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  • Michael Stark avatar

    Four Days Late

    Contributed by Michael Stark on May 29, 2021
     | 6,540 views

    When Christ delays answering our pleas, how shall we respond? God is merciful, even when it appears that Heaven in silent.

    “Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. It was Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was ill. So the sisters sent to him, saying, ‘Lord, he whom you love is ill.’ But when Jesus heard it ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Best Is Yet To Come

    Contributed by David Dunn on Sep 24, 2025
     | 229 views

    Jesus delays out of mercy, calling His church to repent, unite, and trust His righteousness as we stand at eternity’s border.

    INTRODUCTION — A SIGNAL FROM FAR AWAY Forty-five years ago, NASA launched a space probe the size of a small table—Pioneer 10. Its mission was modest: fly past Jupiter, take a few photographs, and send them home. At the time, nothing built by human hands had ever gone beyond Mars. The plan sounded ...read more

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    Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

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    Hope

    Contributed by Rev. Samuel Arimoro on Mar 26, 2025
     | 681 views

    Life often brings seasons of pain, delay, and uncertainty, but as believers, we are never without hope. Hope is our anchor in the storms of life.

    HOPE By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: Romans 15:13 "May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit." Supporting Texts: Jeremiah 29:11, Psalm 42:11, Lamentations 3:21-23, Hebrews 6:19, Isaiah ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    No Longer At The Gate Of Beautiful Without Testimony

    Contributed by Rev. Samuel Arimoro on Aug 26, 2025
     | 355 views

    God has not ordained His children to remain in shame, delay, or reproach at the edge of breakthroughs—He gives testimonies that glorify His name.

    NO LONGER AT THE GATE OF BEAUTIFUL WITHOUT TESTIMONY By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: Acts 3:1-10 Key Verse: “And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength. And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    September: My Month Of Divine Settlement

    Contributed by Rev. Samuel Arimoro on Aug 27, 2025
     | 1,530 views

    God promises to bring His children into a season of divine settlement where struggles, instability, and delays give way to establishment, peace, and fulfilment.

    SEPTEMBER: MY MONTH OF DIVINE SETTLEMENT By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: 1 Peter 5:10 Key Verse: “But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.” – 1 Peter ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    Right At The Door

    Contributed by David Dunn on Oct 25, 2025
     | 173 views

    God’s delay is mercy. Return to Jesus, repent together, walk by faith. Step into grace. Cross the river. Hope ahead, always.

    (From Bitter to Better While We Wait) There’s a tiny spacecraft drifting through darkness right now. You can’t see it with your eyes. No telescope can frame it. Pioneer 10 left Earth when gasoline was 36 cents a gallon, and bell-bottoms were still a thing. It flew past Jupiter, past Pluto, out ...read more

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    Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

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    Waiting On The Lord

    Contributed by David Dunn on Nov 12, 2025
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     | 267 views

    Faith learns to wait when heaven is silent, trusting that divine delay is never denial but God’s perfect timing for greater glory.

    I. When Heaven Seems Silent The Cry for Connection Dr. Edmund Stanley, in From Death to Birth, shares a haunting verse from a poem called “Victor: A Ballad.” Victor’s world has collapsed—his wife has betrayed him, his heart is in ashes. The verse tells how he walked through the village streets, ...read more

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    Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist

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    Obstacles To Restoration

    Contributed by Rev. Samuel Arimoro on Sep 30, 2025
     | 426 views

    Restoration is God’s promise, but certain spiritual, emotional, and behavioural barriers can hinder or delay its manifestation in a believer’s life.

    OBSTACLES TO RESTORATION By Rev. Samuel Arimoro Main Text: Jeremiah 3:22 Key Verse: “Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the LORD our God.” (Jeremiah 3:22) Supporting Texts: Hosea 14:1-2, Isaiah 59:1-2, James 4:7, Psalm ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

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    The Power Of Thoughts

    Contributed by Lisa Delay on Aug 28, 2005
    based on 24 ratings
     | 9,685 views

    We literally are changed by our thoughts. As we think so we are. Science shows the transformation of the brain with repeated thoughts. From an ethoughts weekly article installment

    When I was growing up we lived on a two-acre plot of land. We mowed about an acre of it with a push mower and the back acre we grew for hay harvesting. Grass grew all over our property except near our clothesline. The combination of hanging clothes and the weather would erode the ground there. It ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Balancing The Books

    Contributed by John Hamby on Apr 2, 2019
     | 8,146 views

    Where is God’s justice and judgement? Why does God delay His judgment? Why doesn’t He vindicate His people now? Is He unable to, or does He not care? Some had seized on the ‘delay’ in the appearance of God’s judgment as an excuse to ignore or reject the idea of God’s judgment.

    A Study of the Book of 2 Thessalonians “Balancing the Books!” 2 Thess. 1:5-12 Does it pay to ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Saints Don't Stop Praying

    Contributed by Charles Jones on Sep 3, 2011
    based on 5 ratings
     | 15,596 views

    Whenever believers are depressed over life's situations, those are good times to enter the sanctuary of God.

    SAINTS DON'T STOP PRAYING Luke 18:1 The old Saints use to sing a song in the church titled " Saints Don't Stop Praying" recently made popular by the late Bishop G.E.Patterson the words to this song are below: Saints don't stop praying for the Lord is nigh Don't stop praying He'll hear your ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Jesus, Son Of God Series

    Contributed by K. Edward Skidmore on Dec 8, 2014
     | 6,522 views

    Peter's confession that Jesus is the Son of God leads to the consideration of who we might say Christ is to us when He is either silent, seemingly late, or tells us "No."

    Jesus, Son of God (Who Do YOU Say that I Am?) Matthew 16:13-17 INTRODUCTION: Have you ever talked to someone who thinks Jesus was a great teacher and a good man, but nothing more? I’ve even heard people claim that Jesus never said he was anything more than a normal human being. I have ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Wisdom And The Quality Of Your Life Series

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jun 17, 2019
     | 4,009 views

    A wise person accepts and acts upon realities that others deny or ignore. The sooner we get these down, the better!

    Wisdom and the Quality of Your Life (Proverbs 27:19-26) 1. Some people are amazingly shrewd. Take this joke: 2. Morris (the father) says to his son:“I want you to marry a girl of my choice.” The son says: I will choose my own bride.” Morris says:“But the girl is Bill Gates’daughter.” The son ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Dodging Decisions Series

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jun 21, 2021
     | 2,057 views

    What is often passed off as indecisiveness or propriety or procrastination is a dishonest attempt to keep from honoring what is right and fair. We can see Felix’s motives as an example. We can also see how God can use such red tape.

    Dodging Decisions (Acts 24:1-27) 1. So today we honor our graduates, and we honor our fathers. 2. I will honor our graduates with a joke: Why did Mary want to work at a Kentucky Fried Chicken outlet even though she'd received her B.A. degree? Because it had been on her bucket list for a long ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Disappointments May Be His Appointments Series

    Contributed by David Dykes on Jan 25, 2018
    based on 7 ratings
     | 33,009 views

    The story of Jairus teaches us that when we face grief, we never should never lose sight of the fact that Jesus gives hope whenever there is death.

    INTRODUCTION In the past few miracles we’ve seen that Jesus has power over danger. He calmed the scary storm. He has power over demons; He transformed a scary man. Jesus has power over disease; He healed the woman with the scary sickness. In this miracle we’re going to see that Jesus has power ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist