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  • Scott Chambers avatar

    What God Can Do With You

    Contributed by Scott Chambers on Jun 9, 2005
    based on 5 ratings
     | 5,457 views

    A challenge to realiza how God can use you.

    This is a song of Moses. The last forty year period of Moses’ life has been spent in the wilderness of Midian tending the flocks of his father-in-law Jethro. While in the wilderness Moses was a witness to the wonders of God in creation. He had been particularly fascinated by the relationship of ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Passion To The Christ

    Contributed by Steve Rutherford on Sep 13, 2005
    based on 16 ratings
     | 5,607 views

    This message is to challenge listeners to be passionate in their worship of Jesus Christ.

    Passion To The Christ (Joh 11:34 KJVR) And said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him, Lord, come and see. (Joh 11:35 KJVR) Jesus wept. (Joh 11:36 KJVR) Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him! (Joh 11:37 KJVR) And some of them said, Could not ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Christ Is Risen

    Contributed by Colin Coombs on Oct 22, 2005
    based on 6 ratings
     | 3,531 views

    The first words of the Risen Lord bring comfort and challenge.

    Easter! Christ is risen from the dead! In consequence, because He lives, we also live! Halleluiah. What a glorious hope the believer has. Christ is risen – and because of that, we live! There are two aspects of this wonderful life that is now ours, and both are affected by the glorious truth ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Waiting For God To Speak

    Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Nov 14, 2003
    based on 14 ratings
     | 7,483 views

    God’s voice is a voice that challenges and changes us.

    In, The Horse Whisperer, Tom Booker, has a gift when it comes to what he calls "gentling" horses. In one telling scene, a traumatized horse, frightened by a ringing cell phone, gallops off into the far end of a large pasture. Booker walks into the pasture and sits down, where he waits for what ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Don't Worry, Be Happy!

    Contributed by Stephen Noel on Sep 12, 2001
    based on 17 ratings
     | 5,055 views

    A message on salvation for the sinner, but a challenge of deeper commitment to the Christian.

    Don’t Worry, Be Happy! Wouldn’t it be nice if everyone walked in perfect peace, without worry, without stress, without lonliness? It can happen. Especially when we walk with the Lord. This message today is for both the sinner and for the Christian. At the close of this message, you will ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    The Whole Enchilada

    Contributed by Jonathan Lucas on May 11, 2001
    based on 75 ratings
     | 3,196 views

    A Challenge to pursue the complete truth of God’s Word.

    The Whole Enchilada 2 Timothy 4:1-8 1. I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; 2. Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    God Is Love

    Contributed by William Lock on Mar 4, 2009
    based on 3 ratings
     | 4,725 views

    Nothing is more challenging than imitating the love of God

    GOD IS LOVE JOHN 4:7-21 WHAT IS LOVE? LOVE IS NOT EASY THE MOUSE TRAP LIONS WHO ACT LIKE LIONS WHAT IS LOVE? LOVE IS IMPORTANT! James 2:8 "If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself,’ you are doing right." 1 John 3:11 "This is the message you heard ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    How To Pass Through The Storms Of Life And Remain Standing

    Contributed by Randy Bataanon on May 21, 2010
    based on 96 ratings
     | 23,562 views

    Surviving through the most difficult trials and challenges of life.

    HOW TO PASS THROUGH THE STORMS OF LIFE AND REMAIN STANDING Mat 7:24 "Therefore, everyone who hears what I say and obeys it will be like a wise person who built a house on rock. Mat 7:25 Rain poured, and floods came. Winds blew and beat against that house. But it did not collapse, because its ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    How Long Shall Your Evil Thoughts Lodge Within You?

    Contributed by Spencer Cunnah on Jun 15, 2010
    based on 10 ratings
     | 9,362 views

    A challenging sermon to apply the Lordship of Christ to your thoughts.

    How long shall your evil thoughts lodge within you? Introduction The Bible has a lot to say to us about our thinking. How true it is that what you are is determined by the way you think. The Son of God tells us that it’s out of the heart that evil thoughts proceed. We are also told in the New ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    The Puzzle Of Singleness Series

    Contributed by Denn Guptill on Feb 5, 2012
     | 5,042 views

    In this message we look at the challenges for a Single Christ Follower

    Where have all the married couples gone? At least on television. Have you noticed that there are very few married folks on television anymore? These days you would be hard pressed to find a couple in a traditional marriage on prime time these days. In Big Bang the only marriage couple you see ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    Goodbye Sermon

    Contributed by Tim Smith on Sep 16, 2008
    based on 9 ratings
     | 6,589 views

    This is a goodbye sermon with a challenge to be the church and fulfill its purpose

    1 Thess 5: 1-8, 12-28 sermon outline Spencer South Dakota was devastated by a tornado. Among the
many losses, including six victims, was St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church. Thanks giving verse 1 God and Jesus Christ are the primary agents. It is God to be thanked Verse 2-8 Work produced by ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Missionary Commissioning Service

    Contributed by Stephen Todd on Apr 2, 2004
    based on 30 ratings
     | 16,491 views

    This message is a challenge to a missionary couple and to the church supporting them.

    November 4, 2001 Commissioning Service For the Twinems As I was looking for what I might share today, someone said to me that in all their years in church, they had never been to a commissioning service. This just isn’t an everyday occurrence. It is especially rare to have a pastor who has ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Invisible Armies

    Contributed by Charles Salmon on Nov 4, 2003
    based on 66 ratings
     | 17,104 views

    Spiritual blindness, its cure, and a challenge for modern Christians.

    Invisible Armies II Kings 6:15-17 INTRO.: after the division of the kingdom of Israel into Judah and Israel, the prophet Elisha ministered in the northern kingdom of Israel. Syria, also known as Aram, was a relentless enemy of Israel and conducted raids into Israeli territory. The king of Syria, at ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Joining The Harvest

    Contributed by John Hamby on Jun 9, 2002
    based on 125 ratings
     | 16,142 views

    Christ’s challenge for his disciples to join the harvest.

    Joining the Harvest Matthew 9:35-38 (Preached to a mission’s church in Campeche, Mexico) Tonight I want to share with you a picture of the heart of Jesus. In Matthew 9, beginning in verse thirty-five we have a marvelous disclosure of what motivated the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Take The Risk And Grow Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Aug 27, 2016
     | 6,458 views

    Take the risk; take the challenge; take the grace and grow.

    Thursday of 21st Week in Course St. Paul’s words to Corinth today are like a commentary on the Gospel. Simon and the boys have been fishing all night, casting and pulling, casting and pulling. All they got was garbage. But at the word of Jesus, they put out into deep water–not the ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic