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  • Brian La Croix avatar

    Loving God With All Your Mind

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Jan 18, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 15,093 views

    Second message about loving God from Mark 12:30. This one is about using the brains God gave us.

    Loving God with All Your Mind Mark 12:30 January 17, 2010 NOTE: THE ME/WE/GOD/YOU/WE FORMAT IS FROM ANDY STANLEY'S BOOK, "COMMUNICATING FOR A CHANGE." Me: Okay, before we get started here, I just want to warn you that some of you might get offended by stuff I have to say today, but I'm going to ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • Clark Tanner avatar

    "Jesus Exhorts To Right Thinking"

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Jun 19, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,457 views

    Sin turned our thinking around backward. Jesus has to turn that around before we can understand anything.

    “Now on the same occasion there were some present who reported to Him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. 2 And Jesus said to them, “Do you suppose that these Galileans were greater sinners than all other Galileans because they suffered this fate? 3 “I tell ...read more

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    Denomination: Orthodox

  • Jerry Flury avatar

    Purity

    Contributed by Jerry Flury on Sep 25, 2011
    based on 14 ratings
     | 30,904 views

    God says we’re to keep ourselves pure. To be pure means to be unmixed with any other matter, to be free anything that taints. God expects us to be holy – separated from anything that defiles. We’re to be like Him. We need pure minds, hands, and hearts.

    Purity 1 Timothy 5:22 God says we are to keep ourselves pure. To be pure means to be unmixed with any other matter, to be free anything that would taint. God expects us to be holy – separated from anything that would defile us. We are to be like Him. We are to have pure minds, pure hands, and pure ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Johnny Creasong avatar

    Whatever! Series

    Contributed by Johnny Creasong on Oct 20, 2009
    based on 5 ratings
     | 11,902 views

    We need to change our whatEVER to WHATever! Answer these questions for the heart and mind and you’ll find the God of Peace living with you!

    Whatever! Philippians 4:8, 9 So, you know, it is what it is, but Americans are annoyed by the use of "whatever" in conversations. The popular slacker term of indifference was found "most annoying in conversation" by 47 percent of Americans surveyed in a Marist College poll released ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

  • Eric Ferguson avatar

    Being Still Among Shaking Circumstances

    Contributed by Eric Ferguson on Jun 27, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,813 views

    How do you handle stress? What strong points do you value in your life, that keeps you going in a situation that you are unsure of? Examine how Daniel stood still among his shaky circumstance he was about to face.

    Youth Challenge: Who Is It? Each player writes down a little known truth about himself that perhaps the rest of the group doesn’t know. The paper slips are handed in and read aloud one at a time. The players guess who they think wrote that slip. After everyone has guessed, the truth is ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Rev. Matthew Parker avatar

    Think On These Things

    Contributed by Rev. Matthew Parker on Jun 24, 2012
     | 9,909 views

    God’s strikingly positive principals for how we can live and think as Christians.

    Today we’re looking at a wonderfully positive passage of Scripture written by a man who, apart from his relationship with Jesus, had every reason not to rejoice, every reason to be anxious. The author of this passage, the Apostle Paul, lived as a hunted man. Having initially come on the scene as ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Rick Pendleton avatar

    The Battlefield - The Mind Series

    Contributed by Rick Pendleton on Oct 30, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 13,069 views

    Satan, our enemy, is a roaring lion seeking to devour us... but his point of attack is the mind. His attack is like the Japanese at Pearl Harbor... stealth.

    The Battlefield 1 Peter 5:8 It was a picture-perfect, postcard morning. Light northeast trade winds played over the peaceful South Pacific harbor as an armada of cumulus clouds sailed proudly overhead. The U.S. sailors stationed there yawned and stretched to greet the lazy Sunday morning. This ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Rodney Coe avatar

    The Transformed Church Series

    Contributed by Rodney Coe on Feb 11, 2015
     | 9,603 views

    The church is transformed by thinking right

    The Transformed Church Philippians 4:8-9 The word “think” or “meditate” means to consider, reflect, reason, and 
ponder. The idea is that of focusing our thoughts until they shape our behavior. The truth is: ⇒what we think is what we become. ⇒where we ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Dave McFadden avatar

    "Change Your Life By Managing Your Mind" Series

    Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Oct 30, 2014
    based on 2 ratings
     | 19,762 views

    God calls us to allow Him to transform us my learning how to manage our mind.

    "Don't copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God's will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect. " - Romans 12:2 (NLT) We've looked at physical health and we've looked at spiritual ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • John Lowe avatar

    Lesson 16: A Rebuke Of Partiality (James 2:1-4) Series

    Contributed by John Lowe on Mar 26, 2021
     | 2,371 views

    This section assumes the rich and the poor’s understanding that appears at other places in James and reflects the influence of the reception of the poor by Jesus in the exhortation not to show partiality in the church.

    Lesson Text: James 2:1-4 (KJV) 1My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons. 2For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment; 3And ye have respect to him ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • I. Grant Spong avatar

    Out Of The Heart

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Jul 19, 2018
     | 5,759 views

    Are we so blinded by our church buildings and our rituals that we don’t see God? Are we blinded by the world’s sinfulness? Are we noble like the Bereans, studying our Bibles daily to see what God says?

    Prelude Are we so blinded by our church buildings and our rituals that we don’t see God? Are we blinded by the world’s sinfulness? Are we noble like the Bereans, studying our Bibles daily to see what God says? What defiles us? Let’s look at Matthew 15:10-20 and see what Jesus has to say about ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • James Hays avatar

    Mind Control Series

    Contributed by James Hays on Apr 18, 2020
     | 6,252 views

    Last week we presented thoughts on making the most of our opportunities, redeeming the time because it is our purpose to be imitators of God in these uncertain times. Perhaps the greatest obstacle in redeeming our time for God is found in the realm of mind control. Who controls your mind?

    Last week we presented thoughts on making the most of our opportunities, redeeming the time because it is our purpose to be imitators of God through these uncertain times. Perhaps the greatest obstacle in redeeming our time for God is found in the realm of mind control. Who controls your mind? ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Daniel Olukoya avatar

    Not By Bread Alone

    Contributed by Daniel Olukoya on Jun 9, 2011
    based on 20 ratings
     | 24,268 views

    Beloved, the Bible talks about the sower who in his assignment had some of his seeds fall on good ground and yielded bountifully while some fell on barren land and therefore yielded nothing. God wants to profit with us hence His investing in our lives.

    Let us pray: Father, we pray that Your power will descend on us and empty us of everything known as self and drain out every unbrokenness out of our spirits, so that Your word can have root in our lives, in the mighty name of Jesus. Amen. Beloved, the Bible talks about the sower who in his ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Lalachan Abraham avatar

    Change Your Thinking, Revolutionize Your Life Series

    Contributed by Lalachan Abraham on Mar 2, 2014
    based on 7 ratings
     | 31,493 views

    “Be careful how you think; your life is shaped by your thoughts.”Proverbs 4:23 (GNT)

    CHANGE YOUR THINKING, REVOLUTIONIZE YOUR LIFE Proverbs 4:23 (GNT) says “Be careful how you think; your life is shaped by your thoughts.” One of the most important steps we can take toward achieving our greatest potential in life is to learn to monitor our thoughts and its impact on ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Paul Clemente avatar

    Called To Wholesome Thinking Series

    Contributed by Paul Clemente on Sep 24, 2013
     | 6,157 views

    How is our wholesome thinking?

    We continue to learn from the Apostle Peter as God told him what to write. Please open your Bibles to 2 Peter Chapter 3…. We will focus on the first 9 verses today but let us read the entire chapter…. Why did God ask Peter to write letters to Christians? I actually like the way the New ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible