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  • Jeff Strite avatar

    B Imitators Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Nov 1, 2009
    based on 65 ratings
     | 18,709 views

    What does it mean to imitate God? And what stops us from doing that effectively?

    OPEN: Lily Tomlin is a famous woman comedian. Once she said, "I always wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific." APPLY: A lot of people would like to be somebody. The past couple of nights, little children went "Trick Or Treating" dressed up to be “somebody”. Some of those ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Walk In Love And Light Series

    Contributed by Shawn Rose on May 19, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
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    If we want to be effective in winning the lost, we must be imitators of God. There are two ways to do this: walk in love and walk in light. (Part of a series)

    WALK IN LOVE AND LIGHT Text: Ephesians 5:1 – 16 Introduction: · “Followers” = imitators (v. 1) · If we want to be effective in winning the lost, we must be imitators of God · Two ways to do this: walk in love and walk in light Body: A. Walk in love 1. Meaning (v. 2) · Sacrificial ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Imitating God Series

    Contributed by Brian Atwood on Jul 18, 2008
    based on 14 ratings
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    Ways to imitate God and thereby cash in on the spiritual riches in Christ. (Expository sermon)

    We’re in the series "Simple Living," based on the 2nd half of Paul’s correspondence to the Ephesian Christ followers of the First Century. In the first half of the letter, believers are described as “spiritually rich,” and in the second half, the part upon which this series is based, we’re told ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Steve Shepherd avatar

    Be Imitators Of God

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Jun 2, 2008
    based on 49 ratings
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    According to this text, in what ways should we imitate God? 1- Imitate His love 2- Imitate His holiness 3- Imitate His wisdom

    INTRO.- Who’s your favorite Hollywood actor? Actress? Would you want to be like him or her? Today, I wouldn’t want to be like any Hollywood actor, but when I was a kid I wanted to be like Leonard Slye. Who’s that? The king of the cowboys, Roy Rogers. He was one of the good guys, one of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Imitate The Perfect Example

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Aug 15, 2009
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     | 3,963 views

    Paul tells us how we can imitate God who is our perfect example.

    Text: “Therefore be imitators of God as dear children” (Ephesians 5:1). Have you ever imitated anyone? When I was a child I remember imitating or mimicking my dad while he was driving the car. I would sit beside him and watch his every move. My pretend steering wheel would turn every time the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

  • Neil Olcott avatar

    Imitation Is The Sincerest Form Of Flattery Series

    Contributed by Neil Olcott on Sep 10, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,665 views

    Paul continues on contrasting the life of an unbeliever over against a Christ follower. The point is there should be a difference! We are not to mimic those who are far from God, but rather, we should imitate God.

    Eph. 5:1-20 Imitation is called the sincerest form of flattery! But we sometimes need to be careful who we are imitating! A new missionary recruit went to Venezuela for the first time. He was struggling with the language and didn’t understand a whole lot of what was going on. Intending to visit ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Who Are You Looking At?

    Contributed by Richard White on Sep 11, 2009
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    If we are to be imitators of God we need to be studying him so well that when people see us, they see HIM

    Who are you looking at? Eph 5:1-21 Growing up I used to love to watch an impressionist named Rich Little. He was so cool when doing John Wayne, Johnny Carson, Jay Leno and other such stars. One of my favorite shows was Rich Little doing “A Christmas Carol.” He did it solo, using his talents as ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Walk In A Manner Worthy Of Your Calling

    Contributed by Christopher Nerreau on Apr 4, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,602 views

    All of us are either walking toward or away from God. In today’s sermon we will look at the three themes Paul provides to determine which direction we are walking - Love, Light and Wisdom.

    “A Walk Worthy Of Our Calling” Ephesians 5:1-8,15 04/06/2008 by Chris Nerreau TITLE: Your Walk SCRIPTURE: Ephesians 5:1-8,15 DATE: 04/06/08 May the words of our lips and the meditation’s of our heart be always acceptable in thy sight, giving praise glory and honor to Your name our Rock and ...read more

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    Denomination: Orthodox

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    Why Wait? Series

    Contributed by Tim Huie on Apr 21, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,528 views

    Why should we wait until marriage to be intimate? Paul gives us four perfect reasons to do so.

    1. Illus. of Terri • 15 years old girl came and said, “I want to get married.” When I pressed her, she said, “I have to get married.” • Should have been playing with baby dolls, now would shortly have a baby of her own. • Got into trouble by experimenting with the physical intimacy God has reserved ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Right Thinking Brings Right Action

    Contributed by Dean Rhine on May 8, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,003 views

    Ephesians 5

    Ephesians 5 - September 3, 2006 **Prayer for school starting - students, teachers, AWANA Good morning. Join me in turning to the book of Ephesians, chapter 5. We have been going through this letter of Paul the Apostle, written to Christians in the town of Ephesus, the capital city of Turkey or ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    How Time Flies

    Contributed by Steven Buhr on Jan 25, 2008
     | 5,821 views

    Making the most of our time and the opportunities that God puts across our path in life.

    January 6th, 2008 – How Time Flies… Well, another year has gone. The year 2007 is now history. It seems such a short while ago we were yelling Happy New Year for 2007, planning the Launch Service for Westshore Community Church and having 85 people fill the church, getting news of Dan’s tumour, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Sylvester Fergusson avatar

    War Not Peace

    Contributed by Sylvester Fergusson on Jan 25, 2008
    based on 8 ratings
     | 8,859 views

    Christians are not at liberty to live at peace with the enemy. We are a people that are constantly at war. We have no orders to surrender

    WAR NOT PEACE! Scripture Reading: Eph. 5:1-11 INTRODUCTION Amidst all the prophesies that have been told regarding the end of the world. There is one prophesy which stands head and shoulders above all others. One prophecy, which pinpoints the end of the world with greater accuracy, than all ...read more

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    Denomination: Adventist

  • Matthew Sullivan avatar

    Keep Pure Series

    Contributed by Matthew Sullivan on Feb 18, 2008
     | 4,846 views

    As the Church we should always strive to be a strong imitation of God.

    In Senior High you really imitate each other. What becomes trendy for one eventually becomes trendy for everyone else? When I was in H.S. the thing to do was to role up your jeans at the bottom, there was even a certain fold you had to follow, and everybody did it. Everybody’s hair was feathered in ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Personal Integrity

    Contributed by Dan Cormie on Feb 22, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,519 views

    The role of personal integrity in a fulfilling Christian life.

    Covenant Youth Mission June 26, 1995 Personal Integrity “The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them.” - Henry David Thoreau What is your plan for this life? What is the song in you? Is it still untapped? Have you sought it out and written it ...read more

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    Denomination: Mennonite

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    How To Keep Sex From Becoming Your God Series

    Contributed by Pat Damiani on Feb 25, 2008
    based on 6 ratings
     | 4,971 views

    43rd in a series from Ephesians. How to view sex from God’s perspective.

    I don’t really know if there is intelligent life elsewhere in the universe. That’s not an issue that the Bible addresses either way. But let’s just suppose for a moment that an alien from elsewhere in the universe was to make his way to the earth, and to the United States in particular. And this ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist