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  • Elmer Towns avatar

    Tested By Broken Relationship Lesson 4 Series

    Contributed by Elmer Towns on Apr 21, 2017
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    Escape from spiritual failure

    A. ESCAPE FROM SPIRITUAL FAILURE 1. You have to leave your place of trouble. “Abram went up from Egypt” (Gen. 13:1). 2. Remove your loved ones from trouble. “His wife . . . and Lot with him” (13:1). 3. Get by yourself. “Into” the Negev (desert) (13:1, NLT). God usually puts people into a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Tested By The Sins Of Others Lesson 5 Series

    Contributed by Elmer Towns on Apr 21, 2017
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    The courage of faith

    A. THE CONSEQUENCES OF WAR: GEN. 14:1-16 “Four kings from the Euphrates valley invaded Palestine and won a battle against three kings there. The kings in Palestine had paid taxes to the four kings for 12 years. When they quit paying taxes the four kings invaded them. Not only did they destroy ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Tested With Provision Of Money Lesson 7 Series

    Contributed by Elmer Towns on Apr 21, 2017
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    Tempted by Satan to failure.

    A. THE INEVITABILITY OF TESTS 1. We are tempted by satan to failure. 2. We are tested by God to demonstrate strength. Abraham tested by God: 11:26-12:3 – tested by obedience to God’s call 12:4-9 – tested by provision of God in the land 12:1-18 – tested by broken relationship (with ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Tested By The Fruit Of The Flesh Lesson 9 Series

    Contributed by Elmer Towns on Apr 22, 2017
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    What is the fruit of the flesh?

    A. WHAT IS THE FRUIT OF THE FLESH? 1. Avoid the lust of the flesh. “Love not the world . . . for all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, the pride of life” (1 John 2:15-16). 2. Flesh can mean the requirements of air, food, water, exercise, etc. 3. Flesh here ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Tested By Old Habits Lesson 12 Series

    Contributed by Elmer Towns on Apr 22, 2017
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    Breaking old habits

    A. INTRODUCTION: BREAKING OLD HABITS 1. Why is it hard to teach old dogs new tricks? Because old dogs go back to old habits. “As a pig returns to it squalor” (2 Peter 2:22, ELT). Why Old Habits? • Recessive memory • Reinforces our values and attitudes • The old way worked • We don’t want to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Tested By Family Squabbles Lesson 13 Series

    Contributed by Elmer Towns on Apr 22, 2017
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    What to do when you fuss

    A. INTRODUCTION: THE PROBLEM – GENESIS 21:1-21 1. Sarah was protective of “my son” (v. 10) Isaac. 2. Abraham struck up for the son causing the problem calling him “his son” (v. 11). 3. The older brother Ishmael (age 17) was “scoffing” (v. 9, NKJV). The word means taunting which carries ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Tested With His Priority Lesson 15 Series

    Contributed by Elmer Towns on Apr 22, 2017
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    What is your most precious thing in life?

    A. INTRODUCTION: GENESIS 22:1-19 1. What is your most precious thing in life? a. A person. b. A talent. c. A thing. d. An action. 2. God wants us to yield everything to Him. “Give yourself to God; let your body be a living and holy sacrifice to God” (Rom. 12:1, ELT). “Give yourselves ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Test: Watching People: Ready To Quit

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Oct 21, 2020
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    Come let us reason, it is not wise to watch other people and then throw up our hands and quit. Frustration is a faith killer.

    TEST: I AM AN READY TO QUIT… FRUSTRATION… WATCHING PEOPLE By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com (I have a towel, discuss Roberto Duran’s most famous fight was against Sugar Ray Leonard. Roberto threw in the towel and quit early in the fight? WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN?) How easy can our ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Quarreled & Tested: For The Long Haul

    Contributed by Amiri Hooker on Sep 30, 2023
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    Exodus 17:1-7 is a story of the Israelites' journey through the wilderness, which mirrors our struggles and tests. This passage reveals how the Israelites quarreled with God and faced a profound test of faith, a test that we, too, may encounter on our spiritual journey

    1 October 2023 EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST, YEAR A Quarreled & Tested: For the Long Haul The Message 17 1-2 Directed by God, the whole company of Israel moved on by stages from the Wilderness of Sin. They set camp at Rephidim. And there wasn’t a drop of water for the people to drink. ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    Tested Again – The Power Of Consistent Character Series

    Contributed by Rev. Samuel Arimoro on Jul 4, 2025
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    True character is not revealed in a single moment—it is proven over time.

    TESTED AGAIN – THE POWER OF CONSISTENT CHARACTER By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: 1 Samuel 26 Supporting Texts: Proverbs 11:3, Psalm 26:1–2, Galatians 6:9, James 1:12, Hebrews 13:18 INTRODUCTION: True character is not revealed in a single moment—it is proven over time. In 1 Samuel 26, David ...read more

    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    From Dust To Life: Tested And Transformed

    Contributed by Brian Williams on Jan 26, 2026
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    Why did Joseph stir up the pain of the past, what did he constantly awaken the consciousness of their failures? What was the purpose, what did it accomplish? Gen 44 speaks hope into the past so that we do not have to bring into the future.

    In real life, people carry the weight of brokenness—family dysfunction, personal failures, neglect, and wounds that often go unspoken. What do we normally do with the dysfunction? Cover it up and move on. This next chapter in Genesis speaks hope into these areas of brokenness. God shows us how our ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    When Famine Tests Your Faith Series

    Contributed by Rev. Samuel Arimoro on Feb 11, 2026
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    Famine seasons test the authenticity of faith, revealing whether trust in God remains firm under pressure.

    WHEN FAMINE TESTS YOUR FAITH By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: Genesis 12:10-20 Key Verse: “And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.” (Genesis 12:10) Supporting Texts: James 1:2-4; Psalm 66:10; Hebrews 11:17; ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Ic3a]: Israel In The Wilderness Series

    Contributed by John Lowe on Mar 26, 2020
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    Today's lesson concerns the exodus from Egypt and the Israelites’ unbelief. Because of their neglect to hear God’s message they delayed at the border. Because the people went backward in unbelief, instead of foreword in faith, they missed their inheritance and died in the wilderness.

    6/30/19 Tom Lowe Lesson #12 [IC3a]: Israel in the Wilderness (HEBREWS 3:6b-11) Context: The context is the exodus from Egypt and the Israelites’ experience of unbelief in the wilderness. Because of their neglect to hear God’s message they delayed at the border. Because the people went ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Heaviness As A Choice...

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Aug 9, 2023
     | 1,231 views

    We are in a constant battle with depression and a spirit of heaviness. Learn to thrive in the seasons of testing.

    HEAVINESS AS A CHOICE… FACING THE STRONG MEN… By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com (YouTube: Wade Hughes) We must acknowledge there is a clinical medical reason for extreme heaviness. Our discussion here will not address this problem. Matthew 12:29 Or else how can one enter ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    "The Exam"

    Contributed by Andy Grossman on Jul 18, 2013
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    Testing our spirituality

    “The Exam” July 21, 2013 2 Corinthians 13:5 ”Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you—unless, of course, you fail the test?” 1 John 4:1 “Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness