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  • Matthew Cook avatar

    Pay Attention! Series

    Contributed by Matthew Cook on Apr 1, 2005
    based on 49 ratings
     | 9,466 views

    Paying attention to our walk with Christ

    Pay Attention! March 30, 2005 Center Point Baptist Church Introduction Present the following illustration on neglect: In Saint Louis in 1984, an unemployed cleaning woman noticed a few bees buzzing around the attic of her home. Since there were only a few, she made no effort to deal with them. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Cornelius –the Man Who Had A Heavenly Visitation

    Contributed by Dr. Stanley Vasu on Nov 3, 2002
    based on 66 ratings
     | 8,116 views

    This sermon is about Cornelius and his amazing experience of a heavenly visitation. The Seven secrets of such a blessing in the life of Cornelius are namely 1.POWERFUL 2.PIOUS 3.PRAYERFUL 4.PROVIDING 5.PERFORMING 6.PATRIARCH 7.PROMISES

    CORNELIUS –THE MAN WHO HAD A HEAVENLY VISITATION OUTLINE 1.POWERFUL 2.PIOUS 3.PRAYERFUL 4.PROVIDING 5.PERFORMING 6.PATRIARCH 7.PROMISES THE MESSAGE CORNELIUS –THE MAN WHO HAD A HEAVENLY VISITATION 1.POWERFUL Acts 10:1 Cornelius was a powerful man. He was a ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    God's Super Glue

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Mar 26, 2011
     | 4,582 views

    The knowledge of the love of God who sent Christ Jesus into the world to rescue sinners such as you and me is the super glue that can hold our lives together through any adversity.

    Romans 5: 1 – 11 / God’s Super Glue Intro: Billy Crystal’s monologue as Mitch in the movie City Slickers: “Value this time in your life, because this is the time in your life when you still have your choices, and it goes by so quickly. When you’re a teenager, you ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Do Not Dare Forget God!

    Contributed by Jesse Roncales on Mar 4, 2010
    based on 10 ratings
     | 13,869 views

    At the backdrop of abundance and prosperity, people have the tendency to forget the Being behind all of it. Deuteronomy 8:1-20 reminds us that God is the One who causes the good things that are happening to us.

    Introduction: Forgetfulness has been a problem most people experience. remember the time when you have something to get from a particular place, and when you are already there you thought to your self, "What on earth am i doing here?" Funny, isn't it? But most of us have experience that. This ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Out Of Place Believers

    Contributed by Rodelio Mallari on Dec 13, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,705 views

    Have you ever been out of place? How did you feel? It’s truly so embarrassing to be in the wrong place especially for such a long time! We should be IN our place rather than be OUT of it. In our Bible study today, let’s briefly survey six men of God who g

    Intro: Our passage speaks of God’s search for Adam in the Garden of Eden after he and his wife Eve fell into sin. Have you ever been out of place? How did you feel? It’s truly so embarrassing to be in the wrong place especially for such a long time! We should be IN our place rather than be OUT of ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    Back To The Basics Series

    Contributed by Aarron Ellerman on Mar 31, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,791 views

    Sometimes getting our spiritual lives back on track is as simple as listening to God and doing what we know is right to do.

    Series: Joshua Text: Joshua 8:30-35 Title: “Back To The Basics” I. We Must Come Back To God (30-32) Vs. 30 • In order for Joshua to build an alter to God on Mt. Ebal, He had to lay down his own plans. o After Israel had defeated Jericho and Ai, they now controlled the east-west route that ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Enemy Within: Greed Series

    Contributed by Charles Salmon on Jan 15, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,698 views

    Greed is a powerful and prevalent enemy to spirituality, but God has shown us how to overcome it.

    The Enemy Within - Greed. I Tim. 6:6-10 INTRO.: This morning we begin a new series of messages titled “The Enemy Within.” We will examine some of the great obstacles to living the Christian life. Opposition to the Christian comes from both outside and inside. From the outside, Satan hurls his ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Who's In Charge

    Contributed by Dan Cormie on Feb 23, 2008
    based on 14 ratings
     | 4,949 views

    A message about the importance of developing strong self-discipline.

    Covenant Youth Mission June 27, 1995 Who’s in Charge? How many of you here tonight believe that God created you? How many believe that there is something special about you, that there is some plan or destiny that you have to fulfill? With youth comes tremendous power, the power of life itself. ...read more

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    Denomination: Mennonite

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    Intentionally Seeking The Lost. Rejoicing When They Are Found!

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Sep 15, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,003 views

    We are called to join in with God by deliberately, intentionally seeking out the lost. When the lost are found we are called to join with God in rejoicing!

    A few years ago I was reading a book by Stephen Gaukroger. He tells the story of a New York Methodist minister who saw the need to bring his ‘ninety nine righteous’ sheep back into the fold. He put an advert in the local paper: “Lost, stolen or strayed; a large flock of Methodist sheep. They ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

  • Larry Jacobs avatar

    What Do You Do When You Have A Church Squabble?

    Contributed by Larry Jacobs on Aug 28, 2006
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,588 views

    God is never in favor of His people being in a squabble but God can even take our squabbles and make something good come from it.

    NOTE: I have the Power Point to this message. If you email me at LarryJ713@aol.com and ask for it by referring to 06-08-13pm – I will send it to you. "WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU HAVE A CHURCH SQUABBLE?" ACTS 6:1-7 A. Now there is no doubt that the disciples may have done some murmuring doing ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Bending Too Far

    Contributed by Tim Patrick on Feb 19, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,592 views

    Discover how to overcome the dangers of bending too far in a threatening culture.

    As a boy one of our favorite fun activities was riding tree saplings, much like you would a wild horse. This is how it worked. We would bend a 3 or 4 inch sapling to the ground. A friend would help us hold the tree while we climbed aboard. After sitting astraddle the sapling the tree was released ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Hospice Memorial Service

    Contributed by Graeme Lamb on Jan 14, 2006
    based on 151 ratings
     | 104,825 views

    This is a sermon written for a Memorial service for a local hospice, to which are invited relatives of those who have died in the last couple of months

    A little over halfway through the Old Testament part of the Bible, is a relatively short and probably little read book called Ecclesiastes. There are some mysteries about this book: we don’t exactly who wrote it, although tradition tells us that the writer was King Solomon, the son of David. The ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

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    The Third Way

    Contributed by Kevin Barron on Dec 30, 2012
     | 4,117 views

    Jesus has a third way to deal with violence other than fight or flight!

    THE THIRD WAY LUKE 6:27-38 MAY 2, 2012 OSCEOLA, AR CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE INTRO. It seems that our instinct when faced with violence is fight or flight. Those are the only two things we know how to do! Jesus, though, has a third way - nonviolent engagement. How does this work for him? I. TURN ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Willing Spirit; Weak Flesh

    Contributed by Rick Boyne on Mar 25, 2015
     | 6,002 views

    We must pray for and rely on God’s strength to get us through life.

    Willing Spirit; Weak Flesh March 22, 2015 Morning Service Immanuel Baptist Church, Wagoner, OK Rick Boyne Message Point: We must pray for and rely on God’s strength to get us through life. Focus Passage: Matthew 26:36-42 Supplemental Passage: Therefore I am well content with weaknesses, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Fulfilling Our Commitments As Evangelization Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on May 14, 2016
     | 3,265 views

    Doing what we should do can bring us joy, but we must still do it even if it leaves us dry.

    Thursday in Pentecost Week 2016 Joy of the Gospel There are still some pundits and preachers out in the hinterland who insist that Jesus was just a great man, a great philosopher of love, that fire and brimstone have no place in religion, and that everyone goes to heaven. I suppose they ripped ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic