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  • Rev. Samuel Arimoro avatar

    When God Orders Your Steps Series

    Contributed by Rev. Samuel Arimoro on Jul 5, 2025
     | 834 views

    The story of David in 2 Samuel 2 shows that divine direction is the bedrock of spiritual success.

    WHEN GOD ORDERS YOUR STEPS By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: 2 Samuel 2:1-32 Supporting Texts: Psalm 37:23, Proverbs 3:5-6, Isaiah 30:21, Romans 8:14, Genesis 12:1-4 INTRODUCTION: After the death of Saul, a major shift occurred in Israel. David had every reason to seize the throne by force—he ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Show Yourself Worthy....

    Contributed by Bala Samson on Oct 17, 2020
     | 3,003 views

    ......your career success/ promotion/increment depends on proving yourself worthy for promotion. Is it not?

    Show yourself worthy...... 1 Kings 1:52:”And Solomon said, 52 Solomon said, "If he will show himself a worthy man, not one of his hairs will fall to the ground; but if wickedness is found in him, he will die." Wow, this above statement of king Solomon floored me! Before his death, his ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Strength And Contribution Lesson 1 Series

    Contributed by Elmer Towns on Jun 29, 2023
     | 1,257 views

    Faith attempting to complete the Great Commission. You can learn from successful leaders.

    1. Faith to plant 100,000 new churches. Suliasi Kurulo, Fiji. Suliasi was a government engineer who began knocking on every door on his island in Fiji, then planted a church to finish the task. Next, he planned to knock on every door of every island in Fiji and build over 300 churches to complete ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Failures In Christian Life Series

    Contributed by Rev. Dr. M. J. Joseph on Jun 9, 2017
     | 7,306 views

    There are chances of failures in our Christian life. But how to face failure and turn it to a story of success.

    Failures in Christian Life (Mark 9:28-29, Luke 9:28-56, Mt.17:1-21) “After Jesus had gone indoors, his disciples asked him privately, “Why couldn’t we drive it out?” He replied, “This kind can come out only by prayer.” (Mark 9:28) The context: Mark has a more complete account of this story than ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal

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    Rehoboth!

    Contributed by Abimbola Salu on Jan 15, 2024
     | 4,881 views

    A man’s location in life can very well determine his success in life

    REHOBOTH! A man’s location in life can very well determine how successful he will be. This is demonstrated in the life of Issac, the son of Abraham. Issac, whose name means “Laughter”, was born very late in the life of Abraham and Sarah. His ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Is Transubstantiation During Communion Supported By The New Testament Or Early Church History?

    Contributed by Dr. Craig Nelson on Nov 21, 2024
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     | 555 views

    The Holy Communion Eucharist is at the center of Christian worship.

    The Holy Communion Eucharist (Gk: ‘eucharisteo’ = give thanks), also known as the Lord’s Supper, commemorates the Last Supper Jesus shared with the Disciples before His crucifixion during their observation of the traditional seder meal served on the 15th and 16th of the month of Nisan in Jewish ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Response To The Deviation From The Gospel Series

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Sep 15, 2018
     | 4,389 views

    Chapter two of Galatians has been Paul’s biographical defense of his Apostolic authority and the Gospel. After he defended the truth of the Gospel against Peter’s hypocritical actions he explains the doctrine of justification by faith alone

    W. M. Clow, in his book: The Cross in the Christian Experience, summarized the true distinction between human true faith and religion. He said: “The deepest heresy of all, which corrupts churches, leavens creeds with folly, and swells our human hearts with pride, is salvation by works. “I believe,” ...read more

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    Denomination: Other

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    The Ministry Of John The Baptist Series

    Contributed by Dr. Bradford Reaves on Dec 24, 2020
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     | 3,883 views

    What does a successful ministry look like. How should we gauge the success of a preacher or a church. By worldly standards, John's ministry was a failure. By Jesus' standards John the Baptist was the greatest of all prophets.

    Grace Community Church Winchester, VA www.gracecommunity.com Watch this message on our YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/eu6yP42Qz2o Introduction Have you ever asked yourself how you identify the mark of a great pastor or preacher? What are the hallmarks of a great ministry? By worldly standards, ...read more

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    Denomination: Brethren

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    Organization Of The Church

    Contributed by Dr. William D. Poovey on Apr 25, 2015
     | 5,040 views

    The church began not as a mixture of saved and unsaved. Only true believers would associate with the new religion of Christ..

    Church, Organization of the Organization of the Church The church began not as a mixture of saved and unsaved. Only true believers would associate with the new religion of Christ. The way was too narrow for people to walk in, and persecution from the outside and judgment from the inside (Acts 5) ...read more

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    Denomination: Foursquare

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    Learning To Dance Series

    Contributed by Jefferson Williams on Jul 15, 2020
     | 3,922 views

    In this intro to the book of Galatians, Paul addresses his authority and the grace that changes everything.

    I Can’t Dance This may shock you but…I can’t dance. I do dance but just not well. I’m stiff, have very little rhythm, and most of the time look like I’m having some sort of fit. My father tells the story that my mother was one of the best dancers he ever knew. Sadly, I did not inherit any ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Its Time To Get Our "acts" Together-Part 1 Series

    Contributed by Suresh Manoharan on May 16, 2012
     | 5,509 views

    With the Pentecost Sunday around the corner, to focus on the factors which contributed to the resounding "success" of the Early Church with the primary focus on the responsibilities of the Church Leadership

    It’s time to get our “Act” together -I Let me begin with the equivalent of a Democrat Presidential candidate giving a thumbs up to his Republican counterpart and vice versa!!! Boy, this would jolt even the sound sleepers from sleep. Have you caught up with ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    Number One Distinguishing Mark Of A Leader

    Contributed by Howard Strickland on Mar 20, 2017
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,101 views

    The #1 distinguishing mark of a leader. Leaders understand the value of vision. “We are not just going to stumble into success. Luck has nothing to do with it. Success happens when you walk in right behavior and right thinking.” P.H.

    Number One Distinguishing Mark Of A Leader Nehemiah 2:17-18NKJB Nehemiah 2:17-18NKJB Then I said to them, “You see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lies waste, and its gates are burned with fire. Come and let us build the wall of Jerusalem, that we may no longer be a reproach.” ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • David Henderson avatar

    The Dangers Of Social Media

    Contributed by David Henderson on Aug 12, 2024
     | 2,036 views

    The strains of life for many of us can be difficult. You may ask, with all the success Simone Biles has had, her success, with so much to be proud of, how she could possibly have so many struggles.

    The Dangers of Social Media & How to Find Real Happiness Mattthew 5: 10-12 Our Summer Olympics began two weeks ago and one of the high points for Team USA is that we have won a total of medals of 105 medals: 31 of those being gold. Simone Biles has earned 4 medals, 3 being gold. All of this ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Kevin L. Jones avatar

    Persevering In The Lord's Work Series

    Contributed by Kevin L. Jones on Sep 2, 2014
    based on 4 ratings
     | 15,845 views

    A sermon examining the importance of being steadfast in our work for the Lord.

    PERSEVERING IN THE LORD’S WORK Haggai 2:1-9 Quite often, I begin certain projects and about halfway through the process I ask, “what was I thinking getting myself into this?” Sometimes tasks that we think will be relatively easy to accomplish become far more complicated than we expected and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Good Fight

    Contributed by Reggie Corfield on Oct 25, 2025
    based on 1 rating
     | 498 views

    Life on earth is temporary. What we do with the time we have here will depend on where we spend eternity. Paul is pouring out his innermost feelings and advice on how to finish the race well. It is a fight, but a good one.

    Death bed narratives are when people share their innermost feelings at the most vulnerable time of their lives. It is their last words and can be secrets they have held on to for their entire lives or it can be valuable advice or instruction to those whom they love so very much. I am suggesting ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican