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  • Troy Borst avatar

    Guard Your Heart Series

    Contributed by Troy Borst on Jul 2, 2025
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     | 938 views

    I believe and I want you to believe that YHWH God provides the strength and guidance necessary to guard the heart. The blood of Jesus can guard our heart. The presence and filling of the Holy Spirit guards our heart.

    MENTAL HEALTH IN THE PROVERBS: GUARD YOUR HEART PROVERBS 4:20-27 #mentalhealth INTRODUCTION… Peter Scazzero, Emotionally Healthy Spirituality: Unleash a Revolution in Your Life In Christ I like to read. I enjoy a good story. I like a book that is useful to me. I am usually either reading or ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Standing Tall In An Uncertain World

    Contributed by Andrew Chan on Sep 4, 2001
    based on 34 ratings
     | 6,255 views

    How to stay true to the faith when circumstances are fickle and things change around you

    Standing tall in an uncertain world July 1999 Daniel 3 Is this an uncertain world? Right here where we live and breathe? Have you and I found certainty in this world? Just the other day while I was in Calgary, I heard from a friend of mine who works at a downtown office in Cal. I recall that she ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

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    United We Stand...

    Contributed by Johann Neethling on Sep 15, 2001
    based on 56 ratings
     | 3,793 views

    Spiritual implications for the church and nation of the terrorist attack on NYC, DC, and Pennsylvania.

    UNITED WE STAND 1. Play the song “We Pledge Allegiance” (Lee Greenwood: American Patriot) 2. My Brothers and Sisters, the unthinkable has happened. That which we never, in our wildest imaginations, would ever have dreamed could take place on U.S. soil, has ripped into the very soul and psyche of ...read more

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    Denomination: United Methodist

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    Who Me? Worry?

    Contributed by James Wilson on Nov 22, 2000
    based on 64 ratings
     | 6,653 views

    Worry doesn't have to be toxic.

    Who Me? Worry? Matthew 6:25-34 "For this reason I say to you, do not be anxious for your life, as to what you shall eat, or what you shall drink; nor for your body, as to what you shall put on. Is not life more than food, and the body than clothing? [26] Look at the birds of the air, that they do ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Guy Caley avatar

    Right In Their Own Eyes Series

    Contributed by Guy Caley on Dec 14, 2001
    based on 58 ratings
     | 14,947 views

    The story of Abimelech demonstrates the shortfalls of Human Wisdom.

    Right in their Own Eyes Text: Judges 9 Introduction The Poem "Smart" by Shel Silverstien (from Where the Sidewalk Ends--available at your library) Judges 21:25 "In those days Israel had no king; everyone did as he saw fit" or "everyone did what was right in his own eyes" Proposition:. ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Is Your Peace A Cover-Up?

    Contributed by John Kapteyn on Oct 18, 2000
    based on 15 ratings
     | 3,848 views

    Many people think they have peace but peace can be a coverup of the truth. True peace comes from God.

    Introductory Considerations 1. The situation was not a good one for the people of Israel. Many of them, including the prophet Ezekiel had already been carried off to exile in Babylon. The Babylonians had surrounded the city of Jerusalem and laid seige to it. The people were prisoners in their own ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    The Battle Of Attitudes!

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Oct 8, 2002
    based on 64 ratings
     | 10,035 views

    LIFE IS BUT A BATTLE OF ATTITUDES! THE BATTLE IS BETWEEN PESSIMISM AND OPTIMISM.

    LIFE IS BUT A BATTLE OF ATTITUDES! THE BATTLE IS BETWEEN PESSIMISM AND OPTIMISM. By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com TEXT: Proverbs 15:13 A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken. Proverbs 15:15 --- He that is of a merry heart hath a ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    The Dead Dog Syndrome

    Contributed by Jeff Strite on Jul 17, 2002
    based on 66 ratings
     | 14,041 views

    Shimea suffered from a spiritual illness that plagues many Christians. How did it reveal itself and how can we be healed?s

    THE DEAD DOG SYNDROME 9/98 ILLUSTRATION: There’s a story about a crazy old woman who was known to be crazy because she would walk down the streets talking to herself. One of her best known pastimes was talk to Jesus... and Jesus would talk back. One day a new preacher came to town and thought ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    A Principled People

    Contributed by Norris Harris I on Jan 16, 2003
    based on 66 ratings
     | 14,592 views

    It’s easy to hold to convictions when there is no tension and strife in your life. But how pertinent are your principles, how firm are your convictions, when you are challenged by a man of God to do something that goes against your core beliefs? No; how s

    "And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites pots full of wine, and cups, and I said unto them, Drink ye wine.But they said, We will drink no wine: for Jonadad the son of Rechab our father commanded us, saying,Ye shall drink no wine, neither ye, nor your sons for ever." My heart’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Getting The Message Out

    Contributed by Greg Nance on May 6, 2002
    based on 16 ratings
     | 3,037 views

    What makes you uncomfortable as a Christian? God can use that to motivate you to spread the gospel! Look at Paul’s example here in Acts 17

    Getting God’s Message Out. Acts 17:16-34 What do you do when you are surrounded by things that make you uncomfortable? When Paul came to Athens, he walked through town and was upset by all the idols that he saw there. Now just think about the different ways he could have responded to it. 1. He ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Timothy Archer avatar

    Looking For What's Lost, Pt. Ii Series

    Contributed by Timothy Archer on Feb 10, 2004
    based on 24 ratings
     | 4,165 views

    In the story of the Prodigal Son we learn lessons for the prodigals and for the "faithful sons."

    Looking for What’s Lost, Part II Luke 15:11-32 Continuing our study of Luke, we find ourselves in Chapter 15. I want to invite you to be turning there. We previously looked at the first part of this chapter. Jesus was being criticized by some of the Jewish leaders because he was eating and ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Who Is Your Proxy? Series

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jun 1, 2004
    based on 23 ratings
     | 3,787 views

    The human race has only two proxies: Adam and Jesus Christ. Adam is the default proxy, for we are all born “in Adam.” Jesus Christ is the proxy for all who are born again, “in Christ.” Today, we are going to look at the how’s of original sin and its remed

    Who is Your Proxy? (Romans 5:12-21) 1.. Two old friends bumped into one another on the street one day. One of them looked forlorn, almost on the verge of tears. His friend asked, "What has the world done to you, my old friend?" The sad fellow said, "Let me tell you. Three weeks ago, my uncle died ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Marilyn Murphree avatar

    "A Place Of Prayer" Series

    Contributed by Marilyn Murphree on Mar 18, 2005
    based on 17 ratings
     | 4,906 views

    Creating a house of prayer often brings disruption and disturbance to a lifestyle that is unacceptable to the Lord. How do we respond to or resist Him?

    Holy Week Service Church of the Atonement March 21, 2005 “A Place of Prayer” Matthew 21:10-17 INTRODUCTION: The next day after the trimphal entry into Jerusalem, Jesus went to the temple. What he found there was anything but a house of prayer. Picture in your mind the confusion with all the ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Scott Chambers avatar

    Stewardship And Outrageous Generosity Series

    Contributed by Scott Chambers on Mar 25, 2005
    based on 19 ratings
     | 7,975 views

    Part of the sermon series on the building block necessary for a church to grow.

    Wayne Smith tells about a farmer who called the office of Southland Christian Church in Lexington, KY where he was senior minister for 40 years. The farmer asked to speak to the Head Hog at the Trough. The receptionist said, “If you’re referring to our senior minister, you may call him Brother, ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Dana Visneskie avatar

    Second Chance To Make A First Impression (Part 3) Series

    Contributed by Dana Visneskie on Apr 14, 2005
    based on 15 ratings
     | 6,165 views

    This sermon deals with making an impression for the glory of God. Jonah had a second chance to make an impact for God. I give 4 key areas that show how to make an impact for God.

    Title: Second Chance To Make A First Impression Text: Jonah 3:1-10 Pray!!! Read Text!!! Introduction: Tradition tells us that around the time when Jesus was a teenager, there was a rebellion near where he lived. The Roman army crushed the rebellion but they didn’t want it to happen again, so ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal