Sermon Central
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Faith For The Real World
Contributed by Tim Huie on Apr 4, 2008 (message contributor)
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1. How To Profit From Your Problems
Contributed on Apr 4, 2008
James tells us that God does good things for the Christian during the bad times of life.
HOW TO PROFIT FROM YOUR PROBLEMS JAMES 1: 2- 11 1. Illus. of Patricia Christy. •Probably never heard of Patricia Christy, but she is a woman who found out the hard way that you can’t run away from the problems of life. After Hurricane Andrew devastated Florida in 1992, this South Florida ...read more
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2. How To Tame Temptation
Contributed on Apr 5, 2008
While we will never be pefect, we can learn to avoid sin by controlling temptation
HOW TO TAME TEMPTATION JAMES 1: 12-16 1. Illus. of Cliff Head of a charitable organization who handled hundreds of thousands of $$$ each year. Unexpected audit turned up the fact that he had embezzled thousands of $$$ Wife told him, “you’ve broken my heart, ...read more
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3. The Sermon On The Mouth
Contributed on Apr 8, 2008
James talks about the many reasons we should control our speech.
MANAGING YOUR MOUTH! James 3:1-12 1. Illus. of Mom and cell phone • On way to Gatlinburg decided to make a call to her new daughter-in-law. • Got the answering machine, so she left a short message. • After she hung up the cell phone, she started giving daughter-in-law “down the country” to ...read more
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4. How To Increase Your Credibility
Contributed on Apr 13, 2008
Christians can maximize their credibility by engaging in key Christian behaviors.
1. Illus. of waitress • Christian man went into restaurant. Paid his bill with a $20 bill. When waitress brought him his change, she brought $10 too much. • When he called her back to table and brought this to her attention, she said, “I know. I was watching church service on television the other ...read more
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5. Conflict In The Church
Contributed on Apr 14, 2008
Church conflict takes many forms, but most church conflict has one root cause... ungodly wisdom at work in the body of Christ.
1. Illus. of Danny C’s church • Talked with a guy about his church. He was high on his church. He couldn’t have been more excited about fellowship and what was going on there! • Then he made a strange statement. He said, “We have a unique ministry here. Most of our members are people who had just ...read more
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6. How To Experience Supernatural Christianity
Contributed on Apr 14, 2008
James tells his readers how to move from "ho-hum" Christianity to supernatural living.
1. Illus. of phone call • When my friend asked me what I was doing, I replied, “you know- just the same old same old.” • When he asked what that meant, I said, “nothing tragic, nothing tremendous, just the same old same old!” 2. You might say, “pastor, you’ve just described my walk with God. I ...read more
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7. How To Respond To The Will Of God
Contributed on Apr 14, 2008
God has a will for our lives. The question is, how will we respond to that will?
1. Illus. of man on motorcycle (Getting Down To Brass Tacks, pages 137-138) • Punchline- “I’m going home…. if it’s the Lord’s will!” 2. I want to talk to: • That Christian who I struggling to stay in God’s will, and wondering if it was all worth it. James has a word for you/ • That Christian ...read more