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  • I. Grant Spong avatar

    Battling Temptation With Scripture Alone

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Feb 22, 2023
     | 1,375 views

    Life is filled with trials and temptations. Sometimes we fail. Jesus was also faced with great tests, but He succeeded. Let’s learn how Jesus battled temptations and won, using scripture. Let’s look at the testing of Christ in Matthew 4:1-11.

    Life is filled with trials and temptations. Sometimes we fail. Jesus was also faced with great tests, but He succeeded. Let’s learn how Jesus battled temptations and won, using scripture. Let’s look at the testing of Christ in Matthew 4:1-11. Led by the Spirit When Jesus fasted was it a complete ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Chad Higgins avatar

    You Are Not Alone In You Temptation Series

    Contributed by Chad Higgins on Aug 29, 2024
    based on 1 rating
     | 849 views

    When Jesus faced His temptation in the Wilderness He teaches us how we can face our temptations.

    Today we are going to begin to look at the Temptation of Jesus Christ. In Oscar Wilde's play “Lady Windemere's Fan” Lord Darlington says “I can resist anything but temptation”. It is said rather flippantly in the play, but for us it is a good starting point. Should we try to resist ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Joel Gilbert avatar

    Some Truths About Temptation Series

    Contributed by Joel Gilbert on Feb 18, 2025
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     | 880 views

    Jesus' temptation in the wilderness gives us some insights that we should keep in mind as we face temptation.

    Luke 4:1–13 ESV And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing during those days. And when they were ended, he was hungry. The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Michael Blitz avatar

    Jesus Victory Over Temptation

    Contributed by Michael Blitz on Mar 10, 2025
     | 761 views

    This message looks at the three temptations Jesus faced, why they truly were temptations, and how he overcame them, giving us a path to follow.

    Good Morning. How long can you play around with temptations without consequences? Kind of like asking how far over edge of the cliff can I safely lean. Sadly, this year has seen stories about church pastors who have fallen off that cliff and not only destroyed their marriages, but their churches, ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

  • Revd Dr Ruwan Palapathwala avatar

    Temptations -- Jesus' And Ours Series

    Contributed by Revd Dr Ruwan Palapathwala on Jan 1, 2025
    based on 1 rating
     | 903 views

    Temptation is our awful struggle not to lose ourselves and our potential to lose ourselves. Temptation also highlights God’s mercy and grace in our lives in the wilderness for forty minutes, hours, days or years.

    In today’s Gospel reading, we encounter the most human and common experience: temptation, which Jesus also experienced in a very profound way. The temptations of Jesus are found in all four Gospels. But we are accustomed to thinking that Jesus was tempted three times before his public ministry ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

  • Paul Fritz avatar

    Avoid Being A Loser - Using The Spirit's Power

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 19 ratings
     | 4,686 views

    In order to capitalize on the chances we are given we need to ask the Spirit of God to control every part of our mind, will, and emotions. Ask the Lord to help you avoid missing out on any good thing by asking God to fill every thought with the Lord’s des

    1. Many Christians fail to realize they must keep on being filled with the Holy Spirit if they do not want to be a loser. Paul wrote, "Make the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. Therefore, do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is. Do not get drunk on wine, which ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Don Jones avatar

    Avoiding Costly Mistakes At All Costs - Satisfaction Series

    Contributed by Don Jones on Oct 1, 2006
    based on 9 ratings
     | 3,177 views

    The message deals with the costly mistake of being satisfied.

    Avoiding Costly Mistakes - Satisfaction Acts 1:8; 8:1 Pastor Don Jones West Glendale Baptist Church The mission of the church was given to the disciples in Acts 1:8. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Bob Joyce avatar

    After You've Said You're Sorry

    Contributed by Bob Joyce on Jul 17, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,822 views

    Repentance needs to lead to future avoidance if we are to live for Christ.

    Have you ever wondered why there are so many tales of failure in God’s Word ... so many indications of how people have failed in life? This suggests two things to me, among many others. One is that the Bible has these kinds of stories in it because God wrote it. If people had written this in their ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Howard Gunter avatar

    Keeping The Sabbath Holy

    Contributed by Howard Gunter on Jun 3, 2018
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,483 views

    A closer look at the observance of the Sabbath

    Weekend Message/Devotion June 3, 2018 Mark 2:23-3:6 Keeping the Sabbath Holy “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.” Exodus 20:8 This is a subject that always brings out responses from extreme legalism to extreme liberal interpretation. “And He said to them, ‘The Sabbath was made for ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Shawn Drake avatar

    Don't Get Tripped Up Series

    Contributed by Shawn Drake on Jul 12, 2015
    based on 3 ratings
     | 10,842 views

    This is the 1st sermon in the series "God Is Here". We must not allow the enemy to trip us up.

    Series: God Is Here [#1] DON’T GET TRIPPED UP Esther 1:1-22 Introduction: How many times have you watched things happen that you have no control over? The Supreme Court rulings, the price of gasoline, etc…; and it makes you wonder if God has taken a break. I have heard more than ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Cletus Blamo avatar

    Danger Of Alcoholism Series

    Contributed by Cletus Blamo on Feb 5, 2019
     | 4,814 views

    Drinking of alcohol isn't forbidden but injurious as well as lead to perdition. 1st Corinthians 6:10

    Like Paul stated in 1st Corinthians 13:11 and I quote when I was a child I think and act as a child and when I am grown up I put away childish things and I concord that it is hard time we embrace and preach the truth of God's word irrespective of how we feel or those offended. 1st Peter ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Joe Mack Cherry avatar

    Worthless Physicians

    Contributed by Joe Mack Cherry on Feb 25, 2019
     | 2,455 views

    We must be careful in ministering not to "jump the gun" on our assessments of a situation and choosing our words carefully is a must.

    Worthless Physicians I. Introduction A. Situation 1. Have you ever stuck your foot in your mouth? Let me tell you about me. a. For the first 20 years of my adult life, I could brush my teeth, use Listerine, and my breathe would still smell like boot leather and toe jam! I grew up on ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Tom Shepard avatar

    The Good Or Not So Good Life Series

    Contributed by Tom Shepard on Nov 9, 2024
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,331 views

    This is a look at Psalm 1. It lists six things: Things to Avoid - Things to Pursue - Things to Produce - Things to Cast-Away - Things of Warning - Things to Choose

    The Good Or Not So-Good Life On the news this past week there was a report on the most expensive neighborhoods in the United States. I don’t recall all the neighborhoods it talked about so I looked it up. Here are some of them: 3. Beverly Hills – Cal. $22.8 million 2. Snowmass – Col 23.6 ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • David Scudder avatar

    God's Protection Through Prayer Part I Series

    Contributed by David Scudder on Oct 16, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,282 views

    The Bible tells us to pray without ceasing; (1 Thessalonians 5:17 NAU), but how is that possible? We have been learning how to do that here in this model prayer that Jesus gave us. The six requests that Jesus lists here should keep us busy praying.

    Purpose: To alert us to our vulnerability to Satan's attacks. Aim: I want the listener to see the importance of avoiding sin by relying on God's strength. INTRODUCTION: The Bible tells us to pray without ceasing; (1 Thessalonians 5:17 NAU), but how is that possible? We have been learning how to ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Mark Perryman avatar

    Remember The Dead, Honor The Living, And Avoid The Pitfalls!

    Contributed by Mark Perryman on May 31, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 15,657 views

    Remembering the dead and Honoring the living

    INTRO: David Banner (Incredible Hulk), talking with a terminal cancer victim, told this story: “A man was running for his life from a tiger and he fell down a cliff but luckily got a branch as the tiger was pawing at him. He was about to let go (fall would survive, but live). He looked down to see ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God