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Light In The Darkness Series

Contributed by Doug Johnston on Jun 7, 2001

based on 29 ratings

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Instead of hiding our eyes from God’s light, we should approach it and take it for our own use and to light the lives of others.

Living in darkness: Seen by unclean acts [here, primarily immoral] (1-5) Makes one an object of God’s wrath [active punishment] (6) Joining with disobedient people (7) Is a description of a believer’s former condition (8) We must light the darkness we live in. Approach God’s Light (8-13) As a ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:6-17

Denomination: Baptist

Living A Life Of Love Series

Contributed by Tom Fuller on Apr 25, 2005

based on 19 ratings

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How we act and how we speak to each other really does matter to God. You may be just mirroring what you see people doing and saying around you - but is it right?

The cover story of the September 14th issue of Newsweek magazine is very revealing about our culture today. The story is entitled: "How to say no to your kids." What I found interesting wasn’t the tips of saying "no" but on why it’s so hard for parents to do it. Some statistics jump off the ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:1-20

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

The Past Of A Believer Series

Contributed by Bob Briggs on Nov 28, 2005

based on 8 ratings

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We need to remember where we came from so we don’t go back again

The older we get, the more we seem to reminisce about the “good old days.” The Beatles had a song called “Yesterday” where they sang of bygone days where all their troubles seemed so far away yet, the reality is, there is usually sometime in everyone’s past that was not so good, something ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:8-14

Denomination: Pentecostal

Living A G-Rated Life In An R-Rated World

Contributed by Darryl Klassen on Oct 27, 2005

based on 26 ratings

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I borrowed the title from a Sermoncentral contributor because it was so good. But the rest of this sermon deals with sexual immorality and how the Christian needs to walk in a sexually darkened world.

LIVING A G-RATED LIFE IN AN R-RATED WORLD Let me tell you about a couple I have become familiar with, Josh and Jerusha. These two grew up together in the same neighborhood, you could say. Actually, Josh was a few years older than Jerusha and had the pleasure of watching Jerusha grow from an ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:3-14

Denomination: Mennonite

Reflections On Halloween

Contributed by Chris Tiller on Oct 31, 2005

based on 18 ratings

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How does a Christian deal with Halloween in a way that glorifies God?

Halloween can be a troubling holiday. Many of us carry fond memories of Halloweens long ago, back when we were growing up. Many of us remember it as innocent fun—a special day just for children. I remember dressing up in silly costumes and going door to door begging for candy. When I was ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:8-14

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Fruit Doesn't Grow In The Dark

Contributed by David Sorn on Nov 5, 2005

based on 11 ratings

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We must continually draw close to the Lord of Light because He is the one who produces fruit in our life.

INTRODUCTION Who’s afraid of the dark? Who’s ever been afraid of the dark? I was. Yep, that’s right. I had a nightlight too. Anybody have a nightlight? I had one of those really cool care bear ones. Wish Bear to be exact. Did you ever stop and think why people have nightlights? I mean, ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:8-10

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Biblical Marriage Under Fire

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jan 25, 2006

based on 9 ratings

| 6,498 views

Marriage is under attack today from secular society and we as Christians must expose the fruitless deeds of darkness and fight for the preservation of the Biblical marriage and family unit.

Biblical Marriage Under Attack On the lighter side of life: From the book: Wacky Laws, Weird Decisions and Strange Statues, Main Street publishers. Marriage and Family laws: a. It’s against the law for children under the age of seven to go to college in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. b. Although ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:1-33

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Walk As Children Of Light

Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Sep 12, 2001

based on 54 ratings

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Walk as Children of light

INTRODUCTION In the previous verse we are told that we are to be imitators of God. How can we do that? WE must walk as He wants us to walk. We live in a society much like Paul’s, full of immorality and sin. We have all have come from the kingdom of darkness to the light. Most of us had ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:3-13

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

God's Purpose For Us

Contributed by John Howard on Dec 29, 2002

based on 44 ratings

| 16,478 views

What purpose is there for me here? What does God want from me?

Ephesians 5:1-21 The Purpose of God I was asked recently the question we all ask ourselves at one time or another - Why am I here? - What purpose is there for me here? - Now the person who asked me this is a Christian - And after confirming the importance of his decision to accept Christ as ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:1-2, Ephesians 5:1-21

Denomination: Baptist

What Do You Have That Belongs To God?

Contributed by Jim Twamley on Mar 26, 2003

based on 54 ratings

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If you are a Christian who has something that belongs to God, Time, Talent, Money, secret sin or a painful past, it’s time to uncover those things and give them back to God.

We begin in the Book of Joshua chapter 5:1 Joshua’s Hebrew name means “God is our Salvation” The Hebrew name Joshua is rendered in the Greek as Iesous which we pronounce in English as “Jesus”. So the names Joshua and Jesus are the same and have the meaning “God is our Salvation.” The Children of ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:3-11

Denomination: Pentecostal

Flip The Switch Series

Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on Jun 4, 2002

based on 34 ratings

| 9,759 views

Living as children of light

Flip the Switch – Eph. 5:3-20 Steve Simala Grant – Nov. 3/4, 2001 Intro: (Sun) Making decisions in the dark can lead to some regrettable consequences. Back in the days before electricity, a tightfisted old farmer was taking his hired man to task for carrying a lighted lantern when he went to call ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:3-20

Denomination: Baptist

How Can We Imitate God?

Contributed by William Rushing on Jun 20, 2002

based on 76 ratings

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Paul gives us four ways to imitate God.

I. Introduction a. Illustration –We have all seen young children imitate their parents. Young girls play with dolls and little boys play with plastic lawn mowers. b. Paul writes to the church at Ephesus and tells them to imitate God. c. Though Paul’s letter was written to the church at Ephesus, ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:1-14

Denomination: Baptist

What's That Smell

Contributed by Chris Mason on Oct 24, 2001

based on 84 ratings

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Cologne and Perfume cover up the smell, but only for a time. Nice clothes and a fake attitude cover up hidden sins, but only for a time. The only way to be truly clean is to be seperated from sin.

WHAT’S THAT SMELL INTRODUCTION One day while walking through the department store, I decided to stop by the cologne displays and try on some cologne. Now, I just couldn’t just try on one (could I?) I had to try on all the different brands that they had. Need less to say when I got into the ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:1-17, Romans 6:1-14

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Imitating God Without Insulting Him (Part 4) Series

Contributed by Marcus Naugler on Nov 23, 2001

based on 35 ratings

| 5,219 views

God desires to see His children become like Him in the way they make decisions, the way they speak to each other, the way they act when no one is around, and the way they share His Word.

Imitating God Without Insulting Him (Part 4, The Call) Illustration of last night’s water heater fiasco and no towels. Okay, so it’s about 8:00 and I’m working on some homework, getting gall the things down that I needed for today, checking everything twice. Checking my sermon notes, thinking, ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:1-21

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Be Mimics Of God

Contributed by Derrick Thompson, Sr. on Nov 21, 2003

based on 20 ratings

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If we are children of God,and if God is truly our Father, then we ought to imitate or mimic our Father.

October 26th, 2003 Let us pray Welcome.... It is good when saints can come to-gether and fell-ow-ship, and last evening we had a wonderful fellowship at the home of Bro. and Sis. Jones........... Last Sunday we used as our topic, Is Any Thing Too Hard For The Lord? and we con- cluded that there ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:1-17

Denomination: Church Of God

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