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  • How To Kill A Lion And Other Needed Skills Series

    Contributed by Troy Borst on Apr 21, 2016
     | 10,214 views

    Peter commands us to “resist” the devil, but is not exactly specific. The Apostle Peter describes for us in this passage that Satan is a lion prowling around. Satan acts like a lion. Well, how do you hunt a lion? How do you kill a lion?

    HOW TO KILL A LION AND OTHER NEEDED SKILLS 1 Peter 5:8-14 #LionHunting INTRODUCTION… Famous Lions (p) This morning we will be talking all about lions. Lions are the “King of Beasts” or “King of the Jungle” and occupy many spots in real and fictional stories. One of ...read more

  • Temptation! How Can I Resist Series

    Contributed by Joel Pankow on Aug 2, 2002
    based on 81 ratings
     | 8,475 views

    sermon on how to resist temptation by pastor norval koch for our sermon series

    Joseph Sermon 2 Genesis 39: 5-10 Imagine what Hollywood could do with the story of Joseph. A man of exceptional qualities... dreams from God...able to interpret the dreams of others...handsome...a victim of his brothers’ rage...able to rise from the depths of despair to power in a foreign ...read more

  • Part 1 - To Resist, Grieve And Quench Series

    Contributed by Rev. Bruce A. Shields on Sep 17, 2006
    based on 10 ratings
     | 10,070 views

    Part 1 of the series will examine three aspects of grieving the Holy Spirit. This sermon is an adaptaion to one I found a while back.

    Grieving the Holy Spirit Part 1 – To Resist, Grieve & Quench Rev. Bruce A. Shields First Baptist Church Tawas City Michigan www.TawasBaptist.org WELCOME Welcome to the First Baptist Church of Tawas City Michigan. We are glad you are here this beautiful morning, joining us in our worship and ...read more

  • Resisting, Grieving, And Quenching The Holy Spirit

    Contributed by Andrew Drummond on Jul 3, 2008
    based on 17 ratings
     | 30,797 views

    Many times our focus is on how to invite and welcome the Holy Spirit into our lives and churches, but what if we are doing things to push Him away?

    I want you to imagine with me for a minute we are all living in a time when we had no fire. We have no way to produce a great deal of warmth at night; we have no way to cook what we kill in the forest. Someone has told that all we need to do is pray for it and it will come. So imagine we want to ...read more

  • Self Justification: The Path Of Least Resistance

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Oct 27, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,585 views

    we lie, we justify, we are no longer aware that we sin also Jame 1:12-18

    Scripture: Heb 3:1-13 James 1:12-18 We are not looking for the truth we are looking for a reason to justify ourselves. We are not looking for the truth we are looking for a reason to justify ourselves. I take an action and I an able to explain why I took that action. How many of us, pulled over by ...read more

  • How To Resist Lifes Greatest Temptations Series

    Contributed by Chris Kelly on Nov 6, 2006
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,701 views

    This series follows the life of Joseph as he enrolls in the "School of Hard Knocks". Learn how you too can be victorious no matter what life throws at you.

    How to Resist Life’s Greatest Temptations Surviving the School of Hard Knocks July 2, 2000 We’re going to talk this morning about man’s oldest problem and what God has to say about it. In fact, you can go all the way back to the Garden of Eden, and find that “TEMPTATION”, has been a thorn in ...read more

  • How Can We Resist Temptation?

    Contributed by Mark H. Stevens Thd on Jan 4, 2017
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,988 views

    Flip Wilson the famous Comedian used to say "The Devil Made me Do it!".....it was funny but not true, The Devil cannot MAKE YOU do anything! (James 4:7)

    Our response to Satan's lies (Eph 2:8-9; 1 John 4:1; James 4:7): • We are to submit to God's will (2 Cor. 11:3, 14-15). Satan's ways look good and appealing, but God's way is the way that is best; Satan's way is death. It is better to be poor and honest than rich and dishonest! • We ...read more

  • Can A Man Resist God Almighty? Series

    Contributed by Bob Faulkner on Dec 15, 2015
    based on 3 ratings
     | 6,725 views

    Can a man resist God's laws? Can he resist God's grace? Two different questions...

    Can a man resist God? Now that too, on the surface, seems like an easy question to answer. God’s Word has been published lo these many years. The Judaeo-Christian value system has been proclaimed all over. Why, the very creation cries out about who God is and how He ought to be feared! ...read more

  • Sins Against The Holy Spirit: Resisting Series

    Contributed by Alvin Hathaway, Sr. on May 22, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,109 views

    Even though the Holy Spirit may be a mystery, it does have history. Even though the Holy Spirit may seem painful, it is profitable. Even though the Holy Spirit may seem distant, it is distinctively God.

    The Cross cancels Sin Sunday, March 1, 2009 Sins against the Holy Spirit: Resisting Acts 7: 51 – 60 As we move through this Lenten Season, I believe we should drop the pretense of Journeying with Jesus Christ to the Cross and thank God that the Cross cancels Sin. A preacher at the ...read more

  • A God Who Cannot Resist Repentance Series

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Aug 29, 2011
     | 5,391 views

    No matter what the era of human history, God responds to the repentant heart.

    A God Who Cannot Resist Repentance (Hosea 14) 1. I used to enjoy the old "Where's the Beef?" commercial. 2. Everyone, it seems, knows a "where's the beef" type of lady. 3. Germany has them, too: BERLIN (Reuters) - A feisty 90-year-old German woman chased away three would-be burglars from her ...read more

  • Resist Not Evil. The Call To Perfect Love.

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on May 3, 2023
    based on 2 ratings
     | 933 views

    Jesus redirects some misconstrued Scriptures.

    I. RESIST NOT EVIL. Matthew 5:38-42. MATTHEW 5:38. Oh - it is hard - but “eye for eye, tooth for tooth” belongs to the law courts (cf. Leviticus 24:20), not to personal vendettas. MATTHEW 5:39a. Jesus rather enjoins, “Resist not evil.” MATTHEW 5:39b. Traditionally, the slap across the cheek ...read more

  • Spiritual Darkness Described

    Contributed by Jon Mackinney on Aug 29, 2011
     | 4,244 views

    The treatment of Jesus during and after His trial was awful. And yet if was normal for people who are in darkness. Because when it is dark, you miss things you should be able to see.

    Passage: Matthew 27:27-46 Intro: Lightning is more impressive at night. PP lightning in the day PP Lightning storm at night 1. we see spiritual darkness all around us in many ways. 2. but there are few examples greater than what went on during the torment and crucifixion of ...read more

  • The Dark Night Of The Soul Series

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Apr 1, 2022
     | 2,936 views

    In this “Dark Night of the Soul” we see the relationship between prayer and action through three things: Through 1) His Sorrow Matthew 26:36–38), 2) His Supplication (Matthew 26:39–45a), and 3) His Strength (Matthew 26:45b-46).

    Matthew 26:36-46. [36] Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to his disciples, "Sit here, while I go over there and pray." [37] And taking with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful and troubled. [38] Then he said to them, "My ...read more

  • From Dark To Light Series

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jul 11, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,611 views

    There are three people from whom we cannot hide if we are to mature as Christians: God, ourselves, and our brothers and sisters in Christ.

    When I was in high school we got a little orange cat from the pound. We named him Kumquat because he was such a very small orange; he fit in the palm of your hand. He didn’t stay that way, though. He grew. But he never figured it out. He had formed the habit of sleeping on the round needlepoint ...read more

  • From Darkness To Light

    Contributed by Howard Gwartney on Apr 4, 2020
     | 4,275 views

    Paul Recounts His Conversion to Agrippa and tells him that Jesus told Paul to turn people from darkness to light.

    FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT Acts 26:12-18 Acts 26:12 (NKJV ) “While thus occupied, as I journeyed to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests, 13 at midday, O king, along the road I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining around me and those who journeyed with ...read more