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  • Christianity Is Not Devotion To Work, Or To A ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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    "Christianity is not devotion to work, or to a cause, or a doctrine, but devotion to a ...read more

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  • The Fruit Of The Spirit Is Not The Work Of The ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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    The fruit of the Spirit is not the work of the believer. It is the work of Christ in his soul... That is being done in him and through him by the Lord Himself. It may be noted that the apple grows on the apple tree; the orchard owner does not ...read more

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  • There Is Time For Work. And There Is Time For ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    There is time for work. And there is time for love. That ...read more

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  • It Was Not The Matter Of The Work, But The Mind ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
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    "It was not the matter of the work, but the mind that went into it, that countedand the man who was not content to do small ...read more

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  • Value In Work, Or Motherhood?  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on May 1, 2005
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    VALUE IN WORK, OR MOTHERHOOD? In a May 2005 report, USA Today says mothers enjoy their work as mothers, but they would like to feel more valued. 1 in 5 mother’s who took the survey say they feel less valued by society since becoming a mother. The survey was conducted by the University of ...read more

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  • Hard Work Is Worth It

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2009
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    HARD WORK IS WORTH IT The story is told of a nursery worker about to plant a number of young saplings, some straight and some crooked, thus reasoned with himself – "These straight saplings will no doubt grow up to be fine trees without much attention on my part; but I will see if, by proper ...read more

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  • Work Completed In Due ...

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 28, 2009
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    WORK COMPLETED IN DUE SEASON Adoniram Judson clearly was appointed by the Holy Spirit to minister the Word of God to the heathen. He reached Calcutta in the summer of 1812, ready to preach the Gospel, however was given orders to get out. He was saddened and could not understand how an effectual ...read more

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  • All That Work For What?

    Contributed by Tim White on Jun 19, 2009
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    ALL THAT WORK FOR WHAT? In November 1975, 75 convicts started digging a secret tunnel designed to bring them up at the other side of the wall of Saltillo Prison in northern Mexico. On April 18, 1976, guided by pure genius, they tunneled up into the nearby courtroom in which many of them ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Cleaning Is Hard Work

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Jun 20, 2009
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    CLEANING IS HARD WORK When I was in Bible College. Fridays were not fun. Those were the nights we had "work sections." You heard me -- "work sections." We changed out of our holy threads to work-clothes and started cleaning the College, from scrubbing potatoes to scrubbing floors. And none of this ...read more

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    Denomination: Salvation Army

  • Fruitfulness As God's Work  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Jul 24, 2009
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    FRUITFULNESS AS GOD’S WORK A few years ago, the Associated Press released a study done by an agricultural school in Iowa. It reported that production of 100 bushels of corn from one acre of land, in addition to the many hours of the farmer’s labor, required 4,000,000 pounds of water, 6,800 pounds ...read more

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  • Christ Maintains The Work

    Contributed by Rickey Bennett on Aug 16, 2009
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    CHRIST MAINTAINS THE WORK This truth is pictured in the book Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan. There’s a scene in which Christian is taken into a room by the Interpreter, who is explaining various truths to him. Here is the scene. (I’ve smoothed out some of the King James English in a couple ...read more

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  • Faith Without Works

    Contributed by Chris Surber on Sep 4, 2009
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    FAITH WITHOUT WORKS As a Marine Sergeant, there were many times when I helped out the young troops in my charge with various sorts of favors. Sometimes I was the local financial aid officer, assisting a young Marine in between pay days with the money necessary for a car insurance payment. ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

  • Working Late In The Cemetery  PRO

    Contributed by Dean Courtier on Oct 29, 2009
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    WORKING LATE IN THE CEMETERY Late one dark night, two men were walking home after a party. They were tired and desperate to get home, so they decided to take a shortcut through a cemetery. They got to about the middle of the graveyard, and they were startled and stopped moving. There was a ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • God Works In Tranquility

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 13, 2010
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    GOD WORKS IN TRANQUILITY Fuss and feverishness, anxiety, intensity, intolerance, instability, pessimism and wobble, and every kind of hurry and worry--these, even on the highest levels, are signs of the self-made and self-acting soul; the spiritual parvenu. The saints are never like that. They ...read more

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  • Revival Is The Workings Of God.

    Contributed by David Tack on Sep 19, 2010
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    Revival is the workings of God. Faithfulness to the ordinary with expectations to the extraordinary should be considered when dealing with the astounding workings of our miraculous God. By ordinary I mean: Bible preaching, prayer, and evangelism are fundamental necessities. Faithfulness in these ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Work For The Glory Of God

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Oct 20, 2010
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    Mark is a young businessman who does business in China. Each time he has gone to China, he has asked God to reveal to him whom he might speak to on behalf of Jesus. What might happen if every one of you went to work praying for God to reveal to him whom he might speak to on behalf of Jesus. You’re ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Works-Driven Rituals

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 4, 2011
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    WORKS-DRIVEN RITUALS Every year a great throng of people make pilgrimage to the Shrine of Guadalupe in Mexico, a site where supposedly the Virgin Mary once stood...however unlikely that is. They go there hoping to get her attention, and to get her to intervene for them with her son Jesus. They ...read more

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  • The Hard Work Of Farming

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 9, 2011
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    THE HARD WORK OF FARMING I was raised in town and not on a farm. However, in 1969 I moved to a small farming town in Iowa called Bayard. It’s about 65 miles northeast of Des Moines, IA. And that’s where I began to learn a little about farming and harder work than I was used to! I had some grain ...read more

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  • Wasting Time At Work

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 19, 2012
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    WASTING TIME AT WORK For many American workers today, time’s a wastin’ - literally. According to a new survey by America Online and Salary.com, the average worker admits to frittering away 2.09 hours per 8-hour workday, not including lunch and scheduled break-time. As a matter of practice, ...read more

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  • I Work For Christ.

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Sep 6, 2012
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    "I WORK FOR CHRIST." Howard Hendricks, sat in a plane that was delayed for takeoff. After a long wait, the passengers became more and more irritated. Hendricks noticed how gracious one of the flight attendants was as she spoke with them. After the plane finally took off, he told the flight ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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