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  • Gary Stebbins avatar

    Be Fervent In Your Love

    Contributed by Gary Stebbins on Aug 12, 2009
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    Peter tells us that we must be of sound judgment and sober spirit to prepare for the last days in which we live.

    Be Fervent in your Love! Prayer Open with prayer … 1 Ki 4:29 As God gave to Solomon … (wisdom, great discernment, breadth of mind) Introduction We will be looking at 1 Pet 4:1-11 … 1Pet 4:1-2 Jews- believed suffering was a great purifier. Suffering tends to distract our focus from the many ...read more

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    Denomination: Charismatic

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    The Bible & 2012

    Contributed by Ralph Andrus on Nov 14, 2009
    based on 11 ratings
     | 4,859 views

    - People are asking questions - Is the world coming to an end in 2012? - The Bible answers this question

    - Roland Emmerich’s "2012" - Independence Da y (96), Day After Tomorrow (04) - $200 million Movie - Called the “mother of all disaster movies” - Tag line “Mankind’s Earliest Civilizations Warned Us” - What are the odds?”, “I thought we would have more time” - US News & World report - 60% believe ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Living In The End Times Series

    Contributed by Chris Appleby on Jul 5, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,109 views

    How are we to live in the light of the end times? We're to be disciplined, clear-minded so we can pray. We’re to love one another at full strength. We’re to serve one another with whatever gift God gives us.

    Repent! The End is Near! It’s one of those cheap laughs that people get at the expense of Christians. Some Christians at least. You see it in cartoons, usually on a sign-board held by a man with a long beard wearing a white robe and sandals. And of course there are many variations of the mad ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    Christian Response To Sin

    Contributed by Doug Sanders on Jan 8, 2011
     | 4,213 views

    As Christian we have wasted to much time in our sin. The very thing that our Savior died for.

    Christian Response to Sin 1 Peter 4:1 - 3 (NKJV) 1Therefore, since Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind, for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, 2that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Watch Ye And Pray

    Contributed by Frederick Baker Ii on Apr 20, 2010
    based on 6 ratings
     | 4,442 views

    This is a sermon that calls us to prayer.

    “Watch Ye and Pray” Text: I Peter 4:7 “But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.” Scripture Reading: Matthew 26:41; Mark 13:33 “Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    Standing Firm For Jesus Series

    Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Nov 5, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,038 views

    We need to know why and how to stand firm for Jesus. Peter gives us some helpful insights!

    INTRODUCTION SLIDE #1 • We have talked about how difficult it can be to maintain a strong faith. It gets more difficult when we experience suffering because of our faith. • I cannot imagine what it would be like to have to really suffer for my faith, to literally put my life on the line because I ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Living Prepared Series

    Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Nov 12, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,823 views

    Are you living prepared? The time is near according to Peter, we are called to be prepared!

    INTRODUCTION • SLIDE #1 • Have you ever found yourself totally unprepared for a meeting or some event? • Have you have those dreams of having something come up that you were responsible for yet you were unprepared. That is scary to think about isn’t it? • I still have reoccurring dreams of getting ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    How To Live In The Final Days

    Contributed by Pedro Trinidad on Feb 5, 2010
     | 7,356 views

    According to 1 Peter 4:7 there is a way to live in these days that will help us to be successful and victorious

    How to Live in the Final Days I. INTRODUCTION a. The letter Peter wrote to the Christians that were once gentiles y not so many with the Jewish background. He writes to “foreigners” but not of a geographic place but “foreigners” in their own land due to the decision they ...read more

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    Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

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    Spiritual Gifts Part 1 - Serving Others Series

    Contributed by Noel Atkinson on Jan 3, 2010
    based on 5 ratings
     | 13,370 views

    This sermon is about using your gifts to serve others. It examines that God controls our very purpose for exisiting, everything is created by jesus, everyone has a gift to share, all gifts must be exercised, all spiritual gifts must be used in love, we mu

    Spiritual Gifts part 1 Using your gifts to serve others One of the most influential Christians who lived in 1700 and early 1800’s is John Newton, the writer of “Amazing Grace.” His own evaluation of himself was, “a wretch who was once lost but then was found, saved by amazing grace.” God’s grace ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Attitude Adjustment

    Contributed by Michael Calo on Jan 6, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,638 views

    Let us put-on Christ - first in attitude then in action

    Attitude Adjustment 1 Peter 4:1-5 Therefore, since Christ suffered physically, you too are to arm yourselves with the same attitude. For whoever has suffered physically is finished with sin, with the result that he lives the rest of his earthly life no longer controlled by human desires, but by ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    Go Farther Together Series

    Contributed by Allen James on Jan 3, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,126 views

    This message is a challenge for the New Year for the church to be devoted to connecting, serving, and loving one another in Jesus’ Name.

    Go Farther Together • 1 Peter 4:7-11 • JAN 3, 2010 OPENING: Recount work of God in our midst as a church throughout 2009. INTRODUCTION: This year we must STRETCH both personally and collectively as a church to CONNECT, SERVE, and LOVE others in the name of Jesus. WORSE-CASE SCENARIO: What ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Are You Normal?

    Contributed by Fred Sigle on Oct 7, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 11,320 views

    The world views Christianity as being "abnormal." True normalcy is living the life that God designed us to live as His greatest creation.

    ARE YOU NORMAL? A. Are you NORMAL? (Turn to the people on the right and left of you and ask “Are you normal?”) 1. No one wants to be ABNORMAL! Am I right? a. One of the least COMPLIMENTARY things one can say about another is, “He’s nice, but he’s a little STRANGE." ILLUSTRATION: Our ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • David Taylor avatar

    Living Righteously In Light Of The End Of All Things Series

    Contributed by David Taylor on Feb 6, 2014
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,667 views

    Living on Mission in a Foreign Land Living Righteously in Light of the End of All Things

    Living on Mission in a Foreign Land Living Righteously in Light of the End of All Things 1 Peter 4:7-11 David Taylor We are finishing up our second mini-series in 1 Peter, “Living on Mission in a Foreign Land,” which connects the way we live to the mission of Christ, making ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Dennis Davidson avatar

    Armed Against Suffering Series

    Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Feb 24, 2014
    based on 7 ratings
     | 18,115 views

    Just as it was His will for Christ to suffer for doing good, it is sometimes His will for His children to suffer for doing good. We need to be prepared for the suffering that comes into our life so that we might grow in the grace God grants His suffering

    1 PETER 4: 1-6 [Renewing Hope Series] ARMED AGAINST SUFFERING [Romans 6:1-8] Peter’s helpful and encouraging teaching on the subject of suffering continues in chapter 4. We have been learning to hope and trust in our Lord, even in unjust suffering. Hope keeps us faithful and growing ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jeff Strite avatar

    Avoiding The Ugly American Syndrome Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Mar 2, 2014
    based on 29 ratings
     | 34,731 views

    Too often Christian have suffered from this syndrome. They've been rough, rude, disrespectful of others. How can we avoid that

    OPEN: Back in 1963 there was a movie starring Marlon Brando called “The Ugly American”. It was a fictional story, but it dealt with the very real perception of Americans overseas. We were seen by many as “Ugly Americans”. As I researched this sermon I read more than one ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ