Sermons about Temptation Resisting

Disarming The Devil (Cultivating A Spirit Of Forgiveness)

Contributed by Timothy Lee on Aug 24, 2004

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Want to disarm the devil. Cultivate a Spirit of forgiveness

Disarming the Devil (Cultivating a Spirit of forgiveness) Proverbs 4:23 Keep your heart with all diligence, For out of it spring the issues of life. [NKJV] Proverbs 4:23 Above all else, guard your heart, for it affects everything you do. [NLT] Hebrews 12:15 See to it that no one misses the grace ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 12:15

Denomination: Apostolic

"God Will Make A Way"

Contributed by Emil Boniog on Jan 20, 2004

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1 Cor. 10:13 gives 7 principles about the problems that we face in life.

“GOD WILL MAKE A WAY” 1 Cor 10:13 INTRODUCTION Having Christ in your heart does not mean that you will no longer have problems. The Lord said it very plainly in John 16:33, “In this world you will have trouble.” Christians and non-Christians will both encounter problems in this life. This ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 10:13

Denomination: Baptist

What Makes You Lion Alert And Not Lion Dessert?

Contributed by Daniel Habben on Nov 15, 2004

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Humility, self-control, and God’s grace keep us from being devoured by Satan.

“In the jungle, the mighty jungle the lion sleeps tonight. In the jungle, the mighty jungle the lion sleeps tonight...” Do you recognize that once popular song? While it is true that most lions sleep from time to time, in our sermon text the Apostle Peter speaks of a lion that never snoozes. He ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 5:6-11

Denomination: Lutheran

To Be Tempted

Contributed by Tim Zingale on Feb 4, 2008

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A sermon for the first Sunday in Lent the Temptation of Jesus

1st Sunday in Lent Matthew 4:1-11 "To be tempted" "Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. And he fasted forty days and forty nights, and afterward he was hungry. And the tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command these stones ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 4:1-11

Denomination: Lutheran

Does Satan Have A Better Plan? Series

Contributed by Bud Ross on Jan 29, 2005

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The wilderness temptation was about Satan offering Jesus 3 opportunities to reject God’s idea of what the Messiah should be.

The dad was trying to teach his 6-year old son how to shoot a basketball. The boy would push the ball as hard as he could toward the basket but always the ball would fall short. The dad would effortlessly toss the ball toward the basket and say, "Just do it like this, son. It’s easy." The boy ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 4:1-11

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Dragon

Contributed by Tim Zingale on Feb 19, 2007

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A sermon for the 1st Sunday in Lent Temptation of Jesus

1st Sunday in Lent Luke 4:1-13 "The Dragon" 4:1* ¶ And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led by the Spirit 2* for forty days in the wilderness, tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing in those days; and when they were ended, he was hungry. 3 The devil said ...read more

Scripture: Luke 4:12-13

Denomination: Lutheran

"what Does It Mean To Be A Christian?"

Contributed by Ken Sauer on Jan 17, 2019

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A sermon about finding your identity in Christ.

“What Does it Mean to Be a Christian?” Luke 4:1-13 A friend of mine’s son—a gregarious little kid just shy of 4 years old—learned this Passage in Sunday school one morning. Later that day he asked his mother, “Hey mom, what do you know about the devil?” A little caught off guard, she turned ...read more

Scripture: Luke 4:1-13

Denomination: United Methodist

Is The Price Really Right? Series

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Aug 25, 2006

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When it comes to marketing Christianity, Peter had it all wrong. But he tells it as it is, and maybe we need to refresh our memories: Christianity is not a bed of roses –not yet.

Is the Price Really Right? (I Peter 4:1-6) 1. Back in 1889, Sid and Leah’s bull took sick and died, so they needed to go to the auction to buy a new one. Sid couldn’t leave the farm because he was busy starting a farming equipment business, so Leah took the train to the city to buy a bull. If she ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 4:1-6

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Deadly Appeal

Contributed by Dennis Selfridge on Nov 7, 2007

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How to ovecome temptation

How Will the Church Be Lighted? Several centuries ago in a mountain village in Europe, a wealthy nobleman wondered what legacy he should leave to his townspeople. He made a good decision. He decided to build them a church. No one was permitted to see the plans or the inside of the church until it ...read more

Scripture: Luke 4:5-7

Denomination: Wesleyan

Breaking Free Series

Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Nov 6, 2009

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WE need to break free from the parasites that will ruin a relationship!

INTRODUCTION • SLIDE #1 • Today we are going to address an issue that haunts many relationships. If we are not careful we can allow things to latch onto our relationships that can drain the life right out of them. • Have you heard of parasites? • The dictionary defines parasites as follows: a ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 10:13

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Happy All The Day?

Contributed by William Mouser on Sep 17, 2006

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Jesus rebuked his disciples’ inaccurate expectations of his Messiahship, and warns them (and us) that the spiritual life includes persecution and struggle.

Psalm 116:1-9, Isaiah 50:4-9, James 2:14-26, Mark 8:27-38 There is a wonderful hymn by Isaac Watts, usually entitled “Alas, and did my savior bleed.” Those of us who were evangelized and nurtured by the Southern Baptists or those similar to them have probably heard is hundreds of times. What is ...read more

Scripture: Mark 8:27-38

Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

#1learn To Identify And Thrive During The Tests. Series

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Mar 16, 2007

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We need to identify seasons of testing, then expect the tests, and then learn how to thrive during the testing processes of life. Why are you tested?

#1 LEARN TO IDENTIFY AND THRIVE IN THE TEST! Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com This lesson one and will be done in several sittings, there is a lesson two, of two more parts. I. DO YOU REALIZE GOD DOES HIS BEST WORK IN THE TESTING PROCESS? A. WE OFTEN HEAR QUESTIONS LIKE: WHY ARE WE ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 139:23

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Knowing Is Half The Battle... Series

Contributed by Peter Schmidt on Feb 29, 2004

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We learn from Satan’s tempting of Christ two things: 1. How Satan will tempt us. 2. How Jesus will defend us.

Lent 1 Luke 4:1-13 When I was about 10 years old, my favorite cartoon was G. I. Joe – A Real American hero. I looked forward to watching G. I. Joe every day after school. This was a show where the good guys, the G. I. Joe team would fight against the bad guys, the forces of evil Cobra Commander. ...read more

Scripture: Luke 4:1-13

Denomination: Lutheran

A Tempting Start

Contributed by Chris Appleby on May 14, 2007

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Understand the nature of the temptations Satan throws before you, fight them with God’s word and seek forgiveness from Jesus when you fail, knowing that he understands what it’s like to be tempted.

Do you ever wonder whether these temptations of Jesus were a fair test. After all, he was the Son of God, so Satan was out of his league really, wasn’t he? It wasn’t like you or me being tempted. I mean Satan hardly has to lift a finger and we give in. But then we’re a lot weaker than Jesus. But ...read more

Scripture: Luke 4:1-13

Denomination: Anglican

"I Know What You Are Going Through…"

Contributed by Hans Krause on Oct 22, 2018

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Too easily, we try to comfort people in sorrow and pain, saying that we know what they are going through. The fact is that mostly we don't. But Jesus knows what we are going through, because he has been there. What does that imply for us?

[Sermon preached on 18 February 2018, 1st Sunday in Lent / 3rd year, ELCF Lectionary] I was still a student when we gathered with a group of theological students for a training seminar on pastoral counseling. One of the members shared some of her childhood experiences that had recently come to the ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 2:17-18, Mark 1:12-13

Denomination: Lutheran

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