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Use this 5-minute countdown timer to mark the start of your service.
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Genres: Powerful, Uplifting, Reflective
Service Styles: Contemporary
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Scripture: Ecclesiastes 3:20
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Five Minute Countdown - Bible and Praying Hands
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Genres: Emotional, Powerful, Uplifting, Reflective, Bible History
Service Styles: Contemporary, Traditional, Progressive
Five minute countdown to open up a church service.
Scripture: 1 John 5:14, 1 John 5:15, 1 John 5:16, 1 Chronicles 16:11, 2 Chronicles 6:21, Ephesians 1:18, 2 Chronicles 7:14, Ephesians 6:18, Jeremiah 29:12, Job 22:27, John 17:15, James 5:13, Mark 11:24, Matthew 5:44, Matthew 6:7, Matthew 26:41, Proverbs 15:8, Psalm 17:6 (view more) (view less)
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Genres: Emotional, Powerful, Uplifting, Reflective
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Praying Hands and Open Bible - Five Minute Countdown
Scripture: Philippians 4:6, 1 Thessalonians 5:17, James 5:16, Matthew 6:6, Psalm 145:18, Jeremiah 29:12, 1 John 5:14, Matthew 21:22, Romans 12:12, Ephesians 6:18, Colossians 4:2, Psalm 66:17, Hebrews 4:16, Mark 11:24, Luke 11:9-10, Psalm 5:3, 1 Peter 3:12, Psalm 4:1, Proverbs 15:29, 2 Chronicles 7:14, Psalm 34:17, Matthew 7:7, John 15:7, Psalm 145:19, 1 John 3:22, Psalm 18:6, Luke 18:1, Romans 8:26, Psalm 55:17, Isaiah 65:24 (view more) (view less)
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A marriage is a union between two people; we know sometimes that union can bring some challenges. We pray that God would lead and guide us through our differences, or what we call our reconcilable differences.
Scripture: Proverbs 10:12
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Genres: Uplifting
Celebrate Autumn with this simple Harvest-themed colorful countdown. This is ideal for any service in the fall, or before a message on the theme of the Lord of the Harvest. Jesus says Matthew 9:37-38: "The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest."
Scripture: Matthew 9:37-38
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The Harvest Is Plentiful - Countdown features Matthew 9:35-38 and coordinates with 'The Harvest Is Plentiful' video illustration as well as various motion loops in this series. The annual harvest time is a great opportunity to reflect on the spiritual harvest of God's Kingdom! There is still work to be done and so we continue to labor and pray for more workers in God's fields.
Scripture: 1 Chronicles 16:24, Jeremiah 20:9, Mark 16:15, John 20:21, Acts 1:8, Acts 13:47, Luke 10:1-2, Matthew 28:19-20, Matthew 9:35-38, Matthew 9:38 (view more) (view less)
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Service Styles: Contemporary, Traditional
Five Minute Countdown - Prayer at Sunrise
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Five Minute Countdown - Thanksgiving Prayer
Scripture: 1 Chronicles 16:34, 1 Thessalonians 5:18, Colossians 3:17, Psalm 100:4, Psalm 95:2, Ephesians 5:20, Psalm 107:1, Psalm 118:1, Psalm 136:26, 2 Corinthians 9:15, Philippians 4:6, 1 Chronicles 29:13, 1 Timothy 4:4, Hebrews 13:15, Colossians 4:2, Romans 14:6, Colossians 2:7, Psalm 34:1, Psalm 69:30, Daniel 2:23, 1 Timothy 2:1, Psalm 50:14, James 1:17, Psalm 147:7, Luke 17:16, Revelation 7:12, Jonah 2:9, Leviticus 22:29, Psalm 30:12, Psalm 50:23 (view more) (view less)
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A 5 minute countdown featuring bible verses about the holiday of Thanksgiving.
Scripture: 1 Chronicles 16:34, Psalm 95:2, Colossians 3:17, Philippians 4:6, Psalm 107:1, 1 Thessalonians 5:18, Psalm 100:4, 2 Corinthians 9:15, Psalm 118:1, Ephesians 5:20, Psalm 136:26, Romans 14:6, Jonah 2:9, Hebrews 13:15, 1 Timothy 4:4-5, 1 Peter 2:9, James 1:17, Nehemiah 12:8, Psalm 103:2, Revelation 7:12, Psalm 50:14, 2 Corinthians 2:14, Psalm 69:30, Psalm 30:12, Psalm 28:7, Jeremiah 30:19, 1 Chronicles 29:13, 1 Timothy 2:1, Psalm 7:17, Psalm 116:17, Psalm 63:3, Psalm 136:3, Psalm 107:8, Psalm 66:20, Psalm 56:12, Luke 17:15, Leviticus 22:29, Romans 1:21, Matthew 15:36, Psalm 34:1, Luke 2:38, Luke 22:17, 2 Corinthians 1:11, 2 Samuel 22:50, Psalm 75:1, Psalm 28:7, Romans 7:25, Psalm 140:13, Psalm 26:7, Psalm 92:1 (view more) (view less)
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Genres: Uplifting, Reflective, Bible History
Service Styles: Traditional, Progressive
Five Minute Countdown - Prayer and Scripture
Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:17, Philippians 4:6, Matthew 6:9-13, James 5:16, Psalm 145:18, Mark 11:24, Romans 12:12, 1 John 5:14, Jeremiah 29:12, Psalm 34:17, Matthew 21:22, John 15:7, Colossians 4:2, Hebrews 4:16, 1 Timothy 2:1, Luke 11:9, Psalm 66:17-20, James 4:8, Matthew 7:7, Psalm 5:3, Ephesians 6:18, Psalm 91:15, Isaiah 65:24, 1 Peter 3:12, Proverbs 15:29, 2 Chronicles 7:14, Psalm 17:6, 1 Kings 8:28, Psalm 55:17, 1 John 3:22 (view more) (view less)
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