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  • Karl Eckhoff avatar

    Don't Shrink Back

    Contributed by Karl Eckhoff on Sep 19, 2002
    based on 40 ratings
     | 6,374 views

    Like God’s people to whom Isaiah spoke in Ch. 55, we can grow to think our circumstances are insurmountable. We can suffer a crisis of faith. Isaiah reassures God’s people of every age that there’s no reason to shrink back from carrying out the work and

    Pentecost 18 A Isaiah 55:6-9 Don’t Shrink Back 09/22/02 Professor William Muehl once visited a fine ancestral home in Virginia. He followed the aged owner, the last of a distinguished colonial family, as she proudly showed him through her home. An ancient rifle above the fireplace intrigued him, ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    The Neccessity Of Stewardship Series

    Contributed by Jonathan Busch on Nov 6, 2002
    based on 64 ratings
     | 6,163 views

    Part 3 of 4. We have leaned well how to Lean Against God. But we hestitate to Lean on Him. -The necessity of us to be stewards of what God has blessed us with is that we understand “who butters our bread” so to speak.

    Stewardship: Learning to Lean -Part 3 The Neccessity of Stewardship Intro: Illus: A little child in church for the first time watched as the ushers passed the offering plates.When they neared the pew where he sat, the youngster piped up so that everyone could hear: "Don’t pay for me Daddy. I’m ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Is It Flooding In Your Life?

    Contributed by Mitchell Skelton on Nov 16, 2002
    based on 25 ratings
     | 7,554 views

    Are there problems in your life? How do we overcome obstacles that seem so overwhelming? Look at the example of Joshua and the Israelites as they cross over a flooded Jordan River to accept their inheritance. When it floods in your life Harvest may onl

    Is it Flooding in Your Life? Joshua 3 INTRODUCTION The only survivor of a shipwreck was washed up on a small, deserted island. He prayed for God to rescue him, and every day scanned the horizon to see if help was on the way. He eventually managed to build a little hut out of driftwood to ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Healing On The Sabbath

    Contributed by Sol Madlambayan on Nov 30, 2002
    based on 44 ratings
     | 10,905 views

    Jesus Christ the Great healer.

    HOLY SPIRIT BLESS US Luke 6: 6- 11 HEALING ON THE SABBATH 6 Now it happened on another Sabbath, also, that He entered the synagogue and taught. And a man was there whose right hand was withered. 7So the scribes and Pharisees watched Him closely, whether He would heal on the Sabbath, that they ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Paul Fritz avatar

    Godly Criteria For Selecting A Mate

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 7, 2001
    based on 14 ratings
     | 6,138 views

    God uses Godly criteria for selecting our companions

    Unit 9 – Family Lesson 21 – A Wife for Isaac – Genesis 24 For The Teachers’ Preparation 1. Aim: To lead the people to understand how God uses godly characteristics as criteria for selecting those He will greatly use. 2. Explanation of the Aim: The Lord used Abraham’s servant, Eliezer, to help ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • John Knight avatar

    A New Teaching

    Contributed by John Knight on Jul 15, 2002
    based on 19 ratings
     | 3,890 views

    Christ comes with teaching authority and calls for holiness.

    A New Teaching Mark 1:21-28; Luke 4:31-37 Boiling a frog by slowly turning up the heat Reality Check #1: There Is A Pervasiveness About Life From the Latin word pervado, which means "to penetrate" Matthew 16:6 "Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees." (New Living ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

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    Muddy Waters

    Contributed by John Beehler on Mar 27, 2003
    based on 74 ratings
     | 6,846 views

    Can we "see Jesus"?

    Muddy Waters Now there are a lot of things going on in our scripture for today. And it may seem that some of those things don’t go together. We’ve got Greeks wanting an audience with Jesus, Jesus talking about gardening, His death, the weather, and God talking to ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Proper Diet

    Contributed by Paul Apple on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 155 ratings
     | 8,933 views

    PROPER DIET -- Feeding On the Living and Abiding Word of God Enables Us To Grow In Aggressively Loving Others (2:1-3) GOD’S FORMULA FOR BABY BOOMERS INTRODUCTION Spiritual Growth is very simple: Requires the Proper Exercise and the Proper Diet -- just like Physical Growth 4 Pictures: 1

    PROPER DIET -- Feeding On the Living and Abiding Word of God Enables Us To Grow In Aggressively Loving Others (2:1-3) GOD’S FORMULA FOR BABY BOOMERS INTRODUCTION Spiritual Growth is very simple: Requires the Proper Exercise and the Proper Diet -- just like Physical Growth 4 Pictures: 1) Mr. ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Balancing Instructions To Husbands

    Contributed by Paul Apple on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 65 ratings
     | 5,649 views

    THE WIFE'S PRIVILEGED STATUS ENTITLES HER TO SPECIAL CONSIDERATION FROM HER HUSBAND INTRODUCTION: There are all sorts of Entitlement Programs in the United States today.

    THE WIFE'S PRIVILEGED STATUS ENTITLES HER TO SPECIAL CONSIDERATION FROM HER HUSBAND INTRODUCTION: There are all sorts of Entitlement Programs in the United States today. Most of them Welfare programs based on meeting certain criteria - people are entitled to receive certain benefits. We are ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    How Can I Raise A "Normal" Child In A World That Is Out Of Control?

    Contributed by James Wilson on Nov 23, 2000
    based on 214 ratings
     | 7,850 views

    Biblical parenting principals will help to raise a healthy child.

    How can I raise a "normal" child in a world that is out of control? Proverbs 22:6 School shootings, sexual experimentation, drugs, gangs, cable television, poor academic standards . . . times have changed. What's a parent to do? How can we raise a "normal" child in a world that is spinning out of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Mary Lewis avatar

    God's Day Off Series

    Contributed by Mary Lewis on Aug 3, 2003
    based on 119 ratings
     | 10,037 views

    Fourth Commandment, Part 2: The Value of Sabbath in a Fast-Paced Society

    God’s Day Off Introduction – Busy, Busy, Busy Tattoo Syndrome A Tacoma, Washington, newspaper carried a story about a basset hound named, “Tattoo.” One evening, Tattoo’s owner accidentally shut the dog’s leash in the car door and took off for a drive with Tattoo still attached to it. Tattoo didn’t ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Scott Bresee avatar

    The Searching Of The Lord

    Contributed by Scott Bresee on Sep 16, 2003
    based on 95 ratings
     | 24,269 views

    The Scriptures tell us that the eyes of the Almighty are searching for a certain people to strengthen and demonstrate His might.

    The Searching of the Lord Text: II Chronicles 16:9 “For the eyes of the Lord move to and fro throughout the earth that He may strongly support those whose heart is completely His…” In this passage, we find a prophet named Hanani speaking a word of rebuke from the Lord to King Asa. Instead of ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Dean Morgan avatar

    What Every Church Should Be

    Contributed by Dean Morgan on Sep 8, 2004
    based on 21 ratings
     | 4,676 views

    some churches are closer to the NT ideal than others. The church at Thessalonica was in that category.

    TEXT: 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 TITLE: WHAT EVERY CHURCH SHOULD BE No doubt you have heard people say, “If you ever find the perfect church, please don’t join it. If you do, it won’t be perfect any more!” Since local churches are made up of human beings, saved by God’s grace, no church is perfect. ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Dean Lucas avatar

    We Must Hear The Voice Of God

    Contributed by Dean Lucas on Jan 8, 2004
    based on 11 ratings
     | 5,883 views

    A Sermon for the beggining of the year but can be use any time about the importance of hear Gods voice in all ares of our lives

    We must hear the voice of God Victory AM 1/3/2004 John 10:1-5 At this time of the year you may be expecting the usual sermon about the vision of the church or the future and what lays a head. You may have been looking forward to revisiting purpose statements or even looking at mission statements ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Paul Fritz avatar

    Evaluate Your Progress

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Feb 15, 2004
    based on 47 ratings
     | 9,486 views

    Knowing with all certainty that it is from the Lord and not men that you will receive the inheritance which is your real reward. The One whom you are actually serving is the Lord Jesus Christ. Failure to evaluate on a regular basis leads to a lack of cert

    Evaluate Your Progress - Col 3:22-24 "Servants, obey in everything those who are your earthly masters, not only when their eyes are on you as pleasers of men, but in simplicity of purpose (with all your heart) because of your reverence for the Lord and as a sincere expression of your devotion to ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational