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  • Daniel Olukoya avatar

    The Excellent Spirit

    Contributed by Daniel Olukoya on Mar 1, 2005
    based on 131 ratings
     | 45,672 views

    Ignorance about spiritual warfare is a disaster and when things go wrong, people are caught in the enemy’s web.

    There was a brother called Lucky. He knew the Bible but not very fervent. One day, he was about to go to work and he prayed the usual three- minute prayer. The Holy Spirit asked him to continue and he did. After a few minutes, he decided to stop and goes to work. At the bus stop, he ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Why'd They Do That?

    Contributed by Paul Decker on Mar 7, 2005
    based on 24 ratings
     | 3,069 views

    God is worthy of our attention and praise.

    WHY’D THEY DO THAT? I Corinthians 14:40 S: Worship C: Elements of corporate worship Th: A Passionate Pursuit of God Pr: GOD IS WORTHY OF OUR ATTENTION AND PRAISE. ?: How? How do we demonstrate it? KW: Elements TS: We will find in our study of worship elements that we use to communicate the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Michael Luke avatar

    Pursue Reconciliation Series

    Contributed by Michael Luke on Mar 16, 2005
    based on 36 ratings
     | 12,404 views

    Christ calls his followers to be different from the world. We show this difference in our efforts to reconcile relationships.

    (based on Southeast Christian Church’s “Living a Life of Integrity”) SERIES: “WORDS OF WISDOM FOR KINGDOM LIVING” TEXT: MATTHEW 5:17-26 TITLE: “PURSUE RECONCILIATION” INTRODUCTION: A. A young insurance salesman had just completed a training seminar in which the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    The Four Purposes Of Prayer (1 Of 4) Series

    Contributed by Jim Moynihan on Apr 1, 2005
    based on 36 ratings
     | 28,495 views

    To live effective lives as Jesus’ disciples we need to pray.

    I’ve preached on prayer many times and I’ve tried to do it in such a way that you will be able to easily remember how to pray and to be motivated to pray. Yet I don’t think we are taking full advantage of this most powerful and useful resource we have as Christians. So, I am beginning a four week ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Brian Bill avatar

    God The Lord (Adonai) Series

    Contributed by Brian Bill on Apr 3, 2005
    based on 40 ratings
     | 23,803 views

    When we say that God is Adonai, we are stating that He is Lord of all and that He is supreme over His subjects.

    This week I saw someone I don’t know real well and called out her name. I thought I got it right but as soon as I said it I realized that I had used a shortened form of her proper name, and she wasn’t too happy about it. She corrected me quickly and told me what she prefers to be called. I ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    God The Healer (Jehovah Rapha) Series

    Contributed by Brian Bill on Apr 3, 2005
    based on 104 ratings
     | 90,558 views

    This morning our focus is on yet another name for God – Jehovah Rapha, the God who heals.

    Beth and I were out on a driving date Monday night. It’s one of our favorite things to do. We just get in the car, pick up a couple decafs and talk while we cruise the town. As we were going down one street, we saw three young women walking to their car. I slowed down because it was icy and just ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Chip Monck avatar

    Giving Back To The One Who Gave His All

    Contributed by Chip Monck on Apr 11, 2005
    based on 15 ratings
     | 9,148 views

    This sermon provides an introductory look at the topic of Stewardship. Beginning with the recognition of four realities - God’s Ownership, Our Blessing, Our Opportunity, and Our Responsibility.

    A few weeks ago we looked at a word that was not very reflective of American culture. Anyone remember the word? Content. Content. We talked about how there are many words to describe us as Americans, but content is probably not one of them. Today I want to look at another word that is probably ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    We Were Made For A Mission Series

    Contributed by Richard Pfeil on Apr 18, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,762 views

    God created us to not only serve within the church but out in the world

    “WE WERE MADE FOR A MISSION” Text: 2 Peter 3:9; I Timothy 2:4; John 3:16 Sunday, May 30, 2004 Welcome back to 40 Days of Purpose; it has gone by fast. There has been a lot of content, a lot of material, but it has gone by extremely fast. You will want to take out your outlines at this time if ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    "What Have We Learned?” Series

    Contributed by Richard Pfeil on Apr 18, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,682 views

    Testimonials of what God did during 40 Days and a review of all that we learned

    “WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED?” Sunday, June 6, 2004 You can raise your hand because you can be proud of this, who read all forty of the readings during the 40 Days of Purpose? How many of you can say I read all 40 of them? If you did, congratulations, I congratulate you, and if you didn’t, that’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Made For A Mission Series

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on Apr 26, 2005
    based on 16 ratings
     | 7,452 views

    Purpose #5 EVANGELISM — 40 Days of Purpose (addapted from Rick Warren) See in Word format at www.praiseag.org

    MADE FOR A MISSION Purpose #5 EVANGELISM — 40 Days of Purpose Colossians 4:5 Adapted from Outline by Rick Warren—Saddleback Church INTRODUCTION: What is the largest living organism in the world? How about the blue whale weighing in at 120 tons and over 80 feet long? Or perhaps it may be a giant ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • David Flowers avatar

    Grace We Struggle To Accept: The Embrace Of Grace Series

    Contributed by David Flowers on Apr 27, 2005
    based on 8 ratings
     | 4,344 views

    Grace is not only hard to understand, it is difficult to accept. While every human being has a deep need for acceptance, security, and significance, we tend to seek the meeting of those needs in other human beings, who can never really meet those needs.

    Grace We Struggle to Accept: The Embrace of Grace Grace, prt. 2 Wildwind Community Church David K. Flowers 3/20/05 I want to start today’s message on an uncharacteristically heavy note. I have a few questions for you, and they’re the kind of questions that may not be easy for you to answer. ...read more

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    Denomination: Free Methodist

  • Jerry Shirley avatar

    Church Discipline: Forgotten Doctrine Of The 21st Century Series

    Contributed by Jerry Shirley on May 18, 2004
    based on 254 ratings
     | 32,684 views

    Tactful way of bringing the church back to the Biblical roots of accountability, responsibility, and discipline! Link inc. to formatted text, audio, PowerPoint.

    CHURCH DISCIPLINE Forgotten Doctrine of the 21st Century I Corinthians 5 http://gbcdecatur.org/sermons/ChurchDiscipline.html The time to deal w/ church discipline is now…not because of any problems, but because there aren’t any problems. Our unity is at an all-time high…God’s power is upon this ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Mark Of The Spirit Series

    Contributed by Roger Thomas on May 25, 2004
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,741 views

    Loving concern and actions toward one another is the true mark of the Holy Spirit’s presence.

    Holy Spirit Series 2000 The Mark of the Spirit 1 Corinthians 13 Dr. Roger W. Thomas, Preaching Minister First Christian Church, Vandalia, MO Complete this sentence for me: You know you have arrived spiritually when . . . . How would you finish that statement? Let me state it another way, The ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    My Life Is Not For Sale

    Contributed by Daniel Olukoya on Jun 22, 2004
    based on 109 ratings
     | 43,939 views

    God’s grace is immeasurable,His mercy inexhaustible and His peace inexpressible so take a stand for Christ or you may fall for anything.

    The Bible makes us to understand that the spiritual existed first before the physical.Once you understand this principle, many things become clear. The Bible also makes us to understand that things like bondage, freedom, power, anointing, etc. are spiritual items and if they are not sorted out in ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    David's Sin In The Matter Of Uriah. Series

    Contributed by Fredric Lozo on Nov 6, 2004
    based on 5 ratings
     | 4,963 views

    This Sermon is #10 from Rev. Andrew Lee’s SERMONS published in 1803 by Isaiah Thomas, Jr. at Lisbon, Connecticut.

    INTRODUCTION: The entire book Andrew’s Lee’s Sermons is available free at Project Gutenberg as e-Text #15031. SERMON X. David’s Sin in the Matter of Uriah. 2 Samuel xii, 13. "And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the Lord. And Nathan said unto David, The lord also hath put ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational