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  • Paul Clemente avatar

    God’s Resolutions For Christians Series

    Contributed by Paul Clemente on Dec 29, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,487 views

    We come up with all sorts of good New Year’s resolutions but often neglect our spiritual lives, which is really the basis for everything in our lives!

    In a few days it will be a new year and many will be making resolutions. Can you fill in the blanks for the following? I’m too short for my weight, therefore, in 2010 I’m going on a ______! I now have too many friends calling me to pay my bills, therefore, in 2010 I will stick to a ______! I ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Steve Shepherd avatar

    Be Imitators Of God

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Jun 2, 2008
    based on 49 ratings
     | 24,088 views

    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

  • Steve Shepherd avatar

    Live As Children Of Light

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Jun 2, 2008
    based on 30 ratings
     | 14,587 views

    1- Seek to the please the Lord 2- Have nothing to do with darkness 3- Make the most of every opportunity 4- Be filled with the Spirit

    INTRO.- Live as children. ILL.- It was at the end of the school year, and a kindergarten teacher was receiving gifts from her pupils. The florist’s son handed her a gift. She shook it, held it overhead, and said, "I bet I know what it is. Some flowers." "That’s right" the boy said, "but how ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Doing Time

    Contributed by Monty Newton on Aug 13, 2009
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     | 3,736 views

    The Christian life is about seizing every opportunity to do what pleases God and brings othes to Christ.

    Title: Doing Time Text: Ephesians 5:8-17 Thesis: The Christian life is about seizing every opportunity to do what pleases God and brings others to Christ. Introduction A man had been driving all night and by morning was still far from his destination. He decided to stop at the next city he ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Bill Butsko avatar

    Imitate The Perfect Example

    Contributed by Bill Butsko on Aug 15, 2009
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     | 3,893 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

  • Matt Hoffmann avatar

    Wise Investing

    Contributed by Matt Hoffmann on Aug 15, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,997 views

    What kind of investment advice have you gotten lately? In Ephesians 5 we learn about what REAL investing is!

    There is a lot of talk lately about what is wise and unwise. We see this especially in relation to the financial world. With economic times being tough, it seems that there are “experts” popping up everywhere like weeds to tell us how to invest wisely. They tell us that we need to diversify our ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • MELVIN NEWLAND avatar

    Mister, Are You Jesus?

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Sep 3, 2009
    based on 194 ratings
     | 35,963 views

    Let me ask you: "How would things be different if Jesus came & took your place?" Whether we realize it or not, that is exactly what He wants - to make Himself known to others through our lives.

    MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK (REVISED: 2016) TEXT: 2 Corinthians 3:18; Ephesians 5:1-2; John 13:12-17 ILL. One Sunday as they drove home from church, a little girl turned to her mother & said, "Mommy, there’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Imitation Is The Sincerest Form Of Flattery Series

    Contributed by Neil Olcott on Sep 10, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,601 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

  • Richard White avatar

    Who Are You Looking At?

    Contributed by Richard White on Sep 11, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,949 views

    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

  • Jonathan Russell avatar

    Transformers, Part 4 Series

    Contributed by Jonathan Russell on Jun 22, 2007
     | 2,148 views

    How to live life from an eternal perspective

    Our salvation transforms our perspective from living in the here and now to living for eternity. How can we live a life from an eternal perspective? 1. Our lives must be lived in WATCHFULNESS (v. 8-14). A. Be watchful in what you love (v. 9-10). B. Be watchful in what you loathe (v. 11-12). C. Be ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • James Dunn avatar

    Children Of The Light Series

    Contributed by James Dunn on Jun 26, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,197 views

    This is message 10 of a 13 part series taken from the Book of Ephesians describing "The Power of a Blessed Life."

    Children of the Light Ephesians 5:1-21 I. We Must Keep Away from Darkness "…have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness…" A. Immorality B. Impurity C. Greediness E. Foolishness II. Then We Must Walk in the Light “Live as children of light…” A. Imitate God “Be imitators of God ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Brandon Hatfield avatar

    The Table

    Contributed by Brandon Hatfield on Jun 26, 2007
     | 7,542 views

    Visual Sermon comparing our walk with Christ to a Table. Very powerful if done right and if the concepts are taken and made to fit your church.

    “The Table” (For this sermon you need to set up a very elegant dinner table complete with chairs and food, anything to make it look inviting. You’ll understand as you read the text.) Want to know a staggering statistic? Did you know that nearly 1/3 of the world’s population call themselves ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Joseph Rodgers avatar

    Our Imitation Series

    Contributed by Joseph Rodgers on Jun 28, 2007
    based on 14 ratings
     | 7,162 views

    The highest priority of the Christian is to become an imitator of Christ - a replica of our Lord. In Ephesians 5, Paul addresses how to be such an imitation.

    Live Out Loud – Our IMITATION Ephesians 5:1-21 Video: Scriptural Imitation – www.sermonspice.com Insert: Play a quick game of Simon-Sez – what are you doing? You have just imitated everything I modeled and asked you do. Trans: As we continue our study in Ephesians today we’re going ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jake Kircher avatar

    Jumping As A Stranger Series

    Contributed by Jake Kircher on Jan 8, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,140 views

    Why does God call us to live differently than the world around us? It doesn’t seem fair!

    Way back in September, when we started Breakaway for the new school year we introduced our theme for the year as Jump! The whole idea was looking at the importance of jumping into a relationship with Christ. We picked this word for three main reasons. First, we said that jump communicates no ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Monte Brown avatar

    Are We The Bride Of Christ?

    Contributed by Monte Brown on Jan 15, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,677 views

    Talk about the relationship between God and Israel and Christ and the New Testament Church. How that Israel is God’s wife and the New Testament Church is Christ’s bride. Speak about Jewish customs with marriage and the arrangements that are made in

    Talk about the relationship between God and Israel and Christ and the New Testament Church. How that Israel is God’s wife and the New Testament Church is Christ’s bride. Speak about Jewish customs with marriage and the arrangements that are made in preparation for husband and wife. Are we the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist