Sermons About Temptation
Your Best Life Now?
How do you define sucess? How do you determine if someone is living their best life now? Wrong question. The church must once again ask themselves, "How does God define success?" From Hebrews 11:24-27, Pastor Jeremy teaches the secret to success in living before God and it's a faith that looks beyond the temporary - the temporary positions of influence, the temporary pleasures of sin, the temporary possesions of the world, and the temporary people of power.
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Lies, Part 7: Temptation Always Wins
Part 7 in the series confronts the enemy's lie that we are powerless against tempation.
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Freedom from Footholds
A foothold is a secure position from which it is difficult to be dislodged. There is nothing Satan likes better then a foothold within a church or a home. Our Enemy is just waiting to devour and destroy us if we let him. These footholds happen when we disconnect from God. Are you looking for freedom from footholds. Freedom can only be found in Christ.
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Listen
The book of James is about living your faith. It starts out telling us we have to live our faith in a world of conflict. It talks about the tests of faith and the temptations of life. It says you have to persevere when tested and tempted and not say that it is God tempting you. God is the Father of light and every good gift comes from him and he has given us birth through the word of truth. So be quick to listen and slow to anger because: In the struggles of life you will be tempted to get angry and to close off your heart, to talk at God and about God but what you need to do is listen to God. Ask God for wisdom and don't be double-minded. Listen to God and don't be angry. The only thing that can save you in the struggles of life is to listen to God.
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No shortcuts
The temptation narratives are really about trust and obedience. Satan tempted Jesus to doubt God, to test God, and to forsake God; he tempted Jesus to fulfill God's mission by a means other than obedience, suffering, and servanthood. Do we not face the same temptations today? Like Jesus in the desert, temptations are allowed into our lives in order to examine the faithfulness and obedience of our heart. Key Passage: Luke 4:1-13
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Don't Be Deceived
Don't Be Deceived James 1:12-18 (New International Version) 12Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him. 13When tempted, no one should say, "God is tempting me." For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone; 14but each one is tempted when, by his own evil desire, he is dragged away and enticed. 15Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death. 16Don't be deceived, my dear brothers. 17Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. 18He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.
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Part 4 Marriage Parasites: Winning Battles We Can't Afford To Lose
The Major Marriage Parasites
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The Attitude of Prayer
"The Lord's Prayer" was never intended to be recited over and over without meaning (because the heart is not right). It is a guide of the intensity we HAVE to pray. We have to pray persistant and unrelenting, to the point of being annoying. (from a human standpoint, as God cannot be annoyed) This is what Jesus shows us how to do with "The Lord's Prayer", until God answers our prayer.
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The Church of Pergamum: Revelation 2:12-27
The church at Pergamum, much like many of our American churches, was filled with three kinds of people: the faithful, the compromisers, and the people who didn’t know which group was correct. As the political capital of the region, emperor worship was at its zenith in Pergamum; it was the place where Satan had his throne. In this context, Jesus rebukes the faithful for tolerating people in their church who are both compromising and telling others that it is ok to compromise. He calls the church at Pergamum and us to confront sin, root it out, and fight it. Our Savior calls us to repent of everything that threatens us from knowing and experiencing the fullness of joy that he has come to offer.
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The Church of Pergamum: Revelation 2:12-27
The church at Pergamum, much like many of our American churches, was filled with three kinds of people: the faithful, the compromisers, and the people who didn’t know which group was correct. As the political capital of the region, emperor worship was at its zenith in Pergamum; it was the place where Satan had his throne. In this context, Jesus rebukes the faithful for tolerating people in their church who are both compromising and telling others that it is ok to compromise. He calls the church at Pergamum and us to confront sin, root it out, and fight it. Our Savior calls us to repent of everything that threatens us from knowing and experiencing the fullness of joy that he has come to offer.
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