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  • Rick Boyne avatar

    Integrity In Hard Times

    Contributed by Rick Boyne on Aug 29, 2011
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     | 6,534 views

    We must maintain holiness & righteousness even when the going gets rough.

    Integrity in Hard Times August 28, 2011 Evening Service Immanuel Baptist Church, Wagoner, OK Rick Boyne Message Point: We must maintain holiness & righteousness even when the going gets rough. Focus Passage: I Samuel 21:1-15 Supplemental Passage: Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Need For Hard Teachings Series

    Contributed by Scott Burr on Nov 19, 2012
    based on 2 ratings
     | 6,073 views

    Jesus, Himself, did not shy away from teaching hard truths. He was never worried that the crowds would quit coming if He preached truths that were hard to accept. Rather He used those teachings to qualify those who called themselves His disciples.

    “On hearing it, many of his disciples said, “This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?” Aware that his disciples were grumbling about this, Jesus said to them, “Does this offend you? What if you see the Son of Man ascend to where he was before! The Spirit gives life; the ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Cracking The Hard Seedcoat Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Mar 24, 2013
     | 4,578 views

    The hard surface of our hearts must be scarified or we cannot grow and we cannot bear fruit.

    Wednesday of Holy Week 2013 Seeds 3 [Preacher: You should have a bluebonnet seed or other seed and either sandpaper or vinegar.] We come to what we might call the last day of the triduum before the Great Triduum, and to the moment Church tradition calls “Spy Wednesday.” This is the ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Confidence For Hard Times

    Contributed by Larry Finley on Jun 18, 2009
    based on 16 ratings
     | 11,344 views

    In the midst of America’s self inflicted hard times we as Christians can have Confidence

    CONFIDENCE FOR HARD TIMES Micah 7:7-20 4/26/09 1. Judgment of the absence of God a. men clamor for God to be gone b. when He is – Hell breaks loose 2. We live in such a time a. separated from Gov. i. Barney Frank; Nancy Pelosi; ii. Gov. NY; Ill; & Seminole Charley 3. In Midst - we can ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Facing Hard Times Series

    Contributed by Dr. Lewis W. Gregory on Oct 28, 2015
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     | 5,804 views

    When it comes to disasters and accidents there are 2 ways to look at it: Mans way or Gods way. Whatever the problem God has a solution. He is the Master fixer upper. But you must learn to cooperate with God so He can bring the total restoration.

    “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, says the LORD” Isaiah 55:8. I. Reevaluating-Getting man’s perspective “He that answers a matter before he hears it, it is folly and shame unto him” Proverbs 18:13. A. Premature judgments B. Overreactions C. ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Hard And Bitter Truths

    Contributed by Wilson Oshorakpor on Jan 16, 2025
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    The church as an agent of moral and spiritual transformation is becoming lukewarm. Hard and bitter truths are no longer preached in many churches. The church must wake up and once again shake the world like the days of the Apostles.

    TEXT: 2 Cor 7:8-10 (NLT) "I am not sorry that I sent that severe letter to you, though I was sorry at first, for I know it was painful to you for a little while. Now I am glad I sent it, not because it hurt you, but because the pain caused you to repent and change your ways. It was the kind of ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Big Lessons From Small Things

    Contributed by Luther Sexton on Mar 22, 2019
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     | 15,926 views

    Sometimes we think it must be big to be God. That is not always the outcome.

    BIG LESSONS FROM SMALL THINGS or FAITHFUL OVER A FEW THINGS Introduction: Prophet Zechariah 4:10--- "For who has despised the day of small things?" He was trying to encourage a nation as they were rebuilding their temple and having a difficult time. The budget was low, ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    "The Only Thing That Matters”

    Contributed by Andy Grossman on Jul 31, 2018
     | 9,648 views

    The question that Jesus will ask each of us is "Do you love Me?" The sermon prepares you to answer that question.

    “The Only Thing that Matters” Luke 22:31-34 31 “Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift all of you as wheat. 32 But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.” 33 But he replied, “Lord, I am ready to go with you to prison and ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

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    Jacob's Night In The Hardrock Motel

    Contributed by Charles Holt on Aug 19, 2001
    based on 185 ratings
     | 41,839 views

    When Jacob finds himself alone with his pillow a stone he has an encounter with the Lord. We talk about being "between a rock and a hard place" and how we can triumph even when things are tough.

    Charles W. Holt email: cholt@gt.rr.com JACOB’S NIGHT IN THE "HARDROCK MOTEL" Genesis 28 Just this week I have had two separate individuals on two separate occasions tell me, when speaking of their trying circumstances and having to make tough decisions, "I feel so alone, I feel I have no one to ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Not In Things

    Contributed by Trevor Ducreay on Dec 10, 2002
    based on 34 ratings
     | 5,930 views

    Jesus invites us to rethink how we evaluate human worth with a parable about a successful man whom God regarded as a fool.

    Text: Luke 12:15-21 Introduction This passage of Scripture is troubling. It may not strike us as troubling on the surface. Indeed we are likely to say the obligatory “Amen” on reading or hearing this passage read in worship. (Remember Amen means “so let it be” or “I agree, I concur, I ...read more

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    Denomination: Adventist

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    Things Sometimes Get Messy!

    Contributed by W Pittendreigh on Oct 14, 2003
    based on 94 ratings
     | 11,895 views

    Life is hard, unfair, and sometimes just plain messy! It requires sacrifice! This is true even of God, who sent His Son as a Sacrifice -- a lamb -- who would pay the price for the injustice, sinful messiness of humanity.

    Isa 53:1-12 1 Who has believed our message and to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed? 2 He grew up before him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him. 3 He was despised and ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • W Pat Cunningham avatar

    Experiencing The Rest Of God

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jan 14, 2025
     | 265 views

    Jesus knew that the hypocrites in the crowd would accuse Him of playing God. So Our Lord asks, “what is easier for me to say, ‘your sins are forgiven’ or ‘arise and walk.’”

    Friday of the First Week in Course 2025 Psalm 29 is prescribed for all of us clerics as the first prayer of the Divine Office. It’s a very short history of the Israelites. It begins “come ring out our joy to the Lord; hail the Rock who saves us. Let us come before Him giving thanks; with songs let ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Pursue The Things That Make For Peace

    Contributed by Roger Hasselquist on Jun 13, 2022
     | 2,535 views

    How do you get along with difficult people? It can be really hard sometimes. Even in church you can experience times when you don't see eye to eye with others.

    Alba 6-12-2022 PURSUE THE THINGS THAT MAKE FOR PEACE Romans 14:1-23 I hope you’re not like the hypercritical husband who was impossible to please. He was really cranky at breakfast. If his wife made scrambled eggs, he wanted them poached; if the eggs were poached, he wanted them scrambled. One ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    All Things Possible With God Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Aug 18, 2019
     | 3,909 views

    How many times do we need to see or hear God asking us to do some good thing for the spread of His kingdom?

    Tuesday of the 20th Week in Course 2019 St. Bernard of Clairvaux If there is a critical message in our Scriptures today, it is something we see here and there in both Old and New Testaments: “with God all things are possible.” St. Luke records the angel Gabriel saying it to Mary in a double ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

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    Prayer Changes Things And Us!

    Contributed by Jimmy Haile on Feb 6, 2012
     | 7,000 views

    Sometimes, we have to put feet to our prayers and go after what we’ve asked for.

    Proverbs 15:8- “The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord, But the prayer of the upright is His delight.” In his book Invitation to a Journey, Robert Mulholland writes, “Prayer is the act by which the people of God become incorporated into the presence and action ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist