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  • Rev. Samuel Arimoro avatar

    Fasting That Breaks Barriers

    Contributed by Rev. Samuel Arimoro on Jun 15, 2025
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    Fasting is not a religious exercise; it is a spiritual weapon. It breaks barriers of delay, bondage, and defeat.

    FASTING THAT BREAKS BARRIERS By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: Isaiah 58:6-12 Supporting Texts: Joel 2:12-28, Esther 4:16, Daniel 10:2-12, Luke 4:1–14 INTRODUCTION: Fasting is one of the most powerful yet often neglected spiritual disciplines in the life of a believer. It is not merely ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Crossing Over 1 Series

    Contributed by Joseph Schuck on Sep 6, 2003
    based on 35 ratings
     | 52,962 views

    This series focuses on crossing over obstacles, problems, situations, and the like which can impede our walk with God.

    CROSSING OVER 1 Scripture: Mark 4:35-41 - “That day when evening came, he said to his disciples, "Let us go over to the other side." Leaving the crowd behind, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat. There were also other boats with him. A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    Crossing Over 2 Series

    Contributed by Joseph Schuck on Sep 6, 2003
    based on 34 ratings
     | 7,027 views

    This series focuses on crossing over obstacles, problems, situations, and the like which can impede our walk with God.

    CROSSING OVER 2 Scripture: Mark 4:35-41 - “That day when evening came, he said to his disciples, "Let us go over to the other side." Leaving the crowd behind, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat. There were also other boats with him. A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    Crossing Over 3 Series

    Contributed by Joseph Schuck on Sep 6, 2003
    based on 25 ratings
     | 4,977 views

    This series focuses on crossing over obstacles, problems, situations, and the like which can impede our walk with God.

    CROSSING OVER 3 Scripture: Mark 4:35-41 - “That day when evening came, he said to his disciples, "Let us go over to the other side." Leaving the crowd behind, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat. There were also other boats with him. A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    Crossing Over 4 Series

    Contributed by Joseph Schuck on Sep 6, 2003
    based on 115 ratings
     | 11,513 views

    This series focuses on crossing over obstacles, problems, situations, and the like which can impede our walk with God.

    CROSSING OVER 4 Scripture: Mark 4:35-41 - “That day when evening came, he said to his disciples, "Let us go over to the other side." Leaving the crowd behind, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat. There were also other boats with him. A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    Crossing Over 5 Series

    Contributed by Joseph Schuck on Sep 6, 2003
    based on 16 ratings
     | 45,125 views

    This series focuses on crossing over obstacles, problems, situations, and the like which can impede our walk with God.

    CROSSING OVER 5 Scripture: Mark 4:35-41 - “That day when evening came, he said to his disciples, "Let us go over to the other side." Leaving the crowd behind, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat. There were also other boats with him. A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    A Bad Beginning Series

    Contributed by Dan Cale on Aug 9, 2004
    based on 14 ratings
     | 4,489 views

    This is the first in a series of messages on the life of Joseph looks at God’s plans for us and the obstacles that always come with them.

    Joseph¡¦s Journey How Dreams Come True Pt I ¡V A Bad Beginning It was the Spring of 1988 ¡V I was sitting in an elementary school lunchroom ¡V that was converted every Sunday into a place of worship. Pastor Dave Smith was preaching ¡V and honestly I have no idea what the sermon was about. I was a ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

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    When Mountains Won't Move

    Contributed by Antonio Torrence on Nov 18, 2000
    based on 101 ratings
     | 20,479 views

    We will face obstacles as we strive onward to Mount Zion but we must see them as opportunities for ministry

    "When Mountains Won't Move" -Reverend A. LaMar Torrence, Pastor of Cross of Life Lutheran Church “I am bound for Mount Zion way up on a hill.And if anyone is going to make it, surely I will." Those words seem to sum up our mission as we travel along our pilgrim's journey. We seek to obtain that ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

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    The Spirit Of Deception

    Contributed by Chad Prather on Sep 28, 2002
    based on 89 ratings
     | 39,284 views

    The Old Testament nation of the Hivites represent the spirit of deception and present a major obstacle to our destiny as the people of God.

    The Spirit of Deception (Hivites) Josh 3:10; Genesis 3:1-5 Hivite: To live a lie openly shown; a serpent. Deception: To mislead by giving a distorted impression or false sense of reality. To trick; to cheat; to beguile. The ancient Greeks used the word to describe the pleasure that comes ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Steve Taylor avatar

    Rights, Rewards, And Responsibilities Series

    Contributed by Steve Taylor on Jul 20, 2006
    based on 6 ratings
     | 5,402 views

    We must be willing to give up our rights, and discipline our bodies to see that we are not an obstacle to the gospel.

    Rights, Rewards, and Responsibilities 1 Corinthians 9 In America we are told that we should value our rights above almost everything else. To be an American is to be free. To be free is to be able to speak freely, write freely, and worship freely. It is a true blessing to be free. We believe in ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    I Keep Asking God

    Contributed by Sherm Nichols on Dec 1, 2006
     | 896 views

    Realizing what we have in Christ can help any person overcome great obstacles in his life

    1. Text: Ephesians 1:16-19 Intro - There’s a TV show called Antiques Road Show. It’s pretty simple - they show up with a bunch of antique experts. People show up with their old stuff. The experts appraise the peoples’ stuff. Usually, the ones they show you are the people who find out ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Kevin Ruffcorn avatar

    Sustaining Grace Series

    Contributed by Kevin Ruffcorn on Oct 16, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,207 views

    The Lord moves in our lives and empowers us to live victoriously even in the middle of difficlut times and overwhelming obstacles.

    2 Corinthians 12:7-10 “Sustaining Grace” INTRODUCTION These are troubled times. We thought things couldn’t get any worse as we watched gas prices skyrocket out of sight. We were wrong. The house of cards of a society run on credit and debt is tumbling down. The stock market is the most ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • W Pat Cunningham avatar

    Good Shepherd And Church Unity Series

    Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Apr 20, 2013
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     | 5,008 views

    The Council Fathers recognize the obstacles to human unity, and the key to bringing humans together under the leadership of the Good Shepherd.

    Monday of 4th Week in Easter 2013 The Good Shepherd The prophet Isaiah complained, with the voice of God, “all we like sheep have gone astray.” This was truly said of the Hebrew people, and their Jewish descendants. Every time God rescued them from the results of their own bad ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

  • Christabel N. Onuoha avatar

    My Faith Is Against My Mountain Series

    Contributed by Christabel N. Onuoha on Mar 16, 2016
    based on 1 rating
     | 12,924 views

    With the God-kind of faith in our hearts, we can move any and every insurmountable obstacle in our way.

    Zechariah 4:7 “Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it." In my sermon "This One's On God", we looked at the preceding verse (vs.6) of our text, we saw how God ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • C Jordan avatar

    When Jesus Stopped: For Zacchaeus

    Contributed by C Jordan on Sep 3, 2017
    based on 4 ratings
     | 120,990 views

    We need to overcome what obstacles in our lives that might hinder us from seeking and seeing Jesus.

    WHEN JESUS STOPPED: FOR ZACCHAEUS INTRO TO TOPIC: QUOTE: Leonard Ravenhill: “There was a time when people came to church to meet with God. Now they come to church to sing songs and hear stories about Him.” Do we believe that Jesus is the same yesterday today and forever? (Hebrews 13:8). “1 A ...read more

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