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  • Edward Hardee avatar

    Importance Our Testimony Series

    Contributed by Edward Hardee on Feb 17, 2013
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    Message about the important of our testimony. Also how the Lord can use it to bring others to Christ.

    Title: Our Testimony Theme: Showing the importance of our testimony. Text: Acts 16:35-40 Acts 16:35-40 And when it was day, the magistrates sent the officers, saying, "Let those men go." (36) So the keeper of the prison reported these words to Paul, saying, "The magistrates have sent to let you ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    Prison Of Praise

    Contributed by Allan Kircher on Feb 19, 2013
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    The problem with their story was nothing they said of Paul and Silas was the truth.

    Pastor Allan Kircher Shell Point Baptist Church Acts 16:16-26 THE PRISON OF PRAISE Intro: Having lost in a fire virtually everything they owned, the Spafford family made new plans, including a move from Chicago to France. Horatio Spafford planned the trip for his wife and four daughters to be as ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • James Lowe avatar

    God Will Shake Your Jailhouse

    Contributed by James Lowe on Feb 22, 2013
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    A sermon abput victory in spite of the circumstances

    God will Shake your Jailhouse Acts 16:19-26 19. And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the marketplace unto the rulers, 20. And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Sound - Pt. 2 - Sound Seep Series

    Contributed by Steve Ely on Jan 13, 2013
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     | 9,013 views

    We underestimate its power. It can change the outcome and the atmosphere. It can determine victory. What sound is your life producing?

    Sound Pt. 2 – Sound Seep As you will remember we began this series last week by talking about Sound Doctrine. We said that sound is powerful. Genesis teaches us from moment one that sound isn't just for communication but has power in it. Sound sets atmosphere and mood. I stated that our ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • RICHARD A. BRADLEY avatar

    So, You Had A Bad Day?

    Contributed by Richard A. Bradley on May 3, 2012
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    We all have had bad days; even believers. How we react to those bad days testify to the depth of our spiritual maturity.

    “SO, YOU HAD A BAD DAY” Acts 16:16-25 16 Now it happened, as we went to prayer, that a certain slave girl possessed with a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much profit by fortune-telling. 17 This girl followed Paul and us, and cried out, saying, "These men are the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Impact Of Life's Earthquakes

    Contributed by Keith Crouch on Nov 11, 2011
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    A message about how life's earthquakes impact our lives and the lives around us.

    The Impact of Life’s Earthquakes Acts 16:16-34 I. Life’s Earthquakes Can Impact Our Worship (v. 22-25) A. Some will withdraw from worship as a result of life’s earthquakes - Withdraw due to shame - Withdraw due to bitterness - Withdraw due to hurts B. Some will praise the Lord ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    When God Opens Hearts, And Opposition Comes Series

    Contributed by Greg Nance on Nov 14, 2011
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    God directed Paul to Philippi to preach the gospel. Acts 16 reveals both the open hearted reception and the opposition he faced. We should expect the same when we share Christ today.

    When God opens hearts he comes into them to dwell. Acts 16 gives us the history of how the gospel was planted in Philippi, how God opened their hearts to hear and obey the good news of the gospel of Jesus Christ. This lesson continues our introduction to the letter of Philippians. Let's read ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Breaking Free From The Python Spirit

    Contributed by Mike Fogerson on Nov 15, 2011
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    How to break free from the Spirit of Python, which likes to squeeze the life out of you.Often times this spirit uses our past history (family, personal, professional) to bring us despair, death & destruction.

    A One of the dangers of spiritual warfare is giving the enemy access back into your life. 1 The Old Testament refers to this as “chords of wickedness.” a The chords wrap themselves around the wicked like a snake. b Ps. 129.4-5; Proverbs 5.22-23 2 In Acts 16, we learn of a young woman ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Witnessing To Your Enemy Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Oct 28, 2012
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     | 42,888 views

    How could you possibly witness to someone who’s hurt you? Someone who has gone out of their way to make you miserable? Paul and Silas did it. Can you do it too?

    OPEN: In the 1870s, in the Old West, a town called Truckee, California decided to build a jail. This wasn’t just any old jail - this was wonder to behold. The walls were 32 inches thick at the lower level and there were no windows unless one counted the small vents for each cell. The ceilings were ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Who Are You Fighting Series

    Contributed by Ken Ritz on Mar 1, 2016
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    Part 3 of the series Superatural, addresses the topic of demons.

    Who Are You Fighting? Supernatural, Part 3 We’re in part 3 of our series on the Supernatural. The first week we did a broad overview of spiritual warfare, and what that means for us today, Last week we looked at the Holy Spirit, Who is the Holy Spirit, How can we be filled with the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    "Bearing Testimony In Troubled Times"

    Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Jul 3, 2017
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    God wants to use our tests to provide a testimony.

    It seems like everywhere you look today, there is someone who is predicting that troubled times are ahead. I've heard several who have claimed that our nation today is more divided than it has been since the days before the civil war. I'm not completely persuaded about that, but I do think our ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Douglas Phillips avatar

    Do You Want To Be Free

    Contributed by Douglas Phillips on Apr 24, 2017
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    ARE THERE BURDENS YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE FREE FROM? THERE ARE TIMES WHEN THE CARES OF OUR LIVES, THE RESPONSIBILITIES AND OBLIGATIONS SEEM TO BE BINDING FOR US. NOW I ASK, ARE THERE ANY BURDENS OR SITUATIONS THAT YOU DO NOT WANT TO BE FREE FROM?

    DO YOU WANT TO BE FREE ACTS 16:16-40 STARTING QUESTIONS: ARE THERE BURDENS YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE FREE FROM? WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE FREE FROM DEBT? I KNOW I WOULD! WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE FREE FROM RESPONSIBILITY? AT TIMES I KNOW I WOULD! WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE FREE FROM OBLIGATIONS LIKE GOING TO ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Power Of Worship

    Contributed by Melvin Maughmer, Jr. on Jun 1, 2012
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    Your breakthrough is in your worship. When Paul and Silas worshipped then their deliverance came.

    The Power of Worship By Pastor M.L. Maughmer, Jr. Acts 16:23-26 “And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely: (24) Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the ...read more

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    Denomination: Apostolic

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    Are You Saved?

    Contributed by Lalachan Abraham on Mar 3, 2017
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    Have you ever been asked if you are saved? A Roman jailer asked “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” (Acts 16:30)

    Everyone knows this is an important question-- How to be saved is the most important quest of any human life. This quest begins when a man or woman first realizes their true state before a holy God. The Apostle Paul and Silas had been carrying the Gospel to Europe. In Macedonia they went to ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    God Saves A Tormented Heart Series

    Contributed by Chuck Sligh on May 6, 2017
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     | 8,783 views

    The story of a demon-possessed girl’s salvation in Acts 16 cautions us about dabbling in the occult, exposes the real motives of the purveyors of evil and teaches us that true salvation is accompanied by life transformation.

    God Saves a Tormented Heart Series: Acts Chuck Sligh April 30, 2017 NOTE: A PowerPoint and ProPresenter 6 slide presentation is available for this sermon upon request at chucksligh@hotmail.com. Adapted from a sermon by Jerry Shirley on SermonCentral.com. TEXT: Please turn in your Bibles to Acts ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist