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    Danger The Explosive Emotion Series

    Contributed by Billy Ricks on Sep 10, 2015
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     | 5,386 views

    True Biblical knowledge married to a living spiritual relationship with Jesus leads to new creation behavior. Anger is an emotion given by God to respond to injustice and unrighteousness. Learn in this sermon to use anger biblically.

    Intro: If you remember last week one of the most important things we can do is saturate our minds with God’s word. We do this so that the Holy Spirit can plant it deeply within our minds and give us something of the Spirit to think about. We don’t learn more of the Bible which ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Anxiety: Fear Of Losing Control Series

    Contributed by Billy Ricks on Sep 10, 2015
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     | 10,854 views

    Anxiety and worry come from trying to grab a hold of something that doesn't belong to us. Control of the situations that surround us. The Bible makes clear we are to control our responses to our environment and to others. We should seek self-control.

    Intro: The beginning of anxiety is the end of faith, and the beginning of true faith is the end of anxiety. George Muller Massena, one of Napoleon's generals, suddenly appeared with 18,000 soldiers before an Austrian town which had no means of defending itself. The town council met, certain that ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    God Is Seeking Worshipers Series

    Contributed by Billy Ricks on Oct 20, 2015
     | 6,311 views

    What an amazing passage. Jesus uses the most unlikely of persons to teach us and His disciples true worship. Come and learn what worship is and that God is seeking those that will bow and serve.

    Intro: We come to John four and we find Jesus exhausted. The word translated worn out means to work until totally spent or exhausted. Jesus came in His worn out state to the woman at the well to teach us all what worship really is. A good question to ask ourselves is why this woman? Why this ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Fragrance Of Worship Series

    Contributed by Billy Ricks on Oct 20, 2015
     | 9,045 views

    Jesus shows us clearly the result of forgiveness is love and worship. The woman who anointed Him anointed him with her future and her singleness. Ask yourself what is your fragrant oil.

    Intro: If you remember from last week Jesus went to place He shouldn’t be to talk to a woman He shouldn’t talk to. He used that woman to teach us what true worship is. Here we go again! It seems like Jesus is completely happy to tear down our ideas and presumptions about who should ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Result Of Worship Series

    Contributed by Billy Ricks on Nov 1, 2015
     | 5,955 views

    Worship is bowing down our lives before Jesus. This bowing of our lives before Him should make us like Him. Find out how.

    Intro: We learned a few weeks ago that the chief business of the church is to worship God. I want to remind you that the main words used to speak of worship in the New and Old Testaments carry the idea of bowing down. Our lives as individuals and as a whole as a church body are to be bowed down ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Worship Of Prayer Series

    Contributed by Billy Ricks on Nov 1, 2015
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    Prayer is an ultimate way to bow down before God.

    Intro: Johnny had been misbehaving and was sent to his room. After a while he emerged and informed his mother that he had thought it over and then said a prayer. "Fine", said the pleased mother. "If you ask God to help you not misbehave, He will help you." "Oh, I ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Worship Of Giving Thanks Series

    Contributed by Billy Ricks on Nov 15, 2015
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     | 10,235 views

    Thanksgiving isn't a day, a holiday or just a meal. It was designed by God to help keep our bodies, souls and spirits healthy.

    Intro: A woman had a parrot who always complained about everything. It was Thanksgiving Eve, and she was preparing the Thanksgiving meal. The parrot complained about everything as she worked. Finally, she had heard enough. She took him out of his cage and opened the refrigerator to put him in to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Worship Of A Worthy Walk Series

    Contributed by Billy Ricks on Nov 15, 2015
     | 5,617 views

    Good works have a great misunderstanding across the various denominations of the church today. Paul prays that we will live a life worth of God and be fruitful in every good work. He challenges us to live differently than the world around us.

    Intro: Today we honor our veterans. If we are to truly honor them then we will follow their example of sacrifice and service for the good of our nation. Psalm 33:12 “Happy is the nation whose God is Yahweh, the people he has chosen to be His own possession!” We will never be a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    'tis The Season To Be Extravagant Series

    Contributed by Billy Ricks on Dec 4, 2015
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,401 views

    There is much excess and waste in the church especially in the west. It is time for us to be excessive in worship, forgiveness, caring for others, self-control, stewardship and thankfulness. Learn the difference between sinful excess and righteous exces

    Intro: A woman bought an extravagant dress, and the husband asked why did it have to be so expensive, She said the devil made me buy it, The husband asked, why didn’t you say get behind me Satan?, The woman said, I did and he said it looked as good in the front as it did in the back, so I ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    'tis The Season To Welcome Jesus Series

    Contributed by Billy Ricks on Dec 6, 2015
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     | 8,031 views

    With the craziness of the advertised and commercialized season of Christmas surrounding us it is easy to miss the reason for the season. Welcome tinsel and lights presents and people but we must be sure to Welcome Jesus!

    Read John 1:1-11. (focus on 10 and 11) John 1:11 He came to His own, and His own people[g] did not receive Him. HCSB John 1:11 The light came to His own people, and His own people didn’t welcome Him. CEB Intro: Help me finish this sentence, Tis the season to be ______________! In the next ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    'tis The Season To Be Abundant Series

    Contributed by Billy Ricks on Dec 22, 2015
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     | 7,300 views

    One of the greatest Christmas promises given to us is the promise of a full or abundant life. What hinders and what helps us be abundant? You'll have to unwrap this message and find out!

    : A woman was doing her last-minute Christmas shopping at a crowded mall. She was tired of fighting the crowds. She was tired of standing in lines. She was tired of fighting her way down long aisles looking for a gift that had sold out days before. Her arms were full of bulky packages when an ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    'tis The Season To Be Expectant And Jubilant Series

    Contributed by Billy Ricks on Jan 2, 2016
     | 6,740 views

    Our expectations can bring limitations on people or on God. Jesus works in the realm of faith. He freely limits Himself based on our expectations of Him. It is our expectations of His faithfulness that create and sustain Joy in us.

    Intro: Harvard social psychologist Robert Rosenthal’s classic did a study of children to see how they responded to expectations. All the children in one San Francisco grade school were given a standard I.Q. test at the beginning of the school year. The teachers were told the test could ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Let Jesus Build Series

    Contributed by Billy Ricks on Jan 3, 2016
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     | 7,837 views

    Jesus promised to build His church not out of brick and mortar but out of flesh and blood. He builds HIs using living stones. What tools does Jesus use in order to build His Church. Are we helping or hindering the master builder. Find out inside.

    Intro: Jesus promised to build His church. Matthew 16:13-18 He made it clear that He would build His church. He builds it on the confession that He is Lord. But what type of building is He building and what type of materials is He using? Jesus is building a spiritual temple and a holy ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Let Jesus Build Part 2 Series

    Contributed by Billy Ricks on Jan 14, 2016
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     | 4,512 views

    Part 2 of Jesus promising to build His Church. We are dead dirt what tools does Jesus use to make us living stones?

    Intro: A little bit of review. The big thing we were told last week is that Jesus made a promise. We already know that Jesus is a promise keeper. Our God is a promise keeping God. He promised in the moment that you chose to rebel and sin you will die. Every single day almost every minute that ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Profiles And Pictures Of The Antichrist Part 2 Series

    Contributed by Billy Ricks on Jun 7, 2015
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,853 views

    Antichrist can mean against for in place of. Looking at Alexander and Antiochus we see examples of how Satan wants to replace God with himself. We also learn that anything raised above Christ is Antichrist or in place of.

    Intro: Our world is fast becoming a madhouse and the inmates are trying to run the asylum. It is a strange time when the patients are writing the prescriptions, the students are threatening to run the schools, the children to manage the homes, and church members not the Holy Spirit to direct the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist