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  • Reggie Corfield avatar

    The Best Is Yet To Come

    Contributed by Reggie Corfield on Sep 21, 2004
    based on 26 ratings
     | 9,716 views

    At the end of a misused life there awaits a place called hell. Wealth or poverty does not determine our eternal state but our relationship with Jesus surely will.

    An old mountaineer had lived a full but not exactly saintly life and now was on his deathbed. He summoned his weeping wife. “Sara,” he said, “go to the fireplace and take out the third stone from the top.” She did as he instructed. “Reach in there,” said her husband, “and bring out what you find.” ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

  • Jim Pye avatar

    Best To Be Blessed

    Contributed by Jim Pye on Feb 7, 2001
    based on 146 ratings
     | 7,472 views

    Jesus words are to sustain, encourage, and inspire believers and warn those who trust wealth and popularity to repent, and turn to God in humble dependence upon him.

    Luke 6:17-26 : Best to be Blessed. Year C : The Third Sunday before Lent 17 He went down with them and stood on a level place. A large crowd of his disciples was there and a great number of people from all over Judea, from Jerusalem, and from the coast of Tyre and Sidon, 18 who had come to hear him ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

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    True Success

    Contributed by Stephan Brown on Sep 28, 2001
    based on 90 ratings
     | 9,734 views

    Gives the characteristics of true success from Scripture: spiritual riches not material wealth; righteousness and humility not prominence or position; and spiritual insight not human wisdom or education.

    True Success When you look ahead to your future, if you’re normal, you want to have a successful future. In fact, the desire for success drives many of our most important decisions. Something that will make us successful, we do, and something that will make us unsuccessful, we try not to do. We ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    The Holiness Of God Series

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Sep 20, 2003
    based on 14 ratings
     | 6,137 views

    A wealth of God’s ways and actions flow from His holiness. You cannot understand the true God withough grappling with what that holiness means.

    The Holiness of God (topical) Intro: Examples of holy items: my mother’s china...special; Emeril uses "truffle oil"; truffles are underground mushrooms that can bring hundreds of dollars apiece...holy (special) Yet God is holy in an much greater and deeper way Main Idea: God¡¦s Holiness is ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Michael Stark avatar

    Do We Have It All Backwards Series

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Mar 7, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,079 views

    James confronts Christians about the natural tendency to show deference to the wealthy. He challenges us to look at wealth from God’s point of view.

    JAMES 2:5-7 DO WE HAVE IT ALL BACKWARDS? “Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to those who love him? But you have dishonoured the poor man. Are not the rich the ones who oppress you, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • C. Philip Green avatar

    Treasure’s Trap Series

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Sep 18, 2010
    based on 5 ratings
     | 7,854 views

    Stop pursuing wealth, because: such a pursuit has made us (the American Church) sick; it never satisfies; and it is a snare into sin and self-destructive behavior.

    Several years ago, Millard Fuller of Habitat for Humanity addressed the National Press Club on public radio, on which he recalled a workshop he conducted at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary with 200 pastors in attendance. The assembled pastors quickly pointed toward greed and selfishness as the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

  • Byron Sherman avatar

    Blunders Of Self-Indulgent Gain-1

    Contributed by Byron Sherman on Mar 23, 2011
     | 2,896 views

    1 of 2. James warned of the danger in self-indulgent gain. Accumulation of wealth is spiritually questionable. But How so? The blunders of self-indulgent gain are in their Accumulated...

    Blunders of Self-indulgent Gain-I—James 5:1-8 Attention: My kindergarten-aged daughter suddenly announced just before school that she needed to take a clean tee shirt to class. She told us the teacher was going to iron an anti-drug message on it. My wife frantically swept through my ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Dr. Madana Kumar, PhD avatar

    Good Friday: Did Jesus Write A Will Bequeathing An Inheritance On Us?

    Contributed by Dr. Madana Kumar, Phd on Apr 6, 2018
     | 6,065 views

    Jesus knew that he was going to suffer and die. Dying men generally write a will to bequeath their wealth and property to their loved ones. Did Jesus write a will?

    The Wonder of Christs Love as shown through Jesus’ written will before His death How do we know that someone loves us? If we want to be nice and proper we might say it is by the actions that the other person does, what he/she speaks, the care that he/she shows etc. But if we are brutally honest we ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Richest Person In The Church Series

    Contributed by Donald Mcculley on Mar 20, 2019
     | 4,435 views

    Be careful that you don’t equate material prosperity with true wealth. How does the Bible describe the richest person? Take a look at the Macedonian Christians.

    THE RICHEST PERSON IN CHURCH 11 CORINTHIANS 8:1-9 INTRODUCTION: Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the richest of them all? Is it the one with the most money? Most toys? Biggest house? Finest car? Newest furs? Sparkling diamonds? Be careful that you don’t equate material prosperity with ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Craig Condon avatar

    Trust God

    Contributed by Craig Condon on Nov 6, 2015
     | 6,502 views

    What is your source of wealth?? Who do you believe supplies everything that you need? For Christians, the answer to both questions should be-God.

    Have you ever looked at the current economic situation and asked yourself if it represents the end of the world? Well, you can relax. It is not the end of the world, but it paints a picture of what the economic situation will be like just before Christ returns. The image in Revelation 18:9-20 is ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

  • C. Philip Green avatar

    Knowing God Series

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Apr 30, 2014
    based on 4 ratings
     | 13,181 views

    If we want to build strong relationships for a strong church with a strong ministry, then we must know God, His hope, His wealth and His power.

    A couple of hunters were out in the woods of New Jersey when one of them fell to the ground. He didn’t seem to be breathing, and his eyes were rolled back in his head. Terrified, his friend whipped out a cell phone and dialed 911. “My friend is dead! What can I do?” he cried ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

  • I. Grant Spong avatar

    The Great Reversal

    Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Sep 26, 2016
     | 4,680 views

    Do we even care? Or are we so busy accumulating wealth and looking for healing for ourselves, that we don't even see the destitute poor?

    Intro Are compassion and money incompatible? Goal Let’s learn how important God considers our care of the less fortunate. Sermon Plan Let’s discuss Luke 16:19-31, an unnamed rich man and a famous beggar, Lazarus. We will learn about the dangers of the hard-hearted, selfish use of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • C. Philip Green avatar

    The Risks Of The Rich (Amos) Series

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on May 16, 2025
     | 344 views

    If you want to avoid the hazards of wealth, realize your need for salvation, your need for God, your risks, and God's promise of restoration.

    Over the years, Milton Bradley’s Game of Life has gone through some interesting variations, which reflect the change in cultural values over the last couple of centuries. In 1798, before Milton Bradley, a board game from England arrived in the United States and became popular. It was called The ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    Trust God Not Gold

    Contributed by Bala Samson on Apr 16, 2023
     | 1,215 views

    Sickening to watch people wear surplus of gold on their neck, yardstick to measure success should be exemplary character and strong mind rather than gold and wealth.

    TRUST GOD NOT GOLD Job 31:24 “If I have put my trust in gold or said to pure gold, ‘You are my security,’…..then these also would be sins to be judged, for I would have been unfaithful to God on high.” There is a kind of obsession for gold these days, in places like South India gold and diamonds ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Beauty Perishes

    Contributed by Bala Samson on Dec 6, 2015
     | 3,024 views

    When we ignore God and His power and try to do things in our own power and might, we would wither away quickly! Caveat!

    Beauty perishes! James 1:11”For the sun rises with its scorching heat and withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. So also will the rich man fade away in the midst of his pursuits.” For many years I did not get any flowers from any students, but few students who ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal