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  • Bruce Willis avatar

    Some Exhortation About Spiritual Gifts Series

    Contributed by Bruce Willis on Feb 6, 2007
    based on 9 ratings
     | 5,581 views

    This sermon is the ninth in a series of ten on Motivational Spiritual Gifts which contrast a natural talent with a spiritual gift.

    I’m not sure that we’ve come spiritually alive yet to the Spiritual Gifts I’ve been preaching about for the past few weeks. So today I want to share with you “Some Exhortation About Spiritual Gifts.” My intent is to explain a couple more things about spiritual gifts and to exhort as well as ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    So What Do You Expect

    Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Mar 23, 2001
    based on 34 ratings
     | 6,648 views

    This Sermon deals with using our talents for God’s glory.

    So What Do You Expect 12/10/95 Talent Day Numbers 32:48-52 James 4:13-17 Text Matt. 25:14-30 We are in the second week of the season of Advent. Part of the theme of advent, deals with the expectation that the Lord ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Do It With Thy Might

    Contributed by Robert Simmons on Oct 1, 2002
    based on 87 ratings
     | 17,905 views

    Challenge to the congregation to give God the best of your talents and labor.

    There was a young boy who was the son of a drifter. This boy worked as a store clerk for a while, but the store failed. He bought a partnership in another store, but it failed also. He ran for legislature and lost both times. He ran for vice-president and lost. He became the 16th President of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    Created To Serve Series

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Dec 13, 2004
    based on 16 ratings
     | 36,415 views

    The Parable of the Talents makes it clear that we can all serve.

    Purpose Series #4 (Six Sessions on God’s Purpose for Your Life) Created to Serve Matthew 25:14-29 SCRIPTURE READING: Ephesians 2:8-10 INTRODUCTION: Today we’re going to talk about what it means to be God’s servant. What comes to mind when you hear the word servant? What comes to my mind ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Y Give?

    Contributed by Alan Mccann on Jun 14, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,172 views

    Why are called to give of our time, resources and talents to God?

    Y Give Matthew 14.13-21 This morning we start a sermon series of questions all beginning with the word ‘Why.’ Over the next number of weeks we are going to look at why we do certain things as a Christians. This morning we are going to look at giving. Right at the start of this sermon I want to ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

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    Outreach Potential

    Contributed by David Crank on Sep 12, 2011
    based on 10 ratings
     | 6,984 views

    It takes more than talent to realize your full potential.

    Your talent (potential) is God’s gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.” – Leo Buscaglia The truth is everyone has a seed of success within them. It’s how we were designed, yet many never tap in or live up to their potential and most, for the same ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Managing Your Time Lesson 1 Series

    Contributed by Elmer Towns on Sep 27, 2025
     | 65 views

    Wisely managing our times, talent and treasure to the glory of God.

    A. INTRODUCTION: PSALM 90:9-12 “We are wandering in the desert because You are punishing us for rebellion. We are spending our years as a story that is unfolding. You have promised us 70 years, and if we live longer, it will be with weakness and hardships, then we are cut off and we fly away . ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Spirit-Filled Church PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Mar 7, 2024
    based on 3 ratings
     | 466 views

    This sermon explores the importance of recognizing, developing, and utilizing the unique spiritual gifts bestowed upon us by the Holy Spirit for God's glory.

    Greetings, beloved! It is indeed a joy to gather together once more, to bask in the warmth of our shared faith and to seek wisdom from our Heavenly Father. As we prepare to embark on our time together today, let us turn our hearts and minds towards the illuminating truth of God's Word. Today, we ...read more

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    Why Did God Take 6 Days To Make Everything? Gen. 1:1, 2:1-3

    Contributed by Luke Vasicek on Aug 3, 2025
     | 55 views

    God exists, He made everything in 6 literal days, and he utilized patterns to do so. He utilized patterns because He delights in them. Our life is happier and easier if we embrace His patterns in our daily life.

    Why did God Take 6 Days to Make Everything? Gen. 1:1, 2:1-3 1. God Made _Everything_ (1:1) A. God Exists, and it’s _Clear_. Honestly, it’s rather obvious. “It is so obvious, so salient, so clear that God exists, that the Bible assumes it in Genesis 1:1. To deny this basic tenet of life is to ...read more

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    Denomination: Bible Church

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    Servanthood

    Contributed by Eric Ferguson on Aug 13, 2008
    based on 10 ratings
     | 13,340 views

    In Christ, as opposed to the world, the servant is greatest of all. Yet in most churches, it is the least of all gifts utilized.

    Servanthood Scripture Base: Matthew 20:26-28; 22:39b; john 15: 12-13; Philippians 2: 1-11 The Point: In Christ, as opposed to the world, the servant is greatest of all. Stuff You’ll Need: TV and VCR, the movie Sister Act (Touchstone Pictures), nails, tape Preparation: Before the session, write ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Gifts Given By Christ PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Jan 23, 2024
    based on 3 ratings
     | 601 views

    This sermon explores the importance of spiritual gifts, their role in equipping believers for ministry, and how to discover, understand, and utilize them for God's glory.

    Good morning, dear friends! How blessed we are to gather together in the house of the Lord, to soak in His Word and to seek His wisdom. We have before us a topic of profound significance, a topic that is as essential to our Christian walk as the very air we breathe. We are here to talk about ...read more

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    A Rich Farmer

    Contributed by Elmer Towns on Apr 14, 2003
    based on 54 ratings
     | 3,035 views

    Stewardship is the proper management of your time, talent and treasure for the glory of God.

    A. INTRODUCTION: LUKE 12:13-34 1. Don’t call anyone a fool. " . . . whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire" (Matt. 5:22). 2. Definition. Comes from aphron, "to be without mind, not the existence of a mind, but without the use of the mind." -Vines. "Fool is lacking ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Pleasing The Father

    Contributed by Dr. Jerry N. Watts on Apr 25, 2007
    based on 7 ratings
     | 3,231 views

    An outlined story of the Parable of the Talents. Let’s not become "hole-diggers".

    Pleasing the Father. Matthew 25:14-30 > Tonight I want to do something that is a little uncharacteristic of me, I want to tell a story. Actually, this will be the “retelling” of a Bible story. I’ll attempt to tell it with an outline which will make it easier for me to tell, easier for your to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Bloom Where You're Planted Series

    Contributed by Kevin Ruffcorn on Nov 22, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 10,644 views

    God gives us talents and abilities and asks us to use them

    Matthew 25:14-30 “Bloom Where You’re Planted” INTRODUCTION Alexander Solzhenitsyn was a prisoner in Russia. He was on a program of hard labor and slow starvation. One day he felt like giving up. He felt his life could not make a difference. He sat down on a bench knowing ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    A Rich Fool Lesson 7 Series

    Contributed by Elmer Towns on Jan 12, 2024
     | 1,285 views

    Stewardship is the proper management of your time, talent, and treasure for the glory of God.

    A. INTRODUCTION: LUKE 12:13-34 1. You should never call anyone a fool. “…whosoever shall say, ‘thou fool,’ shall be in danger of hell fire'” (Matthew 5:22). 2. Definition. Comes from aphron, “to be without mind; not the existence of a mind, but without the use of the mind.” ~Vines. “A ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist