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  • MELVIN NEWLAND avatar

    For What Should We Pray? Series

    Contributed by Melvin Newland on Jan 5, 2001
    based on 170 ratings
     | 15,395 views

    The natural response when we see someone who is sick, or going through tough times, or marital difficulty, or financial reversals, is to say, "We’re praying for you." But for what should we pray?

    MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK ILL. In Tony Campolo’s book, "The Kingdom of God Is a Party," he tells of an event that took place when he visited Hawaii on a speaking tour. If you’ve ever flown to the Hawaiian Islands you know that the first ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Joe Bedy avatar

    Give Thanks With A Grateful Heart

    Contributed by Joe Bedy on Nov 19, 2001
    based on 51 ratings
     | 7,852 views

    The Christian must learn to be grateful and content in all things, because of the enormous benefit they have received in Christ.

    Central Christian Church St Petersburg, FL Thanksgiving Service Wednesday Night November 21 2001 Tonight’s theme is "Give Thanks with a Grateful Heart" According to my Funk and Wagnall’s College standard Dictionary grateful is defined as having a due sense of benefits received; thankful. For ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Kenneth Reed avatar

    Insufficient Funds

    Contributed by Kenneth Reed on Aug 9, 2001
    based on 84 ratings
     | 19,205 views

    Jesus paid the price for your sins.

    America has become a nation of debtors. Our government’s national budget deficit is approximately five trillion dollars. Credit card offers flood the mail boxes and television screens of the American people. Most people find it impossible to own a house or a car without taking out a loan. ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Robert Travis avatar

    The Thorn

    Contributed by Robert Travis on Aug 18, 2001
    based on 64 ratings
     | 6,733 views

    God can deliver you from the pain you are feeling.

    THE THORN And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. And he ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Charles Gilbert avatar

    Christian Maturity: Dependence Or Independence

    Contributed by Charles Gilbert on Aug 29, 2001
    based on 91 ratings
     | 8,636 views

    A sermon asking the question about Christian maturity, is it becoming more dependent on oneself or on Jesus.

    Christian Maturity: Dependence or Independence II Corinthians 12:9-10 We have a perception of maturity that as one becomes maturer and as one becomes greater in power that he becomes more dependent upon self or becomes independent. We get this perception when we consider children, as they grow ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

  • Lynn Loe avatar

    When There's Nothing Left

    Contributed by Lynn Loe on Sep 12, 2001
    based on 18 ratings
     | 8,475 views

    What do we do when there seems to be no alternative to the dire circumstances we find ourselves in.

    When There’s Nothing Left 2 Cor 12:7-10 7 And because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, for this reason, to keep me from exalting myself, there was given me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to buffet me— to keep me from exalting myself! 8 Concerning this I entreated the ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • John Covell avatar

    Where Is God?

    Contributed by John Covell on Oct 17, 2001
    based on 44 ratings
     | 5,635 views

    God says we need him and, even though we might not often think of it in these terms, we wish we didn’t need God. We don’t want to need God.

    A few weeks ago, I was given a list of 75 questions asked by our elementary kids about God. One of them was, “Where is God?” A few astronauts have said that there must not be a God because they’ve been out in space, and they didn’t see him there. Some say God’s in the earth, he’s in the rocks, he’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • TJ Tipton avatar

    The Mole (New Age)

    Contributed by Tj Tipton on Mar 28, 2001
    based on 135 ratings
     | 7,255 views

    This sermon is about the New Age movement creeping into the mainline denomoninational Churches

    A little girl was talking to her teacher about whales. The teacher said it was physically impossible for a whale to swallow a human because even though they were a very large mammal their throat was very small. The little girl stated that Jonah was swallowed by a whale. The teacher reiterated ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Dr. Stanley Vasu avatar

    Jesus - The All Sufficient One

    Contributed by Dr. Stanley Vasu on Jun 22, 2001
    based on 34 ratings
     | 7,240 views

    This sermon is about the sufficiency of Jesus Christ to meet the various needs in the life of a beleiver

    JESUS - THE ALL SUFFICIENT ONE OUTLINE 1.SALVATION 2.SUPPLY 3.SUFFICIENCY 4.SECURITY 5.SOLICITOR 6.SANCTIFICATION 7.STRENGTH THE MESSAGE JESUS - THE ALL SUFFICIENT ONE 1.SALVATION Hebrews 7;25 Jesus is the source of our salvation.He is the great Saviour who can save till the ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Davon Huss avatar

    Can You Tell Me Your Weaknesses?

    Contributed by Davon Huss on May 23, 2006
    based on 68 ratings
     | 28,337 views

    A sermon on 2 Corinthians 12:1-10 focusing on Paul’s thorn in the flesh. (Material taken from Sermon Central Contributors and especially C. Bouwman)

    Sermon for 5/21/2006 Can You Tell Me Your Weaknesses? 2 Corinthians 12:1-10 Introduction: Tell the story about how interviewing a prospective campus minister: Elaborate on your strengths was my first question. My second question was, Elaborate on your weaknesses. Guess what, he wisely refused ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Martin Kim avatar

    Jesus Needs Messed Up People

    Contributed by Martin Kim on Nov 1, 2004
    based on 19 ratings
     | 14,236 views

    No matter what kind of problems you may have, God can use you if you are willing to put your life in His hands.

    Jesus needs messed up people This morning I want to begin with a little Korean history. Korea was occupied by the Japanese for 30 some years beginning in the early 1900¡¯s The Japanese wanted to make the Korean peninsula their own. They had to do this in order to move on and annex China. During ...read more

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    Denomination: Adventist

  • Jim Kane avatar

    God's Speed Bumps

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Sep 4, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,503 views

    The final sermon in the summer 2006 Series, “Being God’s People by Serving, Obeying, and Giving.”

    The summer before my senior year in high school I had one of those spiritual experiences that is hard to explain because it was only God and me in my bedroom one warm August evening. It is the kind of experience that made at least one of my parents, when all was said and done, scratch their head ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

  • Antonio Torrence avatar

    Family, Love, And Grace Series

    Contributed by Antonio Torrence on Sep 15, 2006
    based on 20 ratings
     | 11,570 views

    To truly accept God’s love, we must learn to love ourselves as well as others.

    Family, Love, and Grace 2 Corinthians 12:1-10 I. On the surface Madea’s Family Reunion is comedy about family and love. For families to survive love is necessary and crucial. It may be a cliché but what the world needs now is love. What the family needs now is love. What the church needs now is ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Clint Shrum avatar

    Jesus If You Love Me, Then Why Do I Hurt?

    Contributed by Clint Shrum on Jan 14, 2007
    based on 54 ratings
     | 5,704 views

    Understanding why bad things happen to good people

    JESUS IF YOU LOVE ME, THEN WHY DO I HURT? II Corinthians 1:1-7, Corinthians II 11:23-30 Intro: The apostle Paul is the writer of the Corinthian books. As far as I am concerned He is the greatest convert that has ever lived but even in his life we find him suffering. In II Corinthians 11 we find ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Terry Detwiler avatar

    Dealing With The Thorns In Our Life

    Contributed by Terry Detwiler on Jan 26, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 12,346 views

    Paul says in 2 Corinthians 12:7 that he was given a thorn in his flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment him. What is it that torments him? What is this thorn in his flesh?

    Key Text: 2 Corinthians 12:7 2 Corinthians 12:7 (NIV) 7 To keep me from becoming conceited because of these surpassingly great revelations, there was given me a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. 2 Corinthians 12:7 (KJV) 7 And lest I should be exalted above measure ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal