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Hand Of God
Contributed by Andrew Dixon on Jan 17, 2023 (message contributor)
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1. Sermon # 1 Chosen By God
Contributed on Jan 17, 2023
This series on the Hand of God is based on Acts 11:21. In this sermon we look at the life of David to see how and why the hand of the Lord was so powerfully manifested in his life.
Hand of God Sermon #1 Chosen by God Acts 11:21: “And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number believed, and turned unto the Lord.”(KJV) We know that the Lord wills to save everyone and if the hand of the Lord will be with us, then through us many will come to the saving knowledge of ...read more
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2. Sermon # 2 Anointed By God
Contributed on Jan 17, 2023
In this sermon we will study how God’s hand anointed His chosen ones, and how the Lord used them mightily for His glory and the extension of His Kingdom.
Hand of the Lord Sermon #2 Anointed by God Acts 11:21, “And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number believed, and turned unto the Lord.” (KJV) What is the purpose for which, the Hand of the Lord rests on us “I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him: ...read more
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3. Sermon # 3 - Attributes Of An Anointed Person
Contributed on Jan 23, 2023
When a person is filled and anointed by the Holy Spirit of God it will be evident in his life. Read on to understand what the marks of this anointing were from the life of Joshua.
Acts 11:21 “And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number believed, and turned unto the Lord.” (KJV) We looked at Psalm 89:20-21, where it says, “I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him: With whom my hand shall be established: my arm also shall strengthen ...read more
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4. Sermon # 4 - The Power Of The Early Church
Contributed on Jan 30, 2023
The early church was dynamic and turned their world upside down because they possessed certain characteristics. If we want to see revival in our churches today, we too must follow their example.
We have been considering God’s promise for His people from Act 11:21, “And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number believed, and turned unto the Lord.”(KJV) We will consider in detail the life of the early church, and see what we ought to do, in order for the Lord to fulfil this ...read more
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5. Sermon # 5 - How Can We Be Saved?
Contributed on Feb 6, 2023
Do you want to be saved and be sure that eternal life is yours? As we look at the Parable of the Good Samaritan in different light, we will receive an answer to that question.
We read in Acts 2:47, “every day the Lord was adding to their number those being saved.” (TLV) As we study the latter part of Acts 2:47 we take special note of the fact “that every day the Lord was adding to their numbers those being saved.” Firstly it was the Lord Himself who adding the people ...read more
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6. Sermon # 6 - United With A Purpose
Contributed on Feb 13, 2023
Only when we are united in heart, mind and purpose will the people around us know and believe in Jesus. This sermon will teach us what we should do to make this a possibility.
We read in Acts 4:32, “The whole congregation of believers was united as one — one heart, one mind!” (MSG) The testimony about the early church was that though they were numerous, they were all with one heart and one mind. When we hear such a declaration, probably the question that arises is, ‘How ...read more
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7. Sermon # 7 - Time To Stop Murmuring
Contributed on Feb 21, 2023
Do we find ourselves complaining and murmuring about many things? Why do we do so, and how can we stop doing this? This sermon will help us examine ourselves in the light of God’s word.
If we as a church today desire to resemble the early church, and if our aspiration is that people should be added in great numbers, then it is only appropriate that we not only evaluate ourselves in the light of God’s word, but also investigate to see what the early church did differently that made ...read more
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8. Sermon # 8 - The Blessing Of Selfless Giving
Contributed on Feb 28, 2023
We live in a world that prompts us to be self-centered and individualistic. What does God expect of us? This sermon will teach us about giving the way that is pleasing to God.
We read in Acts 4:32, “Now the full number of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one said that any of the things that belonged to him was his own, but they had everything in common.” (ESV) One of the key reasons for the tremendous growth of the early church was that the people ...read more
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9. Sermon # 9 - The Significance Of Breaking Bread
Contributed on Mar 6, 2023
The breaking of bread was a vital aspect of the early church. This sermon gives us the background, meaning and significance for us as the body of Christ today. Read on and be blessed.
In Acts 2:46 we read, “So continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they were sharing food with joy and simplicity of heart,” (EMTV) As we continue to study the life of the early church, we recognize that the hand of God rested powerfully on them, and ...read more
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10. Sermon # 10 - Unknown To Men But Significant To God
Contributed on Mar 14, 2023
Do you feel what you are doing for God is unnoticed or unappreciated by others? There were many such people whom God used to fulfill His great purposes. This sermon will encourage you to realize that nothing you do is disregarded by God.
We read in 1 Corinthians 1:25, “This foolish plan of God is wiser than the wisest of human plans, and God's weakness is stronger than the greatest of human strength.”(NLT) As human beings, the two aspects of life that we seek and pursue after are worldly knowledge and strength. However, the ...read more
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11. Sermon # 11 - What's In Your Hand?
Contributed on Mar 20, 2023
Every small and insignificant thing that is in our hands can become a mighty tool in the hands of our glorious and mighty God. So, what is it that we must do to accomplish extraordinary things for the Lord? Read on to know how this could become a possibility in your life.
In Exodus 15:6, we read “Your right hand, O LORD, glorious in power.”(NRSV) 1. The Hand of God God’s hand is not only ‘glorious in power’ but as we read in another version His hand is also ‘Majestic in power’. The question that may arise in one’s mind as we read this verse is that, ‘If the hand ...read more
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12. Sermon # 12 - Sow Generously - Reap Bountifully
Contributed on Apr 3, 2023
What are we doing with all that God has entrusted to us? Are we keeping them for ourselves or sowing to reap a great harvest? See what happened when men and women of God sowed in spite of all odds and thereby
In Exodus 14:15-16 we read, “The LORD said to Moses, “Why do you cry to Me? Tell the sons of Israel to move forward [toward the sea]. As for you, lift up your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it, so that the sons of Israel may go through the middle of the sea on dry land.” ...read more
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13. Sermon # 13 - Our Part In God's Plan
Contributed on Apr 11, 2023
God is at work, but are we doing our part to fulfill God’s plan? There is also a physical realm and a spiritual realm, and the question is what are we focusing on in our lives?
Many people have a misunderstanding that everything that happens in their lives depends on God alone, and that there is nothing that they can do or accomplish with their own hands. Some others have resigned themselves to a fatalistic view that everything is controlled by God, and that therefore ...read more
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14. Sermon # 14 - Seeking God Sincerely
Contributed on Apr 17, 2023
There are always two categories of people anywhere – those who seek God for personal gain and the ones who seek God for who He really is. Which group do we belong to?
We remind ourselves that this series of messages are based on Act 11:21“And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number believed, and turned unto the Lord.” (KJV) The Lord’s hand is a powerful hand, a hand that helps, a hand that exalts us, and His hand is at work in all areas of our ...read more
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15. Sermon # 15 - No Turning Back
Contributed on Apr 24, 2023
Our Christian life and journey is not always smooth and easy. When things get tough we can either give up or continue on. Let’s learn how to move on and not turn back.
We read in John 21:4, “Just as day was breaking, Jesus stood on the shore; yet the disciples did not know that it was Jesus” (ESV) They failed to recognize Jesus It was indeed an unusual situation on the sea shore that day, as the resurrected Jesus stood on the shore, and his own disciples who ...read more
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16. Sermon # 16 - The Lord Is Close At Hand
Contributed on May 1, 2023
When our situations are gloomy and dark and there seems no hope, remember the Lord Jesus is close at hand and He specializes in transforming lifeless situations to those brimming with life and fruitfulness.
In Mark 16:1, we read, “And when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him.”(KJV) The Lord Jesus as He had already predicted to His disciples on several occasions, was crucified on a cross at ...read more
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17. Sermon # 17 - The Power Of A Praying Church
Contributed on May 8, 2023
There is not telling as to the extraordinary outcomes when the church comes together to pray. The only way we can assure in a revival, and the powerful move of the Holy Spirit is through prayer.
We read in Acts 4:31, “When they finished praying, the place where they were meeting was shaken. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to proclaim God's message with boldness.”(GNB) As the believers in the early church met together for prayer there was a mighty manifestation of ...read more
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18. Sermon # 18 - Faithful With Our Finances
Contributed on May 15, 2023
God expects us to be faithful in everything that He has entrusted to us, especially with our finances. Let’s learn how to give cheerfully, and in a way that is pleasing to God.
In Judges 6:12-13, we read, the Lord’s angel appeared to him there and said, “The LORD is with you, brave and mighty man!" Gideon said to him, "If I may ask, sir, why has all this happened to us if the LORD is with us? What happened to all the wonderful things that our fathers told us the ...read more
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19. Sermon # 19 - Go In God's Strength
Contributed on May 23, 2023
The Lord invited us to come and be part of His Kingdom, but the Lord also commissioned us to go into all the world and preach the good news. Read on to know what happens when we go out in obedience to God.
We read in Judges 6:13-14, “Sir," Gideon replied, "if the LORD is with us, why has all this happened to us? And where are all the miracles our ancestors told us about? Didn't they say, 'The LORD brought us up out of Egypt'? But now the LORD has abandoned us and handed us over ...read more
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20. Sermon # 20 - Seeing Ourselves As God Sees Us
Contributed on May 30, 2023
How often we allow our circumstances or people around us to shape the opinion we have of ourselves. Instead let’s look up to the Lord, and study His word to understand who we really are from God’s point of view.
The way God saw Gideon In Judges 6:11-12 we read, “Gideon was threshing some wheat secretly in a wine press, so that the Midianites would not see him. The LORD's angel appeared to him there and said, “The LORD is with you, brave and mighty man!” (GNT) The people of Israel were in an arduous ...read more
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21. Sermon # 21 - When God Is With Us
Contributed on Jun 5, 2023
The assurance that God is with us is such a huge comfort in the life of a believer. As we study the life of some great men in the bible, we will understand how the presence of God transformed them and their situations.
God was with Gideon The word of assurance that came from the Lord to Gideon as recorded in Judges 6:16, “The LORD replied, "I will be with you. You will defeat Midian as if it were only one man." (GW) Gideon was faced with an enormous task to fight against the Midianites. As the people ...read more
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22. Sermon # 22 - God's Divine Presence
Contributed on Jun 13, 2023
All through the bible the Angel of the Lord appeared to God’s chosen ones to strengthen them and encourage them with His divine presence. No matter what we are going through God’s presence is more than enough to handle all of it to come forth victorious.
Gideon encounters the Angel of the LORD In Judges 6:16 we read, Then the Lord said to him, Truly, I will be with you, and you will overcome the Midianites as if they were one man. (BBE) As we studied in the previous chapter, the word of the Lord came to Gideon in Judges 6:16, when the Israelites ...read more
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23. Sermon # 23 - Finding Favor With God
Contributed on Jun 20, 2023
Do we want the favor of God on our lives? As we study the life of Gideon, and others from the bible we will understand what those pre-requisites are for God’s favor to rest on us, and all we do.
We read in Judges 6:17-19, So Gideon said to Him, “If now I have found favor in your sight, then show me a sign that it is you who speak with me. Please do not depart from here, until I come back to you, and bring out my offering and lay it before you.” And He said, “I will remain until you ...read more
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24. Sermon # 24 - Redeemed Not Forsaken
Contributed on Jun 27, 2023
Are you feeling lonely, forsaken and wondering when God will intervene to bring deliverance from your hard situations? Here’s the good news! We have a redeemer, and He will never leave us nor forsake us.
We read in Judges 5:31, “And there was peace in the land for forty years.”(GNB) The people of Israel enjoyed peace in the land for forty years, and this was possible because the Lord rendered the enemies of the Israelites powerless and established peace in the land. It is indeed true that the Lord ...read more
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25. Sermon # 25 - When Will God Answer Our Prayers?
Contributed on Jul 4, 2023
Why are some of our prayers not answered? What can we learn from the prayer of Jabez? May we learn to pray in a way that honors God so that we can receive answers to our fervent prayers.
We read in 1 Chronicles 4:9-10, “Jabez was more honorable than his brothers, and his mother named him Jabez saying, "Because I bore him with pain. Now Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, "Oh that You would bless me indeed and enlarge my border, and that Your hand might be with me, ...read more
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26. Sermon # 26 - The True Blessings Of God
Contributed on Jul 11, 2023
Everyone wants to be blessed, but the question is, 'What are the true blessings of God?' Let us understand what these blessings are and also get to know the purpose for God's blessings on us.
We read in 1 Chronicles 4:10, “Now Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, "Oh that You would bless me indeed and enlarge my border, and that Your hand might be with me, and that You would keep me from harm that it may not pain me!" And God granted him what he requested.” (NASB) The ...read more
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27. Sermon # 27 - Blessings And Curses
Contributed on Jul 19, 2023
What are the true blessings of God, and how do they actualize in our lives? Also, how do we stay away from the curses of the evil one? God’s word teaches us how to stay blessed, and how to avoid curses.
In Genesis 27:28-29 we read, “May God give you—from the dew of the sky and from the fatness of the land—an abundance of grain and new wine. May peoples serve you and may nations bow down to you. Be master over your brothers. May your mother’s sons bow down to you. May those who curse you be cursed ...read more
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28. Sermon # 28 - The Power Of Words
Contributed on Jul 24, 2023
Our words have the power to bless or curse to build up or destroy. The question is, ‘Are we obedient to the voice of God and using this authority that God has granted to us to bless others and do His will?’
A withered hand is healed We read in Luke 6:6,“And it came to pass on another Sabbath that he entered into the synagogue and taught: and there was a man there, and his right hand was withered.” In Luke 6:10, we read, “And he looked round about on them all, and said unto him, Stretch forth thy ...read more
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29. Sermon # 29- How To Be Truly Blessed
Contributed on Aug 1, 2023
How do we become recipients of the true blessings of God? Do we understand the authority that God has bestowed on us as His children, and are we being a blessing to others?
The blessings of God on Adam and Eve We read in Genesis 1:28, “And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the ...read more
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30. Sermon # 30 - The Blessings Of Obedience
Contributed on Aug 10, 2023
Obedience to God and His word has rewards, and disobedience also has its consequences. The experiences of some from the bible will help us learn how we too can be recipients of God’s blessings in our lives.
We read in Genesis 22:18, “Every nation on the earth will be blessed through your descendants. I will do this because you obeyed me." (ERV) We also read in Genesis 3:14, “So the LORD God said to the snake, "Because you have done this, you are cursed more than all the wild or domestic ...read more