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    To Be Blessed

    Contributed by Bruce Ball on Jul 16, 2007
    based on 20 ratings
     | 6,725 views

    We all want the "good life." don’t we? This message offers us understanding of what that "good life" is - through Christ. Audio will be placed at www.sermonlist.com

    TO BE BLESSED Pastor Bruce Ball (July 29) We will find that, no matter what it is in life, you need to follow a set of instructions. Whether it is driving a car or working at a job, you will always have rules or directions to obey. And the best way to be happy and safe is to be sure you obey ...read more

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    Sin

    Contributed by Bruce Ball on Jul 17, 2007
    based on 24 ratings
     | 13,738 views

    There is an old saying that says, “A loving God wouldn’t send anyone to hell.” That is a true statement. But what we forget is that God does not send us to hell - - we send ourselves. Audio will be at www.sermonlist.com

    As humans, we tend to take the truth of God and wrap it around what we are comfortable with, thereby ending up with a comfortable untruth. There was a little boy explaining things to his younger sister. He said, “Jesus’ job was to die for us because we sin. Our job is to sin to make His death ...read more

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    Passionate Prayer

    Contributed by Bruce Ball on Jul 25, 2007
    based on 18 ratings
     | 6,047 views

    This is a sermon about praying: Our motives and our hearts. Audio will be at www.sermonlist.com

    *** This sermon begins with a short skit on prayer. If you do not want to use it, scroll down to where the sermon begins and you can use it without the skit. Melody is a lady who is praying. The pastor is the voice of God. Melody is standing at the pulpit, with her head bowed as she is ...read more

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    The Blessing Of Baptism

    Contributed by Bruce Ball on Aug 8, 2007
    based on 14 ratings
     | 4,625 views

    A sermon showing the necessity of baptism and how it affects your walk as a Christian. Power Point and audio will be placed at: www.sermonlist.com

    There was a church that met at a river one day to baptize some of its members. While they were there, the town drunk stumbled by and ended up being the next in line to be baptized. The preacher dipped him under and brought him up, asking him if he had found Jesus yet. The drunk said, “No.’ So ...read more

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    Which Way?

    Contributed by Bruce Ball on Aug 20, 2007
    based on 19 ratings
     | 2,547 views

    A sermon about choosing a path - a path leading to truth, or one leading to the lie. Audio, outline & Powerpoint will be at www.sermonlist.com

    I want you to picture something in your mind this morning. Imagine yourself going up a hill, and you know that on the other side of that hill is a cliff that drops off hundreds of feet below into a lake of burning sulpher and volcanic lava. You know you have to get to the other side of that ...read more

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    Mother's Day: A Day To Honor

    Contributed by Bruce Ball on May 12, 2006
    based on 99 ratings
     | 122,109 views

    A Mother’s Day sermon explaining how the command to honor is just that - a command. There are no parameters given on qualifications. (From a sermon by Melvin Newland)

    Today is Mother’s Day. It is the one day each year that we men put aside to honor our mothers and the mothers of our children. And they happen to be the one person we will generally buy a gift for, and we will still anguish over what to buy. If you have not yet purchased a gift for your mother ...read more

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    Do You Really Believe?

    Contributed by Bruce Ball on May 16, 2006
    based on 140 ratings
     | 124,145 views

    A shorter sermon about the difference between having true belief versus just thinking you have true belief. Interesting illustration about a pendulum.

    Take an empty cola bottle sometime and fill it half full of water. Then, take some vegetable oil and fill it the rest of the way. Then try to shake it with all your might so it will become all mixed up. What happens? The moment you stop shaking, it begins to separate from one another, doesn’t ...read more

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    Congratulations On Your Graduations

    Contributed by Bruce Ball on May 17, 2006
    based on 49 ratings
     | 29,747 views

    A graduation sermon that can also be applied to each one of our daily lives as well.

    Graduation day is finally here. I’m glad for those that are graduating, and I’m glad for their parents. It’s probably a toss-up as to which ones are the happiest. This is a graduation sermon and it will be directed primarily at Lee and Mike, who are our graduates this year. However, I want ...read more

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    A Call To Remember

    Contributed by Bruce Ball on May 25, 2006
    based on 38 ratings
     | 7,242 views

    The word of God calls us to remember certain things. This sermon reminds us of what those things are.

    We are called by God to remember. In fact, there are over 100 passages in the Bible that deal with the act of remembering. Verses like – DEUTERONOMY 4:9 - ‘Only be careful, and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, or let them slip from your heart ...read more

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    Even A Little Can Hurt

    Contributed by Bruce Ball on May 30, 2006
    based on 37 ratings
     | 3,583 views

    We cannot play around with temptation because we are not strong enough to resist it for long, and when temptation is taken, it will always lead us into sin - away from God.

    Have you ever noticed how opportunity only knocks once, but temptation seems to keep banging away until you answer the door? It’s always there waiting to entice us, and unless we are constantly on guard against it, we will slip and succumb to it. It might be the temptation of fear; the temptation ...read more

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    You Can Make A Difference

    Contributed by Bruce Ball on May 31, 2006
    based on 240 ratings
     | 64,626 views

    This sermon shows who makes a difference; how they do it; and why they do it.

    A minister wore a carnation on his lapel every Sunday morning. He never gave it much thought until one day after church, a visiting boy about ten years old asked if he could have it. The minister handed it to him and asked him why he wanted it. The boy said that his parents were divorced the ...read more

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    Don't Worry - Be Happy

    Contributed by Bruce Ball on Jun 5, 2006
    based on 149 ratings
     | 28,494 views

    The Lord wants us to pray instead of worrying. And we are supposd to lay our anxieties upon Him, and when we do, we are supposed to leave them there with Him, too.

    Several years ago, I had the chance to speak to a young lady at a shelter in Phoenix, Arizona. She had no job, no place to stay, no money, and no food. But she did have a husband. He was in prison for many years to come. On top of all that, she had a liver disease that was slowly taking her ...read more

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    Between You And Jesus

    Contributed by Bruce Ball on Jun 21, 2006
    based on 48 ratings
     | 3,956 views

    The story of the shepherd and the sheep can be applied to us today - - and it will be an exact fit! This message gives similarities and warnings.

    * I recently received an email from a person being called into the missions field, but was told they could not serve Jesus because they had been divorced. IF YOU ARE THAT PERSON - - PLEASE EMAIL ME AT: pastor@sermonlist.com, and include your email address so I can email you back! (The ...read more

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    Our Nation Starts With Us

    Contributed by Bruce Ball on Jun 26, 2006
    based on 121 ratings
     | 37,042 views

    July 4th sermon, talking about how our nation WAS founded under the precepts of Christ, and how the only way we can help it get back there, is to go to Christ first as individuals. Reworked from a Jerry Shirley sermon.

    My dad was a retired Air Force serviceman. He was also a retired Federal Civil Service employee. My dad became disabled from defending this land for you and for me. And with all that, my dad used to say that with all her problems, America is the greatest country on earth. Let’s talk about ...read more

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    Spiritual Renewal

    Contributed by Bruce Ball on May 27, 2007
    based on 40 ratings
     | 10,082 views

    To have passionate spiritual lives, we need to worship God every day, not just on Sundays. Audio will be placed at: www.sermonlist.com

    Over the last few years, I have asked quite a few people how their walk with the Lord was doing. Some rated their personal walk with God as great and some rated theirs as poor to non-existent. But most people answered with statements like; ‘It’s okay, I guess’ It seems to me that too many ...read more

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