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    Clever Striking PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Oct 1, 2023
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    Emphasize the importance of staying in tune with God, obeying His quick revelations, and trusting in His deliverance.

    Good morning, beloved! Today, we’re diving into a lesson straight from the pages of 1 Samuel, a lesson about obeying those quick revelations from God, about His deliverance, and how staying in sync with Him can guide our steps. You see, in our walk with God, it’s pivotal to remain in tune, to hear ...read more

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    Yesterday's Gone PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Nov 13, 2023
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    Explores living in the present without worry, trusting in God's daily provision, and embodying salvation through fearless faith in a fearful world.

    Good morning, dear friends. It's a joy to gather with you today. We are here to share, to learn, to grow, and most importantly, to connect with our God in a deep and meaningful way. Our focus today is on a very familiar passage from the Gospel of Matthew. It's a verse that has comforted many of us ...read more

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    What Has Happened To The Church PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Feb 23, 2024
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    This sermon encourages self-examination, fulfilling our spiritual duties, and combating spiritual forgetfulness through the study of Revelation 3:14-18.

    Good morning, dear friends. It's a joy to gather with you once again as we open God's Word together. Today, we find ourselves in the book of Revelation, a book that often feels like a mystery to many of us. It's filled with images and symbols that can seem strange and even daunting. But let's not ...read more

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    Strong In The Lord

    Contributed by Charles Forshee on Mar 22, 2007
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    We will have troubles in life, but Jesus is the way to overcome them all. We must learn to look past the trouble and see that God is with us and we don’t have to be overcome...

    Ephesians 6:10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Aren’t you glad that WE don’t have to make it through this life ON OUR OWN Strength....... But we can....and are even encouraged in the Word of God to TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE of God’s Resources...... We have ...read more

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    Are You Wasting Seed?

    Contributed by David Elvery on Nov 22, 2006
    based on 5 ratings
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    A look at the parable of the seed

    Are you wasting seed? Luke 8:1-18 Gladstone Baptist Church – 30/10/05 am I love big machinery. I’m an engineer still at heart and I love to figure out how machines work. One of the fascinating areas of machinery I think is agricultural machines. Have you ever seen a combine harvestor ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Siege Ramps

    Contributed by David Wilson on Sep 12, 2003
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    When David allows a vacuum to grow in the nation’s leadership, Joab is forced to build a siege ramp to deal with the problem

    Joab is not a good guy. We find him in the midst of a great deal of political intrigue in the midst of David’s Court. He literally MURDERS the man that David had replaced him in office with. David is not longer running from the confrontation such as that of Absalom, but is beginning to deal with ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Busy Vs. Effective

    Contributed by Gerald Williams on Nov 23, 2005
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    Too busy working in the church to be effective in your work for God.

    EFFECTIVE OR JUST BUSY A healthy walk with God is not one that just feeds or meets the needs of others. It also must be a walk or a relationship in which the believer seeks to be regularly fed himself through personal, private study, meditation and prayer. Without these things, we as ...read more

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    A Very Real Enemy Series

    Contributed by Steven Damico on Aug 1, 2014
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    The spirit of Python will squeeze the joy out of your worship & praise.find out how to to get victory over this subtle destroyer.

    A Very Real Enemy Acts 16:16-18 16 And it came to pass as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying. 17 The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, ...read more

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    Denomination: Apostolic

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    Setting Your Affections On Heavenly Things

    Contributed by Rev. Samuel Arimoro on Jan 28, 2025
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    As believers, we are called to live with a perspective that is not rooted in the temporal things of this world but in the eternal realities of God's kingdom.

    Title: SETTING YOUR AFFECTIONS ON HEAVENLY THINGS By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: Colossians 3:2 "Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth." Supporting Texts: Matthew 6:19-21, Philippians 3:20, 1 John 2:15-17, Hebrews 12:2, Luke 12:34 INTRODUCTION: As ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Saved By Your Ears

    Contributed by John Perry on Nov 10, 2010
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    What we hear will one day either save us or condemn us ...... The Bible says that we will literally be saved by our ears!

    Bunbury Wed pm 10/11/2010 “Saved by your ears” Intro: A 6 year old boy gives us the introduction to our text this morning by virtue of an incredible thing that happened to him – his life was saved by his ears!!! *** A SIX-YEAR-OLD Chinese boy was left dangling by his ears eight ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Why Some Fail To Finish Well

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on May 9, 2003
    based on 31 ratings
     | 5,672 views

    Many Americans who are poor at finishing their tasks are depressed and suffering in silence. The Land of Plenty seems to live up to its name when it comes to mental illness. New research indicates that like many other nations, the U.S. has plenty of menta

    Why Some Fail to Finish Well 2 Tim. 4:7,8 - "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness which the Lord the righteous Judge will award to me and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    At Christmas Jesus Comes Into Our Mess

    Contributed by Richard Schwedes on Nov 14, 2007
    based on 10 ratings
     | 8,269 views

    A Christmas Eve sermon focussing us to seeing Jesus amongst our messy lives

    Isn’t the Christmas story a wonderful story? It is a story that we hear every year. But it is more than just any old story. It is something that happened in history that affects you today and that affects your future. When we open our eyes and ears, and be honest with ourselves, we realise that ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    The Open Book Test

    Contributed by Juan Lane on Feb 20, 2007
    based on 15 ratings
     | 6,535 views

    Christ offers Peter an open-book test to see how much Peter loved him

    The Open-Book Test Scripture Reference: John 21:15-17 15 So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs. 16 He saith to him again the second ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    A Choice To Make

    Contributed by Steven Buhr on Jan 19, 2011
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,279 views

    I was thinking about whether there is just 'one thing' that is most needed in life. So I looked up that phrase…one thing. Here’s what I read in the Gospel of Luke

    A choice to make… Jan. 2, 2011 Intro: - how would you rate your 2010? Good year? Bad year? Physically or spiritually? Do you feel closer to God or does it feel like He’s further away? - do you think you made good choices in 2010? - we’ve just had a busy season, busy ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Losing Our First Love

    Contributed by Mark Mitchell on Mar 23, 2015
     | 5,560 views

    We need to remember our first love as a church

    I. What distracts us from the gospel We live in a world today where the body of Christ is caught up in to many things of this world. And this includes far too many preachers. Men we are called to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ and to be a witness of Him and lead our people to do the same. Satan ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist