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  • Steven Simala Grant avatar

    Breaking Bread And Building Bonds Series

    Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on May 8, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 6,330 views

    The Holy Spirit comes in community, and creates community. This message leads into communion.

    Breaking Bread and Building Bonds: Experiencing Biblical Community Acts 2:1-4, 42-47 September 14, 2003 Intro: We want to spend a little more time around the communion table this morning than normal, partly because it feels like the right thing to do early in the fall as the rhythm of our lives ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jerry Shirley avatar

    Laying Down The Law Series

    Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Jul 3, 2008
    based on 105 ratings
     | 13,445 views

    What would happen if we got back to the basics and tried to live by the 10 Commandments? Oh, the revival that would sweep our nation, our churches, and each of our hearts! Link inc. to formatted text, audio & video, PowerPoint.

    Laying Down the Law Intro. to the Ten Commandments Exodus 20 http://gbcdecatur.org/sermons/LayingDownLaw.html In The Gospel and the American Dream, historian Bruce Shelley writes, “In one hand Liberty holds the torch of freedom and in the other the tablet of law. The torch challenges the forces ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Craig Smee avatar

    The Upside Of Being Down

    Contributed by Craig Smee on Sep 15, 2007
     | 3,850 views

    The up side even when we are down is that we are called and appointed by God.

    GENERAL INTRO Jesus has set us free to be ourselves... Comparing to others Not good at that Gifs, talents, I cant sing like and I cant – but Preach Everybody has things they are good at and everybody has things they are not good at. WE HAVE TO GET OVER BEING BOTHERED BY IT We have to understand ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

  • Wade Martin Hughes, Sr avatar

    Lay The Shovel Down

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Sep 30, 2023
     | 1,853 views

    Have you ever dug a hole so deep that you had trouble escaping it. The first thing to survive this adversity hole is to throw down your shovel and quit digging.This trap can be deadly.

    LAY THE SHOVEL DOWN… By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com (YouTube: Wade Hughes) (Several part lesson) 1 Corinthians 1:25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men. 26 For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Wayne Lawson avatar

    A Low Down God

    Contributed by Wayne Lawson on Sep 15, 2025
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     | 1,591 views

    When the tower is built, the great tower, with its top reaching to the heavens, the truth is, it is actually so puny that God has to come down from Heaven to see it

    TITLE: A LOW DOWN GOD SCRIPTURE: GENESIS 11:1-9 I am sure we are all familiar with this interesting account found in the opening chapters of the Bible. I can recall being taught this particular Biblical account as a boy attending Sunday School. I must admit to you this morning that I still ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Down Is Not Your Destiny

    Contributed by Robbie Bankens on May 10, 2006
    based on 70 ratings
     | 33,990 views

    The enemy may have barraged you with trouble, he may have even tripped you up and you may have stumbled, but being down is not where God has destined you to be. You shall arise!

    MICAH 7:8 NIV “Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I WILL arise! Though I sit in darkness, the Lord WILL be my light!” Folks, I won’t be long this afternoon, but I am here to preach to somebody today that “Down Is Not Your Destiny”. There are some, who have been under ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    The Way Down Is Up

    Contributed by John Gullick on Jun 9, 2015
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     | 5,322 views

    A sermon that looks at the dynamics of Mark chapter 3 20 - 35 and attempts to show how often in the Christian life in order to go up we need to go what the world considers as down.

    2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1 Mark 3:20-35 In 1982, David Pawson was invited to speak in New Zealand. His had a reputation as a bible teacher, so people the people of Wellington were surprised when he said that he had a prophecy. He carried two burdens that God had given him for our nation. One burden ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Wayne Lawson avatar

    Pulling Down Of Strongholds Series

    Contributed by Wayne Lawson on Aug 24, 2010
    based on 30 ratings
     | 43,210 views

    Paul's exhortation deals with those of us who are saved. He is speaking to the body of Christ. Therefore, when he spoke in regards to the matter of ‘STRONGHOLDS,’ he was speaking of an area that encompasses every one of us as God’s people.

    TITLE: PULLING DOWN OF STRONG HOLDS SCRIPTURE: II CORINTHIANS 10:3-5 I want to bring us another message this morning along the lines of last week’s sermon entitled “Saints with Sinners Problems” which I believe blessed many of us. This is the second message in a series that I ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Derrick Tuper avatar

    Contend For The Faith

    Contributed by Derrick Tuper on Sep 17, 2018
    based on 1 rating
     | 7,450 views

    A couple of weeks ago I talked about the command to go and make disciples. Then last Sunday I talked about sharing the right gospel message. Today, I'll be talking about some practical things we can do and what we're up against as we contend for the faith.

    CONTEND FOR THE FAITH 1) Contend for the faith. Jude 1:3, "Dear friends, although I was very eager to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt I had to write and urge you to contend for the faith that was once for all entrusted to the saints." To contend means to put yourself ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Way Up Is Down Series

    Contributed by David Owens on Nov 28, 2017
    based on 1 rating
     | 18,162 views

    Paul pointed to the example of Jesus' humble service as a way for the Philippians to live in harmony with each other and receive a blessing from God.

    Introduction: A. A tv show I enjoyed watching in the seventies and eighties was the sitcom called The Jeffersons. 1. The show featured an African American family who became wealthy and moved out of a run-down area in Queens to a luxury apartment in Manhattan. 2. The theme song for the show was a ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Jeff Strite avatar

    Down Into The Land Of Slavery Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Dec 28, 2014
    based on 26 ratings
     | 15,478 views

    God had planned this trip to Egypt for centuries. But why choose that pagan land? Why not someplace else?

    OPEN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLc81CS7TY4 (We turned the video's sound down as I explained the artist and artwork that was being shown). I’m not much for modern art, but this particular piece of artwork intrigued me. It’s the work of the renowned French artist Bernard Pras. ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Steve Shepherd avatar

    Life's Ups And Downs

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Feb 23, 2002
    based on 349 ratings
     | 33,380 views

    Paul’s life was full of ups and downs: He was a proud man, a humbled man and a new man.

    LIFE’S UPS AND DOWNS Acts 9:1-19 INTRO.- ILL.- At a commuter train station a policeman noticed a woman driver leaning over her steering wheel in evident discomfort. "Is there anything wrong?" asked the police officer. Half crying and half laughing, the woman replied, "For ten years I have driven ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Ken Alford avatar

    Nailing Down Patience Series

    Contributed by Ken Alford on Nov 8, 2001
    based on 36 ratings
     | 8,643 views

    Patience remembers the ownership of God on the project at hand, and digs deep to please the Lord in whatever is undertaken for Him. If it is His work, it has His results and His guarantee, but it requires our faithful patience to continue when logic, conv

    September 17, 2000 -- AM NAILING DOWN PATIENCE (Habakkuk 2: 1-3). INTRODUCTION: (1) In the book of Habakkuk we are looking at seven stakes of stability. We are nailing down the loose ends at Family Baptist Fellowship. Last week we placed the stake of holiness as it related to understanding the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • James Tetley avatar

    The Upside Down Kingdom

    Contributed by James Tetley on Jul 3, 2006
    based on 10 ratings
     | 7,034 views

    The kingdom of God totally contradicts the Kingdom of this World

    The passage we will be looking at this evening is from Matthew 20 vs. 1-16. Often subtitled the workers in the vineyard. The approach I am going to take is that we will split the passage up into sections – read the story together and then I will offer you some thoughts on each part. But ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Martin Odom avatar

    Sit Down And Be Counted

    Contributed by Martin Odom on Dec 25, 2006
    based on 8 ratings
     | 11,924 views

    Men are always so busy doing things that we seldom stop to allow God to minister in our lives. This sermon encourages men to surrender themselves to Jesus so we may gain more than expected. This is a Men’s Day sermon I preached at my church.

    SIT DOWN AND BE COUNTED JOHN 6: 1 -13 The gospel according to St. John is vastly different than all of the other gospels. While the other three are called the synoptic gospels, which simply means that they give a synopsis or summary of Jesus’ life, John is after something different. John ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist