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The Fresh Ember Among The Dying Ashes

Contributed by Mary Erickson on Mar 3, 2022

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A sermon for Ash Wednesday, Year C

March 2, 2022 Ash Wednesday Rev. Mary Erickson Hope Lutheran Church Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 The Fresh Ember among the Dying Ashes Friends, may grace and peace be yours in abundance in the knowledge of God and Christ Jesus our Lord. Well, here we are again! Today we enter into a new season of Lent. ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:1-21

Denomination: Lutheran

Forty Days That Changed A Life 5.

Contributed by Melvin Shelton on Jun 25, 2005

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The principle in this is that God is the God of a second chance. God had every right to leave Jonah in the belly of that fish. But isn’t it wonderful God is the God of a second chance?

Forty days that changed a life 5. Jonah 3:1-10 06/26/05 We are continuing our study of forty days that changed a life. This time, we want to look at forty days that changed an entire city. This story comes from the book of Jonah and in the life of Jonah. Again as the rest of the stories we have ...read more

Scripture: Jonah 3:1-10

Denomination: Baptist

Test The Spirits, Whether They Be From God Or Not.

Contributed by Arthur Potter on Dec 30, 2000

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Let me ask you a question. How many people do you think stay home now, that used to enjoy a rich, full, spiritual life with God. And why do you think they stay home?

Look around you this morning, tell me what do you see? Let me ask you a question. How many people do you think stay home now, that used to enjoy a rich, full, spiritual life with God. And why do you think they stay home? The only explanation is that they did not as we studied, “Test the ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 4:1-2

Denomination: *other

Waiting On The Lord

Contributed by James Powell on Dec 30, 2006

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Wait upon the Lord

ILLUSTRATION: An airliner making its way from New York to San Francisco. One of the engines caught fire. The captain came on the speaker system, calmly reassuring his passengers that the fire would soon be out. Besides, the plane could fly as well with three engines as with four. Unfortunately, a ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 40:27-31

Denomination: Holiness

Coming Out Of The Wilderness

Contributed by Mike Hullah on Apr 22, 2013

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This sermon talks about transitions. When God saved Israel and led them into the wilderness it was to transition them, or prepare them for the next step in their journey with God. This sermon has many seeds on lessons to be learnt to position ourselves to

COMING OUT OF THE WILDERNESS Deuteronomy 32:10 “He found him in a desert land And in the wasteland, a howling wilderness; He encircled him, He instructed him, He kept him as the apple of His eye. Desert = “to speak” Location, Vocation and Education. Deuteronomy 8:2,3 “And ...read more

Scripture: Deuteronomy 32:10

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Eighty Miles To Christmas

Contributed by Bruce Lee on Dec 9, 2012

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A different spin on meaning of Christmas and the lessons learned on the road from Nazareth to Bethlehem.

“Eighty Miles To Christmas” "And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. And ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:1-4

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

God's Radiance On People Series

Contributed by Paul Clemente on Jan 7, 2019

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God reveals Himself through people in many ways!

Please open your Bibles to Exodus 34 as we continue to worship our Lord by listening to what He told Moses to write down for all people to learn from, including us today! Again, the Book of Exodus is about the Israelites of old learning from God as they lived their lives away from slavery in ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 34:27-35

Denomination: Independent/Bible

God's Battle Plan

Contributed by James May on Feb 22, 2004

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God told Joshua that he was standing on Holy Ground and would have to take off his shoes as a sign that he had surrendered his will to God’s will. That’s how we are going to be over comers too.

GOD’S BATTLE PLAN Joshua 5:13-15 During World War II the United States and Great Britain achieved a great deal of success in cryptography. The German army and the Luftwaffe were wreaking havoc on allied forces and nations in Europe while the Japanese were doing the same thing in the Pacific. ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 5:13-15, Zechariah 4:6

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Prayer Trends In The Last Decade

Contributed by Jerry Falwell on Apr 12, 2002

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During the last ten years, several new expressions of prayer have evolved in the Body of Christ.

PRAYER TRENDS IN THE LAST DECADE By Jerry Falwell During the last ten years, several new expressions of prayer evolved in the Body of Christ. Notice that I said “Expressions of Prayer.” This meant that Christians have learned different ways to pray more effectively. Technically, we cannot ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 13:14-17, Joshua 6:3-5

Denomination: Baptist

Un-Finished Tasks With Promise.

Contributed by Darrell Vaughn on Nov 6, 2010

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The recognition of the high call Jesus placed upon our lives and the equipping of the body to carry out these specifics with a promise from our Lord.

“Father, I am your servant, willing and desiring to be used to bless your people.” The Fields are white and the laborers are few! 2. C.H. Spurgeon said, “If God does not save a man by truth he certainly will not save them by lies, and if the old ...read more

Scripture: Acts 1:6-11

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Controversial Savior Series

Contributed by Sterling Franklin on Nov 6, 2010

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Jesus refreshes, outflows, and brings transformation -- will we follow Him as Prophet, Messiah, or just a man from Galilee?

Text: John 7:37-44 (NKJV) 37 On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, "If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. 38 "He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water." 39 But this He spoke concerning ...read more

Scripture: John 7:37-44

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Not By Bread Alone

Contributed by Mark A. Barber on Feb 25, 2020

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Let us always be thankful for God's grace in Jesus Christ.

Not by Bread Alone Matthew 4:1-11 We have now come to the Christian season of Lent, which is a forty-day reflection upon one’s life and its relation to Jesus Christ. It is to be observed as a time of fasting and prayer. The 40 days reflects the 40 days that Jesus was tempted in the wilderness and ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 4:1-11, 1 Peter 5:7

Denomination: Independent/Bible

The Lenten Get Up

Contributed by Kenneth Roberts on May 23, 2001

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It takes work to give up something for Lent, but before you can give up anything for God, first you have to get up and decide to go to work for Him. Before you can do the Lenten "give-up", you have to get up!

Welcome to the first Sunday of Lent that season of the church year where people who attended church were once traditionally asked to give something up for the season. What have you given up for Lent lately? Often the idea of a making a personal sacrifice for God falls on deaf ears. What does God ...read more

Scripture: Deuteronomy 26:1-11, Luke 4:1-13

Denomination: Lutheran

The Purpose Of Our Trials

Contributed by Vincent Oliver on Apr 30, 2007

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The lessons of Israel’s forty-year period of testing in the wilderness can serve to define and explain the trials and tests during our spiritual journey.

“The Purpose of Our Trials” Pastor V. P. Oliver Deuteronomy 8:2 (1-6) "And you shall remember that the LORD your God led you all the way these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you and test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not.” Because of ...read more

Scripture: Deuteronomy 8:2-6

Denomination: Baptist

Empowered By Grace

Contributed by Sesan Banjo on Jul 1, 2011

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How to enjoy grace unlimited in all areas of life

EMPOWERED BY GRACE BY PASTOR SESAN BANJO LUKE 2:40,52 And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him…. And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man. Success and victory in life is not entirely a dint of ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:40-52

Denomination: Pentecostal

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