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  • Mike Hullah avatar

    Elijah - Character Development Series

    Contributed by Mike Hullah on Oct 23, 2007
    based on 38 ratings
     | 7,816 views

    For a believer to have authority they need to be people of character. Elijah was an ordinary man like us fashioned into an extraordinary man by God. This sermon covers the basis of Elijah’s contrasting character in the days he lived an example to us.

    THE ELIJAH CHURCH CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT 1 Kings 17:1 And Elijah the Tishbite, of the inhabitants of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the LORD God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, except at my word.” James 5:17-18 Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Developing Proper Judgment Series

    Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Sep 29, 2008
    based on 15 ratings
     | 7,666 views

    Spiritual understanding is not produced solely by learning facts or procedures, but rather it depends on love for God & obedience to known truth. Obedience to God’s known will develops discernment between falsehood & truth.

    JOHN 7: 19-24 DEVELOPING PROPER JUDGMENT [John 5:1-15 / 39 – 47] Jesus has just explained that if their lives are in harmony with God, they will recognize the character and source of His teaching. [Similarly, in John 5:42-47, Jesus said that if they had the love of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Specifics Of Christian Developement Series

    Contributed by Carl Allen on Oct 15, 2008
    based on 8 ratings
     | 6,264 views

    Sermon 3 in the series on Developing Christian character.

    The Specifics of Christian Development Part 1 2 Peter 1:1-11 Intro God’s people get in trouble when they fall to act like they are God’s people! That’s why Peter wrote in our passage for today about Christian character development. Two Sundays ago, we began looking to this passage to see what ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Developing A Positive Spirit Series

    Contributed by Brian Atwood on Jan 6, 2006
    based on 21 ratings
     | 10,194 views

    Learning how to develop a positive spirit from the case history of the prophet Jonah.

    1 out of 4 in the series, "Second Chances, Your yesterdays don’t always have to determine your tomorrows." We’re going to begin a new series today by learning from the case history of the Old Testament prophet Jonah. We’re pretty familiar with Jonah’s story. Skeptics foolishly believe that ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Gene Gregory avatar

    Developing An Attitude Of Gratitude Series

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Nov 30, 2005
    based on 6 ratings
     | 4,833 views

    Part 4 in series on restoring the joy in the Christian life. This message focuses on thankfulness. Suitable for Thanksgiving. Expanded outline.

    RESTORING THE JOY Part 4: Developing an attitude of gratitude Bob James of Paint Rock, Texas, had a problem with stinging ants in his yard. He laid a small portion of poison around their mound. Thinking the tiny granules of poison were food, the ants began to pick them up and carry them ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Developing A Christmas Focus Series

    Contributed by John Harvey on Dec 7, 2005
    based on 10 ratings
     | 4,806 views

    Two ways for Christians to develop a focus of Jesus at Christmas.

    “Developing a Christmas Focus” December 11, 2005 Introduction: Today we are looking at an important aspect of Christmas and that is focus. So often it is easy to get caught up in the day to day routine of December. Christmas parties, shopping, and decorating take an enormous amount of time and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Developing A Life Of Gratitude

    Contributed by Michael Luke on Dec 13, 2005
    based on 10 ratings
     | 13,464 views

    A Thanksgiving holiday message teaching thanksgiving as a way of life

    (adapted from a message by Darryl Dash entitled The Ultimate Lifestyle: Living Gratefully) SPECIAL DAY: THANKSGIVING TEXT: HEBREWS 12:28 TITLE: “DEVELOPING A LIFE OF GRATITUDE” INTRODUCTION: A. An older fellow came into the post office with a post card in his hand. He ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    "Intentional Faith Development"

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on Jul 11, 2007
    based on 9 ratings
     | 10,943 views

    As followers of Jesus Christ, we mature in faith by learning together in community.

    Galatians 5:16-26 Matthew 13:31-33 “Intentional Faith Development” My freshman year of college, I made the decision to give my life to Jesus Christ. I remember the moment so well. I was walking down the sidewalk in the evening and in my mind and heart I was wrestling with God. I knew, that ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    How The Flesh Develops Series

    Contributed by Bruce Willis on Dec 29, 2006
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,224 views

    This is the second sermon in a series of two from the perspective of The Exchanged Life which seeks to help the believer to see what programmed flesh looks like.

    I want to give you a little more insight into the development of the flesh and attempt to enable you to see more practically what it looks like. But first a little more definition. Langdon Gilkey has pointed out the chief characteristic of flesh as self-centeredness in his statement: ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Developing A Generous Spirit

    Contributed by Joe Harding on Oct 28, 2003
    based on 18 ratings
     | 3,240 views

    REPENTANCE IS THE KEY TO THE WINDOWS OF HEAVEN.

    DEVELOPING A GENEROUS SPIRIT: THE WINDOWS OF HEAVEN MALACHI 3: 6-18 OCTOBER 12, 2003 INTRODUCTION: A mother wanted to teach her daughter a moral lesson. She gave the little girl a quarter and a dollar for church "Put whichever one you want in the collection plate and keep the other for yourself," ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Developing A Biblical Mindset

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Nov 1, 2003
    based on 60 ratings
     | 13,014 views

    A message encouraging Christians to be people who live with the Bible as their foundation rather than the philosophies of the world

    Developing a Biblical Mindset Colossians 2:8 November 2, 2003 Introduction This is the third message on living a life characterized by the peace of God. In the first message I gave six strategies to living in the peace of God. Last week we talked about the fact that God is in control, no ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    Developing "Harvest Eyes"

    Contributed by Randy Chestnut on Apr 20, 2005
    based on 39 ratings
     | 5,239 views

    A message to challenge American Christians to change the way we see our country (USA), our church and ourselves.

    We have all had the experience of reading our Bible and having a verse, a phrase or even a word leap off the page and grab our spirit. When that happens, the Lord is obviously trying to tell us something. Recently, I have had that experience while studying, John 4. In verse 4, we read “But He ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Brian Bill avatar

    Developing A Disciple's Attitude Series

    Contributed by Brian Bill on Mar 23, 2004
    based on 69 ratings
     | 23,551 views

    In the most famous sermon ever preached, Jesus sets forth eight statements that provide the best definition of a disciple ever delineated

    Developing a Disciple’s Attitude In a classic comic, Calvin and Hobbes are talking about the New Year when Calvin says, “I’m getting disillusioned with these new years. They don’t seem very new at all. Each New Year is just like the old year. Here another year has gone by and everything’s still ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Dean Rhine avatar

    Developing Godly Character Series

    Contributed by Dean Rhine on Nov 12, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 15,439 views

    Developing Godly Character

    Romans 5: Developing Godly Character - February 8, 2008 Turn with me this morning to the book of Romans, chapter 5. Today we want to look at the idea of developing godly character. How do we become the men and women that we were created to be? We have been looking at this letter from the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Develop Healthy Partnerships Series

    Contributed by Curry Pikkaart on Jul 24, 2012
     | 5,433 views

    Since the Church has too long tolerated the teaching of our culture on sexuality and sexuaol relationships, it's time to speak up about building quality relationships.

    “Building Quality Relationships: With Jesus – Develop Healthy Partners” Eph. 5:3-8; 1 Cor. 6:9-20 Sometimes the words of Scripture hit me in the gut. In preparation for today’s message I was directed to such words, from Jesus Himself. In Rev. 2:19 Jesus commends the Church ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed