Sermon Central
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When God Changes Your Name
Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Jan 2, 2008 (message contributor)
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1. Where Jesus Builds His Church
Contributed on Jan 2, 2008
The very foundation of the Church, and of a relationship with Jesus begins with the fact that Jesus is indeed the son of God, the King, the Christ.
Some peoples’ surnames come from a vocation once held by their family – names like Smith, Porter, Baker, Carpenter. You can figure those out. There are some even more interesting names of real people where their name really fit their vocation…only maybe not on purpose. I want your help this ...read more
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2. Your Married Name
Contributed on Jan 2, 2008
Considering the names Beulah and Hephzibah to understand what it means and how desireable it is to be in a righ relationship with God.
Happy Watangi Day! For those of you who don’t know, that was this past week. Watangi Day is a New Zealand holiday. If you would like to learn more about it, ask the Hintens, they used to live there. I think I know why they left there now… There’s a hill in New Zealand called: ...read more
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3. Wrestling With The Father…and Winning!
Contributed on Jan 2, 2008
God desires for us to wrestle with Him in order to shape us into the people He wants us to become
I don’t have some clever fact or story or joke to start this sermon. Nothing can top the text itself: Genesis 32:22-32 That night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two maidservants and his eleven sons and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. After he had sent them across the stream, he sent ...read more
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4. God Keeps His Promises
Contributed on Jan 2, 2008
An examination of the way that God keeps His promises.
Your name is important, isn’t it? I know it is, because I have a name, and I know how much it means to me. I also know because about the time I mess up a name or forget a name, I hear about it! Names, especially of people, have always been important to us. A Mr. Simpkin of Phoenix, AZ, gets ...read more
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5. Changed On The Road To Destruction
Contributed on Jan 2, 2008
I want my audience to be amazed at the way God transformed the life of Paul and to look for that in the people around them and themselves
You won’t be hearing about it on AP reports, or the network or cable news – not even on FOX. We just don’t get many reports about what it’s like to be a Christian in the Mid-East, surrounded by people who aren’t. And while we hear about Muslim leaders and their zeal and hatred against the West, I ...read more