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  • Marian Diceanu avatar

    What A Family Background!! Series

    Contributed by Marian Diceanu on Jun 14, 2001
    based on 31 ratings
     | 6,208 views

    The message deals with the context in which Joseph grew up.

    Genesis 37 What a family background!! In Britain there are a couple of TV programs that are called this: One is called “holidays from hell” –explain-. The other is called “neighbors from hell”. I remember watching a program about a family that was described by their neighbors as a family from ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Esther

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Feb 19, 2002
    based on 64 ratings
     | 26,056 views

    God’s exiled remnant preserved.

    ESTHER Theme: God’s exiled remnant preserved. Key Verse: Esther 4:14 "For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to royal position for such a time ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Should?a, Could?a, Would?a

    Contributed by Jerry Flury on Mar 10, 2002
    based on 34 ratings
     | 6,076 views

    Things we should have, could have, would have done if we hadn’t and therefore we didn’t.

    Should?a, Could?a, Would?a 1 John 2:6, "He that saith he abides in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked." Luke 11:42 "But woe unto you, Pharisees! For ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Gathered But Not Scattered Series

    Contributed by John Hamby on Dec 11, 2000
    based on 124 ratings
     | 17,211 views

    The church is to gather for power but to scatter to proclaim the word.

    A STUDY OF THE BOOK OF ACTS Sermon # 15 GATHERED BUT NOT SCATTERED Acts 8:1-4 “In football they have a huddle, the goal of the huddle is to give you thirty seconds to call the play, that is why they give you a huddle.(At a professional football game there may be ) Sixty thousand people watching ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Are Your Really Wanting To Be Blessed?

    Contributed by Bob Briggs on Dec 14, 2000
    based on 81 ratings
     | 6,545 views

    What is the price of success, what does one have to pay to be blessed?

    If I were to ask how many of you would like to be successful, I would be surprised if there was one who would decline the opportunity and live life in failure. We all want to experience success in its varying degrees. Success comes at the end of a great struggle. Success is only success ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    How To Help Resolve Conflicts With The Reactionaries

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 18 ratings
     | 3,712 views

    Steps to Resolving Conflicts

    Resolving Conflicts is a Matter of Perspective, Attitude and Replacing evil With the Good of God’s Acceptance. Rom. 15:7 Illustration:In the spring of 1894, the Baltimore Orioles came to Boston to play a routine baseball game. But what happened that day was anything but routine. The Orioles’ John ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    No Long Faces Allowed!

    Contributed by Russell Veldman on Oct 19, 2000
    based on 244 ratings
     | 10,975 views

    This sermon lifts out three markers for the Christian life from Philippians 4:4-9.

    “No Long Faces Allowed!” Philippians 4:4-9 October 10, 1999 Introduction Can you pick a Christian out of a crowd of people? Maybe not, unless the crowd in doing something clearly wicked and there is one person who is not participating, which might suggest that they are a Christian. But ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Reflections On America's Tragedy

    Contributed by David Swensen on Sep 17, 2001
    based on 39 ratings
     | 3,513 views

    Reflections on the tragedy in New York and Washington on September 11, 2001.

    REFLECTIONS Fiery plane crashes. Billowing smoke. Imploding buildings. Contorted metal. Mountains of rubble. Burned out fire trucks and police cruisers. Walking wounded. Dead bodies. Anguished, broken-hearted loved ones. Bone weary rescue workers. We have all seen the heart-wrenching sights. And ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Plum Of Patience Series

    Contributed by James Westervelt on Nov 21, 2001
    based on 107 ratings
     | 7,118 views

    It is our natural inclination to be impatient with people - to get angry at them for the things they do which displease us, to fly off the handle when they say or do something against us, to express great displeasure when they do things the wrong way.

    THE PLUM OF PATIENCE This morning we begin the OUTWARD FRUIT, those qualities we will exhibit in our relationships with other people: patience, kindness and goodness. Let’s look at the plum of patience: I’ve chosen a plum because patience is a plum of a virtue - it is one ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Problems Of Presumption - Rom. 9:19-29

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Dec 27, 2001
    based on 38 ratings
     | 4,309 views

    People who presume to know what is best for them are often mistaken. Problems of Presumption - Rom. 9:19-29

    The Problems of Presumption – Rom. 9:19-29 People who presume to know what is best for them are often mistaken. Illustration: Take for example the man who presumed that he knew which plane to board when he wanted a quick 50 minute flight from Los Angeles to Oakland, California. However, after ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    A Little Girl And A Leperous General

    Contributed by Louis Bartet on Nov 9, 2003
    based on 77 ratings
     | 11,829 views

    God has a purpose for what you’re going through.

    SERMON TITLE: A Little Girl and A Leperous General SERMON TEXT: 2 Kings 5:1-12 Written and preached by Louis Bartet on November 09, 2003 at Point Assembly of God in Downsville, LA. _____________________________________________ All too often we fail to see the significance of people because they ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    The Value Of Friendship

    Contributed by John Hamby on Sep 29, 2003
    based on 526 ratings
     | 170,595 views

    Sermon for Friendship Sunday. Four Characteristics of a Real Friend.

    The Value of Friendship Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 I am so pleased that all of you could be with us on this day that we have set aside as “Friendship Sunday.” In honor of this occasion I would like to speak to you for a few moments on “The Value of Friendship.” If ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Faith On Fire

    Contributed by Sheila Crowe on Sep 26, 2002
    based on 16 ratings
     | 15,577 views

    having faith requires a personal relationship with God through devotions and worship, following the life of Christ and practicing using your faith

    I tell you the truth if you have faith as small as a mustard seed you can say to this mountain Move from here to there and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you. Matt 17:20-21 Do you have faith as small as a mustard seed? I do not see any mountains around here for if you have ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    Lord, If You Had Been Here

    Contributed by Sheila Crowe on Sep 27, 2002
    based on 14 ratings
     | 12,698 views

    God is in control even when it doesn’t feel like it.

    Sermon: Lord, if you had been here! John 11 March 10, 2001 I. Introduction A. You know it’s going to be a bad day when: 1. you get pulled over and you haven’t even left your driveway 2. your birthday cake collapses from the weight of the candles 3. you call your answering service and they ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

  • Mike Wilkins avatar

    Praying In The Belly Of A Fish Series

    Contributed by Mike Wilkins on Jun 10, 2002
    based on 175 ratings
     | 33,410 views

    Jonah’s prayer teaches to pray the Psalms in times of trouble. It also teaches us about God’s deliveramce.

    Jonah 2 Praying in the Belly of a Fish Three ministers were talking about prayer in general and the appropriate and effective positions for prayer. As they were talking, a telephone repairman was working on the phone system in the background. One minister shared that he felt the key was in the ...read more

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