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All of our actions have a common beginning, long before they are actions they are thoughts. How do we control our thoughts?
Surrender your thoughts Next week is December 1st, the first Sunday of Advent and that means that today is the last Sunday in our Surrender Series. And over the past few weeks I’ve been mulling over where I would land for this last message. Since Thanksgiving we’ve looked at various areas of ...read more
Scripture: Philippians 4:4-9
Denomination: Wesleyan
This sermon explores the profound connection between our thoughts and actions, emphasizing the importance of aligning our inner thoughts with our outward deeds.
Welcome, brothers and sisters in Christ, to this blessed gathering where we come together as a family, united under the banner of our Savior's love. We are here, not by coincidence, but by divine appointment. Each one of us has been called to this place, at this time, for a purpose. And that ...read more
Scripture: Proverbs 23:6-8
Topics: Thinking, Heart
This first-fold-cord-of-sanctification takes place the moment you’re born-again.
The 2 Fold Cord Of Sanctification- Growing In Christlikeness Colossians 1:11-15AMP 11 [we pray that you may be] strengthened and invigorated with all power, according to His glorious might, to attain every kind of endurance and patience with joy; 12 giving thanks to the Father, who has ...read more
Scripture: Colossians 1:11-15
Denomination: Pentecostal
One hundred contrasts between destructive and constructive attitudes
Displacing Destructive and Devilish Attitudes with Christlike Attitudes (Eph. 4:20-32) "Putting off what is evil and putting on what is good." Illustration: I once heard a preacher say, "The opposite of love is not hate--it’s self!" That surprising statement reminded me of 2 Timothy 3:1-4, where ...read more
Scripture: Ephesians 4:20-32
Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
The goal of all discipleship is to create Christ-likeness in believers.
CHRIST-LIKENESS REMAINS OUR PREDESTINED PURPOSE Romans 8:28-39 By late Spring, 1864, the American Civil War reached a military impasse that compromised President Lincoln’s re-election. He wrote a note to that effect, then filed it. General Sheridan’s victories in the Shenandoah Valley and ...read more
Scripture: Romans 8:28-39
Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ
The purpose of this sermon is to encourage believers to follow Christ-like leadership.
“This sermon was preached extemporaneously” 3 May 2009 Fourth Sunday of Easter U.S. Army Chaplain (MAJ) Ken Harris Fortress Chapel Contingency Operation Site (C.O.S.) Sykes Tall-afar, Iraq BIG IDEA: Believers should follow pastoral leadership that is Christ-like. REFERENCES: The door, the ...read more
Scripture: John 10:11-18
How did Jesus walk? And how can I apply it to my life, so that I may have increased fellowship with God? God has shown me 10 crucial ways in which Jesus, our example, has walked that we need to apply to our lives today.
Title: Keys To Fellowship With God Sub-Title: The Foundation Of Christlikeness Text: I John 2:6 Pray!!! Read Text!!! Introduction: One day a father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the firm purpose of showing his son how poor people live. They spent a couple ...read more
Scripture: 1 John 2:6
Meekness is a gift of the Holy Spirit that Barclay called the hardest word in the New Testament to define.
What Is It Like to Be Christ-like – 4 Meekness TEXT: 1 Peter 2:21. INTRODCUTION 1. Recently the former feather boa festooned wrestler and now governor of a Midwestern state is reported to have said that "organized religion is a sham and a crutch for weak-minded people." 2. It seems somewhat ...read more
Scripture: 1 Peter 2:21
To be Christ-like is to be a person of prayer.
WHAT IS IT LIKE TO BE CHRIST-LIKE – PRAYER I. A look at how Christ prayed. A. Without ceasing: the Fact that Christ prayed often shows the need for Christians to pray. B. At the Beginning of his public ministry and baptism. Luke 3:21 Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass that ...read more
Scripture: Hebrews 5:7
The description of the ascension of Jesus to heaven is an interesting one. It shows us how consumed we may be with the world and its values instead of being consumed with the Kingdom of God and the mission which Jesus gave to us.
This coming Thursday is the day that some churches celebrate as Ascension Day because we know that Jesus appeared among His disciples for forty days after His resurrection and then He ascended into heaven. Normally we would celebrate the ascension of Jesus into heaven on the Sunday after ...read more
Scripture: Acts 1:1-11
Denomination: Nazarene
In sermon 5B of the series (What am I Missing Here?) we look again at the importance of our thinking. Wrong actions come from wrong thoughts. Wrong thoughts come from wrong thinking. So it is important to deal with the matter at the root.
SERMON TWO (SERIES 5B) “THE IMPORTANCE OF RIGHT THINKING” What am I Missing Here? Steps to Recovering Your Joy March 6, 2011, March 27, 2011 Calvary Baptist Church Isaiah 55:8-9 SERMON 5B: Stinking Thinking, Part II: “The Importance of Our Thinking” Isaiah 55:8–9 For my thoughts are not your ...read more
Scripture: Isaiah 55:8-9
Denomination: Baptist
Do we ever think about what we think about? Be honest are we lacking in self-evaluation and accountability? Do we discipline ourselves?
THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT… CRITERIA By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com ARE THERE SOMETHINGS I NEED TO CORRECT IN MY LIFE? WHAT IS BEHAVIORAL AND MENTAL MODIFICATION… IS REAL CHANGE POSSIBLE OR AM I FOREVER TRAPPED? Every sport I know has rules… to be a good player we ...read more
Scripture: Hebrews 12:6-12, 2 Samuel 11:1, Philippians 4:6-10
Denomination: Assembly Of God
Reflection upon the rightness & wrongness of Christian thinking. Allowing the congregation to be stirred up by deciding if all preaching is just vanity
"Sometimes I lie awake at night, and I ask, ’Where have I gone wrong?’ Then a voice says to me, ’This is going to take more than one night.’" (Charlie Brown) I Must Have Been Wrong. Rhodes Friends 3-25-2012 Since I must have been wrong, I must apologize. Since I must ...read more
Scripture: Acts 24:1-21
With God's help and the steady support of Christian friends, we live in real joy by cultivating the mind of Christ - so that, in humility, we forego personal ambition to become Christlike in all that we do.
LIVING IN JOY IMITATES CHRIST IN ONE’S BEING, THINKING, AND DOING One of the joys of being a parent, grand-parent, or great-grandparent – of a toddler in particular - is to watch the little one try to imitate what you say and do. Much of our interaction with the ...read more
Scripture: Philippians 2:1-11
Seeing God as He truly is helps us to discover His place in our lives and our need of Him.
The Power of Godly Thinking Isaiah 6:1-8 1 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted, and the train of his robe filled the temple. 2 Above him were seraphs, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their ...read more
Scripture: Isaiah 6:1-8
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