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  • Jeff Strite avatar

    Cool Runnings - Which Way Will You Run? Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Aug 15, 2005
    based on 66 ratings
     | 14,972 views

    The message out of Isaiah is "There is a right way and a wrong way to get what you want out of life." What had Judah done wrong... and what could they do to change their destiny?"

    OPEN: (Show 5:30 minute clip from “Cool Runnings” – the section where bobsled team crashes in their final run... but they refuse to admit defeat. They pick up their damaged bobsled and carry it across the finish on their shoulders. Make sure to include the section where the team shouts their ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Comforting Kingdom

    Contributed by Ryan Sato on Jan 13, 2005
    based on 8 ratings
     | 3,615 views

    Have you ever heard of “Happy Hour?” This is a time where we try to distract ourselves from all the problems of the world and try to cope with the reality of real life…..I think one of the reasons that “Happy Hour” was created was in an effort to cope wi

    Opener: Have you ever heard of “Happy Hour?” This is a time where we try to distract ourselves from all the problems of the world and try to cope with the reality of real life…..I think one of the reasons that “Happy Hour” was created was in an effort to cope with our sorrows. This topic of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Steve Malone avatar

    Do You Hear Voices

    Contributed by Steve Malone on Feb 11, 2005
    based on 88 ratings
     | 20,909 views

    IN OUR TEXT TODAY WE WILL HEAR 4 VOICES CALLING NOT ONLY TO ISAIAH BUT TO ALL OF GOD’S PROPHETS THROUGHOUT THE AGES...

    "DO YOU HEAR THE VOICES?" READ TEXT: ISAIAH 40:1-11 INTRODUCTION TODAY WE BEGIN A STUDY ON ISAIAH CHAPTER’S 40-66; BUT BEFORE WE BEGIN IT’S NECESSARY FOR US TO DO SOME INTRODUCTORY WORK. ISAIAH; THE MAN IT WAS DURING THE TIME OF THE DIVIDED PERIOD OF ISRAEL’S HISTORY (WHEN GOD’S PEOPLE ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Who Am I?

    Contributed by Paul Weidner on Oct 10, 2005
    based on 6 ratings
     | 5,924 views

    Who am I as a person as I examine the fragileness of life?

    Isaiah 40:1-8, 28-31 “Who am I?” As I tried to formulate this message a few things distracted me this week. I was distracted in my preparation by a funeral I conducted yesterday, which for me usually causes me to slow things down a bit and reflect on my life. I was distracted by a visit I made ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Jerry Shirley avatar

    Highway To Revival

    Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Apr 20, 2005
    based on 354 ratings
     | 30,296 views

    Isaiah 40 reveals that God wants to bring us truckloads of blessing, but are we willing to pave the way and build the road? Link to Formatted Text and Powerpoint included.

    THE HIGHWAY TO REVIVAL Isaiah 40:3-5 [Hundreds of free sermons and Powerpoints at website...link at bottom!] ---------------------------------------- Text--Vs. 3, “...make straight in the desert a highway…” The work of John the Baptist is foretold here, preparing/paving the way for God’s glory ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jay Winters avatar

    Comfort Comfort My People

    Contributed by Jay Winters on Jun 5, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,913 views

    A different kind of sermon - going back and forth between a reading of Isaiah and illustrative sermons that bring the text to the listner’s reality.

    Special instructions - "quoted" material should be read by one reader and is the text of Isaiah 40. Material beginning with numbers can be split up amongst different readers or read by the pastor/sermon deliverer. “Comfort, comfort my people, says your God.” 1Isaiah is an old man now. His ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Merwin Rylaarsdam avatar

    Narnia: Always Winter, Never Christmas Series

    Contributed by Merwin Rylaarsdam on Jan 4, 2006
    based on 10 ratings
     | 3,434 views

    A world without Christ is a world that is "always winter and never Christmas."

    Sermon – “Always Winter, Never Christmas” Scripture – Isaiah 40 There is a strange phenomenon that is happening in the world today. Two unlikely groups of people have gotten together and are excitedly talking about the same thing! It’s strange that Hollywood and the Evangelical church are ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    What Is The Gospel

    Contributed by Chris Appleby on Feb 14, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,691 views

    The gospel is the message, the good news, that God’s promise of salvation has been accomplished. It’s the message that those who have been in exile from God’s presence are to be brought back. It’s the message that for those who believe in Jesus Christ, wh

    Mark begins his account of the life of Jesus with these words: "The beginning of the good news (or the gospel) of Jesus Christ, the Son of God." So the question I want to ask today is this: what do you understand by that word Gospel? Is it just the life of Jesus, like a potted history? Or is it ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

  • Doug Koehler avatar

    Destined For Captivity But Freedom Awaits

    Contributed by Doug Koehler on Dec 2, 2005
    based on 14 ratings
     | 5,100 views

    Are you free from captivity? All of us have moments when we become captive to the world and to our own sinful will. Thanks to God that He offers not only words of comfort but personal direction so that our foundation will remain on the Word of God once we

    Hi, thank you for looking at this sermon. I hope it helps. When you consider leaving feedback please do not note that the sermon did not help you just because you did not like the style or could not use the entire message for your own needs. I have discovered a few souls automatically hit the ’did ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Shannon Kimbell-Auth avatar

    Narnia: Aslan Is On The Move Series

    Contributed by Shannon Kimbell-Auth on Dec 2, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 2,890 views

    A sermon introducing the power of using CS Lewis’ novel to reawaken our understanding of what it means to be awed at the name of Jesus.

    Isaiah 40:1-11 (Read from The Message) Weary and heavy laden, the people of Israel waited for the Savior to be born and Isaiah proclaimed the Good News, God was coming! Sins were forgiven. Joy would enter into the darkness of their winter. It was exciting news. Was? But friends, it still is! Why do ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • W Pittendreigh avatar

    What To Say

    Contributed by W Pittendreigh on Dec 4, 2005
    based on 14 ratings
     | 3,641 views

    What to say to the discouraged.

    The letter came in the mail last week along with a magazine, 2 or 3 bills, and an advertisement circular from Radio Shack. Noticing the return address on the envelope was from a close friend, I put the other mail aside and tore into the envelope, settling back to enjoy what I expected to be a ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Russell Brownworth avatar

    From Hero To Zero

    Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Dec 5, 2005
    based on 6 ratings
     | 2,528 views

    You can go from Hero to Zero in a nanosecond in this world. You can turn it around

    Comfort, O comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her that she has served her term, that her penalty is paid, that she has received from the LORD’S hand double for all her sins. A voice cries out: “In the wilderness prepare the way of the LORD, ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

  • Wes Richard avatar

    Four Heavenly Voices Series

    Contributed by Wes Richard on Dec 13, 2005
    based on 37 ratings
     | 6,744 views

    God speaks four words of comfort, instead of judgment, to his wounded children, and releases them, and us, from those things that hold us captive. And these are voices we all need to hear.

    Back in August, many people were glued to their televisions as the tragic events of hurricane Katrina’s onslaught unfolded in New Orleans. With mandatory evacuations ordered, over a million people left the area successfully, traveling to Houston, Dallas, and other cities. This was the ...read more

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    Denomination: Brethren

  • Rodney Buchanan avatar

    A Great Light

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Dec 18, 2005
    based on 54 ratings
     | 6,455 views

    The message of Christmas is: 1. God is the sovereign ruler of the world. 2. Evil cannot win. 3. The world is coming to a wonderful conclusion.

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, each year displays a twenty-foot blue spruce Christmas tree covered with angels, with a beautiful eighteenth century Neapolitan nativity scene underneath. In many ways it is a very familiar scene. There are shepherds who have been jarred awake by the ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Larry Elder avatar

    Preparing For God's Glory

    Contributed by Larry Elder on Aug 1, 2007
    based on 14 ratings
     | 27,775 views

    We need to prepare for the Glory of the Lord by beginning to understand the aspects and concepts of the Glory of the Lord.

    Preparing for God’s Glory Isa 40:3-5 A voice of one calling: "In the desert prepare the way for the LORD ; make straight in the wilderness a highway for our God. Every valley shall be raised up, every mountain and hill made low; the rough ground shall become level, the rugged places a plain. And ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God