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Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Day

Contributed by Dean Morgan on Sep 6, 2006

based on 14 ratings

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Difficult times (horrible days) are often God’s way of making you what He longs for you to be. Don’t pull the plug before the work is done.

Difficult times (horrible days) are often God’s way of making you what He longs for you to be. Don’t pull the plug before the work is done. In her children’s book, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, Judith Viorst captures one young man’s really bad day. Alexander starts ...read more

Scripture: James 1:1-4

Denomination: Pentecostal

Waiting On God

Contributed by Paul Wallace on Sep 20, 2006

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Sometimes God calls us to wait on Him to act on our behalf.

Waiting on God OPENING JOKE: A group of travelers were being made to wait on their airplane, which was late due to another flight being canceled. The crowd looked horrible and impatient as the time went on and on. Finally an angry passenger pushed his way to the front of the line, slammed his ...read more

Scripture: Luke 1:5-25

Denomination: Wesleyan

What I Can Do While Waiting On God

Contributed by Keith Foskey on Apr 4, 2005

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Waiting for God doesn’t mean sitting around doing nothing… it means doing what we can, while we can, as best we can…while always being careful to not run ahead of God

“What I Can Do While Waiting On God” Acts 1:1-4 OPENING JOKE: A group of travelers were being made to wait on their airplane, which was late due to another flight being canceled. The crowd looked horrible and impatient as the time went on and on. Finally an angry passenger pushed his way to the ...read more

Scripture: Acts 1:1-4, Acts 26:1

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Doesn't God Love Me? Series

Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on May 13, 2005

based on 9 ratings

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In the midst of trials, we need to know that God loves us and has a purpose

INTRODUCTION SLIDE #1 „X When you are going through difficult times do you feel loved by God? „X How do you think you would feel if you were seeing your family being persecuted because of their faith or if you suffer persecution because of your faith in Jesus? „X Would you feel loved? Abandoned? ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 4:12-19

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Rejoice In The Unlikely Miracle Of Baptism

Contributed by Edward Frey on Feb 6, 2004

based on 47 ratings

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God’s grace makes baptism valid.

“Eleven seconds, you got ten seconds, the countdown going on right now. Five seconds left in the game! Do you believe in miracles? Yes!” exclaimed ABC-TV sports commentator, Al Michaels. And then the patriotic celebration ensued as the 1980 U.S. hockey team staged the biggest upset in Olympic ...read more

Scripture: Titus 3:4-7

Denomination: Lutheran

The Circle Of Life Series

Contributed by Rick Stacy on Feb 15, 2004

based on 34 ratings

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2nd in series of 5 on John 3-4. When I see a movie or hear a young person talk about the "circle of life" I really can’t help but think of Nicodemus – an intelligent and perceptive man who really want to understand about life. He is the man who came to

From Mortal to Immortal A Study of John 3-4 The Circle of Life Have you heard of the “circle of life”? What do you think of when you hear about the "Circle of Life?" In an unofficial and unscientific survey I’ve conducted during the past week most people think of the "Lion King" when they hear ...read more

Scripture: John 3:9-20

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

"Sacrificial Lamb"

Contributed by Dave Martin on Aug 25, 2006

based on 9 ratings

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Sermon about the blood of the "Sacrificial Lamb" as seen throughout scripture and ending with the substitutionary death of Jesus Christ - followed by the Lord’s Supper.

Pastor Dave Martin ~ Cross Creek Community Church ~ August 20, 2006 “Sacrificial Lamb” 1Co 11:23-32 Turn to Gen 3:21 “Sacrifice” - The definition for sacrifice is broad – the act of offering something to a deity; the ritual slaughter of an animal or a person; To forfeit for another thing ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 12:1-13

Denomination: Bible Church

How To Identify A Counterfeit

Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jul 30, 2005

based on 18 ratings

| 5,431 views

Today we live in a media saturated world where we find dozens of "medicine men and women" dishing all kinds of partial truths. We all need the Holy Spirit’s discernment to identify counterfeit teachers, leaders and purveyors of ideas that are not 100% tr

How to Identify a Counterfeit (2 Cor. 11:12-18) Today we live in a media saturated world where we find dozens of "medicine men and women" dishing all kinds of partial truths. We all need the Holy Spirit’s discernment to identify counterfeit teachers, leaders and purveyors of ideas that are not ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 11:12-20

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

We Have A Problem Called Pride Series

Contributed by Scott Carmer on Feb 7, 2005

based on 25 ratings

| 5,860 views

Sin is real. So is salvation. But we can’t really understand the joy of salvation until we understand the depths of sin from which we have been saved.

We Have a Problem Called Pride Luke 18:10-13 February 6, 2005 In 1994, I was the Annual Conference Secretary of Global Ministries. It was in that capacity that I joined a survey team to Louisiana in the wake of Hurricane Andrew. Three of us went down to determine how best our Annual Conference ...read more

Scripture: Luke 18:10-14

Denomination: Methodist

Sanctity Of Human Life

Contributed by Johnny Small on Jan 18, 2003

based on 68 ratings

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We were created in God’s image and all life is sacred even the unborn baby.

Sanctity of Human Life This is a very emotional sermon for me to preach. Maybe it is because of the many mistakes that I made with my elderly parents and the many mistakes that I made with my own children. Last year at this same time I preached a Sanctity of Human Life sermon and most of you ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 139:13-16, Genesis 1:27

Denomination: Baptist

More Than Enough

Contributed by Eric Snyder on Jan 28, 2003

based on 47 ratings

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A sermon meant to inspire the "extra mile" kind of faith

More than enough Eric A. Snyder, Minister, Farwell Church of Christ December 15, 2002 The man told his doctor that he wasn’t able to do all the things around the house that he used to do. When the examination was complete, he said, "Now, Doc, I can take it. Tell me in plain English what’s wrong ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:41, Ephesians 6:7

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Believing Is Seeing - Part 2 Series

Contributed by J. Yeargin on Feb 17, 2003

based on 4 ratings

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See if you can relate to the blind man, his healing, and his growing relationship with Christ.

BELIEVING IS SEEING Part Two Let’s go back to the story we looked at a couple of weeks ago. The story found in John 9 about the healing of the man who was born blind. I want to look at the remaining verses of this chapter. It is a story of the 1. Resistance that this man met with the people that ...read more

Scripture: John 9:8-12

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Faith Will Find A Way

Contributed by Tim Zingale on Feb 24, 2003

based on 21 ratings

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A sermon for the 7th Sunday after the Epiphany The Leper being lowered through the roof

7th Sunday after the Epiphany Mark 2:1-12 "Faith Will find A Way" 2:1 ¶ And when he returned to Capernaum after some days, it was reported that he was at home. 2 And many were gathered together, so that there was no longer room for them, not even about the door; and he was preaching the word to ...read more

Scripture: Mark 2:1-12

Denomination: Lutheran

A Faith That Soothes The Soul—part 6 Series

Contributed by Byron Sherman on Aug 26, 2003

based on 20 ratings

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Part 6 of a 6-part sermon. The faith of the Thessalonian Christians brought a thankfulness to God’s apostles, Paul, Silvanus & Timothy. What kind of faith soothes the apostle’s soul or give him absolute freedom in which to operate?

A FAITH THAT SOOTHES THE SOUL-VI—1Thessalonians 1:1-10 The faith of the Thessalonian Christians brought a thankfulness to God’s apostles, Paul, Silvanus & Timothy. A church’s faith can soothe the souls of God’s apostles/messengers/delegates. The faith of a body of believers can soothe the soul of ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10

Denomination: Baptist

Amazing Grace: God's Unmerited Love Proclaimed Through Holy Communion

Contributed by Johann Neethling on Sep 5, 2003

based on 40 ratings

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None of us deserves this great kindness from God. We can only accept it as His unmerited favor and mercy.

1) Lon Bonsberry is a native Texan, Vietnam Veteran, and legal editor. He has a website called “Writers on the Loose” and on his homepage he recounts a story of “The Time I Received Holy Communion” 2) He writes of how when he was just 12 years old, he and his ten-year-old brother boarded a ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 11:17-34, 1 Corinthians 11:17

Denomination: United Methodist

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