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  • Johnny Wilson avatar

    Tempting Proposition

    Contributed by Johnny Wilson on Aug 31, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,250 views

    Convincing teenagers that temptation is a no-win proposition is hard to do, but this oft-neglected passage from Isaiah offers insight.

    In the Broadway musical, “Guys and Dolls,” there is a line where Sky Masterton (the Marlon Brando role in the film version) shares some advice that his father gave him. Sky is a gambler and the entire play revolves around a certain bet that he makes which pays off in a way he isn’t expecting. But I ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    Fireproof Your Life

    Contributed by Rodney Langley on Jun 9, 2009
    based on 9 ratings
     | 11,108 views

    How to prepare for the flaming darts that Satan and the world will hurl.

    FIREPROOF YOUR LIFE INTRODUCTION We face many trials and temptations as we strive to live the Christian life. How can we fireproof our lives and be able to stand against the flames that this world will send our way? We’re going to look tonight at some biblical examples and see how we can ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Extreme Temple Makeover: Heart Edition

    Contributed by C Jordan on Mar 27, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,717 views

    We are the temple of God – His Holy Spirit lives in us. When Jesus comes into our lives, He wants to perform an Extreme Temple Makeover: Heart Edition.

    EXTREME TEMPLE MAKEOVER: HEART EDITION OPENING JOKE: A pastor had had a bad week. On Sunday he was very frustrated and he began his sermon, "Everyone in this church is going to hell if they don't change their ways." One man in the back began to laugh. So the pastor said it again louder. The ...read more

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    God’s Armor (B)

    Contributed by Rick Boyne on Jun 25, 2012
     | 3,478 views

    God gives us the tools we need to fight/resist the devil.

    God’s Armor (B) September 28, 2008, Evening Service Immanuel Baptist Church, Wagoner, OK Rick Boyne Message Point: God gives us the tools we need to fight/resist the devil. Focus Passage: Ephesians 6:16-20 Introduction: • The Belt of Truth – we need to be completely immersed ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Bruce Lee avatar

    "How To Get Out Of Sin"

    Contributed by Bruce Lee on Jul 8, 2012
    based on 27 ratings
     | 17,615 views

    You don’t have to be stuck and trapped by temptations. Christ is stronger than Satan. You can get out of sin.

    “How to GET OUT of Sin” "For when Satan, who is completely armed, guards his palace, it is safe--" Luke 11:21-26 Illustration: A church had a man in the choir who couldn’t sing. Several people hinted to him that he could serve in other places, but he continued to come to the choir. The ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Prayer Answers Temptation

    Contributed by Ronald Harbaugh on Feb 5, 2009
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,898 views

    A Sermon for the 5th Sunday After Epiphany, Series B.

    5th Sunday after Epiphany, February 8, 2009 “Series B” Grace be unto you and peace, from God our Father and from our Lord, Jesus Christ. Amen. Let us pray: Dear Heavenly Father, we give you thanks for the gift of your Son, Jesus the Christ, who through his faithfulness to your will for his life, ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Timothy Darling avatar

    Compete According To The Rules Series

    Contributed by Timothy Darling on Aug 10, 2008
    based on 5 ratings
     | 6,276 views

    We cannot be victorious in Christ unless we compete according to His rules: endurance, integrity, loving His word.

    Compete According to the Rules One World, One Dream 2 Timothy 1:3 – 7 (Lin Hao Clip) There is a nobility in willingly facing pain when it is necessary. Athletics is a peaceful expression of that virtue. Training Training was an important part of the ancient Olympic games. These days, training ...read more

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    Denomination: Mennonite

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    Controlando La Debilidad

    Contributed by Aaron Chavez on Jun 2, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,339 views

    Todos tenemos debilidades que nos detienen de ser la gente de Dios que deciamos ser. Dios nos recuerda que el nos a dado autoridad para controlar nuestra debilidad.

    Controlando la debilidad. 1. Describa lo que es una debilidad. a. Problemas de carácter i. Impaciencia ii. Necesidad de tener el control iii. Inhabilidad de enfocarse iv. Temperamento v. Alcohol vi. Moralidad 2. Reconocer. (1 Corintios 10.13) a. Dios nos recuerda de que como humanos nosotros ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Battlefield Spirit

    Contributed by Terry Barnhill on Feb 26, 2013
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,341 views

    Lucifer fights a spiritual war, and therein lies the real battlefield . . . the spiritual realm.

    Luke 4:1-13; Rom. 10:8-13; 1 Pet. 5:5,8-9; Jn 14:6; Heb. 10:25; 11:6; Eccl. 4:12; Micah 6:8 It’s been said, “I wouldn’t be tempted ... if temptation .... wasn’t so tempting.” Oscar Wilde described it this way, “I can resist anything.... except ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Overcomers: Who Are They? Series

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Dec 14, 2009
    based on 8 ratings
     | 24,800 views

    This message dealing with what the Apostle John had to say about overcomers is a topical introduction to the subject of our victory in Christ anchored on I John 5:4-5.

    OVERCOMERS (Part 1): WHO ARE THEY? Text: I John 5:4-5, Rev. 2-3 Introduction: A recent article in the San Antonio Express News spoke about the amazing phenomenon of designer tennis shoes which has taken the younger generation by storm. The new status symbol is the special name-brand high-top ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    What Are You Doing In Sodom? Series

    Contributed by Paul Barreca on Feb 19, 2012
    based on 5 ratings
     | 6,886 views

    Sodom represents the allurment of the world. It proved deadly for Lot, and it will just as surely destroy our lives if we venture close to the world.

    Our passage gives us a powerful lesson concerning worldliness. The key question from Genesis 14, “how close can you get to sin before it corrupts you?” The key verse, is Genesis 14:12. There we learn that while Lot first “pitched his tents near Sodom, now we read that Lot was ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Tim White avatar

    The Flavor Of The Week Series

    Contributed by Tim White on Mar 22, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,407 views

    Satan's methods of temptation only come in three flavors, but God has one answer: Love God and love like God.

    The Flavor Of the Week 1 John 2:15-17 1Jn 2:15 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. In the scripture, "world" (cosmos) is used to mean one of three distinct things. 1) The world could mean the physical universe, that ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jay Ramos avatar

    Toma Tu Posición Series

    Contributed by Jay Ramos on Apr 11, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 10,879 views

    Sermón Textual Analítico La Iglesia de Pergamo esta rodeada de paganismo y una cultura muy hostil contra los cristianos. Jesús reconoce su prueba y le amonesta a mantenerse firme en la fe.

    Apocalipsis 2:13 13 Yo conozco tus obras, y dónde moras, donde está el trono de Satanás; pero retienes mi nombre, y no has negado mi fe, ni aun en los días en que Antipas mi testigo fiel fue muerto entre vosotros, donde mora Satanás. (RVR1960) 13 Sé dónde vives: allí donde Satanás tiene su ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Python Spirits

    Contributed by Chika Ossai-Ugbah on Jun 23, 2011
    based on 20 ratings
     | 35,342 views

    It treats demonic avenues through which people are deceived and enslaved even with the supernatural. It calls on believers for discernment and confrontation through prayers

    In Acts 16:16, Paul and Silas encountered a young woman who prophesied to them through what Luke calls a “spirit of divination.” However, the Greek word from which “divination” is translated is python. “Python” was a word associated with prophecy amongst the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Eric Smith avatar

    The Devil Is In The Market For Another Soul

    Contributed by Eric Smith on Jan 28, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,622 views

    A short sermon that parallels a high school pottery class with our potential in life and how the devil tries to make us waste our time on this earth.

    Matt 4:1-9 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. 2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. 3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. 4 But he ...read more

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    Denomination: Apostolic