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  • Maria Saunders avatar

    The Closure

    Contributed by Maria Saunders on Nov 12, 2007
    based on 8 ratings
     | 14,671 views

    In order to obtain our destiny, it is imperative to birth a closure to the past.

    In my time of devotion, I was reading an article by Joyce Meyer who recorded these words, “The devil wants each of us to concentrate on how far we have fallen, rather than how far we have risen. Satan wants us to focus on our pasts instead of our futures and on how far we have come. He wants us ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Danger In The Water

    Contributed by William Nieporte on Nov 17, 2007
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,863 views

    First sermon at Patterson Avenue Baptist as pastor.

    I want to thank you for the warm reception we have received since our arrival in Richmond. Your kindness and generosity has touched my family’s heart and made us feel at home very quickly in this great city. Many of you have commented on the fact that you have been praying for my former parish on ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Larry Turner avatar

    The Real Nowhere Man. Series

    Contributed by Larry Turner on Jan 16, 2016
     | 7,393 views

    Enoch walked with God and disappeared. For those around him, he was nowhere to be found. This teaching discovers how he became the "nowhere" man.

    A boat docked in a tiny New England village. An American businessman complimented the fisherman on the quality of his fish and asked how long it took him to catch them. "Not very long," answered the fisherman. "Well, then, why didn't you stay out longer and catch more?" asked the ...read more

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    Denomination: Foursquare

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    Break Forth Like The Dawn

    Contributed by Troy Borst on Mar 2, 2017
    based on 4 ratings
     | 21,077 views

    Sermon focused on fasting

    BREAK FORTH LIKE THE DAWN ISAIAH 58:1-14 #SPIRITUALDISCIPLINES INTRODUCTION… http://conditioningresearch.blogspot.com/2010/07/intermittent-fasting-joke.html There was a man who went into see his doctor. He was overweight and the doctor wanted to see if fasting would produce any results for him. ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    21. David Hunted In The Wilderness Of Ziph (1 Samuel 23) Series

    Contributed by Dr. Bradford Reaves on Aug 27, 2025
     | 140 views

    But God… Oh, don’t you love those two words? They change everything, especially in Scripture. All throughout Scripture, when the story seemed finished, those two words rewrote the ending.

    David Hunted in the Wilderness of Ziph August 20, 2025 Dr. Bradford Reaves Crossway Christian Fellowship 1 Samuel 23:15-29 Introduction: When the Walls Close In Life has a way of pressing us into corners where the walls seem to close in and the options run out. Maybe you’ve felt it financially, ...read more

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    Denomination: Brethren

  • Stephen Wright avatar

    So Near And Yet So Far Series

    Contributed by Stephen Wright on Nov 13, 2005
    based on 9 ratings
     | 4,746 views

    Can true Christians sin so as to loose all hope of restoration?

    Introduction Hebrews 6:4-6 has given rise to much controversy and the opinion of commentators and of the Christian world is fiercely divided about its meaning. Some hold that the passage is not intended to describe true Christians, but only those who have come close to salvation and then fell back. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    One Breath, One Flesh

    Contributed by Joseph Smith on May 4, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,089 views

    Pentecost 1986: We crave intimacy, and cannot live without it. It is not found in ceaseless work and striving, but in simply receiving grace.

    The peculiar thing about our times is that while we seem to be so free and easy, so relaxed about what used to be thought of as intimate, yet at the same time we are hung up, truly hung up, about intimacy. I say the strange thing about us in this last half of the 20th century is that on the one ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Keys To Heaven

    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Feb 26, 2007
    based on 26 ratings
     | 14,744 views

    Message based on Jesus’ words in Matthew 16:19.

    The Keys to Heaven Matthew 16:13-20 February 25, 2007 How many of you have ever been locked out of your car? It’s okay – you can admit it. Frustrating, isn’t it? Okay, maddening. Maybe you can relate Returning home one afternoon with my two daughters, Kimberley, age two, and Kristi, six ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

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    Breakthrough Prayer For My Church

    Contributed by Keith Broyles on Oct 7, 2014
     | 6,154 views

    As people of faith we need to be people of prayer but even more than that, people of breakthrough prayer, asking God to break through in situations where there is nothing else we can do. We need breakthrough prayer in our churches.

    It was July of 2012 and was a sad day for me. In my first sermon here I told you about Elwood, my first appointment. Elwood was a nice, quiet, quaint little church in Madison County. A pretty stereotypical white framed country church on a quiet Farm to Market road. In the spring the pastures ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Just Jesus

    Contributed by Lynn Malone on Jun 14, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 10,089 views

    To the people of Nazareth, Jesus was nobody special...he was just Joseph's boy, you know, that carpenter's kid from up the street. The folks missed the meaning of his life because he was just Jesus.

    Just Jesus Luke 4:14-30 You know the definition of a “church expert?” Answer: Anybody that lives more than 45 miles away from your church! Maybe you get this at home yourself sometimes. Conversation after dinner goes into a topic you think you have some knowledge about and you ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Friend Day

    Contributed by Kelly Benton on Jul 20, 2011
    based on 11 ratings
     | 13,974 views

    To share the importance friends.

    Everyone needs friends. What is a friend? Friends are people with whom you dare to be yourself. Your soul can be naked with them. They ask you to put on nothing, only to be what you are. They do not want you to be better or worse. When you are with them, you feel as a prisoner feels who has been ...read more

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    Denomination: Other

  • Justin Steckbauer avatar

    Does God Exist? Sex Scandals, Scientific Inquiry, And The Search For True Fulfillment

    Contributed by Justin Steckbauer on Mar 23, 2021
     | 1,103 views

    I was bell ringing yesterday, for the Salvation Army, at the red kettle, and a guy walked past me and said, "Who wrote the Bible?"

    “Has anyone provided proof of God’s inexistence? Not even close. Has quantum cosmology explained the emergence of the universe or why it is here? Not even close. Have our sciences explained why our universe seems to be fine-tuned to allow for the existence of life? Not even close. Are physicists ...read more

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    Denomination: Salvation Army

  • Jeff Strite avatar

    A Place For God To Dwell Series

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jul 19, 2024
    based on 2 ratings
     | 5,296 views

    Solomon said that the Temple he built wasn't big enough for God to live in... but we're told God dwelt there anyway. Why would God take up residence in the Temple (and the Tabernacle), and where does He dwell now?

    A woman told of going to her Bible study at church and telling her 3-year-old son, Chad, they were going to God’s house. Each time they walked through the quiet sanctuary on their way to the nursery, Chad looked around in awe. It was a beautiful building. One day however, the child asked, ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Matthew Doebler avatar

    A Party To End All Parties

    Contributed by Matthew Doebler on Apr 30, 2003
    based on 84 ratings
     | 10,239 views

    Ever wonder how you get into heaven and what it will be like. Jesus helps keep our focus on it by reminding us of these things.

    May 4 A Party to End All Parties! When my Grandpa died, we shed some tears. But he had been sick off and on for so long that his passing was a bit of a relief. Besides that, his funeral was the first time that many of our family had been together for years. So, as soon as the funeral dinner ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    Stick With The Good Shepherd

    Contributed by Daniel Habben on Apr 16, 2008
    based on 2 ratings
     | 4,197 views

    Stick With the Good Shepherd 1) Because his pain is our gain 2) Even when our gain brings pain

    “No pain, no gain.” That saying is true isn’t it? If you want to get your muscles into shape, you’ll need to work them to the point of exhaustion. That will cause some pain in the manner of sore muscles the day after your workout. Wouldn’t it be great if someone else’s pain could be your gain? What ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran