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  • Carl Allen avatar

    God's Word About Your Money Series

    Contributed by Carl Allen on Jul 22, 2009
    based on 6 ratings
     | 7,380 views

    Money is such a touchy subject today and alot of preaches will not go near it, but the Lord makes it pretty clear in the scriptures what He expects of us when it comes to the money He has given us.

    Keeping the Home Fire Burning Series GOD’S WORD ABOUT YOUR MONEY Mark 12:41-44 Intro In the course of preaching these messages on the home and family, we have dealt with several sensitive and controversial topics. Tonight, I want to turn the spotlight of God’s Word directly on your money and the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Brad Bailey avatar

    Restoring The Hope Of Christmas Series

    Contributed by Brad Bailey on Jul 22, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,691 views

    The hope of Christmas is not a sentimental hope… it’s filled with sentiments of a child born in a manger… of becoming one with us… of making the world a better place… but we must shake off the sentimental hope to take hold of the substance… the prophe

    Intro It’s especially wonderful to gather together tonight. As a teenager… one of the most significant spiritual senses I had came on Christmas Eve… I can still remember at around 16… driving to a late night candlelight services. I was drawn into the wonder… God incarnate. It’s never left me. ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Rocky Revelations - Part 3 - Too Civilized Series

    Contributed by Steve Ely on Jul 23, 2009
    based on 6 ratings
     | 7,518 views

    The "Italian Stallion" faced some serious opponents. He squared off with the "Master of Disaster", "The Southside Slugger", and "The Siberian Express" just to name a few. Each time Rocky shocked the world! He won our hearts. He can also teach a thing o

    Rocky Revelations Part 4 – Too Civilized I. Introduction We have talked about pain. We have heard testimony about pain. We have examined how a knock down punch can become a knockout punch if we are not careful. If we allow the hits we take to separate us from the head, we will stay down. If ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Emile Wolfaardt avatar

    Camping With The Snakes Series

    Contributed by Emile Wolfaardt on Jul 27, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,149 views

    (PowerPoint slides are freely available by emailing emile@wolfaardt.com) Discovering God’s provision to overcome the snakes.

    Journeying with John - It’s a Blast (JWJ-14) Camping with the Snakes John 3:9-21 The people of Israel are on the brink of victory. They are about to start defeating the nation of Canaan after spending 40 years wandering around the wilderness. They are about to enter the Promised Land that God ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

  • Steven Simala Grant avatar

    Do You See? Series

    Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on Jul 29, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,956 views

    When we look through the eyes of God at the people around us, we don’t see the surface. We don’t see the socially acceptable or expected. We don’t see just the past and the mistakes. We see a lost child of God, and we see an opportunity to share a stor

    Do You See? Breaking Boundaries 4 Feb 8, 2009 Luke 7:36-50 Intro: Charlie chaplin face illusion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_vtZXELRK8&eurl=http://www.moillusions.com/2006/06/charlie-chaplin-hollow-face-illusion.html&feature=player_embedded The British guy narrating the clip makes a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Pass It On

    Contributed by Stephen Sheane on Aug 5, 2009
    based on 8 ratings
     | 14,112 views

    Are you passing on what you have seen and heard to others?

    PASS IT ON I love church picnics. They remind me of going to camp as a kid. One of the things I loved about camp was the chapel services. There is an old song that we used to sing. It said, “It only takes a spark to get a fire going. And soon all those around can warm up to it’s glowing. ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

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    Pass The Peas

    Contributed by Bishop Johnathan Hester on Aug 5, 2009
    based on 4 ratings
     | 14,992 views

    When you have finished one year and begin a new one, what can you do for good luck in the year to come? Our society has a variety of good luck rituals.

    Pass The Peas Psalm 65:1-4 SCRIPTURE: " Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Sion: and unto thee shall the vow be performed. O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come. Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away. ...read more

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    Denomination: Apostolic

  • Bradley Kellum avatar

    Master The 4 Phases Of A Breakthrough Series

    Contributed by Bradley Kellum on Aug 11, 2009
    based on 19 ratings
     | 35,330 views

    Getting a breakthrough from God is a process not an event. When God wants to give a person a breakthrough in any area of their life He takes them through four distinct phases. Learn what these phases are and how to master them.

    The Breakthrough Series: Breaking The Status Quo Barrier I Chronicles 14:8-17 Main Ideas: • Breaking through the status quo barrier is a cyclical process not a one time event. • This process consists of 4 distinct but necessary phases God takes us through on the road to the next level in our ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • D. Greg Ebie avatar

    Putting The Pieces Together Series

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Jan 23, 2008
    based on 17 ratings
     | 22,949 views

    VISION 2012 part 2 – Creating vision within the local chruch. We’re off to a good start, but where do we go from here? God has a word for us found here in His message given to the prophet Isaiah. As we enter 2008 we need to THINK BIG, GET MORE ROPE and DR

    • Isaiah 54:2 NIV Enlarge the place of your tent, stretch your tent curtains wide, do not hold back; lengthen your cords, strengthen your stakes. • Isaiah 54:2 MsgB Clear lots of ground for your tents! Make your tents large. Spread out! Think big! Use plenty of rope, drive the tent pegs deep. ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Wade Martin Hughes, Sr avatar

    Facilitate Divine Appointments For Your Family!

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Feb 1, 2008
    based on 8 ratings
     | 4,073 views

    God has a plan. God’s plan is not always STAINED GLASS! GOD CAN TAKE A STAINED LIFE AND ENABLE AND FALICILATE MIRACLES!

    FACILITATE DIVINE APPOINTMENTS FOR YOUR FAMILY! By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com Ezekiel 22:30 And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none. I. WE NEED GODLY WISDOM ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Brian La Croix avatar

    Blessings Of Following Christ #1 - We Get To Worship Series

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Feb 20, 2008
     | 3,484 views

    First of a 7-message series (5 "blessings," but two needed two weeks each!) regarding some of the benefits of following and living for Christ.

    Blessings of Following Christ #1 – We Get to Worship (Part 1) John 4:19-26 October 14, 2007 NOTE: THE ME/WE/GOD/YOU/WE FORMAT USED IN MY MESSAGES IS BORROWED FROM ANDY STANLEY’S BOOK, "COMMUNICATING FOR A CHANGE." Me: I grew up going to church pretty regularly, most of the time. I grew up ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • Jeffery Anselmi avatar

    Race To Win Series

    Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Feb 22, 2008
     | 6,653 views

    We MUST do more than race to race, we need to race to win!

    INTRODUCTION • PLAY “I RUN” VIDEO CLIP • SLIDE #1 • I have enjoyed examining the “Amazing Race” with you over the past three week! Today we are going to conclude our examination of the “Amazing Race” by taking a look at the concept of Racing to Win! • In October of 2002 Herm Edwards then coach of ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Tim Zingale avatar

    Baptism

    Contributed by Tim Zingale on Feb 25, 2008
    based on 25 ratings
     | 11,742 views

    A sermon forthe 4th Sunday in Lent Blind man receives sight

    Fourth Sunday in Lent John 9:1-41 Baptism "As he passed by, he saw a man blind from his birth. And his disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?" Jesus answered, "It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Glenn Durham avatar

    Light For A Dark World Series

    Contributed by Glenn Durham on Feb 25, 2008
    based on 35 ratings
     | 25,628 views

    God provides light for all who would have their darkness revealed.

    Scripture Introduction The first words of God recorded in the Bible are: “Let there be light.” Later we find that “God is light, and in him is no darkness at all” (1John 1.5). Darkness universally symbolizes sin and death; light corresponds to life and holiness and purity. Thus King David sings ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Jeremias Fababier avatar

    Be Careful With The Bait Of Satan Series

    Contributed by Jeremias Fababier on Feb 28, 2008
    based on 8 ratings
     | 22,153 views

    This sermon deals with the temptation. What is it? How we are being tempted? and What will be the results if we let in temptation in our life.

    TOPIC: BE CAREFUL WITH THE BAIT OF SATAN (3rd of a Series in the Book of James – A Life That Makes a Difference Series) Text: James 1: 12-18 v. 12, “Blessed (happy, to be envied) is the man who is patient under trials and stands up under temptation, for when he has stood the test and been ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational