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  • Rev. Samuel Arimoro avatar

    The God Who Fights His Own Series

    Contributed by Rev. Samuel Arimoro on Jul 31, 2025
     | 212 views

    The battles of life are inevitable, but you are not alone in the fight. The God who created the heavens and the earth is also the God who defends His own. When He fights, He fights to win, and He never loses.

    THE GOD WHO FIGHTS HIS OWN By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: Exodus 14:13-14 Supporting Texts: Deuteronomy 1:30, 2 Chronicles 20:15-17, Isaiah 49:25-26, Romans 8:31, Psalm 68:1 INTRODUCTION: Life is a battlefield, not just a playground. Spiritual warfare is real, and every child of God is ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    My Glory Must Be Released Series

    Contributed by Rev. Samuel Arimoro on Aug 18, 2025
     | 375 views

    The enemy fights the glory of men because he knows that once your glory is revealed, your destiny will manifest, and you will walk in divine fulfilment.

    MY GLORY MUST BE RELEASED By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: Isaiah 60:1 — “Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.” Supporting Texts: Psalm 3:3, Jeremiah 29:11, Romans 8:18, Haggai 2:9, 1 Peter 5:10 INTRODUCTION: Glory is the divine deposit of God upon ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Parables Of The Kingdom – The Second – The Wheat And The Tares – Part 1 Of 2 Series

    Contributed by Ron Ferguson on Aug 3, 2025
     | 143 views

    The Wheat and the Tares is a well-known parable and we dissect it to look at the meaning and practical issues involved. It has had application to the whole of Church history and today those in oversight in churches need to be very cautious and stay alert for the entry of false teaching.

    PARABLES OF THE KINGDOM – THE SECOND – THE WHEAT AND THE TARES – Part 1 of 2 We come to the second of the Kingdom Parables commonly known as The Parable of the Tares. Previously we studied the Sower and saw this to be the good seed sown by the Sower who is Christ, but taken up by His Apostles in ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    What Was Jude Thinking? Series

    Contributed by Jason Jones on Jan 25, 2007
    based on 20 ratings
     | 12,500 views

    Exposition of Jude 3-4

    Text: Jude 3-4, Title: What was Jude thinking? Date/Place: LSCC, 9/3/06, AM A. Opening illustration: Yogi Berra, the well-known catcher for the New York Yankees, and Hank Aaron, who at that time was the chief power hitter for the Milwaukee Braves. The teams were playing in the World Series, and as ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Preparation For Defense Series

    Contributed by Jason Jones on Jan 29, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,987 views

    Exposition of Jude 20-21

    Text: Jude 20-21, Title: Prescription for Defense, Date/Place: LSCC, 10/1/06, AM A. Opening illustration: All the doctors giving Junior the run around while this cancer is eating him up. Can you imagine a doctor giving you a 3-hour discourse on the particular disease that you have, and then ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    When Christians Disagree Series

    Contributed by Greg Nance on Jan 7, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,793 views

    Unity is crucial to Christian witness. Nothing is more essential and nothing brings God glory like the love and unity of the body of Christ in a fallen world. Yet this struggle is pervasive. How does God want us to deal with it?

    Powerpoint available upon request: gwnance@bellsouth.net ask for "Powerpoint for When Christians Disagree." When Christians Disagree Philippians 4:2-3 is an unusual text that we need to slow down and look into. 2 I plead with Euodia and I plead with Syntyche to agree with each other in the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Introduction To Jude Series

    Contributed by Bobby Stults on May 20, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 11,990 views

    Jude is a book that many overlook and ignore, but it has a message for the church of today.

    JUDE: An Introduction A Study of the Letter of Jude Teaching Lesson 1 May 9, 2012 The Book of Jude… how many of you have read it? How many of you have ever studied it? Tonight we are going to look at an overview of the book of Jude and over the next several weeks we are going to look at ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    False Prophets Series

    Contributed by Edward Hardee on Jul 16, 2023
     | 1,620 views

    Jude shows the characteristics of false prophets.

    Opening Scripture Jud 1:8-16 Likewise also these dreamers defile the flesh, reject authority, and speak evil of dignitaries. (9) Yet Michael the archangel, in contending with the devil, when he disputed about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him a reviling accusation, but said, ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    Dealing With False Prophets Series

    Contributed by Edward Hardee on Aug 12, 2023
     | 1,406 views

    Jude deals with false prophets. Here we see the characteristics of and the work of the false prophets.

    Opening Scripture Jud 1:8-16 Likewise also these dreamers defile the flesh, reject authority, and speak evil of dignitaries. (9) Yet Michael the archangel, in contending with the devil, when he disputed about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him a reviling accusation, but said, ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    Wage The Good Warfare Series

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Aug 21, 2025
     | 374 views

    Paul urged Timothy to fight the good fight of faith, speaking out for the truth and living out the truth.

    1 Timothy 1:18-20 Wage the Good Warfare 1 Tim 1:18-20 “This charge I entrust to you, Timothy, my child, in accordance with the prophecies previously made about you, that by them you may wage the good warfare, holding faith and a good conscience. By rejecting this, some have ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • OLU-TIMI LEWIS AFOLABI avatar

    Who Says You Can’t Have Children? Lam.3:37 Series

    Contributed by Olu-Timi Lewis Afolabi on Jan 10, 2014
    based on 6 ratings
     | 10,122 views

    HELPING CHILDLESS COUPLES OVERCOME NEGATIVE OPINIONS AND TRUST GOD FOR THE FRUITS OF THE WOMB. IF YOU BELIEVE IT IS POSSIBLE IT WILL BE POSSIBLE.

    THIS MESSAGE IS AN EXCERPT FROM MY BOOK 'WHO SAYS YOU CAN’T HAVE CHILDREN?'- THE STORY OF OUR SEVEN YEARS OF STRUGGLE AND CONQUEST OF CHILDLESSNESS AIMED AT HELPING CHILDLESS COUPLES OVERCOME NEGATIVE OPINIONS AND TRUST GOD FOR THE FRUITS OF THE WOMB. WHO SAYS YOU CAN’T HAVE CHILDREN? ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    Perverting Grace Series

    Contributed by D Marion Clark on Jul 11, 2012
     | 3,681 views

    Titus teaches the debilitating effect of perverting the grace of God.

    Introduction There is a problem that has plagued mankind as old as the story of Adam and Eve; indeed, is traced to what took place in the Garden. Why is it that all good movements end up as Camelots – destined to decline and fail? How is it that even the best births come with their own seeds for ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Victor Yap avatar

    Enjoy Good, Extend Goods

    Contributed by Victor Yap on Feb 5, 2017
     | 4,117 views

    Ecclesiastes 5

    ENJOY GOOD, EXTEND GOOD (ECCLESIASTES 6) https://bible.ryl.hk/web_en Grammar Bible (English) https://bible.ryl.hk/web_Bah Tatabahasa Alkitab (Indonesian) https://bible.ryl.hk/web_Esp Biblia de Gramática (Spanish) https://bible.ryl.hk/web_Tag Gramatika Bibliya (Filipino) https://bible.ryl.hk ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    The One Needful Thing

    Contributed by Barry O Johnson on May 6, 2022
     | 3,777 views

    This message is about the one thing our Father needs from us.

    Good morning to the blessed of the Lord! You are God’s hope in this world! Praise God! If you are like me, and I believe most of you are, when I stand before Jesus on my day of judgment and He pulls out the book of life and sees my name written therein, He will look up, smile and say “Welcome home ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    How Can The Lord Help Us In Times Of Affliction?

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 24 ratings
     | 6,157 views

    The following are some suggested responses to afflictions: 1.

    The following are some suggested responses to afflictions: 1. Let the Lord take away the pain of your afflictions. Paul writes, "Who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we have received from God. For just as the sufferings of Christ flow ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational