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I Desire Mercy Not Sacrifice
Experiencing the mercy of God in our lives
Ready & Faithful
Looking to Jesus for help now and hope in the future
Why Suffering?
Help your church understand God's plan in pain
Jesus temptation in the wildness.
The Temptation of Jesus When we look at the temptation of Jesus we sometimes say some very silly things. It is like we are so uncomfortable with the fact that Jesus resisted sin that we have to reason away His humanity to explain how He did it. Certainly if Jesus really was fully human He ...read more
Scripture: Genesis 3:1-6
Denomination: *other
In this sermon we look at the temptations of Jesus and learn how to overcome our own.
Introduction: A. The story is told of a minister who parked his car in a no-parking zone in a large city because he was short of time and couldn’t find a space with a meter. 1. So he put a note under the windshield wiper that read: “I have circled the block 100 times. If I don’t park here, I’ll ...read more
Scripture: Hebrews 4:14-16
Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ
Learning the strategy and intentions behind Satan’s temptations placed on Jesus.
IT HAS HUMOROUSLY BEEN SAID THAT, "IT’S EASIER TO ASK FOR FORGIVENESS THAN IT IS TO ASK FOR PERMISSION." WHEN IT COMES TO THE CHRISTIAN LIFE THIS IS DANGEROUS. DANGEROUS, BECAUSE IT IMPLIES THAT ONE WOULD RATHER GO ON JUSTIFYING LIVING WRONG THAN FACE THE ACCOUNTABILITY OF ADJUSTING THEIR LIVES ...read more
Scripture: Luke 4:1-13
Denomination: Free Methodist
The way in which Jesus faced temptation teaches us how we can deal with it too. We are all tempted. However, like Jesus, we can resist temptation
NOTE: The strategies for resisting temptation at the end of this sermon were taken from a sermon entitled "Claiming the Victory – Strategies for Resisting Temptation" by Keith Manry -Foun here on sermoncentral.com Introduction: What tempts you? I’m not talking about the ice cream and chocolate ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 4:1-11
Denomination: Wesleyan
The Devil does not appear to us in a red suite with a pitchfork. In fact, Satans temptations are often attractive and fill legitimate needs - or seem to. Learn how Jesus fought these temptations and how we can as well.
Temptation An attorney was sitting in his office late one night, when the Devil appeared before him. The Devil told the lawyer, /’I have a proposition for you. You can win every case you try, for the rest of your life. Your clients will adore you, your colleagues will stand in awe of you, and you ...read more
Scripture: Luke 5:1-39
Denomination: Calvary Chapel
ILLUSTRATION... The Life and Teaching of Jesus by James S Stewart, Abingdon Press pg 49 “Finally, Jesus would never violate the freedom of men’s wills. And that, too, the leap from the pinnacle would have involved. It would have been overriding their calmer judgment. It would have been forcing ...read more
Tags: Jesus Temptation
Philip Yancey, in his book The Jesus I Never Knew, comments on this truth, that Christ can only be King on His own terms. He alludes to the 3 temptations Jesus faced before he began His ministry: 1) to turn stones into bread and feed Himself, 2) after taking Him to the temple in Jerusalem, to jump ...read more
Scripture: 1 Peter 1:3-5
Denomination: Baptist
In rural Arizona, a man went to see the Hopi Indians perform ceremonial dances. It was a long lonely drive to the reservation across secluded desert terrain and some rough roads. Late afternoon, after the dances, the man returned to his car only to discover he had a flat tire. To make matters ...read more
In his book The Renew Mind (Bethany House, 1981), Larry Christiansen tells a story that is a perfect illustration for our sermon text for today. I’d like for you to imagine that you live in a run down apartment. As I describe this, I actually picture in my mind my apartment in St. Paul I shared ...read more
"For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin." Heb 4:15 "In the past when I’ve heard that verse or read it, I’ve thought that it is a very all-encompassing statement to say that Jesus was tempted ...read more
Denomination: Orthodox
By Joe Mckeever on Jun 7, 2021
Are you prone to buy into your own act?
Scripture: Proverbs 3:5-8
Tags: Preaching, temptation, pastor, humor, Arrogance, Pastor (view more) (view less)
By Brian Mavis on May 11, 2018
"I have been a Christian for over twenty-five years, and God has had to redirect me on multiple things because of what I mistakenly believed early on about being a Christian. And it is better to learn sooner than later."
Scripture: Matthew 6:33, James 4:10, Romans 5:8
Tags: Discipleship, Preaching, temptation, Deliverance
By SermonCentral on Nov 3, 2020
This verse applies in so many ways: "Can a man carry fire next to his chest and his clothes not be burned?"
Tags: temptation, Sex, place, sexuality, proper (view more) (view less)
By Ray Hollenbach on Jun 29, 2020
Do numbers alone tell the story of success? What kind of numbers caught Jesus' attention?
Tags: Growth, Preaching, number, Growth in Christ
By Ray Hollenbach on Sep 30, 2020
Do you preach Jesus as a role model? It's impossible to be like Jesus, isn't it? He was God-come-to-earth and his life sets the bar impossibly high for any of us.
Scripture: Matthew 16:24
Tags: Preaching, Submission, Accountability, honour, Mentor, preaching (view more) (view less)
Inspired by Matthew 4, the story of Jesus’ temptation, this prayer acknowledges the temptations in our lives and the wilderness we can get lost in. The prayer leads us to ask God to guide us through the darkness toward His light. This video is designed for the first Sunday of Lent, but can also be used with a sermon on temptation.
Tags: lent, easter, temptation
Genres: Emotional, Powerful, Reflective
Service Styles: Contemporary
In this clip, from Drive Thru History with Dave Stotts "The Gospels", after being baptized by John the Baptist, Jesus travels to the Judean wilderness for 40 days of isolation and preparation for his earthly ministry.
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Genres: Powerful, Uplifting, Reflective, Bible History
Service Styles: Contemporary, Traditional
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Scripture: Matthew 1:18-25, Galatians 5:22-23, Psalm 100:1-5
Tags: kids, youth, parable lazarus, jesus temptation, sin deceptive, distraction, joy, graduation, jubilee, teen, humor, birthday, anniversary, teenager (view more) (view less)
An exciting motion background depicting a lighted grunge background to use with your church presentation software for a strong worship or sermon preaching experience for your congregation. This motion background is a loop video that can repeat seamlessly.
Scripture: Mark 14:32-36, Matthew 6:25-34, Philippians 3:12-14, Matthew 25:14-30
Tags: fellowship, family, mephibosheth, sin separates from god, patriarchs jacob, jesus temptation, lo debar, revival, change, stewardship, men, lodebar, samson, koinonia (view more) (view less)
Genres: Emotional, Reflective
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Scripture: John 3:16
Tags: jesus, temptation, fish, sin, fishing (view more) (view less)
Genres: Powerful, Reflective
Service Styles: Contemporary, Progressive
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