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  • Humility Creates (Completes) Joy

    Contributed by Timm Meyer on Oct 9, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,222 views

    Pentecost 19 (A) - Humility creates (completes) joy. Believers discover this truth in Jesus which then causes believers to display this truth to others.

    HUMILITY CREATES JOY (Outline) October 7, 2007 - PENTECOST 19 - Philippians 2:1-5 INTRO: Today’s verses are an excellent example of divine teaching conflicting with worldly wisdom. The wisdom of God is foolishness in the eyes of the world. This is known as a paradox. A paradox is a ...read more

  • Who Is This Jesus?

    Contributed by Timm Meyer on Sep 11, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,566 views

    Pentecost 17(B) - Who is this Jesus? We need to identify this Person. We also to need to identify his purpose.

    WHO IS THIS JESUS? (Outline) September 7, 2008 -- PENTECOST 17 -- Mark 8:27-33 INTRO: Out walking you notice someone in the distance. As they come closer you recognize an ac-quaintance or a close friend. There is a feeling of joy at seeing your friend. A family member may call. You ...read more

  • Back To Bethel

    Contributed by Ed Wood on May 26, 2007
    based on 35 ratings
     | 44,795 views

    No matter how far you have gone away from Him, God still loves you and still calls you.

    BACK TO BETHEL Genesis 35:1-7 INTRO: Jacob is one of the strangest characters in the Bible. Someone has said that he is the worst and the best man in the Old Testament. When we see him cheating his brother, Esau, he is at his worst; when we hear him making his vows unto God after his vision, he is ...read more

  • G Is For Grace Series

    Contributed by Larry Brincefield on May 30, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,998 views

    a study of "grace".

    Introduction 1. (email funny) 2. As we continue to study our ABCs... We come to the letter G... G is for Grace... Grace is one of the great words of the Bible... It is found 115 times in the Bible... It is found in both the Old and New Testaments... And as Christians, learning our Biblical ...read more

  • The Preparation Of Paul The Trailblazer For God

    Contributed by Chew Chew on Jan 22, 2008
    based on 6 ratings
     | 11,554 views

    How God prepared Paul to be a trailblazer for the Kingdom of God.

    Title: The Preparation of Paul the Trailblazer for God Text: Acts 9:20-22 and immediately he began to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues, saying, “He is the Son of God.” All those hearing him continued to be amazed, and were saying, “Is this not he who in Jerusalem destroyed those who called on ...read more

  • The Faith Of The Centurion Series

    Contributed by Shine Thomas on Feb 2, 2009
    based on 65 ratings
     | 80,688 views

    Look at our circumstances through the eyes of faith as says faith can move mountains. Faith is not based on our present situation but it looks forward to the future. A look at the Centurition’s Faith.

    Follow us on: Website: https://cityharvestag.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CityHarvestA... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cityharvestag/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/CityHarvestAGChurch/featured Title: The faith of the centurion Series: Miracles of Jesus Scripture: Luke ...read more

  • Source For A Cure Series

    Contributed by Todd Leupold on Feb 3, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,973 views

    Addresses the question: if Christians, their families and their church are susceptible to spiritual disease and human treatments are in deed limited, what is the source for a cure?

    SERIES: PRESCRIPTIONS FOR A HEALTHY & HOLY CHURCH: A Study in 1 Corinthians Applied To The Church Today II. DEALING WITH OBVIOUS DISEASES A. CANCER “SOURCE FOR A CURE” (1 Cor. 2:6-16) Rev. Todd G. Leupold, Perth Bible Church, February 1, 2009 AM INTRODUCTION: I doubt that there are any of ...read more

  • The Ideal Servant Series

    Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Feb 4, 2009
    based on 70 ratings
     | 14,496 views

    Spiritual power, perseverance, purpose, and parenting made Paul the ideal servant to those he was leading. And we are all called to be servants. Link inc. to formatted text and PowerPoint.

    The Ideal Servant I Thessalonians 2:1-12 http://gbcdecatur.org/sermons/IdealServant.html Being a servant is a calling. And you have that call. Preachers are called, but you are called as well. Preachers go ‘calling’. Once a minister went to call on one of the elderly widows of the church. ...read more

  • God's Promise To Abram Renewed Series

    Contributed by Carl Allen on Feb 10, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,764 views

    As we continue to follow the life of Abraham one would think after a event like separating from his own flesh and blood (Lot), that things would be different. But it is in times like these that God shines through.

    Abraham: Following in the Footsteps Of Faith GOD’S PROMISE TO ABRAM RENEWED Genesis 13:14-18 Intro: Last week we looked at the trouble that arose between Abram and Lot, over the feeding of their livestock. And we learned just how each man handled that situation. Abram handled it with peace and in ...read more

  • Dog Training For Dummies Part 2 Series

    Contributed by Craig Eidson on Jul 6, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,444 views

    Training your dog can apply to how we train ourselves.

    Perhaps you heard of the large two-engined train was crossing Canada. After it had gone some distance, one of the engines broke down. "No problem," the engineer thought, and carried on at half power. Farther on down the line, the other engine broke down, and the train came to a standstill. The ...read more

  • Why Should I Live My Life In Fear And Reverence Of God? Series

    Contributed by Chad Bolfa on Oct 23, 2008
    based on 16 ratings
     | 15,337 views

    The Apostle Peter in this passage is reminding those believers to whom he is writing to be sure live there lives in fear and reverence of God; likewise we will also today learn that same lesson.

    Why Should I live My life in Fear and Reverence of God? 1 Peter 1:17-21 Introduction Too many Christians of our day seem to be totally unconcerned with the need to be “conformed to the image of Christ” as Romans 8: 29 speaks of. Rather, they seem to think that they can live pretty much as they ...read more

  • Surviving The Terrible T's Series

    Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Jul 27, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,502 views

    First in a Summer series on the book of James

    In elementary school we took a field trip to the Richmond Auditorium. I don’t know who was leading the orchestra but one of the things they did was to introduce us to the idea of "musical themes" via Sergei Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf. Musical themes are those repetitious melodies that mark the ...read more

  • Desires Of Your Heart

    Contributed by Robert Cox on Sep 22, 2007
    based on 20 ratings
     | 22,626 views

    Are your desires the same as God’s desires for you?

    PSALMS 37:1 Do not fret because of evil men or be envious of those who do wrong; 2 for like the grass they will soon wither, like green plants they will soon die away. 3 Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture. 4 Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the ...read more

  • "Salvation On Whose Terms?"

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on Apr 8, 2006
    based on 14 ratings
     | 6,679 views

    A sermon for Palm Sunday.

    Mark 11:1-11 “Salvation on Whose Terms?” By: Rev. Kenneth Sauer, Pastor of Parkview United Methodist Church, Newport News, VA www.parkview-umc.org It was the Passover time, and Jerusalem and the whole countryside were crowded with people who had made their way to the greatest of the Jewish ...read more

  • Born To Grow Series

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on May 8, 2006
    based on 9 ratings
     | 3,646 views

    Christian maturity shows itself in Christian love.

    Born To Grow (I Peter 1:22-2:3) 1. After a very difficult day at the office, a psychologist walked through his front door and said, "Honey, I’ve had a terrible day. All I did was listen to one problem after another. So, please, don’t tell me about any more problems. Talk to me, but just give me ...read more