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Count Your Blessings

Contributed by Rick Boyne on Jun 12, 2012

We must give thanks in all situations.

Count Your Blessings November 22, 2009 Morning Service Immanuel Baptist Church, Wagoner, OK Rick Boyne Message Point: We must give thanks in all situations. Focus Passage: Luke 17:11-19 Supplemental Passage: 1 Thessalonians 5:18 in everything give thanks; for this is God’s will for you in ...read more

Scripture: Luke 17:11-19

Denomination: Baptist

Parenting Your Prodigal Series

Contributed by Brian Bill on Jun 17, 2020

Godly parents don’t always produce godly children

Recently I read about a married couple who couldn’t have children. They lived during a time of great upheaval in their country and it felt like their nation had fractured. Weeks turned into months, which turned into years. The barrenness in the wife’s womb made them both feel broken. One day ...read more

Scripture: Judges 13:1-12, Luke 15:11-32

Denomination: Baptist

Guarding Your Heart

Contributed by Stephen Weatherby on Aug 16, 2021

Guarding your Heart

Hook A.W Pink once said, For the Christian to keep his heart… means for him to pay close attention to the direction in which his affections are moving, to discover whether the things of the world are gaining a firmer and fuller hold over him, or whether they are increasingly losing their charm for ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 4:1-9

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Guard Your Heart Series

Contributed by Michael Luke on Mar 16, 2005

The heart is the center of our being and what determines who we are. It’s important and needs to be watched carefully to avoid impurities.

(Based on Southeast Christian Church’s “living a Life of Integrity” and a message by Darrel Land) SERIES: “WORDS OF WISDOM FOR KINGDOM LIVING” TEXT; MATTHEW 5:27-32 TITLE: “GUARD YOUR HEART” INTRODUCTION: A. Most Sundays I am excited to preach 1. ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:27-32

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Your View Of God

Contributed by Thomas Showalter on Jul 7, 2001

Do you have a proper view of God?

Your View of God 4-30-00 A.W. Tozer in his book The Knowledge of the Holy states: “What comes to mind when we think of God is the most important thing about us.” “Left to ourselves we tend immediately to reduce God to manageable terms. We want to get Him where we can use Him, or at least know ...read more

Scripture: Romans 1:18-31, Isaiah 6:1-5

Denomination: Friends

Overcoming Your Giants

Contributed by Sherry Proskine on Jul 23, 2007

To overcome a battle, we need to understand whose battle it is.

Overcoming Your Giants Opening; Illustration: Mama eagles are caring loving creatures. Somewhere along the line the mama eagle decides it’s time the baby eagles learn to fly. She takes the little eagle out of the next and flies up as high as she can go. At this point, she drops the fledgling, ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 17:1-11

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Tackling Your Fears Series

Contributed by Charles Whitmire on Sep 21, 2008

In this message we look at persecution and sharing our faith and life.

When I was a boy there was a side lot on our church property where we would play football. I remember playing with my best friend. It was just the two of us, so it wasn’t really football - it was more of a game of tackle the guy with the ball. I used to pretend like I was Tony Dorsett. I would get ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 3:13-15

Denomination: Baptist

You And Your Vision

Contributed by Howard Strickland on Mar 20, 2017

Fulfilling your life’s vision depends on several things. 1. Having a vision which calls for waiting on God until He reveals His plan for you. 2. Dedicating time and energy to it- which calls for patience and discipline. 3. How to overcome obstacles

You and Your Vision Habakkuk 2:2-4NLT Fulfilling your life’s vision depends on several things. 1. Having a vision which calls for waiting on God until He reveals His plan for you. 2. Dedicating time and energy to it- which calls for patience and discipline. 3. How to overcome obstacles–which ...read more

Scripture: Habakkuk 2:2-4

Denomination: Pentecostal

Recognizing Your Calling

Contributed by Margaret Olubiyi on Oct 30, 2018

What is your reason for being here? What do you believe is God's purpose for your life? I believe like me, that is the question most of us have asked ourselves at one time or the other.

I am here to inform you that you and I are on this earth to serve the Lord God, His church and the world at large. God created man in His image and for fellowship as we see in the book of Genesis 2 through 4 until the enemy came in and destroyed that beautiful fellowship God had with our first ...read more

Scripture: Romans 12:1-8

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Love Your Neighbor

Contributed by Jimmy Haile on May 3, 2021

Jesus doesn't tell me who my neighbor is all he tells me is that I'm supposed to love them as much as I love myself.

Matthew 22:37-Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ 38-“This is the first and great commandment. 39-“And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ 40-“On these two commandments hang all the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 22:37-40

Denomination: Baptist

Take Your Fill

Contributed by Charles Mallory on Jul 25, 2024

Jesus is the bread of life! Only He can satisfy us! We must "take our fill" of all Jesus offers to spiritually nourish us to live sanctified and holy.

ADDICTION! ACCORDING TO THE “NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE,” THE DEFINITION OF AN ADDICTION IS: “A CHRONIC, RELAPSING DISORDER CHARACTERIZED BY COMPULSIVE DRUG SEEKING AND USE DESPITE ADVERSE CONSEQUENCES….” ACCORDING TO THE “NATIONAL CENTER FOR DRUG ABUSE STATISTICS (NCDAS),” NEARLY HALF OF ...read more

Scripture: Mark 6:1-15, Psalm 18:2-18, Zephaniah 3:18, Psalm 107:8-9, Matthew 5:6  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Free Methodist

Your Struggle With Worship Series

Contributed by Chris Appleby on Aug 7, 2008

The commandment against idolatry is "good news". It was not given because God enjoyed saying, "You can’t do this" and "you can’t do that either". The commandment against idol worship is at the top of the list after worshipping God because idols are counte

By Rev Bill Stewart [Marilyn] "Paula, do you think there’s a God?" [Paula] "Of course, there’s a God. What do you think I’ve been on about all these years? God is in everything and everything is in God. You are God, darling, if only you could see it and understand it." [Marilyn] "No, I’m not ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 44:9-20

Denomination: Anglican

How's Your Karma?

Contributed by Stephen Becker on Nov 3, 2007

A look at Israel’s history of (sinfully) worshipping the pagan gods of those people around them, its implications, and how Israel kept doing it again and again. The sermon compares this with how our contemporary society falls into this same trap (karma,

HOW’S YOUR KARMA? An Exploration of the Danger of New Age Mysticism in American Society Based upon the teaching of Isaiah 1:10-18 Stephen H. Becker, M.Div. St. Peter’s Lutheran Church—Elk Grove, CA November 4, 2007—23rd Sunday After Pentecost A few months ago I did something that really upset my ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 1:10-18

Denomination: Lutheran

Fighting Your Fears

Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Aug 10, 2011

We too may doubt our own abilities and potential. But let us never doubt what God can do with us when we trust and obey Him. We can fight and face any fear when we know the Lord is with us.

Opening illustration: A mother asked her 5-year-old son to go to the pantry to get her a can of tomato soup. But he refused and protested, “Its dark in there.” Mom assured Johnny, “it’s okay. Don’t be afraid. Jesus is in there.” So Johnny opened the door slowly and seeing that it was dark, shouted, ...read more

Scripture: Judges 6:11-23

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Receiving Your Miracle

Contributed by Gregory Mc Donald on Sep 5, 2011

We live in a world today that is desperate for something real...something that is available to ordinary people just like me and you. Peter and John stood before the most skeptical, anti-Christian crowd possible...are those people recognized them as ordina

RECEIVING YOUR MIRACLE 1 SAMUEL 1:17 For several weeks we've been looking at the subject of miracles...and I had planned on wrapping it up last week. And the reason I wanted to finish up was simply because I felt it was going nowhere and that I might even have been mistaken to even approach such a ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 1:17