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  • A Mile Wide And An Inch Deep Series

    Contributed by Pat Damiani on Oct 14, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 6,979 views

    31st in a series on Ephesians. Paul gives Christians some instruction on how to avoid a faith with no depth.

    Artemus Ward, an early American humorist, once described the South Platte River in northeast Colorado as “a mile wide and an inch deep”. It would be a considerable river, he mused, if it were turned on its side. Unfortunately, Ward’s description of the South Platte River could just as easily be ...read more

  • Bad Boys: Judas Iscariot Series

    Contributed by Lance Bane on Aug 14, 2001
    based on 86 ratings
     | 9,380 views

    This message is encouraging young people to avoid living life on the edge of destruction by using biblical characters as a reference.

    Text: Matthew 26.14-16, 26.49-50 A kiss: a symbol of love and affection. A kiss on the cheek in these bible times was a symbol of friendship and affection. I want you to hold your kiss (hersheys kiss candy)till later for me, but what is that causes a man who has seen the intimate details of ...read more

  • The Defilement Of Bitterness Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Feb 5, 2022
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,909 views

    Hebrews tells us that bitterness defiles. But what does that mean and why should I avoid this emotion?

    Our Sermon Series this month is entitled: "Insomniacs: Things That Keep Us Up At Night." I read that some of the Polynesian natives spend a great deal of time fighting. When people offend them, they steal something that belonged to offender and hang it from the ceiling of their hut. Then ...read more

  • Secrets For A Loving Happy Long Lasting Marriage

    Contributed by Sylvester Fergusson on Jul 17, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,858 views

    Every one wants a happy marriage, no one marrys to divorce so what’s the secret?

    Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus so how can the two ever live together? There is no couple having completed their marriage vows that do not desire to have a loving, happy, long lasting marriage. The question is what happens to cause this dream to become a nightmare. Too often after the ...read more

  • "Using Your Gifts Properly" Series

    Contributed by Marilyn Murphree on Aug 28, 2003
    based on 24 ratings
     | 5,196 views

    Temptations to watch out for in using our spiritual gifts. How to avoid falling into these traps of Satan.

    Iliff and Saltillo UM Churches August 31, 2003 “Using Your Gifts Properly” John 15:1-17 INTRODUCTION: During the month of August we have been talking about spiritual gifts--reminding us that each of us has been given at least one and usually more than one gift when we become a Christian. We ...read more

  • Why Do Christians Sin?

    Contributed by David Cambridge on May 13, 2003
    based on 46 ratings
     | 6,228 views

    This lesson explains why Christians sin and offers several practical, scriptural steps in avoiding sin.

    Why Do Christians Sin? Introduction 1. Speaking of man generally, the Scriptures state the following fact: "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;" (Romans 3:23) "For there is not a righteous man on earth, that does good continually, and never sins." (Ecclesiastes 7:20) 2. ...read more

  • Making The Spirit Smile Series

    Contributed by Keith Crouch on Aug 15, 2004
    based on 13 ratings
     | 2,655 views

    This message is part of series through the book of Ephesians and deals with how to avoid the grieving of the Holy Spirit.

    Making the Spirit Smile Ephesians 4:30-32 I. The Personhood of the Spirit (v. 30a) A. The Witness of Jesus Christ (John 14:17, 16:13) B. Our Potential Effect on the Spirit 1. We Can Choose to Have Fellowship With Him (Gal. 5:16) 2. We Can Choose to Be Controlled (Eph. 5:18) 3. We Can Choose to ...read more

  • Focus On Christ Not Your Fears

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 10, 2001
    based on 68 ratings
     | 5,854 views

    To lead the people to understand how to avoid focusing on their fear, but concentrate on the positives we have in Christ.

    The Twelve Spies – Numbers 13-14 1. Aim: To lead the people to understand how to avoid focusing on their fear, but concentrate on the positives we have in Christ. Illustration:Where our Captain bids us go, ’Tis not ours to murmur no; He that gives the sword and shield Chooses too the ...read more

  • Relevance Or Relic: Pairing God's Anointing With A Calling Or A Corpse

    Contributed by M B on Aug 25, 2006
    based on 7 ratings
     | 5,292 views

    Avoiding the common pitfalls that slow churches & christians down and learning to operate in God’s anointing.

    TITLE: RELEVANCE OR RELIC: PAIRING GOD’S ANOINTING WITH A CALLING OR A CORPSE TEXT: 1 KINGS 19:19-21; 2 KINGS 2:1-18; 5:20, 24-27; 13:14-21 1 Kings 19:19-21 19 So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the ...read more

  • When God Is Your Travel Agent Series

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 13, 2007
    based on 10 ratings
     | 7,116 views

    If the goal of your life is to avoid as many problems as possible, then don’t take a journey with God!

    When God is Your Travel Agent (Exodus 15:22-27) 1. All of our lives are filled with uncertainty; Some of us accept that reality and adjust to the unforeseen as best we can. 2. Others frantically create rules or routines to give ourselves the sense that we have reduced life’s uncertainties -- ...read more

  • Overcoming Foolishness Series

    Contributed by Todd Leupold on May 22, 2007
    based on 10 ratings
     | 10,334 views

    Everyone knows how to be a fool, but God’s Word instructs us how to avoid foolishness.

    OVERCOMING THE FOUR “F”s: FOOLISHNESS INTRODUCTION: Anyone ever have an embarrassing moment . . . or two . . . or three . . .? Let me tell you, I am an expert on being a fool. Like everyone else, I have had my share of embarrassing moments. Costumes Mullet (slide) Left-handed wood ...read more

  • The End And The Reward Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Nov 12, 2016
     | 4,294 views

    Paul is not focusing on sinful behavior we should avoid, but on exemplary behavior we should practice.

    24th or Last Sunday of the Year 2016 Extraordinary Form The five hundred year period since the end of the Renaissance has been marked by two events we Catholics can realistically call religious catastrophes. The first, of course, was the Protestant revolution most agree was begun by Martin Luther ...read more

  • Twenty-Third Sunday In Ordinary Time, Cycle A, 23rd Sunday, Year A --The Matthew 18 Process

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Jun 17, 2020
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,597 views

    Avoidance of conflict prevents persons from discovering God's will in their personal and institutional lives.

    Palmer Chinchen tells of the time when he went whitewater rafting down the Zambezi River in Zimbabwe. The guide gave them some very important instructions after they put on all their safety gear. He began with “When the raft flips.” Notice the guide didn’t say “if the raft flips.” “When the raft ...read more

  • Why Were The Religious Leaders So Blind About Jesus? Series

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Jan 11, 2021
     | 2,040 views

    This passage speaks to the ignorant confidence that the religious leaders possessed. How do we avoid their mistake?

    WHAT'S THE HEART OF THIS PASSAGE? The religious leaders had all that knowledge and yet they didn’t know God. - John 7:28d – “You do not know Him” - The religious leaders, of course, thought they were the epitome of knowledge and understanding. They loved the status they had among the people. ...read more

  • Desperation For God's Presence

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Apr 25, 2024
     | 808 views

    To avoid the ruination of our faith, we should follow in the path of the Psalmists and ever be longing for God.

    Opening illustration: Play video Introduction: Being desperate for God isn’t about acquiring His presence in our lives—we must already believe that God will always be with us and the Holy Spirit will accompany us everywhere. It’s about knowing He already exists in our lives—this desperate need for ...read more