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  • Bo Dunford avatar

    Motivation

    Contributed by Bo Dunford on Mar 14, 2002
    based on 64 ratings
     | 20,962 views

    Motivation is needed in our relationship with Christ.

    2 TIM.1:6 "MOTIVATION" A) A young, smart-alec cowboy was riding his horse one day and saw an old man on a mule. * The young cowboy decided to have a little fun, so he drew his 6-shooter and told the old man to get off the mule and dance! * He said to the old man, "Have you ever danced?" B) Then ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Timothy Smith avatar

    The Motive Series

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Apr 15, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,316 views

    1st in 5 part Series using the popular TV show, CSI, to investigate the death and subsequent resurrection of Jesus Christ.

    THE MOTIVE: JESUS’ AUTHORITY CSI: Murder of God - Week 1 MATT.28:18; JOHN 10:17-18 INTRODUCTION TO SERIES: CSI is the #1 show in all of Television. The Thursday night show was so popular it created two successful spin-offs... CSI: Miami on Monday nights and CSI: New York on Wednesdays. The ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

  • Lou Nicholes avatar

    Motive

    Contributed by Lou Nicholes on May 25, 2005
    based on 10 ratings
     | 5,116 views

    Apparently the false teachers in Corinth were suggesting that Paul’s unwillingness to accept support from the church was simply a coverup. They thought that he really had a love for money, and the offering he claimed to be taking for the suffering saints

    THOUGHTS ABOUT THE PASSAGE: H. L. Gee somewhere tells of a tramp who came begging to a good woman’s door. She went to get something to give him and found that she had no change in the house. She went to him and said, “I have not a penny of small change. I need a loaf of bread. Here is a pound ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Richard White avatar

    Motivation

    Contributed by Richard White on Sep 13, 2003
    based on 45 ratings
     | 6,830 views

    What is our motivation to resist temptation?

    Motivation! When the circulation of the Pravada (formerly the official mouthpiece of the Communist party) fell, it was the “church” of the Communist party. The editors remarked wistfully that Christianity and Communism have many of the same ideals: equality, sharing, justice and racial harmony. ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • NNAEMEKA DURUEKE avatar

    Be A Motivator

    Contributed by Nnaemeka Durueke on Mar 29, 2017
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,858 views

    Look for people to build and grow with them. That's the Joy of living

    BECOME A MOTIVATOR MAIN TEXT: HEBREWS 3:13 Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety. 1 CORINTHIANS 16:13 Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong. In today’s lesson, let us examine the life of this man whom the Bible ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • E. True Neilson avatar

    Motivation Series

    Contributed by E. True Neilson on Dec 15, 2014
    based on 2 ratings
     | 15,317 views

    At first glance the book of Numbers reads a bit like an operations manual. It’s got numbers of soldiers, lists of names, and a bit of repetition. Tucked between those lists and numbers are some stories of real people, dealing with real issues of faith!

    BETWEEN THE NUMBERS MOTIVATION Numbers 22:21-41 -Back in Bible College I had one of the best possible jobs. -I was a disc jockey at the college’s FM radio station and I worked the 6pm to Midnight shift. -I was in this little sound-proof room where we played the CDs, talked through the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Grant Adams avatar

    Motivation

    Contributed by Grant Adams on Aug 2, 2022
     | 2,121 views

    What motivates us to not serve the Lord. There are so many hinderances in this world today. We have to be aware a stay focused on what God would have for us.

    Helps and hinderances in motivation for the Lord Jesus Christ. A few weeks and services ago we began to study and look at what might help motivate us for Christ. What were they? Bible prophecies concerning Jesus coming again. Heaven. Hell. Tonight, I want us to look at the opposite, not what helps ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • I. Grant Spong avatar

    Motive Series

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Nov 7, 2021
     | 2,754 views

    Motive has a lot to do with the spirit of the law? Let’s look at motive in three areas highlighted by Jesus.

    Motive has a lot to do with the spirit of the law? Let’s look at motive in three areas highlighted by Jesus. 1. Motive in Giving to the Poor Christians are to help the poor, but with what motive? This is a complementary passage to Jesus’ instructions to let our light (of good works) shine. We ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Kevin L. Jones avatar

    The Motive For Christ's Death Series

    Contributed by Kevin L. Jones on Jul 21, 2013
    based on 13 ratings
     | 65,687 views

    A sermon examining the sacrifice of the Lord Jesus.

    THE MOTIVE FOR CHRIST’S DEATH 1 Corinthians 15:3 Imagine the scene: the Sinless Son of God hangs on a cross, rusty spikes have been driven through His hands and feet. Blood pours from His brow where a cruel crown of thorns has been placed. The flesh on His back hangs like ribbons from the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Sacrifice

    Contributed by John Oscar on Jun 8, 2025
    based on 1 rating
     | 299 views

    Recognizing people who have given their lives for others on Memorial Day weekend

    The Sacrifice May 25, 2025- Memorial Day (E-Service, plumbing issue) Scripture- John 15:12-14 Introduction: A Day to Remember and Reflect This weekend we are celebrating Memorial Day. This is a time of remembrance and gratitude. It’s a time when we look to the sacrifice of the brave men and ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Bruce Ball avatar

    The Sin Behind Your Back

    Contributed by Bruce Ball on Apr 9, 2007
    based on 39 ratings
     | 11,157 views

    Explaining how many American Christians are like the church of Laodicea, unfocused and with the wrong motives and reasons. (Audio will be placed at www.sermonlist.com/2007.html)

    Christians talk a lot about prayer, and whenever we hear that something bad has happened to someone we know, the first thing we do is go into prayer. But I sometimes wonder if we go before the throne of a holy God - with the right heart and attitude. In 1 THESSALONIANS, we are told to pray ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

  • Gerald Roberts avatar

    "Sacrifice"

    Contributed by Gerald Roberts on Nov 12, 2018
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,203 views

    The sermon shares the sacrifices of our armed services and the altmate sacrifice Jesus did for us.

    “Sacrifice”, “Lord, Help Me Get one more” Hebrews 9:24-28 1. November 11, 1911 World War 1 ended exactly 100 years ago today. • The war had been going for four long years, • Consider the Sacrifices 9 million soldiers dead, 21 million wounded. • Germany, Russia, France and Great Britain each ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Mike Fogerson avatar

    Motives For Faithfulness Series

    Contributed by Mike Fogerson on Nov 5, 2014
     | 6,044 views

    There is a plaque that is devastating the modern church, unfaithfulness.

    Motives For Faithfulness Hebrews Series Heb. 10.1-25 June 8, 2014 Chester FBC, Chester, IL Dr. Mike Fogerson, Speaker Introduction: A There is a plaque that is devastating the modern church, unfaithfulness. 1 Over 40% of members in an average congregation never attend services. a Among the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Gerald Roberts avatar

    Sacrifice

    Contributed by Gerald Roberts on Aug 24, 2020
     | 4,002 views

    Paul tells us to give ourselves a living sacrifice.

    Sacrifice Romans 12:1-8 • Saint Catherine Maximinus ordered her death on the wheel but it broke. She was then beheaded because of her Faith in Christ. • Joan of Arc felt led by God to set her people free, in the Hundred Years’ War she was called a heretic and burned at the stake. • Mark, who wrote ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Timothy Darling avatar

    Sacrifice In Preparation For The Sacrifice

    Contributed by Timothy Darling on Feb 9, 2008
    based on 7 ratings
     | 12,068 views

    What is the true meaning of sacrifice?

    Sacrifice in preparation for the sacrifice Leviticus 2 One of the things that makes Leviticus hard to read is the incredible detail written into rituals that are to us now obscure at best and cryptic at worse. We may understand some of what went on at a Tabernacle sacrifice with great patience ...read more

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    Denomination: Mennonite