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  • C. Philip Green avatar

    Laughing At God Series

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Jul 6, 2016
    based on 1 rating
     | 9,613 views

    When you're tempted to laugh at God in disbelief, listen to Him anyway and do what He says.

    In 1993 FBI agents conducted a raid of Southwood psychiatric hospital in San Diego, which was under investigation for medical insurance fraud. After hours of reviewing medical records, the agents had worked up an appetite. The agent in charge of the investigation called a nearby pizza place to ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    Children Of God Series

    Contributed by Troy Borst on Jul 11, 2016
    based on 1 rating
     | 13,830 views

    This passage centers around one basic truth for people that believe in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. People that believe in God and in Jesus Christ are considered to be “children of God.” Focus on purity as God's children.

    CHILDREN OF GOD 1 JOHN 3:1-17 #childrenofGod RESPONSIVE READING [READ 1 John 3:1-17] LEADER: How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him. 2 Dear friends, ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    God's Friend Series

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Jul 13, 2016
    based on 1 rating
     | 9,635 views

    If you want to enjoy intimate fellowship with your incredible Lord, take the time to welcome strangers and stand near Him. Then believe Him when He tells you He wants to do the impossible in and through you.

    Some time ago, a newspaper in Tacoma, Washington, carried the story of Tattoo, the basset hound. Tattoo didn't intend to go for an evening run, but when his owner shut his leash in the car door and took off with Tattoo still outside the vehicle, he had no choice. A motorcycle officer named Terry ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    Obscuring God

    Contributed by Stephen Belokur on Jul 19, 2016
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,440 views

    We need to see the Lord clearly. We need to see the Lord always before our faces. The only problem is that many of us are spiritually ADD and we allow the things of this world to obscure the face of the Lord. May the Lord help us to clear those away!

    Acts 2:22-25 (Let people find this while you say the following) In these verses Peter is in the middle of the recorded part of his sermon to those who were attracted to the sound of the might, rushing wind and to those proclaiming the wonders of God in foreign languages even though they were all ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

  • Dr.W.Samuel Legon avatar

    The Anointed Of God

    Contributed by Dr.w.samuel Legon on Jul 30, 2016
     | 9,822 views

    What God can do if we will only let him work in us.

    The anointed of God In the Holy Scripture two types of anointing. Oil and Spiritual 1st Samuel 16: 13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    God's Visitation Series

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Aug 3, 2016
     | 23,736 views

    Wait on God and experience the joy of fulfilled promises and answered prayer.

    A couple had two boys, 8 and 10, who were always getting into trouble. The parents were sure that if any mischief occurred in the community, their two young sons were involved. They didn’t know what to do with their boys. Then the mother heard about a clergyman who'd been successful in ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    Knowing God's Will

    Contributed by Nnaemeka Durueke on Aug 10, 2016
     | 6,992 views

    ONE THING IS TO KNOW GOD'S WILL AND ANOTHER IS TO LIVE ACCORDING TO HIS WILL THAT YOU KNOW FOR YOUR LIFE

    KNOWING GOD’S WILL MAIN TEXT: PSALM 143:10 “Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God. Thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness”. 1 THESSALONIANS 5:18 In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. God wants you to know ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Wait On God Series

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Aug 14, 2016
    based on 1 rating
     | 15,595 views

    Wait on God. His timetable is not always the same as ours. His ways are different from ours. God's concern is not in bringing us to a destination but in transforming us into the likeness of His Son.

    Now that Saul the King has died, we would expect a smooth transition and David to be made King, as God has so promised. • Since this has been God’s plan all along, we thought everything would be neat and tidy. But it’s not going to be so. • God can work in ways that are ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Hearing God?

    Contributed by Dr. Ronald Shultz on Aug 26, 2016
     | 6,014 views

    Listen for He still speaks!

    Heb 1 1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, 2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by His Son, whom He hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also He made the worlds; God does still speak to His children and is interactive in ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Relationship With God

    Contributed by Andy Grossman on Aug 28, 2016
     | 17,059 views

    God doesn't want a one-time experience with you. He wants a relationship.

    “Relationship with God” August 28, 2016 John 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” Romans 5:8 “but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died ...read more

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    Denomination: Holiness

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    God's Job

    Contributed by Jim Caswell on Sep 2, 2016
     | 3,062 views

    Conway Twitty. "That's My Job". The chorus says, "Everything I do is because of you." Isn't that what God does for us. God is to be seen as the perfect heavenly Father who may even have to say "no' sometimes.

    FAS: Play video of “That’s My Job” Conway Twitty LYRICS: I woke up cryin' late at night when I was very young I had dreamed my father had passed away and gone My world revolved around him, I couldn't lie there anymore So I made my way down the mirrored hall And tapped upon his ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

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    The Armor Of God Series

    Contributed by Matthew Kratz on Oct 1, 2015
     | 10,041 views

    1) The Belt of Truth (Ephesians 6:14a) , 2) The Breastplate of Righteousness (Ephesians 6:14b), and 3) Feet prepared with the Gospel (Ephesians 6:15)

    John Nyland, was a former lineman for the Dallas Cowboys and later for the Philadelphia Eagles. He believed there were only two kinds of sports: the “easy” sports everybody else did, and the “contact” sports in which men over two hundred pounds took part. Thinking of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Other

  • Mark Gil Petallar avatar

    Fear God

    Contributed by Mark Gil Petallar on Oct 12, 2015
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,976 views

    The prophesy in 2 Sam. 12:11 is fulfilled here. The calamity from God to David's household was just, destructive and unstoppable for who can stop an angry God? No one. So the point is to fear God and to think twice before intentionally sinning against God

    Fear God 2 Samuel 13 Introduction: 2 Samuel 12:11 says, “This is what the Lord says: out of your own household I am going to bring calamity on you” (NIV). Now this calamity is happening in chapter 13. In this chapter the emphasis of this calamity in David’s household as ...read more

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    Denomination: Free Methodist

  • Sunitha Justin avatar

    The Calling Of God

    Contributed by Sunitha Justin on Oct 13, 2015
    based on 2 ratings
     | 7,522 views

    Are you in a position where you feel your abilities are not sufficient, your past learning don’t match, your capabilities are limited, and people don’t accept you? God has called you and He will take you through.

    Are you in a position where you feel your abilities are not sufficient, your past learning don’t match, your capabilities are limited, and people don’t accept you? When God chose Moses to lead the people of Israel, he knew will not be able to do so with the capabilities he had. ...read more

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    Denomination: Charismatic

  • Todd Ernst avatar

    Is Allah God?

    Contributed by Todd Ernst on Oct 25, 2015
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,764 views

    What is Islam and where did it come from? If it is a religion of peace, how does that compare with what we see in the news? Is Allah simply God by a different name?

    Is Allah God? I’ve been wanting to address the issue of Islam for a while now, but simply never had a chance to get around to it. It’s not exactly a priority in our corner of the world. Chances are slim that you’re going to run into a Muslim in Greenfield. However, we should ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist