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Godliness With Contentment Series

Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Sep 6, 2011

What will godliness plus contentment do for us? 1- Godliness plus contentment will bring great gain 2- Godliness plus contentment will avoid harmful desires 3- Godliness plus contentment will keep us faithful

INTRO.- What’s the hardest thing you’ve ever done in life? Let’s say the hardest physical thing. Work an 80 hour week? That’s just about 12 hours a day. Well, 84 hours in 7 days. Did you ever do that? That would be hard no matter what kind of work you were doing. Let ...read more

Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:6-10

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Spirit Fruit -- Peace Series

Contributed by Don Vanzant on Oct 1, 2011

Those who walk in the Spirit are assured that they will have the peace of God, not the absence of conflict.

Galatians 5:22–23 (NLT) 22 But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things! Peace is a major theme of the Bible and that is rather strange since ...read more

Scripture: Galatians 5:22-23

Denomination: Disciples Of Christ

Part 10 - Why Am I So Depressed? Series

Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Mar 19, 2010

Depression is common....where does it come from, what does it look like, and how do I get rid of it?

Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you disquieted within me? Psalm 42:5a (NRSV) If I were going to give this message a subtitle it would come from what one of my friends wrote to me about my question: How does depression feel? She wrote: Depression feels pretty good when you are ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 42:5

Denomination: United Methodist

Living In Purity Pt 2 Series

Contributed by David Welch on Apr 16, 2018

41st message in the series from Ephesians continuing with the admonition to live in purity.

“Living In Purity” Ephesians 5:3-14 REVIEW I. Our Wealth and Worth In Christ 1-3 II. Our Worthy Walk in Christ 4-6 A. Live in Unity 4:1-16 B. Live in Newness of life 4:17-24 C. Live in Love 4:17-24 D. Live in Purity 5:3-14 Review Paul isolated two specific groups of people in this ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 5:3-14

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

Pass It On-Respect

Contributed by Jim Caswell on Apr 20, 2018

May all who come behind us find us faithful in our respect to God.

Title: Pass It On-Respect Place: BLCC Date:6/15/2014 Text: 1 Samuel 2.12-29 CT: May all who come behind us find us faithful in our respect to God. Mother’s Day FAS: We live in a fast-paced culture, but some things just ought to happen slowly. The book Final Salute tells the story of Major Steve ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 2:12-29

Denomination: Christian Church

Christ's Peace In Troublesome Times

Contributed by Wayne Lawson on Jun 11, 2018

Message delivered for the 128th Church Anniversary at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church, Gene Autry, Oklahoma

TITLE: CHRIST’S PEACE IN TROUBLESOME TIMES SCRIPTURE: ST. JOHN 16:33 To the Angel of this House, Deacons, Officers and Members of the Mt. Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church, I am honored to stand behind this sacred desk as you celebrate another milestone in the History of this great Church. We ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

The Antichrists In The Last Hour Series

Contributed by Jordan Muck on Sep 7, 2016

Sermon series on 1 John

Series: 1 John Week: Nine Passage: 1 John 2:18-23 Title: The Antichrists in the Last Hour Focus: Deception Last Week in Review Week 8 – (1) Do not love the World (2) Do not Desire the World INTRODUCTION: “It is startling to think that Satan can actually come into the heart of a man ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 2:18-23

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Stand And Strive Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Mar 30, 2021

Paul said to put on the whole armor of God that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. Without this weapon of endurance we will not stand but fall wounded from his fiery darts of affliction.

William Lloyd Garrison was born in 1805 and when he became a man he had the audacity to think he could remove a mountain and altar the flow the river of history. Slavery was that mountain, and what a mountain it was. Slavery had existed from the dawn of civilization, and it was one of the most ...read more

Scripture: 2 Peter 1:6

How High Can We Go? Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Apr 3, 2021

Paul is a master of the balanced life, and that is why we see both the negatives and the positives so often in his writings. Be not conformed, but be transformed he says in verse 2, and now in verse 3 he gives us another negative and positive to keep us steady as we climb.

An officer of the American Flying Corps told of his experience during World War II. He went out over the ocean alone, and he saw a storm coming rapidly toward him. It was blacker than midnight. He looked down to see if he could go beneath it, but the ocean was already boiling with fury. His only ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:3

Breakthrough In The Mind Series

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Jun 7, 2020

We are in a war and for the most part that war is within – in our minds – it’s also in our thoughts and what we set our minds on becomes our reality – our minds dictate how we respond to life, situations and people.

Sermon 1: Breakthrough in the mind! Thesis: We are in a war and for the most part that war is within – in our minds – it’s also in our thoughts and what we set our minds on becomes our reality – our minds dictate how we respond to life, situations and people. We need to have a renewed mind to win ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:1-2, Ephesians 6:12, 2 Corinthians 10:3-5, Daniel 9:1-19

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Never Abandoned.

Contributed by Shine Thomas on Jan 28, 2015

God never forsakes us even when we wrong, but how he wish to bless and lead us if we return to him.

Follow us on: Website: https://cityharvestag.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CityHarvestA... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cityharvestag/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/CityHarvestAGChurch/featured A lot of people go through life without enthusiasm, joy, or excitement for the ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 41:10

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Building A Home Series

Contributed by Humberto Hilario on Jul 24, 2014

Building your family within a society has no faith values is critical

Building a Dream Home Psalm 127 "Unless the Lord builds the house, They labor in vain who build it; Unless the Lord guards the city, The watchman keeps awake in vain. 2It is vain for you to rise up early, To retire late, To eat the bread of painful labors; For He gives to His beloved even in his ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 127:1

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Asking Both Kings For The Wall

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Feb 15, 2010

For every significant task, there is the "sit-down" approach and the "rise-up" approach. We need both to sit down and pray and then to rise up and do, but even then by involving the resources of others. Lone wolves are not appropriate.

When a big challenge faces you, essentially there are only two things you can do about it: You can rise to the challenge. Or you can sit down and ignore it. When there is a big task to be done, I am saying, there are two entirely different ways to approach it. There is the rise up approach and ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Developing Durability, Making My Relationships Last Series

Contributed by Brian Atwood on May 29, 2009

Making my relationships last by learning why and how to keep my commitments to others.

A college man walked into a photography store with a framed picture of his girlfriend. He wanted the picture duplicated. This involved removing it from the frame. In doing this, the storeowner noticed the inscription on the back of the photograph: “My dearest Jim, I love you with all my heart. I ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 18:3-4

Denomination: Baptist

“lord I Can’t Do This Anymore” Series

Contributed by James Lee on Dec 4, 2015

I would like to thank Pastor Jerry Shirley for sharing this series on Acts. It has been a blessing as well as a great help. I have used these for our church, as I spend my days caring for my dying father.

“Lord I can’t do this anymore” Acts 18:1-11 I guess all of us at one time or another get depressed and feel like giving up. In the heat of a moment we may feel like saying: “there’s no use going on because the harder I try, the worse things seem to get. I ...read more

Scripture: Acts 18:1-11

Denomination: Baptist