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  • Scott Terrell avatar

    Your Thoughts Can Control You

    Contributed by Scott Terrell on Mar 14, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 21,692 views

    Your mind is a battlefield. Prepare and win the battle.

    Your thoughts can control you!!! There is spiritual war fare going every day. Can we all agree on that? We are in the middle of spiritual war fare right now. Where? IN OUR MINDS!! There is a tug of war going on. I don’t care how strong of a Christian you ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Twenty Mississippi - Ready Or Not He Will Come

    Contributed by J Jeffrey Smead on Aug 9, 2013
    based on 67 ratings
     | 27,318 views

    As a child I really enjoyed playing hide and go seek. Little did I realize as a child how much this game of hide and seek paralleled the Return - The Second Coming of Jesus Christ. (Updated October 2023)

    I loved it ... weather... I was the one hiding ... trying not to get caught, ... or if I was the one seeking; ......who was trying to catch unexpectedly ... those that were hiding. Although I have not played in quite some time, ......I do remember ... that the seeker, ......was called ... the ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

  • Larry Turner avatar

    "Let's Make A Deal" Series

    Contributed by Larry Turner on Aug 24, 2014
     | 7,681 views

    Life is always tempting us with doors number 1, 2, or 3. It takes wisdom, prayer, planning, preparation, and pusuing godly counsel to make the right choice.

    This morning we are going to play a game that became very popular in the seventies and continues today. It’s called “Let’s Make A Deal.” Do you remember it? People would dress up in the most silliest of costumes in hopes of being selected to play in the game. If you were ...read more

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    Denomination: Foursquare

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    How To Hear God Speak (Acts - Part 26) Series

    Contributed by Jeff Christopherson on Jan 15, 2005
    based on 14 ratings
     | 5,828 views

    How to prepare my heart to hear God

    How to hear God speak Acts Series: “Completely Irreligious, Yet Radically Christian” Part 26 Pastor Jeff Christopherson - July 13, 2003 One of the most basic claims of Christianity is that God speaks to people… … “and God said…” (over & over..) The ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    This World Needs Revival

    Contributed by Wendell Blackburn on Apr 10, 2005
    based on 31 ratings
     | 6,733 views

    This Sermon should help a congregation to Prepare for Revival!!

    THIS WORLD NEEDS REVIVAL!! ACTS 16:19-26 And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the market place unto the rulers, And brought them to the magistrates, Saying, these men being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city And teach ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    "Here Is Our Awesome God!"

    Contributed by Ken Sauer on Dec 3, 2008
    based on 7 ratings
     | 4,649 views

    Some of what it means to prepare the way for the Lord.

    Isaiah 40:1-11, Mark 1:1-8 “Here Is Our Awesome God!” by: Rev. Ken Sauer, Pastor of Grace United Methodist Church, Soddy Daisy, TN www.graceumcsd.org I want all of us to think about something this morning and throughout the coming months. “Are there any unconverted corners of our ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    What Will Heaven Be Like?

    Contributed by Randy Croft on Nov 15, 2002
    based on 63 ratings
     | 7,433 views

    Secrets of the New World God is Preparing for You.

    What will Heaven be Like? by Randy A. Croft For several years, I taught a group of high school students some of the basics of Egyptian life. We studied the Egyptian worldview concerning their gods, about the afterlife, and why they took such great detail with the pyramid design and ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Are You Ready Series

    Contributed by Dennis Bliss on Feb 2, 2005
    based on 7 ratings
     | 4,801 views

    An advent reflection on the the urgency to be prepared for the arrival of the Savior

    The Chapel of Dismas The Repentant Sinner A place where we know that the church of Jesus is an evolving, transforming and liberating clinic for sinners and not a museum for the self righteous AA 5/38-40 ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    When Things Haven't Turned Out The Way You Expected

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Jul 8, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,826 views

    A look at John the Baptist's astonishing admission of doubt about who Jesus is and why we often have similar doubts.

    OUR COMPLAINT: “This is not what I signed up for.” - Matthew 11:2a – John in prison. - I cannot read the mind of John, but I can’t help but believe that a prison cell was the last place he expected to end up. - He is the great prophet of God, the forerunner of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Coming Of The Comforter

    Contributed by Stephen E. Trail on Sep 3, 2024
     | 1,031 views

    Jesus is preparing his disciples for his departure.

    The Coming of the Comforter John 16:1-16 1 These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended. 2They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service. 3And these things will they do unto you, because they ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Examining Ourselves

    Contributed by Dennis Selfridge on Apr 12, 2005
    based on 16 ratings
     | 4,734 views

    How to prepare for partaking in the Lord’s Supper

    In January 2000, leaders in Charlotte, North Carolina, invited their favorite son, Billy Graham, to a luncheon in his honor. Billy initially hesitated to accept the invitation because he struggles with Parkinson’s disease. But the Charlotte leaders said, "We don’t expect a major address. Just come ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    One House For All Nations

    Contributed by Joshua Blackmon on Oct 17, 2025
    based on 1 rating
     | 226 views

    Sermon prepared for our All Nations Sunday.

    Title: One House for All Nations Text: Isaiah 56:7 — “My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations.” 1. God’s Heart Has Always Been for All Nations • From the very beginning, God’s heart was not just for one people but for all people. • When God called Abraham, He said: “Through ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Mark A. Barber avatar

    Moses Tries It His Way: An Exposition Of Exodus 2:11-25

    Contributed by Mark A. Barber on Aug 21, 2020
     | 3,216 views

    We sing the hymn "Have Thine own Way" and all too often go out and do it our way.

    Moses Tries it His Way: An Exposition of Exodus 2:11-25 How many times do we feel that God has a special calling on our lives, and we get into a rush trying to fulfill it? When we became Christians, we received the Holy Spirit in our lives. God has a purpose for every one of us. He has distributed ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Jesus Christ Really Did Come In The Flesh And Is Coming Again

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Nov 11, 2024
     | 439 views

    The clear fact is that all humans need to make themselves ready by faith and good works to be ready at any time for the general judgement, the return of Christ.

    Friday of the thirty-second week in course 2024 Let’s spend a moment with our Gospel passage to find from Church teaching what Jesus is not saying by way of St. Luke. There is a school of Christian thought that was popularized in the Left Behind series of books and flicks. It’s called ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

  • Craig Condon avatar

    The More A Man Has, The More A Man Wants

    Contributed by Craig Condon on Mar 12, 2015
    based on 1 rating
     | 9,042 views

    God created enough for everyone. We are called to put others above ourselves, especially the less fortunate in society.

    Once there was a burglar who was caught and brought before a judge for trial. He was found guilty, and was asked by the judge if he had anything to say before he was sentenced. The burglar stated, “Well, you know, Your Honour, it’s like this. The more a man has, the more a man ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican