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  • James May avatar

    Running With The Pigs

    Contributed by James May on Apr 23, 2001
    based on 94 ratings
     | 12,313 views

    Even Pigs couldn’t stand to run the demons for long, but people choose to live with demons in control of their lives instead of Christ.

    Disclaimer: Due to the large amount of sermons and topics that appear on this site I feel it is necessary to post this disclaimer on all sermons posted. These sermons are original to the author and the leading of the Holy Spirit. While ideas and illustrations are often gleaned from many ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Be Not Afraid

    Contributed by Wayne Burnett on Sep 27, 2001
    based on 77 ratings
     | 16,838 views

    A MESSAGE FOR TIMES OF FEAR, DOUBT, WORRY, ETC. JESUS SAID "DON’T BE AFRAID" IT IS NOT GOD’S WILL FOR THE BELIEVER TO BE CONTROLLED BY FEAR

    BE NOT AFRAID MARK 5:22-24a, 35-36 I. FEAR A. Fear is one of the most prominent forces that people deal with, saved and unsaved B. Fear comes in different forms and fashions, and can be placed in three different categories 1-fear from storms of life, 2-fear from man, 3-fear from world events ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

  • Paul Fritz avatar

    How Jesus Delegated Responsibility And Authority

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Sep 17, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,528 views

    Let your disciples have responsibility and the authority to trust God for greater works without having to constantly supervise or control them.

    How Jesus Delegated Responsibility and Authority Acts 1:8 (NIV, NIRV, TNIV, KJV) How Jesus Delegated Responsibility and Authority - Acts 1:8 Illustration:Peter Drucker offers insightful guidance to the church when he calls leadership a peak performance by one who is "the trumpet that ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Jeff Strite avatar

    Getting Your 2nd Wind - Which Way Will You Run? Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Sep 11, 2005
    based on 66 ratings
     | 10,379 views

    The demoniac RAN to Jesus... but could he worship Him? Could a man so defiled and controled by demonic possession truly worship?

    OPEN: In our office file cabinet there is a chunk of cement. It’s not very large. It’s painted on one side with what appears to be approximately 3 or 4 colors of spray paint. For all intents and purposes it looks like a piece of rubble. And that’s what it is – it is rubble from what was once the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Peter Schmidt avatar

    A Time Of Freedom Series

    Contributed by Peter Schmidt on May 2, 2005
    based on 10 ratings
     | 4,655 views

    A Time of Freedom 1. We are free from sin’s condemnation 2. We are free from sin’s control

    Lent 4 Romans 8:1-10 Perhaps you saw last weekend that the serial killer known as BTK was finally caught after eluding police since the 1970’s. His three-letter name was one that he had given himself, those letters standing for what he did to his victims, “Bind, Torture, Kill.” Now that he’s in ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • David Owens avatar

    Taming The Tongue Series

    Contributed by David Owens on Jun 19, 2006
    based on 6 ratings
     | 8,552 views

    Taming the tongue is a challenge for all of us as James points out. In this sermon I give some helpful strategies for controlling the tongue.

    Introduction: A. If your tongue has ever gotten you into trouble, then please raise your hand. 1. Turn to your neighbor and say, “I’m not surprised!” 2. We are not surprised, because it happens to all of us. 3. All of us have had the experience of saying something, and then wishing we had not said ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Taming The Tongue

    Contributed by Billy Ricks on Aug 20, 2004
    based on 14 ratings
     | 6,518 views

    The tongue has been given the title strongest muscle in the Body! Why then don’t we have the "strength" to control it?

    Taming The Tongue The tongue of the human body is a very specialized organ. It is used for two distinct purposes. One is for eating. In eating the tongue is used in tasting as well as (did you know digestion). In digestion the tongue crushes food against the mouth, and also moves the food ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Darryl Klassen avatar

    Get Ready For A Wild Ride

    Contributed by Darryl Klassen on Feb 15, 2007
     | 2,821 views

    A New Year’s sermon on what to expect in the coming year. One thing we can certain of: God is in control.

    GET READY FOR A WILD RIDE!!! The man woke up with a jolt. Turbulence had jostled the man from his slumber and painfully he recalled falling asleep on the arm of his seat. Flying for hours in the massive 747, the man in his delirium had forgotten where he was going. “Do you have any idea where ...read more

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    Denomination: Mennonite

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    We Do Not Submit To Abuse

    Contributed by Robert Leroe on Oct 23, 2006
    based on 10 ratings
     | 4,780 views

    Wives are not called to be slaves, and husbands have no business being bullies. Insecurity drives controlling behavior, which can lead to abuse.

    “We do not submit to abuse” I Peter 3:1-8 Pastor Bob Leroe, Cliftondale Congregational Church, Saugus, Massachusetts October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. By this time tomorrow, nearly 6,000 women will be victims of domestic violence. As a spiritual community we are called to respond. ...read more

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    Denomination: Congregational

  • Paul Kallan avatar

    Friend, You Are Not Trapped

    Contributed by Paul Kallan on Nov 26, 2002
    based on 38 ratings
     | 3,407 views

    Advent Alertness means to see the power of God behind our weaknesses and failures and let Him take control of our life.

    The figure of the watchman in the parable of Mark 13.33-37, who waits alertly for the return of the master, reveals the true task of a christian. Our life is compared to a house with its watchman. The watchman guards the house and lets in only the members of the house and those who are welcome to ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

  • Christian Cheong avatar

    The Call To Overcome

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on May 26, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,249 views

    We are to lean on Christ and live an overcoming life, in the midst of the troubles of this world. For the Lord is reigning upon His throne and sovereignly in control.

    We have just finished the messages to the seven churches in Revelation chapters 2 and 3. And I was all ready to move away from Revelation. • I was thinking about what to preach. I sat down on Thursday night and received through the email a newsletter from SermonCentral, which I subscribed to. • ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • William Ellis avatar

    Lord Fill Us Up

    Contributed by William Ellis on Nov 24, 2006
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,590 views

    It is about time that we let the Spirit of God take control of our churches, our families,and ultimately our lives!

    We have been talking about The Holy Spirit & His Working In The Church Story of one man: He could not seem to grow anything in his garden...his lettuce was being ravaged by rodents, his watermelons looked more like sick apples...his strawberries were more like strawscarries because everytime you ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

  • Jerry Cosper avatar

    Guidelines For Christianity: The Fruit Of Meekness Series

    Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Mar 31, 2015
     | 4,625 views

    If we are meek, if we are gentle, then we are God controlled. We will have to be considerate to people, and we will also be considerate toward God.

    Gentleness and meekness are basically the same. Why aren’t some people gentle? There are some who say things that set you on edge, & you’re convinced that they enjoy doing it? They come into your home & say, "Where did you find that wall-paper?" And it’s obvious that ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Rodney Buchanan avatar

    Testing God

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Mar 20, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,003 views

    Do you test God or trust God? What are the ways we try to control God in order to get our way?

    To understand how the devil is tempting Jesus here in this second temptation, we first need an accurate picture of Jerusalem. Jerusalem is a city which was built on a very high plateau and is surrounded by deep valleys. Whenever you read in the Bible about someone going to Jerusalem you will ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Wave The White Flag Series

    Contributed by Patrick Nix on Jul 9, 2010
    based on 6 ratings
     | 13,226 views

    The best thing that a person can do is to surrender to God - give up control, surrender the glory, yield your independence to God.

    Two hundred years after Christ, China’s Han Dynasty began its ruthless conquest of neighboring territories. During a particular battle, an enemy soldier, knowing he was defeated, stripped off part of his shirt and waved it in the air. It was an act of surrender – thus began the tradition of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist