Sermons About Character
I Do Not Change!
I Do Not Change!!! Part 10 Malachi 3:6-7 The immutability of God means that He is unchanging in His being, perfections, purposes, and promises, yet God does act and feel emotions, and he acts and feels differently in His response to certain situations. Our text declares that this immutability involves: 1. God's character Which involves His: * Perfection * Personhood * Promises * Plans 2. God's covenant The covenant with Jacob proved: * His faithfulness * Israel's faithlessness 3. His Compassion This compassion allows for: * God's redemption of humanity * Our return to God
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Count it All Joy
What is that God is after? How does God measure success in our lives? Is it personality? Or, is it character? Isn't God working in our lives to produce people who are like Jesus. Character is God's highest value in our lives. We are to grow into the image of Christ. The testing of our faith is what produces godly character.
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The Patriarchs
The Patriarchs, the 3rd in Trinity's summer series called God's Story - Cover to Cover, appropriately talks about fathers and how character provides a better life.
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So, You Want to be Like Jesus
Character is a well known word in the Kingdom of God. But, does that mean all Christians are pursuing Godly character in their lives. Grace is awesome, character is still required.
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Finding God In Times Of Emotional Trauma & Confusion
Pastor gives us a guide to staying on the right track amidst some of the difficulties of life.
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Look Up, Cry Out
In times of trouble we need someone to talk to God for us- there is no one better for that than Jesus, the exalted Son of God who was tested like us and is now able to grant us mercy and grace.
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Will Your Faith Stand The Integrity Test?
Dick Dungan of Rejoice Ministries brings a Word concerning our relationship with Our Beloved Pastor George and he also shares a sermon on Will Your Faith Stand The Integrity Test? Podcast Legend: 00:00 – 38:15 – Worship 38:16 – 43:20 – Pastor George prays 43:21 – 44:48 – Cookie brings a Word 44:49 – 50:55 – Pastor George’s radio preview 50:56 – 52:47 – Various announcements 52:48 – 1:08:15 – Betty speaks then Cindi & Pastor pray with her 1:08:16 – 1:31:02 - Dick Dungan brings a Word concerning Our Beloved pastor George 1:30:03 – 1:53:30 – Dick Dungan of Rejoice Ministries shares on “Will Your Faith Stand The Integrity Test?” 1:53:31 – 2:03:42 – Closing Worship & Benediction
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Something About George
We all miss Our Beloved Pastor George, each of us in our own way. Steve brings a unique message, dealing with a few of his qualities and how we each have, or can have those same qualities in our own life. Remember, you must move on and live your life in God's will.
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The Purpose of Suffering
It is Gods will to shape us into the image of His son, Jesus Christ. But, how does he accomplish this? James tells us that it begins with the testing of our faith, leads us towards patience, and ultimately brings us to maturity. There are many reasons that we resist such tests and trials, but the bottom line is this: trials are the very things God uses to mold us into the image of Christ—and there is no shortcut. Key Verses: Rom 8:28-29, Php 2:1-8, James 1:2-4, Php 4:11-13, 2Cor 11:23ff, 2Tim 4:6-8
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Why the Local Church? (Ephesians 4:11-16)
In God's design, the local church is to serve as 1) a place to hear God's word preached and applied in a systematic way; 2) a place to put our commitment to God, and to one another, into practice; 3) a context for us to mature; 4) a place to discover and practice our ministry and spiritual gifts with perspective and leadership; 5) a protection from doctrinal error; 6) a place to demonstrate the gospel; and 7) a place to preserve and cultivate the fruit of the gospel.
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God Is Faithful! The Drought Is Over!
We had a time of sharing this week. It's always great to hear what God is doing in our midst and in our community.
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Stewards of the Story in Our Silence
2 Timothy 1:3-12 Once we have fallen in love with the Gospel and shudder at the thought of His amazing grace, what then? Before we run after every unbeliever we know, we must learn to steward the story of the Gospel in Silence. Laboring, through the power of the Spirit, to build the inner components of spiritual character. Does your life, before you ever open your mouth to speak of Jesus, speak of Jesus? As stewards, we must carefully and diligently pay attention to our own lives so as to not obscure the story of God.
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Psalm 41
In the media, we see role models scrutinized for breaches of integrity, from politicians to sports figures. What does it mean to be a person of integrity? People of integrity have character and consistency. And, as we see in the story of the rich, young ruler, sometimes Jesus gives us big challenges to test our integrity, radical requests to alter our life's course and follow his way.
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the development of character
It's not fun, but the development of character is essential to the Christian life.
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2 Samuel 21:15-22 - Courage for Insurmountable Enemies
In the last half 2 Samuel 21 we find david gaining victory over 4 giant enemies. There is debate on whether the word "giant" is to be taken in its regualr sense as a big person, or as a god, but the evidence of the context would favor the first viewpoint. Another issue here is the identification of Goliath. Some see a corruption of the original text, but it is better to see this as a copies error which 1 Chronicles 20:5 correst and itentifies the giant as the "brother of Goliath." During battles David has grown weary and is not as stong physically as he use to be. His loyal leaders come to his aid and fight for him defeating all 4 giants. What we learn is that no what the physical ability of a man, he better not trash talk God people, because he will be silenced. We see the benefits of realistic humility, steadfast perseverance, proper praise, and developed character. The purpose of the passage is to elicit in you courage against insurmountable enemies as you live a persistent godly life that sustains you in the direction of God and his will.
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Developing Christian Character
Faith is foundational to Christian character because it provides me with everything I need and leads to radical change. Also, focus is essential to character growth. To develop our character we must make it a priority, measure our progress and remember what Jesus has done for me.
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Better on the Other Side
There are many trials we go through, but we can be better on the other side by claiming to be a victor, not a victim. We can cherish our walk down the testing line of life knowing that we're developing perseverance and character.
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Success in Ministry (PM)
Adam preaches 1 Tim. 4:11-16. True ministry success is speaking the truth, overcoming youthful criticism, making much of the Word, exercising the Spirit's gifting, habitually practicing God's expectations, staying focused, and staying faithful.
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Servant Examples (PM)
Adam preaches 1 Tim. 3:8-13, which presents qualifications for the office of deacon and deaconess. Christ designed deacons to be servant examples to the entire church, fleshing out the direction of the elders.
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Character: Qualities of a God-Shaped Life
Pastor Larry unpacks another priority of our church: "equipping people for maturity and ministry" God does not want us to make ourselves better people, He wants to form the character of Christ in us. Speaking from Micah 6:8 Larry shows us what the character of Christ might look like in us if we allow God to shape our lives.
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Our Purpose, Our Privilege, Our Passion, Pt. 4 - Living
Colossians 3:17-4;6, 17 Our God, whose mission is the rescue and reformation of creation, has given us His truth (learning) and is transforming our character (loving) so that He can carry out His mission through us (living). To be a consistent and conspicuous "living display" of God's transforming grace is our greatest privilege.
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Our Purpose, Our Privilege, Our Passion, Pt 3 - Loving
Godly character does not just "happen." God the Spirit matures us in righteousness even as we make the pursuit of righteousness our passion. To our Learning we add Loving: pursuing and displaying the character of Christ.
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Soul Prosperity
We need to live in God’s righteousness, peace and joy on the inside all the time, not just cry out to God for it when we are in a crisis. Our soul is prospering when we are walking in step with Holy Spirit.
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The Lord of the Rings
What can we learn from some of the most recent movies that have hit the movie theaters? How do we choose what is good in this world? Kent looks at The Lord of the Rings and the story of Daniel for a couple great examples of choosing good instead of evil.
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Shepherds and Sheep: Part 2
Shepherds throughout the O.T, culminating in Jesus: The Good Shepherd, The Great Shepherd, and The Chief Shepherd
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So THAT'S a Christian!
Pastor John Grams preaches from John on Birthmarks of Christian Character. Pastor John Grams is the lead pastor at Grace Evangelical Free Church in Stewartville Minnesota.
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Part Two - Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
America has a finely crafted constitution; but from the very day it was signed, the seeds for a destructive watershed were already there – not because of any fault in the document they crafted; it was morally sound. But because the constitution, no matter how well written, could only ever be as morally strong as the people who interpret it.
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Gospel-Centered Leaders
Because the church is filled with sinners, God raises up guys who believe, love and live out the gospel to lead congregations. These men do occur by accident, but they strive to become more like Jesus- through the gospel.
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The Measure of a Man
Using the backdrop of Fathers' Day, this sermon utilizes the call of an overseer found in 1 Timothy 3:1-7 to explore not only the measure of a leader...but the measure of all men.
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Self-Esteem (Incomplete)
Cedric attempts to teach. As he embarks on his introduction, he begins to preach on the what we say about ourselves and what God has said about us. This sermon is incomplete but what we have of we thought we would post anyways.
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The Beauty of His Life: Obedience
This sermon is the first in a series on the perfect character and beauty of Jesus. In part one we look at Jesus' complete obedience for us and how we apply his righteousness to our lives. His obedience is a perfect weapon against self-righteousness and condemnation.
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Standing in the Face of Trouble
Many prophecies have been given about God's plan for this area. What will it take to prepare us for our part in seeing these things come to pass? The history of recent moves of God to transform cities and nations reveals that most of them came because of very difficult times. What then will prepare us to stand in times of trouble? Two characteristics which are necessary are Godly character that will not be moved, and tested faith that will believe what God says regardless of what the circumstances look like.
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