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  • Gary Washburn avatar

    Patience Everyone!

    Contributed by Gary Washburn on Apr 11, 2002
    based on 55 ratings
     | 8,333 views

    Patience is a virtue that helps bring about success in every area of life. Without it you are doomed to failure. Surprisingly, the area most are falling short in is in having patience with God. God’s timing requires our patience.

    PATIENCE 2 Peter 1:3-8 now read Living Bible (not for accuracy but for clarity) Intro: Definition of patience: Hupomone in Greek = remaining under pressure that God ordains. Not surrendering to the circumstances that are pressuring you. Jesus calls us to get under the pressure of His yoke ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The High Value Of Living Low

    Contributed by Gary Washburn on Apr 11, 2002
    based on 14 ratings
     | 3,497 views

    Christ teaches the way to live life in the Penthouse is by starting at the bottom.

    Love The high value of living low 2 Peter 1:5-8 and 10b John 13:34-35 Intro: Word “love” is agape = love revealed by not doing what the person loved wants, but doing what the One who loves deems is needed by the one loved. John 3:16 – not what man wanted but what God saw man needed. John 13:34-35 ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Developing A Christian Mindset

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Oct 8, 2001
    based on 44 ratings
     | 16,138 views

    Develop a Christian mindset: 1. Be nice. 2. Be positive. 3. Be thankful

    This will probably be the most basic sermon you have ever heard. Nothing I will say is new or profound. You have heard it all before, but it needs repeated because the very simplicity of what I will be saying is the reason it is so often overlooked and ignored. So many times we want to plunge ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    The Inconvenience Of Doing Right

    Contributed by Keith Davis on May 5, 2003
    based on 11 ratings
     | 3,543 views

    When are we going to decide to make God’s work more important than the pleasures of sin and the business of life?

    Title: The Inconvenience of Doing Right Text: (2 Peter 1:3-8 NCV) Introduction: Read some statements from “Plugged In.” **Some Stats that will shock you(or maybe not) ‒ American Medical Association – In one year, the average child spends 900 hours in school and nearly 1500 hours in front ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Brian Wright avatar

    The Secret Of Real Life

    Contributed by Brian Wright on Jan 11, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,044 views

    This is a message on getting a Real Life in Jesus A salvation message and a message of encourgement to Christains

    Joke: A Montana cowboy was overseeing his herd in a remote mountainous pasture when suddenly a brand-new BMW advanced out of a dust cloud towards him. The driver, a young man in a Brioni suit, Gucci shoes, Ray Ban sunglasses and YSL tie, leans out the window and asks the cowboy, If I tell you ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    The Spirit Of The Disciplines Ii

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Jan 27, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 2,534 views

    We are to "make every effort" to grow to be like Christ. Growth comes through conscious efforts.

    2 Peter 1:5-8 5 For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; 6 and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; 7 and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love. 8 For if ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    The Abundant Life

    Contributed by Geoff Hamrick on Apr 14, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,155 views

    This message deals with people giving up on life.

    The Abundant Life Recently a neighbor of ours decided to end his life. It is not known the reason why, and that is not the important thing here. What is important is that his quality of life was not good enough that he decided to go ahead and end it. There are people who would say, “I would never ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Constructing Christian Character

    Contributed by Billy Ricks on Jun 8, 2007
    based on 40 ratings
     | 12,702 views

    We often compare ourselves to others to see how "good we are." However the mark that God commpares us to is perfection. We are challenged and commanded to constuct Christ like character. The passage in 2 peter gives us 7 essential components so we can c

    Intro: A wife remarked to her husband after the church service: "Did you see the hat Mrs. Jones was wearing?" "No," said her husband, "I didn’t." "Did you see the new dress Mrs. Smith had on?" she asked. "I’m afraid I didn’t," said her husband. To this his wife replied: "Well a lot of good it does ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    I'll Grow Into It Series

    Contributed by David Flowers on Mar 5, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,311 views

    Part 5 of series Every Thought Captive. Here Dave takes on the lie, "I’ll Grow Into It." This is when people assume they’ll grow spiritually as they age physically. Contains an explanation of where the lie comes from, the problems it causes, and what t

    “I’ll Grow Into It” Every Thought Captive, part 5 Wildwind Community Church February 18, 2007 David Flowers 2 Corinthians 10:5 (NIV) 5 We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. ...read more

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    Denomination: Free Methodist

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    "True Knowledge" Part 1 Series

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Mar 13, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,151 views

    Sermon 17 in a study in 1 & 2 Peter

    “Simon Peter, a bond-servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have received a faith of the same kind as ours, by the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ: 2 Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord; 3 seeing that His divine power has ...read more

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    Denomination: Orthodox

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    "True Knowledge" Part 2 Series

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Mar 15, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,359 views

    Sermon 18 in a study in 1 & 2 Peter

    “Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge, 6 and in your knowledge, self-control, and in your self-control, perseverance, and in your perseverance, godliness, 7 and in your godliness, brotherly kindness, ...read more

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    Denomination: Orthodox

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    Sin: Keeping Up Appearances

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Mar 18, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,496 views

    Are we more concerned about appearing Christian than we are with being a Christian. How far will we go to keep a Christian reputation and hide our sin?

    A rather pompous deacon was endeavoring to impress upon a class of boys the importance of living the Christian life. "Why do people call me a Christian?" the man asked. After a moment’s pause, one youngster said, "Maybe it’s because they don’t know you." I wonder…..could that be said of us? ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    God Is Good

    Contributed by Charles Forshee on Mar 22, 2007
    based on 15 ratings
     | 9,233 views

    Until you settle the fact that God is good....and you can trust Him with your life, ....Your Faith is never going to be great because you will always draw back in fear....God is a GOOD GOD,we just need to get to Know Him better.

    Did you Know --- The Good News of the Word of God Won’t work for Everybody? That may be a startling statement for many of you to hear today....But it is true..... Now some of you are thinking ...."I knew it all along....I knew it wasn’t just me" But hold on here just a minute... Don’t be ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    Things That Limit God

    Contributed by Weston Blankenship on Jul 28, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 8,396 views

    God can do anything...IF we let Him. Are you limiting God? Find out the ways that you may be hindering God in your life.

    Things That Limit God From the desk of Pastor Blankenship TEXT: 2 PETER 1:3-4 3 According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: 4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and ...read more

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    Denomination: Apostolic

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    Kingdom Code

    Contributed by Gary Stebbins on Jul 31, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,364 views

    Simon allowed God to work in him the character of God and the Kingdom of God and he became Peter the bond-servant and Apostle of Jesus Christ. God wants to work that same radical change in us.

    Examine 2Pet 1:1-4 (read) 2Pet 1:1 Simon Peter- they were two different men. Simon was the man Peter was before Christ. Peter was the man Simon became after Christ. Simon allowed God to work in him the … character of God and the Kingdom of God … and he became Peter … ...read more

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    Denomination: Charismatic