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  • Efe Oluwatosin avatar

    Troubles Are Opportunities For Great Joy Series

    Contributed by Efe Oluwatosin on Oct 27, 2023
     | 1,618 views

    Understanding troubles. Are you asking the question why me? Or What have I done to deserve this? When you understand how to use troubles, you will discover that troubles are opportunities for great joy.

    We are sent to the earth to replicate God's holiness in all we do and prepare for eternity. This purpose naturally produces problems for humans because the nature of God and the nature of humans are opposites. Therefore, to enjoy life and learn how to live successfully on earth, you need the ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Grasping The Past To Gain The Future Series

    Contributed by Brad Bailey on Aug 22, 2012
     | 5,961 views

    How to deal with the past in order to be emotionally healthy.

    Grasping the Past to Gain the Future Series: Emotionally Healthy Spirituality Brad Bailey – January 29, 2012 Intro We’re continuing in our series entitled Emotionally Healthy Spirituality in which we began grasping how the Titanic can reflect the nature of our lives… great ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    What Money Can't Buy Series

    Contributed by Brian Bill on Sep 11, 2024
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,141 views

    The love of money will not provide meaning in life.

    What Money Can’t Buy Ecclesiastes 5:8-20 Rev. Brian Bill September 7-8, 2024 This past weekend, Beth and I journeyed from the wilderness of Illinois to the Promised Land of Wisconsin. On Friday night, my dad hosted a Fish Fry and on Saturday morning after driving through Green Bay, we were ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    What Makes A Man A Dad

    Contributed by John Beehler on Jun 5, 2001
    based on 64 ratings
     | 3,763 views

    We must show love to our children

    What Makes a Man a Dad Maybe you’ve heard the old story about fatherhood that says that when a child is 4 years old he says proudly, "My dad knows everything about everything." When he is 7 he says, "Dad knows almost everything about everything." When he is 12 he says, "Well, ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Confronting The Caves Of Your Life

    Contributed by Dan Chromy on Oct 22, 2000
    based on 88 ratings
     | 16,578 views

    When we recognize God's greatness, our response will be to praise Him even in the face of the adversities of life.

    It is easy to appreciate God's greatness during the good times. It is easy to praise God for His greatness when you are prosperous, when you have enough money to buy the things you want. It is easy to appreciate God's greatness when your health is good, when there seems to be no limit to the ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    When Jesus Invites You To Dinner Series

    Contributed by John Hamby on Nov 25, 2002
    based on 300 ratings
     | 40,049 views

    “The Parable of the Great Banquet” tells us three things about the wonderful invitation of God.

    A Study of the Book of Luke Sermon # 39 “When Jesus Invites You To Dinner” Luke 14:15-24 Jesus was in the middle of a Sabbath dinner that had grown more and more tense. The tension had grown from the moment that Jesus had entered the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    In Dependence Day

    Contributed by Mark Elkins on Jul 21, 2003
    based on 36 ratings
     | 9,385 views

    Are you independent or in dependent of God? Find out what an in dependent person does?

    We celebrated Independence Day this week. Today I want to encourage you to celebrate you dependence on God. ARE YOU LIVING IN DEPENDENCE? Last week we talked about how God’s love transcended everything to reach this man. Before the day is over, I would like for us to truly understand just how ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Dream !

    Contributed by Kevin Knudson on Feb 2, 2003
    based on 48 ratings
     | 17,757 views

    Don’t ever stop dreaming.

    Dream AGAIN! Hebrews 11:1 Hebrews 11:1- Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Mark in your Bible – Faith is a dream Faith is a propelling dream. It is that belief which causes us to live in a particular almost driven way. Once again our nation has been ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Numbered, Weighed, And Given Away Series

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Jan 27, 2002
    based on 68 ratings
     | 10,874 views

    Sermon for Deacon Ordination service; we obsess on things that do not matter and ignore things that do make a difference. Our sin is using holy things for our own pleasure, compounded with a failure to read the signs of the times.

    We give too much of ourselves to things that do not last. We give too little of ourselves to things that will endure. It is easy to obsess on things that don’t matter. It is tempting to ignore things that really count. If something does not change that pattern, at the end of the day, we are ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Outward Expression: Love Series

    Contributed by Brett Stair on Oct 9, 2002
    based on 17 ratings
     | 7,025 views

    Fourth of the series examining the Great Commandment.

    The Outward Expression: Love Matthew 22:34-40 Today we conclude our series on the basics of Authentic Christianity. We have been looking at the Great Commandment and have discovered that Authentic Christianity means that we love God with all that we are¡K „« All our heart ¡V meaning that we have ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Come And Behold Him

    Contributed by Brad Bailey on Sep 22, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,865 views

    The gift of the Maji.

    This morning I want to invite you to join me in reflecting upon the timeless invitation that lies beneath all the activity of this season;…the invitation to COME AND BEHOLD HIM. As one of the great Christmas anthems declares so beautifully “O come all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant O come ye, ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Priority Of Christian Character Development Series

    Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Feb 16, 2005
    based on 20 ratings
     | 8,229 views

    Why should deveopling Christ-like character be a priority for the Christian?

    A wife remarked to her husband after the church service: "Did you see the hat Mrs. Jones was wearing?" "No," said her husband, "I didn’t." "Did you see the new dress Mrs. Smith had on?" she asked. "I’m afraid I didn’t," said her husband. To this his wife replied: "Well a lot of good it does YOU to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Spirit Of Unity

    Contributed by Wesley Bishop on Jul 17, 2004
    based on 8 ratings
     | 6,700 views

    This is a Pentecost sermon.

    The late 1960s was a time of great disunity in our nation. People were protesting the war in Vietnam. Race riots occurred in many major cities. Upheaval was prevalent on college campuses. Meanwhile, in baseball, the New York Mets had been the laughingstock of Major League Baseball for the ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    Temptation

    Contributed by David Trexler on Oct 11, 2006
     | 8,423 views

    This sermon compares the temptation of Adam and Eve with the temptation of Christ, relating them both to our temptations today

    The Temptation of Eve and Christ (2006) Genesis 3:1-7 and Matthew 4:1-11 The Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew the 4th chapter beginning at the first verse. Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. 2 He fasted forty days and forty nights, and ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    In A Pit With A Lion

    Contributed by Matthew Morine on Oct 31, 2006
    based on 14 ratings
     | 13,762 views

    Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat. The

    IN A PIT WITH A LION THEME: GOD ENABLES US TO CHASE OUR DREAMS. TEXT: 2 SAMUEL 23:20-21 Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ