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  • JEREMIAH MENYONGAI avatar

    Mini-Series: You Must Be The Cycle Breaker In Your Family (Part 1)

    Contributed by Jeremiah Menyongai on Mar 9, 2020
     | 12,098 views

    Change is a difficult thing because it is so uncomfortable. Question: Do you want to change? Are you ready to break that cycle of day-to-day life and receive God’s change? I am talking to somebody who’s tired of going around and around the same old problem. Then be the Cycle Breaker...

    YOU MUST BE THE CYCLE BREAKER IN YOUR FAMILY John 5: 1 After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 2 Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew, Bethesda, having five porches. 3 In these lay a Great Multitude Of Sick People, Blind, ...read more

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    Denomination: Charismatic

  • Rev. Matthew Parker avatar

    Letting Go To Move Forward: Trusting God's Way

    Contributed by Rev. Matthew Parker on Apr 6, 2025
     | 637 views

    This is a message about overcoming the suffering and hardships of life by following God's path as we see in today's passage.

    April 6, 2025 Sermon - “Letting Go to Move Forward: Trusting God's Way" - Isaiah 43:16-21 Today, we’re diving into this powerful passage from Isaiah 43:16-21 because, let’s face it, life can be challenging. The journey from captivity to freedom is never easy. We all experience seasons ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Wesley Bishop avatar

    Scandal And Cover Up

    Contributed by Wesley Bishop on Mar 16, 2004
    based on 68 ratings
     | 9,044 views

    This is about David’s affair with Bathsheba and the murder of Uriah.

    Have you ever heard someone say, “Oh, the Bible is so boring. It’s just a bunch of ‘begets’ and ‘begots’ and a bunch of stuff that happen thousands of years ago”? Our passage today certainly cannot be considered boring. We have a sex scandal at the highest levels of government. There are ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • Glenn Durham avatar

    When Christ Confuses Series

    Contributed by Glenn Durham on Apr 14, 2008
    based on 10 ratings
     | 8,401 views

    God’s Messiah gives abundant life to all who accept him as he is offered in the Gospel.

    Scripture Introduction A thermostat and a thermometer both relate to temperature. But they differ: a thermostat senses heat and starts the air conditioner. A thermometer only reports the heat. The apostle John weaves a thermometer through his book. As he tells about Jesus, he also “feels the ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Christopher Arch avatar

    Why?

    Contributed by Christopher Arch on Sep 25, 2001
    based on 69 ratings
     | 3,911 views

    This message was delivered the Sunday following the New York City World Trade Center tragedy.

    Title: ?Why?? Scripture: Lk 13: 1-5 Type: Special Occasion ? Sept. 11, 2001 Bombing Where: GNBC 9-16-01 Intro: On Tuesday morning I was reading the Cedar Rapids Gaz., and drinking my coffee when came upon an interesting editorial for the day. Bill Ferguson, columnist for the Warner Robins ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Christopher Arch avatar

    Why?

    Contributed by Christopher Arch on Sep 25, 2001
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,812 views

    This message was delivered the Sunday following the New York City World Trade Center tragedy.

    Title: ?Why?? Scripture: Lk 13: 1-5 Type: Special Occasion ? Sept. 11, 2001 Bombing Where: GNBC 9-16-01 Intro: On Tuesday morning I was reading the Cedar Rapids Gaz., and drinking my coffee when came upon an interesting editorial for the day. Bill Ferguson, columnist for the Warner Robins ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Brian Atwood avatar

    Stay The Course

    Contributed by Brian Atwood on May 1, 2001
    based on 115 ratings
     | 13,327 views

    Attributes of people who finish what they start.

    The 2000 movie, "The Patriot" starred Mel Gibson as Benjamin Martin, a Revolutionary War hero. Martin’s 18-year-old son, Gabriel, enlists in the conflict and he spends the first half of the movie diligently repairing an American flag he found in the dirt. Tragically, Gabriel becomes a casualty of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Bob Briggs avatar

    The Challenge To Warriors

    Contributed by Bob Briggs on Jan 23, 2001
    based on 86 ratings
     | 7,022 views

    God created us as a warrior race and equips us to fight the good fight of faith.

    How many of you want to be in control of everything you do? I think if we honestly look at ourselves we would admit that is the case. We all have this drive, this inborn desire to want to control. Just walk downstairs and spend some time in the nursery. Every child there has a desire to ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Nathan Robertson, Jr. avatar

    Catch The Vision

    Contributed by Nathan Robertson, Jr. on Dec 3, 2003
    based on 45 ratings
     | 33,302 views

    This is a sermon for Men, but women should be able to follow along. It was preached for a Brotherhood Annual Sunday Morning.

    Text: 1. I will stand my watch And set myself on the rampart, And watch to see what He will say to me, And what I will answer when I am corrected. 2. Then the LORD answered me and said: "Write the vision And make it plain on tablets, That he may run who reads it. 3. For the vision is yet for an ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Steve Boyd avatar

    Renew Us Our Days

    Contributed by Steve Boyd on Feb 14, 2004
    based on 24 ratings
     | 18,433 views

    The opportunity to start over again is one of the greatest gifts that God gives to mankind...

    Renew Our Days as of Old March 23, 2003 / Sunday a.m. Lamentations 5:19-22 19 Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation. 20 Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time? 21 Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Dennis Selfridge avatar

    Prayer With Fasting Brings God's Power On The Scene

    Contributed by Dennis Selfridge on Feb 19, 2004
    based on 44 ratings
     | 13,899 views

    We need to have prayer with fasting to affect this world we live in.

    PRAYER WITH FASTING BRINGS GOD ON THE SCENE "Whatever you do, do it with all your might. Work at it, early and late, in season and out of season, not leaving a stone unturned, and never deferring for a single hour that which can be done just as well as now." - P.T. Barnum ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • Sheila Crowe avatar

    Completing Joy Series

    Contributed by Sheila Crowe on Aug 12, 2004
    based on 15 ratings
     | 4,982 views

    The only thing that really matters in life is joyously moving forward in Christ to achieve the goal of perfection.

    Many of you have probably already heard of ADD – Attention Deficit Disorder. However, many of you might not yet have heard of a new disorder that is being diagnosised. A serious illness of which I fear many of us may be suffering. It is called AAADD (Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder). ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

  • Mark Magee avatar

    Finding A Mate– God's Way! Series

    Contributed by Mark Magee on Aug 16, 2004
    based on 27 ratings
     | 11,851 views

    I’d like to encourage God’s people to find the answer on ’how to find a mate’ from the Bible rather than our culture.

    A. Bad date when... Hey guys, you know you are on a bad date when.... 1. She whispers to the waiter, “Please kill me!” 2. You catch her giving her phone number to the guy cleaning your windshield. 3. She keeps calling you, “Bachelor number two”. ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Jerry Flury avatar

    Awol Christians

    Contributed by Jerry Flury on Nov 12, 2002
    based on 27 ratings
     | 9,281 views

    Therer have been a number of sunshine patriot and summer soldier Christians who have gone AWOL in the service of their Lord. Why?

    AWOL CHRISTIANS I TIMOTHY 6:12 INTRODUCTION: In 1776 Thomas Paine wrote these words: "These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country.” When many of the Army Reserve and National Guard Units were ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • John Telgren avatar

    What To Do When You Are Down Series

    Contributed by John Telgren on May 6, 2003
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,825 views

    If you are down in the dumps, it may be because you have too much going in your life that takes you away from God. Do as Jesus did, slow down and pray.

    Okay. What should I do? Sometimes I get so discouraged, embittered, and apathetic that I feel like I will never get out of the bottom of the valley. I am amazed that I even managed to make it to worship this morning. This “Death Valley” seems to be never ending. The sand of bitterness blinds ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ