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  • Shawn Rose avatar

    How To Handle The Sin Of Self-Centeredness

    Contributed by Shawn Rose on May 18, 2009
    based on 9 ratings
     | 13,591 views

    James tells us about the symptoms, the source, and the salve for self centeredness.

    HOW TO HANDLE THE SIN OF SELF-CENTEREDNESS Text: James 4:1 – 10 Introduction: · Between 250 and 262 AD a pestilence raged all over the Roman Empire. In some Italian cities, 80% of the population died out. Historians and scientists estimate that ½ of the human race died in those 12 years. · The ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Darrell Stetler II avatar

    Trade In "Self-Life" For "Servant's Heart" Series

    Contributed by Darrell Stetler Ii on Feb 8, 2005
    based on 19 ratings
     | 5,109 views

    Self-pleasing is the most natural human instinct there is -- we want to climb the ladder. But it will stifle your growth! If you want this year to be different, trade in that attitude for a servant’s heart. *HANDOUT INCLUDED*

    Trade in “Self-Life” for “Servant’s Heart” “Son of man came not to be served, but to serve...” Life is essentially a series of trade-offs. . . everything plateaus when you’re unwilling to make the next trade-off. Brief REVEW OF - Trade in “Guilty Conscience” for “Guilt-free living”. . . - ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

  • Dennis Davidson avatar

    Putting To Death Our Sinful Self Series

    Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Feb 27, 2012
    based on 26 ratings
     | 21,149 views

    The Bible deals here with some of the problems of defeated Christians. It will help us to realize that although the crucial battle has been fought and won through our death to self and our resurrection to new life, the Holy Spirit must penetrate still de

    COLOSSIANS 3: 5-11 / Christ Above All Series PUTTING TO DEATH OUR SINFUL SELF Some of us would have to admit that talk about Resurrection Living is disturbing. We believe in Christ’s victory over sin, death, and the grave, but we don’t feel much like conquerors ourselves. We ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Self Pity: Enemy Of Joyous Living

    Contributed by Shawn Miller on Mar 19, 2015
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,237 views

    Sermon on the destructive nature of feeling sorry for ourselves

    Self-Pity: An Enemy of Joyous Living Introduction: A woman was heartbroken when her dog disappeared. She put an ad in the paper offering a reward for its return. The next morning the phone rang. It was the voice of a woman: “I'm calling about your dog.” Then she began to cough. ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Guidelines For Christianity: The Fruit Of Self-Control Series

    Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Mar 31, 2015
     | 5,734 views

    Where do you need the spiritual grace of self-control? Seek the Lord for direction, and let Him mold you into a Disciple that is controlled at all times and in all circumstances by the Holy Spirit.

    “. . . the fruit of the spirit is . . . self-control. . .” (Gal. 5:22-23) Not too long ago I watched the movie “Castaway” with Tom Hanks. He was stranded on this island after a plane crash in the ocean. He had nothing to eat at first but coconuts. He had to master the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Tom Shepard avatar

    How To Gain More Self-Control Series

    Contributed by Tom Shepard on Sep 20, 2016
    based on 5 ratings
     | 53,532 views

    This is a sermon on self-control. It is one of the fruits of the Spirit. 1. Admit You Have A PROBLEM 2. Put The Past BEHIND You 3. Master Your EMOTIONS 4. Believe You Can CHANGE 5. Avoid TEMPTATION 6. Depend On Christ’s POWER

    Fruit of the Spirit – Self-Control How to Gain More Self-Control Today we finish up the characteristics of the fruit of the Spirit. We are looking at self-control. Next week we will deal with the phrase – “against such things there is no law.” Let’s go ahead and ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    What Self-Centeredness Can Cause

    Contributed by Dr.w.samuel Legon on Jul 10, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,371 views

    No christian should have a self centered life

    WHAT SELF-CENTEREDNESS CAN CAUSE James 4: 1From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? 2Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Four Truths To Deflate Self-Centeredness Series

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Aug 16, 2013
     | 10,138 views

    A look at four passages in Luke that help us to puncture the self-centered tendencies that come so naturally in our culture.

    WHAT JESUS EXPECTS: He told us to be servants, but it’s hard to know how to move in that direction in such a self-centered culture. - Luke 22:24-27. - It is a little difficult for us to understand how to be servants when we’re so used to being the center of attention: a. Stores cater ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Hatred – A Path Of Self-Destruction.

    Contributed by Robert Sickler on Mar 11, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 11,645 views

    Hate is a mental condition that harms the mind, body and spirit, which if allowed to remain will also destroy our relationship with God.

    Introduction The Hatfield and McCoy feud was recently on TV; this is one of the saddest things I have ever watched. It is so wrong for people to hate people just because of their name or because of something they have done in the past. When Christians hate people they are in direct violation of ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

  • Daniel Habben avatar

    Fruit That Is Always In Season: Self-Control Series

    Contributed by Daniel Habben on Jun 22, 2017
    based on 1 rating
     | 12,045 views

    Controlling oneself means placing ourselves under God's control, the best place to be.

    Has this ever happened to you? You find a bowl full of delicious looking cherries sitting on the table. They’re clearly meant for eating so you grab a couple. They’re sweet and delicious so you have a few more. You sit down, get out your phone to check messages while you absent-mindedly continue to ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Lalachan Abraham avatar

    Wholesomeness Through Discipline And Self-Control Series

    Contributed by Lalachan Abraham on May 25, 2013
    based on 11 ratings
     | 12,112 views

    “A person without self-control is like a city with broken-down walls.” Proverbs 25:28 (NLT)

    In a world of deteriorating morality, we must give special attention to Self-discipline and Self-Control to live a virtuous life. Everything we do in life is a choice, and I think most of us realize that. But what most people don’t seem to realize is that everything we don’t do in ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Byron Sherman avatar

    Blunders Of Self-Indulgent Gain-1

    Contributed by Byron Sherman on Mar 23, 2011
     | 3,049 views

    1 of 2. James warned of the danger in self-indulgent gain. Accumulation of wealth is spiritually questionable. But How so? The blunders of self-indulgent gain are in their Accumulated...

    Blunders of Self-indulgent Gain-I—James 5:1-8 Attention: My kindergarten-aged daughter suddenly announced just before school that she needed to take a clean tee shirt to class. She told us the teacher was going to iron an anti-drug message on it. My wife frantically swept through my ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Blunders Of Self-Indulgent Gain-2

    Contributed by Byron Sherman on Mar 29, 2011
     | 2,588 views

    2 of 2. James warned of the danger in self-indulgent gain. Accumulation of wealth is spiritually questionable. How is self-indulgent gain dangerous? Blunders of self-indulgent gain are in their Accumulated...

    Blunders of Self-indulgent Gain-II—James 5:1-8 Attention: ‘Religious’ people can make tremendous life-altering blunders. Need: James warned of the danger in self-indulgent gain Accumulation of wealth is spiritually questionable. So there are danger in self-indulgent gain. How is ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Ken Pell avatar

    A Fruit-Full Marriage: Self-Control Series

    Contributed by Ken Pell on Sep 25, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,655 views

    The firm, loving grip of the Holy Spirit brings freedom from self.

    A FRUIT-FULL MARRIAGE: SELF-CONTROL * GALATIANS 5:13-26 Sermon Objective: The firm, loving grip of the Holy Spirit brings freedom from self. GALATIANS 5:13-26 13 You, my brothers, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature; rather, serve one another in love. ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

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    Against His Own Self-Interest Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jan 7, 2012
     | 3,040 views

    God loved us so much that He acted against His own best self-interest, by becoming human. In doing this, He exactly contradicted the secular world's view of leadership and government.

    Epiphany 2012 Against His Own Self-Interest Spirit of the Liturgy One of the insights that Pope Benedict has shared with us over the past few years continually comes to mind when I read the Gospels. It is like a unifying theme of the Scriptures. God loves us so much that he does things for us ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic