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  • Christopher Holdsworth avatar

    The Word Goes Forth. Abridged.

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on May 5, 2023
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    A metaphor from God's dealings in Creation to describe God's dealings with His Word.

    THE WORD GOES FORTH. Isaiah 55:10-13. Isaiah 55:10-11 is about God’s words not returning to Him void. At first, we might imagine that God is talking about the weather, with all this talk of rain and snow. And what if there is no rain, nor any melting snows from the mountains of Lebanon? Famine! ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    God Will Be "As The Dew”

    Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Apr 28, 2022
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    In our text today, Hosea uses a beautiful metaphor to show us how the Lord blesses His people.

    In this beautiful metaphor, He says, "I will be as the dew unto Israel". Now, ordinarily we do not think much about dew, and if we do think about it, we certainly do not compare it to our relationship with God. In fact, we do not see a lot of good in dew. • The ladies generally do not ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    You Can Live Again PRO Sermon

    Contributed by Sermon Research Assistant on Jan 2, 2024
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    Explores God's power to restore and revive, using Ezekiel's vision of dry bones as a metaphor for spiritual renewal and resurrection.

    Good morning, beloved! What a joy it is to gather with you today, in this sacred space where we have shared so many moments of faith, hope, and love. Today, we find ourselves at the precipice of a new understanding, a new revelation. We stand together on the threshold of a profound message that ...read more

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    The Road To Damascus

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Apr 30, 2006
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    March 5, 2006 Communion Meditation and the first sermon of the 2006 Lenten Series

    (Introduction to meditation was from Creative Communications for the Parish’s dramatic introduction, ‘This Lenten Road: The Road to Damascus’ © 2004 by Creative Communications for the Parish.) (1) Many years ago along one of our coasts a Navy Captain looked into the dark night and saw faint ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    Who Did As Jesus Commanded?

    Contributed by W. Leon Morrow on Apr 6, 2009
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    This Communion Meditation for the 6th Sunday in Lent, year B, is designed to encourage believers to follow the commandments of Jesus, especially the commandment to receive Holy Communion.

    [Background information about the Scripture:] I think the way we waved palm fronds and celebrated today was wonderful! Palm Sunday is the beginning of a very important week. This is the week known as the “passion week” or “Holy Week.” It is the time when we focus on the death and resurrection ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    Prepare To Meet Thy God

    Contributed by Adam Deibert on Feb 11, 2005
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    Our first and foremost purpose in gathering together is to meet with Jesus. This is especially true when we come for Communion. (Best preached the week before Communion)

    (Note: prior to preaching, discreetly place an empty chair on the platform, off to one side) •In the last few weeks, I’ve had several people call me about when we’re having Communion •It’s customary in the Seventh-day Adventist church to hold Communion on a quarterly basis; and those who have been ...read more

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    Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

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    Go! And Meet Christ In The Air - 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 Series

    Contributed by Dean Courtier on May 31, 2025
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    The return of our Lord Jesus Christ is not a myth, not a metaphor, but a promised reality; a glorious truth that anchors our hope, fuels our mission, and compels our worship.

    Go! And Meet Christ in the Air - 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 (NLT): "For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a commanding shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet call of God. First, the Christians who have died will rise from their graves. ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    I Didn't Know That I Was Starving Until I Tasted You Series

    Contributed by Fr Mund Cargill Thompson on Jun 18, 2017
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    A sermon for a mixed congregation (adults and children) trying to get across why it matters that Jesus became flesh and why it matters that he still makes himself present to us now in bread and wine.

    ............................. “ Beloved, I received from the Lord what I also hand on to you” (1 Cor 11:23) - where to begin? Perhaps with meeting someone famous…. Have you ever met anyone famous? ............. [take answers from congregation] ............ Once when I was 20 I met a famous person. ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    Church Union Series

    Contributed by D Marion Clark on Oct 11, 2012
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    The focus here is the union with Christ that produces the communion with one another as his body.

    Introduction In the previous passage Paul has taught that everyone in the church has spiritual gifts, that they all come from the same source, viz, God, and that they are to be used for the common good. With these gifts in mind, he now impresses upon them the profound truth of their union in ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    In Remembrance

    Contributed by Sheila Crowe on Nov 16, 2002
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    Communion is a time of remembrance bringing into the presence of Jesus Christ

    Sermon: In Remembrance I Cor 11:17-36 November 3, 2002 I. Introduction A. A little girl asked her mother one Sunday morning as she was preparing lunch, “Mommy, why do you cut off the ends of the ham before you cook it?” The girl’s mother turned and looked at her and said, “Oh, sweetie, I’m ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    Watchers On The Hill Part 3

    Contributed by Jim Kane on Mar 12, 2005
    based on 8 ratings
     | 1,825 views

    The third sermon in a 2005 Lenten Series (communion meditation)

    (Opening of the sermon is the dramatic reading script ?The One in the Middle? by Elaine Aadland for the Lenten Series, ?Watchers on the Hill,? produced by Creative Communications for the Parish © 2003) On my office door is this poster that features a reproduction of Hyatt Moore?s painting The Last ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    Mighty Army Or Milling Rabble Series

    Contributed by Chris Appleby on Aug 25, 2004
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    The Apostles Creed - The Holy Catholic Church the Communion of Saints

    Today I want to talk about the church, but the trouble is the Church can mean so many things. It might mean our church. It might mean the Anglican Church in Australia. It might mean the worldwide Anglican denomination. It might mean all Christians everywhere. The trouble is, when the Bible talks ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

  • Michael Stark avatar

    Will You Let Just Anyone Eat At Your Table? Series

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Jan 5, 2008
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    Meditations on the Lord’s Supper preceding a Communion Meal

    1 CORINTHIANS 11:20-22 WILL YOU LET JUST ANYONE EAT AT YOUR TABLE? “When you come together, it is not the Lord’s Supper that you eat. For in eating, each one goes ahead with his own meal. One goes hungry, another gets drunk. What! Do you not have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you despise ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Ed Wood avatar

    Love's Memorial

    Contributed by Ed Wood on Nov 1, 2006
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    A Lord’s Supper Devotional to be used before communion.

    LOVE’S MEMORIAL 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 INTRO: The immediate setting for the first observance of the Lord=s Supper was the Jewish Passover. This was an annual feast of remembrance. Its purpose was to com¬memorate the passing over by the death angel of Jewish families in Egypt, prior to the Exodus. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Scars

    Contributed by Michael Hollinger on Jun 19, 2007
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    Communion Service - How we are healed by his stripes

    Title: Scars Text: Isaiah 53:4-6 MP: Communion is nothing but a scar that will be healed. Outline: 1. Every monument tells a story a. Iwo Jima b. Washington Monument 2. Scars are stories a. Two kinds of Scars i. Scars from surgery (healing) ii. Scars from wounds (wounds/ injury) b. Rachel’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist