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  • "Financial Aerobics”

    Contributed by David Yarbrough on Mar 18, 2002
    based on 39 ratings
     | 6,865 views

    This message looks at how we can build a real net worth in heaven.

    Intro: Three boys in the schoolyard were bragging about who had the better father. The first boy says, "My Dad scribbles a few words on a piece of paper, he calls it a poem, and they give him $100." The second boy says, "That’s nothing. My Dad scribbles a few words on a piece of paper, he calls it ...read more

  • Contentment - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

    Contributed by Ken Kersten on Jun 3, 2003
    based on 244 ratings
     | 35,445 views

    Our Society is summed up in the words of a U2 song - "I still haven’t found what I’m looking for." This sermon explores why we have such a drive for more...

    I Still Haven’t Found What I’m looking For 1 Timothy 6:6-10 While your turning to our passage, I want you to listen to a few words from a song by U2. (Play song) I hope you caught that. Bono the lead singer of U2 is singing the words, “I have climbed the highest mountains. I have run ...read more

  • Moving To The Next Level

    Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Jul 5, 2003
    based on 91 ratings
     | 150,260 views

    This sermon looks at how little things can keep us from moving to a higher level in life and in God. It looks at Achan and his actions at Jericho.

    Moving To The Next Level GNLCC 7/6/03 Joshua 6:15-7:1 1 Timothy 6:6-10 What if I told you that a baby by the name of Khalik , born in Fiwi, out on an island in the Pacific Ocean, started talking two days after he was born, was walking at the age of two months , and by the time he was ...read more

  • What Is "Great Gain" For You?

    Contributed by Monte Robinson on Jul 18, 2003
    based on 20 ratings
     | 6,932 views

    Challenge your congregation to have contentment by increasing godliness in their lives.

    1 Timothy 6:3-10 PRAY ILL: Early African converts to Christianity were earnest and regular in private devotions. Each one reportedly had a separate spot in the thicket where he would pour out his heart to God. Over time the paths to these places became well worn. As a result, if one of these ...read more

  • Get A Grip!

    Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Aug 15, 2002
    based on 36 ratings
     | 4,337 views

    A false view of God leads to a false way of living. We need to get a grip on a genuine view of God.

    August 18, 2002 There are so many false religions in the world. By far, the reason for such a phenomenon is the human problem of ignoring God’s owner’s manual -- The Bible. Without the Bible we don’t know how God views us, and we don’t know truth about how we are to view God. It is important to ...read more

  • Living A Satisfied Life

    Contributed by Brady Boyd on Aug 28, 2002
    based on 86 ratings
     | 13,815 views

    Our ability to be content is under attack. Can we really be satisfied with God and His plan? Discover the truth of contentment and satisfaction.

    Living a Satisfied Life May 2002 1 Timothy 6:6-8 (in prison awaiting death) “But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that.” · A life of contentment lived ...read more

  • How To Be A Godly Employee

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Mar 10, 2003
    based on 19 ratings
     | 4,625 views

    Contentment is a rare quality in today’s culture, but it is extremely liberating! Materialism, striving for rank , back-stabbing, and discontent lead to emotional, mental, financial, and spiritual bondage

    HOW TO BE A GODLY EMPLOYEE 1. TRUST IN GOD ONLY. Trust in no one but GOD. People will disappoint you. God created you and has a wonderful plan for your life. He is too good to do wrong, and too wise to make a mistake. Let His peace abide in you. (Proverbs 3 :5-6) 2. WORSHIP GOD ONLY. Don’t ...read more

  • Being Content In A Material World Series

    Contributed by Lynn Floyd on Mar 10, 2003
    based on 74 ratings
     | 11,049 views

    I talk about why and how we should be content in this material world we live in.

    Being Content in a Material World By Lynn Floyd Introduction: Proverbs 30:7-8 (New Living Translation) says, “Two things I ask of You, do not refuse me before I die: Keep deception and lies far from me, Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is my portion. That I not be ...read more

  • Keys To Contentment Series

    Contributed by Timothy Peck on Dec 18, 2001
    based on 120 ratings
     | 18,151 views

    How to find contentment when we’re dissatisfied with our job, our faith, and our income.

    Have you ever really wanted something? I mean wanted something so badly that you could taste it, so bad that you thought your life would be empty and meaningless until you got it. Maybe it was a certain toy growing up, or a certain kind of car, or a relationship, maybe even a motorcycle. As you ...read more

  • Keep Hold

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jan 21, 2002
    based on 37 ratings
     | 5,487 views

    Funeral sermon for Helen Hastings, long-time church financial secretary

    In a throwaway world, it is good to have known someone whose life reminds us that there are some things worth keeping. In a society where last year’s fashions are pitched out and yesterday’s values are passé, it is important to have known someone who understood how to keep hold of the right ...read more

  • Can't Buy Me Love! Series

    Contributed by Greg Nance on May 9, 2003
    based on 23 ratings
     | 3,973 views

    Riches and Religion can make a bad mix. Jesus, who left the treasures of heaven to walk among us in the wilderness of sin and sorrows... His example shows us the way to true treasures! Don’t let the glitter blind you from the glory of eternity! Today’s

    So you want to be rich, huh? 1 Timothy 6: 3 If anyone advocates a different doctrine, and does not agree with sound words, those of our Lord Jesus Christ, and with the doctrine conforming to godliness, 4 he is conceited and understands nothing; but he has a morbid interest in controversial ...read more

  • An Attitude Of Gratitude

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Dec 27, 2000
    based on 521 ratings
     | 68,678 views

    Learning to be grateful and letting create joy, contentment and the desire to share.

    There was an article in the local paper where I used to live about a couple who had been living on welfare and food stamps from 1983 to 1991. They had drawn a great deal of money from the welfare system, before it was discovered through a welfare fraud investigator, that the couple had stocks, ...read more

  • Two Pillars Of Christian Happiness

    Contributed by Robert Kerr on Jan 3, 2001
    based on 74 ratings
     | 5,975 views

    FINDING HAPPINESS AS A CHRISTIAN

    TWO PILLARS OF HAPPINESS - 1 Timothy 6:6-8 But godliness with contentment is great gain. {7} For we brought nothing into <this> world, <and it is> certain we can carry nothing out. {8} And having food and raiment let us be therewith content. INTRO: Happiness as a Christian rests on ...read more

  • Developing 39 Godly Traits

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 35 ratings
     | 5,610 views

    Only what we have wrought into our character during life can we take with us. - Humboldt. Godliness with contentment is highly profitable and yields eternity benefits

    Thirty Nine Balanced Characteristics of Godliness (I Tim 6:6-8) "There is an immense profit for godlienss accompandied with contentment (that contentment which is a sense of inward sufficiency). This is great and abundant gain. For we brought nothing into the world and it is certain we can carry ...read more

  • All That Glitters Is Not Gold Series

    Contributed by Paul Apple on Jul 7, 2001
    based on 25 ratings
     | 4,134 views

    CONTENTMENT PROTECTS AGAINST THE SNARES OF MATERIALISM

    BIG IDEA: CONTENTMENT PROTECTS AGAINST THE SNARES OF MATERIALISM I. (:6) THESIS: CONTENTMENT CONTRIBUTES GREATLY TOWARDS GODLINESS A. Review: The Pursuit of Godliness Can be Misguided (Apart from Contentment) Remember the False Teachers from vs. 5: "who suppose that godliness is a means of ...read more