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  • Jonathan McLeod avatar

    The Faithfulness Of God Series

    Contributed by Jonathan Mcleod on Jul 3, 2007
    based on 66 ratings
     | 73,016 views

    People will let you down, but God never will.

    The Lord is a faithful God: • “Know therefore that the LORD your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commands” (Deuteronomy 7:9). • “He is the Rock, his works are perfect, and all his ways are just. A ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    God's Vineyard

    Contributed by Dr. Ronnie Grizzle on Jul 7, 2007
     | 4,189 views

    This message ehorts Christians to bear fruit for Christ and shows the consequnces of a barren life.

    God’s Vineyard Luke 13.1-9 Jesus knows our hearts. He knows that all of us at some time or another in our lives, believe that someone else is a bigger sinner than we are. He looks at two incidents that happened to two separate groups of people. First the Galileans in verses 1-2, and then the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    God Hears Series

    Contributed by Rick Stacy on Jul 9, 2007
    based on 5 ratings
     | 13,840 views

    2 of 5 messages on God Senses. This message deals with understanding the will of God and how God hears our prayers.

    Psalms 6 1 O LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath. 2 Be merciful to me, LORD, for I am faint; O LORD, heal me, for my bones are in agony. 3 My soul is in anguish. How long, O LORD, how long? 4 Turn, O LORD, and deliver me; save me because of ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    God Is With Me

    Contributed by Jose R. Hernandez on Jul 10, 2007
     | 3,206 views

    As we all know we are very close to the date when this great nation will be celebrating “Thanks Giving”.

    As we all know we are very close to the date when this great nation will be celebrating “Thanks Giving”. It is a day when all of us will unite in our homes with our families and friends, to share an opulent and delicious feast, and although we have yet to reach this date, we will be holding our ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Blessed Be God

    Contributed by Steve Hereford on Jul 10, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,994 views

    How do you respond to God? Do you "bless" Him? What does that mean? Join Pastor Steve as he explains the meaning of 1 Peter 1:3.

    Peter tells his readers to “Bless” God. That phrase is very similar to what we saw in our study of Psalm 103:1-4, where David said: “Bless the Lord, O my soul; And all that is within me, bless His holy name! Bless the Lord, O my soul, And forget not all His benefits: Who forgives all your ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    God Is With Us Series

    Contributed by Leroy Redding on Jul 10, 2007
    based on 15 ratings
     | 32,596 views

    Psalm 139 #2

    GOD IS WITH US Psalm 139:7-12 W. Graham Scroggie, in his commentary on the Psalms, tells the story of an atheist who wanted to persuade his young son with his philosophy of life, who much to his concern was getting interested in the Christian faith. So this atheist father prepared this very ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Finding God

    Contributed by Chris Surber on Jul 13, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,598 views

    This is a sermon that I delivered at a Church Picnic. It is about finding God in the love of a friend and letting others find God in you.

    Finding God, Isaiah 55:6 Introduction I heard a story recently about a man who was playing hide and seek with his two year old daughter. They were upstairs in his house and the little girl had decided to hide into one of those closets with the folding doors. When he called, “Where’s Shelley?” ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian Church

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    Where Is God?

    Contributed by Greg Cooper on Jul 14, 2007
    based on 7 ratings
     | 10,644 views

    We all go through storms, we can either blame God for the storm or allow Him to be our source of strength in the storm.

    Title: Where Is God? Text: Psalms 10:1-3 Intro: Through out history there have been days that will never be forgotten. Roosevelt declared that Dec. 7 1941 was a day that would live in infamy. Many here today still remember where they were and what they were doing when they heard of John F. ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    God Tastes Series

    Contributed by Rick Stacy on Jul 16, 2007
     | 5,277 views

    message 3 of 5 about God’s Senses. This message explores how Jesus, the God of Eternity, tasted both life and death for us.

    Taste is a powerful experience There are four taste sensations: Sweet, Salty, Sour, and Bitter Chocolate! I think there is another… chocolate! Right now I’ve asked some folks to hand out some Hershey Chocolate Kisses – one to a person. Please don’t open them yet. We’re going to eat them all ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    "God Knows" Series

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Jul 19, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 9,768 views

    Sermon 5 in a study in Hosea

    18th century theologian, Jonathan Edwards once preached a sermon called “Men Naturally Are God’s Enemies”. And by the way…I found this sermon on the web and copied and pasted it to my Word program so that I could extract the quote I’m about to read to you. I want you to know that I put it in ...read more

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    Denomination: Orthodox

  • Paul Wallace avatar

    The God Of Comfort Series

    Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 4, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 9,763 views

    God offers comfort in all of our troubles not just at funerals.

    The God of Comfort 2 Corinthians 1:3-6 Isaiah 40:1-3 As I listened to Dr Ron Hawkins on the Counseling Ministry DVD’s he said his dad who was a pastor told him after he had retired, “If I had it to do over I would preach more messages of comfort. People have so much pain in their lives.” ...read more

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    Denomination: Wesleyan

  • Tony McCreery avatar

    Peace With God

    Contributed by Tony Mccreery on Sep 8, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,100 views

    Avoid excess burdens, and walk in peace!

    Have you ever prepared to go to somewhere and packed everything that you thought you would need when you get there only to find that you don’t need 90% of what you brought? You end up carrying all this extra stuff with you and it weighs you down, and then you find that you forgot some things that ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Kevin Lockett avatar

    God's Friends

    Contributed by Kevin Lockett on Sep 8, 2007
     | 3,365 views

    We can grow as friends of God by applying life lessons from three of God’s friends: David, Mary, and Peter. Appropriate for Pentecost, Confirmation, or honoring a pastor, deacon, teacher, or other faithful servant of God.

    “God’s Friends” Acts 2:1-21 The title for today’s sermon comes from a confirmation text book used in my church.(1) In fact, the scripture lessons I selected for today are actually the texts traditionally read in Christian churches around the world on Pentecost Sunday – the day on which ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    God's Seminary Series

    Contributed by David Scudder on Sep 10, 2007
     | 3,621 views

    Modern seminaries may be helpful, but the Lord’s seminary training is much different. Here Paul reviews the training Timothy received--and it is much different than what we often see today.

    God’s Seminary II Timothy 3:10-13 Purpose: To describe the ingredients that make up a successful servant of Christ. Aim: I want the listener to accept the challenge to serve Christ without reservation. INTRODUCTION: I am constantly amazed by the difference between the Bible’s formula for success ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Robert Higgins avatar

    Hungering For God Series

    Contributed by Robert Higgins on Sep 18, 2007
    based on 11 ratings
     | 12,479 views

    Why is worship supposed to be an encounter with God and not just going through the motions? How can you better encounter God each time you gather corporately as a church? The answer is in your appetite!

    ENCOUNTERING GOD – Part One - Hunger Listen to this story, “I had my first experience with the presence of God when I was 5 years old. Arriving home from my ½ day of kindergarten, I usually ate lunch with my mom and then hurried off to play. When I would run out of things to do, I would resort ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist