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  • First In Line

    Contributed by Curt Cizek on Nov 17, 2008
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,824 views

    A short graveside message.

    -Our culture is fascinated with the afterlife. They can’t get enough of it. -Hollywood makes movie after movie about it. -Authors write books about it. -The national enquirer writes “news” stories about it. -One of the big news magazines like Time or Newsweek will have a story related to it just ...read more

  • Thanksgiving

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Nov 21, 2008
    based on 46 ratings
     | 42,492 views

    I have three simple thoughts about thanksgiving. 1- We have it so good 2- We enjoy it so much 3- We express it so little

    INTRO.- ILL.- One man wrote, “The day before Christmas became a thanksgiving day for my family. The station wagon was packed with kids and travel stuff for the 400-mile trip to Grandma’s. As is our custom, before leaving we asked God to protect us on the road. He did, but in an unusual way. ...read more

  • A Thankful Heart In An Unthankful World Series

    Contributed by Scott Chambers on Nov 24, 2008
    based on 8 ratings
     | 20,919 views

    this message examines how to remain thankful despite living in a culture that feels its entitled to what it has.

    How many of you would agree that we live in a thankless society? The majority of our culture lives with an attitude of entitlement. We feel we are entitled to better pay, better benefits and more stuff. We feel if we cannot afford it, the government should pick up the check. We have basically ...read more

  • The Place Of Thanksgiving

    Contributed by Duane Smith on Nov 25, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,281 views

    The message is intended to help us gain a thankful heart and express it to God in everyplace we might find ourselves.

    THE PLACE OF THANKSGIVING 1 Thessalonians 5:18 INTRODUCTION: A. Thanksgiving Day is a distinctive holiday. It doesn’t commemorate a battle or anyone’s birthday or anniversary. It is simply a day set aside to express our nation’s thanks to our nation’s God. 1. In 1789, George Washington made ...read more

  • Promises For A Believer

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Dec 2, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,602 views

    And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened ... And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire. [Revelation 20: 12-15] Is your name written in the ’Lambs Book of Life?’ Let us find out?

    Message ~ Funeral for Kenneth Jensen [December 1, 2008] Promises for a Believer Illustration: Ben Johnson easily outran Carl Lewis in the 100 meter dash. I will never forget Johnson’s look of triumphant disdain and Lewis’s look of amazement as they crossed the finish line. Johnson’s victory was ...read more

  • Thanksgiving Or Thankskeeping

    Contributed by David Welch on Dec 2, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,918 views

    Thanksgiving Message

    Thanksgiving or Thankskeeping Gratefulness and thanksgiving stem from a clear focus on the goodness of God. Without a fundamental focus on the goodness of God, there can be no consistent meaningful gratitude in the heart of man or thankfulness from the mouth of man. The appreciation ...read more

  • Abounding Love

    Contributed by Danny Presswood on Jan 26, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 10,374 views

    The Christmas Season is a time for "Abounding Love."

    Well folks, it has officially begun. The Christmas Rush! Like a row of hulking linemen on a professional football team, the season is down and set, poised to plow over us with all its demands, distractions, details, dilemmas, delights and duties. For merchants, it’s a "make-or-break" time of ...read more

  • Real Hope Series

    Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Jan 30, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,002 views

    We have REAL hope in Jesus!

    INTRODUCTION • SLIDE #1 • Death is a time we do not like to face. • We have many people here today that have lost loved ones to death. When death comes, it seems like our hopes and dreams for the future are crushed. Some have lost loved ones at an early age, some after many, many years ...read more

  • Love People, Use Things

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jan 31, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,834 views

    Thanksgiving Eve sermon 1989: We have a hard time giving up our attachment to things material. We do need to feel, however, that what we use makes a difference for someone -- a way to love them.

    When we read that the city of Washington is going to get everybody out of an infamous homeless shelter by Christmas, because that shelter is no longer fit for human habitation, we have a variety of reactions. Some react at the thought that we still have not come very far at settling the issue of ...read more

  • How Good Is Good Enough

    Contributed by Terry Cavanaugh on Jan 31, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,816 views

    This message looks at what Paul considered important for the Christian Life.

    This morning we continue our study of 1 Thessalonians. If you have your Bible, open them with me to 1 Thessalonians 4:1-12. Many of you here today remember the Sunday before Christmas. You invited Ginny and I to the front of the church and gave us a wonderful gift, first Ginny, Eddie and I want ...read more

  • Clean Hands, Pure Hearts Series

    Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Feb 3, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 8,329 views

    Sexual purity is a necessary part of life in Jesus for several important reasons

    A little boy ran into the living room where his father and mother were reading. “Dad, where did I come from?” Mom cleared her throat, and excused herself from the room. The dad braced himself, searching his mind for the answer he‘d long been preparing for this question that they knew they would ...read more

  • The Ideal Servant Series

    Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Feb 4, 2009
    based on 70 ratings
     | 14,523 views

    Spiritual power, perseverance, purpose, and parenting made Paul the ideal servant to those he was leading. And we are all called to be servants. Link inc. to formatted text and PowerPoint.

    The Ideal Servant I Thessalonians 2:1-12 http://gbcdecatur.org/sermons/IdealServant.html Being a servant is a calling. And you have that call. Preachers are called, but you are called as well. Preachers go ‘calling’. Once a minister went to call on one of the elderly widows of the church. ...read more

  • The Ideal Discipleship Series

    Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Feb 11, 2009
    based on 59 ratings
     | 9,793 views

    Win ’em, wet ’em, & wean ’em. That last step is the big one of discipleship - "Teaching them to observe all things..." Often forsaken, but so important! Link inc. to formatted text, audio, PowerPoint.

    The Ideal Discipleship I Thessalonians 3 http://gbcdecatur.org/sermons/IdealDiscipleship.html Chapter 2 had a nursing mother, and a teaching father doing spiritual parenting of these new believers. It leads perfectly into this chapter about grounding new believers. v. 2 “to establish you” v. ...read more

  • How We Help Each Other Grow Series

    Contributed by Matthew Stoll on Feb 12, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 9,162 views

    Adapted Rick Warren sermon for 40 Days of Community on working together to grow spiritually.

    We are in the fourth week in our 40 Days of Community, we have been focusing on God’s #1 reason for placing us here on earth. What on earth are we here for? To love God and to love each other. Unfortunately, we don’t naturally do this. We don’t naturally love God or other people all the time. ...read more

  • Pack Your Bags (Pp) Series

    Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Feb 12, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,949 views

    Pack your bags, be ready for His return!

    INTRODUCTION • SLIDE #1 • Have you ever had a dream trip that finally was going to be a reality for you? Maybe you wanted to take that take a trip to Europe, or Disney World? • For me the first dream trip for me was going to be a trip to Busch Stadium to watch the Cardinals play. • I was in 5th ...read more