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Steps To Intimacy With God

Contributed by Ralph Andrus on Jan 17, 2006

The Why & How of peresonal devotions

Steps to Intimacy With God Ps 19:7-14 Unused Spiritual Resources During Superbowl XXXVII, FedEx ran a commercial that spoofed the movie Castaway, in which Tom Hanks played a FedEx worker whose company plane went down, stranding him on a desert island for years. Looking like the bedraggled Hanks in ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 19:7-14

Denomination: Baptist

The Belt Of Truth Series

Contributed by Mark Perryman on Feb 28, 2008

How to stand against the devil

INTRO:Fads today: Bungee jumping, tight jeans (ankle), video games, nude berkly Past: Big bell bottoms, hola hoops, frisbees, 3-D glasses, streaking (take all your clothes off and put on a mask and run) Song about this: Ray Stevens "The Streak" [play it] - Many have come to church nude spiritually ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:10-18

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Bright Hope For Dark Days, Pt. 4

Contributed by Dave Kinney on Aug 24, 2008

Maybe you know someone who has lost their faith. So many times that person becomes bitter, negative and miserable! We have a growing number of people who despise the God of the Bible and now are devoted to the god of the New Age!

It’s truly a sad day when someone loses their faith in God during the dark days of life and walks away from Him. Maybe you know someone who has lost their faith and their life is so different than it used to be. So many times that person becomes bitter, negative and miserable! Do you know someone ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Repentance Is Not Enough

Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Jan 10, 2009

The difference between following John and following Jesus

Sermon: Repentance is not enough Story: "In Kentucky there were two farmers who owned racing stables – and these men were great rivals. One spring, both of them entered a horse in a local steeplechase. One of the farmers hired a professional jockey thinking that this might just give him an ...read more

Scripture: Acts 19:1-7

Denomination: Anglican

God's Plan Series

Contributed by Christopher Glenn on Jun 9, 2013

Today we want to begin by examining God’s plan for building a church that would be invincible, because as it’s foundation it has Jesus Christ, the Son of the living God

GOD’S PLAN - Today we being a brand new series – Church God’s way. - The church is God's one redemptive institution placed on this earth. - It was to the church that Jesus gave the Great Commission. - It is through the church that Jesus brings the message of salvation to the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 16:13-20

Kingdom Of God Part 2 Series

Contributed by Ken Mowery on Apr 14, 2012

How to live in this world as members of the Kingdom of God.

We have been looking at prophecy in the Bible. Specifically, we have been looking at those prophecies that talk about the inauguration of the Kingdom of God and the establishment of Jesus Christ as the King of Kings,reigning in the hearts and lives the redeemed. This current, present day reign of ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 110:1-3

Denomination: Baptist

Four Amazing Little Evangelists 4. The Spider Series

Contributed by Jerry Martak on Nov 6, 2010

What is the Lesson of the spider (Giko Lizard)? HOLD ON! We need to learn by faith we can take hold of the promises of God no matter what might come our way for by His Grace and Mercy we will dwell in the palaces of heaven someday.

Ants, Conies, locusts, and spiders. Four of the most amazing little evangelist’s heaven ever employed to deliver a very personal and eternal message to all of us here. Proverbs 30:24-28 (NKJ) There are four things which are little on the earth, But they are exceedingly wise: The ants are a ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 30:24-28

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Good Ol' Summertime

Contributed by Dan Cormie on Jul 28, 2008

It’s a time for resting and relaxing, a time for the cabin and the campground, a time to bask in the surf, sun, and sand; but... does God have any plans for us this summer?

Dakota Community Church July 27, 2008 Good Ol’ Summertime Ah the glory that is the Winnipeg summer, the bright sunshine, the long evenings, the campgrounds and cabins bustling with anxious activity after the long shut in, everywhere you look life is inexplicably pushing to the surface … I ...read more

Scripture: 2 Chronicles 32:1-23

Denomination: Mennonite

Professors Or Possesors

Contributed by Gary Stebbins on Nov 16, 2009

God has a high calling on the lives of his people. He has called us to great exploits for Him.

Professors or Possessors Review Last week we looked at the story of Joseph as a young man- was gifted by God w/dreams, these dreams were part of his destiny, but Joseph was also proud/arrogant in the way he handled what God had given him, his brothers sold him into slavery, in Egypt, as a slave, ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:7-12

Denomination: Charismatic

Shake The Dust Off

Contributed by Riaan De Villiers on Jul 21, 2006

According to Solomon something is wrong: slaves are riding on horses and the kings are walking in the dust as slaves. We are suppose to be the kings on the horses but we are walking in the dust as slaves. It is time for the church to take it’s rightful pl

Shake the dust off A parable is told of a farmer who owned an old mule. The mule fell into the farmer¹s well. The farmer heard the mule "braying", or whatever mules do when they fall into wells. After carefully assessing the situation, the farmer sympathised with the mule, but decided that neither ...read more

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 10:5-7

Denomination: Pentecostal

Living Through Life's Dry Situations

Contributed by William Wyne on Dec 9, 2011

The Word of God is the solution to get us through our desert situations

The wise sage King Solomon wrote in his book in Ecclesiastes chapter 3 the idea about life in terms of seasons. He apparently understood that life was a continuous series of seasons. In verse 1 he said, “To everything there is a season and a time to every purpose.” The word season ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 18:41-48

Denomination: Baptist

Living In Joy Sermon Vi: Discovering The Joy In Life's Situations Series

Contributed by Charles Cunningham on Mar 4, 2020

With God's help and the steady support of Christian friends, we live in real joy by discovering the good in life's situations - as varied as they are - by trusting God to provide, then by giving God the glory for our contentment.

DISCOVERING THE JOY IN LIFE’S SITUATIONS In a certain third world country, a Jewish man complained to his rabbi, “Life is unbearable for me and my family. There are nine of us living in one room. What can I do?” ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 4:10-20

Get It Right Sermon V: A Mature Christian's Perspective On Prayer Series

Contributed by Charles Cunningham on Mar 30, 2020

Where there is disunity and apparently no hope for recovering from division apart from compromise of basic Christian beliefs, we are challenged to stand firm in the Faith, keep on fighting for the right, keep on praying!

A Mature Christian Perspective on Prayer “It is what it is.” When I hear someone dismissively assess a situation or circumstance with that expression of resignation, my initial reaction is to cringe at the implication that there’s ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:10-18

What Is A Spiritual Journey: Apotheosis, Realizing Our True Identity Series

Contributed by Justin Steckbauer on Apr 5, 2021

Every morning before shuffling out the back door, the old man told the cook to keep the frying pan hot. Tonight he was going to bring that elusive fish home for supper.

"Every morning before shuffling out the back door, the old man told the cook to keep the frying pan hot. Tonight he was going to bring that elusive fish home for supper. All day he would sit on the same battered lawn chair, under the same Florida sun, next to the same fishing hole, holding the ...read more

Scripture: Acts 9:17-22, Luke 8:14-15

Denomination: Salvation Army

Get Your Mind Right (With The Help Of God)

Contributed by Stephen Belokur on Jul 11, 2017

Philippians 4:8 calls us to think upon such things as truth, nobility, righteousness, purity, loveliness, etc. Why? What help will that be to the Christian. More importantly, what help will that be for the Kingdom of God in drawing others to Jesus?

Please open your Bibles to Philippians 4:4-9 which we will read in a few minutes. Our new memory verse is actually a follow-on to one of our earlier memory Scriptures; Philippians 4:6-7. “Finally, Brothers (or Brethren) …” Newer versions have “brothers and sisters”. Why? We who have grown up on ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 4:4-9

Denomination: Nazarene