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  • Clark Frailey avatar

    How To Defeat Temptation Series

    Contributed by Clark Frailey on Apr 15, 2004
    based on 38 ratings
     | 7,012 views

    Sermon 1/2 in the Introduction to James Series

    How to defeat Temptation Scripture: James 1:12-18 Introduction: I am reminded of a little boy and his mom. She had just baked some fresh cookies and placed them on the counter to cool. The little boy made the comment to his mother about how good the cookies smelled. The mother told him he was ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    God's Victory In Defeat

    Contributed by Charles Cockroft on Mar 17, 2008
    based on 157 ratings
     | 29,506 views

    What looked like defeat, set up Victory over the enemy

    God’s Victory In Defeat Joshua 8:1-8:7 Josh 1 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear not, neither be thou dismayed: take all the people of war with thee, and arise, go up to Ai: see, I have given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land: ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Scott Kircher avatar

    Elijah - Defeater Of Depression Series

    Contributed by Scott Kircher on Sep 14, 2008
    based on 97 ratings
     | 15,523 views

    Principals to help us overcome depression in our own lives

    Elijah – Defeater of Depression Slide This has been a really different week for me. I am normally not one to be depressed, but after the service last week I was feeling exhausted, like I just wanted to crawl into my bed and go to sleep. I didn’t think much about it until Monday, when I still felt ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Defeat Sin Now! Series

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Sep 29, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,427 views

    Have a sin you cannot overcome? Stop trying to defeat sin. The root cause of our sin is our heart. Deal with the heart, deal with the sin.

    Try as she will, Karen could not overcome a certain sin. She knew it was wrong, she knew it hurt others, she knew it hurt her reputation, but it was as if she turned around, and there is was that sin again. Now, there were times that she would go for days, even weeks, where she would not even be ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Dave McFadden avatar

    "How To Fall Into Defeat”

    Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Oct 6, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,344 views

    The factors that contributed to Israel’s defeat at Ai are the same which contribute to the defeat of God’s people today.

    The people of Israel had just experienced a miraculous victory over the city of Jericho. The next city for them to conquer was the city of Ai. The forces of Ai were much smaller than were the forces of Jericho, but much to the surprise of the army of Israel, rather than defeating the army of Ai, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jonathan Russell avatar

    Exchanging Defeat For Determination Series

    Contributed by Jonathan Russell on Jun 27, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,690 views

    How to trade your defeat for a renewed determination

    How to exchange your defeat for determination... 1. Don’t forget God’s blessings in the past Joshua 6: the victory at Jericho Joshua 7: Jericho is forgotten Deut. 4:9; 7:18; 8:11; Ps. 77:11; Ecc. 12:1 2. Don’t question God’s plan (v. 7a) Jer. 29:11 Isaiah 55:8-9 3. Don’t settle for less than the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Defeating Your Enemies Series

    Contributed by Greg Addison on Jul 17, 2007
    based on 8 ratings
     | 15,451 views

    David defeating Goliath is a uiversal lesson that teaches all of us how to defeat our worst enemies - Satan, sin, and self.

    Defeating your Enemies INTRODUCTION Most great heroes are defined by the enemies that they defeat. Just listen to the name of these heroes and see if their enemies do not come readily to mind: Batman (Joker, Penguin, Riddler); Superman (Lex Luthor); Flash Gordon (Ming the Merciless). The list ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Lindsey Mann avatar

    Vicotry Out Of Defeat

    Contributed by Lindsey Mann on Mar 16, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,404 views

    No Christian needs to live in defeat. Victory is assured if we would only learn to believe what the Lord has done.

    VICTORY OUT OF DEFEAT INTRODUCTION Each and every Christian is involved in a warfare situation. We have an enemy called Satan or the devil. He is the opposition and he is very subtle and very clever, but the Lord Jesus Christ is on our side. It is difficult for us to realize that our God is ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • W F avatar

    How To Defeat Indecision Series

    Contributed by W F on Aug 22, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,388 views

    How to defeat the giant of indecision.

    Key verse: Elijah went before the people and said, "How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow him; but if Baal is God, follow him." But the people said nothing (1 Kings 18:21). INTRODUCTION Choice plays a big part in our lives. For instance, we can get anything we ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    Never Accept Defeat Series

    Contributed by Sean Lester on Jan 18, 2007
    based on 40 ratings
     | 15,811 views

    Proposition: The spiritual warrior never accepts defeat in accomplishing God’s will for his or her life.

    The Warrior Ethos II Sean Lester January 18, 2007 Primary Text: 1 John 5:3-5 [3] This is love for God: to obey his commands. And his commands are not burdensome, [4] for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. [5] Who is it that ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Recovering From Defeat Series

    Contributed by John Hamby on Feb 26, 2002
    based on 219 ratings
     | 52,711 views

    Five Principles for recovering from a spiritual defeat taken from Joshua’s victory over Ai.

    A Study of Joshua Sermon # 7 “Recovering From Defeat” Joshua 8: 1-29 As we saw last week there is no failure or mistake that cannot be remedied through the grace of God. Even Achor the valley of trouble can ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Thomas Cash avatar

    Defeating Unreasonable Demands Series

    Contributed by Thomas Cash on May 20, 2004
    based on 37 ratings
     | 6,793 views

    When facing impossible situations that seem to have no answer, we need the "ultimate outsource" of prayer.

    Sermon Notes Defeating Unreasonable Demands Daniel 2:1-28 (Third in the series Dare to be a Daniel) Introduction: Have you ever faced an impossible situation for which there seemed to be no answer? How we deal with unreasonable demands depends on the source of our strength. Proposition: Daniel’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Bret White avatar

    Defeating King Me Series

    Contributed by Bret White on Aug 28, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,541 views

    We must defeat our selfish nature to allow Christ to take control. Where does it begin and how big of a problem is it?

    Scripture Reading: James 3:13-17 Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom. 14But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth. 15This is not the wisdom that comes down ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Howard Strickland avatar

    Defeating Satan's Wiles

    Contributed by Howard Strickland on Aug 13, 2007
    based on 8 ratings
     | 4,795 views

    Satan has been around for a long time, he knows our weakness’, he has many tactics, Satan uses people, he uses our battles against us,

    Overcoming Satan’s Wiles Text: Genesis 3:1-5 Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Has God indeed said, ‘You shall not eat of every tree of the garden’?”2 And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Wilson McMahon avatar

    Defeating The Influence Of The Flesh

    Contributed by Wilson Mcmahon on Feb 4, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,861 views

    This is a discourse on Christ’s prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane.

    Defeating the Influence Luke 22:41 And he was withdrawn from them about a stone’s cast, and kneeled down, and prayed, Luke 22:42 Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done. Luke 22:43 And there appeared an angel unto him from ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God