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  • W Pittendreigh avatar

    Do You Reject Evil?

    Contributed by W Pittendreigh on Sep 16, 2006
     | 3,922 views

    Is there really evil in the world? Are we ready to resist evil?

    Some questions are hard to answer. And they should be hard. As a minister I stand before a bride and groom and ask, “Do you take this man to be your lawfully wedded husband, to have and to hold from this day forth, as long as you both shall live?” Then I ask the groom a similar question. There ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Paul Fritz avatar

    Utilize The Authority You Have In The Spirit

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jul 13, 2003
    based on 46 ratings
     | 4,025 views

    The Holy Spirit gives you the authority to be delivered from all of your problems. Paul said, "I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am. I can do everything God asks me to do with the help of Christ who gives me the strength and power.

    Utilize the Authority You Have in the Spirit - (Phil. 4:11-13) Autoarkeo - Self-sufficient. Through the indwelling Holy Spirit we have become sufficient in Christ according to Phil. 4:11-13. Listen to the verse from the amplified Bible: "I have strength for all things through Christ who ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Jesus Was Led Into The Wilderness By The Holy Spirit

    Contributed by Robert Irvine on Apr 26, 2024
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    Jesus full of the Holy Spirit, and the Holy Spirit leads him into the wilderness. God also leads us into wilderness experiences.

    “Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them he was hungry. The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Have You Grieved The Holy Spirit?

    Contributed by Jimmy Haile on Oct 20, 2013
     | 3,749 views

    The devil knows that he can not hurt God, but he can trip us up to hurt God!!

    Ephesians 4:27-nor give place to the devil That is what we have been looking at, Paul has been explaining to us, some of the ways we can let the devil use things in our life to trip us up and become a stumbling block to others!! When two guys are fighting in a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Peter Fisher avatar

    Temptation

    Contributed by Peter Fisher on Mar 9, 2014
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    The temptation of Christ and how it helps us avoid or resist

    Preached at St Johns, Billericay 9 March 2014 Introduction In Oscar Wilde's play “Lady Windemere's Fan” Lord Darlington says “I can resist anything but temptation”. It is said rather flippantly in the play, but for us it is a good starting point. Should we try to resist ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

  • Bruce Ball avatar

    Do You Know The Holy Spirit?

    Contributed by Bruce Ball on Sep 1, 2005
    based on 61 ratings
     | 8,938 views

    A sermon showing that God’s Spirit is holy; an attribute we so often fail to remember. We discuss the absolute need to rely upon the Spirit or we will be powerless as Christians.

    A man who was raised in the city bought a farm and moved to the country. He soon bought a cow. When he went to buy the feed for the cow, he was told the best way to use it for maximum milk. Several weeks later, the man came back to the store and said there was something wrong with the feed ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    The Bible: Taught By The Holy Spirit

    Contributed by Frank Gallagher on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 77 ratings
     | 5,111 views

    All believers can learn God's Word equally by the Holy Spirit.

    The Bible: Taught By The Holy Spirit (1 Cor. 2:12-13) [HTML formatted version of this sermon is located at: http://members.aol.com/abidingitw/hstaught.html] Before we begin today, let’s take a moment to silently confess our sins to God. This insures that we have the filling, the control, ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Don Jones avatar

    The Holy Spirit Part 6 Series

    Contributed by Don Jones on Nov 1, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,214 views

    The message explores the motivation of spiritual gifts.

    God’s Heart - Love, Christ’s Purpose - Service Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. I John 4:7-8 God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Bruce Willis avatar

    The Teaching Work Of The Holy Spirit Series

    Contributed by Bruce Willis on Nov 30, 2006
    based on 10 ratings
     | 10,403 views

    The is the fourth and final sermon in a series on The Holy Spirit from John 14:26 which seeks to encourage one to depend upon the Spirit to teach and enable you to live Christ’s life through you.

    For several weeks now we have been talking about the Person of the Holy Spirit. We have looked at Him as the Helper, “The Help That You Need.” We’ve looked at “Who Is The Holy Spirit?” and we’ve looked at “The Promise of the Holy Spirit.” Today I want to climax our study by looking at “The ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Holy Spirit Working In You

    Contributed by John Kapteyn on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 41 ratings
     | 6,347 views

    The Holy Spirit is a work in the world and in His church (believers), but His work in each is different from the work in the other,

    Introductory Considerations 1. Tody is the day of Pentecost, the day on which we remember the events that marked the active beginning and work of the church of Jesus Christ. 2. What does that day of Pentecost make you think of? Is it the wind that blew into the room where the disciples were ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Denn Guptill avatar

    Fruit Of The Spirit: Kindness And Goodness Series

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on Oct 23, 2000
    based on 219 ratings
     | 29,074 views

    This message looks at Goodness and Kindness in relation to the parable of the Good Samaritan

    He had woken up with a bad feeling about today, but that wasn’t unusual, he hated getting up in the morning and always woke up with a bad feeling. But now he was certain that he should have stayed in bed. It had started as just another day, and part of his day included a trip to Jericho. Not a ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    Preparing To Recieve The Holy Spirit Series

    Contributed by John Hamby on Nov 8, 2000
    based on 117 ratings
     | 34,578 views

    How the disciples prepared to recieve the promised coming of the Holy Spirit.

    “Preparing to Receive the Holy Spirit.” Acts 1:12-26 Last week we began a study of the Book of Acts by noting five foundational principles on which Christ wanted to build his church. 1.) The Believers Message – Christ is Risen, 2.) The Believers Might – the power of the Holy Spirit, 3.) The ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Send Forth Your Spirit Series

    Contributed by William Baeta on Jun 1, 2001
    based on 40 ratings
     | 5,693 views

    “When the day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place… And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance” Acts 2:1-4.

    Theme: Send forth Your Spirit Text: Acts 2:1-11; Romans 8:8-17; John 14:15-17 Introduction: All this week the news has been about the 60th celebration of D-Day. Today all over Europe and America memorial services are being held to celebrate and remember what happened on that day 60 years ago when ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Andrew Schroer avatar

    Come, Holy Spirit, Come

    Contributed by Andrew Schroer on Jun 14, 2001
    based on 94 ratings
     | 10,412 views

    On this the Birthday of the Christian Church we pray that the Holy Spirit give us the strength and courage to witness to him in this unbelieving world.

    There is a tendency among mankind to honor the dead while persecuting the living. For centuries, even millennia, people have scorned, mocked, abused and killed those who are faithful to God’s Word. Many a prophet of the Old Testament was killed by his own countrymen for being a messenger of God’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Kris Young avatar

    The Spirit And The Bride Say Come

    Contributed by Kris Young on Feb 15, 2001
    based on 111 ratings
     | 6,625 views

    The parallel with God, The Throne, and the Waters that flow with the presence we can experience now.

    Introduction – 1. Fresh Water vs. City or Well Water. 2. Today, I am here to turn on the faucet to the Fresh Water. a. I can’t make you drink, but I can turn the faucet on. 3. This may shock many of you. There is a Holy Spirit! 4. Read Acts 19:1-6. 5. You see, God told us he would send the Holy ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal