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I Was In Prison Series

Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Sep 21, 2015

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7th and last in this series. Concept borrowed from Tim Cook, a fellow preacher. A study of Matthew 25 and how the Church can put it into practice.

Intro: Did you see the figures at the start of services today? They’ll be in the newsletter too: • 3,030 pounds of food collected and delivered to RRM • $3,476.99 given to put a well in India. It’s actually enough to almost do 2! • 210 letters, 19 pictures with ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 25:31-46

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ
I Wasn’t Built To Be A Prisoner

Contributed by Teddy Walker on Jul 12, 2020

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Sometimes we become prisoners to the things God has set us free from

Isaiah 61 1 The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; 2 To proclaim the acceptable year of ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 61:1-4, John 8:36

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
You Built A Prison, And Became The Prisoner?

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Apr 8, 2008

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Contentions are like bars and can become a prison. Do you find faults incessantly? Are you quarrelsome, mean-spirited, cranky, nagging, and habitually pushing those you love away?

YOU BUILT A PRISON AND YOU ARE THE PRISONER? CONTENTIOUS: PUSHING AWAY! SHORT FUSE? By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com I do this lesson in two parts, TEXT: Proverbs 18:19 A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle. ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 18:19

Denomination: Assembly Of God
Prisoners Of Fear

Contributed by Mark Roper on Nov 20, 2007

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Many are held as prisoners because of fear!

Prisoners of Fear Psalm 27:1 Many are held as prisoners because of fear! Shohoiya Yokowai spent 28 years of his life in prison. It was not a prison of bars & locks & wardens, but a self-imposed prison of fear. He was a Japanese soldier on the island of Guam during WW2. And when the American ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 27:1

Denomination: Church Of God
Debtor's Prison Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Nov 17, 2002

based on 67 ratings
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What can we learn from the story of the Prodigal Son about dealing with debt?

OPEN: I have a quiz for your today (I found this at two different sermoncentral sermons and I don’t know who to it credit to): 1. Ellen is 30 years old. She has a $3,500 balance on her Citibank credit card at 18% interest. She makes the minimum payment each month. How old will she be when her ...read more

Scripture: Luke 15:11-24

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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The Prison Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 18, 2010

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The Prison of Bitterness Because we live in a world full of people that don’t know grace. It’s foreign to them. They don’t know it. And if they don’t hear about it and experience it from the body of Christ, they will never know it. I first learned of this story from Max Lucado. Each week Kevin ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 4:31-32

Tags: Bitterness
Prison Population

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2008

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PRISON POPULATION The Pew Charitable Trust reports that by 2011 the U.S. prison population will grow 12% retain, 1.7 million men and women and cost American taxpayers an additional $27.5 billion. That’s more than the population of Atlanta, Baltimore and Denver combined. Every year ...read more

Tags: Sin General
Humaita Prison

Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Oct 3, 2009

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HUMAITA PRISON Charles Colson, Director of Prison Fellowship and former Counsel to the President of the United States Richard Nixon, who himself went to prison as a result of the Watergate affair wrote this: "Humaita Prison in Brazil is a remarkable place. Almost twenty years ago, it was a ...read more

Tags: Atonement

Denomination: Anglican
You Are The Prisoner! PRO

Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Jan 22, 2014

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YOU ARE THE PRISONER! One of the greatest quotes you will ever read on forgiveness comes from Lewis Smedes: "To forgive is to set a prisoner free.......and ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 50:1-10

Tags: Forgiveness, Freedom, Bitterness, Unforgiveness

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Creative Prisoner

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jul 6, 2021

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An old farmer wrote to his son in prison: “This year I wont be able to plant potatoes because I can’t dig the field. I know if you were here you would help me.” The son wrote back:”Dad don’t even think of digging the field because that’s where I buried the money I stole.” Police read the letter and ...read more

Tags: Remote Work, Creativity, Solution, Cunning

Denomination: Independent/Bible

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Prisoners Of Self: Incessant Autobiography In The Smartphone Age

By Tony Reinke on Jul 21, 2022

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The man doting over a smartphone screen, scrolling through media with his fingertips, is like a gorilla meticulously picking out little bugs from his own hair. That was the subversive quip of anthropologist Thomas de Zengotita.

Scripture: Isaiah 14:12-13, Job 1:7, Job 2:2, Luke 10:18, 1 Peter 5:8, Revelation 12:9 (view more) (view less)

Tags: Vanity, Technology, Appearance, Selfishness, social media, Cell Phone, Self Centeredness (view more) (view less)
Does Your Preaching Reach All The Senses?

By Bob Hostetler on Aug 5, 2021

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Break free from the prison of the auditory. You can reach all five senses.

Scripture: Luke 12:1-3

Tags: Preaching, teach, Five Senses, auditory