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Introduction Deer hunting…the struggle. Picture from this year. Not as big as I’d normally take... Saw several bucks that morning. Then this guy starts walking slowly by my deer stand. Check him out through my scope... The longer I look, the bigger he gets. What if I don’t make it out again, what if…

Temptation 1 Chronicles 21:1-7 Here today we are going to look at one of the biggest blunders of David’s life, a greater sin that which he committed with Bathsheba, greater than the murder of Uriah. It was the sin of numbering the people. You see this sin was one that was against God himself and directly…

Main Pointd INTRODUCTION “Watch That Devil Run” In my life I have often had times of conflict. Conflict where it seems that I am in a quarrel with the devil. I have struggled with temptations. I have even had times when I prayed, and it seemed it did not go past the roof. What about you? Have you ever…

We are doing a series on Sundays I called Facing Your Giants . So far we have looked at giants like: Fear... Guilt and Shame... Lack of Integrity... and today we will Face the Giant of Temptation. I think we all understand temptation to some degree. There was a little boy in a grocery store standing…

Intro: Raise your hand if you know what the FUZZBUSTER was? In 1968, a disgruntled recipient of a speeding ticket had the brain power to retaliate. Dale Smith from Ohio created a device with enough range to detect the x-band frequency of the radar used by police. It would then alert you to slow down…

Treaty and Compromise Nahash - ‘snake’ a metaphor for Satan “ Make a treaty ” -people will often sacrifice liberty in exchange for a sense of security . - voluntary servitude to an earthly master [ e.g. surveillance, transportation security] [ e.g. addiction, social/tribal identity, cause orientation,…

How many of you - TAKE ISSUE - with the rising Cable costs in this country? How many of you take ISSUE - with the inflated gas prices in this country? How many of you take ISSUE with the absolute incompetence at ALL levels of our government? You know what that proves? It proves that we ALL - deal with…

31 Now is the judgment of this world; now will the ruler of this world be cast out. 30 I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming. He has no claim on me, 11 concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged. Paul - 4 In their case the god of this world has…

Put off, put on, flee from and to pursue When we became a Christian we die to self and are raised as a new creation ( 2Cor5:17 ) and then as little children of God we learn to follow the commands ( Mt28:20 ) so to have proper conduct as the church ( 1Tim3:15 ). This morning we will be looking at a great…

I would guess that very few of you have ever heard of Benjamin Keach. Yet, all of you were impacted by his work today. In 1673, Benjamin Keach introduced the concept of congregational hymn-singing at the Horselydown Baptist Church in Southwark, London, England. This was a big thing. Prior to Keach and…

Temptation Luke 4:1-13 January 23, 2011 Introduction: Illustration: Bernard “Kip” Lagat is a world class runner from Kenya. During the Sydney Olympics he was asked in an interview how his country was able to produce so many great distance runners. With clever wit, Lagat told of the African strategy for…

Simple Answer for Resisting Temptation Today we are continuing our series called Reality. We have been talking about Spiritual Warfare. A big part of spiritual warfare is temptation and I have a simple solution for temptation. Watch this video! Play Video of Mad TV - Stop It! Of course if it was as easy…

(Mom baking cookies) (Son playing in the neighbor’s yard) None of us is immune to the appeals of temptation… None of us can say that we have never been tempted… or that we have never fallen to the mesmerizing appeals of temptation… Mark Antony — one of Rome’s greatest military minds, one of its strongest…

INTRODUCTION Honesty Defined truthfulness, sincerity freedom from deceit or fraud We can all agree, christian and non-christian, that a Bible-based Christian must be truthful, sincere, not deceitful, and definitely not perpetrating a fraud. Christians Must Be Honest Note title of lesson Play on “do as…

We have seen Jesus have the passover meal with His disciples. Predict who was about to betray Him and that the disciples would leave. Now he is going to the the garden to do the thing that always seems to refresh Him. Pray. Luke 22:39-46 Prayer v.39 Prayer Was Regular Jesus we see getting away from the…

13 Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one. 14 But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. 9 Pray then like this: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. 10 Your kingdom come,…

Scattered Sheep All the times in my life where I feel I have been absent from God are where I can confirm I have betrayed Him. Just as Peter denied Christ at the time when his own life was at stake, often when confronted with fear despair and the unknown we fall back into comforts and attempt to protect…

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The Temptation of the Word Illustration: Skye Temptation Challenge Scripture tells us to flee temptation, but of course at times we have to face the temptation before we can flee from, so how do we do that and do it well? Well we we look to the Lord for his example.. Last time we witnessed the Baptism…

Pray Read 12 “And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, 13 and to keep the commandments and statutes of the Lord , which I am commanding you today…

Intro; In 1987, Michael Douglass starred with actress Glen Close and Anne Archer in a grammy nominated film where a married man's one-night stand comes back to haunt him when that lover begins to stalk him and his family. She came into the house and killed the family pet [ boiled a rabbit ], and even…

Introduction If anyone teaches otherwise and does not consent to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which accords with godliness, he is proud, knowing nothing, but is obsessed with disputes and arguments over words, from which come envy, strife, reviling, evil…

1 Moreover, brethren, I do not want you to be unaware that all our fathers were under the cloud, all passed through the sea, 2 all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, 3 all ate the same spiritual food, 4 and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank of that spiritual Rock that…

22 So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart. 23 Have nothing to do with foolish, ignorant controversies; you know that they breed quarrels. 24 And the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone,…

Intro; Tonight we come to the Seventh Command given by God to the nation of Israel. Though this is listed as #7, I believe this command to be probably the most important in the commands dealing with our horizontal relationships. This command affects more than just a marriage, but the family which also…