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  • David Smith avatar

    Spiritual Training (1 Corinthians 9:24-27)

    Contributed by David Smith on Nov 16, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,009 views

    ’I do not box as though beating the air’ - the little known fight career of St Paul! ...

    Do you not know that in a race the runners all compete, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win it. (25) Athletes exercise self-control in all things; they do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable one. (26) So I do not run aimlessly, nor do I box as ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

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    God's Donkey

    Contributed by Mark Holdcroft on Mar 13, 2007
    based on 51 ratings
     | 25,844 views

    I have an ambition... I want to be a donkey. Not just any old donkey. I want to be God’s donkey. Why not make it your ambition as well?

    God’s Donkey I want to tell you of one of my ambitions today. It is not an ambition that I have told many people about. In fact, it is an ambition that I have only recently had. It is an ambition that God has laid upon my heart. Some of you may feel that I have already fulfilled this ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Letters To The 7 Churches 2 - Ephesus And Smyrna Series

    Contributed by Chris Appleby on Oct 22, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,190 views

    Gods sends a message to the Churches of Asia encouraginf them to persever to the end and promising a reward to those who do.

    I receive lots of letters each week, from various organisations, and I have to say, most of them end up in the cardboard file on my floor - waiting to be recycled. Some, though, I take more notice of than others. Some I deal with immediately. Others I put in the pile in the centre of my desk to be ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

  • David Smith avatar

    Spiritual Training: 1 Corinthians 9:24-27

    Contributed by David Smith on Dec 21, 2006
    based on 8 ratings
     | 14,265 views

    Father Dave’s sermon on spiritual training... "I do not box as though beating the air," says St. Paul, and all the boxers in the congregation say ... Amen!

    Do you not know that in a race the runners all compete, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win it. (25) Athletes exercise self-control in all things; they do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable one. (26) So I do not run aimlessly, nor do I box as ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

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    Philadelphia Series

    Contributed by Chris Rowney on Jul 20, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,460 views

    Opportunities - and how we face them

    www.tcfnet.org.au sermons@tcfnet.org.au Churches of Revelation#6 - Philadelphia March 2006 • Chris Rowney These messages are also available as audio podcasts at www.tcfnet.org.au/podcasts QUICK RECAP… Ephesus: Return to the first love Smyrna: Endure through Suffering Pergamum: Remain True to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Dave McFadden avatar

    "Gain The Proper Perspective On Self” Series

    Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Mar 17, 2009
    based on 2 ratings
     | 3,596 views

    If i am going to experiencing the happiness described by our Savior in the Beatitudes, I must put self in proper perspective.

    As we have been looking at our Savior’s teaching here in the Beatitudes, we have made note of how Jesus lays out for us here a blueprint for how we might experience the true happiness that only God can give - a sense of contentment, peace, joy, and fulfillment that the world cannot give us and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Race Is On!

    Contributed by Robert Cox on Apr 1, 2007
    based on 9 ratings
     | 9,448 views

    The race we are called to run...

    HEB 12:1Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. 2Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    What Will It Be Like?

    Contributed by Bruce Ball on Oct 13, 2010
    based on 10 ratings
     | 6,463 views

    A biblical glimpse of the Latter Days, using Old Testament and New Testament scripture.

    LET’S TAKE A LOOK •••• At the different groups in •••• The End Times prophecy. •••• LET’S START WITH THE JEWISH NATION IN THE BIBLE •••• God focuses on the Jewish Nation •••• But He doesn’t forget about the Gentiles LUKE 21:24 says, “Jerusalem will be trampled under the feet of the Gentiles ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    "Three Choices That Have Changed Our World"

    Contributed by Andy Grossman on Mar 1, 2014
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,050 views

    How three changes in the court, constitution and the church have changed our world.

    “Three Choices that Changed the World” February 25, 2014 Genesis 3:1-6 “Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?” The ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

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    Authentic Worship

    Contributed by Dr. Jerry N. Watts on May 20, 2014
     | 6,846 views

    From the woman who anointed our Lord Jesus, we can discover some truths about worship

    Authentic Worship Mark 14:2-9 • DO YOU REMEMBER THIS: Flip Wilson was a popular comedian several years ago, and one of his characters was a Preacher at the “What’s Happening Now Church.” Flip did a Skit where he told about this preacher. He’d shout out: "IF THIS ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    What Must I Do? Obey God Rather Than Men Series

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Jul 8, 2013
     | 6,713 views

    Lordship requires our allegiance be first and foremost to the authority and call of God.

    WHAT MUST I DO? OBEY GOD RATHER THAN MEN ACTS 5:17-32 “Peter and the other apostles replied: "We must obey God rather than men!”(Acts 5:29) Big Idea: Lordship requires our allegiance be first and foremost to the authority and call of God. ACTS 5:17-32 17 Then the high priest and ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

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    Our Safety Net

    Contributed by Horace Wimpey on Oct 18, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,804 views

    In Nehemiah chapter 4 we see that through all the opposition that the builders of the walls faced, they could depend on God to be their safety net.

    Our Safety Net Nehemiah 4: 1-15 Intro: How many of you watched this week as Felix Baumgartner jumped out of a balloon that was 24 ¼ miles up. This guy goes up and parachutes almost from outer space. While this is nowhere close to the edge of our atmosphere, (320 miles) it’s a looooooong way ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Love Your Enemies Series

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Jan 29, 2012
    based on 34 ratings
     | 24,151 views

    Let's consider the things Jesus probably did not mean when He said, "Love your enemies." Then I want us to look at some of the things He did mean.

    MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK (REVISED: 2019) TEXT: Matthew 5:43-47 Earlier this year we looked at the Sermon on the Mount as recorded in the Book of Matthew & considered what Jesus was saying in Matthew ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Wayfaring Strangers A Study Of 1 Peter , Part 1 Introduction

    Contributed by Randy Edwards on Feb 13, 2018
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,695 views

    Part one of our 1 Peter study

    Wayfaring Strangers A study of 1 Peter Part 1 1 Peter 1:1-2, 6 John 16:33 Introduction How many of you have been somewhere in your life? Where you just did not feel comfortable You did not feel that you belonged there? Maybe it was a place, a bad situation maybe even a relationship ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Palm Sunday- Faces In The Crowd- Choose Your Attitude

    Contributed by Randy Edwards on Mar 21, 2016
     | 32,564 views

    Easter palm Sunday 2016

    Thanks to so many here on Sermon Central for the inspiration for this sermon, I found so many sermons on "the faces in the crowd" and so many on "attitudes" that it would be very hard to single out any contributor, but thanks to all. Palm Sunday, 2016 “Choose your attitude” Matthew ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist