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  • Paul Apple avatar

    Strive For Excellence In Pleasing God

    Contributed by Paul Apple on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 70 ratings
     | 6,735 views

    GROWING DISCIPLES MUST STRIVE FOR EXCELLENCE IN PLEASING GOD A.

    GROWING DISCIPLES MUST STRIVE FOR EXCELLENCE IN PLEASING GOD A. Our Present Level of Obedience Should Be the Foundation For Striving For Excellence in Pleasing God (:1-2) (rather than the excuse for settling for mediocrity or the mountaintop for sliding to the valley) 1. Growing Disciples Need ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Real Love Series

    Contributed by Timothy Peck on Jan 25, 2001
    based on 65 ratings
     | 6,067 views

    How the Bible’s description of love debunks three popular myths about love.

    (Note: This sermon was introduced with the Susan Ashton song "Call of the Wild"). The song says, "The freedom he loved, he was now a prisoner of, because he answered the call of the wild." We see examples of that reality all around us, as we live in a culture that urges us to answer that call. In ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    No Adultery Series

    Contributed by Joe Bedy on Oct 23, 2002
    based on 139 ratings
     | 11,492 views

    Marriage is a covenantal relationship, put together by God and adultery happens in the mind before it happens in the bed.

    God’s Top Ten Thou shall not commit adultery Central Christian Church St. Petersburg, Fl October 2002 Exo 20:14 "You shall not commit adultery. I was told that Moses came down from the mountain with the two tablets and as the people gathered around him he said, “I have some good news and some ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Ralph Juthman avatar

    Walking Confidently In Uncertain Times Series

    Contributed by Ralph Juthman on Aug 10, 2002
    based on 71 ratings
     | 14,064 views

    How can I live a Holy Lifestyle in a pagan world?

    TITLE: Walking Confidently TEXT: 1 Thessalonians 4:1-12 THEME: Holiness P.S. How can I be a Holy Christian if I am in the world? The Apostle Paul writes here reminding us that the answer is not in hiding form the worldly pressures. The answer is found in verse 3,For this is the will of God, your ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Todd Riley avatar

    Sexual Purity: The Result Of A Commitment To Holiness

    Contributed by Todd Riley on Aug 13, 2002
    based on 178 ratings
     | 12,102 views

    Holiness and its practicality

    Islington Baptist Church August 11, 2002 I Thessalonians 4:1-8 Scripture reading: Leviticus 18 Sexual purity: the result of a commitment to holiness In Leviticus 11:44a God says to the Israelites “I am the LORD your God; consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am holy.” In I ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Phil Morgan avatar

    One In Christ Jesus

    Contributed by Phil Morgan on Apr 7, 2002
    based on 78 ratings
     | 24,757 views

    All discriminations are destroyed in Christ - racial, class and sexual.

    READ: Galatians 3:26-29 (Text: v28) The churches of Galatia were facing a grave danger. Certain legalists had come among them teaching that much of the Old Testament Law was still binding upon Christians. They reasoned that God’s promises extended ONLY to Jews, and that gentiles would have to ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    We're Out Of Here Series

    Contributed by Shawn Drake on Apr 10, 2002
    based on 65 ratings
     | 5,351 views

    This is the 3rd sermon in the series "The End". This sermon is about the rapture.

    Sunday Evening, April 14, 2002 Bel Aire Baptist Church Series: “The End” [#3] WE’RE OUT OF HERE! 1 Thessalonians 4:1-18 Introduction: 1. We have come to an exciting part of our study as Christians. Imagine with me for a moment: Airplanes falling from the sky without pilots, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Stick To One Model

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Mar 1, 2004
    based on 39 ratings
     | 2,838 views

    A sermon on sexual immorality from 1 Thessalonians 4:1-8

    Sermon for 2/29/2004 1 Thessalonians 4:1-8 Introduction: More and more people seem to forget Henry Ford’s sage advice when asked about his rule for marital bliss and longevity on his 50th wedding anniversary. He replied, “Just the same as in the automobile business, stick to one model.” Stick to ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Trivial Pursuit - The Consequence Of Ignoring God's Will Series

    Contributed by Ken Kersten on Jun 1, 2004
    based on 24 ratings
     | 11,242 views

    Games People Play - Trivial Pursuit - a look at following the will of God to keep life from being a "Trivial Pursuit".

    Trivial Pursuit Mark 8:36-37 We are continuing our series on Games that People Play. Now most of you probably have played today’s game Trivial Pursuit or one of its many spin-offs. The original Trivial Pursuit came out in 1981, which makes it relatively young compared to the classics, and ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Live The Life Series

    Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Jul 24, 2004
    based on 30 ratings
     | 4,435 views

    We are called to live in purity not in immorality. This is God’s specific command!

    INTRODUCTION • When we started this series on 1 Thessalonians, I stated that a good theme for the book could be titled the same as a Chuck Colson book, “How Now Shall We live?” • How are we to live out our lives as we await the return of our Lord Jesus? • In have spent the first couple of messages ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Entire Sanctification

    Contributed by George Crumbly on Aug 9, 2005
    based on 29 ratings
     | 5,583 views

    God expects His people to be Holy

    “ENTIRE SANCTIFICATION” (I Thessalonians 4: 1-10) Sheridan Church of the Nazarene: Sunday Morning, November 11, 2001 George E. Crumbly TURN TO I THESSALONIANS 4 The meat of the Holiness message is Sanctification. We believe in the doctrine of Entire Sanctification. ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Sexual Chaos

    Contributed by Paul Decker on Oct 9, 2005
    based on 56 ratings
     | 11,147 views

    Pornography is sexual chaos.

    SEXUAL CHAOS: THE PROBLEM OF PORNOGRAPHY I Thessalonians 4:1-8 S: Pornography C: Sexual purity Pr: PORNOGRAPHY IS SEXUAL CHAOS. KW: Answers TS: We will find in our study answers to four questions about pornography that should be asked by the church. Type: Propositional The ____ question we must ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Sean Lester avatar

    Making Room For The Holy Spirit

    Contributed by Sean Lester on Dec 27, 2003
    based on 26 ratings
     | 7,417 views

    A seven-point sermon that exhorts the congregation to yield their lives more to pleasing God in the coming year.

    Making Room for the Holy Spirit Rev. Sean Lester December 28, 2003 morning service Text: 1st Thessalonians 4:1-12 Introduction A. Christmas has now passed by in the Lester house, and a new reality has set in for us. Our boys, now five and three years of age, received a bunch of new presents. ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Darrin Fish avatar

    A Life Worth Living Is A Life Worth Working At. Series

    Contributed by Darrin Fish on Dec 8, 2007
     | 3,393 views

    If the world, can’t see God’s demonstrated in our daily life, Through our behavior, then God hasn’t been seen.

    We are quickly coming to the end of the first of Paul’s Letters to the Thessalonians. • But there is still one message that He wants to make clear. • That message is to make sure that these new converts live a life that pleases God. • So Paul is giving them some final instructions. • Paul is ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

  • Larry Kettle avatar

    Practicing The Blessed Hope

    Contributed by Larry Kettle on Dec 13, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,682 views

    This is a sermon that is meant to make the listener think about their biblical responsibility to actively look for Christ to come.

    “Practicing the Blessed Hope” 1 Thessalonians 4 Introduction A. What is the value of hope? 1. Hope cannot be imprisoned by maximum security. 2. Hope cannot be invalidated by propaganda. 3. Hope is only invigorated by persecution. 4. The value of hope has been measured in the eyes of martyrs, in the ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal