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  • Howard Strickland avatar

    Conflict Management

    Contributed by Howard Strickland on Jul 3, 2008
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     | 6,001 views

    Major companies spend thousands of dollars a year for an outside source to come in and deal with conflict and envy within the company. Envy will destroy good employees and make them bad.

    Conflict Management Text: James 4:1-10 1 Where do wars and fights come from among you? Do they not come from your desires for pleasure that war in your members? 2 You lust and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and war. ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Disoder In The Church Series

    Contributed by Jeremias Fababier on Sep 1, 2008
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    How we should handle disorder in the church.

    TOPIC: DISORDER IN THE CHURCH Text: James 4:1-10 Introduction: (ILL. Wrong Attitude – Many of us Christians are like the little girl who started fighting with a friend. Her mother who heard about the quarrel talked with her little girl about it trying to show her she was wrong and her need of ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Bill Sullivan avatar

    Me, Myself And I

    Contributed by Bill Sullivan on Sep 6, 2008
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    Often unable to distinguish between our wants and our needs, our selfishness rules the day and leads to conflicts and quarrels.

    Me, Myself and I TCF Sermon July 20, 2008 Think for a moment about some of those things that really annoy you. You’re in a line of cars where the road narrows down to a lane. You’ve been inching forward, but there are others, perhaps several others, who zip by you in the outside lane and move ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    We Believe Better Than We Behave Series

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Sep 20, 2008
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     | 5,090 views

    Confronting the normal tendency to promote our own interests,even while surrendering to the reign of God’s Spirit, goes a long way toward promoting unity within the congregation.

    JAMES 4:1–3 WE BELIEVE BETTER THAN WE BEHAVE “What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you? You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Michael Stark avatar

    Your Internal Conflict Just Spilled Over Into The Church Series

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Sep 27, 2008
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     | 3,846 views

    The disastrous reign of our own desires threatens the health of Christ’s people. James confronts us with the need to address this dreadful malady that contaminates the work of God.

    JAMES 4:1-3 YOUR INTERNAL CONFLICT JUST SPILLED OVER INTO THE CHURCH “What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you? You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Tom Shepard avatar

    Avoiding Arguments Series

    Contributed by Tom Shepard on Oct 17, 2008
    based on 31 ratings
     | 13,168 views

    This sermon looks at three desires that cause arguments and four steps to help resolve arguments. I. Give in to God II. Resist the Devil III. Draw closer to God IV. Seek forgiveness

    Avoiding Arguments We are going to look today at how to avoid arguments. Remember I have said that James is a very practical book – perhaps the most practical book in the Bible. As we get to chapter four James talks about how we are to avoid arguments. He doesn’t beat around the bush when he ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Heart Of The Matter

    Contributed by Thomas Bowen on Oct 18, 2008
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     | 2,031 views

    Disagreements are normally centered around power and control. Getting our own way with little regard to what is actually best for a majority or a right thing to do.

    The Heart of the matter James 4:1-10 For the past couple of months we have had a sort of strange schedule. We have been in and out of the book of James. While we have been moving through James it is still a topical kind of study. There is an over all flow that I call teaching on “faith that ...read more

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    Denomination: Congregational

  • Michael Stark avatar

    The High Cost Of Friendship With The World Series

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Oct 18, 2008
    based on 8 ratings
     | 19,210 views

    Friendship with the world is enmity with God. Can any Christian truly afford the price demanded so that we can be friends with the world?

    JAMES 4:4 THE HIGH COST OF FRIENDSHIP WITH THE WORLD “You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.” Ouch! James is not nice! He calls fellow Christians harsh names ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Michael Stark avatar

    Steps To A Successful Christian Life Series

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Oct 25, 2008
     | 9,474 views

    Rejecting the wisdom of the world means little if we fail to embrace the wisdom from above. James provides practical steps that will lead to success in the Christian life.

    JAMES 4:5-10 STEPS TO A SUCCESSFUL CHRISTIAN LIFE “Do you suppose it is to no purpose that the Scripture says, ‘He yearns jealously over the Spirit that he has made to dwell in us?’ But He gives more grace. Therefore it says, ‘God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.’ Submit ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    A Godly View Of Life

    Contributed by Dr. Jerry N. Watts on Jul 13, 2009
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     | 5,268 views

    Inspired by "PDL" and compares life to godly metaphors

    A GODLY VIEW OF LIFE James 4:1-17 * If I were to ask you to describe your life in a metaphor, what would that metaphor be? Let me offer some possibilities: Would it be a symphony, battle, puzzle, journey, minefield, dance, a dramatic play, or maybe ‘a party?’ And these serve as only some of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Mike Fogerson avatar

    Conflict-Source And Solution Series

    Contributed by Mike Fogerson on Jul 14, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,808 views

    We must deal with the conflicts in our relationships.

    Fireproof: Conflict-Source & Solution From a message preached by Scott Kallem, Pastor of 3rd Baptist in Marion, IL James 4:1-10 June 21, 2009 FBC, Chester Dr. Mike Fogerson, Speaker Introduction A In James Dobson’s book Love ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Are You An Enemy Of God?

    Contributed by Joe Rowland on Aug 10, 2009
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     | 7,109 views

    The world will try to kiss us with the kiss of death; we have to stay focused on Jesus as believers. We have to tell the world “NO WE ARE MARRIED”, we are married in a sense to Jesus! Are you an enemy of God?

    Are You An Enemy Of God? James 4:1-10 1 From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? 2 Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. 3 Ye ask, and ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Patrick O'Loughlin avatar

    How To Handle Conflict In Marriage Series

    Contributed by Patrick O'loughlin on Aug 18, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,483 views

    What causes conflict and how to handle it in your marriage

    Title: Handling conflict in marriage Introduction 1.We are in week 2 of a 4 week series on marriage. 2.Week 1 – We looked at God’s design for marriage A.God designed marriage to show the world the image of God “In the image of God he created them. Male and female he created them.” Genesis 1:27 ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Charles Wilkerson avatar

    Submit To God Series

    Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Aug 27, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,631 views

    The key to the whole book is found in the command to submit ourselves to God. duh!

    We have all seen, read, or heard something like the following. It describes the attitude of possession for a 2-year-old. If I want it, it’s mine If I like it, it’s mine If it looks like it’s yours in any kind of way, it’s mine If I need it, it’s mine If you buy it, it’s mine If I don’t have ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Andy Payne avatar

    The Tail Of Two Kingdoms

    Contributed by Andy Payne on Jan 16, 2010
     | 4,422 views

    The reason why there is so much muck in the world is due to the battle of the wills. Jesus wants this to be different. But for it to be different—we need to surrender our wills to his wills and be like him.

    The Tale of Two Kingdoms James 4:1-6 Intro: Charles Dickens Tale of Two Cities Pub. 1859 Historical novel Around French Revolution end of 18th C The Two Cities are i. London and Paris ii. The Old Paris (before the Revolution) and the New Paris (after) Thought to be a metaphor for the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist