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  • Dennis Selfridge avatar

    We Can Become Hardhearted With A Spirit Of Unbelief Or Know God Is In Contr

    Contributed by Dennis Selfridge on Apr 21, 2004
    based on 32 ratings
     | 3,064 views

    How to overcome knowing God is in control

    WE CAN BECOME HARDHEARTED WITH A SPIRIT OF UNBELIEF OR KNOW GOD IS IN CONTROL JOB 1:1, 8, 21, 22, 42:5 Could Job have said in all that he was going through, “It does not pay to be holy or walk honestly? God treats the wicked and the pure the same. We both suffer. So why labor to be honest?” Job ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    Proverbial Wisdom

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on May 15, 2004
    based on 78 ratings
     | 5,814 views

    Proverbial wisdom. 1- words 2- guidance

    INTRO.- More quips and quotes. - Almost everything comes to him who waits, including gray hair, false teeth, and a potbelly. - Everything wears out sooner than it used to, including your nerves. - The house in which a man is the boss is probably still under construction. - A hospital should have a ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Proverbial Wisdom

    Contributed by Steve Shepherd on May 17, 2004
    based on 80 ratings
     | 6,119 views

    Proverbial wisdom. 1- The eyes of the Lord 2- The happiness of the heart 3- The meal of vegetables

    INTRO.- Quips and quotes. - Sign in the window of a flower shop: We don’t mind if you stick your nose in our business. - Most of us are like we were thirty years ago – only in slow motion. - Where Eskimos rub noses, Americans rub fenders. - Some people who try to look casual end up looking ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Lord Bless You And Keep You

    Contributed by Warren Bird on Jan 18, 2004
    based on 110 ratings
     | 35,568 views

    Grace, peace, blessing, keeping. God desires wonderful things for His faithful people! Blessing is a term that gets misused a lot - this sermon explores what it really means.

    Have you ever noticed how the apostle Paul opens every one of his letters by wishing his readers “grace and peace”? It is also present in both of Peter’s letters, one of John’s and Revelation. When they said, “grace and peace” these Biblical writers were not merely using a polite form of words to ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Jason Cole avatar

    A Closer Look At Encouragment Series

    Contributed by Jason Cole on Feb 20, 2004
    based on 96 ratings
     | 17,295 views

    It is so easy to get discouraged, but the words that we say have such an impact on people. The church today needs encouragment, but how can we give and receive encouragment

    “A Closer Look: Encouragement” Introduction: William Arthur Ward said, “Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I will not forget you.” Our words are one of the most powerful weapons that we have. With ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Survivor 5: How To Protect Your Torch Series

    Contributed by Geoff Baggett on Oct 14, 2002
    based on 79 ratings
     | 7,975 views

    This is the fifth message in my SURVIVOR series, focusing upon protecting our credibility and Christian witness (10-13-02)

    Opening *Enter with the “Survivor Torch” and “Survivor” theme music playing. Say: Every week on the Survivor reality series, you can see the tribe members carrying a torch similar to this one. They carry it with them to the “Tribal Council,” where that must vote one person out of their tribe … ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Evie Megginson avatar

    God's Promise Of Deliverance

    Contributed by Evie Megginson on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 74 ratings
     | 26,712 views

    Psalms 34:19 Many [are] the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.

    Psalms 34:19 Many [are] the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all. There are two promises in this verse. We can expect to be afflicted if we want to be men and women of God. You’re going to be where everything that is happening will test your strength. The ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year

    Contributed by T. Michael Crews on Dec 2, 2006
    based on 6 ratings
     | 10,158 views

    A Topical Christmas Sermon

    The Most Wonderful Time of the Year Matt. 2:1-12 Christmas is a season of wonder. Someone expressed that wonder this way: I am the Christmas Spirit— I enter the home of poverty, causing pale faced children to open their eyes wide, in pleased wonder. I cause the miser’s clutched hand to relax ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Eulogy Christine Walker

    Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Dec 5, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,335 views

    This is a eulogy for a believer who died after a lengthy battle with Parkinson’s Disease. She and her husband were married 38 years.

    Christine Thomas On a warm summer day, on the fifth of August in the year 1948, God gave Sarah and Briddock, a beautiful little girl, whose heart would grow to touch the lives of many. She and her sister Rebekah must have been a joy in Sarah and ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Jesus Is Coming: To Bring Good News Series

    Contributed by Daniel Richter on Oct 10, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,777 views

    Christmas Series

    Jesus is Coming: To Bring Good News. Sunday, December 25th, 2005 Intro: Well, I’ve got good news and I’ve got bad news, which do you want to hear first? Don’t you love being greeted with that line? News can change our day, it can change our lives. Most people when asked which news they want ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

  • Larry La Douceur avatar

    What Can You Know, About God?

    Contributed by Larry La Douceur on Nov 3, 2005
    based on 30 ratings
     | 7,526 views

    God reveals Himself to us in many ways…

    What Can You Know, About God? In the Book of Job, Zophar the Naamatite, rebuked Job by, saying, Job 11 7 "Can you fathom the mysteries of God? Can you probe the limits of the Almighty? 8 They are higher than the heavens-what can you do? They are deeper than the depths of the grave -what can ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Faithful Thomas

    Contributed by James May on Nov 2, 2003
    based on 47 ratings
     | 13,372 views

    Jesus saw something in Thomas more than the doubts, fears and frustrations that Thomas had. Jesus called him because he saw a man who would have faith to the end.

    FAITHFUL THOMAS One of the most misunderstood characters of the New Testament was an Apostle named Thomas Didymus, otherwise known as “doubting Thomas”. We have all heard of “Doubting Thomas”, the disciple who refused to believe in the resurrected Lord until he saw Jesus and felt of the wounds in ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Brian Bill avatar

    Discipline That Disciples Series

    Contributed by Brian Bill on May 23, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 13,127 views

    Every discipline situation is a setting for discipleship.

    Discipline That Disciples 1 Samuel 2:12-36 Rev. Brian Bill 5/23/10 A week ago our oldest daughter Emily graduated from college and two days ago Lydia graduated from high school. This has been an exciting and emotional time for us. Well, at least for me because I think I’ve cried more than ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Joseph Smith avatar

    Living At Four Corners

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on Nov 25, 2007
    based on 3 ratings
     | 2,793 views

    For Christ the King Sunday and in support of international missions: using a metaphor of a complex intersection, we are to give, teach, heal and share as the four corners of our Christian life.

    May I introduce you to my neighborhood? For two months now I have been burning up the Beltway and 270 coming up to your place two or three times a week. It would seem only fair that you should come down to where I live, if only in your mind’s eye. Let me introduce you to Four Corners. Four ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    As Good As It Gets Series

    Contributed by Victor Yap on Dec 19, 2007
    based on 9 ratings
     | 11,284 views

    Moses, Pt. 12

    AS GOOD AS IT GETS (NUMBERS 16) I received an unexpected call from a church a few years ago. The chairman of the church’s search committee asked if I knew a candidate they were interviewing for the church’s vacant senior pastor position. He asked me about the candidate’s leadership, his strengths ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible