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  • Greg Bryan avatar

    Smart Love

    Contributed by Greg Bryan on Nov 16, 2004
    based on 64 ratings
     | 4,217 views

    Guarding our hearts means to practice SMART LOVE. Tonight I want to share with you 5 REALIZATIONS we must make to get on God’s pathway of smart love.

    ILL- Keeper of the Spring Prov. 4:23 tells us…"Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life" Proverbs 4:23 Let’s PRAY Guarding our hearts means to practice SMART LOVE. Tonight I want to share with you 5 REALIZATIONS we must make to get on God’s pathway of smart love. 1. ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Preparing The Way

    Contributed by Billy Ricks on Mar 23, 2005
    based on 8 ratings
     | 4,561 views

    It is in the Triumphal entry we see our preparation to move from sinner to saint, from overcome by sin to overcommer of sin, from beaten to blessed!!!! We can proclaim today these things because our redeemer prepared the way, and because he finalized the

    All history (His Story of saving us from our sin) will hinge on the cross. In His triumphal entry (scholars have called it a-triumphal) we see the foreshadowing of His purchasing our pardon from sin and preparing for us the way called straight. His plan was prepared before the foundations of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Thomas Bowen avatar

    Can You Spare Some Change?

    Contributed by Thomas Bowen on May 6, 2005
    based on 8 ratings
     | 2,725 views

    We all deal with chave in every portion of life except at church. God wants church to be a place of change, A place that lives are changed. However, we mucs be changed first.

    Can you spare some Change? Acts 9:1-16 There was an old farmer claimed that he could command his mule with nothing more than a few soft words, no whips or prods necessary. She would respond, he claimed, with nothing more than gently spoken commands. So his friend down at the feed store asked ...read more

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    Denomination: Congregational

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    Heart Problems ?

    Contributed by Ervin Kimrey on Jun 4, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 5,363 views

    The real problem with man is the heart. When we stop treating the symptom and instead treat the problem then real change can come.

    HEART PROBLEMS ? Proverbs 4 : 20-27 I. GETTING THE WORD (Proverbs 4:20-22) A. attend to my words; incline thine ear (v.20b) 1. Get away from distractions 2. Listen as your life depended on it; because it does B. Let them not depart from thine eyes (v.21a) C. keep them in ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Scott Terrell avatar

    Keeping Your Eye On The Ball

    Contributed by Scott Terrell on Jun 24, 2005
    based on 14 ratings
     | 7,565 views

    Are you keeping your focus on Jesus during the storms of life?

    Keeping Your Eye on the Ball - Matthew 14: 22-31 A man walks up to a coffee machine, puts in a coin presses the button labeled coffee, double cream and sugar. The cup never drops but the machine takes off and starts to pour the coffee, cream and sugar. The guy quickly replied ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Stephen Funderburk avatar

    Is God Into Prosperity?

    Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Sep 29, 2005
    based on 27 ratings
     | 7,431 views

    a God who blesses

    Intro: over the years there are many ministers who have been labeled prosperity preachers. Their main message has been that God desires to prosper the lives of those who serve Him. Even though I do not agree with every aspect of some of their teachings, I am in full agreement with the concept of ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Brad Rigney avatar

    A Prayer For Missions

    Contributed by Brad Rigney on Nov 28, 2005
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,782 views

    What can we do for ourselves, others in our church, and those who are serving the Lord overseas on Missions? One thing for certain is we can PRAY. This sermon teaches us specifically what we can pray .

    A Prayer for Missions Colossians 4:2-6 Intro.: A. This year’s Penny Crusade (our annual Mission focus and appeal) theme was about taking a Cruise and visiting the places where AC ministries are working through World Missions. We boarded the US Sonship for our cruise. We have visited some ...read more

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    Denomination: Adventist

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    How's Your Follow-Through?

    Contributed by Scott Sparks on Mar 8, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 5,880 views

    Without follow-through many atheletes would not hit the mark. The same is applicable in every area of our life. How’s your follow-through?

    How’s Your Follow-Through? Luke 9:62 (NKJV) – 57) Now it happened as they journeyed on the road, that someone said to Him, “Lord, I will follow You wherever you go.” 58) And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.” ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Pastor/Author: Terry Sisney avatar

    Whatever It Takes

    Contributed by Pastor/Author: Terry Sisney on Mar 17, 2005
    based on 40 ratings
     | 29,659 views

    Is it worth it? Jesus Thought so, and The Apostle Paul thought so, What do you think?

    Whatever It Takes In our text These men carrying this palsied man were willing to do whatever it took to get him to Jesus,. They probably didn’t know it was going to require so much from them, but they were committed to the Task, *They went all the way, *They didn’t quit when it ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Blessed Assurance

    Contributed by Mitchell Skelton on Jun 10, 2003
    based on 20 ratings
     | 5,772 views

    Be diligent and have full assurance of Salvation!

    Blessed Assurance Hebrews 6:1–12 INTRODUCTION How many of us have watched Trading Spaces on TLC or seen Bob Villa and became inspired to finally do something about our own tired and outdated homes? It’s easy to get inspired to do something. Once inspired by seeing a weeks work condensed into a ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    When Saints Fall (Pastor Jose Gomez Jr)

    Contributed by Jose Gomez Sr. on Mar 8, 2006
    based on 5 ratings
     | 1,877 views

    What happens when a saint falls and refuses to get up? What is the reach of God’s mercy? Where does the responsibility for personal holiness lie?

    Recent events in my ministry and life have required an exploration of God’s nature and His attitude towards sin in the life of a believer. In search for a position on this issue, I had to find direction through the maze of theological debate to find the true heart of God. What happens when a saint ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Stephen Funderburk avatar

    Running To Win

    Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Apr 19, 2006
    based on 59 ratings
     | 9,072 views

    winning in the race of life

    Intro: probably there aren’t many people who would sit and watch coverage of an entire marathon, which is approximately 2 hours to the winner, and many hours to the last one who finishes. This past week the most famous of all marathons, the Boston marathon was run. It is always amazing to see the ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Mike Turner avatar

    The Church Without Passion

    Contributed by Mike Turner on Nov 2, 2003
    based on 45 ratings
     | 4,566 views

    A sermon dealing with the problem within the church at Ephesus !

    The Church Without Passion Rev. 2:1-7 I. Notice What Was Good ! a. Their deeds. Jesus uses the word “works” and “labor to describe their acts and activities. Both speak of labor to the point of exhaustion. The church of Ephesus was a church of do gooders ! They worked hard for the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Craig West avatar

    Conversations With God, Part 1 Series

    Contributed by Craig West on Dec 10, 2004
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,149 views

    4 Things Christians can do to honor God as they pray.

    “Prayer is the process by which God helps us rearrange our priorities.” - Henry & Richard Blackaby, Hearing God’s Voice (Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman, 2002), 114. INTRO: Yogi Berra – “Let’s just let God watch the game, ok?” Biblical Fact: God’s prevailing power is released in the lives of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Paul Fritz avatar

    Intimacy With God

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 76 ratings
     | 16,337 views

    Why are so many people unable to obtain intimacy with God the way Paul did? Intimacy with God means that one has such a tight relationship that your thoughts are closely related with His all of His attributes

    Illustration:Consider the postage stamp: Its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there. Josh Billings. 1. Why are so many people unable to obtain intimacy with God the way Paul did? Intimacy with God means that one has such a tight relationship that your ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational