, and brought us from grace to glory. First, this passage reminds us what grace brought: salvation. “For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men…” (Titus 2:11). Without Jesus, we are spiritually dead, separated from God. We are...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: 1 Corinthians 15:45 Death is a fact. People die suddenly, instantaneously, and in strange ways. But as believers, we have hope in Jesus Christ, who beat death and rose from the grave. 1 Corinthians 15 gives a picture of the day death died. This chapter first explains the sovereign majesty of our Redeemer. “For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be ma...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: Isaiah 53:1-12 There is only one Jesus; we exist to magnify Jesus through worship and the Word. Seven hundred years before Christ’s birth, the prophet Isaiah wrote about Jesus, the promised Messiah and Savior of the world. Isaiah 53 first prophesies Jesus’ Virgin Birth. “For He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant, and as a root out of dry ground...” (Isaia...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: Romans 12:6 A spiritual gift is not a natural talent; it is a supernatural ability from God. We must discover our spiritual gifts and be good stewards of what God has given us to use for His glory. Romans 12:6 says, “Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, let us use them…” If we want to discover what our spiritual gifts are, we mu...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: 1 Corinthians 13 In this wicked world, where darkness spreads and lawlessness abounds, love is a rare commodity. As children of the light, it is our responsibility to learn to love. In 1 Corinthians 13, the Apostle Paul explains why love is exceedingly valuable in our lawless age. First, love excels all other virtues, and without it, those virtues are meaningless...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: 1 Corinthians 12:1 As Christians, our desire should be that our lives count for Jesus. We were not meant to simply sit in church on Sundays and co-exist with other believers. As children of God, we are called to serve Him by serving one another with our spiritual gifts. 1 Corinthians 12:4-6 says, “There are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. There are dif...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: 1 Corinthians 12:12-18 The Body of Christ is not a building, it is not an establishment or an organization. It is a collection of believers with a mutual love for Jesus Christ and a desire to serve Him. Each of us is somebody in this Body of Believers. 1 Corinthians 12:12 says, “For as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of that one body, be...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: Romans 10:17-21 Adrian Rogers says, “Faith makes God’s grace available and real to us. Grace is God’s ability, and faith is man’s responsibility.” In the Kingdom of God, our faith is the measure of our victory and success. Our belief is our greatest spiritual asset and richest currency. Conversely, unbelief is our greatest stumbling block. This is why there is an...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: Romans 10:1-13 Some may think being saved is an old-fashioned concept, but salvation continues to be man’s greatest need. Romans 10 describes the necessity and timelessness of salvation. First, this passage reveals the freeness of salvation. “For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. For they being ignorant of God’s ri...