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  • Stephen Funderburk avatar

    Moving Into Spiritual Maturity

    Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Mar 14, 2007
    based on 16 ratings
     | 9,973 views

    Paul’s prayer for spiritual maturity in the church

    Intro: do you remember a time in your life where you matured past something that was childish? I remember it well. My parents would take us to the park and I would swing, slide down the slide, do the merry-go-round and have a great time. But there came a time when it became childish, and I moved ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Goals For Spiritual Life

    Contributed by Bledar Valca on Mar 27, 2007
    based on 7 ratings
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    Emphasises the need to have goal in the spiritual life

    SPECIFIC GOALS FOR MY SPIRITUAL LIFE. Philippians 3:12-14 “Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Pathway To Spiritual Maturity

    Contributed by Larry Jacobs on May 21, 2006
    based on 6 ratings
     | 7,458 views

    This passage of Scripture give a person the pathway to spiritual maturity.

    THE PATHWAY TO SPIRITUAL MATURITY Acts 2:1 - 42 1. Have you ever wondered about the purpose of something? ILL Notebook: Purpose (wooden spoons) One day during cooking class, the teacher, Mrs. Pritchard, was extolling her secrets for preparing perfect sauces. When she ordered the class to the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Spiritual Discipline Of Service Series

    Contributed by Mike Wilkins on May 23, 2006
    based on 7 ratings
     | 12,093 views

    Service of others can bring us closer to God if we treat it as a spiritual discipline

    Tilling the Soil of The Soul May 14, 2006 The Spiritual Discipline of Service The Spiritual Disciplines are meant to be ways to draw closer to God. We meditate, not just to achieve inner peace, but to have God fill our emptiness; we fast to increase our hunger for God; we study to have our ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    Declaring Spiritual Bankruptcy Series

    Contributed by Johann Neethling on Jul 8, 2006
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,426 views

    Examination of the first BE-Attitude: Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven

    PURSUING HAPPINESS : Declaring Spiritual Bankruptcy Matthew 5:1-12 1. This past Tuesday our nation celebrated its 230th year of Independence and one of the most famous phrases in the Declaration of Independence, listed as one of the “unalienable rights of man” is “Life, liberty, and the pursuit of ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    Spiritually-Wise Christians Series

    Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 10, 2005
    based on 27 ratings
     | 8,814 views

    Grasping for the wisdom of God involves being attentive to Jesus’ voice, meditating on what He says, obeying His words that give life and enduring in His calling upon our lives.

    Title: Spiritually-Wise Christians Theme: Grasping the Wisdom of God “Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.” (James 1:22) A trusting relationship is what enables the child of God to walk in the wisdom of God Bible teacher and preacher Leslie ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Real World Spirituality

    Contributed by William Nieporte on Sep 6, 2005
    based on 61 ratings
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    How do we live a life of holiness in the kind of wold in which we must now reside

    This morning I would like to talk about how to live spirituality in the real world. We live in a world of terrorist attacks – of sexual predators that prey on small children – of gang violence and drug busts – of economic hardships, poverty, homelessness, and starvation – of battered spouses ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Avoiding Spiritual Freefall

    Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Sep 28, 2005
    based on 34 ratings
     | 6,605 views

    Avoiding Pitfalls in Spiritual Life

    Intro: there is a commercial on television that is pretty good, it is the N.F.L. draft and the number one pick is called, he stands, smiles for the cameras, dose a Heisman trophy pose, then proceeds to fall down a flight of stairs. Falling is sometimes a funny thing: Chevy Chase made people laugh ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Acquiring A Spiritual Appetite

    Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Sep 28, 2005
    based on 14 ratings
     | 11,616 views

    hunger for God

    Intro: years ago my parents tried to get me to eat pecan pie, but I didn’t like it. Through the years it was always the same, I didn’t like it. But after trying it a few different times, I said, well, it’s all right. Over the years it has become one of my favorite desserts, it was an acquired ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Avoiding Spiritual Ignorance

    Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Sep 29, 2005
    based on 14 ratings
     | 8,634 views

    Doctrines of the Bible

    Intro: Paul spent a lot of time defending his apostleship. He gave his conversion story on several occasions. Paul explained that even though he was a very religious man, a scholar in many ways, he did a lot of things out of ignorance. I Timothy 1: 13 states that he obtained mercy because he had ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Surviving Spiritual Warfare

    Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Sep 29, 2005
    based on 11 ratings
     | 4,425 views

    surviving life

    Intro: the other day a man said the biggest lie the devil would have people believe is that he doesn’t exist. Tonight, there is a warfare that goes on, it isn’t a physical one, but a spiritual battle, and to survive this warfare you must be equipped with spiritual things. Surviving Spiritual ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Weapons Of Spiritual Warfare

    Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Sep 29, 2005
    based on 114 ratings
     | 30,981 views

    will you win the fight?

    Intro: God didn’t place us in this world to live lives of constant defeat and discouragement. Even though life is a war, God has given us weapons to win the battles of life. It isn’t that the weapons aren’t there, it is that many people live their lives not knowing how to use these weapons for ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Growing In Spiritual Maturity Series

    Contributed by Freddy Fritz on Sep 30, 2005
    based on 14 ratings
     | 11,215 views

    In James 1:19-20 James shows us three characteristics of growing in spiritual maturity.

    Scripture The story is told of two men who were traveling along in a hot-air balloon when they began to realize that they had no idea where they were. To make matters worse, as they looked at the sky, a storm began brewing overhead and heavy clouds started rolling in. For a brief minute they came ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Go On To Spiritual Maturity

    Contributed by Ray Ellis on Oct 10, 2005
    based on 27 ratings
     | 12,058 views

    As Christians we are not to be satisfied to remain as baby Christians we are to keep growing in knowledge and understanding of the things of God.

    Go on to Spiritual Maturity Philippians 1:9-11 (NLT) In this passage of scripture the Apostle Paul gives the admonition: “Keep on growing.” During the past year have you grown in the knowledge and grace of our Lord Jesus Christ? 2 Peter 3:18, “But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord ...read more

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    Denomination: Free Methodist

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    Getting Into Spiritual Shape

    Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Oct 12, 2005
    based on 18 ratings
     | 5,120 views

    spiritual growth

    Intro: tonight we all tried to make shapes out of play dooh, some people could make something recognizable, others couldn’t. In our life we will have a lot of people try to shape us, family, friends, teachers, coaches, employers and other people in our lives. It is very important that we are ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God