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  • Martin Kim avatar

    Deceived And Defeated

    Contributed by Martin Kim on Oct 5, 2004
    based on 21 ratings
     | 7,966 views

    Satan’s strategy for destroying us is through deception.

    Deceived and Defeated Have you ever believed a lie? Is it dangerous to believe a lie? Can a lie make the difference between life and death? You better believe it! Not knowing the truth can cost you your life! Do you know the truth? In John 14:6 Jesus says, “I am the way, the truth, and the ...read more

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    Denomination: Adventist

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    1 - The Day After Series

    Contributed by Rev. Bruce A. Shields on Apr 29, 2006
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     | 5,060 views

    Part 1 of "40 Days with the Lord" Series.

    40 Days with the Lord Part 1 – The Day After Rev. Bruce A. Shields 4/30/2006 First Baptist Church of Tawas City Michigan www.tawasbaptist.org WELCOME SCRIPTURE READING Luke 24:1 – 12 (The Resurrection) “1 On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices ...read more

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    Denomination: Bible Church

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    Defeating My Greatest Enemies! Series

    Contributed by Brian Atwood on Dec 8, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 7,240 views

    How Christ’s humanity provides for my success over the devil, fear of death, and temptation.

    Defeating My Greatest Enemies! How Christ’s Humanity Provides Dominion Over the Devil, Death, and Temptation. Part 2 of 5 in the series, Finding Calm in the Chaos, How Christmas Brings Peace We’re in our Christmas series but we’re not reading from the traditional Christmas story. Our scripture ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Storm In A Teacup Series

    Contributed by Victor Yap on Dec 18, 2007
     | 5,130 views

    Apostles, Pt. 7

    STORM IN A TEACUP (MATTHEW 14:21-33) Storms are mostly “powerful winds in the air.” My former church in the States, unfortunately, is a street away from extremely wind-friendly Ontario, one of the windiest cities in Greater Los Angeles. Our church’s portable basketball hoop was toppled with ease by ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    P90x For The Soul - Prayer Series

    Contributed by Scott Kircher on Sep 19, 2010
    based on 20 ratings
     | 5,349 views

    Prayer is one of the disciplines that seem like an easy one to us. We pray before bed, we pray before meals, we pray during uncertainty. But prayer is the only thing in all of the New Testament that the disciples asked Jesus to teach them and in doing s

    P90X for your Soul Prayer Luke 11:1-4 Slide Intro Well, we are continuing in our series “P90X for your Soul.” We have been taking steps to put ourselves in positions for God to grow us in godliness so we can be spiritually fit just as we seek to be physically fit. It seemed to be that years ago, ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Thomas H avatar

    A New Way Of Living Series

    Contributed by Thomas H on Oct 4, 2010
     | 5,254 views

    "Would you like fries with that?" is what we hear whenever we go to McDonalds. Some people think Christianity is like that - that we can order salvation but holiness is an optional extra. Here Paul tells us that holiness is not an optional extra to the

    Earlier this year we looked at Eph 2:1-10. We looked at extremes. Do you remember the extremes we looked at? Extremes of weather: 40C Mongolia in winter to +45C Dubai in summer. Think of other extremes. Earlier in the year when we last looked at extremes the Mary River was in flood. We looked at ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • James May avatar

    God's Final Call

    Contributed by James May on Nov 7, 2010
    based on 37 ratings
     | 27,717 views

    God is making his final call to his people, "Repent and prepare to meet your God". Too many of God's people live in a false sense of security, believing in lying words. Let's make our salvation sure and fully commit to serving the Lord!

    God’s Final Call Sunday, November 07, 2010 – AM By Pastor James May Jeremiah was probably the most humble prophet of the Old Testament. His heart was broken because of the condition of Israel, and on more than one occasion he wept openly for his people. He was one of very few ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Fellowship: What Is It? Series

    Contributed by Mark Nichols on Dec 2, 2010
    based on 6 ratings
     | 6,647 views

    Christian Fellowship is CENTERED ON FAITH, FEELS LIKE FAMILY, LOOKS LIKE FRIENDSHIP.

    TEXT: Various TITLE: Fellowship - What is it? TOPIC: Fellowship, unity OCCASION: Burnside Christian Church, September 5, 2010 PROP.: It’s time to fully enjoy the companionship of your church family, because we were never meant to be alone! INTRODUCTION: I need to ask you a question: ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Dreaming God-Sized Dreams

    Contributed by Mark Opperman on Dec 28, 2009
    based on 39 ratings
     | 32,973 views

    When we dare to dream the dreams God has for us, we will be amazed at what He does in and through us.

    Dreaming God-Sized Dreams 2 Kings 13:14-19 14 Now Elisha was suffering from the illness from which he died. Jehoash king of Israel went down to see him and wept over him. "My father! My father!" he cried. "The chariots and horsemen of Israel!" 15 Elisha said, "Get a bow and some arrows," and he ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    The Pursuit Of Holiness

    Contributed by Bishop Johnathan Hester on Sep 2, 2009
    based on 6 ratings
     | 13,398 views

    Without holiness, no one will see the Lord,,, The weight of this passage is clear,we,,,we,, we can’t be with God without first being holy....

    Hebrews 12:14-12:14 The Pursuit of Holiness Hebrews 12:14 Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord: Consider for a moment the implication of this passage. Without holiness, no one will see the Lord,,, The weight of this passage is clear,we,,,we,, we ...read more

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    Denomination: Apostolic

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    Final Words

    Contributed by Steve Malone on Nov 30, 2004
    based on 15 ratings
     | 9,051 views

    Today we are going to look at the final words of Paul to the church in Corinth.

    "FINAL WORDS - WARNINGS, EXHORTATIONS AND BLESSINGS" TEXT: 2 CORINTHIANS 13:1-14 INTRODUCTION As the tired and weary warrior sat down to pen the final words of his letter to the Church in Corinth he thought about the first time in arrived in that city. Even after all he had seen in his life he ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Temptation, Testimony, Trials Series

    Contributed by Josh Foster on Mar 12, 2014
     | 5,968 views

    The story of Joseph and Potiphar’s wife is about about moral choices and so much more! There's times when we suffer for taking a stand for what’s right and refusing to choose the path that looks attractive. But the Lord will be with us and bless us!

    God in the Ebb & Flow of Life: Temptation, Testimony & Trials Scripture Text: Genesis 39.1-21 INTRODUCTION [Begin by using a contemporary illustration of a natural disaster/catastrophe in a distant place…] Just because it’s hard for me to imagine how such-an-isolated-event could ...read more

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    Denomination: Nazarene

  • Brad Bailey avatar

    Becoming An Emotionally Mature Adult Series

    Contributed by Brad Bailey on Aug 22, 2012
     | 6,716 views

    Emotional maturity is rooted in love.

    Becoming an Emotionally Mature Adult Series: Emotionally Healthy Spirituality Brad Bailey – March 4, 2012 Following the recent tragic death of Whitney Houston at the relatively young age of 48… there has been a lot of reflection on something not being right in the soul of many like her. In one ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Remove Not The Ancient Landmark Series

    Contributed by Chuck Sligh on Jul 24, 2013
     | 27,688 views

    Sermon 3 in the series “Church Matters" - An reminder to remember and continue the landmarks our church was built on.

    Remove not the Ancient Landmark Sermon 3 in the series “Church Matters" Chuck Sligh June 30, 2013 TEXT: Proverbs 22:28 – “Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.” INTRODUCTION When the Israelites entered Canaan and land was divided among the various ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Trapped On A Dead End Street

    Contributed by Mcclinton Hall on Jul 13, 2014
    based on 5 ratings
     | 33,525 views

    What to do when you find yourself trapped by circumstances.

    Trapped On A Dead End Street But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pihahiroth, before Baal-zephon. And when Pharaoh drew nigh the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist