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Churches Of Revelation
Contributed by Mark Perryman on Jan 11, 2008 (message contributor)
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1. How's Your Love Life
Contributed on Jan 11, 2008
Looking at a church that has lost it’s first love
INTRO: How’s your love life? Take a poll on how long honeymoons last (answer by a show of hands). -How many think a honeymoon lasts one year, 6 months, 3 months, 1 month, 2 weeks, 1 day. Saying: Some say the honeymoon is the period of time when you say "I do". .& you better. ex couple watching ...read more
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2. Poor Little Church
Contributed on Jan 11, 2008
Look at what the Lord says about the 2nd church of Revelation.
INTRO: Today maybe you’ve come and you just don’t feel right. Maybe you’ve been feeling some pain and heartache. You’re possibly in a situation that’s not bringing you a lot of happiness. Perhaps the last year you’ve lost a loved one. Job is not what you thought it would be. You feel persecuted on ...read more
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3. Riding The Fence
Contributed on Jan 11, 2008
Dealing with the 3rd church of Revelation "compromising"
INTRO: Told story before but it fits in so well with my message today, I’ll tell it again. The following is a Russian parable. A hunter raised his rifle and took careful aim at a large bear. When about to pull the trigger, the bear spoke in a soft soothing voice, "Isn’t it better to talk than to ...read more
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4. The Enemy From Within
Contributed on Jan 11, 2008
The 4th church of Revelation
INTRO: Remember the book by Frank Peretti, "This Present Darkness" about the battle between good and evil. How these demons were going to take over a town and how they waged war and used people to do their biding. -It’s amazing how the devil uses different tactics to try to bring down or wage war ...read more
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5. A Dead Church
Contributed on Jan 11, 2008
Looking at the 5th church in Revelation
INTRO: Clayton Carpenter, one of the first casualties of Dessert Storm, was a helicopter pilot shot down was listed as KIA (killed in action). After the war, prisoners were released and Clayton Carpenter was one of them. As soon as he was freed, he called his mom back home in Kansas. Called, ...read more
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6. Church Of The Open Door
Contributed on Jan 11, 2008
Looking at the 6th church of Revelation
INTRO: Super Bowl of the Universe Animals vs. insects, first 3 quarters animals stomped all over the insects. Quarterback elephant, right running back was a rhino, left running back was a hippo. Stomped all over insects. Fourth quarter animals have football on own 20-yard line - handed ball ...read more
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7. The Church That Makes God Sick
Contributed on Jan 11, 2008
The 7th church of Revelation
INTRO: Imagine yourself going to a doctor’s office for a check-up and you ask the doctor, "What can I do about my hair falling?" and he says to get out of the way. Another occasion you ask doctor what would you give me for this cold and he replies, "I don’t know. What would you take?" or "Doctor, ...read more