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Faithful to the Finish
Peter's final call to a young and growing church
Grace and Glory
A short series through the highlights of 1 Peter
Entrusted
Gifts, risk, and the return of the King
Chrismtas Realities - Part 4. What happens when God interrupts your plans and your world gets turned upside down?
AN UNWANTED GIFT: WHEN GOD MESSES UP YOUR PLANS Christmas Realities – Part 4 Fourth Sunday of Advent December 18, 2005 Luke 1:26-38 INTRODUCTION: As the Baby Boomers begin to move into retirement age starting next year we are no longer talking about a baby boom, but about a baby bust. In fact ...read more
Scripture: Luke 1:26-38
A rich life doesn’t come from riches, but from your ability to enjoy God’s blessings.
The Gift of Wealth or Enjoyment? Which is Best? (Ecclesiastes 5:8-6:9) 1. Sam goes to the doctor for his yearly checkup. “Everything is fine”, said the doctor, “You’re doing OK for your age.” “For my age?” questioned Sam, “I’m only 75, do you think I’ll make it to 80? “Well” said the doctor, “do ...read more
Denomination: Independent/Bible
Mary pondered - using four gifts to explore meaning of Christmas as we ponder it's meaning in our lives
Mary pondered all these words in her heart. That’s what I want to focus on tonight Ponder That’s what Christmas is about reflecting, thinking, contemplating the wonder of Christmas’ past and present and future Birth of Baby Jesus, Christmas programs, Christmas worship, ...read more
Scripture: Luke 2:1-20
Denomination: Lutheran
How do you view your wealth, Paul gave the true purpose of wealth in his first letter to Timothy
Introduction: This past Spring, our church was involved in a spiritual campaign called 40 Days of Purpose. The jest of the campaign asked the question, “What on Earth am I here for?” Each of us has a purpose; God did not design us to drift through life having little or no impact on others. Rather ...read more
Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:17-19
Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ
Every Christian has been uniquely gifted for service. The question is: "Are you using your gifts in service?"
Meeting Needs, Touching Lives – Part II 1 Corinthians 12:5 – 7 1. Uniquely Gifted To Serve - God has given each person a gift for ministry – 1 Corinthians 12:5-6, 11; 1 Timothy 4:10 1 Corinthians 12:5-6a,11 “There are different ways to serve the same Lord, and we can each do different ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:5-7
Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Choice is a gift from God, beginning with His decision to place the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the Garden of Eden. This gift was passed on to mankind, and the choices we make daily shape our future. God's gift of choice is a central theme in our lives, and understanding this can lead to a more fulfilling future.
The topic of today's sermon is "Choice." Choice is something that originates from God. God made the choice to place the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the center of the garden, ensuring that Adam and Eve couldn't miss it. And God passed on this gift of choice to humanity. The choices we make ...read more
Scripture: Ecclesiastes 11:9
Topics: Choices, Life Decisions
Session 3: This upload, which is a supplement to Session 2, contains an explanation of all the spiritual gifts, along with examples of where each gift can be used in the life of the church.
The Gift of Administration (Exodus 18:20-22) The Holy Spirit enables some of us to motivate, direct and inspire God's people in such a way that they voluntarily and harmoniously work together to do the Church's work effectively. To exercise the gift of administration is to assume oversight ...read more
Scripture: Romans 12:6-8, 1 Corinthians 12:7-10, 1 Corinthians 12:28, Ephesians 4:11-13
Denomination: Baptist
This test involves remembering your spiritual growth as is mentioned in 1 John 2: 12-14. This test involves remembering. It’s a good thing to remember.
This evening we take test #3 for proving if we really know God. That test involves remembering your spiritual growth as is mentioned in 1 John 2: 12-14. This test involves remembering. It’s a good thing to remember. It’s good to remember what stories you have told so that they don’t come back ...read more
Scripture: 1 John 2:12-14
The 11th sermon in our series dealing with the Baptist Faith and Message
Using Our Gifts (BFM #11 ) Text: Exodus 4:2; 1st Corinthians 12:1-11 By: Ken McKinley (Read Text) St. Bernard of Clairvaux (the man the dog was named after) once said, “Preach the Gospel at all times, and if necessary, use words.” As we continue on in our study of the BFM we’ve been looking at ...read more
Scripture: Exodus 4:2
The primacy of love against the backdrop of Spiritual gifts, mutual interdependence and the common good.
BANKERS TRUST? Have you noticed what’s been happening in your bank? "The Banks" have been introducing change by stealth. It began over 10 years ago when the banks made some poor investment decisions during the buoyant 80’s. But with the Stock Market crash of 89, banks were struggling with extreme ...read more
Did you know our memory is a gift from God. We all like gifts but this is a wonderful gift God has given us. Just think about it, wouldn’t it be a terrible thing to live our entire life and when we die nobody remembers that we ever existed.
Memory is a GIFT FROM GOD!!! Illus: Dr. Odell Belger tells how that his youngest brother had died and he still is able to remember him and the good times they had together. He can still remember… • How he looked! • How he talked! • How he was the life of the party! • How he love to tell ...read more
Scripture: 1 Timothy 1:12-17
God through the Holy Spirit has gifts which glorify Christ and empowers the church to edify the Body of Christ and minister to all mankind. This message is an introduction to those gifts.
He Gave Gifts Introductions to Holy Spirit Gifts Charles Swindall gave an illustration of what it may look like to the Lord as He looks upon His church in regard to Holy Spirit given gifts to the body of Christ. Think how you would feel if this happened to you. Let us say you have a friend who ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:5-6
This sermon is the tenth in a series of ten on Motivational Spiritual Gifts which purposes to encourage hearers to apply their spiritual gift in ministry to others.
This is the final message in a series of sermons I have been preaching on “spiritual gifts.” We began this series by talking about the 3 Categories of Gifts and they are Motivational gifts, Ministry gifts, and Manifestation gifts. The texts we will consider in applying Ministry gifts today will ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:4-27
Do you have a spiritual gift? How would you know? How would you use it?
Introduction Do you have a gift? Do you possess a giftedness in some way that you can attribute it to God and through which you believe you are making a significant contribution to the church? If you are like most Christians, you may be modest about the subject; you may even be troubled by it, ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:1-6
Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed
What kind of gifts can we give at Christmas? What can we learn from the example of the Maji’s gifts to Jesus?
GOD’S INDESCRIBABLE GIFT – A Gift Worth Giving Matthew 2:1-12; 2 Corinthians 9:15 INTRODUCTION: It’s the Christmas season once again and our thoughts turn to presents! Kids are making their wish lists; visiting Santa at the mall. Meanwhile parents are running their credit cards up to the limit ...read more
Denomination: Assembly Of God
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