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  • Shawn Drake avatar

    The Door Of Your Spiritual Life Series

    Contributed by Shawn Drake on May 24, 2004
    based on 24 ratings
     | 5,123 views

    This is the 7th sermon in the series "Unlocking The Doors To Freedom". We are saved by faith, not our works.

    Series: Unlocking The Doors To Freedom [#7] THE DOOR OF YOUR SPIRITUAL LIFE Galatians 4:21-31 Introduction: Abraham had 2 sons, Ishmael and Isaac. Ishmael’s mother was Hagar and Isaac’s mother was Sarah. The 2 sons illustrate our 2 births:  Physical birth that makes us ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Ed Vasicek avatar

    Zechariah And Mary, And Spiritual Shock Series

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jun 4, 2004
    based on 19 ratings
     | 8,360 views

    Can we be walking with the Lord, be strong in some areas and horribly weak in others, or does spiritual maturity mean we have grown evenly?Let’s contrast the responses of Zechariah the priest and Mary and then return to this question.

    Zechariah and Mary, and Spiritual Shock (Luke 1) Here is a bulletin insert I wrote to add to the sermon, which follows: Zechariah the Priest and Father of John the Baptist The Christmas narrative really begins by setting the stage for Jesus’ coming through explaining how his forerunner, John the ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Larry Elder avatar

    Authority Of The Believer ( See The Spiritual)

    Contributed by Larry Elder on Jul 12, 2003
    based on 44 ratings
     | 6,754 views

    We often see the world only through the eyes of the physical and miss all that God is doing through the spiritual

    Authority of the Believer (See the Spiritual) The only authority Jesus had was through the Father instructions and the Holy Spirits Power: Text: John 5:19-20…Jesus gave them this answer: "I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Paul Fritz avatar

    Gaining Greater Spiritual Perception

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jul 17, 2003
    based on 48 ratings
     | 11,477 views

    Perception: To apprehend with the mind or through all of the senses; to observe, notice, understand all of the truth.

    Gaining Greater Spiritual Perception (I Cor. 2:8-16) Perception: To apprehend with the mind or through all of the senses; to observe, notice, understand all of the truth. Illustration: Get the right perspective. When Goliath came against the Israelites, the soldiers all thought, "He’s so big we ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Hedging Our Spiritual Bets

    Contributed by William Mouser on Feb 28, 2005
    based on 14 ratings
     | 4,819 views

    Focusing on John the Baptist’s preaching at the first advent, this sermon exhorts to preparation for the second advent.

    THIRD SUNDAY IN ADVENT Luke 3:1-17 “Hedging Our Spiritual Bets” In last Friday’s Wall Street Journal, there was a column by a fellow named Vincent Carrol. He is an editor for the Rocky Mountain News. Let me read you the first three paragraphs of his column. “On Christmas Eve, in line with my ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

  • Steven Cook avatar

    Gray Hairs Of Spiritual Decline

    Contributed by Steven Cook on Jan 5, 2003
    based on 24 ratings
     | 6,233 views

    Taken from Hosea 7, we find that God compares spiritual decline to the gray hairs of decay.

    “Gray Hairs of Spiritual Decline” Prov. 14:14; Hosea 7:9; Jer. 3:1 By Dr. Steven G. Cook I. Introduction A. Read All 3 Verses – Prov. 14:14; Hosea 7:9; Jer. 3:1 B. Illustration – Christian Life is comparable to an airplane – No Reverse; Must continue forward at a steady pace or it will spin ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Byron Sherman avatar

    Frustrations Of Spiritual Leadership-3 Series

    Contributed by Byron Sherman on Jan 14, 2003
    based on 27 ratings
     | 3,653 views

    Part 3 of a 4-part sermon. Jesus experienced frustration in His healing of a demon possessed boy. Spiritual Leaders face frustrations in their various ministries. Where do these frustrations arise? Frustration for spiritual leaders arises out of...

    FRUSTRATIONS OF SPIRITUAL LEADERSHIP-III—Luke 9:37-45 Jesus’ frustration with unbelief was manifest in His healing of a demon possessed boy. Spiritual Leaders face frustrations arising from unbelief. Ministry produces frustrations for the minister. Where do spiritual leaders encounter ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Gary Smith avatar

    Checking Your Spiritual Status

    Contributed by Gary Smith on Jan 15, 2003
    based on 45 ratings
     | 13,788 views

    What is your spiritual condition? Steps to improving your realtionship with God.

    “Checking Your Spiritual Status” TEXT: Isaiah 40:31 (KJV)31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. Introduction: The Word ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

  • Jerry Flury avatar

    How Is Your Spiritual Appetite?

    Contributed by Jerry Flury on Jan 28, 2003
    based on 71 ratings
     | 15,247 views

    What it means to hunger and thirst after righteousness.

    “HOW’S YOUR SPIRITUAL APPETITE?” MATTHEW 5:6 INTRODUCTION: There is an old French proverb that says, "A good meal ought to begin with hunger." It is hard to enjoy a good meal when you are not hungry, but when you are starving anything tastes good! Few of us in America know what real hunger or ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Richard White avatar

    How To Avoid A Spiritual Virus Series

    Contributed by Richard White on Jan 9, 2002
    based on 34 ratings
     | 9,859 views

    sometimes our spirit needs a vaccination

    HOW TO AVOID A SPIRITUAL VIRUS Text: Hebrews 12:14-17 Make every effort to live in peace with all men and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord. See to it that no one misses the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many. See that no one is ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Todd Hudnall avatar

    How To Find Spiritual Rest

    Contributed by Todd Hudnall on Jan 20, 2002
    based on 424 ratings
     | 35,509 views

    This is a single verse sermon with three points and proposition. It isn’t a manuscript but is more than a simple outline. The sermon is about leaving the weariness of dead religion to enter into a living relationship with God.

    Text - Matt 11:28 Introduction A strong young athlete was wadding waist deep in the shallow part of a recreational lake. Unknowingly he stepped off an underwater ledge and plunged fifteen feet beneath the surface of the water. After several seconds he bobbed to the top of the water flailing ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Terry Hensley avatar

    A Spiritual (Let Us) Sandwich.

    Contributed by Terry Hensley on Feb 6, 2002
    based on 54 ratings
     | 7,058 views

    Lettuce doesn’t stick to the ribs as well as steak and gravy, but every Christian needs a spiritual "Let Us" sandwich.

    A Spiritual “Let Us” Sandwich Hebrews 10:19-25. Are we hungry this morning? Matt. 5:6, “Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.” I would like to give you this morning a Spiritual “Let Us” sandwich. I know that a lettuce sandwich doesn’t stick to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Curtis Porche avatar

    Spiritual Sacrifices Acceptable To God

    Contributed by Curtis Porche on Feb 7, 2002
    based on 18 ratings
     | 13,442 views

    Comparing Levitical system of sacrifices to spiritual sacrifices.

    JESUS WAS SPEAKING TO THE SAMARITAN WOMAN AT THE WELL WHEN THE TOPIC OF WORSHIP CAME UP. HOW TO WORSHIP GOD IS A QUESTION MANY CHURCHES WRESTLE WITH TODAY. JESUS INTRODUCES SOMETHING NEW TO THE SAMARITAN WOMAN WHEN HE TELLS HER THAT GOD SEEKS THOSE WHO WILL WORSHIP HIM IN SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH. ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Mike Flack avatar

    The Spiritual Disciplines Of Fasting And Prayer

    Contributed by Mike Flack on Feb 13, 2002
    based on 54 ratings
     | 20,071 views

    Looking at the Spiritual Disciplines of Fasting And Prayer for today’s believer

    THE SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINES OF FASTING AND PRAYER Matt. 6: 5-8. 16-18 I want to share with you this morning on the SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINES OF FASTING AND PRAYER. The problem with that title is the difficult word, DISCIPLINE! Yes, fasting and prayer are what we call spiritual disciplines that by ...read more

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    Denomination: Friends

  • Curtis Kittrell avatar

    How's Your Spiritual Maintenance?

    Contributed by Curtis Kittrell on Sep 15, 2001
    based on 48 ratings
     | 15,306 views

    The cares and anxieties of the world, and distractions of the age, and the pleasure and delight and false glamour and deceitfulness of riches,and the craving and passionate desire for other things creep in and choke and suffocate the Word, and it becomes

    How’s Your Spiritual Maintenance? By Pastor CG "The cares and anxieties of the world, and distractions of the age, and the pleasure and delight and false glamour and deceitfulness of riches, and the craving and passionate desire for other things creep in and choke and suffocate the Word, and it ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal