Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 6, 2009
PAINE’S EGO
Thomas Paine was an influential writer at the birth of our nation. He wrote "The Age of Reason." In his book, he called the substitutionary death of Christ on the cross an "invention." He claimed his book would replace the reading of the Bible.
Of course, you’ve all read his book,
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 14, 2002
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HAIRDO’S AND EGO
A friend of mine who teaches Bible school had her straight hair permed in to a curly style. One morning she noticed that 4 yr. old Jack, who was usually cheerful, looked sad and bewildered. "Is something wrong, Jack?" Jenny asked him.
"Your hair," he mumbled.
"You noticed!"
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
The great corrupter of public man is the ego.... Looking at the mirror distracts
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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"You have an ego a consciousness of being an individual. But that doesn't mean that you are to worship yourself, to think
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
One of the surest ways to bolster your ego is suddenly to find a simple solution to what you always
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 7, 2004
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As David Lieberman explains, “Self-esteem and Ego are inversely related—when one goes up, the other goes down…a person with low self-esteem is highly sensitive…The greater our self-esteem, the less hurt we feel when someone is disrespectful.”
• You can see how important this is to church life;
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Denomination:
Independent/Bible
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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"Power in the hand of lack of knowledge, inexperience and ego is
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Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Apr 13, 2004
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This is one may surprise you. “The 3rd most common mistake is the buying and selling of cars,” as Ron Blue says. Why? The buying and selling of cars plays right into pride and ego. When pride and ego get involved, logic goes out the window. Someone has said, “Logic and automobile purchases do not
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Denomination:
Pentecostal
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2007
"The whole idea that children should be seen and not heard is archaic. Young people are not extensions of our
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
No man has learned the meaning of life until he has surrendered his ego to
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Self - I have an acrostic which I came up this week for SELF:
S = Serving
E = Ego
L = Living
F = Foolishly
EGO is:
E = Edging
G = God
O = Out
This is what self always does - it pushes God out of focus and places self as “uno” number one to be served and to be appeased. Servant leaders are
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Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
"People want to be appreciated, not impressed. They want to be regarded as human beings, not as mere sounding boards for other peoples egos. They want to be treated as an end in
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 1, 2008
Sometime when you’re feeling important,
Sometimes when your ego’s way up;
Sometime when you take it for granted
That you are the prize-winning “pup”;
Sometime when you feel that your absence
Would leave an unfillable hole,
Just follow these simple instructions,
And see how it humbles your
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Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Jul 11, 2007
Beware of pride. I would put it first in the list of the seven deadly sins. It produces independence, rebellion and self-will. It leads to all the other sins. It makes on think, as Lucifer did, that he is more important than God.
Sometime when you’re feeling important,
Sometimes when your ego’s
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Denomination:
Pentecostal
Contributed by John Harvey on May 30, 2006
“Everyone eventually surrenders to something or someone. If not to God, you will surrender to the opinions or expectations of others, to money, to resentment, to fear, or to your own pride, lusts, or ego. You were designed to worship God—and if you fail to worship him, you will create other things
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Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2006
How people ’feel’ about your cause will determine how they will respond to your appeal. Dean Rieck, President of Direct Creative, Columbus, OH cites these top 11 emotions for fundraisers.
Altruism Anger Beliefs
Compassion Ego
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