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God's universal love, the necessity of a personal response to grace, and the importance of holy living.
Key question: “How does this text call for a personal decision of faith and empower the believer to live a holy life?”
25,667 sermon illustrations through the Arminian/Wesleyan lens
Exodus 24:12-18 2:4-13 joins personal faith with practical holiness that touches neighbor and society—today, not someday.
Matthew 3:13-17 Hebrews 11:29-12:2, God’s love meets you before you’re ready—and strengthens you to say yes.
Colossians 2:6-15 calls for a real response—grace invites, but love must be chosen—today, not someday.
Matthew 4:12-23 Luke 14:1, 7-14 feels demanding, remember: love is demanding because it is real—today, not someday.
If 2 Corinthians 5:16-21 feels demanding, remember: love is demanding because it is real—today, not someday.
1 Peter 1: By prevenient grace, it invites a real response that grows into holy love.
Luke 21:5-19 2 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12, God’s love meets you before you’re ready—and strengthens you to say yes.
Psalm 72:1-7, 10-14 19:1-10 challenges spiritual passivity—grace is not an excuse to stay unchanged—today, not someday.
Luke 12:49-56 joins personal faith with practical holiness that touches neighbor and society—today, not someday.
If Isaiah 55:10-13 feels demanding, remember: love is demanding because it is real—today, not someday.
2 Timothy 1:1-14 joins personal faith with practical holiness that touches neighbor and society—today, not someday.
1 Corinthians 2:1-16 12:32-40 joins personal faith with practical holiness that touches neighbor and society—today, not someday.
Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10 whispers hope: prevenient grace is already at work, drawing you toward life.
2 Corinthians 5: By prevenient grace, it doesn’t flatter us—invites a real response that grows into holy love.
In Luke 19:1-10, God’s love meets you before you’re ready—and strengthens you to say yes.
Habakkuk 2: By prevenient grace, it meets us gently—invites a real response that grows into holy love.
Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24 Psalm 80:1-2, 8-19, God’s love meets you before you’re ready—and strengthens you to say yes.
Isaiah 1:1, 10-20 invites a next step: repentance today, obedience tomorrow, love always—today, not someday.
John 1:29-42 65 joins personal faith with practical holiness that touches neighbor and society—today, not someday.
Mark 16:1-8 reminds weary hearts that God is near and grace meets us here.
Isaiah 58:1-12 Jeremiah 8:18-9:1 feels demanding, remember: love is demanding because it is real—today, not someday.
Isaiah 49:1-7 1:1-6 refuses cheap assurance; genuine faith bears fruit in holiness—today, not someday.
Matthew 1:18-25 18:9-14 joins personal faith with practical holiness that touches neighbor and society—today, not someday.
Micah 6: By prevenient grace, it meets us gently—invites a real response that grows into holy love.