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   Obedience is the Great Factor

   (Sermon Fillers/Holy Spirit)

   We have already said that we must not forget that the Spirit desires to possess more of us. How can we wholly surrender ourselves to him otherwise than by being obedient? The Scripture says that ...

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   Produces Character, Maturity, and Growth

   (Sermon Fillers/Holiness)

   ... that He is there, and that we can have comfort and confidence in Him in all aspects of life. Otherwise, we remain chained to the despair of loneliness and self-destruction.   Pastor Robert Barnett ...

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   Health in the Spiritual Life

   (Sermon Fillers/Holiness)

   ... be the Christian men and women of the world. Holiness as a blessing, second or otherwise, is not the privilege of a select or elect few. It is the normal life of the Christian, according to the purpose ...

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   Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31

   (Funny Sermon Starters/Week Of May 24, 2010)

   ... people – aren't? You know the saying:  some folks are wise and some otherwise. Verse 4:  I raise my voice to all people. Questions: When did you have to raise your voice? Tell a time when you had to ...

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   Refuses to Quit

   (Sermon Fillers/Love)

   ... love will destroy rumors, and gossip, and cause us to believe the best about one another until proven otherwise—by facts. We will be able to maintain our relationships with friends, and with our spouse, ...

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   Psalm 97

   (Sermon Starters/Week Of May 10, 2010)

   ... helped to empower an otherwise timorous child to begin to believe in herself. The phenomenally successful Oprah Winfrey stood on the stage of her enormously popular talk show with this lady, tears streaming ...

7. Making Plans To Act

   (Sermon Fillers/Discipleship)

   ... money to complete it? 14:29 Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish the tower, all who see it will begin to make fun of him. 14:30 They will say, ‘This man began to build and ...

8. The Terrorist

   (Illustrations/Golf)

   ... warm up. One rarely has to wait at the first tee. After a torrential rain, water collects along the left side of the first fairway. And a ditch lies along the second fairway. Otherwise, it is hard to ...

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   Psalm 34:15-22

   (RCL Anecdotal Plugins/Week of August 23rd)

   ... your own father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters - yes, more than your own life.  Otherwise, you cannot be my disciple. Punchlines: Even on your bad days.  ...

10. Otherwise

    (One Liners/Wisdom)

    Some are wise, and some are otherwise.  ...

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    Absentee

    (Sermons/Personal Plugins)

    ... Branch, Rev. (your first name.)  Top secret.  We gotta be unseen!” Lesson: If you’re in the army of the Lord, you have to be seen.  Top secret or otherwise. ...

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    Rejection

    (One Liners/Heaven)

    You cannot enter the kingdom of God without election, subjection, and inspection; otherwise, it's rejection.  ...

13. The Donor

    (Illustrations/Overcome)

    ...  We decided to donate her organs so at least that much good could come from such an otherwise tragic situation. In due time, I heard from the Organ Retrieval Group telling me where all her organs went. ...

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    Near Streams

    (Illustrations/Fellowship)

    In the arid parts of the western United States the early settlers made their homes along the streams. Anyone doing otherwise would have been thought very foolish. But there are individuals and families ...

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    Facing The Terror

    (Illustrations/Perseverance)

    ... it again and work to master it. Otherwise, we will be gored on the horns of the fear and failure that snagged us. Admitting our fear but refusing to flee from it, choosing instead to run directly at it, ...

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    Wedding Day

    (Anecdotes/Obey)

    A woman is walking on the road and a voice shouts out, "Don't take a step further." She obeys and suddenly a ton of bricks fall on the place where she would have otherwise been. She thinks ...

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    In Your Tackle Box

    (Anecdotes/Lie)

    ... he comes home a little tired but otherwise looking good. The wife welcomes him home and asks if he caught many fish. He says, "Yes! Lots of Walleye, some Blue gill, and a few Pike. But why didn't ...

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    Hate Quotations

    (Quotations/Hate Quotations)

    Here are some quotations about hate:  Hate must make a man productive.  Otherwise one might as well love. -- Karl Kraus Hatred is one long wait. -- Rene Maran Hate cages ...

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    Current News Illustrations, Third Week In July - 2009

    (Sermons/Current News Illustrations)

    ... jobs or are otherwise financially unable to renew their Huskies’ season tickets can tap into a special philanthropic fund.  A donor’s $500 tax-deductible gift to “Dawgs Supporting Dawgs” would permit ...

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    Current News Illustrations, Third Week In August - 2009

    (Sermons/Current News Illustrations)

    ... this very kind offer.” Conviction A Canadian public employees’ union had been on strike in Toronto for weeks, causing an otherwise popular park to fall into disuse because of high grass.  So the neighbors ...