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  • Keeping Your Joy

    Contributed by Charles Forshee on May 14, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 9,549 views

    We’ve got to learn how to keep our JOY even when it doesn’t seem like things are going our way. HOW CAN WE HAVE JOY?-----Even when things are going bad? --We have to KNOW some things.

    I want to share a little story I heard about a little boy. "I’m the greatest baseball player in the world. I can hit the ball better than anyone" he said proudly. Then he tossed the ball in the air, swung and missed. Undaunted, he picked up the ball, threw it into the air and said to ...read more

  • Finding Hope When Things Seem Hopeless

    Contributed by Jerry Owen on Feb 19, 2020
    based on 4 ratings
     | 14,857 views

    What do you do when your situation is so desperate and seems completely hopeless?

    FINDING HOPE WHEN THINGS SEEM HOPELESS 2 CHRONICLES 20:1-30 A. OVERWHELMED BY HOPELESS SITUATIONS. 2 Chron 20:1-3a 1 Now it came about after this that the sons of Moab and the sons of Ammon, together with some of the Meunites, came to make war against Jehoshaphat. 2 Then some came and reported ...read more

  • Contagious

    Contributed by R. Joseph Owles on Jun 22, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,596 views

    SERMON IN A SENTENCE: We are much more motivated to alleviate suffering when we share in it.

    “A leper came to him (and kneeling down) begged him and said, "If you wish, you can make me clean." Moved with compassion, he stretched out his hand, touched him, and said to him, "I do will it. Be made clean." The leprosy left him immediately, and he was made clean. Then, warning him ...read more

  • Establishing Good Habits Series

    Contributed by Neil Lieder on Feb 12, 2007
     | 8,506 views

    Learn to Drive Series Week 3. In order to continue moving in a forward direction, we must get rid of the bad habits that are holding us back and replace them with good habits.

    Learn To Drive Series - Week 3 Habits Does Everyone remember our GPS board? It’s our Guidance Positioning System. For those of you who missed out last week, this is the tool we’re using this year to keep ourselves on track. We all want to "Learn to Drive" by taking ...read more

  • Behavior Of Men And Women Series

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Mar 25, 2011
    based on 27 ratings
     | 18,022 views

    In our text, Paul speaks of the behavior of Christian men and women.

    INTRO.- Our world is full of bad behavior. However, it’s not supposed to be in the church! Christians are supposed to be somewhat different from other people in the world. ILL.- Geroge Gallup wrote: There’s little difference in ethical behavior between the churched and the unchurched. ...read more

  • Christmas: God Will Turn Things Around For Good

    Contributed by John Gaston on Dec 14, 2024
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,525 views

    Christmas is a time of pressures: decorating, shopping, dinners, loneliness, money pressures, missing our loved ones. Joseph & Mary also had a difficult first Christmas. But we serve a God who will TURN THINGS AROUND FOR THE GOOD!

    CHRISTMAS: God Will Turn Things Around for Good Mt. 1:18-25 INTRODUCTION Christmas, instead of being a time of joy, can be a time of great stress. Often there are unrealistic expectations and disagreements. One Poem says... A. “TWAS THE FIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS” by Tony Cooke and David Beebe 1. ...read more

  • Three Sure Things In A World Filled With Maybes

    Contributed by R. Darrel Davis on Jun 16, 2001
    based on 124 ratings
     | 8,282 views

    In a world filled with uncertainties, there are three things we can be sure of - A salvation Sermon

    Three Sure Things in A World Filled with Maybes Hebrews 9:27-28 Illustration: A bank in Binghamton, New York, had some flowers sent to a competitor who had recently moved into a new building. There was a mix up at the flower shop, and the card sent with the arrangement read, "With our deepest ...read more

  • What Happens When We All Put Our Hands Together

    Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Nov 17, 2011
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,272 views

    Meant to help people hear the importance of being an “active” member in the Body and to make sure that they are participating as fully as they possibly can. A "diamond sermon," to be interspersed with songs, drama, testimony, and participation Dominan

    Story – A loaded station wagon pulls into the only remaining campsite. Four youngsters leap from the vehicle and begin feverishly unloading gear and setting up a tent. The boys then rush off to gather firewood, while the girls and their mother set up the camp stove and cooking utensils. ...read more

  • The Favor Of God - Changing Things Through Prayer Series

    Contributed by Larry Semore on Feb 9, 2017
    based on 1 rating
     | 12,159 views

    How to pray through a position of Favor

    The Favor of God Changing Things Through Prayer Part 3 of a 3 Part Series Esther 3:1-5 NKJV After these things King Ahasuerus promoted Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him and set his seat above all the princes who were with him. And all the king's servants who were ...read more

  • Good Things Come To Those Who Wait

    Contributed by Craig Condon on Jul 9, 2015
     | 9,373 views

    When we receive the bread and wine during Holy Communion, we are holding Christ’s very body and blood, which was nailed to the cross and poured out for our forgiveness. We have seen it with our own eyes and felt it with our own hands and on our tongues.

    Have you ever heard of the old saying, “Good things come to those who wait”? If so, the story of Simeon, Anna and the baby Jesus in the temple in Lune 2:22-40 is a good example. The coming of Christ involved all manner of waiting on God. A young maiden, a dying man and an old widow all ...read more

  • What We Could Expect From God

    Contributed by Efren V. Narido on Aug 17, 2018
     | 9,474 views

    Even if terrifying trial would happen to us, as Christians, there are good things that we could expect from our Good God!

    “Answer me when I call to you, my righteous God. Give me relief from my distress; have mercy on me and hear my prayer. How long will you people turn my glory into shame? How long will you love delusions and seek false gods? Know that the LORD has set apart his faithful servant for himself; the LORD ...read more

  • Modern Day Miracles, Do They Happen As You May Think They Should?

    Contributed by Gordon Mcculloch on Jul 6, 2025
     | 266 views

    We read of Jesus, and his disciples too, performing great miracles, and so, after studying Christianity for years, you would think that there would come a point … where we should be equipped to perform some kind of miracle … and we do not, so why?

    “Please join me in my prayer.” Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of our hearts, be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, our strength, and our redeemer. Amen. (Ps. 19:14). Introduction: Although this morning’s gospel reading is very familiar, if we look closely, it is a reading that we ...read more

  • Three Things That We Cannot Live Without.

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Sep 27, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,301 views

    Communion Meditation for September 7, 2008

    (Slide 1)When you go on a trip what are the three things that you don’t leave home without? (Allow for feedback.) (Slide 1a) What are three things we physically cannot live without? (No not chocolate, chocolate, and chocolate!) Water, air, and food. (Slide 1b) What are three things we spiritually ...read more

  • The Haphakh Phenomeon In The Book Of Esther Series

    Contributed by George Barton on Apr 9, 2006
    based on 15 ratings
     | 6,727 views

    THE HAPHAKH PHENOMENON IN THE BOOK OF ESTHER In the Book of Esther the Hebrew term Haphakh is used to describe how God turns things around. This kind of thing happens throughout the Bible, from Genesis to Revelation.

    THE HAPHAKH PHENOMENON IN THE BOOK OF ESTHER Have you ever had an experience when you thought that everything was black and against you? You thought that there was no light at the end of the tunnel. Or, if there was a light, as one of Murphy’s laws indicates, it was the light of an oncoming train. ...read more

  • What Happens When God Doesn't Answer My Prayers? Series

    Contributed by Mark Nichols on Jan 22, 2008
    based on 8 ratings
     | 11,063 views

    God does answer all of our prayers. But perhaps He doesn’t answer them the way we want Him to answer them?

    TEXT: Matthew 26:36-46 TITLE: “What happens when God doesn‘t answer my prayer. . . “ TOPIC: When prayers aren’t answered the way we want them to be! OCCASION: Burnside Christian Church, January 20th, 2008 PROP.: God does answer all of our prayers. But perhaps He doesn’t answer them the way we ...read more