Sermons About Control
Hosea: Turning From Idols (Hosea 2:14-20)
Like the people of Hosea’s day, we often find ourselves enslaved to the very idols that we thought would satisfy us and bring us meaning. What can free us? In this sermon, we will see that we need to apply a specific antidote to our lives while finding our place in the overall story of a God in pursuit.
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Getting Hold Of What Has A Hold On You
This sermon looks at some things that will not help you and then Someone who will help you get hold of whatever it is that has a hold on you.
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Gen 22
We all have those areas in our lives that are ours, and no one else, not eve God has any input. Although God gives us countless opportunities over the course of our journey to hand them over to Him, we still refuse to surrender those particular areas. The great news is that GOd will continue to pursue us until we learn that life is best lived with Him in total control. God allows each of us to be in situations where we can choose to surrender, but do we?
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Put Down Your Swords
Conclusion to our Chase the Lion series. Lion Chasers live their lives confident that God is the One in control.
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Jacob: Wrestling With God (Genesis 32:24-30)
There is a little bit a Jacob in all of us. We all on same level try to take control of our own lives and are tempted to make God a means to our own end. In this sermon we will be challenged to let God wrestle control from us.
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Dealing with Misplaced Trusts
Let's face it, sometimes we would rather do things our way than enter into the process of realigning our desires to match God’s desires. In this sermon, we will look at the lives of four people who prefer to trust their senses, their appetites, their instincts, and their advisors to trusting God. Let's take a peek into their lives so that we may learn about our own.
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The Dark King
He came to earth as an infant, but He came to reign! To acknowledge Him intellectually as King of kings is one thing; but to actually let Him reign is quite another. There is a bit of King Herod in all of us; a paranoid fear of letting go the controls of our life. But there can only be one king... Key Passage: Matthew 16:24
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The Dark King
He came to earth as an infant, but He came to reign! To acknowledge Him intellectually as King of kings is one thing; but to actually let Him reign is quite another. There is a bit of King Herod in all of us; a paranoid fear of letting go the controls of our life. But there can only be one king... Key Passage: Matthew 16:24
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God: Incomparably Powerful
The fact that God is all-powerful ultimately points us to the reality that he in complete control of all things.
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Renewing Your Mind
Satan's strongholds are thoughts. If the devil can get you to entertain his thoughts; fear, anxiety, doubt, apprehension, and so on, he can have a doorway to controlling your mind. The Word of God tells us how to be victorious. It shows us how to be more than conquerors in Him who loved us and gave Himself for us.
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Hooked - Leaving Addiction for Healing
As one author put it, "There's a lot more to being well than just not being sick." God isn't just trying to end patterns and self-destructive and other-destructive behaviors in our lives. He's out to make us whole again.
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Hooked - Leaving Addiction for Healing
As one author put it, "There's a lot more to being well than just not being sick." God isn't just trying to end patterns and self-destructive and other-destructive behaviors in our lives. He's out to make us whole again.
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Christ's Curtain Call: Part 2
John tells of Christ's 7th and final miracle prior to the cross: The raising of Lazarus Part 2: How Do You Respond When God Doesn't Make Sense?
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Hooked - Leaving Control for Faith
I give up control of my life and have faith that God can and will set me free in order to leave Egypt.
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1 Samuel 30 - When the Bottom Drops Out
David is going to see all that he desire destroyed and his family taken from him. It shouls us that noone excpet God controls and ordains all things. Our job is to thank God for everything so that a root of bitterness will not set into our lives. The Christian life is life in the strength and power of God, They Holy Spirit.
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James 4:11-17
I want to live in reality. And that means that we submit ourselves to God in humility. That means we stop pretending we are God by judging other people and making plans as if we were in control of our future. That means we start living as if we really trust God with our lives.
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Cash and the Kingdom
As the disciples head towards Jerusalem with Jesus, they receive a powerful lesson about what it means to belong to hium and his kingdom.
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A Night In Persia
This message, written by Dr. Donald Sunukjian, tells the story of the book of Esther through the eyes of minor character in the book. The "takeaway" is a lesson about God's Providence and how He oftentimes works behind the scene to accomplish His purposes.
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MANIPULATIVE
Wow, this is loaded. We have many biblical examples of manipulation (Jacob w/Esau, Women w/Herod, Delilah w/Samson). In this week, we will learn how to break the power of manipulation thru: RECOGNIZE - When is Someone Trying to Control You?, DETERMINE - This Will Not Work on Me, REDEFINE - Learn a new way of relating - sometimes it means allowing people to fail.
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