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  • Richard White avatar

    Motivation

    Contributed by Richard White on Sep 13, 2003
    based on 45 ratings
     | 6,890 views

    What is our motivation to resist temptation?

    Motivation! When the circulation of the Pravada (formerly the official mouthpiece of the Communist party) fell, it was the “church” of the Communist party. The editors remarked wistfully that Christianity and Communism have many of the same ideals: equality, sharing, justice and racial harmony. ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Motivation

    Contributed by Bo Dunford on Mar 14, 2002
    based on 64 ratings
     | 21,044 views

    Motivation is needed in our relationship with Christ.

    2 TIM.1:6 "MOTIVATION" A) A young, smart-alec cowboy was riding his horse one day and saw an old man on a mule. * The young cowboy decided to have a little fun, so he drew his 6-shooter and told the old man to get off the mule and dance! * He said to the old man, "Have you ever danced?" B) Then ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Shawn Drake avatar

    Motive Series

    Contributed by Shawn Drake on Mar 5, 2003
    based on 34 ratings
     | 7,026 views

    This is the 16th sermon in the series "Church On The Rocks". This sermon looks at what real love is.

    Sunday Morning March 9, 2003 Bel Aire Baptist Church Series: “Church On The Rocks” [#16] MOTIVE 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 Introduction: 1. We have heard over and over again how we need to be faithful to God in all that we do. We have heard over and over again how we need to be unified as ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Motive

    Contributed by Lou Nicholes on May 25, 2005
    based on 10 ratings
     | 5,167 views

    Apparently the false teachers in Corinth were suggesting that Paul’s unwillingness to accept support from the church was simply a coverup. They thought that he really had a love for money, and the offering he claimed to be taking for the suffering saints

    THOUGHTS ABOUT THE PASSAGE: H. L. Gee somewhere tells of a tramp who came begging to a good woman’s door. She went to get something to give him and found that she had no change in the house. She went to him and said, “I have not a penny of small change. I need a loaf of bread. Here is a pound ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Timothy Smith avatar

    The Motive Series

    Contributed by Timothy Smith on Apr 15, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,383 views

    1st in 5 part Series using the popular TV show, CSI, to investigate the death and subsequent resurrection of Jesus Christ.

    THE MOTIVE: JESUS’ AUTHORITY CSI: Murder of God - Week 1 MATT.28:18; JOHN 10:17-18 INTRODUCTION TO SERIES: CSI is the #1 show in all of Television. The Thursday night show was so popular it created two successful spin-offs... CSI: Miami on Monday nights and CSI: New York on Wednesdays. The ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

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    Motivation Series

    Contributed by E. True Neilson on Dec 15, 2014
    based on 2 ratings
     | 15,414 views

    At first glance the book of Numbers reads a bit like an operations manual. It’s got numbers of soldiers, lists of names, and a bit of repetition. Tucked between those lists and numbers are some stories of real people, dealing with real issues of faith!

    BETWEEN THE NUMBERS MOTIVATION Numbers 22:21-41 -Back in Bible College I had one of the best possible jobs. -I was a disc jockey at the college’s FM radio station and I worked the 6pm to Midnight shift. -I was in this little sound-proof room where we played the CDs, talked through the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Grant Adams avatar

    Motivation

    Contributed by Grant Adams on Aug 2, 2022
     | 2,159 views

    What motivates us to not serve the Lord. There are so many hinderances in this world today. We have to be aware a stay focused on what God would have for us.

    Helps and hinderances in motivation for the Lord Jesus Christ. A few weeks and services ago we began to study and look at what might help motivate us for Christ. What were they? Bible prophecies concerning Jesus coming again. Heaven. Hell. Tonight, I want us to look at the opposite, not what helps ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Be A Motivator

    Contributed by Nnaemeka Durueke on Mar 29, 2017
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,909 views

    Look for people to build and grow with them. That's the Joy of living

    BECOME A MOTIVATOR MAIN TEXT: HEBREWS 3:13 Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety. 1 CORINTHIANS 16:13 Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong. In today’s lesson, let us examine the life of this man whom the Bible ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • I. Grant Spong avatar

    Motive Series

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Nov 7, 2021
     | 2,786 views

    Motive has a lot to do with the spirit of the law? Let’s look at motive in three areas highlighted by Jesus.

    Motive has a lot to do with the spirit of the law? Let’s look at motive in three areas highlighted by Jesus. 1. Motive in Giving to the Poor Christians are to help the poor, but with what motive? This is a complementary passage to Jesus’ instructions to let our light (of good works) shine. We ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Be A Burden Bearer Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Oct 9, 2021
    based on 3 ratings
     | 10,340 views

    What does it mean to bear one another's burdens... and WHY should I do that?

    OPEN: There’s a true story of a preacher trying to reach out to his community. His idea was to get a group from the church to go and work for free at local grocery stores and laundromats. He phoned several of these stores and for permission to do what he’d planned. But on one call, the employee who ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    You Must Know The Entreator Series

    Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Jul 7, 2014
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,396 views

    Do you really know yourself and why you are speading the message?

    You must also know the entreater. While it is ultimately the work of the Holy Spirit to get people to listen and respond. We are the package for the message. This is why prosperity preachers must wear expensive suits, Rolexs and have jets and multi-million dollar homes. For them to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    An Occasion For Motivation Series

    Contributed by Rich Dunbar on Feb 8, 2005
    based on 16 ratings
     | 3,590 views

    This sermon looks at the prayer the apostles prayed for boldness in Acts 4:23-31

    An Occasion for Motivation: Acts 4:23-31, Most Christians would likely cower in fear if we had been arrested, questioned and then forbidden to even speak in the name of Jesus. The apostles however took a very different approach. They came before God asking for boldness to continue proclaiming ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Paul Fritz avatar

    Motivations For Giving

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 28, 2003
    based on 29 ratings
     | 4,471 views

    ACKNOWLEDGE AND RELY ON God as the source of all things. He owns everything and every good gift comes from His hand. "The earth is the Lord’s and everything in it." Jesus said, "But, seek first His kingdom and His righteousness and all these things will b

    Matthew 6:33-33 Motivations for Giving 1. ACKNOWLEDGE AND RELY ON God as the source of all things. He owns everything and every good gift comes from His hand. (I Cor. 10:26) "The earth is the Lord’s and everything in it." Jesus said, "But, seek first His kingdom and His righteousness and all ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Revd. Martin Dale avatar

    A New Motivation

    Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on May 8, 2004
    based on 19 ratings
     | 3,177 views

    A "Dog eats dog" Kingdom or a Kingdom of Love

    Jn 13:31-35: A new motivation Story: The Liberal Prime Minister, William Gladstone, in announcing the death of Princess Alice on 14th December 1878 to the House of Commons, told this touching story. The little daughter of the Princess was seriously ill with diphtheria. And so the doctors told ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    The Motivated Christian Series

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jun 4, 2004
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,234 views

    When a heart/mind is set on a course of faith, the motivation just flows.

    The Motivated Christian INTRO 1. Jack had been saved for many years. At one time he had attended Sunday School and church every week; but now, he casually attended a service here and there. 2. There was a time in Jack’s life when he craved the Word of God; daily devotions, Bible studies, ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible