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  • Shawn Drake avatar

    A Perfect Plan Series

    Contributed by Shawn Drake on Feb 27, 2010
    based on 3 ratings
     | 5,504 views

    This is the 3rd sermon in the series "God’s Gift Of..."

    Family Worship December 6, 2009 Bel Aire Baptist Church Series: God’s Gift Of… [#3] A PERFECT PLAN Ruth 3:1-18 Introduction: Do you ever get tired of waiting on God to do something? You know, sometimes it just seems like God needs a little “prodding” or a little help ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Deal Or No Deal: The Choice Is Yours - It's Not My Testimony

    Contributed by Jonathan Falwell on Apr 28, 2008
    based on 20 ratings
     | 13,638 views

    Today, I want to focus on one unique perspective when talking about one’s testimony -- I want you to think of your testimony as a GIFT, A GIFT you can give certain people in life as a gift that keeps on giving.

    Deal or No Deal, The Choice is Yours It’s Not My Testimony, It’s His! Four weeks ago, we began a new sermon series entitled Deal or No Deal? The Choice is Yours! I wanted to talk about making the choice to obey God and not waver from His ideal for your life in the following areas of your life: ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Blood Will Never Lose It’s Power!

    Contributed by Jimmy Haile on Jun 2, 2013
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,631 views

    Thank you Jesus for that redeeming precious blood!

    1 Peter 1:18-19-knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot (NKJV) 1 Peter 1:18-19-For you know that God ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Are There Multiple Variations Of God's Will?

    Contributed by Dr. Craig Nelson on Jun 27, 2022
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,008 views

    Human beings have tried to answer the reason 'why' God seemingly allows bad things to happen

    Thanks to Adam and Eve, human life is full of struggles, sorrow, tragedy, and toil. It is tough to reconcile them with a God who is love, saves by His grace, and sustains with His mercy. Good and bad things happen to good and bad people - that is for sure. Human beings have tried to answer the ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    4 Lent A

    Contributed by Roger Haugen on Mar 7, 2002
    based on 114 ratings
     | 14,150 views

    Dealing with the healing of a blind man Jesus confronts the bad theology of the Pharisees. Jesus speaks of love and healing in the face of legalism and rules.

    4 Lent A John 9:1- 41 10 March, 2002 Rev. Roger Haugen Words, words, words! There is a long-standing university class exercise where you are to take a long piece of work and capture the meaning in a sentence or two. These 41 verses might be summed up as, “A man is healed, people found it hard ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Larry Turner avatar

    Wise Words For The Right Path Series

    Contributed by Larry Turner on Aug 29, 2014
    based on 1 rating
     | 9,469 views

    Childrens dedication service featuring 5 aspects that will assist in giving God a child truly dedicated to him.

    1 Samuel1:1-28 There was a man named Elkanah who lived in Ramah in the region of Zuph in the hill country of Ephraim. He was the son of Jeroham, son of Elihu, son of Tohu, son of Zuph, of Ephraim. Elkanah had two wives, Hannah and Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah did not. Each year ...read more

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    Denomination: Foursquare

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    Worship

    Contributed by Ken Sowers on Dec 6, 2018
     | 8,421 views

    Of the three gifts the Magi brought to Jesus, Frankincense represented worship

    A friend sent me a note that I originally sent out to the church more than 7 years ago. It reminded me of some things that deal directly with worship, trust and discipleship. It centers around an old dog – Chewy Lately I have been learning some neat lessons from our dog Chewy, who many of you have ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Joy Of Servanthood

    Contributed by Mike Rickman on Jul 29, 2016
     | 6,938 views

    A servant can receive many gifts from his Master.

    July 24, 2016 Morning Worship Text: Joel 2:28-29 Subject: Dreams, Visions, and Prophecy Title: The Joy of Servanthood Last week I spoke to you about how Jesus was both God and man – not just partially one or the other but fully God and fully man. This week I want to Look at the human ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    What God Teaches About Time Lesson 3 Series

    Contributed by Elmer Towns on Feb 13, 2019
    based on 1 rating
     | 18,708 views

    God has given the gift of time to every person, at every place, for each evolving time.

    A. WHAT GOD TEACHES ABOUT TIME “There is a time for everything . . . a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to harvest; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to tear down, and a time to build up; a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Seeds Of The Mouth

    Contributed by Troy Borst on May 21, 2014
    based on 3 ratings
     | 21,954 views

    This picture in Proverbs 18:20-21 of planting seeds in our lives from our mouths. We are given the choice of either planting bad seeds which planting bad seeds which produce poisonous fruit or good seeds which produce good fruit.

    SEEDS OF THE MOUTH PROVERBS 18:20-21 ILLUSTRATION… Planting seeds with your mouth (p) As we begin our time in God’s word this morning, I’d like you to use your imagination to act out in your mind the Bible passage that we will be focusing on… so put on your imagination ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Peace, Hope And Glory

    Contributed by Roger Hasselquist on Aug 30, 2021
     | 3,175 views

    Well in our scripture text today there is both good news and bad news. The good news is that we have hope no matter what happens. The bad news is that we can expect tribulation. But again the good news is that even then, we can have hope.

    Alba 8-29-2021 PEACE, HOPE AND GLORY Romans 5:1-5 A large, two-engine train was making its way across Colorado. While crossing the mountains, one of the engines broke down. “No problem, we can make it to Denver and get a replacement engine there,” the engineer thought, and carried on at half ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Avoiding The Ditch

    Contributed by John Williams Iii on Mar 2, 2021
     | 2,147 views

    We usually tend to think of stories having a good guy and a bad guy. The good guy is always the hero and the bad guy is always the villain. This story adds a third dimension that makes us uncomfortable which is the indifferent category. This sermon is about avoiding the pain of others.

    AVOIDING THE DITCH (July 25, 2012) Text: Luke 10:30 -35 Luke 10:30-35  Jesus replied, "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell into the hands of robbers, who stripped him, beat him, and went away, leaving him half dead.  (31)  Now by chance a priest was going ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    Uplifting Worship Series

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Oct 28, 2022
     | 2,472 views

    If you want to edify people in a chaotic world, then be disciplined, decent, and deferential to God's Word in your worship.

    Pastor Stephen Trail, from Sage, Arkansas, describes a family, which enjoyed an annual vacation. However, at the start of each vacation, when they were only a few miles from home, mom would wail, “Oh my goodness! I think I left the iron on.” And every year they would turn around and go back, but ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

  • Dr. Odell Belger avatar

    How Is Your Spiritual Memory?

    Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Oct 30, 2025
     | 226 views

    Did you know our memory is a gift from God. We all like gifts but this is a wonderful gift God has given us. Just think about it, wouldn’t it be a terrible thing to live our entire life and when we die nobody remembers that we ever existed.

    Memory is a GIFT FROM GOD!!! Illus: Dr. Odell Belger tells how that his youngest brother had died and he still is able to remember him and the good times they had together. He can still remember… • How he looked! • How he talked! • How he was the life of the party! • How he love to tell ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Dr. Craig Nelson avatar

    Power Disguised In Weakness And Brokenness

    Contributed by Dr. Craig Nelson on Aug 8, 2019
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,475 views

    God makes use of good and bad times to mold and shape the Christian so that they can have an intimate relationship with Him.

    Throughout my marriage, I continually struggled with the many constraints imposed upon me because of my wife’s health and multiple medical issues that required constant care and the time needed for meeting those needs. I made a legion of attempts to find a job that would provide the income ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational