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Scripture: Acts 2:1-4, Acts 12:1-25, Acts 11:19-21, Acts 3:1-10, Acts 9:1-19, Acts 16:16-24, Acts 5:1-11, Acts 27:20-44 (view more) (view less)
Tags: Apologetics The Bible, Church Growth, Endurance, Discipleship, Growth In Christ, Love Of The Disciples, Prayer General, Salvation, Sharing My Testimony (view more) (view less)
Denomination: Methodist
Sermons in Series: 1
Scripture: Acts 12:1-19
Tags: God In The Hardships
Denomination: Baptist
Sermons in Series: 15
Scripture: Acts 1:1-26, Acts 3:1-26, Acts 8:1-25, Acts 8:26-40, Acts 9:1-30, Acts 9:32-43, Acts 11:19-30, Acts 12:1-25, Acts 11:1-30, Acts 13:13-53, John 14:1-28, Acts 15:22-29, Acts 17:22-34 (view more) (view less)
Tags: Church General, Basics Of Christianity, Evangelism How To, Grace, Growth In Christ, Pentecost (view more) (view less)
Denomination: Congregational
Scripture: Acts 12:1-25
Tags: Church General
Sermons in Series: 24
Scripture: Acts 8:14-24, Acts 9:1-18, Acts 9:1-9, Acts 9:10-18, 2 Timothy 1:6-14, Acts 9:26-40, Acts 10:1-16, Acts 10:17-43, Acts 10:44-48, Acts 11:15-18, Acts 11:19-30, Acts 12:1-24, Acts 13:4-12, Acts 13:1-52, Acts 16:16-30, Acts 19:1-7, Acts 1:1-11, Acts 19:21-41, Acts 21:13, Acts 27:13-44 (view more) (view less)
Tags: Question, Prophecy, Religion, Repentance, Risk, Opposition, Outreach, Persecution, People In Acts, Praise, Power, Sexual Sin, Shipwreck, Silence, Sin General, Storm, Salvation, Safety, Truth, Trials And Difficulties, Supernatural, Story, Struggles, Suffering, Worship, Worship Benefits, Zeal, Apologetics General, Christianity, Church General, Church Growth, Courage, Commitment, Commitment To Christ, Discipleship, Death, Deliverance, Faith, Faith General, Evangelism How To, Evangelism The Lost, Evangelism Urgency, Evangelism Fear Of, Life, Miracles, Miracles General, Humility, Intelligence, Israel, Know God, Holy Spirit General, Holy Spirit, Holy Spirit Baptism, Growth In Christ, Hardship Of Life, God's Love, Growth, Freedom, Friendship New Friends, Frustration, God, God Brings Hope, God In The Hardships, Forgiveness In Jesus (view more) (view less)
Denomination: Pentecostal
Sermons in Series: 12
Scripture: Acts 8:1-8, Acts 8:9-25, Acts 8:26-40, Acts 9:1-9, Acts 9:10-19, Acts 9:19-31, Acts 9:32-43, Acts 10:1-8, Acts 10:9-29, Acts 10:30-48, Acts 11:19-30, Acts 12:1-23 (view more) (view less)
Tags: Attitude General, Answer, Acceptance, Abduction, Action, Adjustment, Alien, Change, Chance, Church General, Church Body Of Christ, Cornelius, Disciplines General, Dependence, Evangelism, Ethiopian, Eunuch, Evangelism How To, Examples Of Faith, Encouragement, Edification, Falasha, God In The Hardships, Gentile, God's Grace, God's Sovereign Will, Holiness, Israel, Islam, Intention, Jesus Christ, Ignorance, Humility, Judaism, Jews, Kosher, Miracles General, Market, Transition, Unity, Salvation, Sovereignty, Sovereign, Spread, Prayer Hardship, Proselytizing, Racism, Random, Regeneration, Persecution, Perplexed, Power, Open, Obedience, Noahide, Mutuality, Zeal (view more) (view less)
Denomination: Independent/Bible
Scripture: Acts 12:1-24
Tags: Hope, God Brings Hope, Faith, Prayer Persistence, Prayer, Perseverance (view more) (view less)
Sermons in Series: 4
Scripture: Psalms 13:1-6, Matthew 6:5-8, 2 Corinthians 12:7-10, Acts 12:1-19
Tags: Prayer How To, Prayer Adoration, Prayer Persistence
Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Scripture: Acts 2:42-47, Acts 10:36-43, Acts 12:1-30
Tags: Church Body Of Christ, Lies, Holy Spirit, Holy Spirit General, Holy Spirit In Believers, Fellowship, Prayer Hardship, Power, Prayer, Prayer Answered, Pentecost, Spiritual Power (view more) (view less)
Sermons in Series: 14
Scripture: Acts 1:1-8, Acts 2:38-47, Acts 3:1-16, Acts 4:1-22, Acts 6:1-16, Acts 8:1-8, Acts 9:1-19, 1 Samuel 3:3, Acts 10:1-23, Acts 12:1-25, Acts 15:1-12, Acts 16:6-34, Acts 17:16-34, Acts 18:1-11, Acts 27:18-26 (view more) (view less)
Tags: Fellowship, Fervent Prayer, God's Leading, God's Guidance, Holy Spirit In Believers, Holy Spirit Baptism, God's Purposes, Humility, Outreach, Obedience, Conflict, Confidence, Compassion, Courage, Cornelius, Disagreement, Disciples, Discipleship, Evangelism, Enduring Hardship, Faith, Examples Of Faith, Faithfulness, Church Purpose Of, Christian Witness, Church, Called To Serve, Christian Influence, Body Of Christ, Authority, Testimonies About Jesus, The Word, Truth, Suffering, Standing Firm, Sharing My Testimony, Relationships, Resolving Conflict, Sacrifices, Passion, Paul Shipwrecked, People In Acts, Perseverance, Pentecost, Prayer, Power, Promises Of God, Presence Of God (view more) (view less)
Sermons in Series: 43
Scripture: Acts 1:3-10, Acts 1:12-26, Acts 2:1-13, Acts 2:14-41, Acts 3:1-10, Acts 3:11-26, Acts 4:16-22, Acts 4:23-31, Acts 6:1-7, Acts 4:32-37, Acts 5:12-16, Acts 5:17-42, Acts 6:8-15, Acts 5:1-11, Acts 10:1-22, Acts 9:32-43, Acts 9:19-31, Acts 9:1-19, Acts 8:26-40, Acts 8:9-25, Acts 8:2-8, Acts 10:24-28, Acts 11:1-18, Acts 11:19-30, Acts 12:1-19, Acts 12:19-24, Acts 13:4-12, Acts 13:13-43, Acts 13:42-52, Acts 14:1-7, Acts 14:8-28, Acts 15:1-19, Acts 16:11-40, Acts 17:1-15, Acts 18:1-17, Acts 18:18-28, Acts 19:23-41, Acts 20:13-38, Acts 21:1-40, Acts 27:1-41, Acts 28:1-16 (view more) (view less)
Tags: Pain, Patience, Paul, Paul And Silas, Pitfalls In Ministry, Philip, Philippian Jailer, Peter, Paul's Ministry, Persecution, Preparation, Pride, Preaching, Problem, Profession, Praise, Practice, Prayer, Prayer How To, Salvation, Saul, Reason For Suffering, Protection, Responsibility, Work, Working Prayer, Witness, Witnessing, Wind, Why Suffering, Unity, Wait, Vision, Value, Tough, Testimony, Turmoil, Stone, Stephen, Suffering, Struggles, Servant, Servanthood, Serving Christ, Serving God, Serving Others, Service, Sharing Your Faith, Share, Sin, Worth, Call Of The Disciples, Character, Church Purpose Of, Commission, Commitment, Church Practices, Church Identity, Church General, Christian Witness, Church Body Of Christ, Church, Bible Truth, Believer's Walk, Bible, Basics, Basics Of Christianity, Attack, Action, Affliction, Arrogance, Appointment, Attitude General, Anger, Faith, Failure, Expectation, Examination, Examples Of Faith, Fathers Day, Faithful, Evangelism, Evangelism Urgency, Encouragement, Disciples, Dealing With Conflicts, Discouragement, Discipleship, Conversion, Courage, Deacons, Cure, Compassion, Consecration, Consequences, Confidence, Confirmation, Maturity, Ministry, Making Choices, Obedience, Opposition, Need, Movement, Missions, Misplaced, Legalism, Leadership, Leadership General, Impossible, Hurt, Issues, Invitation, Growth In Christ, Gospel, God's Sovereign Will, Follow, Fire, Father's Day, Gentile, Futile, Foundation, Go (view more) (view less)
Sermons in Series: 27
Scripture: John 11:17-44, Acts 4:1-22, Acts 5:17-42, Acts 1:8, Acts 8:1-25, Acts 9:1-19, Acts 9:20-31, Acts 9:32-43, Acts 8:26-40, Acts 10:23-48, Acts 11:19-30, Acts 11:1-18, Acts 12:1-19, Acts 13:13-31, Acts 13:44-52, Acts 15:1-21, Acts 17:1-9, Acts 17:16-34, Acts 18:1-17, Acts 19:23-41, Acts 20:13-38, Acts 21:15-25, Acts 26:1-32, Acts 27:1-12, Acts 28:1-10 (view more) (view less)
Tags: Trusting God, Willingness, World Views, Holy Spirit Work, Holy Spirit Speaks, Holy Spirit, Holy Spirit Baptism, Humility, Jesus Christ, Joy In Trials, Jesus Our Foundation, Jesus Meets Our Need, Live Truth, Love Of Money, Heart Of Compassion, Handling Opposition, Good Advice, Good Deeds, God's Promises, God's Help, God Takes Care Of Us, God Heals, Favoritism, Faithful Prayer, Facing Opposition, Evangelism, Evangelism Urgency, Encouragement, Enduring Trials, Disappointments, Edification, Edifying The Body, Commitment To Christ, Building Church, Book Of Acts, Boldness, Christian Worldview, Apostles Peter, Believe, Being Witnesses, Barnabas, Apostle Paul, Pentecost, Persecution, Personal Encounter, Paul And Barnabas, Paul's Conversion, Pearls Before Swine, Power Holy Spirit, Power Over Chains, Power Over Death, Power Over Time, Philip & Ethiopian, Peter & Cornelius, Prayer, Miracles, Miracles Of Jesus, Move On, Open Doors, Obey God, Obey The Holy Spirit, Rejection Of Jesus, Relationship To God, Receive Power, Rebellion, Resolve, Resurrection Of Jesus Christ, Rumors, Salvation, Scripture, Sharing Testimony, Storms In Life, Stand Together, Spiritual Warfare (view more) (view less)
Sermons in Series: 36
Scripture: Acts 4:23-31, Acts 4:32-37, Acts 5:1-11, Acts 5:12-20, Acts 5:17-33, Acts 5:33-39, Acts 6:1-6, Acts 6:5-15, Acts 8:1-8, Acts 8:9-25, Acts 10:1-33, Acts 12:1-25, Acts 13:1-3, Acts 13:4-12, Acts 16:16-24, Acts 16:22-40, Acts 20:18-38, Acts 20:18-38, Acts 19:8-27, Acts 19:8-27, Acts 18:1-26, Acts 18:1-11, Acts 17:16-34, Acts 19:8-27, 1 Corinthians 17:1-6, Acts 17:1-6, Acts 17:10-12, Acts 17:1-9, Acts 20:18-38, Acts 19:11-16, Acts 9:18-30, Acts 20:22-25 (view more) (view less)
Tags: Surviving, Thessalonian Church, Thriving Spiritually, The Unknown God, Unknown God, Upside Down, True Witnesses, Troublemaker, True Believer, Witnessing, Watchful Servants, Watchfulness, Why Go To Church, Vision To Grow, Vision, Does Church Matter, Don't Quit, Depression, Elymas, Equipped For Service, Evangelism, Evangelism How To, Facing Opposition, Commitment To Prayer, Church Growth, Church Harmony, Church Importance Of, Church Vision, Courage To Serve, Counterfeit, Counterfeit Faith, Courage, Deacons, Demon Possession, Apostle Paul, Apostles Peter, Aquila & Priscilla, Believing In Jesus, Bereans, Becoming A Servant, Be A Witness, Amazing Grace, Ananias And Sapphira, Call For Revival, Burnout, Building Church, Bible Study, Christian Life, Harmony To Hypocrisy, Harmony, Great Commission, God's Guidance, God's Word, God's Providence, False Gods, False Beliefs, False Believers, Faithfulness, Faithful Service, Faithful Witnesses, Fence Riding, Following God, Gift Of Salvation, Gamaliel, Herod Agrippa, Holy Spirit, Humility, Hypocrisy, Integrity Of Faith, Living In Jesus, Living Witness, Salvation, Satan, Servanthood, Servant Heart, Servant Attitude, Soul Winning, Simon Magus, Slave Girl, Rightside Up, Revival, Reading God's Word, Preaching The Gospel, Prayer, Power Of Prayer, Peter & Cornelius, Philip, Philippian Jailer, Opposition To Christ, Opposition, Pastoral Leadership, Perseverance, Paul's Conversion, Paul In Athens, Paul In Corinth, Paul In Ephesus, Paul In Thessalonica, Paul And Barnabas, Paul And Silas, Obedience, Obedient Service, Move Barriers, Macedonian Call, Majesty, Martyrdom Of Stephen, Missions, Stephen, Spread Of The Gospel, Spiritual Warfare, Strongholds, Strongholds Of Hell (view more) (view less)
Sermons in Series: 9
Scripture: Genesis 38:6-10, Leviticus 10:1-3, 2 Samuel 6:5-11, 1 Samuel 25:36-38, 1 Kings 13:1-33, 1 Chronicles 10:13-14, Acts 5:1-10, Acts 12:20-24, Numbers 16:1-35 (view more) (view less)
Tags: Worship, Wisdom, Deceit, Discipleship, Divine Judgement, Arrogance, Family And Faith, Family, God's Holiness, God's Glory, Holiness Of God, Holy Spirit Baptism, Holy Spirit, Judgement, Leadership, Obedience To God, Obedience, Order In Creation, Pride, Rebellion, Rebels (view more) (view less)
Tags: How Prayer Works, Prayer, Prayerlessness
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