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  • Rev. Samuel Arimoro avatar

    Divine Intervention In Human Limitations

    Contributed by Rev. Samuel Arimoro on May 30, 2025
     | 618 views

    Human limitations do not limit God. In fact, they invite His intervention. Our God delights in using the weak, the little, and the unlikely to show His might. When we trust Him beyond our logic, He steps in and turns impossibilities into miracles.

    DIVINE INTERVENTION IN HUMAN LIMITATIONS By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: Luke 1:34-37 Supporting Texts: Exodus 14:13-16, John 11:39-44, 2 Kings 4:1-7, Matthew 14:17-21, Romans 8:26-28 INTRODUCTION: Human limitations are real—whether physical, financial, emotional, or spiritual. These ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Altar Of Prayer: Where God Meets Man Series

    Contributed by Rev. Samuel Arimoro on Jun 14, 2025
     | 647 views

    The altar of prayer is not just a physical location—it is a spiritual place of meeting, communion, and divine encounter.

    ALTAR OF PRAYER: WHERE GOD MEETS MAN By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: Genesis 28:10-19 Supporting Texts: Exodus 33:7-11, 2 Chronicles 7:1-3, 1 Kings 18:30-39, Luke 22:39-46, Revelation 8:3-5 INTRODUCTION: The altar of prayer is not just a physical location—it is a spiritual place of meeting, ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    A Night Of Divine Visitation Series

    Contributed by Rev. Samuel Arimoro on Jun 27, 2025
     | 682 views

    A night of divine visitation is a night where impossibilities are overruled and the plans of the enemy are reversed.

    A NIGHT OF DIVINE VISITATION By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: Acts 12:6-10 Supporting Texts: Psalm 30:5, Exodus 12:29-31, Genesis 32:24-30, Luke 2:8-11, Job 33:14-18 INTRODUCTION: There are nights that change the course of destiny. In the spiritual realm, nights are symbolic of seasons of ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Divine Visitation And Destiny Revelation Series

    Contributed by Rev. Samuel Arimoro on Jul 1, 2025
     | 339 views

    Divine visitation is heaven’s strategy for revealing and launching men into destiny. When God visits, He does not merely comfort; He commissions. He speaks identity, confirms purpose, and equips for assignment.

    DIVINE VISITATION AND DESTINY REVELATION By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: Jeremiah 1:4-10 Supporting Texts: Isaiah 49:1-6, Judges 6:11-14, Acts 9:3-6, Genesis 12:1-4, Luke 5:1-11 INTRODUCTION: One of the greatest benefits of divine visitation is the unveiling of destiny. Many live and die ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    When God Passes By Series

    Contributed by Rev. Samuel Arimoro on Jul 1, 2025
     | 521 views

    When God passes by, He doesn’t just come for a visit—He comes to shift situations, renew callings, and realign destinies.

    WHEN GOD PASSES BY By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: 1 Kings 19:11-13 Supporting Texts: Exodus 33:18-23, Psalm 46:10, Job 38:1, Luke 24:13-32, John 5:6-8 INTRODUCTION: There are moments in life when everything changes—not because of a loud announcement, but because God passed by. Divine ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    A Divine Stopover

    Contributed by Rev. Samuel Arimoro on Jul 1, 2025
     | 341 views

    A divine stopover is God interrupting the normal for your supernatural transformation.

    A DIVINE STOPOVER By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: Mark 10:46-52 Supporting Texts: Luke 18:35-43, Psalm 102:13, Isaiah 30:18-19, Acts 3:1-10, Revelation 3:20 INTRODUCTION: There are moments in life when heaven decides to interrupt the normal flow of events and pay attention to an individual in ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    The Visitation That Changes Stories Series

    Contributed by Rev. Samuel Arimoro on Jul 1, 2025
     | 326 views

    There are divine visitations that change lives, but there are also visitations that completely rewrite stories. In the Scripture, we find examples of people who went from years of weeping to seasons of rejoicing simply because God visited them.

    THE VISITATION THAT CHANGES STORIES By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: Genesis 21:1 Supporting Texts: Luke 1:68, Ruth 4:13-17, 1 Samuel 2:1-10, Job 42:10-17, Exodus 3:7-8 INTRODUCTION: There are divine visitations that change lives, but there are also visitations that completely rewrite stories. ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Hosting The Presence Of God Series

    Contributed by Rev. Samuel Arimoro on Jul 7, 2025
     | 343 views

    One of the marks of a godly leader is the desire to restore and prioritise the presence of God.

    HOSTING THE PRESENCE OF GOD By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: 2 Samuel 6:1-23 Supporting Texts: Psalm 24:7-10, 1 Chronicles 15:13, Exodus 25:21-22, John 4:23-24, 2 Corinthians 6:16 INTRODUCTION: One of the marks of a godly leader is the desire to restore and prioritise the presence of God. In 2 ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Deep Calls To Deep: A Journey Into God Series

    Contributed by Rev. Samuel Arimoro on May 11, 2025
     | 733 views

    Many believers settle for shallow waters—surface-level Christianity that lacks intimacy and transformation. But God is calling us deeper: deeper in worship, deeper in prayer, deeper in the Word, and deeper in purpose.

    DEEP CALLS TO DEEP: A JOURNEY INTO GOD By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: Psalm 42:7 – "Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me." Supporting Texts: Jeremiah 29:13, Philippians 3:10, Ezekiel 47:1-5, Revelation 4:1, James ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    When God Visits His People

    Contributed by Rev. Samuel Arimoro on May 21, 2025
     | 838 views

    Throughout the Bible, divine visitation marks turning points in the lives of individuals, families, and nations. When God visits, stagnation ends, sorrow turns into joy, and the supernatural is released upon the natural.

    WHEN GOD VISITS HIS PEOPLE By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: Luke 7:16 Supporting Texts: Exodus 4:31, Genesis 21:1, Ruth 1:6, Psalm 8:4, Luke 1:68 INTRODUCTION: Throughout the Bible, divine visitation marks turning points in the lives of individuals, families, and nations. When God visits, ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    A Walk To Remember

    Contributed by Michael Luke on Dec 10, 2015
     | 10,482 views

    True encounter with Jesus Christ changes your life.

    Easter 2015 “A Walk to Remember” Luke 24:13-35 Open I want to share something that will shock most of you in attendance this morning. I used to be a professional wrestler. [Show picture] It’s a fairly long story to tell you how that came about but suffice to to say that ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Jesus Enlightens Some Dim-Sighted Disciples Series

    Contributed by Chuck Sligh on Apr 15, 2018
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     | 15,152 views

    3 groups of disciples failed to recognize the resurrected Lord. Why? They'd walked with Him for 3 years. This sermon explains how grief, work and busyness can keep us so distracted that we fail to see the Lord in our life—and what to do about it.

    Jesus Enlightens Some Dim-sighted Disciples Sermon #2 in After-Easter Series: Close Encounters with the Risen Lord Chuck Sligh April 15, 2018 NOTE: A PowerPoint presentation is available for this sermon by request at chucksligh@hotmail.com. TEXT: Please turn in your Bibles to John 20 and Luke ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Key Lessons From Peter And John In The Hours Before The Cross Series

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on May 18, 2020
     | 4,411 views

    1. We see Peter following the Lord(vs. 15). 2. We see Peter's friends (vs. 16). 3. We see Peter failure (vs. 17-18; 24-27). 4. We see Peter finding out that failure isn't final.

    Key Lessons from Peter and John in the Hours before the Cross The Gospel of John John 18:12-18; John 18:24-27 Sermon by Rick Crandall Grayson Baptist Church - May 9, 2018 (Revised May 18, 2020) BACKGROUND: *Please open your Bibles to John 18, as we continue looking at the Lord's final steps ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Is God Sustaining Your Church

    Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Jul 11, 2020
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,075 views

    Are you struggling to keep the doors open? Stop! God is most likely calling you to a better pasture because yours is brown.

    "What God does not ordain, He does not sustain." - Unknown This may well be why so many church starts fail. Intentions may have been good and demographics screamed, "GO!", but the still small voice of God said, "No" or "Not now" or "Not you." It ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Something Always Happens When We Call Out To God. Series

    Contributed by Dean Courtier on Oct 18, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,972 views

    Whatever our circumstances, something always happens when we call out to God. Calling on the Lord is a fundamental part of a thriving relationship with him. We should always make it one of our regular spiritual disciplines then we will begin to see God respond in ways we could have only imagined!

    Whatever our circumstances, something always happens when we call out to God. We can see how God responds when His people need Him by looking at the words some of them wrote about their own experiences in both the Old and New Testament. Here are six things that you can expect to happen when you ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal