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  • Jim Caswell avatar

    Against Me Series

    Contributed by Jim Caswell on Oct 13, 2016
     | 3,718 views

    We must deny our self to to reach God's Ideal for our life. We decide against our self to decide for Him.

    Title: IF: Against Me Place: Blue Licks Christian Church Date: 10/16/16 Text: Romans 8.4, Luke 9.23, 1 Corinthians 10 .23 CT: We must deny our self to reach God’s ideal for our lives. Show Clip of movie trailer “Sully”. [Screen 1] FAS: On January 2, 2009,Flight 1549, a regular ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

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    What Your Tongue Saya About You

    Contributed by Terry Frazier on Oct 27, 2013
     | 7,286 views

    We get mad when people say nasty things about us but what about what we say to ourselves? Too many times we allow satan to tear us down from the inside out and to use our thoughts against us. Believers need to bring every thought unto captivity to Christ.

    What Your Tongue Says About You There have been countless sermons preached on the power of the tongue. I have preached a few of them myself over the years and many of those sermons were talking about how what we say affects other people and that’s very important because what we say to and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Old Life - New Life Pt 2

    Contributed by Rick Boyne on Aug 19, 2013
     | 2,943 views

    Sin is not our master; we have a victorious life in Jesus.

    Old Life - New Life Pt 2 August 18, 2013 Morning Service Immanuel Baptist Church, Wagoner, OK Rick Boyne Message Point: Sin is not our master; we have a victorious life in Jesus. Focus Passage: Romans 6:9-14 Supplemental Passage: But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Pharisees' Blindness

    Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Feb 10, 2015
     | 4,270 views

    To show that self-righteousness need to be surrendered to the LORD and with humility and acceptance that one is a sinner, we can accept the LORD JESUS CHRIST.

    I. EXORDIUM: Are you a Pharisee?(self-righteous) Only CHRIST knows my heart, If I were I would not have accepted the LORD. II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers III. OBJECTIVES: To show that self-righteousness need to be surrendered to the LORD and with humility and acceptance that one is a sinner, ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Answer Eight: Stop Kidding Yourself--Renounce Self-Deception Series

    Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Jun 17, 2015
     | 4,335 views

    The Corinthian church was having problems. They have asked Paul to help. This passage is Paul’s 8th answer to them about a specific problem. Paul gives them the root cause for the trouble they were having. It was pride—pride in who they were and what they knew.

    The Corinthian church was having problems. They have asked Paul to help. This passage is Paul’s 8th answer to them about a specific problem. Paul gives them the root cause for the trouble they were having. It was pride—pride in who they were and what they knew. Remember that ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Getting Over Yourself Series

    Contributed by Steve Malone on Aug 13, 2019
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     | 11,691 views

    In this final message of the OVERCOME series we will talk about what is perhaps the biggest and most unrelenting obstacle that we will have to overcome in life... ourselves

    Getting Over Yourself One day Jesus left the crowds to pray alone. AND BTW MGCC - that is a really good thing to do at times. To leave the noise and the crowd (yeah, they’ll be fine without you) and to get alone with God. IN FACT – for some in this room that is exactly what you need to do this ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Fasting To Repent Day-Seven Devotional

    Contributed by Elmer Towns on Feb 27, 2026
     | 17 views

    Time of self-denial.

    Every Jew was commanded to keep the Yom Kippur Fast which was the Day of Atonement Fast, “On the tenth day of the seventh month of each year, you must go without eating to show sorrow for your sins” (Lev. 16:29, CEV). What new modern versions call “go without eating,” other versions call it ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Peril Of Inconvenience

    Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Sep 21, 2007
    based on 14 ratings
     | 16,210 views

    Inconvenience is often what God’s demands. If one does not embrace the inconvenience it will be a spiritual peril to him.

    Acts 24:24-27 KJV And after certain days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, which was a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ. [25] And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    The Only Way To Righteousness

    Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Jan 28, 2014
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     | 5,947 views

    A study on the only way that we can truly become "righteous" in God's sight.

    Actions Speak Louder Than Words, Herb Miller - 2 Kentucky stable owners had developed a pretty big rivalry. One spring each of them entered a horse in a local steeplechase. Thinking it might help him outdo his friend, one of the farmers hired a professional jockey. The race began, and the 2 ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Laodicea: Knock, Knock! Series

    Contributed by Gordon Pike on Feb 14, 2021
     | 4,452 views

    Becoming a tepid or lukewarm church doesn’t take any effort at all … none. All we have to do is sit in the pews, sing the same old hymns, hear the same old sermons over and over again, and eventually you’ll end up with a tepid church full of lukewarm Christians.

    The sun showed them no mercy. Directly overhead, it blazed and beat down on them. They were tired and hungry and very thirsty, so the sight of a well … even a Samaritan well … was a more-than-welcome sight. Jesus and the Disciples didn’t have a jar or a bucket with them, so they had no way to ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    Answer Two: God’s Humble And Simple People Series

    Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Apr 9, 2015
     | 6,704 views

    Every church needs to take this message to heart because one of the most tragic characteristics of modern society is pride and self-sufficiency.

    I said last time that in Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians concerning what to do about their divided church, Paul gives 11 answers to their problem. The first answer, Paul said, was the cross. If the church would refocus on their purpose based upon the cross, the church would begin to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Paul Fritz avatar

    How The Holy Spirit Helps Leaders Utilize Self-Control

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 18 ratings
     | 3,061 views

    1. The Holy Spirit motivates us to serve with love from a pure heart, a good conscience and a sincere faith by helping us to control our thoughts, emotions, and choices.

    1. The Holy Spirit motivates us to serve with love from a pure heart, a good conscience and a sincere faith by helping us to control our thoughts, emotions, and choices. Paul wrote, "The object and purpose of our instruction and charge is love, which springs from a pure heart and a good (clear) ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Thirteen Ways The Spirit Helps Us Exhibit Self-Control

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jul 15, 2004
    based on 26 ratings
     | 3,533 views

    The Holy Spirit motivates us to serve with love from a pure heart, a good conscience and a sincere faith by helping us to control our thoughts, emotions, and choices.

    Thirteen Ways the Spirit Helps us Exhibit Self-Control Gal 5:23 - "The fruit of the Spirit is self-control." Illustration: A man from Michigan had an idea for removing a tree stump from the yard of a friend. He decided to use some dynamite he had stored away in his house. It did the trick. The ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Lessons From Jeremiah – Part 25 – Do Not Keep Sinning For Judgment Comes – Worthless Offerings Are Unacceptable Series

    Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Jun 21, 2024
     | 812 views

    The efforts of sinful man to obtain his own acceptance with God is no more than sin wanting to shake hands with holiness and to say, “We are the same, just a bit different in appearance.” Judah was found wanting, wicked and ready for judgement. God gave them to Babylon.

    LESSONS FROM JEREMIAH – PART 25 – DO NOT KEEP SINNING FOR JUDGMENT COMES – WORTHLESS OFFERINGS ARE UNACCEPTABLE PART 25 - Jeremiah 6:20-30 CHAPTER 6 [A]. THE WILFUL REJECTION OF THE PEOPLE TO GOD’S CALLING IN THEIR LIVES (a). VERSE 20 - WORTHLESS AND INSINCERE OFFERINGS ARE NOT ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    How To Possess Your Vessel In Holiness And Honor

    Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Oct 2, 2015
    based on 1 rating
     | 12,336 views

    This message explores the great need for discipline in the lives of all believers.

    HOW TO POSSESS YOUR VESSEL IN HOLINESS AND HONOR TEXT: 1 Thessalonians 4:1-4 1 Thessalonians 4:1-4 KJV Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more. [2] For ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal