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  • ERIC OLSON avatar

    Spiritual Blessings Series

    Contributed by Eric Olson on Oct 18, 2001
    based on 64 ratings
     | 5,423 views

    Series:"The Blessings Christians enjoy" Adoption into God’s family,Acceptance before God, Forgiveness of sins, Insight into God’s will, eternal inheritance, and the seal of the spirit

    Series: The Blessings Christians Enjoy Scripture: Ephesians 1:1-14 Object: To ensure the youth that God has awesome things for those that are C’D up! Introduction- Today we are going to look at 6 different things we are blessed with as Christians. Chosen by God (1:4) V.4- God “chose us in Him ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Spiritual Paradox Series

    Contributed by Mark Busch on Aug 4, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,861 views

    Samson never fully relied on God and so he died just for revenge.

    The Spiritual Paradox Judges 13 Page 230 in pew Bible Judges 13:1-7 Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the LORD, so the LORD delivered them into the hands of the Philistines for forty years. 2A certain man of Zorah, named Manoah, from the clan of the Danites, had a wife who was sterile ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

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    Spiritual Gifts

    Contributed by Lou Nicholes on Mar 28, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 5,227 views

    For a third time, Paul stresses the fact that God, not man, assigned the gifts (vv. 18, 24, 28). God gives to each person and each congregation just the gifts it needs when they are needed. No individual believer possesses all the spiritual gifts. Each be

    THOUGHTS ABOUT THE PASSAGE: This story was related by Donald Grey Barnhouse. Several years ago, two students graduated from the Chicago-Kent College of Law. The highest ranking student in the class was a blind man named Overton and, when he received his honor, he insisted that half the credit ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • James May avatar

    Spiritual Progression

    Contributed by James May on Apr 17, 2005
    based on 34 ratings
     | 7,608 views

    Every truly Born Again Child of God should have signs of Spiritual Progression in their life. We should be ever growing, and ever becoming more committed to Christ.

    SPIRITUAL PROGRESSION by Pastor Jim May In the life of every truly “born again” Child of God, there should be a process underway be which we are brought into a place of maturity in Christ. What we were yesterday is no more, what we are today is ever changing, and what we shall be tomorrow, by ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Appealing Spirituality

    Contributed by Paulson Pulikottil on May 4, 2005
    based on 8 ratings
     | 3,645 views

    Our spirituality should attract others to Christ. Sometimes Christians live their lives in such a way that makes non-Christians would avoid going near a church.

    An Appealing Spirituality 1. Introduction One can appeal or repel. The secret of a magnetic spirituality. 2. The Dangers of a Repelling Spirituality Isa. 56.3: The Church is meant to be a culture solution. A place where people can find nourishment and grow. But what happens in the Church most often ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Spiritual Cleansing

    Contributed by W Pittendreigh on Feb 22, 2005
    based on 31 ratings
     | 21,449 views

    An Ash Wednesday.

    Spiritual Cleansing Delivered on Ash Wednesday, 2005 By The Rev. Dr. W. Maynard Pittendreigh Senior Pastor Mpittendreigh@goodshepherdpc.org I John 1:5-9 5 This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. 6 If we claim to have ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Spiritual Law

    Contributed by Steven Ostrowski on Mar 5, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,981 views

    The importance to follow Christian Law and to not be afraid to openly share it.

    Spiritual Law Matthew 5:17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill. The reality of our society is that we cannot impose faith on others. The Constitution of the United States forbids a state sponsored religion. While the first ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Spiritually Ambitious

    Contributed by Rule Digal on Nov 28, 2005
    based on 14 ratings
     | 5,165 views

    What is your greatest aspiration in life? Are you like James and John who aspired a closer relationship with Christ?

    Theme: Spiritually Ambitious Text: Mark 10:35-42 Introduction A. In every funeral service, lengthy eulogies would not be missed to hear. But, what is its purpose? B. Newspapers give space for obituaries. What are they for? It is man’s last attempt to impress the world that he does matter; that ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Spiritual Athletics

    Contributed by James May on Sep 24, 2006
    based on 7 ratings
     | 11,237 views

    6 points to remember as we run this race toward Heaven.

    Spiritual Athletics By Pastor Jim May Most of us have watched the Olympics on TV. We have watched as the athletes competed in all sorts of contests. Regardless of their area of competition, every athlete had to pay a high price to get to the Olympics. I know a young man who had such a dream. ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Spiritual Power

    Contributed by Thomas Lanthrip on Oct 15, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,196 views

    Intercessory prayer brings power into the lives of those person/s we take time to pray for. Do you take time to pray "really pray" for those you know?? This message is to encourage prayer for those who stand in need of it most.

    The Christians Prayer For Spiritual Power Intercessory Prayer Ephesians 3:14-21 Intro: Every Christian prays at some time or another in the course of their life, but this prayer for which Paul refers is not a bed time prayer, neither is it a meal time prayer of gratitude but a prayer for ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Spiritual Blessings

    Contributed by Charles Scott on Oct 17, 2006
     | 3,122 views

    In Christ we have obtained an inheritance and a responsibility to unite heaven and earth: we also believed in him and were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until heaven and are are united.

    Ephesians 1__1-14 Proper 10 B SPIRITUAL BLESSINGS Amos 7:7-15 This is what the Lord God showed me: behold, the Lord was standing beside a wall built with a plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand. And the Lord said to me, “Amos, what do you see?” And I said, “A plumb line.” Then the Lord said, ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    Spiritual Hypnosis

    Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Oct 21, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,582 views

    There is a battle today for your MIND. There are tens-of-thousands if not millions of things that influence everything about you. They can be so powerful that the control they have is like hypnosis.

    Scripture: 2 Corinthians 10:3-6 (The Message) Text: 5We use our powerful God-tools for smashing warped philosophies, tearing down barriers erected against the truth of God, fitting every loose thought and emotion and impulse into the structure of life shaped by Christ. 2Don‘t become so ...read more

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    Denomination: Salvation Army

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    A Spiritual Malfunction

    Contributed by James Westmoreland on Oct 23, 2006
     | 6,314 views

    When we hear what God wants us to be and what he wants us to do in our worship and we do something else, this says that there is a critical "disconnect," a spiritual malfunction.

    A man was hired to paint the lines on the highway that divide the lanes. Now the company didn’t have a lot of resources so he had to do his painting on foot. After the first day at work his supervisor was very impressed when he learned that this new employee had painted three miles’ worth of ...read more

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    Denomination: Disciples Of Christ

  • Jerry Flury avatar

    Spiritual Warfare

    Contributed by Jerry Flury on Oct 24, 2006
    based on 9 ratings
     | 16,052 views

    We are in the middle of a battlefield in a war being fought without guns and bombs. It is a battle that is being fought for the souls of men and women – and for your very soul. In this war there are three formidable foes pitted against us – the Devil, the

    Spiritual Warfare Ephesians 6:10-13 Introduction: We are in the middle of a battlefield this morning. The war being fought on this battlefield is not being fought with guns and bombs. It is a battle that often cannot be seen though it rages continually. It is being fought for the souls of men and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    No Spiritual Elite Series

    Contributed by Timothy Darling on Jul 16, 2007
    based on 7 ratings
     | 5,688 views

    There is a sad tendency on the part of all churches. That some people become regarded as a spiritual elite. That they, in some way, have more of an expectation to be heard by God and to have a say in the church’s operation than everyone else. This is a mi

    No Spiritual Elite Ephesus - Year 10 Ephesians 2:11-18 There is a sad tendency on the part of all churches, including Ephesus and Norma. That some people become regarded as a spiritual elite. That they, in some way, have more of an expectation to be heard by God and to have a say in the ...read more

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    Denomination: Mennonite