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  • Wah Lok Ng avatar

    The Songs That God Hates Series

    Contributed by Wah Lok Ng on Oct 5, 2001
    based on 161 ratings
     | 15,487 views

    Some of church worship has degenerated into a business, a performance and entertainment and this displeases God.

    THE SONGS THAT GOD HATES By : Ng Wah Lok Text : Amos 5:21-27 I developed this sermon after teaching the book of Amos for 15 hours at Tung Ling Seminary. These are my devotional thoughts on worship taken from the book of Amos. In the book of Amos, the people of Israel were busy sacrificing to ...read more

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    Denomination: Charismatic

  • Donald Carpenter avatar

    God's Sovereign Symphony Series

    Contributed by Donald Carpenter on May 22, 2003
    based on 14 ratings
     | 8,338 views

    Many different instruments playing several different parts make up this symphonic masterpiece. If one were to play a non-melodic part alone, it would sound strange and unappealing. It is only when the entire symphony is played out together that the geni

    God’s Sovereign Symphony Esther 6: 1-14 Preached Wednesday, May 21, 2003 Introduction: A master composer like Mozart or Bach writes a work that utilizes melody, harmony and rhythm. Many different instruments playing several different parts make up this symphonic masterpiece. If one were to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    God Is Watching Us

    Contributed by Sean Smuts on Jan 17, 2004
    based on 101 ratings
     | 17,465 views

    A Funeral Sermon

    God Is Watching Us (Ruthann Ineichen) - Read Obit (if available) – Friends and family of Ruthann, you have gathered here today in the midst of your grief and your mourning. May the grace and comfort of Jesus Christ shine forth to you who mourn today, as the Bible promises that those who mourn ...read more

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    Denomination: Mennonite

  • Charles McCall avatar

    You Are Loved By God Series

    Contributed by Charles Mccall on May 8, 2004
    based on 65 ratings
     | 13,431 views

    No matter if you are single, divorced, separated, or widowed, you are still loved by God.

    Jeremiah 31:3 Topic: You are loved by God( A message to the singles) To all my single brothers and sister in Christ, I want you to know that you are truly loved by God. You may not have a boyfriend, or a girlfriend, but you are truly loved by God. You may be divorced, separated, or widowed, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Anthony Zibolski avatar

    Finding Satisfaction With God

    Contributed by Anthony Zibolski on Apr 5, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,607 views

    You have to be dissatisfied with the way your life is and the way it is going to find that God fills that void so you can be satisfied with God.

    FINDING SATISFACTION WITH GOD ISAIAH 55:1-8 INTRO- ISAIAH 55 1-9 READ CHAPTER 54 IS A PREPARATION FOR WHAT HAS JUST HAPPENED IN 55. GOD IS LETTING HIS PEOPLE KNOW THAT HE WILL TAKE CARE OF US. SOMETIMES WE ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

  • Jon MacKinney avatar

    God's Game Plan

    Contributed by Jon Mackinney on Dec 7, 2006
    based on 7 ratings
     | 8,101 views

    No team goes into a game without a plan. And God has one too, for ministering His Word to a lost world.

    Passage: Acts 19:1-22 Intro: At the upper levels of sports, no team goes into any game without a game plan. 1. football, baseball, basketball, the team studies its opponent and devises a plan based on the strengths and weaknesses of their own team and the other. PP) Muhammed Ali did this in a ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

  • Catherine Davis avatar

    Face To Face With God

    Contributed by Catherine Davis on Feb 9, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,529 views

    Coming face to face with God’s holiness exposes our sin, but God is ready to forgive and cleanse us. God also calls us into action!

    Face to Face with God Scripture: Isaiah 6: 1-8 Darken the sanctuary as much as possible, light candles on altar. Play Holy Holy Holy, Lord God Almighty softly during this. 1. Dramatic Reading: Holy Holy Holy (From Engaging Worship, Group Publishing, 2005) 2. In our services, we often tend ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Stephen Funderburk avatar

    Opening The Wells Of God

    Contributed by Stephen Funderburk on Mar 11, 2008
    based on 90 ratings
     | 41,685 views

    four wells that Isaac had to dig are the four stages in our walk with God. See how each well we dig is a step to the next level with God

    Intro: years ago we had a man in our church who had a business of drilling wells for people. Here are a few things I learned about well drilling. the deeper the well, the more it will cost you the deeper the well, the cooler the water the deeper the well, the greater the abundance the deeper ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Joseph McCulley avatar

    A Father Used By God

    Contributed by Joseph Mcculley on May 18, 2007
    based on 8 ratings
     | 7,070 views

    This is a Father’s Day sermon based up Abraham, and why God called him to be the "father" of the nation of Israel.

    Gen. 18:19 A Father Used by God Intro: Today is "Father’s day". A day in which we want to honor someone very special. Today, I would like for us to look at one of the main fathers in the entire Bible. He is an O.T. character who due to his faith the entire world received a blessing (the ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • KENNETH TANKERSLEY avatar

    Building A Memorial To God

    Contributed by Kenneth Tankersley on May 26, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 6,674 views

    HONORING GOD THROUGH OUR DAILY SERVICE TO HIM, USING NEHEMIAH’S EXAMPLE OF TAKING GOD’S GUARANTEE AND ALLOWING HIM TO PROVE HIS PROMISES.

    NEHEMIAH 2:VS 17--20 BUILDING A MEMORIAL TO GOD MAY 26, 2007 INTRODUCTION: AS WE CELEBRATE MEMORIAL DAY, WE HONOR OUR FALLEN HEROS, THOSE WHO DIED REPRESENTING THE HONOR AND VALUES OF THIS GREAT COUNTRY WE LIVE IN. MANY WHO SHED THEIR BLOOD FOR THE FREEDOM WE NOW ENJOY, DID SO IN HONOR OF GOD ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jay Winters avatar

    God Never Sleeps

    Contributed by Jay Winters on Jun 21, 2007
    based on 8 ratings
     | 8,732 views

    A lenten midweek service about how God rescues us when we look to Him - Psalm 121

    In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit – the Holy Three In One who does not sleep, but comes to our aid on all things, amen. Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ; There seems to be something missing from the Psalmist’s question in our reading for today. He doesn’t tell ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Frederick Baker II avatar

    God Is Our Redeemer Series

    Contributed by Frederick Baker Ii on Sep 24, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 8,421 views

    This sermon is part of a series that will have at least 26 parts to it when I am done. I have laid the series to the side for a time and plan to pick it back up soon.

    “God Is Our Redeemer” Text: Job 19:25 For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: Meaning: Redeemer-- גּאל gâ’al gaw-al’ A primitive root, to redeem (according to the Oriental law of kinship), that is, to be the next ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

  • Mark Roper avatar

    Growing In God's Grace

    Contributed by Mark Roper on Nov 28, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,208 views

    There are many Christians who are content to receive God’s grace on their lives, without growing and developing and maturing into the image of Christ.

    Growing in God’s Grace There are many Christians who are content to receive God’s grace on their lives, without growing and developing and maturing into the image of Christ. Christians, who are complacent in their spiritual lives, who only seek after grace to cover their sin. Grace is God’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

  • Greg Johnson avatar

    God Rescues The Righteous

    Contributed by Greg Johnson on Jul 12, 2006
    based on 9 ratings
     | 7,894 views

    God does so much for us because He loves us. Not because we deserve His help because we don’t. We deserve His punishment because we all have sinned against Him. But instead of allowing us to drown in our sea of sin and wrong choices, He throws out a li

    God Rescues the Righteous by Greg Johnson http://www.lovinggodfellowship.org The more I read and study the Bible, the more I understand how much God loves us. He does so much for us because He loves us. Not because we deserve His help because we don’t. We deserve His punishment because we all ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Ed Vasicek avatar

    God's Agenda For Us Series

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 27, 2006
    based on 5 ratings
     | 5,331 views

    If we fail at the basics, we have no solid foundation; Peter gives us that foundation by proposing two truths.

    God’s Agenda For Us (I Peter 1:1-5) 1. Sometimes we are like the little boy who was overheard talking to himself as he strutted through the backyard, wearing his baseball cap and toting a ball & bat. "I’m the greatest hitter in the world," he announced. Then he tossed the ball into the air, swung ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible