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  • Daniel Park avatar

    Crowd Or Friend?

    Contributed by Daniel Park on Jan 11, 2016
    based on 2 ratings
     | 17,109 views

    You are either helping someone get closer to Christ (4 friends that carried the paralytic) or hinder them from receiving a healing (like the crowd)

    From an early age, I was told that there are two types of friends in this world. One that would make you a better person and the other that would drag you down. When I was in junior high, I ran away from home. It was about a comment that my mom made on a Sunday afternoon that made me SO UPSET! As ...read more

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    Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

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    When We Suffer

    Contributed by Ralph Andrus on Jul 18, 2013
     | 3,751 views

    Why Suffering & Pain? ...A. To Reveal Ourselves To Ourselves ...B. To Bring Us Closer To God ...C. To Show God’s Sovereignty

    Rom 8:18 Philippians 1:29 (AV) 29 For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake; 1. Hardening Steel - Iron coming from the earth - Harder than copper or bronze - Adding carbon to iron in a fire changes its strength - Steel must be ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    One Step At A Time

    Contributed by Tom Fuller on Jul 29, 2002
    based on 46 ratings
     | 13,316 views

    There are two vital things that Jesus wants to know - are you ready for the test? And are you willing to take just one step to become closer to God?

    A fourth-grade teacher was giving her pupils a lesson in logic. "Here is the situation," she said. "A man is standing up in a boat in the middle of a river, fishing. He loses his balance, falls in, and begins splashing and yelling for help. His wife hears the commotion, knows he can’t swim, and ...read more

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    Denomination: Calvary Chapel

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    The Rewards Of Forgiveness Series

    Contributed by Michael Luke on May 16, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 30,090 views

    Forgiveness brings three signficant rewards: makes you more like God, draws you closer to God, and recaptures the freedom of your soul.

    SERIES: “DISCOVER FORGIVENESS: Finding Freedom Through Forgiveness” TEXT: SELECTED TITLE: “THE REWARDS OF FORGIVENESS” OPEN: A. Good news and bad news this morning: 1. Bad news a. People have let you down b. Because ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Justin Steckbauer avatar

    Remain In Christ To The End: Abiding In The Vine Series

    Contributed by Justin Steckbauer on May 31, 2024
     | 1,029 views

    Stay together, stay connected, stay strong, fed by the vine, bearing fruit for Jesus

    Jim Bright, an organizational psychologist did a survey asking people to give answers on different questions related to change, and how they react to change. The results were fascinating. “1. One in three people would avoid change if they could. Would you normally avoid change if you could? If ...read more

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    Denomination: Salvation Army

  • Kenneth Trent avatar

    Altogether

    Contributed by Kenneth Trent on Nov 20, 2002
    based on 4 ratings
     | 1,796 views

    We often hear the expression "He’s needs to get it together" referring to a person not being "on-track" in his life. Paul is an example of really having "it all together".

    ALTOGETHER Acts 26:29 In today’s world we often hear people say: “he’s got it together” or “he needs to get it together”. Paul had it “altogether” because: I. He was genuinely converted: “And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Robert Malcolm avatar

    Why Church #12 The Power To Advance Series

    Contributed by Robert Malcolm on Jan 8, 2025
     | 387 views

    They faced incredibly hostile conditions together—and they all came out alive together. What a picture of the body of Christ....how we continue to do this is found in our text for today

    ~ Intro: STAYING WARM TOGETHER. In what the news called "The Miracle at Quecreek," nine miners trapped for three days 240 feet underground in a water-filled mine shaft "They decided early on they were either going to live or die as a group." The 55 degree (Fahrenheit) water ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Serving One Another

    Contributed by James Jackson, Ii on Jul 4, 2001
    based on 11 ratings
     | 5,142 views

    When the Body of Christ come into the revelation of what Christ taught the disciples in serving one another, we will be a step closer to that great wedding in the sky.

    Luke 22:1-30 1-2 The "Feast of Unleavened Bread," immediately following the Passover, lasted seven days (Ex 12:15-20). FEASTS (Heb. moedh, an assembling, hagh, dance, or pilgrimage). The feasts, or sacred festivals, held an important place in Jewish religion. They were religious services ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Giving Series

    Contributed by Greg Nance on Oct 15, 2005
    based on 24 ratings
     | 12,629 views

    Giving is a gift. A troubled church at Corinth heard a word on it at the end of their first letter. Giving brings healing, because it brings us closer to God.

    Can you believe it? We come now to the end of this letter to the Corinthians. You know, we’ve been reading someone else’s mail here… There are a lot of personal problems in this church that this letter talks about. I’m not sure, if I were a member of the Corinthian church, how I would feel ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Glenn Durham avatar

    A Dynamic Church Devotes Themselves To Fellowship Series

    Contributed by Glenn Durham on Jul 8, 2008
    based on 24 ratings
     | 10,704 views

    God shares his fellowship with us, enabling us to share our lives together.

    Scripture Introduction One of the changes in our world in the last generation or so is a loss of security. Expectations for what life offers have risen exponentially; fulfillments have disappointed. Cell phones are a simple example: the promise a connectedness everywhere available and never ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Daryl Bahn avatar

    A Better Way To Worship

    Contributed by Daryl Bahn on Aug 31, 2002
    based on 41 ratings
     | 3,439 views

    What are some ways we try to make worship better? The answer is closer than you think! (15th Sunday after Pentecost)

    A BETTER WAY TO WORSHIP (Romans 12:1-8) Introduction: We have been discussing, as we work our way through Romans, how in the past the people of God had consisted of only one nation: the nation of Israel. Now, because Jesus’ life-saving work of redemption applies to all people, God’s promised ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    United Like Family Series

    Contributed by Robert Higgins on Apr 15, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,993 views

    "Be united in spirit” is used to describe souls that beat together, in tune with Christ and with each other. This word is made up of two words "sun" (together with) and psuchos (soul, self, inner life, or the seat of the feelings, desires,affections). So

    Snowflakes are one of nature’s most fragile things, but just look at what they can do when they stick together ---Vesta Kelly Philippians 2:1-4 (March 2) Therefore if there is any encouragement in Christ, if there is any consolation of love, if there is any fellowship of the Spirit, if any ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • James May avatar

    Swept Clean And Garnished

    Contributed by James May on Dec 27, 2005
    based on 17 ratings
     | 12,134 views

    If we want next year to be the year that we have a closer relationship with Jesus then we need to create some positive power in our hearts.

    SWEPT CLEAN AND GARNISHED By Pastor Jim May For most of us this will be the last time we will come together in the House of God to worship and hear His Word before the New Year begins. I thought that this might just be the best time to stop and reflect upon the past year to examine where we are ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    God's Way Of Guiding Us Through Discomfort PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Jan 15, 2024
    based on 3 ratings
     | 1,171 views

    This sermon explores how God's presence and promises provide comfort and growth through personal grief, leading to unshakeable joy and closer relationship with Him.

    Beloved congregation, as we gather together today, let our hearts be open and our spirits receptive to the message God has in store for us. We find ourselves in a world that is often filled with sorrow and grief, a world where heartache is a common language spoken by all, regardless of race, ...read more

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    Spiritual Disciplines Series

    Contributed by Michael Deutsch on Jan 15, 2008
    based on 5 ratings
     | 10,203 views

    An introduction sermon for a 13 week series on exploring various Spiritual Disciplines, designed to help the church draw closer to Christ and grow in Christlikeness.

    Spiritual Disciplines: Introduction January 6, 2008 1 Timothy 4:7-8 John 10:10 {Video of me shooting free throws and talking about spiritual disciplines} Not a bad basketball player, even when the camera is on me. I was hitting in crunch time, the pressure was on and there were no retakes. Just ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist