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Faithful to the Finish
Peter's final call to a young and growing church
Grace and Glory
A short series through the highlights of 1 Peter
Entrusted
Gifts, risk, and the return of the King
A look at why James tells us to be joyful when trials and temptations come. We become stronger and more like Jesus in the process.
The path of life isn’t an easy path to walk. It’s filled with all kinds of trials; like sickness and disease, accidents, disappointments, sufferings and death and also all the trials we go through concerning sin and being seduced. What we need is a guaranteed way to conquer all the trials of ...read more
Scripture: James 1:1-4
Denomination: Baptist
A sermon on growing through temptations and not repressing them. The sermon centers around the temptation of Jesus.
Title: Temptation Is A Good Thing The Rev. Rian Adams Spiritual growth happens in the desert. That’s spiritual and literal for me! Every year Lent begins with Jesus in the desert as he prepared for his ministry. Throughout the scriptures, deserts are places of purification. I lived in the ...read more
Scripture: Luke 4:1-12
Denomination: Episcopal
Satan is the source of your temptation. Temptations appear in the form of physical enticements, emotional gratifications, or egotistical enhancements.
“Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, ‘Has God indeed said, You shall not eat of every tree of the garden?’ And the woman said to the serpent, ‘We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden; but of the fruit of the ...read more
Scripture: Genesis 3:1-5
What victory is promised.
“The temptation to sin and deny God’s plan for your life are no different than the temptation others experience. But a faithful God has a plan for your life, and will not allow You to experience temptations more severely than you can overcome. And when you are tempted, He has a way for you to ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 10:13, 1 John 1:9
In a culture that is filled with so much moral depravity, how do escape or how can we escape from what the world puts around us?
The Scripture today depicts how the Israelites, who had gotten away from Egypt, were honored by God. But then they fell over and over again into the worshiping of idols. God seriously rebuffed a considerable lot of them, including those destined to meandering the desert until many of them died in ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 10:1-13
Denomination: Independent/Bible
We finish up the Lord's Prayer sermon series with Jesus' words on temptation. Do they match how we normally approach sin in our lives?
AVOIDING TEMPTATION: Do I want this for my life? - Matthew 6:13. - Now we come to the close of the Lord’s Prayer. Jesus has invited us to pray about a number of important subjects and now we have a final one about spiritual victory. - What does v. 13 mean? I think a summary statement would be ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 6:9-13
1 Corinthians 10:13 reassures us of God’s faithfulness in the midst of our struggles.
Go! And Trust in God’s Faithfulness Introduction Today, we turn to one of the most encouraging and practical promises in all of Scripture, found in 1 Corinthians 10:13. This verse reassures us of God’s faithfulness in the midst of our struggles. Let’s begin by reading the text ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 10:13, Hebrews 4:15, Matthew 4:1-11, Psalm 34:17, Isaiah 40:31, John 8:36 (view more) (view less)
Denomination: Pentecostal
How to use the Word of God against temptation
IT DOESN’T COST A THING: There are so many things in life that don’t cost a thing. The wind blowing through your hair on a warm spring April day. The sounds of the ocean, as the waves dance and play. The laughter of a child, those are heaven sent. See there are so many things and it doesn’t cost a ...read more
Scripture: Luke 4:8
Denomination: Wesleyan
Explores God's faithfulness during trials, emphasizing that temptations are opportunities for spiritual growth and God always provides a way out.
Welcome, dear brothers and sisters, to this beautiful gathering of souls, each one of us brought together by a shared faith and a common purpose. We are here, not by accident, but by divine appointment, drawn together by the hand of a loving and merciful God. It is a precious opportunity to bask in ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 10:13
Topics: When To Walk Away
As sermon about saying "no" to self and "yes" to God.
Luke 4:1-13 “You Can be so Great!” By: Ken Sauer, Pastor of East Ridge United Methodist Church, Chattanooga, TN Lisa went for a long walk in the woods. It had been an exhausting 6 months, and she needed time to think. She had worked so hard on the campaign. Ever since her ...read more
Scripture: Luke 4:1-13
Denomination: United Methodist
This is about David’s affair with Bathsheba and the murder of Uriah.
Have you ever heard someone say, “Oh, the Bible is so boring. It’s just a bunch of ‘begets’ and ‘begots’ and a bunch of stuff that happen thousands of years ago”? Our passage today certainly cannot be considered boring. We have a sex scandal at the highest levels of government. There are ...read more
Scripture: 2 Samuel 11:1-15
God has given us every good and perfect gift...everything we could ever have need of to endure...to face trials and temptations...and to come through to victory...maturity...and one day to receive the crown of life.
A LOOK BEHIND THE SCENES JAMES 1:12 18 READ James 1:12 18 James brings us back to the beginning of things again, reminding us of our basic position...that we move forward through trials and tests to maturity. And he goes back to the same truth as an introduction to a new perspective on things. He ...read more
Scripture: James 1:12-18
Being in the center of God’s will
Today I would like to talk to you about being in the center of God’s will. God has created us with the ability to make decisions. It’s a wonderful privilege, but far too often it creates problems. If you’re like me we can make some bad decisions!! A long time ago I bought my 1st Harley ...read more
Scripture: John 7:1-9
A message on temptation and how to overcome it
"Hook, Line and Sinker" James 1:12-18 OPEN: Every good fisherman worth his salt knows that you can't catch fish consistently by using only one kind of bait. Seasoned fishermen know that the difference between going home with fish and going home with a fish story lies in the bait. So if ...read more
I used The Cat in the Hat to introduce this sermon on Temptation.
The Cat in the Hat The Cat. . .in. . .the. . .Hat. The Cat in the Hat is probably the best known of any of Dr. Seuss’s books, with the possible exception of the Grinch Who Stole Christmas, but really most people are more familiar with the Grinches’s Christmas special or movie then they ...read more
Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:11-12
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