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The Nest Egg That Hatched

Contributed by Charles Salmon on Jul 1, 2005

based on 16 ratings

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The story of Ananias and Sapphira teaches a lesson on the righteousness of God’s people, the reality of God’s Presence, and the reassurance of God’s power.

The Nest Egg that Hatched Acts 5:1-11 INTRO.: My Grandmother kept chickens and she would put a plaster egg in the nests of her hens. She claimed it encouraged the hens to lay their eggs in the proper place. She also had an incubator, but she never put a nest egg in the incubator because she never ...read more

Scripture: Acts 5:1-11

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

From Lame Man To Leaping Man

Contributed by Billy Ricks on Jul 11, 2005

based on 9 ratings

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Too many of us today are have our focus set on our afflictions, problems worries, our attention must be directed to God as the lame mans was so that we can turn affliction into adoration with our attention on God.

Intro: I don’t know if you have ever heard of Charles Dickens classic Great Expectations. It is a story of an orphan boy named Pip. After a turn of events he is left a large sum of money by an unknown benefactor. He wants so terribly bad to become a gentleman and no longer be common. He has ...read more

Scripture: Acts 3:1-10

Denomination: Baptist

How Can We Be "In One Accord" As A Church?

Contributed by Jim Butcher on Jul 18, 2005

based on 37 ratings

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This message focuses on the places the Greek word "homothumadon" (meaning: "in one accord") is used in the book of Acts. What can we learn from their unity? This message points to 7 ways we can maintain our unity.

How can we maintain that unity? - I want to do more than diagnose the problem, I want to talk about what we can do to make sure it doesn’t happen to us. - I got to thinking about the unity that the early church enjoyed and how we can have that. - There is a Greek word - “homothumadon” - that ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:46

Denomination: Baptist

Should The Church Pray?

Contributed by Ralph Andrus on Jul 27, 2005

based on 34 ratings

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When the early church prayed it involved 3 things I ASKING II ANSWERING III. ACTING

Sun. Jan. 29/95 Acts 4:22-33 Should The Church Pray? ********************** Obituary of Mrs. Prayer Meeting "Mrs. Prayer Meeting died recently at the First Neglected Church, on Worldly Ave. Born many years ago in the midst of great revivals, she was a ...read more

Scripture: Acts 4:22-33

Denomination: Baptist

The Ananias & Sapphira Syndrome

Contributed by Ralph Andrus on Aug 1, 2005

based on 20 ratings

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Don’t hold back from God

Acts 5:1-16 The Ananias & Sapphira Syndrome - Howard Hughes having everything & having nothing - Believers can fall into the same trap - v. 1 Ananias means - “Jehovah has been gracious” Sapphira means “Beautiful” - Looks Good - Acts Good - v. 1 Acts 5:1 (KJV) But a certain man named ...read more

Scripture: Acts 5:1-16

Denomination: Baptist

Get Together Series

Contributed by Paul Decker on Sep 3, 2002

based on 224 ratings

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God’s people pray together.

GET TOGETHER Daniel 2:17-18 S: Praying with people Th: Live a Prayer Life (A Passion for His Presence) Pr: GOD’S PEOPLE PRAY TOGETHER. ?: Why? KW: Reasons TS: Using Daniel 2 as our basis, we will find three reasons why God’s people are to pray together. The _____ reason we should pray together ...read more

Scripture: Daniel 2:17-18, Acts 4:23-32

Denomination: Baptist

Prayerfully Encountering The Living God - Part 2 Series

Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Sep 6, 2002

based on 46 ratings

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Through the early chruch’s example we can learn how to encounter the presence of God in a fresh and powerful way. Are you hungry for an encounter with God?

Todd Coget a minister in Indiana tells a story of growing up on a pig farm. They raised about a thousand pigs a year; there would be two or three hundred little oinkers running around in one field. Long before the sun would rise each morning Todd would walk into the field to feed the pigs and ...read more

Scripture: Acts 4:23-31

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Prayerfully Encountering The Living God - Part 3 Series

Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Sep 6, 2002

based on 28 ratings

| 8,141 views

What happens to the church or an individual that encounters God’s presence? Just like 2+2 always equals 4, an encounter with God should bring CLEANSING + EMPOWERING = TRANSFORMATION.

Two young boys were out in a large field playing hide and seek. As the first boy leaned against a tree covering his eyes and counting to 100, the other boy ran across the field and climbed up into another tree to hide. Just then the first boy reached 100 and he yelled out, “ready or not here I ...read more

Scripture: Acts 4:31, Hebrews 12:25-29

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Creating An Updraft Series

Contributed by Jeff Strite on Sep 8, 2002

based on 74 ratings

| 9,103 views

There’s a right way and a wrong way to "do" church. The right way is the one that takes the most work.

A woman once told about her good friend and fellow parishioner who had just bought a house that was between the preacher’s house and that owned by the chairman of the deacons. I teased her a bit. "Now you must really walk the straight and narrow," I said. "On the contrary," she replied. "I ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:42-47

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

In Times Like These

Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Sep 9, 2002

based on 64 ratings

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We are faced with new realities and possibilitites which make us ask the question, "What do you do in times like these". The world got the only true answer in the promise fulfilled by a cross.

September 8, 2002 Profound events drive us to sometimes larger-than-life actions. Almost a year ago my wife’s cousin, John was at his downtown New York office on a bright September Tuesday morning. There was a buzz of excitement as someone announced that one of “the towers” had smoke coming ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:1-47

Denomination: United Methodist

The Gifts Series

Contributed by Troy Mason on Sep 9, 2002

based on 24 ratings

| 5,606 views

This series takes a look at the lives of Jesus’ disciples and how they changed the world. This week we look at the gifts Jesus gives to those He calls.

Be a World Changer II The Gifts Acts 3:1-10 Introduction: Today we continue with our look at some events from the lives of Jesus’ disciples and how they changed the world. Our focus last week was answering Jesus’ call for us to be saved and to minister for Him. (Discuss the importance of “getting ...read more

Scripture: Acts 3:1-10

Denomination: Baptist

The Indwelling Of The Holy Spirit

Contributed by Scott Coltrain on Sep 9, 2002

based on 75 ratings

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This is a basic overview of the doctrine of the Indwelling of the Holy Spirit within the Christian. We examine when, how, and why the Spirit dwells in the child of God.

When one obeys the Gospel of Jesus Christ, they receive the Holy Spirit. Paul asked the Galatian brethren (3:2): "This is the only thing I want to find out from you: did you receive the Spirit from the works of the Law, or by hearing with faith?" The Spirit was not received through their ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 6:19, Acts 2:38-39

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

What Makes A Great Church

Contributed by Ralph Juthman on Sep 12, 2002

based on 56 ratings

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Sermon on the qualities that make a dynamic church that people will want to be part of.

TITLE: What Makes a Great Church, part 1 TEXT: Acts 2:42 THEME: Church growth. Health, evangelise P.S. Rick Warren states, and I agree, that the key issue for churches in the 21st Century will be church health, not growth. Because when a congregation is healthy it will grow. INTRODUCTION: We all ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:42-47

Denomination: Pentecostal

A Time Of Refreshing-Praying For Revival

Contributed by Tim Byrd on Sep 19, 2002

based on 40 ratings

| 6,970 views

A message preparing our church for it’s first revival in 9 years

“A TIME OF REFRESHING- PRAYING FOR REVIVAL” Date: March 24, 2002 A.M. Service Place: Allendale Baptist Text: Acts 3:11-19 Introduction Over the next few weeks, I will be speaking and preparing us for our Spring Revival, which will be on April 28, 29 &30. But before I get too far ahead of myself, ...read more

Scripture: Acts 3:11-19

Denomination: Baptist

What Would Jesus Say To Osama Bin Laden? Series

Contributed by Timothy Smith on Sep 24, 2002

based on 44 ratings

| 4,046 views

What Would Jesus say to one who thinks taking human life is God’s Will?

“What Would Jesus Say To Osama bin Laden?” Acts 4:12, Ezekiel 33:11, Hebrews 8:12 INTRODUCTION: (Use Vs 1 & chorus of the hit song "Where Were You?”[When the world stopped turning] by Alan Jackson) Where were you? How many can remember where you were or what you were doing when you heard of ...read more

Scripture: Acts 4:12

Denomination: Christian Church

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