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I Desire Mercy Not Sacrifice
Experiencing the mercy of God in our lives
Ready & Faithful
Looking to Jesus for help now and hope in the future
Why Suffering?
Help your church understand God's plan in pain
When we put on the full armor of God, we are prepared to not fight the wars of the world, but to withstand the world's hostilities, even as we fight for God's peace.
You have just heard one of the better known passages of Scripture from our Bible. I honestly don’t know why this particular passage is better known than others. My best guess is that perhaps the very tangible imagery of body armor makes for a good lesson, but who knows for sure. Because I can ...read more
Scripture: Ephesians 6:10-20
Denomination: United Methodist
OVERCOMING TEMPTATION
FIGHTING TEMPTATION I Jn 2:15-17 15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is ...read more
Scripture: 1 John 2:15-17
Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Discouragement and depression can keep you from accomplishing what God wants for your life.
Fighting Discouragement Nehemiah chapter 4 Prayer- Father, today would you allow us to sense your presence. It is what each one of us needs for our lives. In your presence discouragement, anger, loneliness, anxiety, they all leave when they are replaced with your Spirit dwelling in us. Help us ...read more
Scripture: Nehemiah 4:1-14
Denomination: Nazarene
We must be stubborn about the gospel, but we must be flexible about matters of lesser importantance.
[If you would like to receive sermons each week by email, please contact jonrmcleod@yahoo.com] FREEDOM IN CHRIST In the first century, Christian freedom was under attack. Freedom is precious. It often comes at a great price. And sometimes it can be easily lost. Paul was a freedom fighter. The ...read more
Scripture: Galatians 2:1-10
Denomination: Baptist
Seeking security and significance outside of God is futile, and we should instead trust in God's promises and presence to lead us into His best.
Good morning, church family! Today we are going to dive into two passages from Genesis. We'll be looking at Genesis 25:21-26 and Genesis 28:13-15, focusing on the futility of fighting for security and success without God, the struggle for significance and security in life, and trusting God to bring ...read more
Scripture: Genesis 25:21-26, Genesis 28:13-15
Topics: Struggle, Security, Success
Whether married or single, relating well to people includes conflict, so you may as well learn to fight well and to fight fair.
Fight Fair 1. • My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met. —Rodney Dangerfield 2. Soon after our last child left home for college, my husband was resting next to me on the couch with his head in my lap. I carefully removed his glasses. “You know, honey,” I said sweetly, “without your ...read more
Scripture: Proverbs 20:3
Denomination: Independent/Bible
When you read prophecy we may be trying to stop what God has planned for our time thus all of our angst may be in vain.
Acts 5:38 And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought: 39 But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God. KJV As I watch the various postings fly back and forth ...read more
Scripture: Acts 5:38-39
This is the first message in an expositional series through the book of Jude about preparing to deal with false teachers in the church.
Text: Jude 1-2, Title: Preparing for a Fight, Date/Place: LSCC, 8/27/06, AM A. Opening illustration: Several centuries ago, a Japanese emperor commissioned an artist to paint a bird. A number of months passed, then several years, and still no painting was brought to the palace. Finally the emperor ...read more
Scripture: Jude 1:1-2
The prophets made it clear that God had a universal love, but the people paid no attention to the prophets. Having this attitude caused them to fail in being God’s servant in reaching the rest of mankind.
The first act of aggression by which one man attacked another with intent to kill was motivated by religious intolerance. Cain could not stand to see Abel in better harmony with God than himself, and the result was murder. This attitude of intolerance is found all through the Old Testament. ...read more
Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 2:14-16
All true believers have a responsibility to contend for the faith.
The writer of Psalm 11 presents us with a penetrating and probing question: "If the foundations are destroyed what can the righteous do?" That is, what must believers do to prevent destruction of the foundation of their faith? The answer to the psalmist’s question is found in Jude 3. What will keep ...read more
Scripture: Jude 1:3
David faced down Goliath that was over 9 feet tall. Why?
A time to fight 1 Samuel 17:(1a, 4-11, 19-23), 32-49 In our text today (1a, 4-11, 19-23) is the lead up to this historic and informative true story we are looking at today. I will predominantly be in Verses 32-49. The back ground of a very familiar story: David was taking food to his ...read more
Scripture: 1 Samuel 17:32-49
There is an old saying that goes “Opportunity knocks once, but temptation beats on the door everyday.” What a true statement, for we live our lives constantly surrounded by temptations. There is no place on earth that we are able to go and escape tempta
“Fighting Temptation” By Elder Melvin L. Maughmer, Jr. INTRODUCTION: There is an old saying that goes “Opportunity knocks once, but temptation beats on the door everyday.” What a true statement, for we live our lives constantly surrounded by temptations. There is no place on earth that we ...read more
Scripture: James 1:1-14
Denomination: Apostolic
In this scripture we see a wonderful testimony of how God will use any body who is not afraid. God is calling youth who are not afraid to take a stand.
In this scripture we see a wonderful testimony of how God will use any body who is not afraid. Fear is one of the greatest enemy of our success The fear of failure, will keep you from trying. The fear of being alone, we keep you from lifting up a standard. The fear of rejection, will ...read more
Scripture: 1 Samuel 17:32, 1 Timothy 4:12
A message about overcoming fear and winning personal battles.
Dakota Community Church January 21, 2007 Fight or Flight Last week I shared some personal things about battling fear. I would say there are only certain areas of my life where this true. Before I begin this morning I want everyone to take a minute to think about this past week. Was it a good ...read more
Scripture: 1 Peter 5:7-9
Denomination: Mennonite
Many Christians fight just to fight but they are not fighting to win.
TOPIC: FIGHT TO WIN Text: I Samuel 17:50 “So David triumphed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone; without a sword in his hand he struck down the Philistine and killed him.” Introduction: How did David won over Goliath? The normal answer to this question is, “Using his sling and stones ...read more
Scripture: 1 Samuel 17:50
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