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  • Eric Hanson avatar

    Choose Life

    Contributed by Eric Hanson on Feb 7, 2008
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     | 3,383 views

    As believers, we can choose life in many ways. This message was a follow on to one about abortion. This message speaks to other matters of life, from the new birth, to benefits of the Gospel, to World evangelism.

    CHOOSING LIFE Deuteronomy 30: 14-16, 19-20. Joshua 24:15 Intro: Explain about every January being the commemoration of Roe v Wade. Spring board into the fact that there are many ways for believers to choose life and not death. Today we highlight several of these. The underlying assumption in ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Frank Lay avatar

    Choose Life

    Contributed by Frank Lay on Jan 27, 2005
    based on 49 ratings
     | 38,819 views

    Moses had come to the end of his life and in the book of Deuteronomy he is preaching to the people and preparing them for entrance into the Promised Land. In his farewell address, he challenges them to accept God’s offer of life. The choice he gives is

    CHOOSE LIFE Deut. 30:14-20 We make choices every day. Some choices really don’t matter very much. What we shall eat, or wear. What car shall I buy? What team shall I support? It really doesn’t matter whether I drive a Ford or Chevrolet, a Toyota or Honda, or even a Mercury or Buick. As a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Marcos Suazo avatar

    Choose Wisely

    Contributed by Marcos Suazo on Oct 25, 2004
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     | 3,477 views

    Too many times we get caught up in situations that put us at a crossroad and we find it difficult to figure out which way is the best way to go. That is because the devil is good at what he does, his job is to make the wrong choice look as right as possi

    Choose Wisely Genesis 25: 29-34 29 One day when Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau arrived home exhausted and hungry from a hunt. 30 Esau said to Jacob, "I’m starved! Give me some of that red stew you’ve made." (This was how Esau got his other name, Edom – "Red.") 31 Jacob replied, "All right, but ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Blake Inscore avatar

    Choose For Yourselves

    Contributed by Blake Inscore on Sep 25, 2009
    based on 5 ratings
     | 7,492 views

    Joshua 24 is an important text because it reminds us of the challenges that lie before those who will follow the leadership of the Lord in their lives.

    Introduction: Today I’d like for us to look at a passage of scripture that deals with the transition that God’s people faced as they possessed the Promised Land. The song we sang a few minutes ago was based on the verses we are going to be reading. Joshua 24 is an important text because it reminds ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Maria Saunders avatar

    You Choose

    Contributed by Maria Saunders on Apr 7, 2016
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    Futuristic promises are recorded in God's Word. Satan doesn’t want the saints to believe such promises for trusting in them removes the anguish caused by them. So then, how does one stand in an upright position when everything seems to go against thee?

    “You Choose” “The Lord will make you the head, not the tail. . . you will always be at the top, never at the bottom.” Deuteronomy 28:13 I can remember hearing this statement from my childhood. The severity of this statement wasn’t clear to me at that time. To be ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • David Hersey avatar

    Choosing A Church

    Contributed by David Hersey on Mar 27, 2015
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    We must choose the Lord's church. There is only one. And that's the one we need to be a part of. We need to choose correctly and wisely. The choices we make in life are going to effect us the rest of our lives on earth and in the eternal hereafter.

    Choosing a Church The Christian Chronicle has recently reported that the number of Church of Christ adherents (members and their unbaptized children) continues to decline. Since 2003, the number is down 102,000 or 6.2%. During the same time, the number of congregations fell by 708, or ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Ajai Prakash avatar

    Choosing A Wife

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on May 9, 2014
    based on 3 ratings
     | 7,318 views

    How are we to handle decision making? Especially about important things like who to marry, or where to live, or what jobs to pursue? What comes first, Marriage or Love? How should we go about making those decisions?

    Opening illustration: My conversation with a pastor friend in our local community while meeting him over lunch last winter. [Biblically marriage comes first then love … our culture has switched it around …] Introduction: God could have just directly communicated to Abraham – ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Dennis Munn avatar

    Choose Jesus

    Contributed by Dennis Munn on Dec 15, 2010
    based on 7 ratings
     | 15,072 views

    You don't have to be bound...you can choose freedom.

    “Choose Jesus” Joshua 24:14-18 Introduction: I went shopping with my wife last week…grocery shopping…something I rarely do. It’s not that I’m sexist or anything…I don’t think that grocery shopping is women’s work and therefore not in my ...read more

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    Denomination: Apostolic

  • Greg Nance avatar

    The Power To Choose

    Contributed by Greg Nance on Jan 8, 2011
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    What place does choice play in our ultimate destiny? God chooses to let us choose.

    Who is responsible for you? Genesis 1:26-27 is perhaps the most amazing passage in the Old Testament. Turn there and read it with me… (read) This is an astounding concept. Now, look at what happens next! The very first recorded thing that God said to human beings after creating us in ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Tim Diack avatar

    Choose Life! Series

    Contributed by Tim Diack on Sep 24, 2012
     | 5,182 views

    This message looks at the question of "When does life begin?" A simple question whose answer has a lot of significant ramifications here in Canada where abortion is legal at any time up until a baby has fully emerged from the birth canal.

    Choose Life! - Psalm 139:13-16 Series: Faith on the Frontlines #1 Friends, as we begin this morning, let me ask you a couple of questions: What would you make of a nation who offered no rights and no protection to a certain segment of their population? What would you think of a nation that ...read more

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  • Samuel Fulkerson avatar

    Choose This Day

    Contributed by Samuel Fulkerson on Jul 7, 2013
     | 7,321 views

    Life is full of choices. Choice wisely. Choose life and blessing.

    Quotes: “There are three constants in life... change, choice and principles.” -Stephen Covey "Every choice you make has an end result." -Zig Ziglar “Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for; it is a thing to be achieved.” ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Gaither Bailey avatar

    If You Choose

    Contributed by Gaither Bailey on Feb 9, 2012
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,123 views

    Sixth Sunday After Epiphany Year B

    Mark 1: 40 – 45 & 2 Kings 5: 1 - 14 / If You Choose Intro: One day a lion decided to make sure all the other animals knew he was the king of the jungle. He by-passed the smaller animals and went to the bear – “Why you are, of course!” tiger – “Everyone ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Horace Wimpey avatar

    Choosing A Leader

    Contributed by Horace Wimpey on Nov 1, 2012
    based on 6 ratings
     | 10,917 views

    Isaiah 53 gives us charachteristics to look for in our leader.

    Choosing A Leader Isaiah 53:2-11 Intro: Guess what, on Tuesday, we as a nation and individuals who choose to vote, will go to the polls and elect our President for the next four years. The leader of the free world is how many describe the holder of this office. We will elect our leader. It seems ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jody VanSickle avatar

    Choosing To Be Thankful

    Contributed by Jody Vansickle on Nov 18, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,963 views

    Thanksgiving is a choice, so what should be choose to be thankful for?

    CHOOSING TO BE THANKFUL: 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 The Apostle Paul is finishing up his first letter to the church at Thessalonica. • This was a congregation of believers who were suffering because of their faith. • But in spite of their suffering, they remained faith to ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Kelly Benton avatar

    Choose Love

    Contributed by Kelly Benton on Feb 9, 2011
    based on 40 ratings
     | 13,413 views

    To share with the listener a couple of thoughts on how we can clothe ourselves with Love.

    Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day! It’s a day in which we celebrate Love. It’s a day that for many people is the only time of the year that they convey their love to another. It’s a day that will mainly be celebrated between two people, two sweethearts. I often wonder why so many ...read more

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