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  • D. Dewaine Phillips avatar

    Overcoming The Bitter Root

    Contributed by D. Dewaine Phillips on Mar 3, 2022
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    Bitterness arises from failing to forgive someone who has wronged you. It comes from clinging to bad memories or hurtful experiences from the past and not letting them go. Many times bitterness will give rise to vengeance.

    Our sermon this morning is entitled, “Overcoming the Bitter Root.” Bitterness can be defined as harboring resentment and unforgiveness in our heart toward another person. Bitterness is also defined as, “extreme enmity,” “a grudge,” or “hatred.”(1) The meaning of the word bitter itself is, “sharp ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    7 The Inviting Overcomer Series

    Contributed by Kent Kessler on Jun 7, 2025
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    With these seven churches, Jesus has made it clear: Make NO mistake, JUDGMENT IS coming. But when you read through this Revelation from John and judgment is poured out, no one repents, no one turns back to God. And yet, God continues to reach out and invite all people, anyone, saying, “Come.”

    You have heard of BC, Before Christ days? This is back in BK - Before Kids days for the our family. My wife and I went on a vacation trip – a Carnival Cruise to Cozumel, via Key West. At the time we thought we’d be able to go about once every 5 years, but then more kids came along, and well, we ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Overcoming A Painful Past Series

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Apr 23, 2003
    based on 54 ratings
     | 12,082 views

    50-DAY SPIRITUAL ADVENTURE (Week) 1)

    The Academy Award winning film, A Beautiful Mind tells the life story of John Forbes Nash. Nash was a brilliant mathematician attending Prinston University; on his way toward receiving world acclaim, he became involved in a mysterious conspiracy against the US. Nash worked to break Russian codes ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Overcoming Feelings Of Inadequacy Series

    Contributed by Brian Atwood on Aug 21, 2003
    based on 69 ratings
     | 10,574 views

    Here are some self-help principles for overcoming feelings of inadequacy from Daniel chapter five.

    What makes people behave badly? We partially answered that question last week in the sermon, "Putting an End to Self-defeating Behavior" based on Daniel chapter four, but the Word of God is going to expand our understanding this week. The Bible gives us an example of some very bad behavior here ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Overcoming Depression And Anxiety

    Contributed by Randy Bataanon on Aug 22, 2018
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     | 35,620 views

    Globally, more than 322 million people suffer from depression, and 264 million suffer from anxiety disorders. Let us discover how to overcome them based on the word of God

    OVERCOMING DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY Psalms 43:5 HCSB Why am I so depressed??Why this turmoil within me??Put your hope in God, for I will still praise Him,?my Savior and my God. Proverbs 12:25 NKJV Anxiety in the heart of man causes depression, But a good word makes it glad. FACTS ABOUT DEPRESSION ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Overcoming Satan's Deception Series

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Nov 22, 2002
    based on 66 ratings
     | 17,999 views

    FAITH TO STAND (part 2) What’s wrong with a little bread for lunch? This message cuts through the layers of Satan’s deception and shows how we can follow Christ’s example and overcome the firey darts of the enemy!

    Our nation again stands poised for war against the nation of Iraq and Saddam Hussain. Our fear is that Saddam has rearmed his nation with weapons of mass destruction. On the evening of January 16, 1991, the then President George Bush Sr. announced to the nation that Operation Desert Storm, an ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Kindness: Overcoming Selfishness Series

    Contributed by Scott Maze on Feb 5, 2023
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    Mark Twain said, “Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear, and the blind can see.” Many think it only take willpower to be kind. No, it takes supernatural power to be kind.

    Did you see the recent news article about the cabbie that found $187,000 in cash? Yes, a Boston taxi cab driver dropped off a homeless man at a hotel. The homeless man had just finished living in a homeless shelter for the past six months when he inherited the incredible sum of money. Yes, you ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Overcoming Cliques In The Church PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Oct 27, 2025
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    The sermon calls believers to reject favoritism and embrace Christlike love, welcoming all as equals in God’s family regardless of status or background.

    Sometime between the handshake at the door and the last hymn, most of us have felt it—the little nudge to measure people by pocketbooks or pedigrees, by what they drive or where they sit. Maybe you’ve been on the other side of that glance. You walked into a room, and before you spoke a word, you ...read more

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  • Brian Bill avatar

    Overcoming A Judgmental Spirit Series

    Contributed by Brian Bill on Sep 26, 2010
    based on 5 ratings
     | 10,830 views

    If you want to stop judging, then focus on the fundamentals, analyze your attitudes, and consider the coming judgment.

    Overcoming a Judgmental Spirit Romans 14:9-12 Rev. Brian Bill 9/26/10 Have you heard about the 33 miners in Chile that have been trapped 2,200 feet underground since August 5th? Newsweek reported that everything they need to survive must fit in canisters a bit over three inches wide (9/20/10). I ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Kent Kessler avatar

    Graced From Shame (2nd Sunday) Series

    Contributed by Kent Kessler on Dec 9, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,918 views

    Has someone put a little "dis" on the front of your grace? Elizabeth knew what that was like. Her freedom was hindered, her past was haunting her, her conditions were less than what they should be, her religion was empty and she her efforts were fruitless

    When I was little, if I had something on my face, my mother would often spit on a napkin or her thumb, reach over into my space and wipe the grit, or food, or dirt off of my face. It is a proven fact that a mother’s spit contains the same ingredients found in Formula 409! When we don’t look right, ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Too Full Of Yourself? Or Weighed Down By Shame?

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Feb 21, 2013
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    A short talk given at a baptism service. If we’re too full of ourselves then God desires humility. If we’re weighed down by sin, by shame, by guilt, and if we can pray, "God have mercy on me a sinner", God will restore us and lift us up.

    Jesus told lots of challenging stories; and in the Church we tend to calls his stories parables. But why did Jesus use stories, parables, to communicate truth to his 1st century audience? Well, he used parables to paint a picture with a punchy, poignant, pertinent point. His pithy parables packed a ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    Isaac--Fool Me Once, Shame On Me!

    Contributed by Jonathan Spurlock on Feb 16, 2021
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    Isaac asked his son Esau to prepare a special dinner. Several things happened, though, that changed the family dynamic forever.

    Introduction: At the time of this incident, Isaac was considered an old man, and he was afraid he was going to die soon. He asked Esau, his oldest son, to prepare him some food from game Esau would hunt in the fields. The rest of this story is a classic of deceit, in that a family was torn apart ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    When Love Runs Faster Than Shame

    Contributed by Dr John Singarayar Svd on Aug 25, 2025
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    God’s love does not wait for us to get our act together. It runs to meet us in our mess.

    Title: When Love Runs Faster Than Shame Intro: God’s love does not wait for us to get our act together. It runs to meet us in our mess. Scripture: Luke 15:11-32 Reflection Dear Friends, The old woman at the coffee shop was crying into her hands. Her shoulders shook as she whispered to her ...read more

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    Denomination: Other

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    What Do I Do With My Shame? Series

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Mar 8, 2024
     | 1,257 views

    This sermon looks at the connection between the "garment" that God used to cover Adam and Eve's sin and the "garment" that was gambled for at Jesus' crucifixion.

    AN AGE-OLD QUESTION: What do I do with my shame? - We’ve all done things we are not proud of. We have all sinned. How do we deal with the shame that comes from that? - It’s an ancient problem that has troubled people since pretty much the beginning of time. - This morning I want to again look at ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    (It Does`nt Matter What I Used To Be)

    Contributed by Derrick White Sr on May 16, 2017
    based on 1 rating
     | 27,092 views

    MY BROTHERS SOME OF US WERE ONCE DRUG ADDICTS -ALCOHOLICS SOME OF US WERE PIMPS-PLAY BOYS BUT NOW WE ARE BORN AGAIN CHILDREN OF GOD AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN A SAINT ALL YOUR LIFE DON`T LOOK DOWN ON US WHO HAVE FALLEN SHORT

    1 Tim. 1:12-17 (KJV) And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry; [13] Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief. [14] And the grace of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist