Sermons About Ambition
Do Not Love The World
From the beginning of time, satan uses 3 things against us: The lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes and the pride of life. This is how he tempted Eve; This is how he tempted Jesus in the dessert and this is how he continous to tempt us. It is time to say: Get behind me satan and declare God as Lord of your life!
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Unacceptable-Meditations of our Heart -Tamil- Part - I - 06.09.09
Meditations of the heart - there acceptable and unacceptable meditations of heart. Part I we are going to see the unacceptable meditations of the heart - 1. Lucifer said in his heart in Isaiah 14: 12-15 - he lifted himself above God and he was cast down. Whereas in Phil 2:6-9 our Lord Jesus Christ who being in the form of God counted not robbery to be equal with God but made himself of no reputation took the form of man and became a bond servant and humbled himself in obedience to God to the point of his death and God exalted his name above every other name. 2.In Gen 16 Hagar despised her mistress in her heart when she was conceived. This is a spirit of bond woman. we should not be children of Bond woman but children of promise or children born of the spirit not of the flesh. 3. Luke 18:9,10 The Pharisee who prayed within himself boasting about his own righteous which is filthy rags in the sight of God.Whereas the publican openly confessed his shortcoming who was made righteous. 4. Luke 7:37:39 The Pharisee who invited Jesus - said in his heart the woman who touched Jesus was a sinful woman that Jesus if he was a prophet he would have known. He condemning the woman but Jesus in his said to the woman - your faith has saved you , go in peace. We should have the heart of Jesus to lead people to salvation and not a heart of pharisee to condemn people. 5. Luke 12: The rich man said and thought to himself to his soul about the riches that he had earned and saved for himself to enjoy. God rebukes the rich man and condemns coveteousness and says that we should be rich in the Lord.
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Pleasing God and Persuading People
Paul’s ambition was to please the Lord by persuading people of the reality of Jesus Christ and the gospel. In this message we look at the priority of evangelism in light of Christ’s return.
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From Night to Light
Jacob had trouble sleeping at night. His strengths had become his weaknesses. In this message, Pastor Simmons shares a most unusual interpretation of God's wrestling match with Jacob. And Jacob walks away with a limp, but into the light.
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In The Zone
Doing your best, going the distance in Christ, pleasing God; being committed to excellence
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Crossing the Goal Line
Seeking Christlikeness, spiritual desire, spiritual ambition, One True Thing, Christian Race, a warning against carnality, pressing on toward the goal, temporary vs. eternal things
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When I Get Recognition!
When will I be happy with others? When I get recognition! But we are never satisfied. Only the gospel can make us happy with others! In the gospel we find that God values us, delights in us, and gives us glory beyond our wildest imagination. The gospel makes us so happy that we are free to humble ourselves and follow Jesus by serving others, which makes us even happier!
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Jephthah
Biography: Jephthah Reconnect – June 21, 2009 Text: Judges 11:29-40; Mark 8:36 Key Thought: Jephthah “shows” us that the more we experience God as our Father, the better fathers (and mothers) we will be. At that time the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he went throughout the land of Gilead and Manasseh, including Mizpah in Gilead, and led an army against the Ammonites. And Jephthah made a vow to the LORD. He said, “If you give me victory over the Ammonites, I will give to the LORD the first thing coming out of my house to greet me when I return in triumph. I will sacrifice it as a burnt offering.” So Jephthah led his army against the Ammonites, and the LORD gave him victory. He thoroughly defeated the Ammonites from Aroer to an area near Minnith – twenty towns – and as far away as Abel-keramim. Thus Israel subdued the Ammonites. When Jephthah returned home to Mizpah, his daughter – his only child – ran out to meet him, playing on a tambourine and dancing for joy. When he saw her, he tore his clothes in anguish. “My daughter!” he cried out. “My heart is breaking! What a tragedy that you came out to greet me. For I have made a vow to the LORD and cannot take it back.” And she said, “Father, you have made a promise to the LORD. You must do to me what you have promised, for the LORD has given you a great victory over your enemies, the Ammonites. But first let me go up and roam in the hills and weep with my friends for two months, because I will die a virgin.” “You may go,” Jephthah said. And he let her go away for two months. She and her friends went into the hills and wept because she would never have children. When she returned home, her father kept his vow, and she died a virgin. So it has become a custom in Israel for young Israelite women to go away for four days each year to lament the fate of Jephthah’s daughter. (Judges 11:29-40, NLT)
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