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  • Mickey Bell avatar

    The Prodigal Son

    Contributed by Mickey Bell on Dec 28, 2005
    based on 15 ratings
     | 18,211 views

    This sermon is not just for those who were in church and left for some reason. This reaches those who are wasting their time and talents. Prodigal means = "waster"

    The Prodigal Son Luke 15:11-24 Prodigal = means “waster” one who waste gifts and resources. The first thing I want you to realize with this message today. This story is not just limited to: · Young people · People who are out of church · People have left a church Because any time you stray ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Make The Choice Series

    Contributed by Bong Baylon on Jul 5, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,124 views

    We are either wasting our lives or investing it. The choice is ours, but only when you are in Christ do you have a real choice.

    Title: Make the choice Text: Ephesians 2:1-10 Theme: Christian Living Topic: Why we must choose to invest our life today Thesis: What we do with our lives now will either waste our lives or invest it for all eternity. Tagline: Make the choice before it’s too late. Thrust: To persuade listeners to ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Dean Courtier avatar

    Hope That Endures: Finding Strength In Trials Romans 5:3-4 Series

    Contributed by Dean Courtier on Sep 23, 2024
    based on 1 rating
     | 994 views

    Romans 5:3-4 speaks of a truth that is challenging yet deeply encouraging: the idea that our problems and trials are not wasted—they serve a purpose.

    Hope That Endures: Finding Strength in Trials Romans 5:3-4 Romans 5:3-4 (NLT) – “We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance. And endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    A Life Unwasted

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Mar 23, 2022
     | 1,244 views

    When human beings ignore the law of God, set up for our benefit, laid down so that human families and societies will be places to grow and prosper, everything is constantly on the verge of utter disorder.

    A Life Unwasted The other evening I was watching an old movie, and by that I mean from the eighties of the last century. It wasn’t particularly good, but it dramatized a lot about the culture of Washington, DC residents living at the top of the socio-economic heap at the time. One of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

  • Ross Cochrane avatar

    Matthew 13:36-43 - Hell, God’s Waste Management Centre - Part 11 Series

    Contributed by Ross Cochrane on Mar 1, 2011
    based on 54 ratings
     | 8,332 views

    It is a sickly, acrid, repulsive stench that makes you curl your face into an involuntary grimace and hold your nose. In the Valley of Hinnom, outside Jerusalem, refuse is burned continually day and night. Jesus uses it as a picture of Hell.

    Matthew 13:36-43 - HELL, GOD’S WASTE MANAGEMENT CENTRE - Part 11 I watch as hell is washed inland with the momentum of an earthquake behind it, a wave of burning cars, buildings and debri. And in its wake the devastation of thousands lost. Earthquake, tsunami, nuclear explosion. In the Valley of ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Father's Heart

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Sep 5, 2005
    based on 6 ratings
     | 5,622 views

    Appreciate the heart of the Father. Don’t waste your life away. Treasure the resources God has given us. Love the things He loves.

    (I have taken most thoughts in this sermon from Rodney J. Buchanan’s ’The Father’s House’, July 7, 2002, Mulberry St. UMC, Mt. Vernon, OH.) Let’s take a look at this interesting story again. Looking at the three characters in this story, we can learn something about ourselves and our heavenly ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Pastor/Author: Terry Sisney avatar

    Get In Gear

    Contributed by Pastor/Author: Terry Sisney on Oct 15, 2009
    based on 58 ratings
     | 26,020 views

    It really doesn’t matter how much power you have in your engine, if you never put it in gear it’s wasted energy.

    How long halt ye (between) two opinions? Between = in the middle (neutral) There is no power in Neutral Isa 28:6 For strength to them that turn the battle to the gate Jos 10:25 for thus shall the LORD do to all your enemies against whom ye fight. A church in park or neutral is as useless and ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Ken Harris avatar

    "The Father's Heart"

    Contributed by Ken Harris on Mar 14, 2010
    based on 6 ratings
     | 5,966 views

    The purpose of this sermon is to motivate the hearers to affirm to others that God looks for opportunities to lovingly forgive and rejoice at the return of his happy-go-lucky and wasteful child.

    U.S. Army Chaplain (MAJ) Ken Harris, Jr. West Fort Hood Chapel First Worship Service since Iraq ”Men Program” Killeen, TX 14 March 2010 Big Idea: The Heart of the Father Watches, Loves, and Rejoices at the return of his carefree and wasteful child. Scriptural References: EAI ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    God's First Promise Series

    Contributed by Allan Kircher on Nov 26, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,629 views

    God didn't waste any time telling us that Christmas was coming. He began predicting Jesus' appearance in the very first book of the Bible.

    God’s First Promise Date: November 27, 2011 Scripture: Genesis 3:1-24 Introduction I came across a story/man/very qualified TV meteorologist  But for Some reason he did a terrible job when it came to actually forecasting the weather.  In fact, he became/local joke when a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Eric Smith avatar

    The Devil Is In The Market For Another Soul

    Contributed by Eric Smith on Jan 28, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,398 views

    A short sermon that parallels a high school pottery class with our potential in life and how the devil tries to make us waste our time on this earth.

    Matt 4:1-9 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. 2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. 3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. 4 But he ...read more

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    Denomination: Apostolic

  • Jerry Cosper avatar

    The Question Of Love And Devotion Series

    Contributed by Jerry Cosper on Jun 28, 2012
     | 5,704 views

    If you’re trying to DO ministry without the love of Christ in your heart, you’re wasting everyone’s time.

    If you’re trying to DO ministry without the love of Christ in your heart, you’re wasting everyone’s time. Tonight’s passage is one that is specifically for the church and its ministers. It has one great lesson: love is the one basic essential for ministry. Without love, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Gregory Lilly avatar

    What Time Is It?

    Contributed by Gregory Lilly on Jan 29, 2013
    based on 10 ratings
     | 10,948 views

    Life is comprised of small particles of time, what we do with these particles either makes life valuable or wasted. What are you doing with your life?

    Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 Introduction: In our text, Solomon gives us 28 examples of segments of time. Life is comprised of small particles of time, with each particle being filled by some action or activity. Solomon shares, beginning in verse 1, that there's a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Dwight Davis avatar

    The Beginning Of Knowledge

    Contributed by Dwight Davis on May 26, 2025
    based on 1 rating
     | 297 views

    This sermon deals with the dangers that come with technology and the importance of being able to correctly discern the difference between true, critical knowledge and inconsequential, time-wasting knowledge.

    In my last sermon, against the backdrop of current world events, I shared with you from Scripture how we could know we are living in the last days of this earth’s troubled history. We looked primarily at Revelation 13 and 14 and discussed some of the signs of the times that strongly indicate where ...read more

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    Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

  • Dr. Jesse Davis avatar

    One Life

    Contributed by Dr. Jesse Davis on Sep 19, 2008
    based on 6 ratings
     | 8,507 views

    You only have one life to live – and you have been given that life to give. Don’t waste your life – spend it on something that is worthy.

    One Life – June 29, 2008 Do you believe you were born for such a time as this? Look what’s happening in our world today… It’s hard to believe that 2008 is already half over. How have you spent your life so far in 2008? Has it been a waste? Have you gotten a good return on the investment of ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Mark Elkins avatar

    The Cycle Of No Purpose Series

    Contributed by Mark Elkins on Mar 24, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,639 views

    Are you tired of having no purpose? Are you weary from wasting all of your energy on unproductive things? Are you ready for a change? Are you willing to trust God?

    THE CYCLE OF NO PURPOSE Jonah 1 Two gas company service men, a senior training Supervisor and a young trainee were out checking meters and parked their truck at the end of the alley and worked there way to the other end. At the last house a woman looking out her kitchen window watched the two men ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist