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  • Richard Papafio avatar

    Be A Child Of God Not A Church Goer

    Contributed by Richard Papafio on Feb 5, 2019
     | 4,077 views

    Being part of a church or calling yourself a Christian doesn't make you a Child of God. BE A CHILD OF GOD NOT just a CHURCH GOER

    May the peace of the Lord be with you. Topic: *BE A CHILD OF GOD NOT A CHURCH GOER* Romans 9:6-8 King James Version (KJV) 6 Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel: 7 Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are ...read more

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    Denomination: Charismatic

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    Honest Progress Reports?

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Nov 26, 2014
     | 5,757 views

    i GIVE A LESSON AND A FORM TO EVALUTE OF WHERE YOU REALLY ARE? Do my words and actions align with each other? Judge yourself.

    PROGRESS REPORT FOR: _______________________________________________ This current year and consider next year? 1. ATTENDANCE: 1 Corinthians 4:2 Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful. PRESENT: ABSENT: TARDY: 2. EFFORT: STAY THE SAME: IMPROVEMENT: STUDY/READ: 3. USE OF ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Rev. Matthew Parker avatar

    You Are Fully Seen & Fully Loved

    Contributed by Rev. Matthew Parker on Dec 29, 2024
     | 545 views

    God knows you for more than you know yourself, far deeper than you can imagine. this sermon unpacks Psalm 139

    Sermon for December 29, 2024 It is the last Sunday of 2024. We are at the dusk of this year and nearly at the dawn of 2025. Let me ask you… How has 2024 been for you? What’s one word that you might use to describe how you are doing and where you are at the end of 2024. In a moment we are going ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Overflowing With Joy Series

    Contributed by C. Philip Green on Jan 30, 2025
     | 703 views

    If you want to bring overflowing joy to those who serve you, refresh them, reconcile yourself to them, repent, and remain true to them.

    Donn Moomaw, a football player who became a pastor, was preaching at the Bel Air Presbyterian Church in Los Angeles. After the service, a lady came up to him and said, “Oh, Reverend Moomaw, I just have to tell you that every sermon you preach is better than your next.” He thanked her, but when he ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

  • Alison Bucklin avatar

    The Final Accounting

    Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Oct 11, 2023
     | 1,172 views

    The minute you loosen your death grip on your wallet, you shift your spiritual center of gravity from yourself onto God

    I just got back from the most marvelous conference. I almost didn’t go... I’d spent all my Continuing Ed allowance already, and the hotels in Baltimore are EXPENSIVE. But the organizer of the conference arranged for me to share a hotel room with one of the speakers, whose room was already being ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    Too Loaded To Be Despised

    Contributed by Rev. Samuel Arimoro on Aug 15, 2025
     | 128 views

    This message will help you see yourself through God’s eyes, reject the lies of the enemy, and rise with confidence that you are too loaded to be despised.

    TOO LOADED TO BE DESPISED By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: 1 Samuel 16:6-13 Key Verse: “But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Billy Ricks avatar

    Hope Growing Series

    Contributed by Billy Ricks on Apr 10, 2016
     | 8,063 views

    Victory in Jesus comes from being crucified with Christ. What does it mean to be crucified with Christ?

    Intro: I have a question for you to answer this morning. I don’t want you to answer it out loud. Are you enjoying the Christian life are you enduring it? Jesus made some pretty powerful statements about being saved and following Him as disciples. In the presence of God is fullness of ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • James H Boyd avatar

    Issues Of Life 3: Self-Defense, Firearms And The Military Series

    Contributed by James H Boyd on Mar 26, 2003
    based on 61 ratings
     | 10,250 views

    Did Jesus advocate pacifism? Is taking human life always wrong? Does "Turn the other cheek" mean that we must allow ourselves, our families and our nation to be at the mercy of those who wish to do us harm?.

    Note: This message is a collaberation between myself and my friend Dave Pope It has been said that a person can but minister out of their ’overflow’, that is, out of the abundance of the Word of God in them and their personal experience. It is with this thought in mind that we present this third ...read more

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    Denomination: Charismatic

  • Ed Vasicek avatar

    The Intimidated Christian Series

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Aug 25, 2006
    based on 10 ratings
     | 5,491 views

    Our three enemies -- the world, the flesh, and the devil – work together to intimidate us, often successfully.

    The Intimidated Christian (I Peter 3:13-17) 1. By ANICK JESDANUN, AP Internet Writer Fri Jul 7, 2006 6:28 PM ET NEW YORK - Some questions even stump Stephen Hawking. The famed British astrophysicist and best-selling author has turned to Yahoo Answers, a new feature in which anyone can pose a ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    A Worthy Walk

    Contributed by Horace Wimpey on Jan 21, 2011
     | 5,673 views

    An epository sermon on col. 1:9-10

    WALK WORTHY Colossians 1:9-10 For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; 10 that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • D. Greg Ebie avatar

    Dreaming A God Sized Dream Series

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on May 7, 2003
    based on 16 ratings
     | 7,670 views

    50-DAY SPIRITUAL ADVENTURE - PETER Don’t let yourself get penned in by the fences of your mind. Let God set you free to dream His divine daring dream!

    In the movie, Chicken Run, dozens of chickens are held captive in the prisoner-of-war-like camp at Tweedy Farms. Ginger is the chicken mastermind who keeps devising new plans to help her fellow chickens escape. Ginger knows that when a chicken’s egg production is down they will face the chopping ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Jeffery Anselmi avatar

    The Righteous Man

    Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Jan 17, 2003
    based on 24 ratings
     | 12,172 views

    THis is taken from Psalm 1. I did this message a couple of years ago, I do not remember where I got the outline.

    INTRODUCTION • Righteousness. What do you think of when you hear that word? Holier than thou? Think you’re better than others? Those things reflect self-righteousness? • What does it mean to be righteous? The word in our usage means, purity of heart. Doing the right thing, being ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Caleb Onwuka avatar

    The God Of Enough (Part 2)

    Contributed by Caleb Onwuka on May 27, 2021
     | 3,300 views

    "God is all that you need" A thousand times YES! We no longer rely on our strength, we are no longer afraid of our weaknesses because we know His Word Declares: "... My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.”...2. Cor. 12:9.

    I am supercharged by the influence of the anointing of the Holy Ghost welling up from the inside of me. Last night, I had an awesome experience of the presence of the Holy Ghost; FLAMES OF GLORY engulfed my entire being. What a blissful experience; As I stood out there in the realms of the ...read more

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    Denomination: *other

  • Charles Mallory avatar

    Tithemi

    Contributed by Charles Mallory on Apr 23, 2021
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,129 views

    We are commanded to follow the example of Jesus Christ by laying aside ourselves in sacrificial love of others.

    JESUS SAID IN JOHN 15:12-14, “MY COMMAND IS THIS: LOVE EACH OTHER AS I HAVE LOVED YOU. GREATER LOVE HAS NO ONE THAN THIS: TO LAY DOWN ONE’S LIFE FOR ONE’S FRIENDS. YOU ARE MY FRIENDS IF YOU DO WHAT I COMMAND.” JESUS IS NOT ASKING US TO DIE FOR HIM! HE IS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING ELSE. HE ISN’T ASKING ...read more

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    Denomination: Free Methodist

  • Mike Lewis avatar

    The Cross We Take Up Series

    Contributed by Mike Lewis on Dec 27, 2022
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,371 views

    These men had taken up their cross to follow Jesus. And that is the title of our sermon this morning. The Cross We Take Up.

    WELCOME & INTRODUCTION THROUGH THE GATES OF SPLENDOR It was the summer of 1950 when Jim Elliot learned of the Auca Indians and many of the Quichua tribes living throughout the jungles of Ecuador. He was asked to consider a calling to preach the Gospel to these people. After learning their ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ